Summary Information
Midvale Heights Community Association Records
1954-1977
- Midvale Heights Community Association (Madison, Wis.)
Micro 745
1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Midvale Heights Community Association, a Madison, Wisconsin, membership organization founded in 1954 to deal with civic problems and to promote the community's recreational, educational, and social life. Includes bylaws, minutes, newsletters, and scattered correspondence.
English
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Biography/History
The Midvale Heights Community Association, Madison, Wisconsin, was founded in 1954 as a vehicle to deal with civic problems and to promote the recreational, educational, and social life of the community. The Association's members lived in an area bounded on the north by Mineral Point Road, on the east by Midvale Boulevard, on the south by Odana Road with later extensions beyond this in spots, and on the west by Hilltop Drive, later extended to Whitney Way.
Over the years, activities concerned the use of Midvale Boulevard as a truck route, vandalism, litter, the condition of streets and sidewalks, building bus shelters, and improving park facilities. Annually the organization conducted a health fund drive, participated in a July 4 celebration, and sponsored Christmas activities for children, dinners and dances for adults, and events such as bridge tournaments.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Association date from its founding but are not complete. They include the original articles of incorporation.and bylaws and later amendments, scattered correspondence, minutes after 1959, and newsletters from the 1970's. Included in the miscellany are minutes from meetings held in 1961 exploring the establishment of a city-wide council of neighborhood organizations. Also of interest is a March 29, 1974, letter from Superintendent of Schools Douglas Ritchie complaining that schools are expected to solve every social ill.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Loaned for copying by the Association via Jeannette Reddick, Madison, Wisconsin, 1979. Accession Number: M79-138
Processed by Karen Baumann, May 18, 1979.
Contents List
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Reel 1
Frame 000
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Corporate Records, Bylaws, Etc., 1954-1974
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Frame 097
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Minutes and Related Reports, 1959-1977
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Frame 403
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Newsletters, 1971-1977
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Frame 470
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Correspondence and Miscellany, 1954-1977, undated
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