Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

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Part 1 (AD 044-AD 106, CB 750-CB 792): Original Collection, 1942-1953

Part 2 (M2008-027): Additions, 1930-1990

Container	Title
M2008-027	Part 2 (M2008-027): Additions, 1930-1990 Physical Description: 4.0 cubic feet (10 archives boxes), 354 photographs, and 58 negatives Scope and Content Note: Addition to the Barbara Margolis Collection, 1930-1990. Research notes and still photographs relating to the following films or film projects: When the People Awake (1973), To the People of the World (1975), On the Line (1977), Puerto Rico: Paradise Invaded (1977), Are We Winning, Mommy? America and the Cold War (1986), and Adam Clayton Powell (1989).
Box 1 Folder 1	Original box list Note: Includes photocopies of spine markings of white film boxes in original Boxes 1-12; other photocopies of discarded original housing (tape boxes, etc.).
	Adam Clayton Powell research files
Box 1 Folder 2	Miscellaneous Note: Listings of films in various archives, copies of index cards, computer printouts.
Box 1 Folder 3	Architect of the Capitol (National Graphic Center) Note: Brochures, notes and film orders.
Box 1 Folder 4	CBS News Film and Videotape Archive Note: Copy order forms, copies of index cards, film viewing notes.
Box 1 Folder 5	Fox Movietone News, Inc. Note: Film listings, copies of index cards.
Box 1 Folder 6	National Archives Note: Research notes, order forms, film viewing notes, correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 7	Sherman-Grinberg Archive Note: Correspondence, film copying orders, viewing notes.
Box 1 Folder 8	Smith, Ernie Note: Notes on films on Harlem in the 1930s collected by Ernie Smith.
Box 1 Folder 9	University of South Carolina Newsfilm Collection Note: Correspondence, copies of index cards, printout of collection listing.
Folder 10	Photographic research Note: Photocopies of photographs from various sources (there are true photographic prints of many of these elsewhere in the collection).
Folder 11	Photo orders Note: Correspondence and order forms for copies of still photographs from various collections including the Pittsburgh Courier Collection, and the Library of Congress.
	Are We Winning, Mommy? research and documentation
Box 1 Folder 12	American Film Institute Factfile No. 11: Film and Televsion, a Research Guide (November 1977)
	Miscellaneous Note: Three folders, originally contained in a single extra-large binder, of viewing notes, transcripts, synopses of holdings of film and video footage.
Box 1 Folder 13	March of Time (and other materials in the National Archives). F.E.M.A.
Box 2 Folder 1	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Box 2 Folder 2	American Archives of Factual Film, Ames, Iowa
	American Archives of the Factual Film, Ames, Iowa
Box 2 Folder 3	Catalogs and lists of selected titles for viewing
Box 2 Folder 4	Lists of films not viewed
	Army Films
Box 2 Folder 5	Film lists, viewing notes, correspondence on rights
Box 2 Folder 6	Catalog descriptions of unviewed films
	Fox Movietone News Note: Originally in black plastic binders, labeled as follows
Box 3 Folder 1-2	"Book 1 (1943-1949)" Note: Handwritten viewing notes; photocopies of originally published (cyclostyled) synopses.
Box 3 Folder 3-4	"Book 2 (1950-1962)" Note: Photocopies of originally published (cyclostyled) synopses.
Box 3 Folder 5	Government Sources Note: Civil Defense; Navy; D.O.E.; US Chamber of Commerce; United States Information Agency; Radio Free Europe: catalogs, paging slips; booking confirmations, research notes, correspondence with film libraries.
	Hearst Metrotone News
Box 3 Folder 6	Notes on archival sources, correspondence, invoices for copies and rights (during the research, the Hearst Metrotone News library was donated to the Film Archive of the University of California Los Angeles, and later parts of the correspondence are with UCLA personnel)
Box 3 Folder 7	Photocopies of the card index of the Hearst Metrotone News Library (most of these cards give shot-by-shot descriptions of the contents of each episode)
Box 4 Folder 1	Photocopies of card index to the Hearst Metrotone News Library prepared during the selection of material for Are We Winning, Mommy? and originally labeled "Cold War: Hearst Card Research"
Box 4 Folder 2-4	Photocopies of the release sheets sent out with episodes of Hearst Metrotone News News of the Day, 1940s to 1962 Note: Originally housed in a black binder labeled "Cold War Research: Hearst: News of the Day Release Sheets Book 1."
Box 4 Folder 5-9	Photocopies of the release sheets sent out with episodes of Hearst Metrotone News News of the Day, research notes, laboratory orders, and viewing notes, 1940s to 1962 Note: Originally housed in a black binder labeled "Cold War Research: Hearst: News of the Day Release Sheets Book 2."
Box 5 Folder 1	Photocopies of release sheets, record cards and viewing notes on Hearst Metrotone News films Note: Originally housed in black binder labeled "Cold War Research: Hearst: News of the Day Release Sheets Book 3."
Box 5 Folder 2	Herman Axelbank Film Collection at the Hoover Institution Note: Photocopy of Hoover Institution Guide to the Collection.
	John E. Allen Film Library
Box 5 Folder 3	Research notes and viewing notes.
Box 5 Folder 4-5	Photocopies of index cards to the Collection Note: Originally housed in black binder labeled, "Cold War Research: John E. Allen: Card Research."
Box 5 Folder 6	Library of Congress: Miscellaneous material Note: Viewing notes on various films in the Motion Picture Division of the Library of Congress.
Box 5 Folder 7	Longines-Wittnauer Collection at the National Archives Note: Research notes and viewing notes.
Box 6 Folder 1	March of Time Note: Notes about the location of holdings of "March of Time" newsreels.
Box 6 Folder 2	Marshall Library/Truman Library Note: Correspondence, photocopies of catalog entries, brochures from the George C. Marshall Research Foundation, Lexington, Virginia; and the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri.
	Museum of Broadcasting, New York
Box 6 Folder 3	Newsletters and Subject Guide to the collections
Box 6 Folder 4	Photocopies of finding aids and viewing notes
Box 6 Folder 5	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Note: Copies of National Archives card indexes, reproduction requests, and research notes (on work both in the National Archives on NASA-related collections and at NASA headquarters).
	National Archives
Box 6 Folder 6-7	Correspondence, research notes, catalogs
Box 6 Folder 8	Miscellaneous viewings: viewing notes
Box 6 Folder 9	U.S. Government films: catalogs and correspondence
Box 6 Folder 10	National Association of Manufacturers Films (Smithsonian Institution) Note: Correspondence, film listings and a few viewing notes.
Box 6 Folder 11	NPC Films Note: Finding aids and viewing notes.
	Paramount News
Box 7 Folder 1	Photocopies of release sheets and viewing notes Note: Originally in black binder labeled "Cold War Research: Paramount: Card Research and Notes, NYC and NA."
Box 7 Folder 2-4	Photocopies of release sheets, arranged by date
Box 7 Folder 5	Pathé Newsreels (Sherman-Grinman Library) Note: Research notes and viewing notes.
Box 7 Folder 6	Prelinger Associates/Fossil Films Note: Research notes.
Box 7 Folder 7	Southern California Library for Social Studies Note: Research notes and film catalogs.
Box 7 Folder 8	Telenews Note: Photocopies of index cards (prepared during research for Are We Winning, Mommy?).
	United Nations
Box 7 Folder 9	Research notes
Box 7 Folder 10-11	Copies of index cards and finding aids to UN film collections Note: Originally held in black binder labeled "Cold War Research: United Nations: Card Research."
	Universal Newsreel
Box 8 Folder 1	Research notes and viewing notes.
Box 8 Folder 2-4	Viewing notes, arranged in chronological order, originally held in binder labeled "Cold War Research: Universal Newsreels: Viewing Notes"
Box 8 Folder 5	Walter Reuther Library Note: Research notes and viewing notes.
	Research in archives outside the United States
Box 8 Folder 6	Miscellaneous research notes and brochures
Box 8 Folder 7	European Archives: correspondence, finding aids, research notes, brochures
Box 8 Folder 8	British Archives, especially Imperial War Museum: correspondence, research notes, listings and viewing notes
Box 9 Folder 1	Computer printout of an article by Roger Smithers of the Imperial War Museum on "Welt im Film," a newsreel produced by the occupation authorities in post-war Germany
Box 9 Folder 2	Archives in the German Democratic Republic: correspondence
Box 9 Folder 3	Archives in Poland: correspondence, research notes, viewing notes
Box 9 Folder 4	Archives in the USSR: correspondence (mostly telegrams)
Box 9 Folder 5	Archives in Cuba: research notes, viewing notes
Box 9 Folder 6	Organized labor and the cold war Note: Research, brochures, newsletters, photocopies.
	Feature Film Research
Box 9 Folder 7	William K. Everson suggestions: title lists and notes gleaned from discussions on fiction feature films with cold-war-related themes with the film collector William K. Everson
Box 9 Folder 8	Feltner's Cinema Showcase: photocopies of catalog pages and flyers
Box 9 Folder 9	Film reviews and film society program notes
Box 9 Folder 10-11	Viewing notes, arranged chronologically
Box 10 Folder 1	Mosinee, Wisconsin, Americanism Day, 1950 May 1 Note: Research notes and clippings.
Box 10 Folder 2	Are We Winning, Mommy? Archival Footage Log Note: Listing of footage acquired from archives and other sources in chronological order of acquisition, indicating date received, source archive, format of original, length, camera roll numbers, assembly roll numbers, presence or absence of sound, description of contents, color or black-and-white, code numbers, box number in work print library, and key numbers. Originally in blue clip binder.
Box 10 Folder 3	Thematic listings of footage received Note: Prepared while sorting out the selection and ordering of footage in the final film.
Box 10 Folder 4	Work notes
Box 10 Folder 5	Shot list of the finished film Are We Winning, Mommy? Note: Indicating shot number, description, color or black-and-white, source archive, effect, code numbers, key numbers, negative assembly roll number, and footage.
Box 10 Folder 6	Photographic Research Note: This material was found with the other Are We Winning, Mommy? research papers, but seems to have been originally assembled in relation to work on the film On the Line. Original photographs, photocopies of many of which are in these folders, can be found in Photographs, Folder 7. Scope and Content Note: Photocopies of photographs, mostly 8x10-inch: most of these are scenes of union organization, working and living conditions of workers, strikes and labor demonstrations. Most of those with a source indicated are from the Wayne State University Labor Archives.
	Photographs
	Adam Clayton Powell
Box 11 Folder 1	New York City Note: 4 8x10-inch b&w photographs.
Box 11 Folder 2	Ronald Reagan Note: 1 8x10-inch color portrait in cowboy hat.
Box 11 Folder 3	Miscellaneous (originally labeled "Still Photos-From ACP BVT Generic Black/Am./Capitol shots-don't dump") Note: 60 8x10-inch b&w, 3 4x5-inch b&w, 1 8x10-inch color prints of various subjects including images of blacks and black ghettoes (especially in Washington), news pictures of Adam Clayton Powell (alone, with other black political activists, and with his wife), and pictures of the White House and other government buildings in Washington.
Box 11 Folder 4	11 duplicates of pictures in the previous folder.
Box 11 Folder 5	2 fragments of 35 mm contact sheets (32 frames)
Box 11 Folder 6	32 35 mm negatives, corresponding to the contact prints in Folder 5
	Are We Winning, Mommy? Note: These photographs were found with the manuscripts relating to the film Are We Winning, Mommy?, but seem to have been assembled for the film On the Line.
Box 11 Folder 7	111 8x10-inch b&w photographs of various subjects Note: American Civil War dead; Spanish-American War; working conditions; African American housing; striking workers; battles between strikers and company guards and national guardsmen; union demonstrations; pages from union newspapers, especially the UAW; turn-of-the twentieth-century captains of industry and politicians; South-East Asia (photocopies of many of these, with catalog descriptions, in Box 4, Folder 29).
Box 11 Folder 8	2 8x10-inch b&w photographs in paper and plastic mounts with glue (similar to contents of Folder 7)
Box 11 Folder 9	1 8x10-inch b&w duplicate
Box 11 Folder 10	3 4x5-inch b&w photographs (similar to Folder 9)
Box 11 Folder 11	4 b&w contact sheets for 35 mm film, with 125 frames, mostly of newspaper headlines and magazine illustrations
Box 11 Folder 12	26 35 mm negatives (for one of the contact sheets in Folder 11)