Abstract: Papers of Bernard J. Paulson, a Milwaukee advertising executive, entrepreneur, inventor, and writer, documenting both his business career and his personal life. The papers include the personal correspondence and financial records of Paulson, Getta Broughton, and other members of his family; records of early work as a salesman and writer for the International Harvester Company in Montana and Chicago; and limited business correspondence, financial records, client records, and advertising copy from a number of Milwaukee advertising agencies with which Paulson was associated, 1921-1961. The collection also includes drawings, correspondence, and patent records for other many items invented by Paulson, three 16mm home movies, 1957-1959, and photographs and negatives showing family activities, Paulson company products, and International Harvester machinery.

Abstract: Images of farm equipment, construction equipment, and trucks produced by the International Harvester Company for use in product advertising literature and press releases. Included are black and white negatives and prints, black and white transparencies, and color transparencies of equipment working in the field and in industrial settings. Subjects include tractors, farm implements, construction equipment, Cub Cadet lawn tractors, and trucks. Fifty-seven film reels are also included in the boxes.

Abstract: Papers of Edwin R. Shorey, a chairman of the Department of Mining and Metallurgy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, largely concerning his work as a consultant to various Wisconsin mining companies. For companies such as the Badger Zinc Company of Dodgeville and the Coughlin Mining Company of Shullsburg there is correspondence, financial records, and blueprints. In addition, other correspondence concerns academic matters, the careers of former students, and state and national legislation about mining. Also included are films containing footage of mines and mining, and home movies.