Title: Margo Huston Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1950-1999 (bulk 1996-1999)

Creator:

• Huston, Margo

Call Number: M2006-111; Audio 1620A

Extent: 9.6 c.f. (9 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 oversize box), 81 photographs, and 174 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1950-1999 (bulk 1996-1999), of Milwaukee reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Margo Huston, documenting her career in journalism at the Waukesha Freeman and the Milwaukee Journal. Huston also served two terms on the National News Council, a watchdog organization that issued opinions on complaints involving the national media. The bulk of the collection contains information about the implementation of the welfare reform program Wisconsin Works (W-2) in Milwaukee County, with an emphasis on childcare issues.

Language: English

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The papers consist of research notes, writings, clippings, interviews, and awards from her career in journalism at the Waukesha Freeman and the Milwaukee Journal. As a reporter, Huston covered issues such as Medicare, homelessness, welfare reform, abortion, and alternatives to nursing homes (for which she was awarded the Pulitzer in 1977). The cassette tapes contain recorded interviews with W-2 recipients, case workers, daycare providers, and politicians. Interviewees are generally identified only by first name, and the tapes are largely undated. The papers also include drafts of two unpublished books about homelessness. The photographs in the collection primarily document Huston at work.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Margo Huston, Chicago, Illinois. Accession Number: M2006-111

M2006-111	Series: Personal Papers
Box   1 Folder   1	Class writing, 1988
Box   1 Folder   2	Fellowship proposal
Box   1 Folder   3	Goldensohn
Box   1 Folder   4	“Growing up Homeless: America's Third World Citizen”
Box   1 Folder   17	[Home] proposals
Box   1 Folder   5-7	Home [fiction]
Box   1 Folder   8	Homeless proposal
Box   1 Folder   9	Homeless notes
Box   1 Folder   10	Homeless [nonfiction]
Box   1 Folder   11	Homeless: Writing and research
Box   1 Folder   12	Joy
Box   1 Folder   13	Lauren [and First Lady Barbara Bush]
Box   1 Folder   14	Leave
Box   1 Folder   15	Miscellaneous fiction
Box   1 Folder   16	Mrs. Jones
Box   1 Folder   18	Planned Parenthood
Box   1 Folder   19	Salvation Army manual - Emergency Shelter
Box   1 Folder   20	Student writing - Benedict Center, 1988
Box   1 Folder   21	“The Throwaways” - fiction
	Series: Journalism Files	⇧
Box   1 Folder   22-25	Abortion
Box   1 Folder   26	AIDS
Box   1 Folder   27	Autobiographical essays
Box   1 Folder   28	Awards
Box   10 Folder   1	Awards Physical Description: Oversize
Box   1 Folder   29	Betty scholarship
Box   1 Folder   30	Biographies
Box   2 Folder   1	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   2	Cosmopolitan, 1979 February Note: Article on women reporters.
Box   2 Folder   3	Essay on war
Box   2 Folder   4	Gay Community Center
Box   2 Folder   5	Huston editorials
Box   2 Folder   6	Journalism ethics
Box   2 Folder   7-8	Mass Communications 203 - News reporting
Box   2 Folder   9	Media Freedom and Accountability Conference, 1986 April 4
Box   2 Folder   10-11	Medicare and choice, [1998-1999]
Box   2 Folder   12	Middle East
Box   2 Folder   13	Milwaukee County Family Council, 1995
	Milwaukee Journal
Box   2 Folder   14-15	General
Box   2 Folder   16	Content audit / Union contracts, 1993
Box   2 Folder   17	Miscellaneous
Box   2 Folder   18	Pay equity
Box   2 Folder   19	Story ideas
Box   2 Folder   20	Milwaukee Newspaper Guild
	National News Council, 1996
Box   2 Folder   21-22	Parts 1 - 2
Box   3 Folder   1-4	Parts 3 - 6
Box   3 Folder   5-6	Newsweek editorial and responses, 1984 April 30
Box   3 Folder   7-9	Pulitzer story
Box   3 Folder   10-11	Pulitzer notebooks
Box   3 Folder   12	Pulitzer reprints
Box   3 Folder   13	Racism - Church source
Box   3 Folder   14	Repairers of Breach [homeless]
Box   3 Folder   15	Rosalie Manor - Teen pregnancy
Box   3 Folder   16	School reform
Box   3 Folder   17	Series
Box   4 Folder   1	Sex discrimination complaint by Nancy Boone against the Milwaukee Public Library, 1977-1978
Box   3 Folder   22	Sex discrimination, Milwaukee Journal - Wild Women Writers (W3)
Box   3 Folder   18	Story ideas
Box   3 Folder   19	Talks
Box   3 Folder   20	Union grievance and settlement, 1996
Box   3 Folder   21	United Way
	Series: Wisconsin Works (W-2)	⇧
	General files
Box   5 Folder   1	Ad Hoc Committee
Box   5 Folder   2	Ad Hoc Committee, Quindel
Box   5 Folder   3	Aesopnet [homeless]
Box   6 Folder   23	Agencies give first year update, 1998 November 5
Box   5 Folder   4	Alcohol / Drug abuse
Box   5 Folder   5	AFSCME
Box   6 Folder   25	Budget and carbon copies, Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
Box   5 Folder   6	Churches
Box   5 Folder   7	Columbus Park Housing Corporation, 1998
Box   6 Folder   26	Community impact study, 1998
Box   5 Folder   8	Community reinvestment, 1998-1999
Box   5 Folder   9	Community reinvestment, 1999 March 15
Box   5 Folder   10	Consumer's Guide to W-2 for Milwaukee County, 1998 June 18
Box   5 Folder   11	Contract renewal
Box   5 Folder   12	County workers
Box   5 Folder   13	Education and Training Committee
Box   5 Folder   14	Fax
Box   6 Folder   27	First year audit Note: See also Surplus / Profits.
Box   5 Folder   15-17	Folos [Follow-Up / Investigations], [1995-1996]
Box   5 Folder   18	Fraud
Box   6 Folder   19	[Garcia, Stephanie] Steph
Box   5 Folder   19	Goodwill pictures
Box   5 Folder   28	Henning, Leonardo
Box   5 Folder   20	Homeless
Box   5 Folder   21	Housing
Box   5 Folder   22	Human services information
Box   5 Folder   23	Hunger Task Force
Box   5 Folder   30	Huston, Margo - Comments on her W-2 series
Box   6 Folder   28	Information packet, undated
Box   6 Folder   24	Jobs
Box   5 Folder   25	Job training
Box   5 Folder   26	Jonco Industries Note: Fraudulent Social Security numbers.
Box   5 Folder   27	Leavers survey, 1998
Box   5 Folder   24	Lee, Irene
Box   7 Folder   1	Letter [Talmage Wilson], 1997
Box   5 Folder   29	Letters, W-2, carbon copies
Box   5 Folder   31	Maximus
Box   6 Folder   1	Meeting with W-2 agencies
Box   6 Folder   2	Milwaukee Area Technical College and W-2
Box   6 Folder   3	Milwaukee Youth Mapping Project, 1997
Box   6 Folder   4	Miscellaneous Planning Council for Health and Human Services
Box   6 Folder   5	Miscellaneous sub-topics, 1996-1998
Box   6 Folder   6	New York Times stories
Box   6 Folder   7	Open meetings
Box   6 Folder   8	Open records
Box   6 Folder   9	Positive story, Aurora
Box   6 Folder   10	Phone number lists
Box   6 Folder   12	Quindel Committee - County Board Of Supervisors
Box   6 Folder   13	Racine
Box   6 Folder   14	React
Box   6 Folder   15	Sanctions Note: Research and Open Records Request.
Box   6 Folder   16	Shelters
Box   6 Folder   17	Strikes
Box   6 Folder   18	State news releases, 1999
Box   6 Folder   20	Studies
Box   8 Folder   5	Surplus / Barrett
Box   7 Folder   2-6	Surplus / Profits
Box   6 Folder   21	UMOS
Box   6 Folder   22	W-2
Box   7 Folder   7	Welfare portrait
Box   7 Folder   8	Welfare-to-Work
Box   7 Folder   9	Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA)
Box   7 Folder   10-11	YW WKS (YWCA Works)
	Child Care files
	4C
Box   7 Folder   12	Agencies fail to pay daycare providers, 1996-1998
Box   7 Folder   13	Audit and resign
Box   7 Folder   14	Madison
Box   7 Folder   15-18	Milwaukee
Box   8 Folder   10	Adams, D., interviews
Box   8 Folder   4	Audit of subsidized childcare in Milwaukee County, 1998 May
Box   7 Folder   21	Certification
Box   7 Folder   19	Childcare records Note: Summary of investigation.
Box   7 Folder   20	Childcare regulations
Box   7 Folder   22	Childcare
Box   8 Folder   7	Clinton proposal
Box   7 Folder   23	Callers, New, 1998 March 12
Box   8 Folder   6	Development Block Grant- Report of State Plans, 1997 October 1-1999 September 30
Box   8 Folder   8	Daycare building code, 1980s
Box   8 Folder   9	Hubbard, Kim Note: Daycare advocate.
Box   8 Folder   11	Kids Count data book, 1998
Box   8 Folder   12	Laws / Administrative code
Box   8 Folder   13	New data from Mary?
Box   8 Folder   14	Notes
Box   8 Folder   15	Older childcare, 1998
Box   8 Folder   16	Open records request, 1997 September 3
Box   8 Folder   17	Open records request and research, childcare
Box   8 Folder   1-3	Over-enrollments and over-payments
Box   6 Folder   11	Phone numbers, childcare
Box   8 Folder   18	Providers Taking Action (PTA)
Box   8 Folder   19	4C Records check Note: Criminal background checks.
Box   8 Folder   20	Records of childcare payments
Box   8 Folder   21	State-stats W-2 childcare hearing, 1998 February 24
Box   8 Folder   22-23	State licensing
Box   7 Folder   24	Sources
Box   8 Folder   24	Source Note: Childcare over-enrollment.
Box   8 Folder   25-27	Teen moms
Box   8 Folder   28	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues final regulations on childcare, 1998 July 28
Box   9	4C Complaints
Box   9 Folder   1	1993 and prior
Box   9 Folder   2	1994
Box   9 Folder   3	1995
Box   9 Folder   6	1996
Box   9 Folder   7	1997
Box   9 Folder   8	1998
Box   9 Folder   4	Hunter, Ana
Box   9 Folder   5	Hunter, Debria
Box   9 Folder   9	Others
Box   9 Folder   10	State abuse history and complaints
	Profiles of childcare providers
Box   9 Folder   11	Bessie
Box   9 Folder   12	Carol
Box   9 Folder   13-14	Dana
Box   9 Folder   15	Darcy
Box   9 Folder   16	Debbie and Williett
Box   9 Folder   17	Gloria
Box   9 Folder   18	Jennifer
Box   9 Folder   19	Paul
Box   9 Folder   20	Theresa
Box   9 Folder   21	White sisters Note: Neglect case.
	Series: Clippings	⇧
Box   9 Folder   22	1960s
Box   9 Folder   23	1970-1973
Box   9 Folder   24	1974-1975
Box   9 Folder   25	1976-1979
	Unsigned editorials by Margo Huston
Box   4 Folder   2	1979 August 23-1981 October 2
Box   4 Folder   3	1979 September 8-1979 December 1
Box   4 Folder   4	1980 March 14-1980 May 12
Box   4 Folder   5	1980 May 14-1980 July 26
Box   4 Folder   6	1980 July 28-1980 October 4
Box   4 Folder   7	1980 October 5-1980 December 10
Box   4 Folder   8	1980 December 12-1981 February 17
Box   4 Folder   9	1981 February 19-1981 May 4
Box   4 Folder   10	1981 May 6-1981 July 9
Box   4 Folder   11	1981 July 10-1981 October 1
Box   4 Folder   12	1981 October 2-1981 November 20
Box   4 Folder   13	1981 November 21-1982 January 26
Box   4 Folder   14	1982 January 27-1982 April 20
Box   4 Folder   15	1982 April 28-1982 July 4
Box   4 Folder   16	1982 July 6-1982 September 13
Box   4 Folder   17	1982 September 14-1982 November 3
Box   4 Folder   18	1983 January 17-1983 March 14
Box   4 Folder   19	1983 March 15-1983 May 9
Box   4 Folder   20	1983 May 10-1983 July 15
Box   4 Folder   21	1983 July 16-1983 September 15
Box   4 Folder   22	1983 September 17-1983 November 16
Box   4 Folder   23	1983 November 17-1984 January 28
Box   4 Folder   24	1984 January 30-1984 March 28
Box   4 Folder   25	1984 March 29-1984 May 5
Box   9 Folder   26	Story proofs, 1994-1999
Box   9 Folder   27	1997
Box   9 Folder   28	1998 January-June
Box   9 Folder   29	1998 July-December
Box   10	Photocopies of W-2 articles, 1997-1998 Physical Description: Full size
Box   9 Folder   30	1999
Box   11	Series: Photographs Scope and Content Note: Photographs primarily document Huston at work.	⇧
Audio 1620A	Series: Audio Recordings Physical Description: 174 cassette tapes  Arrangement of the Materials: Interviews arranged alphabetically by label information.	⇧
	Telephone interviews and meetings regarding W-2
1620A/1-8	4-C's
1620A/9	A call (homeless)
1620A/10	A focus?
1620A/11	Anna Pagan, 1996 May 7
1620A/12-13	Annette Wilby
1620A/14	Front door drug addict
1620A/15	ARC Kathleen [AFDC]
1620A/16	Archy
1620A/17	Art Martney, Leona Laf, August 12
1620A/18	A Street Sal Avery interview
1620A/19	Asia Matthews, 1996 September 26
1620A/20	Teen pregnancy, Asia Matthews #2
1620A/21	Badger Care, Ralph Holmon
1620A/22	Bessie Carter
1620A/23	Betty Michelle
1620A/24	Second with Bev
1620A/25	Bridget #1
1620A/26	Busch
1620A/27	CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program)
1620A/28-29	Caller
1620A/30	Carol
1620A/31	Carter/Tape 2, August 12, one side
1620A/32-36	Child care
1620A/37-38	CD Baird
1620A/39	Champion (Tue.) and Wes Brown
1620A/40	Chequita, 1996 May 10
1620A/41	Country 1st tape
1620A/42	Co. 2nd
1620A/43	Crisis Center
1620A/44-45	Dana Daycare
1620A/46	Darcy
1620A/47	Dave Espereza, La Causo
1620A/48-51	Day care
1620A/52	Denise
1620A/53	D.C.
1620A/54	Deb Nancy Multi Cult
1620A/55-56	Debbie
1620A/57-58	Diane Adams
1620A/59	Debbie
1620A/60	Dick and Jeff
1620A/61	Dick McDonald
1620A/62	Edie Rogers
1620A/63-64	Elaine Maly
1620A/65-66	Family Crisis Center
1620A/67	1st Flannery #1
1620A/68	Felicia W2 Prob
1620A/69	Leo Leuleman, August 7
1620A/70	Grio Lyday
1620A/71	Geri Rose
1620A/72	Gloria Terry, 1998 February 2
1620A/73	Gwen here
1620A/74-75	Guest house
1620A/76	Hannah, October 9
1620A/77	Hattie Thompson
1620A/78	Hearing day, January 1
1620A/79	Heen
1620A/80	Heen and Jeff
1620A/81-82	HH
1620A/83-84	Homeless
1620A/85	Homeless Mission
1620A/86	Hope House open house
1620A/87	House of Peace, 1998 August 13
1620A/88-89	Chene Lee
1620A/90	Jackie Schick, 1996 August 5
1620A/91	Jean Rogers, 1996 August 12
1620A/92	Jeanne Lowry, mentally ill nurse
1620A/93	Jeanette Banquet
1620A/94-96	Jeff
1620A/97	Joe Volk, January 12
1620A/98	Judy Hermann/Pat Frank
1620A/99	Julia Taylor, 1998 October 15
1620A/100	Karen Long Home
1620A/101	Kate Angelhardt
1620A/102	Kisha
1620A/103	Katie, June 25
1620A/104-105	Lady Pitts
1620A/106	Lalu, August 14, Veta [AFDC]
1620A/107	Lee Carroll Alice
1620A/108	Lee Jensen
1620A/109	Linda Steward, April 1
1620A/110-111	Lynette
1620A/112	Marie, 1996 July 16
1620A/113	Maureen Martin, Salvation Army, 1996 January 1
1620A/114	MATC (Milwaukee Area Technical College), August 13
1620A/115	Medicine Conference
1620A/116-117	Mike Poma
1620A/118-119	Milli
1620A/120	Morton
1620A/121	Nancy and John Miller
1620A/122	OK w/m Clay August 16
1620A/123	Otis/Kale and Mae, 1996 June 24
1620A/124	1st Faces Katie Jill/Otis, 1996 June 17
1620A/125	Out state Julie S.
1620A/126	Paul
1620A/127-128	Paula
1620A/129	Peppermint [Patti's Daycare]
1620A/130	Providers taking action
1620A/131-132	PTA
1620A/133	Pittman
1620A/134-135	Reeseville
1620A/136-139	Rescue Mission
1620A/140	Robert Scott
1620A/141-142	Roger hearing
1620A/143	Rogers
1620A/144	Rosalie Manor staff/msn [Milwaukee], 1996 July 17
1620A/145	Rosas/Dias Jobs
1620A/146	Ruth Joseph
1620A/147	Silver Spring
1620A/148	Sherman Pourk Church
1620A/149	Sherrie Kay, 1997 January 1
1620A/150	SS First June 17
1620A/151	St. Ben
1620A/152	1 Child St. John's, 1998 August 12
1620A/153-154	Stan
1620A/155	Stephanie
1620A/156	Stephanie and Jean Rogers
1620A/157	Susan Campbell, August 13
1620A/158	T.A. do [Learn Fare program]
1620A/159	Teen moms, D.C.
1620A/160-161	Theresa
1620A/162	Train Tony Kerney, 1996 August 6
1620A/163-164	United Way
1620A/165-167	UMOS
1620A/168	Vivian Kidd, 1999 March 3
1620A/169-171	W2
1620A/172	Workers here
1620A/173	Welfare Braid, Mr. Green
1620A/174	YW Works, 1998 October 23