Title: Madison People's Poster and Propaganda Collection collected by J. Wesley Miller
Inclusive Dates: 1969-1976

Creator:

• Miller, J. Wesley (John Wesley), 1941-2005, collector

Call Number: PH 4003; PH 4474; M70-092; M70-358; M71-081; M71-138; M75-651; M89-108; M89-373

Quantity: 16.0 cubic feet of posters (46 flat boxes and 2 rolls) and 9 photographs; plus additions of 11.8 cubic feet (7 records center cartons, 4 flat boxes, 3 archives boxes, and 1 roll)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Collection compiled by J. Wesley Miller, a University of Wisconsin graduate student in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection consists primarily of posters collected on the University of Wisconsin campus and State Street, and newsletters, brochures and other literature distributed by campus groups such as the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA). Also includes correspondence with his family and personal diaries of Miller, many written on the backs of posters and handouts.

Language: English

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 8 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (PH 4003, PH 4474): Original Collection, 1969-1976
• Part 2 (M70-092): Additions, 1970
• Part 3 (M70-358): Additions, 1969-1970
• Part 4 (M71-081): Additions, circa 1970
• Part 5 (M71-138): Additions, circa 1970-1971
• Part 6 (M75-651): Additions, 1970-1974
• Part 7 (M89-108): Additions, circa 1970s
• Part 8 (M89-373): Additions, 1975-1976

J. Wesley Miller Papers, circa 1970s-2005 (MS 460), Special Collections and University Archives at University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Acquisition Information

Presented by J. Wesley Miller, Madison, Wisconsin and Springfield, Massachusetts, 1970-1975, 1989. Accession Number: M70-092, M70-184, M70-358, M71-081, M71-138, M75-651, M89-108, M89-373

PH 4003	Part 1 (PH 4003, PH 4474): Original Collection, 1969-1976 Physical Description: 16.0 cubic feet of posters (46 flat boxes), 2 rolled posters, and 9 photographs  Scope and Content Note: Posters and handouts collected systematically by Miller and designated the Madison People's Poster and Propaganda Collection, arranged in chronological order. Also photographs made by Miller and others of locations in Madison, Wisconsin.
	Miscellaneous
Box   1 Folder   1	Undated Note: 9 items
Box   1 Folder   2	Undated Note: 69 items
	1966-1969
Box   1 Folder   3	1966 March-1969 Note: 58 items
	1970
Box   1 Folder   4	October 1-October 14 Note: 69 items
Box   2 Folder   1	October 15-October 31 Note: 117 items
Box   2 Folder   2	November 1-November 10 Note: 107 items
Box   3 Folder   1	November 11-November 18 Note: 157 items
Box   3 Folder   2	November 19 Note: 58 items
Box   4 Folder   1	November 20-November 30 Note: 131 items
Box   4 Folder   2	December 1-December 4 Note: 90 items
Box   5 Folder   1	December 5-December 12 Note: 121 items
Box   5 Folder   2	December 13-December 31 Note: 65 items
	1971
Box   6 Folder   1	January 1-January 10 Note: 71 items
Box   6 Folder   2	January 11-January 15 Note: 57 items
Box   7 Folder   1	January 16-January 20 Note: 30 items
Box   7 Folder   2	January 21-January 31 Note: 107 items
Box   8 Folder   1	February 1-February 10 Note: 120 items
Box   8 Folder   2	February 11-February 15 Note: 110 items
Box   9 Folder   1	February 16-February 20 Note: 110 items
Box   9 Folder   2	February 21-February 28 Note: 117 items
Box   10 Folder   1	March 1-March 5 Note: 108 items
Box   10 Folder   2	March 6-March 10 Note: 118 items
Box   11 Folder   1	March 11-March 15 Note: 103 items
Box   11 Folder   2	March 16-March 20 Note: 122 items
Box   12 Folder   1	March 21-March 25 Note: 79 items
Box   12 Folder   2	March 26-March 31 Note: 153 items
Box   13 Folder   1	April 1-April 5 Note: 198 items
Box   13 Folder   2	April 6-April 15 Note: 81 items
Box   14 Folder   1	April 16-April 22 Note: 119 items
Box   14 Folder   2	April 23-April 24 Note: 106 items
Box   15 Folder   1	April 25-April 28 Note: 191 items
Box   15 Folder   2	April 29-April 30 Note: 51 items
Box   15 Folder   3	May 1-May 4 Note: 131 items
Box   16 Folder   1	May 5-May 7 Note: 85 items
Box   16 Folder   2	May 8-May 14 Note: 158 items
Box   16 Folder   3	May 15-May 19 Note: 96 items
Box   17 Folder   1	May 20-May 23 Note: 91 items
Box   17 Folder   2	May 24-May 31 Note: 126 items
Box   17 Folder   3	June 1-June 5 Note: 78 items
Box   17 Folder   4	June 6-June 30 Note: 79 items
Box   18 Folder   1	July 1-July 31 Note: 53 items
Box   18 Folder   2	August 1-August 31 Note: 55 items
Box   19 Folder   1	September 1-September 15 Note: 236 items
Box   19 Folder   2	September 16-September 30 Note: 242 items
Box   20 Folder   1	October 1-October 7 Note: 131 items
Box   20 Folder   2	October 8-October 14 Note: 140 items
Box   20 Folder   3	October 15-October 20 Note: 139 items
Box   21 Folder   1	October 21-October 24 Note: 68 items
Box   21 Folder   2	October 25-October 31 Note: 143 items
Box   21 Folder   3	November 1-November 5 Note: 101 items
Box   22 Folder   1	November 6-November 10 Note: 101 items
Box   22 Folder   2	November 11-November 15 Note: 110 items
Box   22 Folder   3	November 16-November 17 Note: 94 items
Box   22 Folder   4	November 18-November 20 Note: 74 items
Box   23 Folder   1	November 21-November 30 Note: 74 items
Box   23 Folder   2	December 1-December 5 Note: 107 items
Box   23 Folder   3	December 6-December 10 Note: 116 items
Box   24 Folder   1	December 11-December 15 Note: 105 items
Box   24 Folder   2	December 16-December 31 Note: 49 items
	1972
Box   24 Folder   3	January 1-January 10 Note: 95 items
Box   25 Folder   1	January 11-January 14 Note: 77 items
Box   25 Folder   2	January 15-January 21 Note: 42 items
Box   25 Folder   3	January 22-January 31 Note: 98 items
Box   25 Folder   4	February 1-February 5 Note: 86 items
Box   26 Folder   1	February 6-February 11 Note: 83 items
Box   26 Folder   2	February 12-February 15 Note: 88 items
Box   26 Folder   3	February 16-February 18 Note: 84 items
Box   26 Folder   4	February 19-February 24 Note: 93 items
Box   27 Folder   1	February 25-February 29 Note: 109 items
Box   27 Folder   2	March 1-March 3 Note: 88 items
Box   27 Folder   3	March 4-March 6 Note: 38 items
Box   27 Folder   4	March 7-March 9 Note: 71 items
Box   28 Folder   1	March 10-March 13 Note: 69 items
Box   28 Folder   2	March 14-March 171 Note: 16 items
Box   28 Folder   3	March 18-March 21 Note: 83 items
Box   28 Folder   4	March 22-March 251 Note: 19 items
Box   29 Folder   1	March 26-March 31 Note: 79 items
Box   29 Folder   2	April 1-April 13 Note: 120 items
Box   29 Folder   3	April 14-April 17 Note: 87 items
Box   30 Folder   1	April 18-April 21 Note: 105 items
Box   30 Folder   2	April 22-April 30 Note: 122 items
Box   30 Folder   3	May 1-May 6 Note: 61 items
Box   31 Folder   1	May 7-May 15 Note: 55 items
Box   31 Folder   2	May 16-May 30 Note: 80 items
Box   31 Folder   3	June 1-June 30 Note: 83 items
Box   31 Folder   4	July 1-July 20 Note: 41 items
Box   32 Folder   1	July 21-July 31 Note: 31 items
Box   32 Folder   2	August 1-August 20 Note: 59 items
Box   32 Folder   3	August 21-August 31 Note: 154 items
Box   32 Folder   4	September 1-September 10 Note: 104 items
Box   33 Folder   1	September 11-September 19 Note: 102 items
Box   33 Folder   2	September 20-September 30 Note: 162 items
Box   33 Folder   3	October 1-October 10 Note: 106 items
Box   34 Folder   1	October 11-October 15 Note: 128 items
Box   34 Folder   2	October 16-October 20 Note: 67 items
Box   34 Folder   3	October 21-October 31 Note: 137 items
Box   35 Folder   1	November 1-November 8 Note: 150 items
Box   35 Folder   2	November 9-December 31 Note: 56 items
	1973
Box   35 Folder   3	January 1-January 31 Note: 28 items
Box   36 Folder   1	February 1-February 1 Note: 24 items
Box   36 Folder   2	March 1-March 31 Note: 54 items
Box   36 Folder   3	April 1-April 30 Note: 62 items
Box   36 Folder   4	May 1-May 31 Note: 39 items
Box   36 Folder   5	June 1-June 30 Note: 17 items
Box   36 Folder   6	July 31-July 31 Note: 46 items
Box   37 Folder   1	August 1-August 31 Note: 36 items
Box   37 Folder   2	September 1-September 30 Note: 64 items
Box   37 Folder   3	October 1-October 31 Note: 87 items
Box   37 Folder   4	November 1-November 30 Note: 38 items
Box   37 Folder   5	December 1-December 31 Note: 5 items
	1974 and 1975
Box   38 Folder   1	Miscellaneous Note: 17 items
	Becker donation Note: This portion of the collection was gathered by Professor Bob Becker and given to J. Wesley Miller to be donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society as part of the Madison People's Poster and Propaganda Collection.
Box   39 Folder   1	1965 and 1966 Note: 26 items, fragile
Box   39 Folder   2	1967 Note: 51 items, fragile
Box   39 Folder   3	1968 Note: 119 items, fragile
Box   39 Folder   4	1960 Note: 95 items, fragile
Box   40 Folder   1	1970A Note: 134 items, fragile
Box   40 Folder   2	1970B Note: 149 items, fragile
Box   40 Folder   3	1970 January-September Note: 99 items
Box   40 Folder   4	1971 and 1972 Note: 7 items, fragile
	Oversize
	1970
Box   41 Folder   1	January-December Note: 36 items
	1971
Box   41 Folder   2	January Note: 13 items
Box   41 Folder   3	February Note: 29 items
Box   41 Folder   4	March Note: 25 items
Box   41 Folder   5	April Note: 42 items
Box   41 Folder   6	May Note: 40 items
Box   41 Folder   7	June Note: 14 items
Box   42 Folder   1	July Note: 0 items
Box   42 Folder   2	August Note: 4 items
Box   42 Folder   3	September Note: 27 items
Box   42 Folder   4	October Note: 27 items
Box   42 Folder   5	November Note: 19 items
Box   42 Folder   6	December Note: 11 items
	1972
Box   43 Folder   1	January Note: 25 items
Box   43 Folder   2	February Note: 14 items
Box   43 Folder   3	March Note: 32 items
Box   43 Folder   4	April Note: 20 items
Box   43 Folder   5	May Note: 12 items
Box   43 Folder   6	June Note: 0 items
Box   44 Folder   1	July Note: 4 items
Box   44 Folder   2	August Note: 14 items
Box   44 Folder   3	September Note: 13 items
Box   44 Folder   4	October Note: 17 items
Box   44 Folder   5	November Note: 15 items
Box   44 Folder   6	December Note: 3 items
	1973
Box   45 Folder   1	January-April Note: 8 items
Box   45 Folder   2	May-August Note: 11 items
Box   45 Folder   3	September-December Note: 14 items
	Miscellaneous
Box   46 Folder   1	1970-1973 Note: 19 items
Box   46 Folder   2	1974-1975 Note: 39 items
Box   46 Folder   3	Nitty Gritty posters Note: 30 items
Box   46 Folder   4	Blank folder Note: 4 items
	Two rolled posters Note: 2 items
PH 4474	Photographs Scope and Content Note: Photographs made by Miller and others of locations in Madison, Wisconsin, with signage or artwork with a rainbow theme.
M70-092	Part 2 (M70-092): Additions, 1970 Physical Description: 0.6 cubic feet (1 flat box and 1 roll)  Scope and Content Note: Papers pertaining to the TAA strike of March 1970. Also includes newsletter from the Madison Tenant Union. Includes accession M70-184.	⇧
M70-358	Part 3 (M70-358): Additions, 1969-1970 Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Letters from Miller to his parents, 1969-1970, on the backs of posters; and a 16mm negative microfilm copy of the letters.	⇧
M71-081	Part 4 (M71-081): Additions, circa 1970 Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Miscellany, including some TAA materials.	⇧
M71-138	Part 5 (M71-138): Additions, circa 1970-1971 Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Miscellany pertaining to the TAA, the University, and the Madison community.	⇧
M75-651	Part 6 (M75-651): Additions, 1970-1974 Physical Description: 7.0 cubic feet (5 cartons and 2 flat boxes)  Scope and Content Note: A diary, correspondence with Miller's parents, TAA papers, and posters.	⇧
M89-108	Part 7 (M89-108): Additions, circa 1970s Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 flat box)  Scope and Content Note: Additional posters.	⇧
M89-373	Part 8 (M89-373): Additions, 1975-1976 Physical Description: 2.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons)  Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1975-1976, including Miller's diary (kept on the backs of posters and other campus handouts), newsletters, and brochures from various organizations mainly based in Madison, Wisconsin.	⇧