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Summary Information
Henry Crosby Papers
1969-1976
UWM Manuscript Collection 188
2 cubic ft. (3 boxes and 1 beer case)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
This collection contains Henry Crosby's papers pertaining to
the 1970 acquisition and the 1972 closure of the Peoples Brewing Company. Crosby was on the
board of directors of this company. This brewery was owned by a group of Milwaukee-based
African American Investors. As a result of this purchase and the subsequent African American
directed stock sale, the Peoples Brewing Company became the first major African American
owned brewery in Wisconsin. The Henry Crosby Papers consist of documents relating to the
Peoples Brewing Company in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; the president of the Peoples Brewing Company,
Theodore Mack; minority business initiatives; the Wisconsin brewing industry; and the Small
Business Administration (SBA), which is the federal government agency whose function is to
council and assist the interests of small businesses. The collection includes
correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal documents, publications, public stock records,
Peoples Brewing Company business records, a publication from the Afro-Urban Institute,
cardboard beer case labels, and Peoples Brewing Company and Oshkosh Brewing Company regalia.
This collection has profound significance not only as the first African American owned
brewing company, but in the federal investigations that were prompted from SBA mishandling
of the company's closure. In addition, it incited investigations of other corporations and
federal bureaus that were related to Mack's initial suit against the SBA and the Defense
Department in 1972.
English
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