Title: State Historical Society of Wisconsin National Organization Correspondence
Inclusive Dates: 1940-1996

Creator:

• State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Call Number: Series 2046; 1979/174; 1981/157; 1982/048; 1984/241; 1991/209; 1993/034; 1993/178; 1996/102; 1997/075; 1997/181; 1998/185

Quantity: 4.2 c.f. (11 archives boxes); plus additions of 15.6 c.f.

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Correspondence of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin director and other administrative staff with national historical organizations, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Society of American Archivists, American Historical Association, American Heritage Magazine, American Association for State and Local History, and others.

Language: English

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 12 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 (Series 2046): Original Collection, 1940-1973
• Part 2 (1979/174): Additions, 1953-1971
• Part 3 (1981/157): Additions, 1970-1976
• Part 4 (1982/048): Additions, 1972-1980
• Part 5 (1984/241): Additions, 1970-1976
• Part 6 (1991/209): Additions, 1973-1981
• Part 7 (1993/034): Additions, 1980-1988
• Part 8 (1993/178): Additions, circa 1974-1988
• Part 9 (1996/102): Additions, 1972-1976
• Part 10 (1997/075): Additions, 1987-1996
• Part 11 (1997/181): Additions, 1967-1995
• Part 12 (1998/185): Additions, 1981-1996

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1968/030, 1969/060, 1969/187, 1977/251, 1979/174, 1981/157, 1982/048, 1984/241, 1991/209, 1993/034, 1993/178, 1996/102, 1997/075, 1997/181, 1998/185

Processing Information

Original Collection processed by Dan Byrnes and Karen Baumann, May 22, 1978.

Series 2046	Part 1 (Series 2046): Original Collection, 1940-1973 Physical Description: 4.2 c.f. (11 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Correspondence of the State Historical Society director and other administrative staff with national historical organizations, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Society of American Archivists, American Historical Association, American Heritage Magazine, American Association for State and Local History, and others. Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by organization.
Box   1 Folder   1	American Antiquarian Society, 1943-1949
	American Association for State and Local History
	General Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   2-10	1946-1963
Box   2 Folder   1-5	1964-1972
	Council Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   6-8	1951-1963
Box   3 Folder   1-3	1963-1964
	Awards Correspondence
Box   3 Folder   4-8	1950-1964
Box   4 Folder   1-3	1965-1973
Box   4 Folder   4-8	Committee Correspondence, 1967-1973
Box   5 Folder   1-6	1968 Seminar Materials, 1967-1969
	American Association of Museums
Box   5 Folder   7	1946-1950
Box   6 Folder   1-4	1951-1974
Box   6 Folder   5	American Council of Learned Societies, 1960-1961
Box   6 Folder   6-8	American Heritage, 1949-1961
Box   6 Folder   9	American Historians' Society, 1958
Box   7 Folder   1-3	American Historical Association, 1943-1971
Box   7 Folder   4	American Library Association, 1963-1967
Box   7 Folder   5	Associated Colleges of the Midwest, 1961-1962
Box   7 Folder   6	Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research, 1956-1958
Box   7 Folder   7	Center for Research Libraries, 1965-1970
Box   7 Folder   8	Civil War Centennial Association, 1960
Box   7 Folder   9	Cooperative Educational Research Laboratory, 1968-1969
Box   8 Folder   1	Council on Library Resources, 1961, 1967-1968
Box   8 Folder   2	Cowboy Capital of the World, 1955-1956
Box   8 Folder   3	Daughters of Colonial Wars, 1956-1959
Box   8 Folder   4-5	Forest History Society, 1954-1963, 1966-1967
	Historic Preservation Liaison Officers
Box   8 Folder   6-10	1969-1972
Box   9 Folder   1-2	1972
Box   9 Folder   3	Midwest Inter Library Corporation, 1961
Box   9 Folder   4	Mississippi River Parkway Commission, 1950-1956
Box   9 Folder   5-7	Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1940-1958
	National Trust for Historic Preservation
Box   9 Folder   8	1950-1959
Box   10 Folder   1-4	1962-1972
Box   10 Folder   5	The North American Association of Historic Sites Public Officials, 1958
Box   10 Folder   6	Organization of American Historians, 1962-1972
Box   10 Folder   7	Social Science Research Center, 1961
	Society of American Archivists
	General Correspondence
Box   10 Folder   8	1948-1960
Box   11 Folder   1	1961-1972
Box   11 Folder   2	1969 Annual Meeting Correspondence, 1968-1969
Box   11 Folder   3	Southern Historical Administrators, 1968-1972
Box   11 Folder   4	State History Administrators, 1968-1973
Box   11 Folder   5	Western History Association, 1971
1979/174	Part 2 (1979/174): Additions, 1953-1971 Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons)  Scope and Content Note: National Railroad Museum materials, 1953-1971; includes meeting minutes, board of directors information, general correspondence, and information about museum acquisitions. There is a small amount of information about visits to other railroad museums.	⇧
	National Railroad Museum
Box   1 Folder   1	Promotion and Publicity Material, 1958-59
Box   1 Folder   2	Leads, Contacts, 1957
Box   1 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1957
Box   1 Folder   4	House Concurrent Resolution 233, Senate Concurrent Resolution 55, 1958
Box   1 Folder   5	Clyde Meidl, 1956-1957
Box   1 Folder   6	Ferdinand Magellan Correspondence, 1958
Box   1 Folder   7	Questionnaires, 1955-1957
Box   1 Folder   8	Questionnaire - Acknowledged, 1957
Box   1 Folder   9	Proposed Acquisitions
Box   1 Folder   10	Black Mountain - No. 1
Box   1 Folder   11	Chesapeake and Ohio
Box   1 Folder   12	Resolution
Box   1 Folder   13	Ferdinand Magellan
Box   1 Folder   14	Northernaire
Box   1 Folder   15	Pershing
Box   1 Folder   16	Woodrow Wilson “Federal” Car
Box   1 Folder   17	Lake Superior
Box   1 Folder   18	St. Cyr
Box   1 Folder   19	Great Northern
Box   1 Folder   20	Wabash
Box   1 Folder   21	Illini
Box   1 Folder   22	Pullman
Box   1 Folder   23	Rolling Stock
Box   1 Folder   24	1953-1955
	Board of Directors
Box   1 Folder   25	1967
Box   1 Folder   26	1968
Box   1 Folder   27	Brochure
	Minutes
Box   1 Folder   28	1966-1967
Box   1 Folder   29	1968-1969
Box   1 Folder   30	1970
Box   1 Folder   31	1971
	Visits to Other Railroad Museums
Box   1 Folder   32	Midwest Central Railroad, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Box   1 Folder   33	Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
Box   1 Folder   34	Monticello and Sangamon Valley Railroad, Monticello, Illinois
Box   1 Folder   35	National Museum of Transport, St. Louis, Montanta
	National Railroad Museum
Box   1 Folder   36-41	Booklet - Discussion Draft, Copies 24-25, 27-29, 33
Box   2 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1953-1958
Box   2 Folder   2-3	1973
Box   2 Folder   4	Ad Hoc Committee, April 27, 1964
Box   2 Folder   5	Board of Directors, 1961-1964
Box   2 Folder   6	Minutes, 1962
	General Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   7	1959-1960
Box   2 Folder   8	1958-1960
Box   2 Folder   9	1961-1965
Box   2 Folder   10	Board of Directors, 1965-1966
Box   2 Folder   11	Railroad Museum
	General Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   12	July-December 1958
Box   2 Folder   13	1958
Box   2 Folder   14	1959
Box   2 Folder   15	Board of Directors, 1958-1960
Box   2 Folder   16	Incorporation Papers, 1956-1958
Box   2 Folder   17	Minutes, 1959-1960
Box   2 Folder   18	Correspondence, 1956
	Harold Fuller
Box   2 Folder   19	1955-1956
Box   2 Folder   20	1957-1958
Box   2 Folder   21	1959-1960
Box   2 Folder   22	1961-1966
Box   2 Folder   23	John Torinus, 1961-1964
Box   2 Folder   24	1953-1958
	General Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   25	1956-1957
Box   2 Folder   26	January-June 1958
Box   2 Folder   27	John Torinus, 1959-1960
Box   2 Folder   28	Harold Shannon, 1957-1959
Box   2 Folder   29	Questionnaires (not acknowledged), 1957
1981/157	Part 3 (1981/157): Additions, 1970-1976 Physical Description: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Correspondence of former director Richard Erney with Society of American Archivists, American Association of State and Local History, and other professional organizations, 1970-1976.	⇧
	Richard A. Erney
	American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
Box   1 Folder   1-7	Council, 1969-1976
Box   1 Folder   8-11	Executive Committee, 1972-1975
Box   1 Folder   12-13	Membership Committee, 1970-1975
Box   1 Folder   14-16	National Archives Advisory Council, 1972-1974
Box   1 Folder   17	Supplementary Material
	Society of American Archivists
Box   1 Folder   18	General and Miscellaneous
Box   1 Folder   19	Awards Committee
Box   1 Folder   20	Archival Statistics
	Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
Box   1 Folder   21	Long-Range Planning
Box   1 Folder   22	Constitution and By-laws Committee
Box   1 Folder   23	AASLH Seminar, October 20-21, 1970
Box   1 Folder   24	National Archives Advisory Council - Census Records
Box   2 Folder   1	AASLH Paper
Box   2 Folder   2	Speaking Engagements
Box   2 Folder   3	National Archives Advisory Council
Box   2 Folder   4	Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society Board
Box   2 Folder   5	AASLH - Treasurer
Box   2 Folder   6	Historical Agencies Course
Box   2 Folder   7	Regional Conventions, 1978
Box   2 Folder   8	Meeting Notes
1982/048	Part 4 (1982/048): Additions, 1972-1980 Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton)  Scope and Content Note: National organizations: general files, 1972-1980.	⇧
1984/241	Part 5 (1984/241): Additions, 1970-1976 Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton)  Scope and Content Note: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 1970-1976; National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), 1973-1978; National Institute of Education, 1973, 1974; Smithsonian Institution, 1973-1976.	⇧
1991/209	Part 6 (1991/209): Additions, 1973-1981 Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton)  Scope and Content Note: National organization correspondence, 1973-1981.	⇧
1993/034	Part 7 (1993/034): Additions, 1980-1988 Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Correspondence with the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), 1980-1988.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	1988
Box   1 Folder   2	Council - Baltimore, December 11-12, 1988
Box   1 Folder   3	October 4-7, 1987
Box   1 Folder   4	1985-1987
Box   2 Folder   1	1980
Box   2 Folder   2	Annual Meeting - New Orleans, September 7-10
Box   2 Folder   3-6	1981-1984
1993/178	Part 8 (1993/178): Additions, circa 1974-1988 Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton)  Scope and Content Note: Director’s correspondence with the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), circa 1974-1988. Included is information about grants and the Editing Institute.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	Challenge Grant Form Letters, 1978-1979
Box   1 Folder   2	OWW (Old World Wisconsin) Challenge Grant Material, 1977
Box   1 Folder   3	NHPRC Editing Institute, 1984
Box   1 Folder   4	Suggested Grant Proposals, 1974-1975
Box   1 Folder   5-7	NHPRC Editing Institute
Box   1 Folder   5	1982
Box   1 Folder   6	1981
Box   1 Folder   7	1980
	NHPRC
Box   1 Folder   8	1982-1988
Box   1 Folder   9	1981
Box   1 Folder   10	1980
Box   1 Folder   11	NEH, Vol. III, History of Wisconsin, Nesbit, 1979-1984
Box   1 Folder   12	NEH Historical Society Self-Study Grant, undated
Box   1 Folder   13	NEH Grant, Long Range Planner, 1978
Box   1 Folder   14	NEH Challenge Grant, 1981-1983
	NEH Grants
Box   1 Folder   15	1977-1987
Box   1 Folder   16	1981-1988
1996/102	Part 9 (1996/102): Additions, 1972-1976 Physical Description: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1972-1976.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	American Association of Museums, 1973-1974
Box   1 Folder   2	American Historical Association - Committee on Commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial
	National Trust for Historic Preservation
Box   1 Folder   3	1973
Box   1 Folder   4	1974
Box   1 Folder   5	1975
	Midwest Region
Box   1 Folder   6	1973
Box   1 Folder   7	1974
Box   1 Folder   8	1975
	Organization of American Historians (OAH)
Box   1 Folder   9	1973
Box   1 Folder   10	1975
	Committee on Bicentennial
Box   1 Folder   11	1973
Box   1 Folder   12	1974
Box   2 Folder   1	State Liaison Officers, 1973
Box   2 Folder   2	State History Administrators, 1973-1975
Box   2 Folder   3	Western History Association, 1975
Box   2 Folder   4	OAH - Committee on Bicentennial, 1975-1976
Box   2 Folder   5	Society of American Archivists, 1973-1975
Box   2 Folder   6	Southern Historical Association, 1974
1997/075	Part 10 (1997/075): Additions, 1987-1996 Physical Description: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons)  Scope and Content Note: National Organization Correspondence, 1987-96. Box 1: American Association for State and Local History (AASLH); Box 2: National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP); Box 3: National Education Association (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), American Association of Museums (AAM); Box 4: National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP), National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).	⇧
	American Association for State and Local History
Box   1 Folder   1	1990
Box   1 Folder   2	Nashville, 1989
	1989
Box   1 Folder   3	January-June
Box   1 Folder   4	July-December
Box   1 Folder   5	Search Committee, 1989
	National Council on Public History
Box   1 Folder   6	1987
Box   1 Folder   7	1988
Box   1 Folder   8	State Historical Administrators - National Conference, 1979-1985
Box   1 Folder   9	Northwest Ordinance Bicentennial
	National Historical Publications and Records Commission - Grants
Box   1 Folder   10	84-52 - Wisconsin Archival Information Management System (Evans)
Box   1 Folder   11	88-115 - Appraisal and Processing of Early Wisconsin Television Newsfilm Archives (Talbot), 1988
Box   1 Folder   12	80-30 - Wisconsin Progressives Microfilming Project (Ham/Miller)
	National Endowment for the Arts - Grants
Box   2 Folder   1	1972-1973
Box   2 Folder   2	1975
	National Endowment for the Humanities - Grants
Box   2 Folder   3	RN-20001-85 - U.S. Newspapers - A National Bibliographic Project (Danky) - 2nd Grant
Box   2 Folder   4	AP-20429-82 - 200th Anniversary of U.S. Constitution (Fleckner/Kaminski/Ham)
Box   2 Folder   5	Old World Wisconsin - Ehnic Migration Grant Proposal
Box   2 Folder   6	Voting Data Series - U.S., 1789-1824
Box   2 Folder   7	Blanks
Box   2 Folder   8	“Treasures” of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW) - 140 Years of Collecting, Preserving, Disseminating and Interpreting History (Woodhouse)
Box   2 Folder   9	RC-20954-85 - United Packinghouse Workers of America Oral History Project (Cavanaugh), 1984
Box   2 Folder   10	RS-20360 - Community Historians-in-Residence (Stromquist)
Box   2 Folder   11	PM-20319-81-0469 - Assisting Local Historical Museums to Improve Interpretive Quality of Exhibits (Stromquist)
Box   2 Folder   12	GM-22029-84 - Culture and Agriculture - A Cooperative Local History Exhibit (McKay), 1983
Box   2 Folder   13	Culture and Agriculture (McKay), 1986 - 2nd Grant
Box   2 Folder   14	PM-20382-81-0253 - “Six Generations Here - A Family Remembers” (Talbot)
Box   2 Folder   15	PM-31691-78-513 - “Six Generations Here” (Talbot)
Box   2 Folder   16	RT-20264-82 - Newspaper Collections at the SHSW - A Bibliographic Project
Box   2 Folder   17	Local History Collections in the Public Library - An Assistant and Development Project
Box   2 Folder   18	National Endowment for the Arts - Grants
Box   2 Folder   19	A40-20-249B - Climate Control
	National Endowment for the Humanities - Grants
Box   2 Folder   20	Black Workers in Milwaukee Exhibit (McKay/Benson), November 1990
Box   2 Folder   21	Understanding Today through Yesterday (Stevens), 1993
Box   2 Folder   22	RC-21386-87 - Business History Collections - A Processing, Finding Aids and Reporting Project
Box   2 Folder   23	GM-23185-86 - “What Do the Simple Folk…” (Severa), 1985
Box   2 Folder   24	Labor Press in America (Danky)
Box   2 Folder   25	American Association of Museums - Museum Accreditation (SHSW)
	National Trust for Historic Preservation
Box   3 Folder   1	August-December 1992
Box   3 Folder   2-3	1993
	1994
Box   3 Folder   4	January 23-25
Box   3 Folder   5-6	January-December
Box   3 Folder   7	Education Task Force
Box   3 Folder   8	With Liberty and Justice for All - The Story of the Bill of Rights
Box   3 Folder   9	Teacher's Guide
Box   3 Folder   10	Foundations of Democracy - Authority, Privacy, Responsibility and Justice
Box   3 Folder   11	Violence in the Schools - Developing Prevention Plans
Box   3 Folder   12	Teacher's Guide
Box   4 Folder   1	January-July 1992
Box   4 Folder   2	Belgium Tour
Box   4 Folder   3	Education Task Force
Box   4 Folder   4	Development/Strategic Planning, 1995
Box   4 Folder   5-6	January-June 1995
Box   4 Folder   7	1996
	National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Box   4 Folder   8	Grant 75-27 - American Federation of Labor - Gompers Papers (Harry Miller)
Box   4 Folder   9	Grant 76-46 - Draper Microfilming Project (Ham)
Box   4 Folder   10	1979
Box   4 Folder   11	Editing Institute, 1979
1997/181	Part 11 (1997/181): Additions, 1967-1995 Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center cartons)  Scope and Content Note: Correspondence with the American Association for State and Local History, Bassett Foundation, Johnson Foundation, National Council on Public History, and the State Historical Agency Directors.	⇧
1998/185	Part 12 (1998/185): Additions, 1981-1996 Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons)  Scope and Content Note: National organization correspondence, 1981-1996.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	Alabama Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   2	Arizona Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   3	Buffalo (New York) Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   4	California Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   5	Chicago Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   6	Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia)
Box   1 Folder   7	Colorado Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   8	Columbia Historical Society (US Grant)
Box   1 Folder   9	Delaware Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   10	Detroit Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   11	Winterthur Museum -- Delaware
Box   1 Folder   12	Florida Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   13	Georgia -- Department of Archives and History
Box   1 Folder   14	Idaho State Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   15	Illinois Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   16	Indiana Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   17	Iowa, State Historical Society of
Box   1 Folder   18	Kansas Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   19	Kentucky Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   20	Louisiana State Museum
Box   1 Folder   21	Maine Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   22	Maryland Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   23	Massachusetts Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   24	Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts
Box   1 Folder   25	Michigan Historical Commission
Box   1 Folder   26	Historical Society of Michigan
Box   1 Folder   27	Minnesota Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   28	Minnesota Historical Society -- , 1979-1982
Box   1 Folder   29	Missouri Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   30	State Historical Society of Missouri
Box   1 Folder   31	Montana Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   32	Nebraska Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   33	New Hampshire Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   34	New Jersey Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   35	Museum of New Mexico
Box   2 Folder   1	New York Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   2	New York Education Department
Box   2 Folder   3	New York Historical Association
Box   2 Folder   4	Nevada Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   5	North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Box   2 Folder   6	State Historical Society of North Dakota
Box   2 Folder   7	Ohio Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   8	Oklahoma Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   9	Oregon Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   10	Pennsylvania Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   11	Rhode Island Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   12	South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Box   2 Folder   13	South Carolina Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   14	South Dakota State Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   15	Tennessee Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   16	Texas -- Dallas Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   17	United States Capitol Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   18	Utah State Division of History
Box   2 Folder   19	Vermont Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   20	Virginia Historical Federation
Box   2 Folder   21	Virginia Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   22	Washington State Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   23	Western History Association
Box   2 Folder   24	West Virginia Historical Society
Box   2 Folder   25	Wyoming Historical Society