Title: Milwaukee County Mental Health Association Records
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1966

Creator:

• Milwaukee County Mental Health Association

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BI; PH 3063

Quantity: 5.2 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and 10 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Association, formed in 1949 as the Milwaukee County Mental Health Committee. Organized by local health administrators and professionals, the committee was formed to provide a county-level organization that would work with the Wisconsin Association for Mental Health. Included are subject files on an annual Mental Health Week, lectures and panel discussions, preparation of educational materials, and assistance of state and county mental health facilities. Photographs include portraits of committee members taken by the Milwaukee Journal newspaper, circa 1950-1952.

Language: English

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The Milwaukee County Mental Health Association was formed in 1949 as the Milwaukee County Mental Health Committee. Its formation was the result of a meeting of twenty-seven laymen, professionals, and state and county health administrators in May 1948, who felt that an organization should be created on the Milwaukee County level to work with the already existing Wisconsin Association for Mental Health. It was officially incorporated in 1950 as the Milwaukee County Society for Mental Health, and it affiliated with the Wisconsin Association for Mental Health in 1951. The name was changed to the Milwaukee County Mental Health Association in 1958.

The Association had its office at 110 East Wisconsin Avenue until 1957, when it moved to the YMCA Building at 610 North Jackson Street. The Association employed a staff consisting of a professional secretary and various part-time volunteers from 1952 until 1956, when Mrs. Mary Holand joined the staff as executive director.

The Milwaukee County Mental Health Association is financed by contributions to the Greater Milwaukee United Fund, of which it is a member “Red Feather Service”, by Membership dues, and by unsolicited gifts. The Association conducts an annual Mental Health Week, holds lectures and panel discussions, prepares educational materials, and assists the state and county mental hospitals in various ways. These activities are implemented by the committees of the Association, whose number and size vary from year to year.

The Milwaukee Mental Health Association Papers, 1941-1966, include the annual reports, board of directors minutes, agreements of affiliation, constitution and by-laws, as well as the correspondence and other records of the Association. The collection also contains correspondence of organizations and individuals, from 1944 to 1949, who were active in the formation of the Association.

The collection is arranged as subject files, alphabetically by folder title and chronologically within each folder.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Milwaukee County Mental Health Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April, 1966. Accession Number: M66-096

Processing Information

Processed by A. P. Zoob, January 8, 1967.

Milwaukee Mss BI Box   1 Folder   2	Advertising Council-National Association for Mental Health, 1957
Box   1 Folder   5	Advertising and Planning Committee, 1951-1957
Box   1 Folder   1	Agreements of Affiliation with Wisconsin Association for Mental Health, 1950-1957
Box   1 Folder   3	Alcoholism, Milwaukee County Committee, 1944-1952
Box   1 Folder   4	American Psychiatric Association, 1949-1952
	Annual Meetings
Box   1 Folder   6	1948-1954
Box   1 Folder   7	1955
Box   1 Folder   8	1956
Box   1 Folder   9	1957
Box   1 Folder   10	1958
Box   1 Folder   11	1959
	Annual Reports
Box   1 Folder   6	1948-1954
Box   1 Folder   9	1956-1957
Box   1 Folder   10	1957-1958
Box   1 Folder   12	1960-1961, 1963-1964
Box   1 Folder   13	Bell Ringer Campaign, 1962
	Board of Directors
Box   1 Folder   14	Lists, 1956-1965
	Minutes
Box   2 Folder   1	1948-1952
Box   2 Folder   2	1953-1955
Box   2 Folder   3	1956-1959
Box   2 Folder   4	1960
Box   2 Folder   5	1964-1966
Box   2 Folder   6	Central Agency for Chronically Ill, 1953-1961
Box   3 Folder   2	Chairmen's Pamphlets, 1952-1954
Box   2 Folder   7	Church Group, Grand Avenue, Wauwatosa, 1957-1960
Box   2 Folder   8	College Health Conference, 1958
Box   3 Folder   1	Committee Lists and Reports, 1949-1955
Box   3 Folder   3	Community Education Committee, 1956-1962
	Community Meetings
Box   3 Folder   4	Community Institute, 1956
Box   3 Folder   5	Gilbert Lee Gant, 1956
Box   3 Folder   6	Community Institute, Werner Tuteur, 1957
Box   3 Folder   7	Community Welfare Council, Mental Health Study Committee, 1948-1960
Box   3 Folder   8	Constitution and By-Laws, 1950-1959
Box   4 Folder   1	Council of Jewish Women, Milwaukee Section, 1959-1961
Box   4 Folder   2	County Institutions, 1948-1954, 1962
Box   4 Folder   3	Directory, 1950
	Doors to Daylight
Box   4 Folder   5	1965
Box   4 Folder   4	Undated
Box   4 Folder   6	Corrections and Additions, 1960
Box   4 Folder   7	Draft Copy, undated
	Educational Programs
Box   5 Folder   1	1949-1950
Box   5 Folder   2	1951
Box   5 Folder   3	1952-1955
Box   5 Folder   4	Emotionally Disturbed Children Committee, 1956-1961
Box   5 Folder   5	Family Case and Group Home Development, 1963-1965
Box   5 Folder   6	Finances, 1952-1956, 1965
Box   5 Folder   7	Governor's Conference on Children and Youth, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961
Box   5 Folder   8	Historical Materials, 1949-1958
Box   5 Folder   9	Hospital for Mental Diseases, Social Research Project, 1959-1962
Box   5 Folder   10	Industrial Seminar, 1959
Box   6 Folder   1	Industrial Seminar, continued
	Institutional Service Units
Box   6 Folder   2	1946-1949
Box   6 Folder   3-4	1949
Box   6 Folder   5	1950-1953
Box   6 Folder   6	1955-1960
Box   6 Folder   7	Lane Bryant Company, 1952-1953
	Leadership Institute
Box   6 Folder   8	1958
Box   7 Folder   1	1959
Box   7 Folder   2-3	1960
Box   7 Folder   4	1961
Box   7 Folder   5	1962
Box   7 Folder   6	League of Women Voters, 1951-1957
	McGrath Memorial Lecture
Box   7 Folder   7	Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, 1959
Box   7 Folder   8	Dr. Ernest Osborne, 1960
Box   7 Folder   10	“Meeting the Health Needs of the Young Child” Institute, 1965
Box   7 Folder   9	Meetings, Institutes, 1953-1965
	Membership
Box   8 Folder   1	1950-1953, 1956-1959
Box   8 Folder   2	1960-1962
Box   8 Folder   3	Mental Health Courses, 1960
	Mental Health Week
Box   8 Folder   4	1949
Box   8 Folder   5	1950
Box   8 Folder   6	1951
Box   8 Folder   7	1952
Box   8 Folder   8	1953
Box   8 Folder   9	1954
Box   8 Folder   10	1955
Box   8 Folder   11-12	1956
Box   9 Folder   1-2	1957
Box   9 Folder   3	1958
Box   9 Folder   4	1959
Box   9 Folder   5-6	1960
Box   10 Folder   1	1961
	Milwaukee County Institutions
Box   10 Folder   1	Director of Volunteers, 1956-1965
Box   10 Folder   3	Salary Study, 1957
Box   10 Folder   4	Newsletter, 1949-1955, 1965
Box   10 Folder   5	Nurses Committee, 1962-1963
Box   10 Folder   6	Open House, 1957
Box   10 Folder   7-8	Parent Education Committee, 1961-1963
Box   10 Folder   9	Patient's Needs Pamphlets, 1952-1954
PH 3063	Photographs of Committee Members from the Milwaukee Journal, circa 1950-1952
Milwaukee Mss BI Box   11 Folder   1	Professional Relations Committee, 1956-1962
Box   9 Folder   3	Program Expansion Committee, 1956-1958
Box   11 Folder   4	Psychiatric Aides Awards, 1949-1954
Box   11 Folder   2	PTA Guides for Mental Health Chairmen, 1952-1957
Box   11 Folder   3	Publicity, 1952-1953
Box   11 Folder   5	Radio Material, 1950-1951
Box   11 Folder   6	Scholarship, 1954
Box   11 Folder   7	Scottish Rite Dinner, 1961
	Scrapbooks
Box   11 Folder   8	1949-1950
Box   11 Folder   9	1950
Box   11 Folder   10	1950-1951
Box   12 Folder   1	1951-1952
Box   12 Folder   2	1952
Box   12 Folder   3	Seminars for Clergy, 1963-1964
Box   12 Folder   4	Speakers Bureau, 1956-1961
Box   12 Folder   5	Special Services Committee, 1961-1962
	State Fair
Box   12 Folder   6	1956
Box   12 Folder   7	1957-1958
Box   12 Folder   5	State Youth Conference, 1960
Box   12 Folder   8	Surveys, 1949
	United Community Services, Health Division, Health Education Committee
Box   12 Folder   9	1953-1957
Box   13 Folder   1	1958-1961
	Wisconsin Association for Mental Health
Box   13 Folder   2	Badger Blue Bell, 1957-1962
Box   13 Folder   3	“Blue Print for Mental Health in Wisconsin,” undated
Box   13 Folder   4	Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare, Division of Public Assistance, 1954
Box   13 Folder   5	Wisconsin School Health Council, 1956
Box   13 Folder   6	Wisconsin State Nurses Association, Occupational Nurses Seminar, 1959-1960
Box   10 Folder   1	Youth Recognition Dinner, 1961