Abstract: Listings of land owners showing land description, acreage, valuation of land and personal property, taxes assessed, taxes owed, payee of taxes, and amount and date of payment. Beginning in 1900, only every fifth year has been preserved.

Abstract: The Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee records document the organization's role in improving the conditions for working women through education, participation in community affairs and legislative action. Covering the years 1920-1998, the collection contains an almost complete run of the organization's newsletters, the Bulletin (1922-1948) and the Broadcaster (1948-1998), as well as executive committee minutes, committee reports and correspondence files; these files comprise the bulk of the collection. Also included, but to a lesser extent, are membership lists, handbooks, by-laws, annual report files and histories compiled for anniversary celebrations. The collection's photographs document the club's activities and members. Subject files also contain specific information regarding the organization's efforts to secure passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, influence state legislation, and its role in founding the Milwaukee Art Museum War Memorial Center.

Abstract: Official typewritten minutes of the meetings of the Board beginning in 1929; mimeographed “codifications” summarizing Board resolutions back to 1900, prepared as a reference tool; and audio tapes of proceedings, 1964-1971.

Abstract: Photostats of abstracts, with index, noting arrivals and departures from the Massachusetts ports of Boston and Salem, 1686-1688 and 1712-1765, and Newbury and York, 1762-1763, copied from original records in the Public Record Office, London, England. Information includes date entered to record; name of vessel; type of rigging; master's name; number of tons, guns, and men; where and when the ship was built; where and when registered; owner's name; cargo (subdivided by type); destination or from what place she sailed; and where and when bond was given.

Abstract: The Milwaukee Urban Observatory (MUO) was a research center for urban studies. The records contain correspondence, memos, and minutes about the routine operations of the MUO as well as a variety of reports and research publications detailing urban problems and possible solutions. A sampling of topics included in these reports are freeway impact, taxes, elderly housing, property values, the university's impact on the surrounding community, and racial divisions. Also included are copies of the Urban Observer, a publication of the MUO, and extensive correspondence between Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier's office and the MUO.

Abstract: Brief papers of Wilde, a Milwaukee businessman and secretary to Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley. Most of the correspondence concerns personal matters, although there are two letters from Wiley and one to Wiley discussing the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. As a civic leader, Wilde was often asked to give speeches, and many copies exist in the collection. Also present are financial reports (1947-1950) of the Norcor Manufacturing Company, of which Wilde was vice-president.