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| Otis, John P. | Title: John P. Otis Photographs, 1970-1995
Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 160 Abstract: The collection consists of John P. Otis' photographs of Wisconsin cities, lighthouses and covered bridges. Photographs of Wisconsin cities include buildings and landscapes; the Milwaukee area is heavily represented. Included in the Milwaukee photographs are festivals, downtown buildings and panoramic views. Also included are photographs of lighthouses in Wisconsin along Lake Michigan and a few extant covered bridges. |
| Otis, John P. | Title: John P. Otis Church Histories Collection, 1967-2002
Quantity: 18.6 cubic ft. (23 boxes and 20 photograph albums) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 8 Abstract: The collection consists of John P. Otis's photographs, slides, and compiled histories of about 5,000 Wisconsin churches and a few synagogues, acquired over a twenty-year period. Most photographs are 3" x 3" color exterior images of the buildings, housed in twenty albums. The photographs are indexed by "history" cards, arranged by locality. The collection includes four boxes of negatives, in no apparent order; and seventy-two maps showing the routes Otis traveled and the location of many of the churches he photographed. Otis compiled the history of the churches through a standard form which requested the year the church was founded, the first pastor, and denomination or sect. A number of the respondents provided additional historical information. The forms are maintained in files, arranged by locality and/or county, which also contain histories of the churches, and newsclippings. The collection includes Otis' correspondence (1968-1979) concerning the acquisition of materials; the development of the project; miscellaneous faith and denomination histories; newsclippings; solicitation of funds; and efforts to donate the collection. The collection also includes a videocassette of news reports and a TV Workshop featuring John Otis. |
| Otte, Carl, 1923- | Title: Carl Otte Papers,1970-1986
Quantity: 7.8 c.f. (20 archives boxes) and photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 124; PH 3910; PH 3911 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1983-1986, of a former Democratic legislator (Assembly 1967-1982; Senate, 1982-1986) consisting of alphabetical subject files and files on problems of individual constituents. The subject files contain correspondence and memoranda from constituents, colleagues, advocacy groups, and staff members; speeches and statements; policy papers and reports; minutes; and clippings. They relate to legislative issues such as education, nursing homes, and taxes and to committees on which Otte served including the Senate Transportation Committee, the Migrant Labor Council, and the Legislative Council's Special Committee on Primary Prevention. |
| Ottenberg, Miriam, 1914-1983 | Title: Miriam Ottenberg Papers, 1931-1982
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 1 disc recording, 175 photographs, and 4 pieces of ephemera Call Number: Mss 748; Micro 1162; Disc 188A; PH 3817; PH 3817 (3); PH 3818 Abstract: Papers of Miriam Ottenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Star, best known for investigative reporting on consumer protection and organized crime and for books on the FBI and multiple sclerosis. Included are subject files, notes, professional correspondence, and drafts and printed copies of writing and speeches. Also included is a small amount of personal correspondence and some information about her mother, Nettie Podell Ottenberg, a suffragist and social reformer. |
| Otto, John Henry, 1822-1908 | Title: John Henry Otto Civil War Memoirs, 1902
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes, 1 volume) Call Number: Wis Mss 30S Abstract: The Civil War memoirs of Captain John H. Otto of Company D, 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, who enlisted in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1862 and served until the end of the war, describing the organization of the company, its military campaigns including its march with Sherman, and discharge of the members in Washington, D.C. in 1865. The collection includes Otto's original handwritten copy in 31 volumes plus other copies compiled subsequently by others from the original. |
| Otto, Lorrie (Mary Lorraine), 1919-2010 | Title: Lorrie Otto Papers, 1930-2008 (bulk 1960-1996)
Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (14 archives boxes and 2 oversize folders), 21 photographs, 1 drawing, 1 scrapbook (1 flat box and 4 folders), 4 videorecordings, 2 tape recordings, and 1 compact disc Call Number: Mss 1050; PH 6575; Audio 1461A; VBC 116-119 Abstract: Papers, 1930-2008 (mainly 1960-1996), of Lorrie Otto (Mary Lorraine Otto), conservationist, teacher-naturalist, and natural landscaping advocate, documenting her involvement in hearings before the Wisconsin Conservation Dept. (now the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) that led to the 1970 statewide ban of the pesticide known as DDT, and her continued efforts to preserve and advocate for the natural environment. Materials document Otto's research and collaboration with colleagues and conservation organizations prior to, during, and after the Wisconsin DDT hearings. Also documented is her work and activities associated with promoting natural landscaping and her involvement in conservation groups such as Citizens Natural Resources Association (CNRA), The Nature Conservancy, and Wild Ones. Frequent or noteworthy correspondents include Senator Gaylord Nelson, Environmental Defense Fund scientist Charles F. Wurster, and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservationist Walter Edwin Scott. |
| Otto, Max Carl, 1876-1968 | Title: Max Otto Papers, 1899-1963
Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 101 Abstract: Papers of Max Otto, a prominent German American philosopher, teacher at the University of Wisconsin, and controversial figure because of his atheism, pacifism, and defense of academic freedom. Included is correspondence, articles, notes, speeches, lectures, book manuscripts, drawings and cartoons, diaries, an autobiography, newsclippings on criticism of Otto by John B. Chapple in 1932, and other items. The extensive correspondence (1900-1964) provides insight into Otto's long-term intellectual relationship with Boyd S. Bode, John Dewey, and Dickinson S. Miller and into the development of American philosophy during the first half of the twentieth century. Other correspondents include Morton Enslin, Horace Fries, A. Eustace Haydon, Elijah A. Jordan, Horace M. Kallen, Edward C. Lindeman, Alain Locke, Donald Piatt, Harold Taylor, Marten Ten Hoor, Lewis G. Westgate, George C. Sellery, Albert C. Barnes, E. A. Birge, Baker Brownell, Clarence Darrow, Glenn Frank, Nathan Feinsinger, William Leiserson, Alexander Meiklejohn, and Frederick Merk. |