Title: Robert H. Wills Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1964-1991

Creator:

• Wills, Robert H.

Call Number: M94-384

Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (5 record center cartons and 1 archives box)

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 journalist Robert H. Wills, editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel and active member of several professional journalism organizations. The collection includes material from his participation in the National News Council (NNC) and the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), including correspondence and minutes of board meetings for the NNC (1980-1985, the period during which he represented ASNE at board meetings); correspondence concerning ASNE's Ethics Committee; and material regarding the feasibility of establishing a Wisconsin News Council. Also included are many of Wills' speeches on a wide variety of media issues, and correspondence and memoranda on open records and freedom of information issues. Additional documentation concerns the civil disturbances in Milwaukee in 1967.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Robert H. Wills, Brookfield, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M94-384

M94-384 Box   1 Folder   1	Biographical information on Wills
Box   1 Folder   2	Crime victim bill
Box   1 Folder   3	Ben Barkin roast
Box   1 Folder   4	“Editors Exchange” (newsletter of the Newspaper Readership Council)
	Legal action files
Box   1 Folder   5	, 1972 County Board Caucus
Box   1 Folder   6	1970, Knopps
Box   1 Folder   7	Children's records/Breier
Box   1 Folder   8	Mishicot
Box   1 Folder   9	Seraphim
Box   1 Folder   10	Southern Colony demand
Box   1 Folder   11	Walker case
Box   1 Folder   12	Sheriff Witkowski
Box   1 Folder   13	Youmans vs. Mayor Owens
Box   1 Folder   14	Leonard and McMillian testimonies
Box   1 Folder   15	Freedom of Information Act
Box   1 Folder   16	Dick Leonard retirement
Box   1 Folder   17	LA Times reports
Box   1 Folder   18	Incoming professional correspondence materials
Box   1 Folder   19	News and its importance
Box   1 Folder   20	Newspaper technology
Box   1 Folder   21	Open records
Box   1 Folder   22	Pere Marquette (statue rededication, 1987)
Box   1 Folder   23-26	Pulitzer Prize juries, 1980-1983, 1990-1991
Box   1 Folder   27	Readership (CCP study, 1990)
Box   1 Folder   28	Schwandner, Harvey W.
Box   1 Folder   29	Riot, 1967
Box   2 Folder   1	Wills' graduate research papers
	Speeches
Box   2 Folder   2	Eighth Street School
Box   2 Folder   3	Short drafts
Box   2 Folder   4	Kenosha taxpayers, 1974
Box   2 Folder   5	Y.W.C.A. (“Web of Racism”), 1971
Box   2 Folder   6	Milwaukee Rotary Club, 1971
Box   2 Folder   7	Archdiocesan Advisory Committee and St. Bernardine Communicators Guild, 1970
Box   2 Folder   8	League of Women Voters, 1969
Box   2 Folder   9	Milwaukee Area Society for Public Administration, 1969
Box   2 Folder   10	Sigma Delta Chi [SDX] Annual Region 5 Conference, 1968
Box   2 Folder   11	Newspaper in classroom group, 1967
Box   2 Folder   12	Marquette/Gulf speech, January 29, 1991
Box   2 Folder   13	SDX: Speech on freedom of information issue, 1984
Box   2 Folder   14	SDX - Milwaukee, 1987
Box   2 Folder   15	Eau Claire, 1987
Box   2 Folder   16	UW Parkside, 1987
Box   2 Folder   17	Boston, June 9, 1987/Cleveland, , June 10, 1987
Box   2 Folder   18	Remarks at Wisconsin Newspaper Association meeting, Concourse Hotel, 1987
Box   2 Folder   19	The Future of American Newspapers from: 1985 Inland Daily Press Association, Chicago, Illinois
Box   2 Folder   20	Business (AEJMC, 1987)
Box   2 Folder   21	Hawaii, December 14, 1986
Box   2 Folder   22	Wills, R. H. “party,” SPJ [Society of Professional Journalists], SDX and press club, November 1986
Box   2 Folder   23	Madison, Wisconsin in the Pacific conference, 1986
Box   2 Folder   24	SDX, Oshkosh, 1986
Box   2 Folder   25	Circulation meeting, Wausau, September 5, 1986
Box   2 Folder   26	Chicago Press Club, November 21, 1985 “Freedom of Information”
Box   2 Folder   27	Video message, February 28, 1986
Box   2 Folder   28	SPJ, SDX Region 5, April 25, 1985
Box   2 Folder   29	Forestry Hall of Fame, 1985
Box   2 Folder   30	Editor in Residence program, University of Alabama, October 1985
Box   2 Folder   31	Kettle Moraine Press Association, October 1985
Box   2 Folder   32	Central State Circulation meeting, La Crosse, September 16, 1985
Box   2 Folder   33	Circulation speech, Spring 1985
Box   2 Folder   34	Active Americans Kickoff, July 11, 1985, Peck Pavilion
Box   2 Folder   35	High School Editors conference, Whitewater, 1978
Box   2 Folder   36	LaCrosse, March 6, 1985
Box   2 Folder   37	Pen and Mike Club, February 3, 1985
Box   2 Folder   38	Intellectual Freedom Coalition conference, 1984
Box   2 Folder   39	MORE, March 28, 1984
Box   2 Folder   40	SPJ SDX, Washington, D.C., 1985
Box   2 Folder   41	Rotary - Milwaukee - March 27, 1984
Box   2 Folder   42	Washington Press Conference, April 28, 1987
Box   2 Folder   43	Lakeland Rotary, May 24, 1984
Box   2 Folder   44	Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce, 1984
Box   2 Folder   45	Milwaukee Kiwanis, May 30, 1984
Box   2 Folder   46	Rotary, March 27 and April 9, 1984
Box   2 Folder   47	Racine Rotary, April 9, 1984; Janesville, , August 13, 1984; Milwaukee Lions, , August 22, 1984
Box   2 Folder   48	Circulation, September 1984
Box   2 Folder   49	Circulation Madison (UW), November 4, 1983
Box   2 Folder   50	Spring Circulation meeting, 1983, Neenah
Box   2 Folder   51	Intellectual Freedom Coalition, March 1, 1984
Box   2 Folder   52	Wisconsin Psychiatric Association, October 22, 1983
Box   2 Folder   53	“Farewell First Amendment?”, UW-Madison, October 19, 1983
Box   2 Folder   54	Active Americans Kickoff, July 12, 1983, Peck Pavilion
Box   2 Folder   55	Oshkosh NEWSPA, April 27, 1983
Box   2 Folder   56	UW-Whitewater, March 16, 1983
Box   2 Folder   57	Advertising department seminar, January 11, 1983 Note: Also John Joanis introduction.
Box   2 Folder   58	Media and Law Enforcement, MATC South Campus, 1982
Box   2 Folder   59	Krohn clinic, Black River Falls, September 16, 1982
Box   2 Folder   60	Medical Society of Wisconsin, October 28, 1982
Box   2 Folder   61	Newspapers of the Future--National Convention SDX, November 12, 1982
Box   2 Folder   62	Fall Circulation meetings, 1982
Box   2 Folder   63	Managing the Tension III, October 4-5, 1983
Box   2 Folder   64	The Press and the Legal System: Managing the Tension, Part II, October 16, 1981
Box   2 Folder   65	Columbus, May 22-23, 1982
Box   2 Folder   66	Editor in Residence - Florida, February 1982
Box   2 Folder   67	UWM - April 22 Panel: The View from Without, , 1982
Box   2 Folder   68	UW Extension, Oshkosh, April 2-3, 1982
Box   2 Folder   69	SDX - Whitewater, April 1, 1982
Box   2 Folder   70	FOI seminar, March 20, 1982
Box   2 Folder   71	Publishers forum, March 16, 1982
Box   2 Folder   72	H.L. Sonneborn retirement, November 6, 1981
Box   2 Folder   73	District Public relations conference, September 24, 1981
Box   2 Folder   74	Harold Nelson, May 8, 1981
Box   2 Folder   75	Nursing Home Conv., Concourse, September 22, 1981
Box   2 Folder   76	Circulation Management, 1981
Box   2 Folder   77	WNA (Wisconsin News Council)- LaCrosse, June 4-5, 1981
Box   3 Folder   1	SDX Seminar, MU, March 21, 1981
Box   3 Folder   2	North Shore Kiwanis, September 30, 1981
Box   3 Folder   3	Media/Law: The Press and the Legal System: “Managing the Tension,” March 27-28, 1980
Box   3 Folder   4	Intellectual Freedom Coalition, speech, March 27, 1981
Box   3 Folder   5	International Association of Business Communicators, February 10, 1981
Box   3 Folder   6	Press Club Hall of Fame Awards: Rufus King, 1981
Box   3 Folder   7	Newspapers in Education, June 22, 1981
Box   3 Folder   8	Wisconsin State Legislature: False Light, 1981
Box   3 Folder   9	Circulation meeting, Oshkosh, February 26, 1981
Box   3 Folder   10	Kiwanis Club, Flagstaff, Arizona, October 6, 1980
Box   3 Folder   11	Newspapers in Education, June 23, 1980
Box   3 Folder   12	Flagstaff, Arizona: 1980 Editor in Residence program
Box   3 Folder   13	Burlington Rotary Club, February 11, 1980
Box   3 Folder   14	Rock County Press Club, January 18, 1979
Box   3 Folder   15	Kiwanis, February 18, 1976
Box   3 Folder   16	Wisconsin Libraries Association, October 22, 1980
Box   3 Folder   17	Community Action for Women, October 23, 1980
Box   3 Folder   18	NPRA and ANPA Workshop Speech, Sepember 30, 1980
Box   3 Folder   19	Active Americans Kickoff, July 14, 1980, Mitchell Park
Box   3 Folder   20	St. Paul, Minnesota, May 30, 1980
Box   3 Folder   21	Wisconsin English Journal: “Importance of Uncensored School Newspapers,” article, 1980
Box   3 Folder   22	High School Editors conference, Madison - November 2, 1978
Box   3 Folder   23	Tomahawk Jaycees, March 24, 1973
Box   3 Folder   24	High School Journalism conference, University of Wisconsin--Platteville, October 12, 1978
Box   3 Folder   25	Jean Otto night/press club, December 11, 1979
Box   3 Folder   26	Utah?
Box   3 Folder   27	Journalism Education Association, October 28, 1979
Box   3 Folder   28	Marquette Alumni, October 11, 1979
Box   3 Folder   29	UW - Whitewater Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists/SDX, March 8, 1979
Box   3 Folder   30	Madison Student Chapter of SDX, April 12, 1979
Box   3 Folder   31	Oshkosh: Student SDX, April 1, 1979
Box   3 Folder   32	St. Cloud, Minnesota, April 6-7, 1979
Box   3 Folder   33	Press Club Panel, July 19, 1979, regarding Reuven Frank
Box   3 Folder   34	Fall circulation Meetings, September 12-13, 1979, Midway Motor Lodge, Howell
Box   3 Folder   35	WNA mid-winter meeting, Stevens Point, January 11-13, 1979
Box   3 Folder   36	Brookfield East Key Club, January 29, 1979
Box   3 Folder   37	Wisconsin Newspaper Association, January 11-13, 1979
Box   3 Folder   38	UPI (United Press International), December 16, 1978
Box   3 Folder   39	Health Care Cost Containment, Milwaukee County Medical Society - (Olympia), November 30, 1978
Box   3 Folder   40	Marquette University journalism students, November 11, 1978
Box   3 Folder   41	ANPA workshop on personnel, Chicago, October 2, 1978
Box   3 Folder   42	Investigative reporters and editors workshop, October 14, 1978, Indianapolis, Indiana
Box   3 Folder   43	Freedom of Information Council, Madison, October 5, 1978
Box   3 Folder   44	University of Wisconsin-Extension, class on public relations, October 18, 1978
Box   3 Folder   45	Women in communication, September 30, 1978
Box   3 Folder   46	Newspapers in education (NIE) workshop, June 26, 1978
Box   3 Folder   47	Wauwatosa Rotary Club, June 14, 1978
Box   3 Folder   48	National Conference of Editorial Writers critique, June 2, 1978, Marquette University
Box   3 Folder   49	Irwin Maier Press Club/Golden Quill, December 14, 1977
Box   3 Folder   50	Young America Kickoff meeting, 1979
Box   3 Folder   51-52	Circulation meetings, 1977
Box   3 Folder   53	Sales Seminar Seventy Seven, January 5, 1977
Box   3 Folder   54	25 Year Club, 1976
Box   3 Folder   55	Newspapers in Education, UW-Milwaukee, June 21, 1976
Box   3 Folder   56	State Circulation meetings, 1960-1975
Box   3 Folder   57	Association press meetings, December 5-6, 1975
Box   3 Folder   58	Advertising/ Circulation meetings, September 1976
Box   3 Folder   59	Farris, February 22, 1976, “The Mass Media and the Nazis”
Box   3 Folder   60	Brookfield Center, November 13, 1975, National Honor Society
Box   3 Folder   61	Rotary Clubs, October 1975
Box   3 Folder   62	Circulation meeting, September 1975
Box   3 Folder   63	Business information dinner, 1975
Box   3 Folder   64	Miscellaneous short talks, 1976
Box   3 Folder   65	Speeches, 1973-1974
Box   3 Folder   66	Racine Taxpayers Association, May 10, 1973
Box   3 Folder   67	25 Year Club dinner speech, 1976
Box   3 Folder   68	Public expenditure survey, September 28, 1973
Box   3 Folder   69	North Shore Kiwanis, March 28, 1973
	National News Council
Box   4 Folder   1-12	Working files, including file on NNC “demise,” NYC and DesMoines, 1980-1984
Box   4 Folder   13	, 1985 Revive? Note: Includes “Guide to the Archives of the NNC.”
Box   4 Folder   14	SDC [Community Relations-Social Development Council in Milwaukee], 1978
Box   5 Folder   1	Wisconsin FOI Council, 1984
Box   5 Folder   2	ASNE Ethics Committee, 1981
Box   5 Folder   3	WNA Ethics without the Sermon
	American Press Institute
Box   5 Folder   4	General, 1964-1965
Box   5 Folder   5	Libel
Box   5 Folder   6	Computers
Box   5 Folder   7	Manuals
Box   5 Folder   8	News content
Box   5 Folder   9	Newsroom organization
Box   5 Folder   10	Sports discussion
Box   5 Folder   11	The managing editor and pictures, 1965
Box   5 Folder   12	Responsibility of the newspaper to its community
Box   5 Folder   13	The Ten Commandments of the American Management Association
Box   5 Folder   14	Wire news
Box   5 Folder   15	Host list, 1964
Box   5 Folder   16	Typography
Box   5 Folder   17	Suburban
Box   5 Folder   18	Writing
	State News Councils
Box   5 Folder   19, 21	Minnesota reports
	Wisconsin
Box   5 Folder   20	Minority Report, O'Neil Task Force
Box   5 Folder   22	For SDX newsletter
Box   5 Folder   23	William J. Rogers survey
Box   5 Folder   24	News Force - Task Force Wisconsin
Box   5 Folder   25	Wisconsin News Council, 1980-1981
	Milwaukee Sentinel conflicts with Mayor Henry Maier
Box   6 Folder   1-3	Maier, Mayor Henry Scope and Content Note: Includes written complaints and correspondence, examples of reporters' statements, and a draft work on Maier written by Trueman Farris.
Box   6 Folder   4	Libel suits, background on