Title: John A. Schultz Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1956

Creator:

• Schultz, John A., 1897-1956

Call Number: Milwaukee SC 83

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (2 folders)

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)

Abstract:

Photocopied news clippings, in Polish and English, dating from the 1940s, that illustrate important events in Schultz's career as a Milwaukee alderman, campaign handbills, several photographs, and other items. Schultz was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in 1932, and was active in the Polish American Bowling Association and the Polish Century Club.

Language: English, Polish

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Schultz was a Milwaukee businessperson who served for 16 years as alderperson of the 11th Ward. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Schultz graduated from South Division High School, and attended Marquette University prior to working as a bookkeeper at the T.S. Wheel Company. He also owned an insurance and real estate agency. For 32 years, until the time of his death, Schultz operated the Forest Home Arcade, a tavern and bowling alley begun by his father, Stanley. In 1932, John A. Schultz was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council, where he subsequently became chair of the license and finance committees. As alderperson, Schultz opposed gambling and crusaded against taverns and tavern owners who violated liquor and vice laws. Schultz's other activities included founding the Polish American Bowling Association in 1928, and sponsoring many charity bowling tournaments. He also organized a chapter of the Polish Century Club in Milwaukee, and was a member of the Polish Roman Catholic Union, the Polish Association of America, and other groups. He and his wife, Estelle, were the parents of four children: Geraldine (Mrs. Claude Pehowski), Renee (Mrs. Leo Ricco), John A., Jr., and Thomas.

The collection consists of a folder of photocopied news clippings, in Polish and in English, dating from the 1940s, which illustrate several of the important events of Schultz's political career. Also included are copies of Schultz's obituaries and other biographical information, four certificates awarded to John and Estelle Schultz in recognition of their efforts in World War II war bond drives, a copy of a report concerning the City of Milwaukee master plan, dated January 11, 1947, a printed constitution and by-laws of the Polish Century Club of Detroit, and a Polish-language booklet containing printed Stations of the Cross (Stacje Drogi Krzyzowej, 1933). In a second folder are several campaign handbills, a copy of “The Eleventh Ward Bulletin” campaign paper (March 30, 1940); and photographs depicting an August 1919 banquet at Schultz's Place, Alderman Schultz on a harbor inspection cruise (1937), the War Memorial erected by the 11th and 24th Wards in 1943, Senator Alexander Wiley, and the 1944-1948 Milwaukee Common Council.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Estelle D. Schultz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1980. Accession Number: M80-542

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, January 1981.

Folder   1	Scrapbook and Memorabilia, 1945-1956, undated
Folder   2	Photographs and Campaign Materials, 1919-1944, undated