State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Divisional Files, 1854-1979


Summary Information
Title: State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Divisional Files
Inclusive Dates: 1854-1979

Creator:
  • State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Call Number: Series 678

Quantity: 18.6 cubic feet (46 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and other documents concerning Society divisions and their projects in which the Society Administration was involved. Included are divisional annual reports, staff field reports, and files on the establishment of several Society historic sites and on matters of general staff concern such as procedures, membership, and personnel.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00678

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1968/29, 1969/55, 1969/188, 1974/141, 1977/201, 1977/222, 1981/128, and one unnumbered accession in August of 1967.


Processing Information

Processed by Karen Baumann, December 13, 1978 and J. Greve, October 3, 1985.


Contents List
Series 678
Series: General Files
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Administrative procedures and information, 1947-1982
Annual, semi-annual, and biennial reports
Box   1
Folder   4-8
1942-1954
Box   2
1954-1960
Box   3
1960-1964
Box   4
1964-1968
Box   5
1968-1970
Box   6
1971-1977
Box   7
Folder   1-3
1977-1979
Box   7
Folder   4
Charter, constitutions and by-laws, 1875-1954
Box   7
Folder   5
Committee on Protection of Society Collections, 1955
Box   7
Folder   6
Division Heads meetings, 1960, 1963, 1967-1982
Division Heads reports
Box   7
Folder   7-12
1967 October-December 1970 January 1971-April 1972
Box   8
May 1972-December 1974
Box   9
January 1975-June 1977
Box   10
Folder   1-2
July 1977-December 1978
Field Reports
Box   10
Folder   3
Calendar of field trip reports, 1953-1975
Box   10
Folder   4-5
Archives, 1958-1975, 1978-1979
Box   10
Folder   6
Civil Rights Collecting Project, 1966-1968
Box   10
Folder   7
Museum, 1962-1971
Box   10
Folder   8-9
Miscellaneous, 1955-1972
Alderfer, William
Box   10
Folder   10
1958-1959
Box   11
Folder   1-2
1960-1963
Box   11
Folder   3-4
Anderson, Don, 1964-1965
Box   11
Folder   5
Bowden, Charles, 1968-1969
Box   11
Folder   6
Burnette, O. Lawrence, 1962
Box   11
Folder   7
Cavanaugh, James, 1974-1975
Box   11
Folder   8
Cooper, Sarah, 1974-1975
Dunn, Walter
Box   11
Folder   9
1957-1959
Box   12
Folder   1-2
1960-1962
Box   12
Folder   3-5
East, Dennis, 1963-1965, 1968
Box   12
Folder   6-7
Elliot, Frank, 1953-1956
Erney, Richard
Box   12
Folder   8-9
1957-1958
Box   13
Folder   1-3
1959-1968, 1970-1972
Box   13
Folder   4
Feeley, Francis, 1970-1973
Fischel, Leslie
Box   13
Folder   5-7
1959-1961
Box   14
Folder   1-8
1960-1969
Box   14
Folder   9
Fleckner, John A., 1973-1974, 1978-1981
Box   15
Folder   1
Fox, Michael J., 1978-1982
Box   15
Folder   2
Gilmore, Russell, 1963, 1965-1968
Box   15
Folder   3
Hunter, Harry, undated
Box   15
Folder   4
Jacques, John, 1959-1962
Box   15
Folder   5
Kahn, Paul, 1970-1971
Box   15
Folder   6
Kaiser, Barbara and Harper, Josephine, 1959-1961
Box   15
Folder   7-10
Kaiser, Barbara, 1962-1975
Box   15
Folder   11
Lueders, Tom, 1958
Box   16
Folder   1-4
Lord, Clifford, 1953-1958
Box   16
Folder   5
McGill, Marcia, 1961-1963
Box   16
Folder   6-9
McNeil, Don, 1951-1959
Box   16
Folder   10
Marten, Bill, 1962
Box   16
Folder   11
Morgan, Joan, 1961
Box   17
Folder   1-5
O'Connell, Janice, 1964-1975
Box   17
Folder   6
Owen, A.L., 1954
Box   17
Folder   7
Perkins, Ron, 1963
Box   17
Folder   8
Philbrick, John, 1962-1963
Box   17
Folder   9-10
Porter, Dan, 1956-1958
Box   17
Folder   11
Roth, Jane, 1972-1973
Schereck, Bill
Box   17
Folder   12
1954-1955
Box   18
Folder   1-5
1956-1965
Box   18
Folder   6
Schewe, Douglas, 1957
Box   18
Folder   7
Schmiedeke, Chet, 1959-1966, 1968
Box   18
Folder   8
Severa, Joan, 1960, 1963-1971
Box   18
Folder   9
Sherman, Robert, 1964-1967
Box   19
Folder   1
Silvestro, Clement, 1956-1957
Box   19
Folder   2
Sivesind, Ray, 1955, 1961, 1964-1966, 1968
Box   19
Folder   3
Smith, Alice, 1956, 1964
Box   19
Folder   4
Thelen, David, 1961-1964
Box   19
Folder   5
Thelen, Esther, 1965
Box   19
Folder   6-7
Thompson, Glen E., 1960-1962
Box   19
Folder   8
Vanderbilt, Paul, 1955-1965
Box   19
Folder   9
Watson, Jim, 1969-1970, 1972, 1975
Box   19
Folder   10
Weissman, Andy, 1962
Box   19
Folder   11
Wilcox, Ben, 1960-1965
Box   19
Folder   12
Winn, John, 1968, 1971
Box   19
Folder   13
Fundraising data sheets, 1956-1961
Box   20
Folder   1-2
Historical information on the Society, 1898-1968
Box   20
Folder   3
Junior Executives meetings, 1952-1955
Membership
Box   20
Folder   4-7
Reports, 1949-1975
Box   20
Folder   8
Lists, 1934, 1946-1956
Box   20
Folder   9-10
Correspondence and miscellany, 1947-1979
Box   21
Folder   1
Questionaires, 1951, 1960-1965
Box   21
Folder   2
Biographical and genealogical questionaire, 1964-1970
Box   21
Folder   3
Staff meetings and plans, 1959-1962
Box   21
Folder   4
Sustaining members, 1949-1972
Box   21
Folder   5
Annual solicitations and lifetime members, 1958-1972
Box   21
Folder   6
Joint Membership with Local Societies, 1954, 1959-1960, 1972
Memoranda
Box   21
Folder   7
Miscellaneous, 1953-1965, 1969
Box   21
Folder   8-13
Staff, 1973-1979
Division Heads
Box   21
Folder   14
1977
Box   22
Folder   1
1978
Personnel
Box   22
Folder   2-4
Employee records, 1854-1954
Box   22
Folder   5-6
Miscellany, 1953, 1961, 1967-1969, 1976-1979
Box   23
Folder   1
Plans and Projects, 1952-1959, 1969
Box   23
Folder   2
Professionalization, 1957-1958, 1960-1961
Box   23
Folder   3
Salaries (Staff), 1949-1957
Box   23
Folder   4
Speakers Bureau, 1965-1967
Box   23
Folder   5
Staff Association, minutes, reports, by-laws, 1956-1959
Box   23
Folder   6-7
Staff meetings, 1960-1975
Box   23
Folder   8
Staff newsletters, 1963-1964
Box   23
Folder   9
Staff organizational charts, 1948-1972
Series: Archives Division
General
Box   23
Folder   10
1946-1964
Box   24
Folder   1-4
1965-1975
Box   24
Folder   5
Transfer of Archives to Department of Administration, 1955-1959
Area Research Centers
Box   24
Folder   6
General, 1962-1972
Box   24
Folder   7
Eau Claire, 1963-1972
Box   24
Folder   8
Green Bay, 1969-1972
Box   24
Folder   9
La Crosse, 1965-1972
Box   24
Folder   10-11
Milwaukee, 1961-1973
Box   24
Folder   12
Northland, 1971-1972
Box   24
Folder   13
Oshkosh, 1963-1972
Box   24
Folder   14
Parkside, 1972-1974
Box   24
Folder   15
Platteville, 1962, 1965-1973
Box   24
Folder   16
River Falls, 1961-1972
Box   24
Folder   17
Stevens Point, 1963-1972
Box   24
Folder   18
Stout, 1972
Box   24
Folder   19
Superior, 1971-1972
Box   24
Folder   20
Whitewater, 1965-1972
Box   25
Folder   1
Data processing, 1967-1972
Box   25
Folder   2-3
Iconographic Collection, 1963, 1967-1975
Box   25
Folder   4
Income tax returns disposition, 1948-1949
Box   25
Folder   5-12
McCormick Collection, 1946-1975
Box   25
Folder   13
Manuscripts Section, 1942-1961
Box   26
Folder   1
Mass Communications History Conference, 1960
Regional Depositories
Box   26
Folder   2
General, 1951-1961
Box   26
Folder   3
Green Bay, 1952-1953, 1956-1959
Box   26
Folder   4
Milwaukee, 1953-1958
Series: Editorial Division
Box   26
Folder   5
General, 1963-1964
Box   26
Folder   6-7
Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography, 1950-1957
Box   26
Folder   8
The Fox River Valley Paintings, 1961-1968
Box   26
Folder   9
Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1959-1964
Box   26
Folder   10
Wisconsin Almanac (Parker Pen Co.), 1962-1964
Wisconsin Calendar
Box   26
Folder   11-12
1954-1973
Box   27
Folder   1-2
1974-1975
Box   27
Folder   3
Wisconsin Dells History, 1963-1964
Box   27
Folder   4-5
Publication Office, 1961,1963-1975
Society Press
Box   27
Folder   6-11
General, 1954-1971
Sales Reports
Box   27
Folder   12
1956-1964
Box   28
Folder   1-4
1965-1975
Box   28
Folder   5
Biography Series, 1945-1948
Box   28
Folder   6
Bangsberg & Clark-Pomeroy Biography, 1958
Box   28
Folder   7
Bowman, Why Wisconsin?, 1947-1948
Box   28
Folder   8
Glover, Hoard Biography, 1958-1959
Box   28
Folder   9
Holand, Children of the Wilderness, 1944
Box   28
Folder   10
Johnson, Dear Folks, 1956-1967
Box   28
Folder   11
Larsen, Biography of Glenn Frank, 1962-1968
Box   28
Folder   12
Larson, Johnson Biography, 1951-1967
Box   29
Folder   1
Wyman, State College System Centennial History, 1963-1967
Box   29
Folder   2
Schwartztrauber Biography, Applications, 1962-1963
Wisconsin Magazine of History
Box   29
Folder   3-7
General, 1946-1972, 1974-1977
Box   29
Folder   8
Specifications, bids, and contracts, 1942-1957
Box   29
Folder   9
Printers, 1940-1955
Series: Field Services Division
Box   29
Folder   10
General, 1953, 1960, 1963, 1966-1972
Series: Historic Preservation Division
Box   29
Folder   11
General, 1978-1979
Series: Library Division
Box   30
Folder   1-7
General, 1961-1976
Box   30
Folder   8
John R. Commons Labor Reference Center, 1963-1967
Box   30
Folder   9
Kleppner case, 1966-1970
Box   31
Folder   1
Legislature's Proposed Separation from the Society, 1931
Box   31
Folder   2
Order Division, 1912-1917
Box   31
Folder   3
Regional Depository Library Legislation, 1957-1958
Box   31
Folder   4
Relations with University Library, 1907-1960
Box   31
Folder   5
Blegen survey, 1943
Box   31
Folder   6
Larsen survey, 1955-1956
Box   31
Folder   7
Tauber et al. survey, 1966-1967
Series: Office of Local History
Box   31
Folder   8
Survey of Affiliated Societies, 1967-1971
General
Box   31
Folder   9
1960-1963
Box   32
Folder   1-8
1964-1978
Series: Museum Division
Box   33
Folder   1-9
General, 1942-1978
Box   33
Folder   10
Iconography Section, 1955, 1959-1966
Box   34
Folder   1-7
Museum Education, 1963-1979
Box   34
Folder   8
Painting Review Committee, 1967-1968, 1973
Box   34
Folder   9-13
Anthropology, 1955-1975
Historymobile
Box   35
Folder   1-9
1954-1962
Box   36
Folder   1-5
1962-1978
Box   36
Folder   6
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Exhibit, 1975
Series: Office of Public Information
Box   36
Folder   7-8
General, 1951, 1955-1968
Series: Research
Box   36
Folder   9-10
General, 1947-1962
Multi-Volume History of Wisconsin
Box   36
Folder   11-12
1960-1965
Box   37
Folder   1-7
1966-1974
Box   37
Folder   8
Oral History Coordinator, 1973-1975
Box   37
Folder   9
One-Volume History of Wisconsin, 1963-1973
Note: See also Archives Division “Data Processing.”
Series: School Services
Box   37
Folder   10-12
General, 1947-1962
Box   37
Folder   13
Junior Conventions, 1953-1956
Box   38
Folder   1-2
Senior High School Program, 1953-1954
Series: Sites and Markers
Box   38
Folder   3-4
Markers, General, 1957-1975
Box   38
Folder   5-11
Sites, General, 1954-1978
Box   38
Folder   12
Historic site admission fees, 1978
Box   39
Folder   1
Hiestand report, 1967
Box   39
Folder   2
Wisconsin Historic Sites survey, 1966
Box   39
Folder   3
Ticket tax exemption, 1948-1952
Box   39
Folder   4
Aztalan, 1957-1972
Box   39
Folder   5-6
Belmont, 1954-1966
Box   39
Folder   7
Brisbois House, 1950, 1957-1964
Circus Museum
General correspondence
Box   39
Folder   8
1949-1955
Box   40
Folder   1-4
1956-1959
Box   40
Folder   5-6
John M. Kelley correspondence, 1949-1963
Box   41
Folder   1-2
C.P. Fox correspondence, 1952-1959
Box   41
Folder   3
Opening, 1959
Box   41
Folder   4
Field reports, 1954-1962
Box   41
Folder   5
Corporate papers, 1954-1959
Box   41
Folder   6
Concessions, 1959
Box   41
Folder   7
Scholl Collection, 1955-1959
Box   41
Folder   8
Mirror Band Wagon, 1954-1957
Box   41
Folder   9
John Winn correspondence, 1958-1959
Budget, Planning and Fundraising
Box   41
Folder   10
1956-1958
Box   42
Folder   1
1959-1960
Box   42
Folder   2
Floor plans and maps, 1958-1959
Box   42
Folder   3
Cotton House, 1953-1954
Box   42
Folder   4-5
Madeline Island, 1967-1975
Box   42
Folder   6
Indian Cemetery
Box   42
Folder   7-11
Pendarvis, 1970-1979
Stonefield
General correspondence
Box   42
Folder   12-14
1950-1956
Box   43
Folder   1-7
1957-1979
Box   43
Folder   8
Carpenter investigation, 1957-1958
Box   43
Folder   9
Bank, 1960-1965
Box   43
Folder   10
Butcher Shop and General Store, 1958-1960
Box   43
Folder   11
Carpenter Shop, 1958-1963
Box   43
Folder   12
Creamery and Cheese Factory, 1964-1968
Box   43
Folder   13
Firehouse, 1964-1967
Box   43
Folder   14
Law Office, 1962-1964
Box   43
Folder   15
Livery Stable, 1961-1963, 1967
Box   44
Folder   1
Print Shop and Church, 1957-1963
Box   44
Folder   2
Saloon, 1964-1967
Box   44
Folder   3
Railroad depot, 1967-1971
Villa Louis
Box   44
Folder   4-9
General correspondence, 1946-1979
Oppenheimer correspondence
Box   44
Folder   10
1947-1948
Box   45
Folder   1-3
1949-1958
Box   45
Folder   4
Attorney General correspondence, 1948-1952
Box   45
Folder   5
Virginia Dousman Bigelow correspondence, 1947-1958
Box   45
Folder   6
Florence Bittner correspondence, 1949-1960
Box   45
Folder   7
Corps of Engineers Dike Project, 1967
Box   45
Folder   8
Friday evening programs, 1960-1961
Box   45
Folder   9
Inventory, 1950
Box   45
Folder   10
Historic Prarie du Chien, 1967
Box   45
Folder   11
Renovation, 1947-1953
Wade House
Box   46
Folder   1-4
General correspondence, 1949-1972
Box   46
Folder   5
Tea room, 1958-1964
Box   46
Folder   6-7
Jung Carriage Collection, 1960-1972