Title: South Side Business Men's Club (Milwaukee, Wis.) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1937-1980

Creator:

• South Side Business Men's Club (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 40; Milwaukee Micro 26; Micro 873

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a Milwaukee Polish-American organization founded in 1936 to protect, promote, and stimulate business and civic life among the membership and the community. Included are minutes of the board of directors, biographies of club members, constitution and by-laws, membership rosters and applications, correspondence, fragmentary financial records, a club history, and records of the Don Bosco High School Athletic Banquet, sponsored by the Club.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00040

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The South Side Business Men's Club of Milwaukee was organized by businessmen of Polish ancestry in 1936 “to protect, promote, and stimulate a better feeling in civic life of members and the community,” to promote the business ventures of all members, and to work for legislation beneficial to members and the community. Although the membership was of Polish ancestry, the Club's monthly meetings were conducted in English. The Club participated in various community service and fund-raising projects in conjunction with other Milwaukee charities and service organizations; among these in particular were street and highway improvements on the South Side of Milwaukee, and the annual Don Bosco High School Athletic Banquet, sponsored by the Club.

The collection consists of microfilmed minutes of the Club's board of directors (1937-1980, with several gaps); biographies of club members, arranged alphabetically by last name; the constitution and by-laws; and membership rosters. In paper form are correspondence and memoranda, many of which are printed notices of meetings and similar routine items; financial receipts and disbursements, 1953-1956, and miscellaneous; a history of the club, circa 1956, with a list of past presidents; and membership and dues rosters and applications. Records of the Don Bosco High School Banquet Committee and banquet include minutes of meetings, programs, and a few invoices and receipts. For many years the minutes of the Club and the banquet committee were kept by Anthony Szymczak.

Acquisition Information

Presented and loaned for microfilming by the South Side Business Men's Club, via Anthony Szymczak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981.Accession Number: M81-365

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, August 1981.

Reel   1 Frame   1-25	Constitution and By-Laws, Membership Rosters, 1953, 1955, undated
Reel   1 Frame   26-50	Continuation of Membership Rosters
Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence and Memoranda, 1937-1959
Box   1 Folder   2	Don Bosco Banquet Committee - Minutes, 1954-1956
Box   1 Folder   3	Don Bosco High School Athletic Banquet - Programs, Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1951, 1953-1955
	Financial Accounts
Box   1 Folder   4	Receipts and Disbursements, 1953-1956
Box   1 Folder   5	Miscellany, 1948, 1955
Box   1 Folder   6	History of Club, circa 1956
Box   1 Folder   7	Membership and Dues Roster, 1952-1961
Box   1 Folder   8	Membership Applications, 1958-1959
	Minutes of Board of Directors Meetings
Reel   1 Frame   26-50	1937 January-February
Reel   1 Frame   51-75	1937 April-1938 January
Reel   1 Frame   76-100	1938 January-1939 January, 1944 February
Reel   1 Frame   101-125	1944 March-November
Reel   1 Frame   126-150	1944 November-1945 March
Reel   1 Frame   151-175	1945 March-September
Reel   1 Frame   176-200	1945 September-December, 1948 April-1949 January
Reel   1 Frame   201-225	1949 January-July
Reel   1 Frame   226-250	1949 July-November, 1953 January
Box   1 Folder   9	1951 September 24
Reel   1 Frame   251-275	1953 February-July
Reel   1 Frame   276-300	1953 September-1954 January
Reel   1 Frame   301-325	1954 January-May
Reel   1 Frame   326-350	1954 May-December
Reel   1 Frame   351-375	1954 December-1955 May
Reel   1 Frame   376-400	1955 June-1956 October
Reel   1 Frame   401-425	1956 October-1957 December
Reel   1 Frame   426-450	1958 January-November
Reel   1 Frame   451-475	1958 November-1959 October
Reel   1 Frame   476-500	1959 October-1962 February
Reel   1 Folder   501-525	1962 March-1964 May
Reel   1 Frame   526-550	1964 May-1966 October
Reel   1 Frame   551-575	1966 October-1967 November
Reel   1 Frame   576-600	1968 January-November
Reel   1 Frame   601-625	1969 January-1970 February
Reel   1 Frame   651-675	1970 March-1971 May Note: Frame targets filmed out of order.
Reel   1 Frame   626-650	1971 June-1972 June Note: Frame targets filmed out of order.
Reel   1 Frame   651-675	1972 June-1973 May Note: Frame targets filmed out of order.
Reel   1 Frame   676-700	1973 May-1974 March
Reel   1 Folder   701-725	1974 April-1975 February
Reel   1 Frame   726-750	1975 February-November
Reel   1 Frame   751-775	1975 November-1976 September
Reel   1 Frame   776-800	1976 September-1977 May
Reel   1 Frame   801-825	1977 April-1978 April
Reel   1 Frame   826-850	1978 April-December
Reel   1 Frame   851-875	1978 December-1979 September
Reel   1 Frame   976-900	1979 October-1980 January
	Biographies of Club Members (by last names)
Reel   1 Frame   901-925	A-J
Reel   1 Frame   926-950	L-P
Reel   1 Frame   951-959	S-Z