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Nabors, Roy B.;
Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council.
Title: Roy B. Nabors Aldermanic Papers, 1968-1984
Quantity: 2.2 cubic ft. (6 boxes)
Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 91
Abstract: Records of Milwaukee’s 1st District Alderman, Roy B. Nabors. Contains correspondence, ordinances, agendas, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, publications, and reports.
Nager, Edward Title: Edward Nager Papers, 1965-1974
Quantity: 18.0 c.f. (18 record center cartons)
Call Number: M74-497
Abstract: Papers of Edward Nager, Democratic Representative (1965-1974) for the 78th Assembly District in Wisconsin, documenting his legislative interests and committee work related to lending reform, low-income housing, no fault auto insurance, and Wisconsin municipalities.
Nardelli, Thomas G.;
Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council.
Title: Thomas G. Nardelli Aldermanic Records, 1977-2003
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 64
Abstract: Records of Common Council Alderman Thomas G. Nardelli who served Milwaukee's 15th District from 1986-2004. Collection contains correspondence, reports, subject files, clippings, and publications.
Nash, N. Richard, 1913-2000 Title: N. Richard Nash Papers, 1925-2000
Quantity: 21.2 cubic feet (53 archives boxes); plus additions of 32.6 cubic feet, 200 photographs, 350 negatives, 6 tape recordings, and 1 compact disc (audio)
Call Number: U.S. Mss 41AN; M2008-014; Audio 1447A
Abstract: Papers of N. Richard Nash (1913-2000), an American playwright and author, best known for his Broadway play and film, The Rainmaker, and his teleplays for television series such as the Philco Playhouse. Included are drafts and final versions of Nash's plays, teleplays screenplays, short stories, novels, and unfinished works. Many are heavily annotated with outlines, treatments, synopses, notes, and with other production-related materials. Among the works represented are Nash's award-winning plays, Parting at Imsdorf and Rouge Atomique, his Broadway plays Second Best Bed, The Young and Fair, See the Jaguar, The Rainmaker, Girls of Summer, Handful of Fire, Wildcat, and The Happy Time. Other files consist of correspondence, personal papers, contracts and financial records, and works by other authors.
Nash, Philleo, 1909-1987 Title: Philleo Nash Papers, 1903-2002
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes); plus additions of 10.6 cubic feet, 1.5 cubic feet of photographs, 1 videorecording, and 144 tape recordings
Call Number: Mss 30; M2005-129
Abstract: Papers of Philleo Nash, a prominent Wisconsin Democrat, primarily concerning the 1956 Presidential election campaign. Nash was a member of the Wisconsin delegation to the Democratic Convention in Chicago that year and was chair of the Wisconsin State Democratic Committee. Included is correspondence and itineraries; campaign literature and speeches by Averell Harriman, Estes Kefauver, and Adlai Stevenson; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and press releases. A few items concern his 1955 election as state chair and his election to the office of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor in 1958. Also documented are Nash's education and his varied professional life including his career as an applied anthropologist, manager of the family cranberry business, university professor, civil rights activist, and public servant.
Nash, Thomas E., -1917 Title: Thomas E. Nash Papers, 1889-1907
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box)
Call Number: Mss 95
Abstract: Letters to Thomas E. Nash, builder of the Port Edwards, Centralia and Northern Railway, and founder of the Nekoosa Paper Company, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, mainly from William F. Vilas concerning business and politics.
Nassif, Anna R. Title: Anna Nassif papers
Quantity: 59.35 Linear Feet 51 record storage cartons, 3 folding flat boxes, 1 flat metal edge box, 2 deep metal edge box. 59.35 linear feet of paper materials, notebooks, photographs, slides, VHS.
Call Number: uac161
Abstract: Anna Nassif joined the dance faculty at UW-Madison in 1967 as an associate professor. She became a full professor in 1975 and taught at the Department of Kinesiology, part of the school of Education Dane Program, until her retirement in 1998, where she was granted Professor Emeritus status. During her career as a professor, Nassif taught various levels of dance technique; founded, developed and taught all levels of dance repertory; taught and developed advanced courses in dance composition, history, theory and philosophy, production, and criticism; and she directed independent study programs. She was an advisor for MFA graduates and was a committee member and reader for PHD program candidates. She also presented about 200 choreographic works, lectures, demonstrations and master classes. Nassif founded the UW Dance Repertory and Anna Nassif Dance Theater while at UW-Madison. She was a faculty senator for seven years; served as chairperson of the UW Dance Program from 1979 to 1981; was the resident choreographer, artistic director, coordinator, and a producer for select concerts and lecture series; and she served on the dance program and school of education program committees.
Nastal, Stanley I. (Stanislaus I.), 1899-1947 Title: Stanley I. Nastal Papers, 1922, 1934-1954
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 11 tape recordings
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 69; Tape 1011A
Abstract: Papers of Nastal, a pioneer Milwaukee Polish-language radio broadcaster, and of his son, Stanley H., who succeeded him in 1947. The collection documents ethnic programming from the 1930s through the 1950s, and includes biographical information, a copy of Nastal's reminiscences of service with Polish Volunteer Forces of the Canadian Army during World War I, advertising contracts, program logs, and scripts. The logs, in English, are from Our Polish Hour, dating 1947-1954; the scripts, in Polish, are from Theater of the Air and daily serialized sketches. The collection also contains eleven tape recordings of broadcasts, primarily Our Polish Hour, circa 1942-1947.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Milwaukee Branch (Wis.) Title: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Milwaukee Branch, Records, 1917-1989
Quantity: 7.4 cubic feet (18 archives boxes and 1 half-archives box) and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs and ephemera (1 folder and 1 oversize folder)
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EP; PH 4981
Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, reflecting particularly the work of Wilbur and Ardie A. Clark Halyard, prominent black community and business leaders. Founded in 1915, the Milwaukee branch was inactive between 1930 and 1949, but revived during the 1950s and 1960s. Much of the branch activity was directed towards fund raising and annual membership campaigns. Although the collection includes national, regional, state, and local records of the NAACP, the most extensive records are those documenting the Milwaukee branch's administrative committees and subject files.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Racine Branch (Wis.) Title: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Racine Branch: Records, 1954-1984
Quantity: 8.4 cubic feet (21 archives boxes), 6 tape recordings, 7 photographs, and 2 negatives
Call Number: Parkside Mss 66; PH Parkside Mss 66; Audio 1153A
Abstract: Records of the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), dating mainly from the presidency of Julian Thomas (1964- ). Included are correspondence, activity files, and brief records on national and state NAACP events. There is also personal correspondence and notes of Thomas, mainly illustrating his work with other Racine civil rights and civic groups; as well as annual reports, membership records, minutes, newsletters and clippings, and reference files. The collection documents affirmative action and equal opportunity programs in Racine, school desegregation, open housing efforts, community action programs, and police community relations. There are also records of the Racine Environment Committee collected during Thomas's tenure on its board of directors, and a few papers from Thomas's minority relations work as an employee of the J.I. Case Company. National, regional, and state NAACP records primarily consist of records of conventions collected by Racine branch members who attended the meetings. Photographs include images of Thomas and other branch members.
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Title: National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Records, 1907-1972
Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Call Number: Mss 716; Micro 1120
Abstract: Records of an organization of state boards of pharmacy concerned with the education, examination and licensing of pharmacists, as well as with legislation and laws affecting pharmacists. These records primarily document the informational clearinghouse function of the board and consist of correspondence files (mainly 1920-1950) of NABP secretaries H.C. Christensen and Patrick H. Costello. Also included are microfilmed examination questions from NABP sample exams and actual state board examinations, ca. 1915-1950. Published convention proceedings, minutes, newsletters, reports, and surveys are available at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacy Library.
National Association of Broadcasters Title: National Association of Broadcasters Records, 1938-1982
Quantity: 62.5 c.f. (148 archives boxes, 4 record center cartons), 1 tape recording, 39 photographs, and 26 films
Call Number: U.S. Mss 156AF; Audio 643A; PH 3961; AC 500-AC 501; AC 505-AC 515; CB 090-CB 095; DD 663-DD 665; FF 125-FF 127; VAA 004
Abstract: Records of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), an organization of radio and television broadcasters in the United States (1922-). Although most NAB activities concern the establishment of broadcasting codes and support of the industry in matters relating to government regulation, the bulk of the collection pertains to the association's research function. The balance of the collection consists of files relating to the American Heritage Foundation's 1952 and 1956 Register and Vote promotion; John Meagher, NAB vice-president for radio, 1952-1955; a large group of broadcast editorials; and a file of miscellaneous publications. Included are materials on studies and surveys by the Broadcast Measurement Bureau, the National Opinion Research Center, the Television Allocations Study Organization, and the NAB itself.
National Association of Educational Broadcasters Title: National Association of Educational Broadcasters Records,1925-1977 (bulk 1950-1970)
Quantity: 44.2 cubic feet (112 archives boxes), 3 tape recordings, and 21 photographs (1 archives box)
Call Number: U.S. Mss 76AF; PH 3962; Audio 1244A
Abstract: Records, mainly 1950-1970, of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), an association of educational broadcasters and public broadcasting stations. The NAEB traced its origins to the formation of the Association of College and University Broadcasting Stations in 1925. The largest part of the collection is a subject file which documents the NAEB's board of directors, committees, conventions, conferences, seminars, and workshops; the development of the Educational Television Facilities Act of 1962; projects funded through Title VII of the National Defense Education Act of 1958; a curriculum development project directed by Marshall McLuhan; programming material on such offerings as the series “Jeffersonian Heritage”; and files on the National Educational Television and Radio Center, the Fund for Adult Education, the Joint Committee on Educational Television, and other organizations and foundations interested in educational broadcasting. The NAEB disbanded in 1981.
National Association of Social Workers. Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter Title: National Association of Social Workers. Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter: Records, 1950-1963
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes)
Call Number: Mss 378
Abstract: Records of the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of a national organization of social workers in specialized fields, consisting of organizational materials, administrative records, financial records, election materials, a committees file, section reports, chapter and committee membership lists, newspaper clippings, and the chapter's file of the minutes (1959-1960) of the Council of Wisconsin Chapters of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and of records generated by the national office of the parent organization. Correspondence to and from Wisconsin legislators and U.S. congressmen concerns such subjects as urban renewal, city public housing projects, divorce laws, health and welfare service bills, relief laws, curfew ordinances, and residence requirements for public assistance. Other correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports, pamphlets, and bulletins pertain to other Wisconsin chapters of NASW; NASW's position on various welfare issues; salary studies; the Tripp Committee Report concerning the School of Social Work of the University of Wisconsin; and the Newburgh (New York) welfare plan which denied relief to specified categories of welfare recipients.
National Association of Social Workers. Wisconsin Chapter Title: National Association of Social Workers. Wisconsin Chapter: Records, 1925-1985
Quantity: 8.4 c.f. (21 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording
Call Number: Mss 1008; Tape 1430A
Abstract: Records (primarily dating 1960-1979) of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as well as its predecessor organizations, the American Association of Social Workers (1925-1955) and the American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers (1949-1954). The records document the professionalization of social work and the organization's advocacy role in issues relating to social welfare and include records from the national offices of the NASW as well as records from the Southeastern, South Central, Southwestern, and North Central Wisconsin Branches. The records consist of Chapter correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports, committee reports, annual reports, newsletters, news clippings, and social action records. A significant portion of the collection consists of the files of the various executive directors of the Wisconsin Chapter.
National Association of Women in Construction, Milwaukee Chapter (Wis.) Title: National Association of Women in Construction, Milwaukee Chapter: Records, 1955-1980
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 113
Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee chapter of a trade association for women office workers in the construction industry. The collection includes by-laws, minutes, correspondence, committee files, national convention reports, and regional and local newsletters, and miscellaneous records.
National Audubon Society. Coulee Region Chapter. Title: National Audubon Society, Coulee Region Chapter Records
Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet
Call Number: MSS 121
Abstract: The Coulee Region Audubon Society started out as the La Crosse Audubon Society in 1965. In late 1995 the group voted to become a chapter affiliated with the National Audubon Society and changed their name to the Coulee Region Audubon Society. The members wanted to gain more members, form partnerships with other chapters, create a wider scope, and focus attention on the Upper Mississippi River area. The group continues today. Records of the Coulee Region Audubon Society include a constitution and by-laws adopted circa 1965 by the La Crosse Audubon Society, general correspondence (1965-1988), correspondence with the National Audubon Society and the Wisconsin Audubon Council (1965-1987), a list of field trips (1965-1978), meeting meetings of the board (1965-1979) and with the membership (1965-1979), a few undated items from the membership committee, membership lists (1974-1986), newspaper clippings (1970-1981), and lastly treasurer’s reports (1979, 1982, 1988).
National Black Nurses Association. Milwaukee Chapter. Title: National Black Nurses Association. Milwaukee Chapter Records, 1971-2004
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box)
Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 380
Abstract: This collection consists of photographs and miscellaneous records that document the local and national history of the Black Nurses Association.
National Broadcasting Company Title: National Broadcasting Company Records, 1921-1976
Quantity: 419.4 cubic feet (282 boxes, 315 cartons, and 7 oversize boxes), 3197 disc recordings, and 72 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
Call Number: U.S. Mss 17AF; Disc 45A; Micro 10; Micro 757; Micro 764; Micro 779; Micro 960
Abstract: Records of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the nation's oldest broadcasting network, founded in 1926 as a radio programming service which went on to both radio and television broadcasting. Although incomplete at the highest levels, the collection offers representative coverage of operations in advertising, public relations, research, sales, and news and public affairs broadcasting from the 1930s through the 1950s. Included are correspondence, memoranda, reports, logs, scripts, promotional material and publications, scenic designs, photographs, a few production files, and a library of scripts and recordings; legal and financial records are scarce.
National Cheese Exchange Title: National Cheese Exchange Records, 1937-2001
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (1 record carton and 2 archives boxes) and 1 photograph
Call Number: M2011-088
Abstract: Records of the National Cheese Exchange, 1937-2001, including an incomplete run of minute books from 1937 to 1999, tax and insurance documents, speeches summarizing the history of the Exchange, which began as the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange, correspondence, and materials relating to the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. Materials relating to 1942 and 1950 court cases are also included. One photograph, from a Wisconsin Cheese Exchange dinner with retiring president H.G. Davis on April 28, 1939 is included.
National Coalition of Gay Sexually Transmitted Disease Services (Milwaukee, Wis.) Title: National Coalition of Gay Sexually Transmitted Disease Services Records,1979-1993
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes)
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 207
Abstract: Founded in 1979 at the Chicago Conference on Current Aspects of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Symposium, NCGSTDS became the publisher of Sexual Health Reports, a newsletter that provided factual, up-to-date information to the medical, scientific, and gay/lesbian communities about sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and other related health issues. Additionally, the organization aided communication between the nation's STD and AIDS service providers, and served as liaison between interested concerns such as the Centers for Disease Control, health organizations, pharmaceutical companies, publishers, and others. The collection includes copies of Sexual Health Reports (originally titled Official Newsletter of the NCGSTDS); correspondence of chair and editor Mark P. Behar including many requests for information; letters to the editor expressing support or hostility; and pamphlets and reports produced by NCGSTDS and others. NCGSTDS dissolved in 1988.
National College Learning Center Association Title: National College Learning Center Association Records, 1985-2012
Quantity: 5.8 cubic feet (3 record center cartons and 7 archives boxes)
Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 2
Abstract: Records of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA), an organization dedicated to supporting and promoting learning centers and learning center personnel in colleges and universities. The majority of the records fall into one of three series: Board of Directors, Conferences, and Publications.
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation Title: National Committee Against Repressive Legislation Records, 1948-2003
Quantity: 26.2 c.f. (66 archives boxes), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 tape recordings, 23 photographs, and 13 pieces of ephemera; plus additions of 114.3 c.f., 44 tape recordings, 67 photographs, 5 negatives, and 2 transparencies
Call Number: Mss 558; Micro 758; Audio 808A; PH Mss 558; M81-609; M86-006; M87-333; M88-087; M90-017; M91-207; M92-045; M93-104; M94-307; M96-071; M97-026; M97-189; M98-123; M2001-164; M2002-182; M2004-211; M2007-071; M2010-002
Abstract: Records of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL), a national political organization founded in 1960 as the National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee by Alexander Meiklejohn, Aubrey Williams, and others to work for the abolition of HUAC and other congressional and state investigating committees and to defend civil liberties from repressive legislation. In 1976, the organization was renamed the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation. The collection contains extensive documentation on the case of (executive director Frank) Wilkinson v. FBI, as well as information on NCARL's interaction with other organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF); NCARL's regional offices; and concerned individuals, including Carl and Anne Braden and Robert Drinan.
National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam Title: National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam Records, 1964-1967
Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (14 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 374 photographs, 495 negatives, and 0.2 c.f. of posters
Call Number: Mss 278; Micro 807
Abstract: Records of the National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam (NCC), a Madison, Wisconsin-based organization which first coordinated the national opposition to the war in Vietnam. Two-thirds of the collection consists of exchanges with individuals and organizations from foreign countries and the United States who were active in the anti-war movement. The remainder of the collection pertains to the NCC's steering and standing committees, conferences sponsored by the NCC and other anti-war groups, reports of staff trips and meetings, and various projects such as the International Days of Protest. This section provides revealing, though by no means complete, information about internal operations and disputes. Also included are files of several conferences and staff meetings.
National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty Title: National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty Records, 1964-1978
Quantity: 18.7 c.f. (18 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 1 oversize folder) and 3 tape recordings
Call Number: M80-391; Audio 1487A
Abstract: Records, 1964-1978, of the National Council for Unconditional and Universal Amnesty (NCUUA), an organization that worked to gain amnesty for Vietnam draft resisters and deserters during the 1970s. The collection documents the broad campaign for amnesty during the Vietnam War carried out by the NCUUA through administrative and financial materials, correspondence, publicity, photographs, and audio recordings. Additionally, the collection documents similar efforts by other amnesty organizations, particularly Americans for Amnesty (AFA), which merged with the NCUUA in 1975.
National Educational Television Title: National Educational Television Records1951-1969
Quantity: 242.8 cubic feet (610 archives boxes), 5.7 cubic feet of photographs (14 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 1 tape recording, and 5 films
Call Number: U.S. Mss 66AF; Audio 504A; PH 2696; PH 3506
Abstract: Records of National Educational Television (NET), a private organization underwritten by the Ford Foundation which provided programming for the nation's public broadcasting stations. Originally known as the National Educational Television and Radio Center, NET's activities developed from program acquisition to production, station activation, and a wide variety of services until it functioned as a virtual fourth network. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, scripts, reports, clippings, photographs, financial records, minutes, and publicity. There are, however, only a limited number of tapes and films. Coverage is incomplete at the highest administrative level, but it is significant for station activation, affiliate relations, and programming. There is also information on NET's on-going self-evaluation and financial shortages; its relations with other organizations concerned with public broadcasting; and its public information, development, and research activities.
National Endowment for the Arts. Theatre Advisory Panel Title: National Endowment for the Arts. Theatre Advisory Panel: Notebooks, 1976-1978
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons)
Call Number: U.S. Mss 194AN
Abstract: Notebooks acquired by director Alan Schneider as a member of the Theatre Advisory Panel of the NEA, containing grant applications and summaries which document the role of the federal government in assisting the arts, reveal the types of theater projects which receive assistance, and provide brief overviews of many of the theater groups operating throughout the country. Some annotations by Schneider are present.
National Farmers' Union (U.S.). Wisconsin Division Title: Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America. Wisconsin Division: Records, 1924-1969
Quantity: 68.0 cubic feet (160 archives boxes and 8 flat boxes), 9 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 half-archives box)
Call Number: Mss 407; Micro 40; Micro 750; PH 4979
Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin Division of the National Farmers Union, a group which promoted economic cooperation among farmers, lobbying for agricultural programs, education for members, and youth programs. Some of the services established by the Wisconsin Farmers Union are the Farmers Union Central Exchange (CENEX), the Farmers Grain Terminal Association, the Farmers Union Livestock Association, and the Farmers Union Insurance Corporation. Consisting of correspondence and a subject file, the records document the administration, policies, and political stances of both the national and state organizations. Very few records predate 1942. The materials include copies of records from the national organization such as financial records, minutes, reports, speeches of President James Patton, position papers, and press releases. Information is present on the organization's relationship with the American Dairy Association of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, its lobbying activities, youth programs, charges of communist sympathies within the organization, its service organizations, and other topics. Prominent correspondents include Kenneth W. Hones, Merlin Hull, Lester Johnson, Melvin R. Laird, Joseph R. McCarthy, Gilbert Rohde, Alexander Wiley, John Chester Baker, Tony Dechant, Gladys Talbott Edwards, Reuben Johnson, James G. Patton, Russell Smith, Benton Strong, Vernon Thompson, John Reynolds, and Gaylord Nelson.
National League of American Pen Women. Madison Branch (Wis.) Title: National League of American Pen Women. Madison Branch Records, 1930-1988
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes); plus additions of 1.8 cubic feet and 3 tape recordings
Call Number: Mss 368; M90-125; Audio 1865A
Abstract: Records of the Madison, Wisconsin chapter of the National League of American Pen Women, an organization of professional women who worked in the creative and literary arts. The records document the organization's structure and activities and include histories, by-laws, minutes, membership information, scrapbooks, and clippings on the social and professional activities of individual members and the branch, and samples of members' literary and artistic work.
National Organization for Women. Kenosha Chapter (Wis.) Title: National Organization for Women. Kenosha Chapter: Records, 1973-1987
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 7 tape recordings, 16 photographs, and 2 films (8mm)
Call Number: Parkside Mss 68; PH 3778; Tape 1194A; EA 58-59
Abstract: Records of the Kenosha, Wisconsin chapter of the National Organization for Women consisting of newsletters, other local publications, and subject files on activities such as consciousness raising events, ERA Countdown, and a Mr. Equal Rights beauty pageant. On tape is a 1975 Institute of Women at Mount St. Mary College in Milwaukee and a speech to a Kenosha audience by Mary Jean Collins-Robson regarding discriminatory employment practices of the Sears company. Available on film and as black and white and color snapshots is visual documentation of the organization's male beauty pageant and participation in various Equal Rights Amendment rallies.
National Organization for Women. Milwaukee Chapter (Wis.) Title: National Organization for Women. Milwaukee Chapter: Records, 1971-1983
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes)
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 176
Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee (Wis.) chapter of NOW consisting of board minutes, bylaws, newsletters, and subject files concentrating on such issues as abortion and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. The collection also documents the Scott Enk case in which Enk charged the Milwaukee Chapter with sex discrimination in attempting to revoke Enk's membership.
National Peace Action Coalition Title: National Peace Action Coalition Records, 1970-1973
Quantity: 10 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box), 0.1 cubic feet of posters (1 oversize folder), and 6 tape recordings; plus additions of 0.1 cubic feet, 6 photographs, and 1 videorecording (1/4-inch reel)
Call Number: Micro 828; Audio 806A; PH 4808; M80-019; M92-176; M96-198
Abstract: Records of the National Peace Action Coalition, a national coalition (1970-1973) that opposed U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam. Although incomplete, the collection is revealing about NPAC's own activities and its often acrimonious dealings with the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice. Included are files on NPAC's internal structure, correspondence, financial records, publications, and other general records; activities files; and a small affiliate file. Material relating to NPAC's internal structure includes announcements, agenda, and minutes for many meetings of the national steering committee and lists of members and affiliated locals. General correspondence includes exchanges with various affiliates such as the Student Mobilization Committee which were most often written by national coordinators Stephanie Coontz and Jerry Gordon and by Ron Wolin and other staff members; legal correspondence relating to an investigation of NPAC by the House Internal Security Committee for its alleged socialist domination; and exchanges with international opponents of the war in Japan, Vietnam, and other countries. Activity files relate to various actions and anti-war conventions in which NPAC participated.
National Public Relations Council of Health and Welfare Services Title: National Public Relations Council of Health and Welfare Services Records, 1922-1978
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Call Number: Mss 712; Micro 1113
Abstract: Records of the National Public Relations Council of Health and Welfare Services, an organization founded in 1921 that provided consultation, publications, continuing education, and other services in order to better apply public relations techniques to social work issues. In 1977 the NPRC became part of the Public Relations Society of America. Included are detailed minutes, 1931-1976, which include not only proceedings of board of directors and committee meetings, but also extensive information on finances and program planning functions; additional financial records; and records of conferences (1922-1931) and institutes (1960-1976), fragmentary information on various projects and publications, and membership information. Early issues (1923-1936) of the NPRC newsletter, News Bulletin, which disseminated reports of successful publicity for private-sector health and welfare agencies, is available only on microfilm. Later issues of the bulletin and its successor, Channels, are available at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library.
National Railroad Museum (Green Bay, Wis.) Title: National Railroad Museum Records, 1956-1959
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)
Call Number: Green Bay Mss 149
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, and clippings from Museum Information Executive Harold T. I. Shannon's office dealing with administrative plans, publicity, fundraising, and attempts to get Congressional recognition as a national museum. The museum was the idea of railroad historian Carl R. Gray, Jr. and was to be operated by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, but was opened as an independent museum in 1961.
National Slovak Society of the United States of America. Lodge 495 (Boyceville, Wisconsin) Title: National Slovak Society of the United States of America. Lodge 495 Records, 1905-1968
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons)
Call Number: M91-114
Abstract: Records of Lodge 495 of the National Slovak Society of the United States of America, including financial reports, minutes of meetings, member names, and newsletters. Also included are annual reports, 1948-1951, of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (also called the Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church) in Boyceville, and a notice written by one of the founders of the church.
National Society of New England Women. Milwaukee Colony Title: National Society of New England Women. Milwaukee Colony: Records, 1932-1964
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EO
Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee chapter of the National Society of New England Women, organized to promote patriotic, civic, and social activities among descendants of early New England settlers. Included are minutes, membership lists, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous materials.
National Student Association Anthology Project Title: National Student Association Anthology Project Research Files, 1996-2005
Quantity: 55.8 c.f. (53 record center cartons, 4 flat boxes, and 1 floppy disk box)
Call Number: M2007-019
Abstract: Research files for American Students Organize: Founding the National Student Association After World War II, an anthology produced by the National Student Association (NSA), focusing on NSA history during the 1940s-1950s and consisting of book files, art, editorial back-up files, correspondence, and reports regarding former student leaders in the NSA. Also included are research materials gathered from various college archives including news articles, theses, and meeting minutes.
National Student Coalition Against Racism Title: National Student Coalition Against Racism Records, 1974-1978
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
Call Number: Mss 483
Abstract: Records of a national organization of students formed in 1975 to encourage minority rights. Included are flyers, form letters, press releases, clippings, and some correspondence, which primarily relate to various rallies, marches, and meetings, particularly those held in Boston, NSCAR's headquarters. The papers do little, however, to illuminate the decisions and policies formulated by staff members.
National Urban Coalition (U.S.) Title: National Urban Coalition Records, 1908-1971
Quantity: 22.8 c.f. (22 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 0.4 c.f. of photographs (1 archives box)
Call Number: Mss 562; PH 6695
Abstract: Records, 1908-1909 and 1920-1971, of the National Urban Coalition (NUC), a national organization established in 1970 to combat the major urban problems which gained widespread attention during the urban turmoil of the late 1960s -- housing, jobs and economic development, equal opportunities, health, education, and law and government reform. The collection includes relatively few records of the National Urban Coalition itself; rather it primarily documents its five predecessor organizations: American Planning and Civic Association (records, 1908-1909, 1920-1964), ACTION Inc. (1953-1966), States Urban Action Center (1967-1971), Urban America Inc. (1964-1970), and the Urban Coalition (1968-1970).
National Women's Conference Title: National Women's Conference Records, 1977-1979
Quantity: 0.3 cubic feet, 43 tape recordings, and 105 transparencies
Call Number: Audio 1933A; M82-288; M2000-053
Abstract: Material relating to the National Women's Conference held in Houston, Texas, November 18-21, 1977, attended by 14,000 people. The collection includes a program and proposed national plan of action, print and near-print materials distributed at the conference, and live recordings from the conference as well as an audio-visual presentation entitled "Declaration of American Women," and updates from the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year.
Native Sons of the Old Sixth Ward;
Brown, Aurele;
Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006
Title: Native Sons of the Old Sixth Ward Records, 1967-1984
Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 74
Abstract: Records of the Native Sons of the Old Sixth Ward, a social organization for individuals born there. Contains meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and clippings.
Naujoks, Herbert H., 1902-1961 Title: Herbert H. Naujoks Papers, 1925-1960
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes)
Call Number: Mss 261
Abstract: Papers of Herbert H. Naujoks, legal counsel and president of the Great Lakes Harbors Association and an authority on Chicago water diversion litigation. Most date from 1951 to 1960 and many concern Naujoks' role in opposing increased diversion of Lake Michigan waters by the Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District, on behalf of the Great Lakes Harbors Association and as Special Assistant to the Attorneys General of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The papers also reflect efforts to win Congressional approval for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway and Power Project, and to further the development of Great Lakes local harbors. Other segments deal with other Great Lakes topics and Great Lakes Harbors Association business. The collection includes only a small amount of material related to Naujoks' work as a lawyer and businessman.
Navarro, Ralph, 1949-2001 Title: Ralph Navarro Papers, 1983-1999
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box)
Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 218
Abstract: Papers of a prominent gay activist in Milwaukee and Wisconsin. The bulk of the collection concerns Gay Information and Services, an information and referral service coordinated by Navarro from 1987 until his death in 2001. The collection also includes information about Milwaukee Mayor John O. Norquist's Citizen Commission on Police-Community Relations and fragmentary information about the Gay Peoples Union, one of Milwaukee's earliest gay rights organizations.

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