Title: Mayor’s Convention Committee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1960-1970

Creator:

• Milwaukee (Wis.). Mayor's Committee on Facilities for Conventions and Other Activities

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 405

Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

This collection consists of materials relating to the Mayor’s Convention Committee in the 1960s. Subjects covered include the study and development of a convention center, attracting tourism to the city, State Fair Park, and the economic issues of the Greater Milwaukee Area.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0405

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In April 1967, Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Mayor Henry Maier appointed a committee of local citizens to study the need for additional public facilities and developments, various facility proposals and to make recommendations. The committee’s name was the Mayor’s Committee on Facilities for Conventions and Other Activities but it also had a few variations: Mayor’s Committee on Convention and Tourism Facilities, Mayor’s Committee on Convention Facilities, Mayor’s Convention and Tourist Committee, Mayor’s Convention Facilities Committee and Mayor’s Convention Committee. There were also several subcommittees. Two of those subcommittees were called the Documentation of Needs committee and the Technical committee.

Most members appointed were high level officers from Milwaukee businesses or organizations. There were also many subcommittee members along with others who assisted and supported with research and study.

The main committee members were:

• Robert E. Dineen, Committee Chairman (Chairman of the Board at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co)
• Edmund Fitzgerald (Chairman at Milwaukee Development Group)
• Louis J. Selzer (President, Selzer-Ornst Company)
• Jacob F. Friedrick (President at Milwaukee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO)
• Robert S. Stevenson (Chairman at Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company)
• Harold B. Groh (President at Wisconsin Telephone Co)
• Howard J. Tobin (President at Wisconsin Gas Co)
• Leonard C. Hobert (Controller at Gimbels-Schusters)
• Chester O. Wanvig (President at Globe Union, Inc)
• Bertram McNamara (Director at District 32 of United Steel Workers of America)

This collection consists of correspondence and memos, committee information, meeting records, studies, statistics, publications and reports. Most materials focus around 1967-1968 and have a close connection to the committee and subcommittee members from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Other than the main committee members, two other frequently present names are Fred Daiger, Manager of Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau and Charles M. Boehrer (subcommittee member), Assistant Manager of Market Research, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

The subjects are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder.

Mayor’s Convention Committee Records, 1960–1970, Collection 405. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Report, Nov. 27, 1967

Summary of the report

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Currently, no acquisition information is available. The materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Inventory by Kadie Seitz, Fieldworker, 2014. Processed by Casey Lapworth, 2019.

Box   1 Folder   1	Committee Member Information, 1967, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Committee Members - List, 1967, undated
Box   1 Folder   3-4	Correspondence, 1964, 1967-1968
Box   1 Folder   5	Maps, 1964-1968, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Meeting – Agendas and Minutes, 1967, undated
Box   1 Folder   7	Memorandums, 1966-1968, undated
Box   1 Folder   8	Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1967-1968, undated
Box   1 Folder   9	Miscellaneous, 1967-1968, undated
Box   1 Folder   10	Newspaper Clippings, 1967-1970
Folder   11	Organizational Charts, undated
Box   1 Folder   12	Presentation, 1967-1968
Box   1 Folder   13	Publications, 1960-1968, undated
Box   2 Folder   1-3	Publications, 1960-1968, undated
	Reports
Box   2 Folder   4	General, 1966-1968, undated
Box   2 Folder   5	“Report of the Mayor’s Committee on Facilities for Conventions and Other Activities”, 1967
Box   3 Folder   1	“Report of the Mayor’s Committee on Facilities for Conventions and Other Activities” - DRAFT, circa 1967
Box   3 Folder   2	Space capacity / Requirements, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Speeches / Remarks, 1966-1968
Box   3 Folder   4-5	Statistics, 1960-1967, undated