Title: State Association of Wisconsin Architects Records
Inclusive Dates: 1932-1949

Creator:

• State Association of Wisconsin Architects

Call Number: Mss 36

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

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:

Records of the State Association of Wisconsin Architects including a constitution and by-laws, 1932; minutes and reports, 1934-1949; records of dues paid, 1934-1949; financial reports, 1948-1949; and proceedings of annual conventions for 1936, 1938, 1947, and 1948.

Language: English

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The State Association of Wisconsin Architects, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was organized in 1932, having as its aim “the uniting of all architects in the state in closer bonds of fraternity and interest, to promote the standards and ethics of the profession and to advance the science thereof and to uphold and defend the honor and respect due the profession; to work for and promote the business interests, efficiency and general good of the profession and of the members of this association; to rent, purchase, acquire, own and hold real estate and all other property which may be necessary or desirable to carry into effect the purposes of this association.”

Membership in this association consisted of resident architects registered with the Industrial Commission of the State of Wisconsin. Architects so registered became automatically members of the organization. In June, 1949, at a special meeting called for the purpose, members of the State Association of Wisconsin Architects voted to dissolve that organization and to assign any remaining assets to the Wisconsin Architects Association, which was then being formed as a chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Contained in Box 1 of this collection are: a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws, 1932, for the State Association of Wisconsin Architects, with annotated corrections; a manuscript notebook of minutes of board meetings from 1942 to 1946; a financial report, 1948-1949, and verbatim transcripts of the annual conventions of the State Association of Wisconsin Architects for the years 1936, 1938, 1947, and 1948. Volume 4, containing a record of dues paid from 1934 to 1949, will also be found in Box 1.

Box 2 contains three volumes of minutes, 1934 to 1949. Interpaged in these are the typewritten minutes of the executive board, the membership's meetings, reports of the treasurer and various committees, and the annual reports of the organization.

See also the records of the American Institute of Architects - Wisconsin Chapter (Mss 37).

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Ruth Hill, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 3, 1960.

Processing Information

Processed by archives students, summer 1968, and Margaret Hafstad, February 4, 1969.

Box   1 Folder   1	Constitution and By-Laws, 1932 (annotated corrections)
Box   1 Folder   1	Minutes of board meetings, 1942-1946
Box   1 Folder   1	Financial report, Nov. 11, 1948 - June 22, 1949
Box   1 Folder   2	Proceedings of the annual conventions, 1936, 1938, 1947, 1948
	Minutes and reports
Box   2 Volume   1	1934-1947
Box   2 Volume   2	1937-1940
Box   2 Volume   3	1940-1949
Box   1 Volume   4	Record book of dues paid, 1934-1949