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| Board of Deposits of Wisconsin | Title: Board of Deposits of Wisconsin: Bank Depository Ledgers, 1866-1899
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 volumes) Call Number: Series 2433 Abstract: Four volumes of the State Board of Deposits, 1892-1899, recording account balances and daily deposits and withdrawals of state funds by the treasurer in depository banks, together with a similar volume of similar purpose, “Bank Accounts, 1866-1867,” maintained during the tenure of Treasurer William Smith. |
| Board of Deposits of Wisconsin | Title: Board of Deposits of Wisconsin: Premium Payment Ledger, 1931-1952
Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Series 820 Abstract: Ledgers showing quarterly payments made by banks for insurance on deposits of public funds, and quarterly payments made to banks by municipalities for insurance on deposits. |
| Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts | Title: Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Records, 1922-1982
Quantity: 29.0 c.f., 10 archives boxes of photographs, and 1 audio recording Call Number: 1984/248; 2009/118 Abstract: Records of the Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and its predecessors, documenting erosion control, soil conservation, watershed development, and other soil and water conservation projects. Includes both district level and state level material such as budgets, meetings minutes, and planning files. |
| Boardman, Charles R., 1860-1950 | Title: Charles R. Boardman Papers, 1896-1945
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss SG Abstract: Papers of Charles R. Boardman, an Oshkosh, Wis. businessman and state adjutant general, 1897-1913. The collection pertains primarily to his years as Wisconsin's adjutant general, and touches on such matters as patronage, appointments, reorganization of the National Guard, and some discussion of politics. There are letters to and from such politicians as Henry A. Cooper, James O. Davidson, Robert M. La Follette, Elihu Root, and John C. Spooner. |
| Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- | Title: Elizabeth Jelinek Boardman Papers, 1954-1999
Quantity: 3.2 cubic feet (3 records center cartons and 1 archives box), 0.5 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), and 3 tape recordings Call Number: M2012-119; Audio 1748A Abstract: Papers of Elizabeth "Betty" Boardman, author and pacifist, consisting of correspondence, news clippings, research notes and drafts, travel diaries, and photographs. In 1966, Boardman participated as a member of the pacifist Quaker Action Group, a group traveling by ship on the Phoenix of Hiroshima to provide medical assistance to the North Vietnamese. The United States government tried to block the group, but did not succeed until they returned and their passports were suspended. Boardman continued to advocate against the Vietnam War through speeches. In 1985, Boardman's book, The Phoenix Trip: Notes on a Quaker Mission to Haiphong, was published. The collection consists of research for the book, lectures and speeches, news clippings, pamphlets and newsletters, a travel diary from the trip, a scrapbook, campaign materials, and photographs from the book taken by Ivan Massar. Also included are tape recordings of Boardman talking about the Phoenix trip and interviews with the Phoenix crew. |
| Boardman, Napoleon, 1825-1899 | Title: Napoleon Boardman Papers, 1843-1905
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 flat boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss RA Abstract: Papers of Napoleon Boardman, a civil engineer from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin who served during the Civil War as an officer in the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry and 2nd Missouri Light Artillery, primarily in Missouri and Arkansas. The collection includes his brief diaries, 1856, 1861-1863, 1875-1888; topographical sketches and plans for dams at Neenah and Menasha, Wisconsin; surveys for the Wisconsin Midland Railroad and for the Homer and Manchester Railway in Michigan; contracts (1851) of the Rock River Valley Railroad Company; and personal financial records, including an account book (1905) kept by his son, Charles R. Boardman. |
| Bobroff, Bornett L. | Title: Bornett L. Bobroff Papers, 1904-1946
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 110 Abstract: Papers of Bornett L. Bobroff, a Milwaukee, Wis., inventor of legislative voting machines, hospital call signals, and turn signals for automobiles. Included are correspondence and patents concerning these and other inventions, testimony in a voting machine patent dispute, documents on the Teleoptic Company which Bobroff headed, and biographical and miscellaneous materials. |
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Bodley, Temple, 1852-1940; Cook, Minnie G. |
Title: Temple Bodley and Minnie G. Cook: Research Papers Concerning George Rogers Clark, 1614-1888
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (18 volumes in 5 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss AE Abstract: Papers including correspondence, 1906-1927, of Minnie G. Cook, primarily from Temple Bodley; and research materials gathered by them during their research on George Rogers Clark, American Revolutionary frontier leader and Indian commissioner, which culminated in the publication by Bodley of the biography George Rogers Clark: His Life and Public Services (Boston, 1926). The correspondence includes letters written by historians, writers, and descendants of Clark. Research materials include extensive notes and photostats containing copies of papers, 1614-1888, relating to Clark and his forebears from the Draper Collection of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and other manuscript and archival collections, particularly those in the Virginia State Library and the Library of Congress. |
| Boegholt, Julia Hodgdon, 1901?- | Title: Oral History Interview with Julia Hodgdon Boegholt, 1976 July 8
Quantity: 1 tape recording (61 minutes) Call Number: Audio 571A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, made July 8, 1976, by James A. Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff with Julia Boegholt of Oregon, Wisconsin, a founder of the Democratic Organizing Committee in 1948 which enlisted former Progressives, Socialists, labor people, and others in successfully establishing the Democratic Party as a political force in Wisconsin. |
| Boegholt, Julia Hodgdon, 1901?- | Title: Oral History Interview with Julia Hodgdon Boegholt, 1976 July 8
Quantity: 1 tape recording (61 min.) Call Number: Tape 571A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, made July 8, 1976, by James A. Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff with Julia Boegholt of Oregon, Wisconsin, a founder of the Democratic Organizing Committee in 1948 which enlisted former Progressives, Socialists, labor people, and others in successfully establishing the Democratic Party as a political force in Wisconsin. |
| Boepple, J. F. | Title: An Account of the Establishment of the Industry of Pearl Button Manufacturers as Based on Fresh Water Mussels Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 064 Abstract: Photocopy of J. F. Boepple's "An Account of the Establishment of the Pearl Button Manufacturers," 1963. |
| Boeppler, William | Title: William Boeppler Papers, 1891-1935
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 133 Abstract: The collection consists of William Boeppler’s work in the city of Milwaukee, particularly with the Milwaukee A Capella Chorus. It includes mailings, photographs, financial materials, newspaper clippings, and items on the study of music. |
| Boggs, Emanual, 1907- | Title: Textile Workers of America Oral History Project: Emanuel Boggs Interview, 1981
Quantity: 3 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 931A Abstract: One of a series of tape-recorded oral interviews conducted with Textile Workers Union of America leaders by James A. Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff, documenting the origins, growth, and decline of the TWUA, internal disputes, relations with other unions, and organizing drives. The interviews document textile unionism prior to the formation of the TWUA, as well as discussing major strikes and gains made through collective bargaining. Specific references are made to organizing activities in Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Emanuel Boggs interview is part of the Textile Workers Union of America Oral History Project. |
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Bohl, Jim.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council. |
Title: Jim Bohl Aldermanic Records, 1996-2018
Quantity: 4.4 cubic ft. (11 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 96 Abstract: Materials from Milwaukee Alderman Jim Bohl, includes correspondence, reports, plans, and statistics. |
| Bohle, Margarete | Title: Margarete Bohle Papers, 1908-2005 (bulk 1929-1993)
Extent: 0.9 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and 0.2 c.f. of photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: M2006-038 Abstract: Papers, 1908-2005 (bulk 1929-1993), of longtime Milwaukee (Wisconsin) school teacher Margarete Bohle. She attended the Milwaukee Normal School and Milwaukee State Teacher's College and received an M.A. in education from Marquette University in 1941. The papers document her teaching career, personal life, and travels. |
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Bohn, John L., 1867-1955.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Office of the Mayor. |
Title: John L. Bohn Mayoral Records, 1937-1951
Quantity: 19.7 cubic ft. (50 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 16 Abstract: Records of the John Bohn Mayoral Administration. Bohn served as Common Council President until Mayor Carl Zeidler resigned in 1942. Bohn then became Acting Mayor and was later elected mayor in 1944. He remained in office until 1948. Collection contains correspondence, reports, clippings, and photographs. There is also a significant amount of material on Milwaukee's "Centurama", which celebrated Milwaukee's 100th anniversary in 1946. |
| Boileau, Gerald J., 1900-1981 | Title: Gerald J. Boileau Papers, 1913-1991
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (5 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 1 card box), 1 reel of microfilm [35mm], 1 tape recording, 1 disc recording, and photographs Call Number: Stevens Point Mss BA; PH Stevens Point Mss BA; Tape 1300A; Disc 209A; Micro 865; Stevens Point Micro 29 Abstract: Papers of a former Progressive congressman (1931-1939) and Circuit Court judge (1941-1970) including fragmentary personal and professional correspondence, speeches (two in recorded form), voting records, memorabilia, biographical clippings (available only on microfilm), campaign records, financial records, and subject files on federal taxation of oleomargarine and the jury instruction committee of the Wisconsin Board of Criminal Court Judges. Prominent correspondents include B.J. Gehrman, Nina Kickbusch Griffin, Lyndon B. Johnson, Russel Kvale (Mrs. Paul Kvale), Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and Rachel La Follette, Richard Kleberg, Frank Kuehl, and Joseph R. McCarthy. Also included are research materials gathered by biographer James Lorence on Boileau's service in World War I and his left-wing associations during the 1930s. |
| Boivin, Geraldine | Title: Geraldine Boivin Papers, 1954-1970s
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: M87-227 Abstract: Papers, 1954-1970s, of Geraldine Boivin, née Cota, an outspoken Democratic Menominee Indian, documenting local affairs related to the Menominee Indians, in and around Neopit, Wisconsin, before and after Menominee County was created. Boivin and her husband, Julius, owned and ran a general store in Neopit during the 1940s and after. Materials include letters and diary entries, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. The diary entries were written on individual pieces of notebook paper and the pages are interfiled with the letters. |
| Bolan, Jerome E., 1909- | Title: Jerome E. Bolan Papers, 1932-1942
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 66 Abstract: Papers, primarily consisting of scripts and programs from plays, of a Milwaukee Polish American educator and writer. While teaching at Milwaukee high schools, Bolan formed several student Polish clubs, for which he wrote and selected Polish-language plays for presentation; several of the original scripts are in the collection. Also included is a scrapbook of clippings from Polish language newspapers regarding his teaching career in Milwaukee, the activities of the Polish clubs in the Milwaukee area, and reviews of the plays. In addition, there are two handpainted letters of appreciation for clothing sent to Polish school children by the American Red Cross during World War II, miscellaneous Polish travel brochures and literature from the 1930s, and a poster. |
| Bolens, Albert D., 1861-1952 | Title: Albert D. Bolens Papers, 1836-1952
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CE Abstract: Papers of Albert Bolens, a conservative Republican editor and publisher of five Wisconsin newspapers including the Port Washington Star and the Sheboygan Statesman. Correspondence contains business mail, family letters, and exchanges with numerous political leaders in the state. Also included is a file of bills and receipts pertaining to Bolens' printing business; copies of some of his editorials; articles and speeches, many by individuals other than Bolens; genealogies; miscellaneous printed matter; and one scrapbook. |
| Bolens, Harry W. | Title: Harry W. Bolens Papers, 1837-1887, 1903-1944
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (8 archives boxes), 115 photographs (3 folders and 1 album) and 3 negatives (3 envelopes) Call Number: Wis Mss LD; PH 661; PH 1086; PH 1572 Abstract: Papers of Harry W. Bolens, a Wisconsin manufacturer, inventor, newspaper editor, and politician. The collection consists mainly of two types of materials: papers related to the Gilson Manufacturing Company in Port Washington, and letters and speeches from the period of Bolens' service in the state senate. Some photographs show products of the Gilson Company while others are images of members of the Bolens family and friends. |
| Boll, John J., 1921- | Title: John J. Boll Propaganda Collection, 1941-1945
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 124AF Abstract: Propaganda collection gathered by Boll while serving in Europe with an U.S. Army Publicity and Psychological Warfare unit. Consists mainly of Allied-produced leaflet series for use against the German war effort. Also present are cartoons, newspapers, posters, and children's toys from every theater of the war, in several languages, and from both Allied and Axis countries, including Communist pamphlets produced in Germany. |
| Bollerud, Bruce | Title: Bruce Bollerud collection Quantity: 10.5 Linear Feet 18 document boxes, one poster board papers; folios; manuscripts; bound volumes; audiocassettes, audiotape reels; compact discs; plaques; framed documents; poster board Call Number: mml006 Abstract: Materials documenting Bruce Bollerud's life and work as a musician with the Goose Island Ramblers and the Good Time Band, as a solo performer, and his work as a special education teacher. |
| Bolles, Stephen, 1866-1941 | Title: Stephen Bolles Papers, 1920-1941
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes) and 2 reels of microfilm [35mm] Call Number: Wis Mss VQ; Micro 1038 Abstract: Papers of a former Republican congressman (1939-1941) and editor of the Janesville (Wis.) Gazette. The bulk of the collection relates to Bolles' term in the House of Representatives, and includes correspondence, articles and addresses, congressional voting records, and microfilmed clippings and scrapbooks. For the most part, the correspondence is either of a congratulatory nature or deals with his opposition to the Burke-Wadsworth Conscription Bill in 1940. |
| Bond, Rubie, 1906- | Title: Rubie Bond Papers, 1930-1959
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Whitewater Mss AP Abstract: Papers of Rubie Bond, a Beloit, Wisconsin, resident, chiefly pertaining to a number of local civil rights and black service organizations in which she was active: the Women's Community Club, the Mothers' Club, and the Beloit Council on Human Relations. Included are a constitution, by-laws, and minutes of the Women's Community Club, and minutes and other papers of the Mothers' Club. Scattered correspondence in the collection deals with her attempts to set up an interracial organization in Beloit in 1930, the organization in 1953 of the human rights council, and her 1959 nomination to the Governor's Commission on Human Rights (which she refused). |
| Bong, Richard I. | Title: Richard I. Bong Papers, 1941-1986 (bulk 1941-1945)
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box), 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 3 videorecordings Call Number: Wis Mss RH; Micro 1152; VBA 938; VBA 939; VHB 572 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1941-1945, of Richard I. Bong, a World War II hero from Poplar, Wisconsin, who was noted as America's World War II “Ace of Aces.” Included are microfilmed awards and certificates, flight records and logs, income tax returns, photographs of his fatal plane crash, special orders and combat reports, and other official military records; microfilmed clippings scrapbooks documenting his career and various memorial projects; original wartime letters written to his family; and several World War II newsreels, home movie clips, and televised biographies concerning his life and career. |
| Bonin, Robert A. | Title: Robert A. Bonin Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.1 linear ft. (1 archives box and 1 oversized flat box) of papers and 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box and four oversized flat folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 1696 Abstract: Manuscript and photographic materials pertaining to the service of Robert Alexander Bonin, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, resident who served in the Navy during World War II and was commander of the submarine USS Gudgeon when it disappeared in the spring of 1944. Robert Bonin's manuscripts are broken into four sub-series: biographical information, education, military service and personal memorabilia. Biographical materials include a transcript of an oral history done by several of Bonin's siblings after his death. School materials are from his civilian and military education. Civilian materials include certificates and diplomas, a piece of engineering work, and photographs, and his military school papers include graduation invitations and photographs from graduation and Annapolis. Military service includes correspondence from Bonin to another submarine commander, his final V-Mail to his wife, Regis, and the telegram informing her Bonin had gone missing. Also included in correspondence are letters informing her of the progression from missing to presumed dead, then being declared dead and condolence letters from friends and family. Included in his awards and honors are several letters and certificates for Bonin's service in the Navy. Also included in this grouping are materials from when Bonin's wife, Regis, and his two children, Jean and Robert went to the commissioning of the new Gudgeon and were awarded a Samurai sword for his service. Personal memorabilia include papers from his wedding to his wife, Regis, as well as photographs from that day. Most of the material in the collection is in the research materials from Bonin's family. Their research and activities include meetings and correspondence with submarine veterans around the country. The family series includes newsclippings about memorials and veterans meetings, letters and photographs from other veterans and research done on submarines and submarine warfare. |
| Bontly, Thomas, 1939-2012 | Title: Thomas Bontly Papers, 1955-2010
, 1955-1996
Quantity: 8.4 cubic ft. (21 boxes) plus additions of 3.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 272 Abstract: The collection documents the creative writing process of former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee English Professor Thomas Bontly. The collection contains drafts and typescripts of his early and academic works, novels, and short stories. Some manuscripts of published works include critiques from publishing house editors. The collection also contains the author's notes from 2008 explaining each work to help understand the creative writing process. |
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Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820; Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891 |
Title: Draper Manuscripts: Daniel Boone Papers, 1760-1911
Quantity: 5.6 cubic feet (33 volumes) Call Number: Draper Mss C Abstract: Collection of original Daniel Boone manuscripts and correspondence and notes of Lyman C. Draper concerning Daniel Boone, other Kentucky pioneers, Indian-White conflict, and the American Revolution in the West. |
| Boot and Shoe Workers International Union | Title: Boot and Shoe Workers International Union Records, 1894-1977
Quantity: 84.2 cubic feet Call Number: M80-187; M82-087; M82-343; M93-159 Abstract: Records of the Boot and Shoe Workers International Union, a national union for workers in the boot and shoe trades which merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters in the late l970s, which in turn merged with the Retail Clerks in 1981 to form the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW). The collection includes minutes and files of the Executive Board; correspondence and reports of national officers; publications, posters, and files from public relations activities; records of local unions affiliated with the national union; and photographs and news clippings scrapbooks. |
| Booth, Paul, 1943- | Title: Paul Booth Papers, 1956-1970
Quantity: 1.5 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 256 Abstract: Papers of Paul Booth, a New Left activist who served as president of Students for a Democratic Society, 1962-1964, and as a leader of the National Conference for a New Politics, and who later turned to community organizing in Chicago and to reform of the labor movement. Included are general correspondence, primarily 1962-1968; speeches and writings; and an extensive subject file on organizations and projects in which Booth was involved. Prominent correspondents include Rennie Davis, Todd Gitlin, Walter Reuther, Arthur Waskow, and numerous officers of SDS. The subject files variously contain correspondence, mailings, reports, financial statements, and clippings. |
| Booth, Sherman M., 1812-1904 | Title: Sherman M. Booth Family Papers, 1818-1908
Quantity: 4.0 cubic feet (10 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BB; Micro 145 Abstract: Papers of Sherman Booth, a 19th-century Wisconsin abolitionist agitator, politician, lecturer, and publisher. Includes correspondence concerning Booth family affairs; miscellaneous school and church materials collected by Booth's daughters while living in Connecticut; Civil War soldiers' medical examination records; family diaries; and school notebooks of Lillian May Booth, one of Sherman Booth's daughters. The majority of the collection consists of approximately 3,000 letters. Only about 145 were written by Sherman Booth; the rest concern the family of Adeline P. Corss (mother of the second Mrs. Booth). There are also school and church items which were acquired by Mary Ella and Lillian May in the course of their work; and copies of Booth materials held elsewhere. |
| Bordner, John S., 1877-1959 | Title: John S. Bordner Papers, circa 1895-circa 1997
Quantity: 3.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording; plus additions of 1.2 cubic feet, 87 photographs, and 55 negatives Call Number: Mss 292; Audio 254A; PH 4679; M78-474; M86-088; M99-037 Abstract: Professional and personal papers of John S. Bordner, a prominent Wisconsin agriculturalist who was a county agricultural agent in St. Joseph County, Indiana, 1912-1919, who directed the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory, and who maintained a lifelong interest in cooperatives. Included is correspondence, writings, financial records, recorded reminiscences, other papers, and photographs. |
| Bordwell, David Thompson, Kristin, 1950- | Title: David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson Papers, 1925-2018
Quantity: 14.0 cubic feet (14 records center cartons), and 18 audio recordings Call Number: M2019-040; Audio 2017A Abstract: Papers of David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, scholars known for their work in the history and analysis of film style, narrative, and industries. Included are correspondence and extensive files on research, teaching, and professional conferences. Research projects spanning books, articles and blogs are documented by correspondence, research materials, film analysis notes, drafts and printouts. Best coverage is afforded Kristin Thompson's The Frodo Franchise, Breaking the Glass Armor, and Storytelling in the New Hollywood; David Bordwell's Planet Hong Kong; and Bordwell, Thompson, and Janet Staiger's The Classical Hollywood Cinema. Notes and brochures from conferences and invited lectures are also extensively represented, as are lecture outlines and notes from various courses taught by Bordwell. Also includes recordings of research interviews and photographs. |
| Boretz, Alvin, 1919-2010 | Title: Alvin Boretz Papers,
1942-1998
Quantity: 22.4 cubic feet (21 archives boxes and 14 records center cartons), 2 audio recordings, and 29 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 55AN; Audio 1575A Abstract: Papers of Alvin Boretz, a freelance writer of radio, television, film, theater, and short stories. The collection contains numerous scripts for produced and unproduced radio dramas, documentaries, and quiz shows; television dramas and specials; films; and live theater. Especially well represented are the radio shows Big Town (CBS), Five Minute Mysteries (NBC), and Voice of America (Broadcasting Board of Governors); the television shows Armstrong Circle Theatre (CBS and NBC), Big Story (NBC), Kraft Television Theatre (NBC), Martin Kane: Private Eye (NBC), The Nurses (CBS), Police Story (CBS), and Treasury Men in Action (NBC); the television movie “Summer is Forever” (CBS Children's Hour, 1970) and the film Brass Target (dir. John Hough, 1978). Some of the files contain related correspondence, research, and notes. |
| Born, Allan | Title: Allan Born Photographs, circa 1930-circa 1940
Quantity: 1486 negatives (4 negative boxes) and 239 photographs (1 negative box and 1 archives box) Call Number: M2005-099 Abstract: Photographs taken by Allan Born, a former jeweler and photographer from Ashland, Wisconsin. The negatives and photographs are of resorts, nature, and recreational activities in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Allan Born's father, Elias, got him his start in photography, and Allan began making postcards from his photographs during the Depression era when his jewelry business was in decline. |
| Bornet, Vaughn Davis, 1917- | Title: Vaughn Davis Bornet Papers, 1949-1958, 1995
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 half-archives box), and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Mss 100; Micro 648 Abstract: Papers of Professor Vaughn Bornet concerning his research in 20th century labor history and his special interest in locating original manuscripts of labor leaders and of state federations of labor. Included is miscellaneous correspondence and research materials with information on the location of labor manuscripts, particularly the American Federation of Labor records and the efforts of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to acquire them; labor support of presidential candidates in 1928; and other topics. Also includes a signed autobiography. |
| Bossard, Marcus | Title: Marcus Bossard Papers, 1887-1947
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (4 flat boxes) Call Number: M91-144 Abstract: Records kept by Dr. Marcus Bossard, a physician in the area of Spring Green, Plain, and Bear Valley, Wisconsin, including records of the medical treatment of the Lloyd-Jones family, the Frank Lloyd Wright family, and the staff and students of the Hillside Home School in Iowa County, Wisconsin. |
| Bostwick Valley Church (La Crosse, Wis.). Trinity Lutheran Church (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Trinity Lutheran Church (La Crosse, Wis.) Records General Physical Description note: 0.1 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 043, Micro 16 Abstract: Records of Trinity Lutheran Church, 1876-1939, located on the North Side of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The congregation is still active and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Records include baptisms, 1876-1939; confirmations, 1876-1888, 1892-1939; marriages, 1878-1918, 1925-1938; burials, 1877-1939; daily registers, 1876-1939; lists of members of the congregation, 1876-1888, 1902-1925; and communion records, 1889-1916. Also microfilmed with the Trinity Lutheran documents are records of the inactive Bostwick Valley [Norwegian Lutheran ?] Church which may have been affiliated with one of the predecessor groups that merged to become Trinity Lutheran Church. Bostwick Valley is located in the Town of Barre, La Crosse County. These records include baptisms, 1855-1917; confirmations, 1862-1871, 1877-1894; communion records, 1859-1909; marriages, 1864-1909; burials, 1862-1936; lists of members of the congregation, 1856-1887, 1861-1877; and daily registers, 1861-1870, 1877-1912. All records were written in the Norwegian language. |
| Bouda, Francis J., 1921- | Title: Francis J. Bouda Papers, 1968-1976
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 3 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 81 Abstract: Papers of Francis Bouda, a Wisconsin attorney who represented the Interstate Alternative Association, a group of farmers and environmentalists that unsuccessfully opposed the construction of an interstate highway between Milwaukee and Green Bay. Included are correspondence, handwritten notes, and reference files containing legal briefs, environmental impact statements, notes from town meetings, and clippings. |
| Boudreau, Richard, 19xx- | Title: Richard Boudreau Papers, 1974-1990
Physical Description: 3.5 c.f.(7 archives boxes) Call Number: LAX Mss 2010/06 Abstract: Richard Boudreau taught in the English department at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 1968 until his retirement in 1994. Boudreau began his research on Wisconsin authors shortly after he started teaching at La Crosse. In 1986, Boudreau published his work Literary Heritage of Wisconsin, Volume I: Beginnings to 1925. The second volume of this series was published in 1995 and titled Literary Heritage of Wisconsin, Volume II, Part A: 1925-1960. Boudreau presented several radio programs from 1974-1985 through Wisconsin Public Radio including a radio course, "Wisconsin's Literary Heritage," that was offered through the University of Wisconsin Extension. |
| Boulton, James E. | Title: James E. Boulton Papers, 1918-1979
Quantity: 5.8 cubic ft. (15 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 345 Abstract: James Elroy Boulton was a Milwaukee resident and an active Marxist Socialist. He organized the Milwaukee chapter of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and ran for public office eight times but was never elected. |
| Bourgholtzer, Frank, 1919-2010 | Title: Frank Bourgholtzer Papers, 1994-2004
Quantity: 15.0 c.f. (15 record center cartons), 34 film reels, 17 cans of film, 24 videorecordings, and 61 audio recordings Call Number: M2014-018; Audio 1709A; AE 369-AE 375; VBA 073-VBA 087; CC 659-CC 663; VHA 623-VHA 627; FH 308-FH 309; SCA 405-SCA 414 Abstract: Papers of Frank Bourgholtzer, an NBC news correspondent from 1946 to 1986, documenting his tenure with the White House press, the Cold War European bureaus, and the Los Angeles bureau, as well as his independent work reporting on daily life in the former Soviet Union. Includes story scripts and notes, business correspondence, and expense accounts for field work, as well as film, video, and audio recordings for some of his stories. |
| Bowie, Harry J., 1935- | Title: Harry J. Bowie Papers, 1964-1967
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Mss 31; Micro 928 Abstract: Papers collected by New Jersey minister Harry J. Bowie while he worked in the McComb, Mississippi, area as a participant in the National Council of Churches Delta Ministry Project from 1964 to 1967. Included are correspondence, affidavits, personal records, notes, circulars, and flyers pertaining to arrests of volunteers, Freedom Schools, Head Start, voter registration, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, the Poor People's Corporation, and the Project's and Bowie's personal finances. On microfilm are a card file on personnel involved in the Delta Ministry Project, with names of local residents who also participated, and two scrapbooks of clippings regarding Mississippi and civil rights. |
| Bowman, Cecilia, 1953- | Title: Cecilia Bowman Papers, 1988-2004
Quantity: 3.2 cubic feet (3 records center cartons and 1 archives box) and 82 transparencies Call Number: Mss 1159; PH 6729 Abstract: Papers, 1988-2004, of Cecilia “Cissy” Bowman, organic farmer, educator, writer, speaker, and consultant, documenting her activities as an advocate for organic agriculture in Indiana and her involvement with Indiana Certified Organic (ICO), Hoosier Organic Marketing Education (HOME), and the Indiana Organic Peer Review Panel. Her leadership roles in various sustainable agriculture organizations, including the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) International, the Organic Farmers Marketing Association (OFMA), the Organic Trade Association (OTA), and attendance at meetings of the National Organics Standards Board (NOSB) are also documented. Also included is the transcript of an oral history interview with Bowman from 1994. |
| Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 | Title: Isaiah Bowman Scrapbooks on Political Geography,
1921-1926
Quantity: 5 volumes Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 4 Abstract: Isaiah Bowman's Scrapbooks on Political Geography consist primarily of newspaper and magazine clippings related to political geography and international relations, collected in connection with subjects covered in his book The New World: Problems in Political Geography. |
| Boyd, George, 1779?-1846 | Title: George Boyd Papers, 1797-1858
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (8 volumes) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Wis Mss D; Micro 2070; Green Bay Micro 60 Abstract: Papers consisting of letters received and copies of letters sent by Boyd as Indian agent at Mackinac, Michigan, from 1818 to 1832, and at Green Bay, Wisconsin, through the following decade. A few of the papers deal with Boyd's services as special agent entrusted with private dispatches to the peace commissioners at Ghent in 1814, and two years later as purchasing agent in Europe for the War Department. |
| Boyer, Dennis | Title: Dennis Boyer Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.4 linear ft. (3 archives boxes, 12 oversized folders, 6 computer disks) of papers, 0.2 linear ft. (1 folder and 67 negative flaps) of photographs, 1 videocassette, and 2 video discs. Call Number: WVM Mss 57 Abstract: Papers and negatives of Dennis L. Boyer, a weather observer in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. The majority of the collection consists of literature, flyers, and posters relating to anti-war organizations in the early 1970's, particularly the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). These materials give an idea of the aims and scope of such organizations. Also documented are several anti-war trials, including the Gainesville Conspiracy. Correspondence, mostly letters written to Boyer during his Air Force service, describe events on the home front. Boyer's letters to his parents, and especially to his friend Peter, describe his time in Vietnam and his growing discontent with the conflict. The collection also contains negatives of photographs that Boyer took while in Vietnam. Most of the shots are of landscapes and buildings, but some show unidentified US military personnel. |
| Boyer, Dennis | Title: Dennis Boyer Papers, 1964-2009
Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 1 tape recording, 31 photographs, 1 negative, and 36 transparencies; plus additions of 3.0 cubic feet, 90 photographs, 52 negatives, 9 videorecordings, and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 900; Micro 2067; Audio 1335A; PH Mss 900; M2000-086; M2006-079; M2010-130 Abstract: Papers, 1964-2009, of Dennis Boyer, a Wisconsin labor leader, primarily documenting his service in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, his activities in the Wisconsin Labor and Farm Party (LFP) and the Green Movement, and support for Native American treaty rights. Documentation on the evolution of the Green Movement in the state and its relationship to third party politics in Wisconsin is particularly strong. This part of the collection includes files on numerous state and regional groups which Boyer co-founded such as the Independent Greens, Upper Great Lakes Green Network, the Wisconsin Greens, and the Yahara Greens and for which he wrote position papers and press materials. Prominent correspondents on treaty rights include Dee Berry, Walter Bresette, William Hurrle, Harvey Jacobs, Frank Koehn, Sharon Metz, Jeffrey L. Peterson, Ray Starrett, and Frank Zeidler. |
| Boyer, Gene, 1925-2003 | Title: Gene Boyer Papers, 1925-2002
Quantity: 28.9 cubic feet (27 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 5 card boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 279 photographs, 370 transparencies, 9 videorecordings, 72 tape recordings, and 1 disc recording Call Number: M2004-229; Audio 1625A Abstract: Papers of Gene Cohen Boyer, documenting her participation in the development of political and economic feminism at the local, state, and national levels. A leader in the women’s movement since the 1960s, she was a founder and first treasurer of the National Organization for Women (NOW), and later president of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. She was also a founder of the National Women’s Conference Committee and the Jewish Women’s Coalition, and president of the National Women’s Conference Center (NWCC). The papers document her many activities and interests, and include biographical materials, correspondence, subject files, speeches, and writings. Also included are photographs, transparencies, and sound recordings of meetings and conferences of various organizations. |
| Boyle, Harold | Title: Harold Boyle Papers, 1942-1974
Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and 12 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 144AF; PH 4320 Abstract: Papers of Boyle, a columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict for the Associated Press. Primarily documenting his activities as a war correspondent, 1942-1945 and 1950-1951, the collection offers correspondence, press dispatches, and other writings. Although the majority of Boyle's columns and dispatches focus on the life of the ordinary soldier in the European theater, he also commented repeatedly on Generals Omar N. Bradley and George S. Patton, Jr.. Correspondence includes reader mail, three dozen letters from Boyle to his wife written during World War II, and an edited version of other wartime letters. References to Ernie Pyle, Don Whitehead, J. Wes Gallagher, and other correspondents may be found throughout the section. Also present are 40 tablets of handwritten notes related to interviews and some biographical material. |
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Boyum, Sid (Sidney), 1913-1991, artist and collector; Friends of Sid Boyum, compiler |
Title: Sid Boyum Collection, circa 1900-2018 (bulk 1950s-1980s)
Quantity: 6.0 cubic feet of mixed visual materials (8 oversize boxes), 0.4 cubic feet of posters and drawings (4 oversize folders), 2.0 cubic feet of photographic materials (4 card boxes, 2 binders, 3 archives boxes), 7 reels of film (16 mm), and 1.4 cubic feet of manuscript materials (4 archives boxes) Call Number: PH 6986; AE 726-AE 729; CD 343-CD 344; DG 356; Mss 1213 Abstract: The Sid Boyum Collection, mostly from the 1950s to the 1980s, consists of mixed materials created and collected by Sid Boyum, a cartoonist, commercial graphic artist, industrial photographer and advertising artist for Gisholt Machine Company, and a neighborhood outsider artist largely known for sculpture. The collection primarily contains photographic materials representing his diverse range of artistic talent and production, and documents his active professional and personal life in and around Madison. Visual materials include Boyum's commercial, non-commercial, and cartoon designs in genres such as mechanicals, drawings, paintings, and posters, as well as greeting cards and invitations for area businesses, attractions, and seasonal events. Also includes biographical papers, a photograph album, personal and professional correspondence, writings, and industrial trade magazines, brochures on Gisholt products, clippings, and tear sheets featuring Boyum's art. Some Gisholt materials appear to have been created by other artists, and other artworks are by known and unknown creators. Also includes filmstrips on Gisholt product promotion and films on Boyum's personal life. Additional materials compiled by the non-profit group, Friends of Sid Boyum, document Boyum's sculpture re-location project. |