Arrangement of the Materials

The collection is divided into 3 series:

1. General Files, 1944-1978
2. UW-Milwaukee Files, 1944-1978
3. Non-UW-Milwaukee Files, 1936-1978

There is some overlap between the first series and the last two. Becker sometimes put similar materials concerning his personal, professional, and UWM activities into general subject folders. In other cases, he maintained distinctly separate folders for his various activities.

In each series the material is arranged alphabetically by name, subject, or name of office, and chronologically thereunder. Boxes 1-8 contain letter-sized material and box 9 contains legal-sized material.