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1 | Title: Frederic E. Risser Papers,
1925-1971 Creator: Risser, Frederic E., 1900-1971 Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 418 Abstract: Papers of a Madison, Wis., attorney and state senator, consisting of legislative and political papers, legal case and reference files, a subject file, and personal and miscellaneous papers. Also included are a small number of the political, professional, and personal papers of Risser's father-in-law, Ernest N. Warner (1868-1930), who was also a Madison attorney and state assemblyman. Included in the collection are Risser's constituent correspondence files, 1936-1949; notes for and copies of legislation introduced by Risser or considered by committees of which he was a member; correspondence concerning cases Risser handled as Dane County district attorney; and legal papers created while attorney for the Town of Madison. Items in the subject file show the involvement of both Risser and Warner in the Progressive movement in Wisconsin, in the development of parks in Madison and Wisconsin, and their interest in American and Wisconsin history including membership in the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Correspondents include Risser's law partner John Shiels, and the materials make reference to Wisconsin Progressive Robert M. La Follette. Link to this item directly | Remove from bookbag |
2 | Title: Warner Bros. Films: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 1.1,
1918-1950 Creator: Warner Bros. Creator: First National Pictures Inc. Quantity: 2057 film reels (16 mm) and 1 videorecording Call Number: FA 008-FA 012; FA 021-FA 023; FA 076-FA 077; FA 404-FA 999; FB 001-FB 449; FB 452-FB 625; FB 630-FB 877; FB 879-FB 999; FC 001-FC 459; VHA 006 Abstract: Feature films produced by Warner Bros. Also included are films produced by First National Pictures Inc. which later merged with Warner Bros., Vitaphone Corporation / Vitagraph Company of America. Contains 861 titles. These films comprise part of the extensive United Artists Corporation collection held at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Link to this item directly | Remove from bookbag |
3 | Title: Stanley R. McCormick Papers,
1881-1945 Creator: McCormick, Stanley R., 1874-1947 Quantity: 6.0 cubic feet (15 archives boxes); plus additions of 0.8 cubic feet Call Number: McCormick Mss 1G; McCormick Mss 2G; McCormick Mss 3G; McCormick Mss 4G; McCormick Mss 5G; M2002-052 Abstract: Papers of Stanley R. McCormick, youngest son of industrialist Cyrus Hall and Nettie Fowler McCormick, who became mentally incompetent at the age of thirty-two; consisting of correspondence, notes, minutes, financial accounts, medical reports and charts, legal documents, and transcripts of court hearings. These concern his early business interests, arrangements for his care, controversies between the McCormick's and his wife Katharine, whom he married in 1904, and reports of medical consultants. Link to this item directly | Remove from bookbag |