Title: James L. Baughman Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1985-1992

Creator:

• Baughman, James L., 1952-

Call Number: M93-143

Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of James Baughman, member and later chair of the Wisconsin Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR). The collection documents the Committee, the issues it investigated, and, to a lesser extent, the Commission. The USCCR was established in 1957 as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding agency of the Executive Branch for the purpose of investigating allegations of denial of civil rights. The state committees serve as local fact-finding agencies.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m93143

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During Baughman's tenure, the major issues investigated by the Wisconsin Advisory Committee included Indian treaty rights, Milwaukee School desegregation, civil rights issues connected with the Jeffrey Dahmer killings, and civil and state hiring practices. Except for the Dahmer case, the issues were the focus of forums, documented by transcripts and testimonies. Project files also include background papers, resource materials, proposals, correspondence, minutes of meetings, Baughman's notes of meetings and phone calls, and clippings. There are also files concerning the alleged degradation of the USCCR by the Reagan administration and the effect of budget cuts on the state committees.

Acquisition Information

Presented by James L. Baughman, Madison, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M93-143

M93-143 Box   1	“Deck-stacking” by Reagan, 1985
Box   1	Vocational education
Box   1	Baughman appointment
Box   1	“Civil rights, 1986”
Box   1	Forum, “A Community Forum on Employment Discrimination and Minority Business Enterprises,” 1987 July 1
Box   1	General (commission materials), 1987
Box   1	Bilingual education
Box   1	Comparable worth
Box   1	Forum, “A Forum on the Status of Civil Rights in Wisconsin,” 1987 August 20
Box   1	Milwaukee Public Schools
Box   1	New Orleans meeting, USCCR, 1988
Box   1	Nashville meeting, USCCR, 1988
Box   1	General (commission materials), 1988-1989
Box   1	Indian Rights, 1988-1989
Box   1	Forum on Indian Rights, “A Community Forum on Discrimination against Chippewa [Ojibwe] Indians in Northern Wisconsin,” 1989 April 27
Box   2	Wausau forum on Indian Rights, James Schlender testimony
Box   2	Wausau forum on Indian Rights, miscellaneous
Box   2	Indian Rights, 1990-1992
Box   2	Indian Rights report, “Discrimination against Chippewa [Ojibwe] Indians in Northern Wisconsin,” 1989
Box   2	Milwaukee School Desegregation project
Box   2	Milwaukee Public School System materials
Box   2	News clippings, Milwaukee Public School System
Box   2	Forum, “Impact of School Desegregation upon Quality Education for Minority Students in Milwaukee Public Schools: Is It Working?”, preparation and planning materials and remarks, 1990 May 22-23
Box   2	Milwaukee housing issues
Box   2	Milwaukee, Dahmer killings [possible violation of civil rights of victims by Milwaukee Police Department]
Box   2	General (commission materials), 1990-1992
Box   2	Presentation to University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Heberlein class, 1990 May 2