Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin, Equal Rights Division, Case Files
Inclusive Dates: 1945-2019

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Equal Rights Division

Call Number: Series 1744; Audio 1592A; 2000/041; 2001/068; 2001/134; 2002/038; 2002/124; 2003/062; 2003/145; 2003/161; 2004/045; 2005/045; 2005/131; 2006/045; 2006/157; 2007/050; 2007/122; 2008/038; 2008/120; 2009/051; 2010/056; 2010/138; 2011/048; 2011/146; 2013/014; 2013/055; 2014/057; 2015/062; 2009/051; 2010/056; 2010/138; 2011/048; 2011/146; 2013/014; 2013/055; 2014/057; 2015/062; 2018/045; 2020/024; 2019/051; 2021/022; 2023/083; 2024/030; 2025/061

Quantity: 35.4 cubic feet (35 record center cartons and 2 half-archives boxes), 22 audio recordings; plus additions of 94.0 cubic feet (86 records center cartons, 16 archives boxes, and 8 half-archives boxes), 8 audio recordings, 6 compact discs (audio recordings), 5 video recordings, 1.04 gigabytes
Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTIONS MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry for additional information.

Abstract:

Case files of the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division. Correspondence and legal materials concerning cases of discrimination that were adjudicated in court, 1967-1993, together with files on all incidents of discrimination initiated with the division, 1945-1967, regardless of whether they were litigated outside the agency. Beginning in 1994, only those cases which are appealed to court are retained. The series concerns complaints and cases of racial discrimination in housing, public accommodations, and employment, as well as cases based on gender, age, and religion. Files variously include the original complaint and determination, case information sheets, briefs, correspondence, transcripts of proceedings, case summaries, findings of fact, orders, dissents, and other related information. A.O. Smith, American Motors Corp., Briggs and Stratton, and Wisconsin Telephone Co. are among the respondents. Also included is case correspondence, 1963-1968, of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights and a 10-year summary of commission cases.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser01744