Summary Information
State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Divisional Files 1854-1979
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Series 678
18.6 cubic feet (46 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
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. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00678
Administrative/Restriction 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.
Processed by Karen Baumann, December 13, 1978 and J. Greve, October 3, 1985.
Contents List
Series 678
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Series: General Files
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Box
1
Folder
1-3
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Administrative procedures and information, 1947-1982
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Annual, semi-annual, and biennial reports
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Box
1
Folder
4-8
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1942-1954
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Box
2
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1954-1960
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Box
3
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1960-1964
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Box
4
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1964-1968
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Box
5
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1968-1970
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Box
6
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1971-1977
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Box
7
Folder
1-3
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1977-1979
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Charter, constitutions and by-laws, 1875-1954
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Committee on Protection of Society Collections, 1955
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Division Heads meetings, 1960, 1963, 1967-1982
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Division Heads reports
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Box
7
Folder
7-12
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1967 October-December 1970 January 1971-April 1972
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Box
8
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May 1972-December 1974
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Box
9
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January 1975-June 1977
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Box
10
Folder
1-2
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July 1977-December 1978
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Field Reports
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Calendar of field trip reports, 1953-1975
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Box
10
Folder
4-5
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Archives, 1958-1975, 1978-1979
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Box
10
Folder
6
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Civil Rights Collecting Project, 1966-1968
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Museum, 1962-1971
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Box
10
Folder
8-9
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Miscellaneous, 1955-1972
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Alderfer, William
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Box
10
Folder
10
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1958-1959
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Box
11
Folder
1-2
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1960-1963
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Box
11
Folder
3-4
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Anderson, Don, 1964-1965
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Bowden, Charles, 1968-1969
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Burnette, O. Lawrence, 1962
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Cavanaugh, James, 1974-1975
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Cooper, Sarah, 1974-1975
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Dunn, Walter
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Box
11
Folder
9
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1957-1959
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Box
12
Folder
1-2
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1960-1962
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Box
12
Folder
3-5
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East, Dennis, 1963-1965, 1968
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Box
12
Folder
6-7
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Elliot, Frank, 1953-1956
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Erney, Richard
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Box
12
Folder
8-9
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1957-1958
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Box
13
Folder
1-3
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1959-1968, 1970-1972
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Feeley, Francis, 1970-1973
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Fischel, Leslie
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Box
13
Folder
5-7
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1959-1961
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Box
14
Folder
1-8
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1960-1969
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Box
14
Folder
9
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Fleckner, John A., 1973-1974, 1978-1981
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Fox, Michael J., 1978-1982
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Gilmore, Russell, 1963, 1965-1968
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Box
15
Folder
3
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Hunter, Harry, undated
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Box
15
Folder
4
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Jacques, John, 1959-1962
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Kahn, Paul, 1970-1971
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Kaiser, Barbara and Harper, Josephine, 1959-1961
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Box
15
Folder
7-10
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Kaiser, Barbara, 1962-1975
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Box
15
Folder
11
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Lueders, Tom, 1958
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Box
16
Folder
1-4
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Lord, Clifford, 1953-1958
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Box
16
Folder
5
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McGill, Marcia, 1961-1963
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Box
16
Folder
6-9
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McNeil, Don, 1951-1959
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Box
16
Folder
10
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Marten, Bill, 1962
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Box
16
Folder
11
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Morgan, Joan, 1961
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Box
17
Folder
1-5
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O'Connell, Janice, 1964-1975
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Box
17
Folder
6
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Owen, A.L., 1954
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Box
17
Folder
7
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Perkins, Ron, 1963
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Box
17
Folder
8
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Philbrick, John, 1962-1963
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Box
17
Folder
9-10
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Porter, Dan, 1956-1958
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Box
17
Folder
11
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Roth, Jane, 1972-1973
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Schereck, Bill
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Box
17
Folder
12
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1954-1955
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Box
18
Folder
1-5
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1956-1965
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Schewe, Douglas, 1957
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Schmiedeke, Chet, 1959-1966, 1968
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Box
18
Folder
8
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Severa, Joan, 1960, 1963-1971
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Box
18
Folder
9
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Sherman, Robert, 1964-1967
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Silvestro, Clement, 1956-1957
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Sivesind, Ray, 1955, 1961, 1964-1966, 1968
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Box
19
Folder
3
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Smith, Alice, 1956, 1964
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Thelen, David, 1961-1964
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Thelen, Esther, 1965
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Box
19
Folder
6-7
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Thompson, Glen E., 1960-1962
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Box
19
Folder
8
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Vanderbilt, Paul, 1955-1965
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Box
19
Folder
9
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Watson, Jim, 1969-1970, 1972, 1975
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Weissman, Andy, 1962
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Box
19
Folder
11
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Wilcox, Ben, 1960-1965
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Box
19
Folder
12
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Winn, John, 1968, 1971
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Box
19
Folder
13
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Fundraising data sheets, 1956-1961
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Box
20
Folder
1-2
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Historical information on the Society, 1898-1968
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Junior Executives meetings, 1952-1955
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Membership
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Box
20
Folder
4-7
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Reports, 1949-1975
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Box
20
Folder
8
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Lists, 1934, 1946-1956
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Box
20
Folder
9-10
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Correspondence and miscellany, 1947-1979
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Box
21
Folder
1
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Questionaires, 1951, 1960-1965
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Box
21
Folder
2
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Biographical and genealogical questionaire, 1964-1970
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Box
21
Folder
3
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Staff meetings and plans, 1959-1962
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Box
21
Folder
4
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Sustaining members, 1949-1972
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Box
21
Folder
5
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Annual solicitations and lifetime members, 1958-1972
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Box
21
Folder
6
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Joint Membership with Local Societies, 1954, 1959-1960, 1972
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Memoranda
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Box
21
Folder
7
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Miscellaneous, 1953-1965, 1969
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Box
21
Folder
8-13
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Staff, 1973-1979
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Division Heads
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Box
21
Folder
14
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1977
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Box
22
Folder
1
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1978
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Personnel
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Box
22
Folder
2-4
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Employee records, 1854-1954
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Box
22
Folder
5-6
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Miscellany, 1953, 1961, 1967-1969, 1976-1979
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Box
23
Folder
1
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Plans and Projects, 1952-1959, 1969
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Box
23
Folder
2
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Professionalization, 1957-1958, 1960-1961
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Box
23
Folder
3
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Salaries (Staff), 1949-1957
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Box
23
Folder
4
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Speakers Bureau, 1965-1967
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Box
23
Folder
5
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Staff Association, minutes, reports, by-laws, 1956-1959
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Box
23
Folder
6-7
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Staff meetings, 1960-1975
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Box
23
Folder
8
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Staff newsletters, 1963-1964
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Box
23
Folder
9
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Staff organizational charts, 1948-1972
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Series: Archives Division
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General
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Box
23
Folder
10
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1946-1964
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Box
24
Folder
1-4
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1965-1975
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Box
24
Folder
5
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Transfer of Archives to Department of Administration, 1955-1959
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Area Research Centers
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Box
24
Folder
6
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General, 1962-1972
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Box
24
Folder
7
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Eau Claire, 1963-1972
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Box
24
Folder
8
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Green Bay, 1969-1972
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Box
24
Folder
9
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La Crosse, 1965-1972
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Box
24
Folder
10-11
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Milwaukee, 1961-1973
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Box
24
Folder
12
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Northland, 1971-1972
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Box
24
Folder
13
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Oshkosh, 1963-1972
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Box
24
Folder
14
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Parkside, 1972-1974
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Box
24
Folder
15
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Platteville, 1962, 1965-1973
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Box
24
Folder
16
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River Falls, 1961-1972
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Box
24
Folder
17
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Stevens Point, 1963-1972
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Box
24
Folder
18
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Stout, 1972
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Box
24
Folder
19
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Superior, 1971-1972
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Box
24
Folder
20
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Whitewater, 1965-1972
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Box
25
Folder
1
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Data processing, 1967-1972
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Box
25
Folder
2-3
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Iconographic Collection, 1963, 1967-1975
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Box
25
Folder
4
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Income tax returns disposition, 1948-1949
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Box
25
Folder
5-12
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McCormick Collection, 1946-1975
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Box
25
Folder
13
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Manuscripts Section, 1942-1961
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Box
26
Folder
1
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Mass Communications History Conference, 1960
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Regional Depositories
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Box
26
Folder
2
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General, 1951-1961
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Box
26
Folder
3
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Green Bay, 1952-1953, 1956-1959
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Box
26
Folder
4
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Milwaukee, 1953-1958
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Series: Editorial Division
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Box
26
Folder
5
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General, 1963-1964
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Box
26
Folder
6-7
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Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography, 1950-1957
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Box
26
Folder
8
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The Fox River Valley Paintings, 1961-1968
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Box
26
Folder
9
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Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1959-1964
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Box
26
Folder
10
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Wisconsin Almanac (Parker Pen Co.), 1962-1964
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Wisconsin Calendar
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Box
26
Folder
11-12
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1954-1973
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Box
27
Folder
1-2
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1974-1975
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Box
27
Folder
3
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Wisconsin Dells History, 1963-1964
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Box
27
Folder
4-5
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Publication Office, 1961,1963-1975
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Society Press
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Box
27
Folder
6-11
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General, 1954-1971
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Sales Reports
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Box
27
Folder
12
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1956-1964
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Box
28
Folder
1-4
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1965-1975
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Box
28
Folder
5
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Biography Series, 1945-1948
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Box
28
Folder
6
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Bangsberg & Clark-Pomeroy Biography, 1958
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Box
28
Folder
7
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Bowman, Why Wisconsin?, 1947-1948
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Box
28
Folder
8
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Glover, Hoard Biography, 1958-1959
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Box
28
Folder
9
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Holand, Children of the Wilderness, 1944
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Box
28
Folder
10
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Johnson, Dear Folks, 1956-1967
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Box
28
Folder
11
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Larsen, Biography of Glenn Frank, 1962-1968
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Box
28
Folder
12
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Larson, Johnson Biography, 1951-1967
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Box
29
Folder
1
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Wyman, State College System Centennial History, 1963-1967
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Box
29
Folder
2
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Schwartztrauber Biography, Applications, 1962-1963
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
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Box
29
Folder
3-7
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General, 1946-1972, 1974-1977
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Box
29
Folder
8
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Specifications, bids, and contracts, 1942-1957
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Box
29
Folder
9
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Printers, 1940-1955
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Series: Field Services Division
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Box
29
Folder
10
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General, 1953, 1960, 1963, 1966-1972
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Series: Historic Preservation Division
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Box
29
Folder
11
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General, 1978-1979
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Series: Library Division
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Box
30
Folder
1-7
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General, 1961-1976
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Box
30
Folder
8
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John R. Commons Labor Reference Center, 1963-1967
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Box
30
Folder
9
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Kleppner case, 1966-1970
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Box
31
Folder
1
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Legislature's Proposed Separation from the Society, 1931
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Box
31
Folder
2
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Order Division, 1912-1917
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Box
31
Folder
3
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Regional Depository Library Legislation, 1957-1958
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Box
31
Folder
4
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Relations with University Library, 1907-1960
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Box
31
Folder
5
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Blegen survey, 1943
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Box
31
Folder
6
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Larsen survey, 1955-1956
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Box
31
Folder
7
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Tauber et al. survey, 1966-1967
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Series: Office of Local History
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Box
31
Folder
8
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Survey of Affiliated Societies, 1967-1971
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General
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Box
31
Folder
9
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1960-1963
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Box
32
Folder
1-8
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1964-1978
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Series: Museum Division
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Box
33
Folder
1-9
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General, 1942-1978
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Box
33
Folder
10
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Iconography Section, 1955, 1959-1966
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Box
34
Folder
1-7
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Museum Education, 1963-1979
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Box
34
Folder
8
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Painting Review Committee, 1967-1968, 1973
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Box
34
Folder
9-13
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Anthropology, 1955-1975
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Historymobile
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Box
35
Folder
1-9
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1954-1962
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Box
36
Folder
1-5
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1962-1978
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Box
36
Folder
6
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Signers of the Declaration of Independence Exhibit, 1975
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Series: Office of Public Information
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Box
36
Folder
7-8
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General, 1951, 1955-1968
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Series: Research
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Box
36
Folder
9-10
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General, 1947-1962
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Multi-Volume History of Wisconsin
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Box
36
Folder
11-12
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1960-1965
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Box
37
Folder
1-7
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1966-1974
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Box
37
Folder
8
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Oral History Coordinator, 1973-1975
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Box
37
Folder
9
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One-Volume History of Wisconsin, 1963-1973 : See also Archives Division “Data Processing.”
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Series: School Services
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Box
37
Folder
10-12
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General, 1947-1962
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Box
37
Folder
13
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Junior Conventions, 1953-1956
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Box
38
Folder
1-2
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Senior High School Program, 1953-1954
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Series: Sites and Markers
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Box
38
Folder
3-4
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Markers, General, 1957-1975
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Box
38
Folder
5-11
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Sites, General, 1954-1978
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Box
38
Folder
12
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Historic site admission fees, 1978
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Box
39
Folder
1
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Hiestand report, 1967
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Box
39
Folder
2
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Wisconsin Historic Sites survey, 1966
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Box
39
Folder
3
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Ticket tax exemption, 1948-1952
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Box
39
Folder
4
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Aztalan, 1957-1972
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Box
39
Folder
5-6
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Belmont, 1954-1966
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Box
39
Folder
7
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Brisbois House, 1950, 1957-1964
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Circus Museum
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General correspondence
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Box
39
Folder
8
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1949-1955
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Box
40
Folder
1-4
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1956-1959
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Box
40
Folder
5-6
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John M. Kelley correspondence, 1949-1963
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Box
41
Folder
1-2
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C.P. Fox correspondence, 1952-1959
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Box
41
Folder
3
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Opening, 1959
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Box
41
Folder
4
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Field reports, 1954-1962
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Box
41
Folder
5
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Corporate papers, 1954-1959
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Box
41
Folder
6
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Concessions, 1959
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Box
41
Folder
7
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Scholl Collection, 1955-1959
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Box
41
Folder
8
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Mirror Band Wagon, 1954-1957
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Box
41
Folder
9
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John Winn correspondence, 1958-1959
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Budget, Planning and Fundraising
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Box
41
Folder
10
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1956-1958
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Box
42
Folder
1
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1959-1960
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Box
42
Folder
2
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Floor plans and maps, 1958-1959
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Box
42
Folder
3
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Cotton House, 1953-1954
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Box
42
Folder
4-5
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Madeline Island, 1967-1975
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Box
42
Folder
6
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Indian Cemetery
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Box
42
Folder
7-11
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Pendarvis, 1970-1979
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Stonefield
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General correspondence
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Box
42
Folder
12-14
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1950-1956
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Box
43
Folder
1-7
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1957-1979
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Box
43
Folder
8
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Carpenter investigation, 1957-1958
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Box
43
Folder
9
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Bank, 1960-1965
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Box
43
Folder
10
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Butcher Shop and General Store, 1958-1960
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Box
43
Folder
11
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Carpenter Shop, 1958-1963
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Box
43
Folder
12
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Creamery and Cheese Factory, 1964-1968
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Box
43
Folder
13
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Firehouse, 1964-1967
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Box
43
Folder
14
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Law Office, 1962-1964
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Box
43
Folder
15
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Livery Stable, 1961-1963, 1967
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Box
44
Folder
1
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Print Shop and Church, 1957-1963
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Box
44
Folder
2
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Saloon, 1964-1967
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Box
44
Folder
3
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Railroad depot, 1967-1971
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Villa Louis
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Box
44
Folder
4-9
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General correspondence, 1946-1979
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Oppenheimer correspondence
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Box
44
Folder
10
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1947-1948
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Box
45
Folder
1-3
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1949-1958
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Box
45
Folder
4
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Attorney General correspondence, 1948-1952
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Box
45
Folder
5
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Virginia Dousman Bigelow correspondence, 1947-1958
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Box
45
Folder
6
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Florence Bittner correspondence, 1949-1960
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Box
45
Folder
7
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Corps of Engineers Dike Project, 1967
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Box
45
Folder
8
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Friday evening programs, 1960-1961
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Box
45
Folder
9
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Inventory, 1950
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Box
45
Folder
10
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Historic Prarie du Chien, 1967
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Box
45
Folder
11
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Renovation, 1947-1953
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Wade House
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Box
46
Folder
1-4
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General correspondence, 1949-1972
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Box
46
Folder
5
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Tea room, 1958-1964
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Box
46
Folder
6-7
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Jung Carriage Collection, 1960-1972
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