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| Prange, Louis H., 1884-1957 | Title: Louis H. Prange Papers, 1952-1957
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EI Abstract: Papers of Prange, a Republican State Senator from Sheboygan Falls, Wis., consisting of constituent correspondence and press clippings. The press clippings document his election campaigns and his introduction of a bill to protect Wisconsin against subversive activities. |
| Pratt, Annis | Title: Annis Vilas Pratt papers Quantity: 1 Linear Feet 1 record carton Call Number: Accession 2007/099 Abstract: This collection comprises the papers of Annis Vilas Pratt. Collection includes papers on Women's Studies, pamphlets and clippings, articles, Women's Studies budgeting information, and minutes and notes from the Chancellor's Committee. |
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Pratt, Marvin E.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Office of the Mayor. |
Title: Marvin Pratt Aldermanic and Mayoral Records, 1982-2004
Quantity: 5 cubic ft. (13 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 76 Abstract: This collection contains the aldermanic and mayoral records of Marvin Pratt, who served on Milwaukee’s Common Council from 1987 until 2004, when he became Acting Mayor for four months. Contains correspondence, reports, mayoral proclamations, and planning documents. |
| Pray, Helen L. | Title: Helen L. Pray Correspondence, 1880-1924
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: M2000-195 Abstract: Correspondence to and from Helen Pray principally from her fiancé and husband Henry Sheldon concerning their courtship, contemporary literature, current events, and popular music. Additionally there is correspondence from family and friends to both Helen and her sister, Katherine, as well as the music notebooks of Katherine and Kenneth Pray and Henry Sheldon’s Harvard Law School scrapbook. |
| Preble (Brown County, Wis.: Town) | Title: Preble (Brown County, Wis.: Town). Records, 1853-1965
Quantity: 14 volumes, 6 folders, and 17 boxes Call Number: Brown Small Series 28; Brown Small Series 29; Brown Small Series 30; Brown Small Series 31; Brown Series 37; Brown Series 38 Abstract: Records of the Town of Preble, mainly from 1945-1965. These series primarily focus on debates about whether to incorporate as independent village or be annexed by the city of Green Bay. Also includes older materials on all aspects of town government and elections. |
| Preminger, Otto, 1906- | Title: Otto Preminger Papers, 1948-1972
Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 191AN Abstract: Papers of Hollywood motion picture director-producer Otto Preminger. Included are production files for Hurry Sundown, In Harm's Way, and Skidoo which contain scripts, correspondence, call sheets, reports, breakdowns, musical scores, cast lists, financial and promotional materials, notes, and sketches. Although the quantity and type of material varies with each film, these files generally document aspects of filmmaking such as writing, casting, design, technical production, and promotion. Noteworthy in the Skidoo files is a series of notes which describe the activities and accomplishments of each day's shooting; occasionally these include short quotes made by Preminger on the set which reveal his directing methods and temperament. A dissertation by Ronald Policy, based on the Skidoo records and describing the film's production, is also included. A small file of biographical clippings completes the collection. |
| Prentice, Jackson L., 1827-1902 | Title: Jackson L. Prentice Papers, 1852-1932
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 3 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Stevens Point Mss A; PH Stevens Point Mss A Abstract: Papers of Prentice, a Stevens Point, Wisconsin, surveyor and businessman, including fragmentary correspondence, 1857-1907, mostly from business associates concerning timber sales; survey maps for the 1850s and 1860s for portions of Adams, Juneau, Marathon, and Portage counties containing descriptions of land conditions, plant cover, and soil; additional notebooks, maps, and diagrams concerning work as a Stevens Point city surveyor; two volumes of employee time records, 1881-1882; photographs; and genealogical materials concerning the Prentice, Van Dusen, and related families. The photographs are informal portraits of Prentice and his family and interior and exterior views of their home. |
| Prescott Bridge Company (Wis.) | Title: Prescott Bridge Company Records, 1921-1947
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss DS Abstract: Records of a company formed to construct and operate a public toll bridge over Lake St. Croix between Prescott, Wisconsin and Point Douglas, Minnesota. Included are articles of incorporation, minutes of the board, financial records, stockholder lists, contracts, and deeds. |
| Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, Inc. (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Preservation Alliance of La Crosse Records Physical Description: 1.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 062 Abstract: Organized originally as the La Crosse Area Society for Historic Preservation in 1976, the group began meeting in 1975 and focused their energies in trying to protect and preserve La Crosse landmarks. In 1983, the group changed its name to the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, Inc. Its purpose is to preserve the historic buildings of La Crosse and raise public awareness concerning historical preservation. Records from the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, 1976-2000, include administrative files, materials related to events sponsored by the group, financial materials, projects in which the group engaged, and allied groups. |
| Preston, James D. | Title: James D. Preston Papers, 1890-1955
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (1 record center carton and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 34AF Abstract: Correspondence, research notes, articles and addresses, memorabilia, and scrapbooks kept by a journalist who was superintendent of the United States Senate Press Gallery, 1897-1932, and librarian of the Senate, 1932-1957. Research notes, which form the bulk of the collection, include information on press coverage of the Senate, liberties of the press and privileges of the Senate, filibusters, technicalities of Senate conduct, political conventions, and Presidential elections. While many of the notes are transcribed from the Congressional Record and other sources, one group of notes on filibusters and the U.S. entry into World War I are excerpted from Preston's diaries. Scattered correspondence, 1915-1955, concerns various career anniversaries, and occasional articles and addresses relate to politics and life in Washington, D.C. Seven scrapbooks contain clippings, letters, and pictures relating to his career as well as to important news stories from the 1910's to the 1940's. |
| Preston, William, 1729-1783 | Title: Draper Manuscripts: William Preston Papers, 1731-1791
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (6 volumes) Call Number: Draper Mss QQ Abstract: Papers of William Preston, a colonial and frontier political figure in Virginia, and a few of his relatives. Business and military records concern Preston's land dealings and his role in Indian negotiations. Also included is correspondence with prominent military and political figures, as well as some papers of James Patton and John Buchanan. |
| Price County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Price County (Wis.). Clerk: Original Proceedings and Papers of the County Board, 1885-1959
Quantity: 9.2 c.f. (23 archives boxes) Call Number: Price Series 26 Abstract: Original papers filed by the County Clerk in connection with meetings of the Price County Board of Supervisors. Included are minutes of meetings; reports of board committees and county officers; resolutions, ordinances, and memorials introduced for action; communications, petitions, memorials, and claims addressed to the board; and other papers. For 1885-1907, the files are incomplete and consist chiefly of resolutions and ordinances. |
| Price County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Price County (Wis.). Clerk: General Correspondence, 1892-1948
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Price Series 4 Abstract: General correspondence of the county clerk concerning routine activities such as assessment, taxation, delinquent taxes, tax sales, and redemption of tax certificates; distribution of relief; support of county residents who are inmates of county and state medical, correctional, or charitable institutions; issuance of hunting and marriage licenses; purchasing for the county; construction and improvement of county buildings; responses to inquiries; and related matters. |
| Price, Byron, 1891-1981 | Title: Byron Price Papers, 1901-1976
Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 142AF Abstract: Papers of Price, a journalist and editor with the Associated Press, 1912-1941; director of the U.S. Office of Censorship, 1941-1945; and assistant secretary-general of the United Nations for administrative and financial service, 1947-1954. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, professional subject files, and biographical material. Seven boxes of writings constitute the most important segment of the collection. Represented are World War II speeches; a lengthy, unpublished memoir; and published and unpublished articles and stories spanning his entire career on topics such as freedom of the press and censorship. In addition, three scrapbooks contain clippings of his bi-weekly column, “Politics at Random,” written while chief of the AP's Washington, D.C., bureau during the 1930's. Also present are several notebooks mainly compiled while director of the Office of Censorship which contain his opinions and reactions to various events and people. Correspondence, 1908-1976 includes some personal exchanges, a separate file relating to his 1944 Pulitzer Prize citation, and general letters. Correspondents of note include Cecil B. de Mille, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James A. Farley, James V. Forrestal, Ernest Gruening, Dag Hammarskjold, Warren F. Harding, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes, John F. Kennedy, William D. Leahy, Trygve Lie, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., George C. Marshall, H. L. Mencken, Drew Pearson, David and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Adlai E. Stevenson, Henry L. Stimson, Harry S. Truman, Fred M. Vinson, and Wendell L. Willkie. |
| PrideFest (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: PrideFest Records, 1989-2001
Quantity: 1.1 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 videocassette 4 oversize folders Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 315 Abstract: Miscellaneous collection of records and photographs relating to PrideFest, a nationally recognized festival celebrating the LGBT community that has been held annually in Milwaukee since 1988. |
| Priggee, Milt, 1953- | Title: Milt Priggee Cartoons, 2000-2001
Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (19 cartoons in 1 box) Call Number: PH 6156 Abstract: Editorial cartoons by Milt Priggee for the Spokane Spokesman-Review primarily focusing on George W. Bush's 2000 election campaign and his first months in office. Other topics include weather, Bill Clinton, the FBI, the open records act, shark attacks, drugs, and Afghanistan. |
| Prime Manufacturing Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Prime Manufacturing Company Records, 1933-1947
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 109 Abstract: Records of the Prime Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a company involved in the manufacture of railroad supplies and the Prime Electric Fence Controller (originally known as the Gengler Electric Fence). The records document the electric fence division of the company, primarily from 1934 to 1942. They mainly consist of advertising and sales promotional literature such as catalogs, circulars, bulletins, newsletters, a ready-reference encyclopedia, and a merchandising program. Advertising layouts are also included. The incoming correspondence, primarily from 1935-1939, deals with consumer reaction to the product. Sales records include sales literature for dealers, price lists, and consumer surveys. Informational files on electric fences, their safety and use for various animals, and an Underwriters' Laboratory study of the Prime Fence Controller complete the collection. |
| Prince, John B. | Title: John B. and Martha Prince Fairy Chasm Collection, 1892-1995
Quantity: 1.8 cubic ft. (3 boxes, including 1 videocassette and 4 audio cassettes) 56 safety film negatives 5 digital files (30.2 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 116 Abstract: Miscellaneous records of the Fish Creek Park Company and the neighborhood of Fairy Chasm, Wisconsin, compiled by long-time residents Jack and Martha Prince. The collection contains numerous photographs of area homes and public events; oral history interviews with other residents; and minutes of the Fish Creek Park Company's board of directors. The company, founded in 1892 and dissolved in 1971, bought and sold real estate in the private resort community of Fairy Chasm. The community evolved into two sections (North and South Fairy Chasm), and incorporated into the cities of Mequon (1957) and Bayside (1955). The collection documents the growth of the community, changes in home ownership, and local pride in the environmental beauty of the area. |
| Pro Arte Quartet University of Wisconsin--Madison. School of Music. Prévost, Germain, 1891-1987 Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978 | Title: Pro Arte Quartet collection Quantity: 1.11 cubic feet 3 letter document boxes, 3 audio cassettes, 4 compact discs, and 1 reel of film Collection includes negatives, photographs, audio cassettes, compact discs, paper documents, and one 16mm reel of film. Call Number: uac46 Abstract: The Pro Arte Quartet collection includes negatives and photographs of members of the quartet from the 1940s through 1990s, newspaper clippings, programs from the 1910s onward, correspondence, press releases, planning documents and materials created for the centennial anniversary of the Pro Arte Quartet in 2011-2012, and audio recordings on cassette and CD. |
| Procter & Gamble Productions | Title: Procter & Gamble Television Script Collection, 1955-1980
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (11 archives boxes) and 120 reels of microfilm (16 mm); plus additions of 6.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 784; Micro 2022; M2010-113 Abstract: Variant scripts for several television programs produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, including soap operas, The Guiding Light (1958-1979) and As the World Turns (1956-1962, 1965, 1971, 1973-1979), as well as television shows, The Danny Thomas Show (1959-1960; previously titled Make Room for Daddy) and The Rifleman (1958-1959). Most of the scripts are mimeographed air scripts including scripts for commercials. Many are annotated to indicate timing and dialogue changes. Also included are some production records including files from 1958 to 1975 of Lucy Ferri Rittenberg of the Compton Advertising Agency, who served as production executive for The Guiding Light, and files from 1955 to 1957 of Charles Fisher, the account executive at Benton and Bowles who produced As the World Turns. Several of The Rifleman scripts were written by Sam Peckinpah and by Bruce Geller. |
| Professional Policemen's Protective Association of Milwaukee | Title: Professional Policemen's Protective Association of Milwaukee Records, 1909-1971
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 11; Micro 516 Abstract: Records of a voluntary benefit association, founded in 1909 by Milwaukee city police officers, which later developed into a police labor union. Included is a 1968 constitution and bylaws; minutes, 1909-1971; and a financial journal, 1942-1963, containing annual reports, 1942-1956. |
| Progressive, Inc. | Title: Progressive, Inc. Records, 1940-2001
Quantity: 96 reels of microfilm (35mm); plus additions of 18.7 c.f. Call Number: Micro 644; MCHC79-003; MCHC80-016; MCHC80-062; M85-047; M90-178; M98-036; M2007-088 Abstract: Records of the non-stock corporation which publishes The Progressive magazine, documenting its publishing history and the magazine's support of progressive causes, including civil rights, civil liberties, environmental topics, and opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam and Latin America. Included are extensive files of correspondence, particularly during editor Morris H. Rubin's tenure (1940-1973), smaller files of reorganizational, circulation, promotional material, a small number of manuscript articles, and other materials. |
| Project on Public Life and the Press (U.S.) | Title: Project on Public Life and the Press Records, 1987-1998
Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (15 archives boxes) and 1 videorecording Call Number: Mss 1016; VHA 590 Abstract: Records of a project established in 1993 through the Kettering Foundation, with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The collection documents the project's efforts to develop and promote public journalism, also known as civic journalism, a movement that aimed to help journalists reconnect with their communities and foster public discourse. The project's primary function was its seminars which brought together journalists, editors, and scholars two or three times yearly from 1993 through 1997. The bulk of the collection consists of examples of various public journalism initiatives sent to the project by participating news organizations from around the United States, including the Charlotte Observer, the Akron Beacon-Journal, and the Wisconsin State Journal. These consist primarily of newspaper clippings, but also include correspondence, reports, survey results, and external coverage of the initiatives such as elections, education, neighborhood crime, sprawl, and race relations. Also included are early funding materials, reports, publicity materials, articles about public journalism, and publications and speeches by the project's director, Jay Rosen. |
| Project Self-Help and Awareness (Dane County, Wis.) | Title: Project Self-Help and Awareness Records, 1968-2009
Quantity: 3.0 cubic feet and 42 photographs Call Number: M2010-049 Abstract: Records of Project Self-Help and Awareness (PSA), an organization which matched seven Wisconsin counties with sister counties in Mississippi to promote improved race relations through visits and assistance projects consisting of documentation related to the summer exchange program and student trips to Mississippi, records related to PSA's work with black farmers in Mississippi, the campaign to free Eddie J. Carthan, and discrimination within the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA). |
| Prosser, David T., 1942- | Title: David T. Prosser Papers, 1977-1994
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 156 Abstract: Correspondence and subject files of Republican Wisconsin state Assemblyman David T. Prosser, Jr. The correspondence covers the years 1979-1994 and consists almost entirely of legislative memos between Prosser and his colleagues. The subject files encompass the years 1977-1993 and address such issues as public safety, energy and utilities, elections, and the Fox River system. |
| Prosten, Jesse, 1912- | Title: United Food and Commercial Workers Union Retired Leaders Oral History Project: Jesse Prosten Interview, 1980
Quantity: 6 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 921A Abstract: Oral history interview with Jesse Prosten about his experiences as an official for the United Packinghouse Workers and officer of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Interviewed by James Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff, this interview is part of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Retired Leaders Oral History Project. |
| Proudfit, Clara L. | Title: Clara L. Proudfit Papers, 1917-1924
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 658 Abstract: Papers of Proudfit, a Madison, Wisconsin civic leader concerning her involvement in three Dane County women's organizations: the Women's Committee of the Dane County Council on Defense (1917-1918), which sought to involve Madison women in the war effort during World War I; the Dane County Community League (1919-1920); and the Public Opinion Committee (1922-1924). Included are correspondence, lists, minutes, brochures, reports, and numerous clippings concerning the interest of the Public Opinion Committee in dance hall regulation and the passage of the Ridgeway Law. |
| Provost's Office Education Innovation Project | Title: Educational Innovation records Quantity: 1 Linear Feet One record storage carton. One linear foot of paper documents. Call Number: uac226 Abstract: The Educational Innovation records contain materials relating to the campus-wide initiative that took place from 2011-2017. The materials include project strategies and reports, budgets and proposals, online learning records, and Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) files. |
| Proxmire, William, 1915-2005 | Title: William Proxmire Papers, 1938-2004 (bulk 1957-1980)
Quantity: 194.8 cubic feet (176 records center cartons, 27 archives boxes, 8 card boxes, 10 flat boxes, and 2 oversize folders), 54 tape recordings, 162 disc recordings, 1.4 cubic feet of photographs (approximately 650 photographs in 2 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 0.6 cubic feet of negatives (1 card box and 1 negative box), 8 drawings, 10 videorecordings, and 13 films; plus additions of 2.5 cubic feet and 0.7 cubic feet of photographs Call Number: Mss 738; Audio 1419A; Audio 609A; Audio 1195A; PH 2334 (5); PH 3777; PH 3823; M80-292; M89-019; M2006-115; M2007-059; M2008-127 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1957-1980, of William Proxmire, Democratic Senator from Wisconsin (1957-1989), known for his liberal views on social issues, his fiscal conservatism, and the Golden Fleece awards with which he drew attention to wasteful government spending. Included are biographical materials and clippings, constituent correspondence, speeches, books and articles, sound and video recordings, newsletters and press releases, and federal agency case files. Files of staff members, the heart of the collection, document numerous issues of special concern to the Senator: the fairness doctrine; ratification of the international Genocide Treaty; Great Lakes harbors and shipping; and the SST, the B-1 bomber, and other military spending. General subject files concern numerous topics such as abortion, economic development in Wisconsin, opposition to the Senate leadership of Lyndon Baines Johnson, taxes, and energy. Also present are campaign files, schedules, voting records, and filmed campaign ads, televised “reports from Washington,” and other films. |
| Prucha, James R. | Title: Sampling of Gravestones in the La Crosse Catholic Cemetery Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 048 Abstract: Random sampling of gravestones in the Catholic Cemetery in La Crosse, Wisconsin, compiled by James R. Prucha in 1987. |
| Prucha, James R. | Title: World War I La Crosse Area Veterans News Article Index, 1917-1919 Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 047 Abstract: Random sampling of the "World War I La Crosse Area Veterans News Article Index, 1917-1919," compiled by James R. Prucha in 1987. |