Title: Elfrieda Abbe Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1982-2003

Creator:

• Abbe, Elfrieda.

Call Number: M2022-009

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)
Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of Elfrieda Abbe, a writer, editor, and film critic from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Included are Abbe's film articles written for various magazines and newspapers. Also included are issues of the journal Angles: Women Working in Film and Video, as well as flyers, brochures and other materials related to screenings and other events organized by or featuring Abbe.

Language: English

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The collection is divided into three series: Film Articles, Screenings and Talks, and Angles Journals. The papers are arranged in the order they were donated, and original folder titles were maintained in processing, with the addition of dates, types of documents, and occasional title clarification.

The Film Articles series, 1989-2000, consists of Abbe's published writing from various magazines and Milwaukee newspapers, primarily for the Milwaukee Sentinel.

The Screenings and Talks series, 1993, 1996-2000, is a folder of flyers, brochures, posters, and clippings. The materials promote or document events organized by or featuring Abbe.

The Angles Journals series includes the four volumes of the publication Angles: Women Working in Film and Video, edited by Abbe. The journal was published between 1991 and 1999, with a final commemorative issue in 2003. A contents list for each issue is available.

Photographs from the collection have been separated out into the WCFTR Name File, Film Title File, and Television Title File. A list of the photographs, which primarily document women filmmakers and their films, is available.

Elfrieda Abbe is a writer who edited the publication Angles: Women Working in Film and Video. Often publishing under the name Elfrieda Pantoga, Abbe covered local and national film releases and events for the Milwaukee Sentinel.

Born in Waterloo, Iowa, Abbe's family lived in various parts of the Midwest until she earned a degree in English from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. After graduating she worked for a newspaper in the Chicago area before moving to Milwaukee. She wrote about film for the Milwaukee Sentinel and other publications in the 1980s and 1990s. Abbe helped start Angles: Women Working in Film and Video in 1991 to raise awareness of women filmmakers. Angles started as a newsletter which later became a full magazine. There were regional editors in other cities, including St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis.

Elfrieda Abbe also worked as an events programmer. She helped organize events promoting films made by women and screened films for the Milwaukee Film Festival.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Elfrieda Abbe, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2022. Accession Number: M2022-009

Processing Information

Processed by Matt St. John in 2022.

Women motion picture producers and directors.Feminism and motion pictures.Journalism -- Wisconsin.Journalists -- United States.Women journalists.Manuscript collection.WCFTR-owned

M2022-009	Series: Film articles
Box   1   Folder   1	Magazines, 1989, 1991
Box   1   Folder   2	Milwaukee Sentinel, 1982-1989
Box   1   Folder   3	Milwaukee Sentinel, 1990-1991
Box   1   Folder   4	Milwaukee Sentinel, 1992-1993
Box   1   Folder   5	Milwaukee Sentinel and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1994-2000
	Series: Screenings and talks	⇧
Box   1   Folder   6	Flyers, brochures, posters, and clippings 1993, 1996-2000
	Series: Angles journals	⇧
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 1 no. 1, Fall 1991
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 1 no. 2, Winter 1992
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 1 no. 3, Spring/Summer 1992
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 1 no. 4, 1992
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 2 no. 1, 1993
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 2 no. 2, 1993
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 2 no. 3, 1994
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 2 no. 4, 1995
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 3 no. 1, 1996
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 3 no. 2, 1997
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 3 no. 3-4, 1998
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 4 no. 1, 1999
Box   1   Folder   7	Vol. 4 no. 2-3, special commemorative issue 2003