This collection contains records from the City of Milwaukee’s 6th District
Alderwoman, Marlene E. Johnson-Odom. This collection includes correspondence,
reports, subject files, ordinances, clippings, proclamations, awards/plaques and
publications. The original subject headings from aldermanic staff have been kept
intact as much as possible. Some of her correspondence was previously organized in a
binder, arrangement was kept. Specifically included are documents from the 1993
Milwaukee water crisis / cryptosporidium outbreak. The crisis began in spring of
1993 when residents began getting sick and cryptosporidium was discovered in the
water supply.
