Summary Information

Title: Milwaukee Does Scrapbooks
Inclusive Dates: 1978-1980

Creator:

• Milwaukee Does

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 178; PH Milwaukee Mss 178

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 210 photographs (1 archives box)

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)

Abstract:

Scrapbooks of the Milwaukee Does, a women's professional basketball team affiliated with the Women's Basketball League (WBL) consisting of news clippings and photographs. As one of the first professional female sports teams, the Does were seldom taken seriously by the general public, and these attitudes were exacerbated by the team's consistently poor performance on the court. In the summer of 1980, in an effort to improve their image, they developed a new logo and renamed the team the Milwaukee Express. However, the team was disbanded before the 1980-1981 season. The clippings highlight the team's struggles to be competitive while the photographs consist of snapshots of various games in which they played.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00178

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑