Title: Milwaukee Journal Stations Records
Inclusive Dates: 1922-1997

Creator:

• Milwaukee Journal Stations

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 203; Audio 1639A; WTMJ Film

Quantity: 24.4 cubic feet (60 archives boxes), 150 audio recordings, and 6310 canisters of film (16 mm)

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:

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

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

Abstract:

Materials pertaining to the Milwaukee radio and television stations owned by the Journal Company (now Journal Communications Inc.). The stations operated for many years under the call letters WTMJ. The paper records include scripts for editorials read on radio and television, audience surveys, photographs, promotional materials, scripts for newscasts, as well as materials pertaining to the personnel, history, and operation of the radio and television stations. The approximately 2 million feet of 16 mm newsfilm is the original edited footage used on the air to illustrate news stories from 1950 to 1980. The collection includes footage of the Milwaukee Braves; the civil rights movement in Milwaukee during the 1960s; local businesses such as Allis-Chalmers, the Pabst, Schlitz, and Miller Breweries; and national and international politicians and celebrities who visited Milwaukee.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to and use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00203

The Journal Company was founded by Lucius Nieman in 1882 when he purchased a newspaper which became the Milwaukee Journal.

In 1924, the Journal Company, in partnership with Marquette University, owned and operated radio station WHAD. The Journal Company built complete remote control facilities and a modern studio in their plant at 4th and State Streets and purchased a license from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for remote broadcasts. The station did regular remote broadcasts from the Milwaukee Athletic Club and the Hotel Wisconsin as well as band concerts from Washington Park and Little Symphony Concerts from the Milwaukee Turnverein.

In 1927, on the advice of the Federal Radio Commission, the Journal Company dissolved its partnership with Marquette University and purchased radio station WKAF. A new transmitter was built in Brookfield, and WKAF became WTMJ radio.

In 1929, the Journal Company filed a lawsuit against the Federal Radio Commission for the destruction of WTMJ's service area. The Federal Radio Commission had assigned radio stations in Florida and Cleveland, Ohio to the same channel as WTMJ and had increased the evening power of a station in Maine, also on the same channel, which greatly disrupted the ability of people to clearly receive WTMJ's signal. This lawsuit was resolved in 1931. The station is now known as AM 620 WTMJ Newsradio.

The Journal Company applied for and was granted a permit by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1939 to construct an experimental FM transmitter. The transmitter, control rooms, studios, and workshop for the station, W9XAO, were located on the 22nd floor of the Wisconsin Tower at N. 6th and W. Wisconsin Avenue. The station went on the air on February 11, 1940 and was the first FM station west of the Alleghenies and one of the first five FM stations in the country. In April 1941, the Journal Company launched one of the first commercial FM stations in the country, W55M. By 1948, W55M had become WTMJ-FM and was the most powerful FM station in the United States thanks to its 50,000 watt transmitter in Richfield. However, the Journal Company suspended operation of WTMJ-FM on April 2, 1950 because of the lack of FM radio receivers, the reduction of broadcast hours, and competition from television. By 1958, FM radio was attracting more listeners and advertisers and WTMJ-FM went back on the air on June 1, 1959. The station would eventually change its call letters to WKTI-FM which it still uses today.

Starting in April 1929, The Journal Company began experimenting with television and was granted a construction permit and license for station W9XD in September 1931. The Company's early experiments took place in the corner of the garage used to house the newspaper circulation trucks. The television laboratory was later relocated to the 25th floor penthouse of the Schroeder Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. Experiments on television as well as radio newspapers or facsimiles, were continued until 1938 when the licenses were allowed to expire.

In 1941, construction permits were received for an experimental television station, W9XMJ, and a television relay station, W9XCV. By late 1941, the station received permission to change its permit from experimental to commercial and the station became WTMJ--the second commercial television license issued by the FCC. The development of television was delayed by World War II but progressed rapidly after the war. WTMJ-TV went on the air on December 3, 1947; it was the seventeenth television station in the country to go on the air, the first television station in Wisconsin and the first commercial station in the Midwest.

The Journal Company is now known as Journal Communications Inc.

The Milwaukee Journal Stations collection is arranged in the following seven series:

Series 1. Editorial Scripts, 1964-1977 : This series includes scripts for editorials read on WTMJ-TV, WTMJ-AM, and WTMJ-FM between September 1964 and May 1966 along with incomplete sets from 1969 and 1972, and from 1974 to 1977. Editorials were read primarily by Bob Heiss and Rod Synnes. Other readers included Gordon Hinckley, Ed Hinshaw, and Don Parcher.

Series 2. Radio Stations Records, 1922-1993 : This series consists of audience surveys, photographs, material pertaining to a lawsuit filed by the Journal Company against the Federal Radio Commission in 1929, promotional materials, a broadcast contract, sound recordings, and material documenting the history, personnel, and operation of the radio stations owned and operated by the Journal Company.

Series 3. Radio/Television Stations Records, 1927-1988 : This series contains material that relates to the operation and history of both the radio and television stations and includes several written histories, photographs, promotional materials, staff memos, employee-produced newsletters, an employee handbook from 1966, and information on employees. The employee files contain photographs and occasionally biographical information and press. Materials relating specifically to the radio station may be found in Series 2; materials relating specifically to the television station may be found in Series 4.

Series 4. Television Station Records, 1946-1997 : This series consists of audience surveys, broadcast contracts, photographs, administrative files of the Special Assignment and Special Reports programs, promotional materials, examples of early television graphics, a CD copy of the 50th anniversary website, several videos, and material relating to the operation and history of the television station.

Series 5. Subject Files, 1949-1987 : This series contains photographs and some newspaper clippings providing information about various local politicians, prominent community members, and department stores in the area. They were used by the Journal Company staff for background information.

Series 6. Scripts and Rundowns, 1948-1988 : This series contains the scripts used by on-air announcers during television broadcasts. The scripts provide the voice-over narration for the film as well as cues for the announcer. There are four subseries: scripts for the Milwaukee Newsreel program from October 1950 through February 1955; the Special Assignment program from September 1959 to May 1969; and, listed together in a third group, the Around the Town program, various Special Reports, Year Enders, and miscellaneous scripts from special events and nightly newscasts, 1948-1988.

The daily rundowns are the fourth subseries and give the order of stories for each day's newscasts. The rundowns, 1962-1980, indicate the length of time of film footage and the studio anchor reporting the story. Some rundowns include the phrase that introduces and closes a story. Some rundowns indicate stories that were cut for time.

Series 7. Newsfilm, 1950-1980 : This series consists of an estimated 2 million feet of 16mm film. The film is the original edited footage used on the air to illustrate stories broadcast by the news department of WTMJ-TV. Besides footage of daily and weekly news stories, there are a number of special news programs which examine topics such as traffic safety, garbage collection, and the duties of the mayor of Milwaukee. The collection does not contain any footage of WTMJ-TV's locally produced programs (such as Beulah Donahue or Foreman Tom B-Square Ranch Club) or of special programs such as Christmas concerts.

Included are Milwaukee Newsreel programs which ran from October 4, 1950 to February 2, 1955. The program was a weekly review of the past week's news and was broadcast on Wednesday nights. The Milwaukee Gas and Light Company sponsored the program from its beginning until May 1954; Wisconsin Ice and Coal took over the sponsorship of the program until it ended in February 1955.

Special Assignment programs examined specific topics in-depth; many topics were divided into multi-part series. Special Assignments were about five minutes in length and were shown at 6:25 p.m. Monday through Friday. This series began in May 1959 and ran until 1970. The collection includes film and scripts for Special Assignments from May 1959 through December 1967.

Also in Series 7 is footage shown on daily newscasts dating from 1964 to 1980. This footage contains daily news stories as well as some sports stories; there are no weather forecasts. There are no scripts for this film, but Series 6 contains rundowns for each day.

Other newsfilm is from Special Reports, programs that examine topics in depth; these programs are longer in length, lasting 30-60 minutes. Topics include alcoholism, divorce, traffic safety, and the 32nd Division.

Series 8. Audio Recordings, 1950-1965 : includes recordings of broadcasts concerning local, national and international news. Subjects include Presidents Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, Vice President Richard Nixon, Governors and other politicians of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, and special reports on driving. Also includes Morning Invocations and "permissions".

A detailed online database of the newsfilm segments can be found at WTMJ-TV News Search.

The UW-Milwaukee Libraries / Milwaukee Area Research Center provides a detailed online database of the newsfilm segments at WTMJ-TV News Search. The database is a catalog of nearly 50,000 news stories broadcast from 1950 to 1980 by WTMJ-TV, an NBC-affiliated station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stories cover all aspects of Milwaukee history including politics, business and industry, sports, entertainment, and social justice movements.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, researchers wishing to view newsfilm not transferred to an access copy must make arrangements with the UW-Milwaukee Libraries / Milwaukee Area Research Center prior to their visit.

Use Restrictions

WTMJ-TV retains ownership of its copyright to all material in the collection, but grants to the Wisconsin Historical Society and UW-Milwaukee a limited, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to reproduce the material for non-commercial, scholarly or educational purposes. Researchers who receive copies must sign a Use and Indemnification Agreement. Use of the newsfilm by another commercial television station requires prior written consent from WTMJ-TV, which the station may withhold at its discretion.

Acquisition Information

The paper records were presented to the Wisconsin Historical Society in the 1960s. Accession Number: MCHC64-096, MCHC65-084, MCHC68-023, MCHC70-049, MCHC76-018, and MCHC67-144. The newsfilm was presented by WTMJ-TV to the Wisconsin Historical Society in October 2001. Accession Number: M2004-163 Additional records and photographs were presented by WTMJ-TV in October 2003. Accession Number: M2004-164

Processing Information

The collection was processed at the Milwaukee Area Research Center from Fall 2001 to June 2007.

Milwaukee Mss 203	Series: 1. Editorial Scripts, 1964-1977
Box   1 Folder   1-21	1964 September-1966 May
Box   1 Folder   22	1969, 1972, 1974-1977
	Series: 2. Radio Stations Records, 1922-1993	⇧
	Attitudes and Opinions Toward Radio in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Area, 1965
Box   2 Folder   2	Executive Digest
Box   2 Folder   3-4	Volumes I-II
Box   6 Folder   1	Contract, 1925-1927
Box   2 Folder   7	“Experimental FM Stations W9XAO-W9XK-W9XJC,” undated
Box   2 Folder   8	Fortieth Anniversary, 1967
Box   2 Folder   9	“The Growth of FM Broadcasting: A Brief History of WTMJ-FM,” 1966
Box   2 Folder   10	History of Radio Station WTMJ Owned and Operated by the Milwaukee Journal, 1965
Box   2 Folder   1	“History of the Directional Antenna in the Standard Broadcast Band for Purpose of Protecting Service Area of Distant Stations,” 1957
Box   2 Folder   6	The Journal's “Radio City” [Booklet], circa 1942
	Lawsuit
Box   2 Folder   11	Exhibits, 1929-1930
Box   2 Folder   12	Journal Company v. Federal Radio Commission, 1931
Box   2 Folder   13	Newspaper clippings and exhibits, 1929-1930
Box   3 Folder   1	Lutheran Radio Church Service, 1958, 1963, 1968
Box   3 Folder   2	MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) Teddy Bear Presentation, 1993
Box   3 Folder   3	“Materials Relating to the History of Station WTMJ-FM, 1939-1965”
	The Milwaukee Journal's Broadcast Service to Wisconsin
Box   3 Folder   4	Parts I and II, 1925-1929
Box   3 Folder   5	Part III, 1929-1930
	Photographs
Box   3 Folder   6	Broadcasters, 1954, undated
Box   3 Folder   7	Equipment, undated
Box   3 Folder   8	Give and Take, 1966, undated
	Journal Building, 1929
Box   3 Folder   9	Equipment
Box   3 Folder   10	Interior
Box   3 Folder   11	Studios
Box   3 Folder   12	Music Library, undated
Box   44 Folder   1	Oversize, 1925, 1929, 1934, undated
Box   4 Folder   1	Point at Issue, 1956
Box   4 Folder   2	Remote Broadcast Locations, 1929
Box   4 Folder   3	State Fair, undated
Box   4 Folder   4	Studio, 1967, undated
Box   4 Folder   5	Thirtieth Anniversary, 1957
Box   4 Folder   6	Those Who Serve, undated
	Transmitter House
Box   4 Folder   7	Equipment, 1929
Box   4 Folder   8	Interior and Exterior, 1929
Box   4 Folder   9	WTMJ Orchestras, 1929
Box   4 Folder   10	“Programming and Personnel,” 1961-1967
Box   4 Folder   11	Promotion sheets, undated
Box   2 Folder   5	Report Showing Destruction of Service Area of Station WTMJ by Recent Actions of the Commission [Booklet], 1929
Box   4 Folder   12	“WTMJ Audience Surveys,” 1933-1939
Box   4 Folder   13	“WTMJ Coverage Maps,” 1927-1965
Box   5 Folder   1-2	“WTMJ Materials: Parts I and II,” 1922-1965
Box   5 Folder   3	“WTMJ-FM: FCC Documents,” 1939-1965
Box   5 Folder   4	Year Ender, 1964
	Series: 3. Radio/Television Stations Records, 1927-1988	⇧
Box   6 Folder   2	A History of Partners in Ownership 1943-1971, 1971
Box   7 Folder   1	'27-'47-'67...Forty Years of Leadership, 1967
	Employees
Box   7 Folder   2-28	Aldridge-Gibbons
Box   8 Folder   1-34	Godsey-McCollough
Box   28 Folder   1-14	McCormick-Peck
Box   29 Folder   1-30	Pendergast-Vonier
Box   30 Folder   1-8	Walet-Wright
Box   30 Folder   9	History - WTMJ, WTMJ-TV, WTMJ-FM, 1927-1969
Box   30 Folder   11	The Journal Company Broadcasting Department Manual of Good Practice, 1966
Box   30 Folder   10	“Journal Broadcasting Materials,” 1945-1967
Box   30 Folder   12	“Journal Radio-TV Chronology,” 1922-1967
Box   44 Folder   2	Newspaper section, “WTMJ - A Pioneering Tradition,” 1966
	Photographs
Box   31 Folder   1	Anniversaries, undated
Box   31 Folder   2	Awards, 1958-1959, 1962-1964, 1966-1969, undated
Box   31 Folder   3	Celebrities, 1953, undated
Box   44 Folder   3	Employees, Oversize, 1952, 1991, undated
Box   31 Folder   4	Home Show display and programs, 1964, 1974
Box   30 Folder   13	The Little Journal, 1948, 1953
Box   31 Folder   5	Milwaukee Press Club, 1972, 1974, 1975, undated
Box   31 Folder   6	Miscellaneous, undated
	Radio City
Box   31 Folder   7	Construction, 1941, 1965-1966, 1988, undated
Box   31 Folder   8	Exterior, undated
Box   44 Folder   4	Exterior, Oversize, undated
Box   31 Folder   9	Interior, undated
Box   31 Folder   10	Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), Midwest Regional Conference, undated
Box   31 Folder   11	Sales Department, undated
Box   31 Folder   12	Stadium Advertisements, undated
Box   31 Folder   13	Promotion Material, undated
Box   31 Folder   14	Sales-Aid newsletter, 1962-1966
Box   31 Folder   15	Staff Memos, 1953, 1961, 1965, 1968-1973, 1977-1978, undated
Box   31 Folder   16	Tour Information, undated
Box   31 Folder   17	Traffic Safety Code, 1963, 1966, undated
Box   31 Folder   18	WTMJ Ink, 1974, 1976-1979
Box   31 Folder   19	WTMJ-AM-FM-TV Firsts, undated
Box   31 Folder   20	Year Ender, 1962-1963
	Series: 4. Television Station Records, 1946-1997	⇧
Box   33 Folder   12	A New Day, 1979-1980
Box   32 Folder   1	Anniversaries, 1982, 1986
Box   32 Folder   2	Around the Town, 1948
	Attitudes and Opinions Toward Television in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Area, 1965
Box   32 Folder   3	Executive Digest
Box   32 Folder   4-6	Volumes I-III
Box   32 Folder   7	Bowling with the Champs, 1968-1969, undated
Box   32 Folder   8	Contracts, 1949
Box   32 Folder   9	“Current TV Personnel and Programs,” 1961-1967
Box   32 Folder   10	Election Coverage, 1968
Box   32 Folder   11	Fall Premiere Party, 1971
	Graphics
Box   42	Braves' Scorecard, undated
Box   42	Channel 4 Color WTMJ TV Milwaukee Journal Television, undated
Box   42	Channel 4 WTMJ-TV Color The Milwaukee Journal Television Station, temperature reading, undated
Box   42	The Handy Workshop, undated
Box   43	Let's Remember, undated
Box   32 Folder   12	Slides, 1989
Box   43	Time Out With Thomas, undated
Box   43	WTMJ-TV News Bulletin, undated
Box   43	WTMJ-TV The Milwaukee Journal Station, undated
Box   32 Folder   13	Gridiron Dinner Skits, 1965
Box   33 Folder   1	The History of WTMJ-TV, 1947-1977
Box   33 Folder   2	The Human Relations Test, 1976
Box   61 Folder   8	Kennedy Library, undated
Box   33 Folder   3	Magazine Articles, 1946-1966
Box   33 Folder   4	Market Information, 1958, 1960-1963, 1965-1966, 1968, undated
	“Materials Relating to WTMJ-TV”
Box   33 Folder   5	1940-1957
Box   33 Folder   6	1957-1967
Box   33 Folder   7	Milwaukee Newsreel, 1950-1955
Box   33 Folder   8	Milwaukee Press Club Awards, 1965
Box   33 Folder   9	Milwaukee Television Audience Viewing Habits, 1948
Box   33 Folder   10	The Milwaukee Wave Soccer Weekly, 1993
Box   33 Folder   11	Murl Duesing Safari, 1964, 1967, undated
Box   33 Folder   13	Newscape, 1983-1984, undated
Box   33 Folder   14	Newsmakers, 1966-1968
Box   33 Folder   15	Newsweek 4, 1972-1973, undated
Box   33 Folder   16	Nite Talk, 1970-1973
Box   34 Folder   1	Palm Sunday Concert, 1968, undated
	Photographs
Box   34 Folder   3	At Random, 1962, undated
Box   34 Folder   4	Broadcast Teams, 1973-1974, undated
Box   34 Folder   5	Cameras, 1965-1966, 1973, undated
Box   34 Folder   6	Community Affairs Programs, 1957, 1961, 1964, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, undated
Box   34 Folder   7	Control Rooms, 1953, 1966, 1970, undated
Box   34 Folder   8	Early Television, 1947, undated
Box   34 Folder   9	Election Coverage, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974
Box   34 Folder   11	Film Department, 1970, undated
Box   34 Folder   12	Graphics, undated
Box   34 Folder   14	Hotline, undated
Box   34 Folder   15	Kids Klub, 1968-1969, undated
Box   34 Folder   17	Milwaukee Public Affairs Forum, 1960, 1962
Box   34 Folder   18	Music Programs, 1965, undated
	NBC Correspondents
Box   35 Folder   1	1966, 1968
Box   35 Folder   2	1983
Box   35 Folder   3	News Department, 1958, 1964, undated
Box   35 Folder   4	Open Question, 1964-1967
Box   35 Folder   5	Outdoor Studio, 1953, undated
Box   45 Folder   1	Oversize, 1947, 1973, undated
Box   35 Folder   6	Parades, 1984, undated
Box   35 Folder   7	Promotions, Miscellaneous, 1947, 1957, 1967, 1973, undated
Box   35 Folder   8	Return to Titletown, 1997
Box   35 Folder   9	State Fair, undated
Box   35 Folder   10	Studio Sets, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1968, undated
Box   35 Folder   11	Summerfest, 1973, undated
Box   34 Folder   10	The Executives, undated
Box   34 Folder   13	The Hot Shots, 1958, undated
Box   34 Folder   16	The Making of . . ., 1974
Box   35 Folder   12	Transmitter Tower/Satellite, 1953, 1967, 1984, undated
Box   35 Folder   13	Trucks, 1959, undated
Box   35 Folder   14	Polish Millennium Concert, 1966-1967, undated
Box   35 Folder   15	Program Schedules, 1965-1968, 1972-1975, 1977-1979, undated
Box   36 Folder   1	Promotion Material, Miscellaneous, 1977-1978, 1993, undated
	Promotion Sheets
Box   36 Folder   2	Color Television, 1953-1966, 1967, undated
Box   36 Folder   3	General, 1965-1967, undated
Box   36 Folder   4	Newscasts, 1962, 1966-1967, 1972, undated
Box   36 Folder   5	On Air Talent, 1960, 1964-1966, undated
Box   45 Folder   2	Oversize, 1972, 1983, undated
Box   36 Folder   6	Programs, 1965-1967, 1978, undated
Box   36 Folder   7	Sports Programs, 1967, 1978, 1982, undated
Box   36 Folder   8	Weather, 1972, undated
Box   36 Folder   9	Rating Reports, 1960, 1965-1967, 1977, undated
Box   36 Folder   10	Red Cross Programs, 1961, 1964, undated
Box   36 Folder   11	Retail Rate Card No.1, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1970
Box   36 Folder   12	Runic Society, 1973-1976
Box   36 Folder   13	Script Forms Book, 1967
Box   36 Folder   14	Sentinel Sports Show, 1966
	Special Assignments
	Administrative Files
Box   36 Folder   15-19	1959-1963
Box   37 Folder   1-7	1964-1970
	Special Reports
Box   38 Folder   3-4	Administrative Files, 1964-1965
Box   37 Folder   16	“The 32nd Division,” 1961
Box   37 Folder   17	“The 32nd Division Returns,” 1962
Box   61 Folder   9	“After Taxes: Reaction to Revision,” 1962
Box   37 Folder   8	“Alcoholism,” 1961-1964
Box   37 Folder   9	“Cue-In State Patrol,” 1961
Box   61 Folder   10	“Death of a Railroad,” 1963
Box   37 Folder   10	“Drive Alive: A Lesson in Living,” 1966 Note: Also includes slides (35mm).
Box   37 Folder   11	“Heart,” 1961
Box   37 Folder   12	“The Milwaukee Braves Strike Out,” 1965
Box   37 Folder   13	“One Thousand More - Wisconsin's Traffic Deaths,” 1961
Box   37 Folder   14	“The Sales Tax,” 1961
Box   37 Folder   15	“Spirit of '53,” 1965
Box   37 Folder   18	“Water Pollution,” 1962
Box   37 Folder   19	“What Young America Thinks,” 1967
Box   38 Folder   1	“Wisconsin State Government, 1963: A House Divided,” 1963
Box   38 Folder   2	“Wisconsin's New County, The Menominee Indian Reservation,” 1961
Box   34 Folder   2	“A Station Examines Its Audiences TV Viewing Preferences in Milwaukee,” 1967
Box   38 Folder   5	“Television Audience Surveys,” 1947-1967
Box   6 Folder   3	“A Window to the World” [Musical Score], circa 1968
	Series: 5. Subject Files, 1949-1987	⇧
Box   5 Folder   5	Department Stores, 1954-1962
Box   5 Folder   6	Goetsch, Herbert, 1962
Box   5 Folder   7	Goodman, Julia, 1968
Box   5 Folder   8	Gordon, Myron, 1960-1961, 1963
Box   5 Folder   9	Grant, Harry Johnston, 1949, 1957, 1961, 1963, undated
Box   5 Folder   10	Maier, Henry, 1964
Box   5 Folder   11	Maier, Irwin, 1961-1963
Box   5 Folder   12	Reuss, Henry, 1975, 1987
Box   5 Folder   13	Zeidler, Frank, 1959
	Series: 6. Scripts and Rundowns, 1948-1987	⇧
	Subseries: A. Milwaukee Newsreel Program
Box   9 Folder   1-9	1950 October-1951 June
Box   10 Folder   1-9	1951 July-1952 March
Box   11 Folder   1-11	1952 April-1953 February
Box   12 Folder   1-12	1953 March-1954 February
Box   13 Folder   1-11	1954 March-1955 February
	Subseries: B. Special Assignment Series	⇧
Box   14 Folder   1-5	1959 May-December
Box   15 Folder   1-12	1960 January-December
Box   16 Folder   1-9	1961 January-September
Box   17 Folder   1-3	1961 October-December
Box   18 Folder   1-8	1962 January-August
Box   19 Folder   1-4	1962 September-December
Box   20 Folder   1-9	1963 January-September
Box   21 Folder   1-3	1963 October-December
Box   22 Folder   1-9	1964 January-September
Box   23 Folder   1-3	1964 October-December
Box   24 Folder   1-9	1965 January-September
Box   25 Folder   1-3	1965 October-December
Box   26 Folder   1-9	1966 January-September
Box   27 Folder   1-11	1967 January-December
Box   60 Folder   1-8	1968 January-November
Box   61 Folder   1	1968 December
Box   61 Folder   2-3	1969 January-May
	Subseries: C. Special Reports and Miscellaneous, 1948-1988	⇧
	Around the Town
Box   39 Folder   1	1948
Box   39 Folder   2	1949
Box   39 Folder   3	undated
Box   39 Folder   4	Ed Murrow Contest, 1984
Box   39 Folder   5	Evening Newscast, 1988 April 1
Box   39 Folder   6	HMO Series, 1985 May 13-17
Box   39 Folder   7	Kalmanovitz Series, 1985 April-May
Box   39 Folder   8	Pearl Harbor, 1958
	Special Reports
Box   40 Folder   1	“The 32nd Division,” 1961
Box   40 Folder   2	“The 32nd Division Returns,” 1962
Box   61 Folder   4	“After Taxes: Reaction to Revision,” 1962
Box   39 Folder   9	“Alcoholism,” 1963
Box   40 Folder   12	“Alcoholism,” undated
Box   40 Folder   13	“Banking Mini Documentary,” undated
Box   39 Folder   10	“Camping,” 1961
Box   40 Folder   14	“Come Alive,” 1965
Box   39 Folder   11	“Cue-In State Patrol,” 1961
Box   39 Folder   12	“Death of a Railroad,” 1963
Box   39 Folder   20	“Divorce,” color slides (35mm), undated
Box   61 Folder   12	“Drive Alive: A Lesson in Living,” 1966
Box   61 Folder   5	“Echo of Change,” 1968
Box   39 Folder   13	“GMO (Greater Milwaukee Open) Special,” 1976
Box   40 Folder   16	“Going Places,” 1965
Box   40 Folder   21	“Hungarian Regugee Story,” 1956
Box   61 Folder   16	“Making of Boxcar,” undated Note: Also includes newspaper clipping of Piano Turner.
Box   40 Folder   17	“Marquette University Documentary,” undated
Box   61 Folder   13	“The Men Who Make the Daylight,” 1967 August Note: Also includes slides (35mm).
Box   39 Folder   14	“Migrant Workers,” 1961
Box   40 Folder   22	“Milwaukee Blood Center,” 1975
Box   39 Folder   15	“The Milwaukee Braves Strike Out,” 1965
Box   40 Folder   15	“News Probe Credit,” 1969 Note: Also includes color slide (35mm).
Box   39 Folder   16	“One Thousand More--Wisconsin's Traffic Deaths,” 1961
Box   39 Folder   22	“Packers-Colts in Milwaukee,” 1966
Box   61 Folder   14	“Raceday,” 1967 December
Box   61 Folder   6	“Room 201,” 1960
Box   61 Folder   15	“S.A. County Emergency Hospital I-IV,” 1960 October/November
Box   39 Folder   17	“The Sales Tax,” 1961
Box   39 Folder   18	“The Seaway Story,” 1956
Box   40 Folder   18	“Snow Emergency,” undated
Box   39 Folder   19	“Spirit of '53,” 1965
Box   40 Folder   19	“State of the City,” 1969
Box   61 Folder   11	“State GOP Convention,” 1964 May
Box   40 Folder   3	“The Threatened Heritage--Wisconsin's Conservation Crisis,” 1964
Box   40 Folder   20	“Town and Gown,” undated
Box   40 Folder   4	“Water Pollution,” 1962
Box   40 Folder   5	“What Young America Thinks,” 1967
Box   40 Folder   6	“Wisconsin State Government, 1963: A House Divided,” 1963
Box   40 Folder   7	“Wisconsin's New County, The Menominee Indian Reservation,” 1961
Box   39 Folder   21	Color slides (35mm) accompanying film reel SR344, undated
Box   39 Folder   23	Color slides (35mm) accompanying film reel SR347, 1969
Box   61 Folder   7	Special Topic: Open Question, 1968
	Year Ender
Box   40 Folder   8	1959
Box   40 Folder   9	1961
Box   40 Folder   10	1962
Box   40 Folder   11	1963
	Subseries: D. Daily Newscast Rundowns, 1962-1980	⇧
Box   46	1962 January-1963 December
Box   47	1964 January-1965 December
Box   48	1966 January-1967 May
Box   49	1967 June-1968 December
Box   50	1969 January-1971 March
Box   51	1971 April-1972 April
Box   52	1972 May-1973 August
Box   53	1973 September-1974 September
Box   54	1974 October-1975 October
Box   55	1975 November-1976 December
Box   56	1977 January-October
Box   57	1977 November-1978 July
Box   58	1978 August-1979 May
Box   59	1979 June-1980 February
	Series: 7. Newsfilm, 1950-1980 Physical Description: 6310 canisters of film (16 mm)  Scope and Content Note: The newsfilm series contains nearly 50,000 news stories broadcast from 1950 to 1980 by WTMJ-TV, an NBC-affiliated station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The stories cover all aspects of Milwaukee history including politics, business and industry, sports, entertainment, and social justice movements. Of special interest are segments on the Milwaukee Braves, civil rights activities in Milwaukee during the 1960s, local businesses such as Allis-Chalmers and the Pabst, Schlitz, and Miller breweries, and of politicians and celebrities who visited Milwaukee. The program series include the daily news, special reports, and The Milwaukee Newsreel and Special Assignment programs. A detailed online database of the newsfilm segments can be found at WTMJ-TV News Search. The database is a catalog of over 50,000 news stories broadcast from 1950 to 1980 by WTMJ-TV, an NBC-affiliated station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Other Finding Aids: The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administers an index to the news footage, the WTMJ-TV News Search. A small amount of news footage has been digitized and may be viewed on the WTMJ-TV News Search website by conducting an advanced search and filtering viewing options to 'view online'. Most of the collection has not been digitized but is available for viewing by creating a viewing list and filling out a request form. There is a processing fee per reel. Contact the Archives at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for more information: askarch@uwm.edu.	⇧
Audio 1639A	Series: 8. Audio Recordings, 1950-1965 Physical Description: 150 audio recordings  Scope and Content Note: Audio includes recordings of broadcasts concerning local, national and international news. Subjects include Presidents Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, Vice President Richard Nixon, Governors and other politicians of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, and special reports on driving. Also includes Morning Invocations and "permissions".	⇧
Audio   1639A/90	A & P – Kate Smith, 1953 January 20
Audio   1639A/118	Admiral Felt Note: Date on item: October 26, unknown year
Audio   1639A/72	AMPCO Blast – 2 killed, 21 hurt 1956 October 8
Audio   1639A/59	Bardwell, Kops, Proxmire
Audio   1639A/135	Bechtel - Democrats at Convention; Berg
Audio   1639A/91	Bechtel - Thomson’s audience with President Ike Representative Convention Note: Ed Bayley San Francisco [crossed out]
Audio   1639A/127	Bechtel in Chicago, Petit - State Fair - Race (250 mile), Big Car; Bechtel, Kefauver 1956 August 6, 26
Audio   1639A/76	Bechtel in China? – Stevenson Radio
Audio   1639A/137	Beulah Donohue Show, 1952 July 7
Audio   1639A/101	Beverly Bradley search, Sheriff Riendl? finding of child alive 1953 May 22
Audio   1639A/40	Bill Normyle?, Peshtigo Holdup 1956 March 21
Audio   1639A/92	Braves Opening Day Ceremonies, 1953 April 14
Audio   1639A/52	Braves’ Departure; War Memorial Center, 1957 September 30
Audio   1639A/51	Charles O’Neill Ex-Director St. Vincent’s de Paul [sic] society trans-Atlantic telephone report from Vienna on Hungarian Refugees, 1956 November 19
Audio   1639A/78	Churchill and Queen Elizabeth, 1953 June 2
Audio   1639A/46	Condrad[?] news; Zeidler, Penn, Carlson, Schreiber - Boy Scouts; Milwaukee & Delafield 1956 July 20
Audio   1639A/62	Council Cuts #1
Audio   1639A/44	Dale Long – Bill Davies Interview; Charles Larson[?] – escaped convict, 1956 June 3
Audio   1639A/77	Day at the Fair; Zeidler decides not to run; Robert B. Montgomery Spots, 1953 January 12
Audio   1639A/16	Doyle, Mrs. 1952 July 23
Audio   1639A/74	Earth Satellite; Moon Satellite, 1957 October 5
Audio   1639A/132	Ed Begly
Audio   1639A/134	Fire News - Moerty’s Deptartment Store; Hold-up, 1956 January 27
Audio   1639A/94	Fitch Reply to Brumder, 1959 April 23
Audio   1639A/30	Five Drown; WTMJ W.H. Program: Bishop Atkielski Address, Catholic Charities Drive (Live open and close) 1953 March 14, April 22
Audio   1639A/105	For E. Hotton
Audio   1639A/108	General Hare, 1953 May 11 Note: Pres. Eisenhower Disarmament Speech, 4/16/53 [crossed out]; Tom Brown 84th Birthday Walk, 5/7/53 [crossed out]
Audio   1639A/98	General Twining, 1953 May 16
Audio   1639A/84	George Kennon, 1960 June 3
Audio   1639A/102	George Spiedel on cub in moat, 1953 March 13
Audio   1639A/45	GOP Truth Squad: Congressman Scherer, Senator Barrett, Senator Allott; President Johnson Institution of Life Insurance 1956 July 19
Audio   1639A/113	Governor Harriman, 1956 May 5
Audio   1639A/22	Governor Kohler's message; Today's events, 1953 January 15
Audio   1639A/130	Harry Pease reports from Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Audio   1639A/110	Heinemann Bakeries, 1959 May 27
Audio   1639A/104	Holdup; Murphey, 1956 January 6
Audio   1639A/1	Hotten, Mrs., interview with R.C. Ambeling? 1950 March 22
Audio   1639A/140	Hungarian Welcome; Olszyk Note: Date on item: November 17, unknown year
Audio   1639A/111	Ike [Eisenhower] announcement reactions: Kohler; Kefauver; Kuehn?; Walstead?, 1956 February 29
Audio   1639A/68	Ike [Eisenhower] News Conference - Cut; Bechtel Convention - Early Cuts; Bill Bechtel, 1956 August 13, 22
Audio   1639A/79	Inspector Dax; Mayor Zeidler, 1956 July 3-4
Audio   1639A/73	Jack Krueger; Writ News (Dubbing)
Audio   1639A/48	James Durfee; CAB Chairman; Interview with Krueger, 1956 July 16
Audio   1639A/56	Jessel Note: Date on item: April 15, unknown year
Audio   1639A/128	John Carnako? confession; Fred Harvey, 1956 June 16, 22
Audio   1639A/32	Jos. Rapkin (Froedtert) on Gimbels and Marshall Field's; Bruno Bitker on Human Rights report to Zeidler, 1953 April 6
Audio   1639A/54	Kennedy, [John]
Audio   1639A/82	Kennedy; Maier; Humphrey, 1960 April 6
Audio   1639A/41	Kohler, 1956 March 8
Audio   1639A/42	Konrad Adenaur; Marquette University, Today's Events 1956 June 15
Audio   1639A/40 (continued)	Lake Geneva Bank Hold Up, 1955 December 7 Note: Chief Melvin Swanch [crossed out]
Audio   1639A/10	Lake Geneva Yacht Club, 1951 June 16
Audio   1639A/96	Langlie GOP Keynote Speech; Ike [Eisenhower] at airport arrival in San Fransisco, Hoover
Audio   1639A/106	Legislative Report – Nelson and reaction to his May 17 speech, 1960 May 22
Audio   1639A/117	Legislative Report and Recess Comments by Legislators, 1960 January 24
Audio   1639A/116	Legislative Report, Nelson, Olssen, Braun, Blanchard, Hardie, With-holding Tax 1959 April 25
Audio   1639A/31	Levy & Gruin? two-way interview, 1953 March 18
Audio   1639A/6	MacArthur Ceremonies, 1951 April 27
Audio   1639A/55	MacArthur Ceremony at Michigan Field; McA Cermony Court House? #1
Audio   1639A/64	MacArthur’s MU Ceremony
Audio   1639A/24	Mayor Zeidler at Press Club observance of City of Milwaukee, birthday, 107 years old; Youth Brings You Music (NBC); AM News 1953 January 25, 30
Audio   1639A/10 (continued)	Mel Jones – Commodore; Start of Race, 1952 September 29
Audio   1639A/103	Miles Sweeney under sheriff Rock County on double murder; TV A&P – “Kate Smith Week Spots”, 1953 February 25
Audio   1639A/150	Moher TV - "Protect the City"
	Morning Invocations
Audio   1639A/18	1951 September 24-30
Audio   1639A/28	Mr. L.J. Williams of the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Wisconsin, 1951 July 2-7
Audio   1639A/7	Reverend David Wilbur of St. Francis Minor Seminary; News Radio, 1951 May 7-12
Audio   1639A/13	Reverend John M. Dzuro, Pastor of the Greenfield Avenue and Forest Park Presbyterian Churches 1952 June 23-29
Audio   1639A/26	Reverend Kenneth R. Schueler, Assistant pastor of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church 1951 August 6-11
Audio   1639A/19	Reverend L.J. Garity of St. John’s Catholic Church, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin 1951 September 10-16
Audio   1639A/8	Reverend Victor Frank of Sherman Park Lutheran Church, 1951 June 4-9
Audio   1639A/5	Reverend Waldemar Hinck of the Zor Lutheran Church, 1951 June 25-30
Audio   1639A/25	Reverend William H. Mackin of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Big Bend, Wisconsin 1951 July 30-August 4
Audio   1639A/11	Narnd Award Presentation, Part 1 and 3 of 3 1952 October 14
Audio   1639A/12	Narnd Award Presentation, Part 2 of 3 1952 October 14
	News
Audio   1639A/5 (continued)	10:00pm, 1951 June 25-30
Audio   1639A/14	1952 July 10
Audio   1639A/9	1952 July 21
Audio   1639A/69	1952 July 26
Audio   1639A/33	1953 April 6
Audio   1639A/29	1953 March 5 Note: Missing from tape?: Perry Anderson
Audio   1639A/90 (continued)	1953 May 13
Audio   1639A/114	1953 May 16
Audio   1639A/115	1953 May 19
Audio   1639A/27	Radio news, 1953 June 2
Audio   1639A/49	1956 September 23
Audio   1639A/117 (continued)	1960 January 20
Audio   1639A/58	News cuts
Audio   1639A/63	News; Perk Soap Spot Announcement
Audio   1639A/123	Nixon
Audio   1639A/66	Nixon, 1960 February 8
Audio   1639A/120	Nixon, 1960 February 8
Audio   1639A/21	Nixon Swearing in and Ike’s [Eisenhower] Swearing in and Start of inaugural address, 1953 January 21
Audio   1639A/124	Nixon, Mr., 1956 October 1
Audio   1639A/100	Nixon’s Announcement to Enter Wisconsin; Higley?, Humphrey, Kennedy; Instant Butter-nut Coffee (Paxton and Gallagher) 1960 February 16
Audio   1639A/57	North Avenue; Court House; Michigan; Mc Ceremony
Audio   1639A/86	Olszyk - end of transportation strike, 1956 March 27 Note: Walsh on Sports [crossed out]
Audio   1639A/112	Penn – Oak. Gov. ; Bechtel Convention Note: Date on item: August 16, unknown year
	Permissions
Audio   1639A/4	News permission, 1950 April 21
Audio   1639A/8 (continued)	Radio Permissions, circa 1951
Audio   1639A/10 (continued)	Radio Permissions, circa 1951-1952
Audio   1639A/23	Radio permissions, 1952 November 4
Audio   1639A/33 (continued)	Radio Permissions, circa 1953
Audio   1639A/25 (continued)	Radio permission, 1953 February 1
Audio   1639A/35	1953 March 20-1954 January 7
Audio   1639A/36	1954 February 29-1955 March 24
Audio   1639A/37	1955 February 3-October 10
Audio   1639A/39	1955 October 14-1956 February 10
Audio   1639A/43	1956 February 13-April 13
Audio   1639A/89	Philco Playhouse – “Leaf Out of a Book”, 1952 June 28
Audio   1639A/88	Philco Playhouse – “Monument”, 1952 June 21
Audio   1639A/34	Philip Reed Chairman of Board of General Electric, 1953 April 13
Audio   1639A/110 (continued)	Phillip Buzz Kuehn Announcement for Governor, 1960 January 9
Audio   1639A/80	Pledge of Allegiance for Memorial Day; Bechtel – Demo Convention; Governor Clement, 1956 August 13
Audio   1639A/65	President Eisenhower Disarmament Speech, 1953 April 16
Audio   1639A/19 (continued)	President Truman – Farewell Address (NBC) Part 1, 1953 January 15
Audio   1639A/18 (continued)	President Truman – Farewell Address (NBC) Part 2, 1953 January 15
Audio   1639A/143	President-elect Kennedy acceptance; Nixon’s wire read by Herb Klein, 1960 November 9
Audio   1639A/38	Press Conference; Washington D.C. on Highway Program with Governors Stratton and Kohler, 1955 May 3
Audio   1639A/67	Proxmire; Boyle, 1957 August 27
Audio   1639A/33 (continued)	Rapkin, Gimbel, McBain (Froedtert), Bitker, Zeidler, Larkin (Human Rights) circa 1953
Audio   1639A/85	Reactions to Kefauver’s quitting the Race for President; Sam Rizzo of Racine – Chairman of Kefauver Delegation; Jim Doyle – Chairman of Stevenson Committee; Gaylord Nelson; Lynn S[unreadable], 1956 July 31
Audio   1639A/15	Rennebohm, News Convention; Early broadcasts 1952 July 23-24
Audio   1639A/133	Report on the Braves; Radio Bechtel, 1956 August 5
Audio   1639A/53	Robert Kennedy #1; Bribe offer, 1959 March 6
Audio   1639A/109	Roger Makins, 1953 April 22 Note: Mrs. Kohler, 4/15/53 [crossed out], sports 4/8/1953 [crossed out]
Audio   1639A/20	Roscoe Drummond at Press Club interview; news cuts, 1953 January 31
Audio   1639A/60	Roundtable Conference with Members of the National Association of Radio News Directors
Audio   1639A/70	Ru Keyser – Chamber of Commerce, 1956 October 22
Audio   1639A/125	Russian Embassy Officials here; Bechtel Rayburn, 1956 September 11
Audio   1639A/81	Saraka Powder; Stevenson, 1956 April 16, September 28
Audio   1639A/71	Senator Kefauver, 1956 February 28 Note: America Elects a President [crossed out]
Audio   1639A/129	Senator McCarthy at GOP State Convention; Secretary Benson and Bill Hoeft Democratic Convention, Meier, Humphrey 1956 May 25, June 4
Audio   1639A/26 (continued)	Senator Wiley in Milwaukee, 1953 February 11
Audio   1639A/28 (continued)	Sheriff Michael Lombardy finding of Captian Boggs’ body, 1953 February 3
Audio   1639A/146	Special Assignment - Drivers' Ed II, 1965 July 13
Audio   1639A/147	Special Assignment - Drivers' Ed III, 1965 July 14
Audio   1639A/148	Special Assignment - Drunk Driving
Audio   1639A/149	Special Assignment - Drunk Driving
Audio   1639A/95	Stevenson, 1956 November 1
Audio   1639A/50	Stevenson Speech; Eisenhower Speech, 1956 November 6
Audio   1639A/87	Strike Ends; Johnson - Transportation Strike, 1956 April 20
Audio   1639A/83	Television – Harry Pease report from Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Audio   1639A/75	Television (Bechtel – Stevenson) Note: Date on item: August 17, unknown year
Audio   1639A/145	The First Forty Years, 40th anniversary [recording missing]
Audio   1639A/61	Today’s Children
Audio   1639A/144	Today’s Events: Ike [Eisenhower]
Audio   1639A/107	Tom Brown’s 84th Birthday Walk; Zeidler’s angry redistricting, 1953 April 28, May 7
Audio   1639A/131	Tony Eden; Photogram, 1956 August 8
Audio   1639A/97	Tornado at Berlin, Wisconsin; Finn murder Lafond Severson; Bob Douglas; WATA 1956 April 3, 24-25
Audio   1639A/47	Troy Ruttman, 1956 July 15
Audio   1639A/119	Truman cuts; Shanks of Prudential & Shanks and Rapkin on Mayfair Mortgage, 1956 September 3, 6
Audio   1639A/138	Washington State Apple Commission – J. Walter Thompson Company, 1952 November 24
Audio   1639A/122	Whitney Salmon - One minute jingle announcement; hold-up, 1955 January 6
Audio   1639A/99	Wiley’s comment on Ike veto of natural gas; Tillie Hansen case, 1956 February 13, 17
Audio   1639A/126	Wisconsin Delegates, Bechtel; Ike [Eisenhower] and Hoover 1956 August 14
Audio   1639A/2	1950 February 27
Audio   1639A/136	1952 July 22
Audio   1639A/17	1952 July 23
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