Title: State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Project Files
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1965

Creator:

• State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Call Number: Series 1762

Quantity: 8.0 c.f. (8 record center cartons)

Repository:

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.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Files containing correspondence, publications, memoranda, reports and other materials concerning projects involving the Society. The largest aggregates of material relate to the Civil War Centennial Commission (1958-1965), the Ethnic Project (1954-1962), the Labor History Project (1951-1965), and the Wisconsin State Centennial (1945-1948).

Language: English

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Alphabetical by title.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1968/32; 1968/66; 1968/67; 1971/119; 1974/109; 1974/247; and two unnumbered accessions in January and April of 1967.

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Baumann, R. Bazillion, G. Harry, and V. Sabee, November 21, 1978.

Box   1 Folder   1	Adult Education Program, 1962
Box   1 Folder   2	Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1958-60
Box   1 Folder   3	Agricultural Hall of Fame-Stonefield, Oct. 1958-May 1960
Box   1 Folder   4	Agricultural History Society, 1949, 1953
Box   1 Folder   5	Aitken Brothers-Keystone Film Co., 1955-64
Box   1 Folder   6	American Association for State & Local History-Surveys, 1951-55
Box   1 Folder   7	American Association for State & Local History-Questionnaires, 1951-56
Box   1 Folder   8	Aviation History-Anniversary of Powered Flight, 1953
Box   1 Folder   9	Beale Memorial Fund, 1960-61
Box   1 Folder   10	British Patent Office-Specifications, 1952-53
Box   1 Folder   11	Charles E. Brown Memorial Fund, 1950-51
Box   1 Folder   12	Christian Burkhardt Memorial Fund, 1963
Box   1 Folder   13	Business History Seminar, 1955
Box   1 Folder   14-15	Business Records, Survey, 1949-50; 1957-58
Box   1 Folder   16	Business History Project (Marcia K. McGill Correspondence), 1960-64
Box   1 Folder   17	A.O. Smith Co., 1961-64
Box   1 Folder   18	Appleton Woolen Mills, 1961-65
Box   1 Folder   19	Bergstrom Paper Co., 1962-63
Box   1 Folder   20	Central Paper Co., 1962
Box   1 Folder   21	Fox River Valley Project-Miscellaneous Companies, 1962, 1964
Box   1 Folder   22	Gilbert Paper Co., 1962-63
Box   1 Folder   23	Geo. A. Whiting Paper Co., 1962
Box   1 Folder   24	John Strange Paper Co., 1962-63
Box   1 Folder   25	Kimberly-Clark Co., 1962-63
Box   1 Folder   26	Kohler Company, 1963
Box   1 Folder   27	Marathon Corp. History, 1955-56, 1962
Box   1 Folder   28	Menasha Woodenware Co., 1962-64
Box   1 Folder   29	Oscar Mayer Co., 1962-64
Box   1 Folder   30	Business Records: Stephenson Papers, 1951
Box   1 Folder   31	Camp Randall Memorial Park, 1949-61
Box   1 Folder   32	Carver's Travels, 1955-58
Box   1 Folder   33	Century Farms, 1942-57
Box   1 Folder   34	Child's World Museum, 1962-65
Box   1 Folder   35	Circus History-Television Series, 1960
	Civil War Centennial Commission (CWCC)
Box   1 Folder   36	Acquisitions Committee, 1958-65
Box   1 Folder   37-38	Associate Members, 1958-60; 1961-66
Box   1 Folder   39	Antietam Battlefield Legislation, 1959
Box   1 Folder   40	Budget , 1959-60
Box   1 Folder   41	Camp Randall Marker Dedication, 1961
Box   1 Folder   42-43	Centennial Award, 1961-62, 1963
Box   1 Folder   44	Centennial Kick-Off, Jan. 1961
Box   1 Folder   45	Civil War Stationery, 1961
Box   1 Folder   46	Committees, 1958-62
Box   1 Folder   47	Education Committee, 1958-65
Box   1 Folder   48	Emancipation Proclamation Centennial-General Correspondence, 1962-63
Box   1 Folder   49	Executive Committee, 1958-64
Box   1 Folder   50-56	General Correspondence, 1957-67
Box   1 Folder   57	General Information, 1956-63
Box   1 Folder   58	Gerlinger Correspondence, 1958-66
Box   1 Folder   59	Incorporation Papers, 1958
Box   1 Folder   60	Iron Brigade (Nolan & Wells), 1961-62
Box   1 Folder   61	Legislation, 1959-61
Box   1 Folder   62	Manassas Re-enactment, 1959-60
Box   1 Folder   63	Memorial Celebrations Committee, 1958-60
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Memorial Celebrations Committee, 1961-65
Box   2 Folder   3-5	Minutes, 1958-65
Box   2 Folder   6	National-General Correspondence, 1954-60
Box   2 Folder   7-8	National Releases and Newsletters, 1958-62
Box   2 Folder   9	Project Suggestions, 1958
Box   2 Folder   10	Promotion & Publicity Committee, 1958, 1960
Box   2 Folder   11-13	Publication Committee, 1958, 1962-64
Box   2 Folder   14-15	Roster, 1957-66
Box   2 Folder   16	Tax Exempt Status, 1958
Box   2 Folder   17	Conservation of Cultural Resources Committee, 1941-43
Box   2 Folder   18	County Agricultural Histories, 1950-51
Box   2 Folder   19	Dairy Hall of Fame, 1954-55
Box   2 Folder   20	Dells, 1954-58
Box   2 Folder   21	Dentist Project, 1955-60
Box   2 Folder   22	Draper Centennial Committees, 1950-54
Box   2 Folder   23	Draper Centennial Conventions, 1951-53
Box   2 Folder   23a	Draper Centennial Portraits, 1951-55
Box   2 Folder   24	Draper Manuscripts, 1942-51
Box   2 Folder   25	Draper Stamp, 1951-54
Box   2 Folder   26	Duluth-Superior Conference, 1963-64
Box   2 Folder   27	Education History Survey, 1957-62
Box   2 Folder   28	Encyclopedia Britannica, 1946-55
	Ethnic Project
Box   2 Folder   29	Bibliographies
Box   2 Folder   30	Bill 2105, 1957
Box   2 Folder   31	Correspondence, 1954-56
Box   2 Folder   32	Ethnic Exhibit, 1956
Box   2 Folder   33	Ethnic Group Organizations, by Nationality
Box   2 Folder   34	Ethnic Notes, 1956-57, 1959
Box   2 Folder   35	Ethnic Park, 1960-62
Box   2 Folder   36	Form Letters, 1955
Box   2 Folder   37	International Institute of Milwaukee County, 1956-58
Box   2 Folder   38	Inventory of Organizations, 1955
Box   2 Folder   39-41	Lead File, 1955
Box   3 Folder   1	Radio Scripts, 1954-55
	Survey of Ethnic Groups, 1953-55
Box   3 Folder   2	General
Box   3 Folder   3-17a	Bohemian - Yankees
Box   3 Folder   18	(D.C.) Everest Memorial, 1956-58
Box   3 Folder   19-21	Everest Prize Correspondence, 1948-65
Box   3 Folder   22	Fall Hall Glen (Black River Falls), 1956-61
Box   3 Folder   23	Family of Man Exhibit, 1958
	Federal Documents Loan Collection
Box   3 Folder   24	General Correspondence, 1951-53
Box   3 Folder   25	Librarians' Correspondence, 1950-54
	Federal Projects
Box   3 Folder   26	Civil Works Administration, Census Indexing (1840 & 1850), 1933-34
	Works Progress Administration
Box   3 Folder   27	Census Indexing (1860), 1934-37
Box   3 Folder   28	Census Indexing (1870), 1937-39
Box   3 Folder   29	Federal Writers' Project, 1936-46
Box   3 Folder   30	General, 1935-41
Box   3 Folder   31	Historical Records Survey, 1939-43
Box   3 Folder   32-33	Imprints Inventory
Box   3 Folder   34	University Personnel Project, 1943
Box   3 Folder   35	Other States, 1936-42
Box   3 Folder   36	Folk Art Museum (Monches Property), 1964
Box   3 Folder   37	Foreign Tours, 1964-65
Box   3 Folder   38	Forest History Conference, 1961
Box   3 Folder   39	Fort Blue Mounds, 1954-55, 1959, 1963
Box   3 Folder   40	Fort Dells, 1959-60
Box   3 Folder   41	Fur Trade Museum (Solon Springs), 1954-59
Box   3 Folder   42	Garland House, 1956-58
Box   3 Folder   43	Graduate Students' History Symposium, 1959-64
Box   3 Folder   44	Grignon House, 1945, 1949-58
Box   3 Folder   45	Hall of Our History, 1963-64
Box   3 Folder   46	Heg Centennial, 1963
Box   3 Folder   47	Heil Industrial Research Project, 1947-48
Box   3 Folder   48	Heritage Month, 1954-59
Box   3 Folder   49	Historical Agencies Summer Workshop, 1962-63
Box   3 Folder   50	Historymobile International, 1961
Box   4 Folder   1-3	History of Science Project, 1961-66
Box   4 Folder   4	Indian Project, 1965
Box   4 Folder   5	Institute for High School Teachers, 1959-63
Box   4 Folder   6	Internship Program, 1953-56
	Jewish History Archives
Box   4 Folder   7-9	General, 1954-62
Box   4 Folder   10	Paul Kovenock Correspondence, 1958
Box   4 Folder   11	Albert Erlebacher Correspondence, 1960
Box   4 Folder   12	Connie Chobanian and S. Applebaum Correspondence, 1960-61
Box   4 Folder   13	(Louise) Kellogg Portrait, 1955-58
Box   4 Folder   14	Labor History - John R. Commons Collection, 1942-50
	Labor History Project
Box   4 Folder   15	General, 1951-55
Box   4 Folder   16-18	AFL-CIO, 1954-55
Box   4 Folder   19	Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, 1961-64
Box   4 Folder   20	Amalgamated Transit Union, 1962-64
Box   4 Folder   21-22	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 1957-65
Box   4 Folder   23	Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1962
Box   4 Folder   24	Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1958-60
Box   4 Folder   25	Carpenters and Joiners Brotherhood, 1952-60
Box   4 Folder   26	Department of Health, Education & Welfare, 1960-65
Box   4 Folder   27	International Association of Machinists, 1961-65
Box   4 Folder   28	International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1961
Box   4 Folder   29	International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink & Distillery Workers, 1962
Box   4 Folder   30	Labor Collections - Correspondence, 1950
Box   4 Folder   31	Labor Education Service, 1954-56, 1958
Box   4 Folder   32-33	Letters to Unions, 1963-1965
Box   4 Folder   34	Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, 1962, 1965
Box   4 Folder   35-38	Miscellaneous, 1956-1965
Box   4 Folder   39	(E. W.) Morehouse Collection, 1961-65
Box   4 Folder   40	(Philip) Murray Papers, 1961
Box   4 Folder   41	National Postal Union, 1962-65
Box   4 Folder   42	State Federation of Labor, 1950-55
Box   4 Folder   43	Tamiment Institute, 1960-65
Box   4 Folder   44	Textile Workers Union of America, 1956-65
Box   4 Folder   45	United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada, 1955-58, 1964-65
Box   4 Folder   46	United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers - AFL-CIO, 1956-57, 1965
Box   4 Folder   47	(E.E.) Witte Collection, 1960-64
Box   4 Folder   48	Ziemann Letters & Reports, 1951-53
Box   4 Folder   49-50	Labor Specialist Position - Candidates, 1962-64
Box   5 Folder   1	Legislators and State Officers, 1936-38
Box   5 Folder   2	Legislators (“Forgotten Men”), 1953
Box   5 Folder   3	“Let's Talk Shop,” 1950-53
Box   5 Folder   4	Liberty Bell Rededication, 1961
Box   5 Folder   5	Lincoln Sesquicentennial Collections, 1958-59
Box   5 Folder   6	Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1958-59
	Lincoln Sesquicentennial Committee
Box   5 Folder   7	General, 1958-59
Box   5 Folder   8	Minutes, 1958-60
Box   5 Folder   9	Lincoln Sesquicentennial Historymobile, 1959
Box   5 Folder   10	Living History Committee, 1959-62
Box   5 Folder   11	Log Cabins, 1953
Box   5 Folder   12	Lost Dauphin State Park, 1960-62
Box   5 Folder   13	Manuscript Appraisal, 1959-62
Box   5 Folder   14	Mazzuchelli Chapel (New Diggings), 1956-60
Box   5 Folder   15	Medical History, 1955-56
Box   5 Folder   16	Medical History Correspondence, 1948, 1950-54
Box   5 Folder   17-18	Medical History Project, 1957-60
Box   5 Folder   19-20	Merci Train - Correspondence, 1947-49
Box   5 Folder   21-22	Microcarding of Theses, 1949-53
Box   5 Folder   23	Microcard Orders, 1950-51
Box   5 Folder   24	Microfilm Mobil Unit, n.d.
Box   5 Folder   25	Microfilm Vault, 1948-50
Box   5 Folder   26	Microfilming Reports, 1946-49, 1951-52
Box   5 Folder   27	Midwest Conference on Business History, 1956-59
Box   5 Folder   28	Milwaukee Street, 1953-54
Box   5 Folder   29	Mining Museum, 1954-55
Box   5 Folder   30	Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission Minutes, 1952
Box   5 Folder   31	Model Railroad - Valentine Baxter, 1958
	Money Raising
Box   5 Folder   32	Books and Manuscripts, 1956, 1958-59
Box   5 Folder   33	General, 1949-61 (intermittent)
Box   5 Folder   34	Mood-Fulmer: F.J. Turner Publication Project, 1959-60
	Movie: “Presence of Our Past”
Box   5 Folder   35-37	Contributions, 1953-54, 1956, 1958
Box   5 Folder   38	Rejected Solicitations , 1953
Box   5 Folder   39	Scenario, 1953
Box   5 Folder   40	Mumm Collection, 1948-55
Box   5 Folder   41	Museum, SHSW, 1947-49
Box   6 Folder   1-6	Museum of Medical Progress, 1952-65
Box   6 Folder   7	National Conventions - Questions for Delegates, 1964
Box   6 Folder   8	National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1949-52
Box   6 Folder   9-13	Natural Resources Conservation Project, 1960-66
Box   6 Folder   14	New York World's Fair - Wisconsin Exhibit, 1963-66
Box   6 Folder   15	Northern Forts, 1962
Box   6 Folder   16-18	Nursing, History of, 1952-59, 1964
Box   6 Folder   19	Oko Report, 1963
Box   6 Folder   19a	Open House of History, 1963-65
	Oral History Project
Box   6 Folder   20	Matson Holbrook, 1951-52
Box   6 Folder   21-25	Research Notes, 1952
Box   6 Folder   26	Questatinong, 1956-60
Box   6 Folder   27	Paper Industry History, 1950-55
Box   6 Folder   28	Parker Pen History
Box   6 Folder   29	Patent Office Models, 1946-50
Box   6 Folder   30	Pea Canning History (F. Stare), 1949
Box   6 Folder   31	Penokee Veneer History, 1954-55
Box   6 Folder   32-33	Pharmaceutical Project, 1957-58
Box   6 Folder   34-36	Pharmaceutical Project-Hollister Fund, 1957-62, 1966
Box   7 Folder   1	Post Offices & Postal Information, 1919 -
Box   7 Folder   2	Radcliffe College - Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1956
Box   7 Folder   3	Radio Script Contest, 1946-53
Box   7 Folder   4-7	Radio Study Program, 1953-54
Box   7 Folder   8	Radio Talks, 1953
Box   7 Folder   9	Railroad History, 1942-45
Box   7 Folder   10	Records Warehousing Project, 1942-53
Box   7 Folder   11	Republican Centennial, 1954
Box   7 Folder   12	Research Resources Needed by SHSW, 1959
Box   7 Folder   13	Retired Persons Project, 1959-60
Box   7 Folder   14	Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Wisconsin
Box   7 Folder   15	Rolette House, Prairie du Chien, 1960-62
Box   7 Folder   16	(Theodore) Roosevelt Centennial, 1958
Box   7 Folder   17	Rountree House, 1956-58
Box   7 Folder   18	Rural Living Survey, 1958-59
Box   7 Folder   19	(Frederick) Sammond Memorial, 1966
Box   7 Folder   20	San Feriole Island (Prairie du Chien), 1957-58
Box   7 Folder   21	Scuba Diving Project, 1963-64
Box   7 Folder   22	Seminar in Local History, 1964
	(Alice E.) Smith Award
Box   7 Folder   23	Proposals and Establishment, 1965
Box   7 Folder   24-25	Acknowledgements of contributions, 1965
Box   7 Folder   26	Nomination for Award of Distinction of AASLH, 1966
Box   7 Folder   27	State Awards Day, 1957-63
Box   7 Folder   28	State Fair, 1961-65
Box   7 Folder   28a	State Historical Society - Building Addition, 1965
Box   7 Folder   29	Stony Hill Schoolhouse, 1950-56
	Television
Box   7 Folder   30-32	General, 1951-57
Box   7 Folder   33	Clinton-Donahue Show, 1955-56
Box   7 Folder   34	Van Dittberner, 1954-55
Box   7 Folder   35-37	Urban History Center, 1959-64
Box   7 Folder   38	Utilities Records Center Project, 1954-56
Box   7 Folder   39	Vilas House, 1960
Box   7 Folder   40	Welcome Wagon, 1953, 1955
Box   7 Folder   41	White Collar Project - 1958 Recession, , 1958
Box   7 Folder   42	Whitman Project - Sumner Kernan, 1962-66
Box   8 Folder   1-39	Wisconsin Cavalcade Scripts, 1948
Box   8 Folder   39a	Wisconsin History Weeks, 1960-62
	Wisconsin Jewish Archives, See Jewish History Archives
Box   8 Folder   40	Wisconsin Manufacturers' Association - State Fair, 1957-58
	Wisconsin State Centennial, 1948
Box   8 Folder   41	General, 1948
Box   8 Folder   42	SHSW Booklet, 1948
Box   8 Folder   43	Budget and Employment, 1946-68
Box   8 Folder   44	Bulletins, 1947-48
Box   8 Folder   45-46	Committees, 1945-48
Box   8 Folder   47	SHSW Centennial Correspondence, 1946
Box   8 Folder   48	General Correspondence, 1945-48
Box   8 Folder   49	Boston Store Correspondence, 1948
Box   8 Folder   50	Parker Pen Company Correspondence, 1948
Box   8 Folder   51	Exposition Buildings and Exhibits, 1947-48
Box   8 Folder   52	Exposition Materials for Permanent SHSW Collection, 1948
Box   8 Folder   53-54	University, 1943-49
Box   8 Folder   55-56	Wisconsin War Monuments and Memorials (by county)
Box   8 Folder   57	“WPA” Project Suggestions, 1953
Box   8 Folder   58	Wright Building (Richland Center), 1961