Title: Wisconsin. Department of Tourism: Film Office Records
Inclusive Dates: 1969-2005

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Department of Tourism

Call Number: 2005/161

Quantity: 3.2 c.f., 1 disc recording, 62 videorecordings, and 6 DVD recordings

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 office established in 1987 to encourage the use of Wisconsin locations in motion pictures, television, and commercials. Prior to its formal establishment, film location inquiries were informally handled by Tourism Division staff. The film office closed in 2005.

Note:

These records have been assigned Series 2863.

Images in accession 2005/161 have not been individually numbered.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02863

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Included are correspondence and reports on the origins of the office dating to the 1970s, scattered later correspondence, videotapes and DVDs, still photographs and slides, clippings, publicity materials, publications, and notes. There is scant documentation of contacts with film producers or of services provided. Blessing is the only film for which a script is included. Many productions are documented by the commercially-released VHS videotape or by off-screen dubs, with some titles such as Back to School, Dillinger, and Maybe, Baby, also represented by extensive still photography of the on-location shooting.

Some photographs document the search for locations. In addition to major motion pictures, the film office also collected films by independent Wisconsin filmmakers such as Bill Rebane. Also included are many views of Wisconsin tailgate parties, an annual reunion of University of Wisconsin-Madison football fans and individuals in the Hollywood community from Wisconsin. The series is arranged as Administrative Records and Wisconsin Films.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 2005/161

2005/161	Series: Administrative Records
Box   1 Folder   1	Actors, personalities from Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   2	Advertisements placed by Film Office
Box   1 Folder   3	Association of Film Commissioners, 1984-1994
Box   1 Folder   4	Background regarding origins of Film Office
Box   1 Folder   5	Badger Creative Book, 1984-1985
Box   1 Folder   6	Blackpoint Film Festival, 2003-2004
Box   1 Folder   7	Budget, 1996-1997
Box   1 Folder   8	Central Standard Film Festival, 2004
	Cinefest Nuestra
Box   1 Folder   9	2003
Box   3 Folder   1	Poster, 2005
	Cineposiums
Box   1 Folder   10-12	1980-1985
Box   4 Folder   10	Photographs, 1989
Box   1 Folder   13	Research material for paper
Box   1 Folder   14	Clippings regarding Film Office
Box   1 Folder   15	Closing of Film Office
Box   1 Folder   16	Contact reports
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   17-21	1974-2005
Box   1 Folder   22	Robert Ladendorf, correspondence and report, 1979
Box   1 Folder   23	Dick James Inc., commercials, 1989-1990
Box   1 Folder   24	Directories
Box   1 Folder   25	Dusenberg automobiles
Box   1 Folder   26	Great Lakes Film and Video, 1985
Box   1 Folder   27	History of Film Office origins
Box   1 Folder   28	Independent Filmmakers Conference, 2004
Box   1 Folder   29	Knowles report on film potential in Wisconsin, 1987
Box   1 Folder   30	Location Expo, 1986
Box   1 Folder   31	Location guide, undated Note: Pages 1-39 missing.
	Milwaukee Film Festival
Box   1 Folder   32-34	Paper files, 2003
DVD   1	Trailer, DVD
Box   1 Folder   35	Miscellaneous clippings
Box   1 Folder   36	Miscellaneous Wisconsin film resources
Box   1 Folder   37	Motion Picture Locations, 1990
Box   1 Folder   38	Notes, 1990
	Photo displays
Box   3 Folder   2	Dillinger
Box   3 Folder   3	Smokers
Box   3 Folder   4	A Simple Plan
Box   3 Folder   5	The Last Great Ride
Box   3 Folder   6	No Sleep 'til Madison
Box   3 Folder   7	Hollywood, Wisconsin
Box   3 Folder   8	Go to Hell
Box   1 Folder   39	Photo/slide library inventory
Box   3 Folder   13	Promo poster, Wisconsin Film Office
Box   1 Folder   40	Production Guide, 1988
Box   1 Folder   41	Publications of Film Office, miscellaneous
Box   1 Folder   42	Record counts, 2005
Box   1 Folder   43	Reel News, 1996
	Tailgates
Box   1 Folder   44	Binder of paper records
Box   5 Folder   11-12	Tailgate photographs, 1998-1999
Video   2	The Great Wisconsin Tailgate, Los Angeles, California, 1997
Box   1 Folder   45	Utley, Wisconsin (ghost town material)
	Wisconsin Film Festivals
Box   1 Folder   46-50	1999-2003
Box   1 Folder   51	2004
Box   4 Folder   4	Poster, 1999
Box   1 Folder   52	Wisconsin International Children's Film Festival
Box   1 Folder   53	Wisconsin Films, overview
	Series: Wisconsin Films	⇧
Video   3	Adventure! Ben Heckendorn film, 1997
	Adventurous! Ben Heckendorn film, 1999
Video   4	Release
Video   5	Trailer
Box   3 Folder   10	Posters
Video   6	“Al Roker's Milwaukee Food Fest” (Food Network) Note: Milwaukee: beer, brats, fish fry, Summerfest, Harleys, Miller, Sprecher, Leon's, downtown, October 8, 2000.
	America, You're Too Young to Die
Box   4 Folder   1	Location snapshots
Box   2 Folder   1	Miscellaneous, 1986
Box   4 Folder   2	American Dreamer, Paramount, photographs of potential locations
Box   2 Folder   2	American Movie, clippings, 1999
Video   7	America's Castles, “Lumber Barons,” Scripps Productions Note: Superior, Oshkosh.
	America's Deadliest Home Videos, Randum Film Group/Video Vigilantes, 1993
Video   8	Video screening copy
Box   2 Folder   3	Miscellaneous
DVD   2	And the Shadows Flee Away, Victorian Graves Productions, DVD release, 2003
Box   4 Folder   3	Angus, Turner Pictures, stills
Video   10	Antiques Roadshow, dub of Madison episodes 2 and 3
	Back to School, Paper Clip Productions, 1986 Note: Madison.
Video   11	VHS dub of Dangerfield TV interviews, part I, IV
Video   11	Footage of filming on Library Mall; Bascom Hill, Knowles interview with Cass Martin, location manager, 1985 October 16 Note: VHS tape, part V.
Box   2 Folder   4	Press and production materials, 1986
Box   4 Folder   4	On location filming photographs
Video   11	[Barneveld Miller Beer commercial] dub of news interview, WKOW?, part III
Video   12	Basic Football, Basic Football Productions Inc., 1994 Note: Trailer with Burt Reynolds, Camp Randall.
Box   2 Folder   5	The Beast of Bray Road, Bray Road Productions, brochure, 2005
Video   10	The Best of Taverns (Food Network, dub, 2000), part II, “Essen Haus, Madison”
Box   2 Folder   6	The Betsey, clippings, 1977
	Beyond Bizarre Note: Discovery Channel Series.
Video   13	Episode #5, Burrud Productions Inc., 1976 January 19
Box   2 Folder   7	Web page, Episode 5
	Blessing, Star Valley Films Production, 1994 Note: Soldiers Grove and Steuben.
Video   14	Dub
Box   2 Folder   8	“Miles from Nowhere,” script, 1992 and press materials
Box   4 Folder   5	Publicity photographs
	Born to Be Wild: Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre, Filmed 2000, aired 2005 February 5 Note: Madison.
Video   15	Ethan Steifel Physical Description: VHS tape
Box   2 Folder   9	Mailer
Box   4 Folder   6	Boy Who Drank Too Much, MTM, transparencies, 1980 Note: Madison.
Box   4 Folder   7	Breathing Lessons (Hallmark TV), possible Madison location photographs, circa 1984
Box   2 Folder   10	The Brewery, Alliance-CBS TV, ad
Box   2 Folder   11	Britney, Baby, One More Time, press material, 2002
Video   16	Steven Burrows acting/directing clips Note: Contains Chump Change, trailer; commercials for Budweiser, Texaco, Glass Nickel Pizzas, DiGiorno Pizza, Ball Park hot dogs; Tim Matheson “Rules of Comedy.”
	Capture of Big Foot, Studio Films
Box   2 Folder   12	Press packet
LP   1	“My Spirit Runs Free/Sensuous Tiger” Physical Description: 33 1/3 LP
Box   4 Folder   8	Camp Randall filming photographs, 1980
	Chain Reaction (also known as “Dead Drop”), 20th Century Fox, 1996
Video   17	Video press kit
Video   18	1/2-inch video clip
Box   2 Folder   13	Miscellaneous location materials
Box   4 Folder   9	Photographs
Video   43	Children of the Night, Columbia TriStar Home Video, promotional release, 1992
Box   4 Folder   11	Claire's Italian Opera, Yahara Films, stills, 1995
Box   2 Folder   15	Cold Storage, Amber Entertainment Films (Paul Rinehard), 1988, press materials
Video   19	Cremation of Sam McGee, Jacobs/Encyclopedia Britannica, circa 1983 Note: Narrated by Robert Conrad. Video release.
	D2: The Mighty Ducks, Walt Disney Pictures, 1994 Note: Interstate State Park.
Box   2 Folder   16	Contact sheet, review
Box   4 Folder   12	Photographs
	Damien: Omen II, 20th Century Fox, 1978
Box   2 Folder   17	Clipping
Box   4 Folder   13	Still
Box   4 Folder   17	Dance Across America, prop request list, 1995
Video   20	Day with Annie in the Sky (EAA) release video, 1999
Box   4 Folder   14	Deere commercial, On-location filming in Horicon, 1992
Video   21	Dexter Dickie, Video mini-trailer, 2000 April 1
	Dillinger, Warner Bros Television, 1991 Note: Milwaukee, Old World Wisconsin.
Box   2 Folder   18-19	Production and location files
Box   2 Folder   20	Premiere file
Box   4 Folder   15-16	On-location filming at Old World Wisconsin and Milwaukee
Video   11	Dreams Come True, dub of interview with director Max Kalmanowicz (Part II), circa 1982 Note: Oshkosh.
Box   4 Folder   17	Dr. Pepper commercial photographs on-location filming at Circus World Museum, 1979
Box   4 Folder   18	Dusenberg automobile at Governor's Mansion with Tommy Thompson
Video   22	ElimiDATE (Warner Brothers series) Milwaukee, Video dub (Part II), 2002 October 22
Box   2 Folder   21	Expecting Mercy, XenoVision, Mailer
Box   2 Folder   22	Family of Cops, CBS, 1996, Miscellaneous
DVD   3	Fastpitch, Shortstop Films Inc., release, 2000
	Fever Lake, 1996 Note: Horicon, Chippewa Flowage, Cable, Chequamegon, Mississippi River.
Video   24	VHS dub Note: Poor quality audio.
Video   25	Trailer
Box   2 Folder   23	Press materials
Box   4 Folder   19	Photographs of premiere and Keanu Reeves
Box   4 Folder   20	Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe Productions, photograph of grandstand, probably in Iowa
	Fishing Has No Boundaries, Black Cat Productions, 2000
Video   26	Release video
Box   2 Folder   25	Miscellaneous
Video   27	“Friendly Rivalry” AT&T Wireless commercials video (4 cuts), 2002 Note: Pettit Center.
Video   38	Gangster Holidays, Video Art Productions, release video, 2001
Box   2 Folder   26	Giant Spider Invasion, Bill Rebane, press materials, 1975 Note: Various Wisconsin locations.
Box   4 Folder   21	Heileman ad, photographs of on-location filming at La Crosse, 1985
Video   29	Go to Hell, CarSchool Films, release video, 1999
Video   30	Hollywood Wisconsin, release video, 2001
	Hong Kong commercial
Box   2 Folder   27	Clipping and location materials
Box   4 Folder   22	Negatives of shooting at Circus World, Wisconsin Dells, Johnson Wax, and other locations
	Horicon, Emerald Films, 1994
Video   31	Release video
Box   2 Folder   28	Press materials, notes
Video   32	Hunt, Out of Whack Productions, release video, 2002
	I Love Trouble, Touchstone Pictures, 1994 Note: Madison.
Box   2 Folder   29	Correspondence, press materials
Box   4 Folder   23	Stills and location negatives
Video   33	In a Just World - Contraception, Duncan Entertainment, 2003 September 12
	Iron Will, Walt Disney, 1994 Note: Superior, Brule River State Forest.
Box   2 Folder   30	Contact sheet, correspondence, press materials
Box   4 Folder   24	Photographs
Box   4 Folder   25	Japanese corn/cows ad, photographs of on-location filming, 1989
Box   2 Folder   31	Just Write, Wind Chill Productions, clippings, 1998
Video   34	Keeper of the Door: The Story of Door County Lighthouses / produced by Daniel Larson
	Last Great Ride, Hemisphere Entertainment, 1999 Note: Developed for Wisconsin.
Box   2 Folder   32	Correspondence, press materials
Box   4 Folder   26	Photograph displays and Jason Hervey
Box   4 Folder   27	Letterman stunt, photographs of television screen broadcast, undated
	Mad City
Box   2 Folder   33	Contact sheet, notes
Box   5 Folder   1	Potential location images
	Major League, Morgan Creek Productions (County stadium), 1989
Video   53	Trailer, 3/4-inch video
Box   2 Folder   34	Correspondence, press materials
Box   5 Folder   2	On location photographs
Box   2 Folder   35	Making Revolution clipping
Box   2 Folder   36	Map of the World, 1997, notes
	The Marksmen (originally “Sliding Home”), One Body Productions, 1998
Box   2 Folder   37	Web site description
Video   37	Video release, collector's edition
Box   5 Folder   3	On location photographs
	Maybe, Baby, Tri-Star, 1988
Box   2 Folder   38	Correspondence, location miscellaneous, and press materials
Box   5 Folder   4	On location photographs
	Meet the Applegates, Triton Pictures, 1990
Box   2 Folder   39	Call lists, press materials
Box   5 Folder   5	Stills and commercially produced transparencies
Box   2 Folder   40	Midian, poster
Video   22	Million Mom March, dub of Milwaukee Public Television production, 2002
Box   2 Folder   41	Milwaukee, Minnesota, Tartan Films, clipping
Video   23	Mindwarp, Fangoria Films Inc., promotional release, 1991
Box   5 Folder   6	Miscellaneous photographs
	Miss Missouri, Sept Films Cinema, 1989
Box   2 Folder   42	Clipping
Box   5 Folder   7	Photographs of location crew
Box   2 Folder   43	Mississippi (TV series) miscellaneous, 1983
	Motor City Sales (TV series), Bartoli Filmworks and Terry's All Car Productions, 1999
Video   36	Release video
Box   2 Folder   44	Mailer
DVD   4	Movie Critters, Steven Zambo Productions, 2003
	Mr. Big, Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No Production, 1980 Note: Madison.
Video   35	Video
Box   2 Folder   45	Clippings
Box   2 Folder   46	Mr. 3000, press materials, 2004
	Mrs. Soffel Note: North Freedom.
Box   2 Folder   47	Notes and press materials, 1984
Box   5 Folder   8	Negatives and contact sheets
	Musky Stories of the Old Masters: A Sequel, Video Art Productions, 1999
Video   38	Video release
Box   2 Folder   48	Web site printout
Video   39	Mysteries with Carol Vorderman (BBC series), “Carol Knutson Remission” Note: Madison.
Video   40	Mystery Hunters, “Werewolves/Dracula,” Episode 17, Apartment 11 Productions, video screener, 2002 October 20
Box   2 Folder   49	Naked Gun: From the Files of the Police Squad, call sheet, 1988
Box   2 Folder   50	No Sleep 'til Madison, letter and clipping, 1999
	The Novitiate, Counterfeit Bill Productions, 2002 Note: Alexian Brothers Novitiate.
Video   41	Video
Box   2 Folder   51	Mailer
Video   42	Old Masters of Musky Hunting, Video Art Productions, release video, 1998
	Paint Job, House Paint Productions
Box   2 Folder   53	Press materials and notes, 1991
Box   5 Folder   9	Photographs
DVD   5	The Paulding Light, Robert K. Wiegert, 2002
Box   2 Folder   54	Picket Fences, correspondence, 1994
Box   2 Folder   55	Red Betsey, clipping, 2003
Box   2 Folder   56	Reeseville, correspondence and press materials
Video   44	Rhapsody in Stone: “Concretions,” Wisconsin's Own Geological Treasure, Bill Rebane presentation, release video, 1998
Video   45	Road America Story: North America's Premier Road Racing Circuit, Bond Street Studios Inc., video release, 1999 Note: Elkhart Lake.
Video   46	Road Rules, Bunim/Murray Productions, final master video, Episodes #109 (1995 September 16), #110 (1995 September 22), and #301 (1997 January 4)
Box   3 Folder   9	Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (Warner Brothers), clippings, 2004
Video   58	Severed Ties, Columbia TriStar Home Video, promotional release, 1992
Video   47	Sex with Cindy Crawford (ABC, aired 1998 September 22) Note: Madison.
Box   5 Folder   10	Sibling Rivalry, Castle Rock, location photographs of Madison
Box   2 Folder   57	Significant Other, Touchstone Pictures correspondence, clippings, 1991-1993
Video   48	A Simple Plan, Paramount Pictures, 1998 Physical Description: Betacam SP  Note: Video press kit. Access Restrictions: The Wisconsin Historical Society does not have equipment to play back this video.
Video   49	Some Puppet to Watch Over Me, Media Sandwich, release video
	Sound of a Violin in My Lai, Tran Van Thuy, 1999
Video   9	Video (“3rd generation copy”)
Box   2 Folder   58	Miscellaneous
Box   2 Folder   59	Star Man, clippings, 1984
Box   2 Folder   60	Straight Story, letter, clipping, 1999
Video   50	“Stunt School,” news report on Channel 15
Video   51	Sturgeon: Ancient Survivors of the Deep, Earthwave Productions Inc., release video, 1995
Box   2 Folder   61	Take This Job and Shove It, Blackwell Productions, location correspondence, 1980
Video   52	Tiny Tim in Lincoln County, Silver Street Productions, release video, 1988 Note: Gleason.
Box   3 Folder   13	That 70s Show (Fox series set in Wisconsin), publicity, circa 2003
Video   54	Trout Unlimited, TUTV, Barrett Productions, release video, 2001 Note: Mecan River.
	Twister's Revenge Bill Rebane, 1987 Note: Gleason.
Box   2 Folder   62	Clippings
Box   5 Folder   13	Photographs, on-location filming, 1987
Box   5 Folder   14	Unsolved Mysteries (NBC series, 1988), on-location filming at Rock Lake
	Vital Signs (TV), 1986
Box   2 Folder   63	Credit list, notes
Box   5 Folder   15	Photographs of location crew
Box   5 Folder   16	Warner Brothers crew filming on State Street in Madison, 1987
Box   2 Folder   64	What About Joan (TV series) clipping, 2001
Box   2 Folder   65	Whole New Ball Game (ABC series), press material and clippings, 1994
	Winning, Universal Pictures, 1969 Note: Opening filmed at Elkhart Lake.
Video   55	Release video
Box   2 Folder   66	Clippings
Box   5 Folder   17	Photograph of Paul Newman in racecar, 1969
	Wisconsin: An American Portrait, Duncan Group, 1996
Video   56	Video release
Box   2 Folder   67	Proposal
Video   57	Wisconsin Barns, Wisconsin Public Television, video dub aired August 8, 1999
	Wisconsin Born and Bred: The Entertainers, 2002
DVD   6	DVD
Video   59	Teasers (2 minutes), 2000 April
Box   2 Folder   68	Transcript by Jim Muraco, 2001
	Wisconsin Cheese: Art of Cheese Making, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, circa 1997
Video   60	Release video
Box   2 Folder   69	Authorization form
	Wisconsin Death Trip, NBC, 1999 December 3
Video   61	Theresa Boyson interview, 1999 December 13
	Midwestern Gothic: The Making of Wisconsin Death Trip, Internal Combustion
Video   62	Video, 1999
Box   2 Folder   70	Clippings
Video   1	Wisconsin Loggers, Part II, Rosholt House
Box   2 Folder   71	Wishtaker, clipping, 2005