This collection contains records from the City of Milwaukee’s 9th District Alderman,
Donald F. Richards. The original subject headings from aldermanic staff have been
kept intact as much as possible. This collection includes reports, statistics,
publications, correspondence, handwritten notes, ordinances copies/drafts,
photographs, newspaper clippings and articles. Some of the subjects include crime
statistics firearms/guns related materials, retention of the City’s records,
establishing a living wage, City pension upgrades and area public transit. There are
also materials regarding a termination appeal by MPD officers who first unknowingly
encountered serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer with one of his victims and released
them. The largest subject area is documents about a Sister City/Community project
Richards was involved with for years. This project included exchange visits between
local Milwaukeeans and the Sister City or Community in South Africa.
