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Public Relations Board (Chicago, Ill.)	Title: Public Relations Board Records, 1948-1989 Quantity: 36.4 c.f. (36 record center cartons and 1 archives box), 23 tape recordings, 52 videorecordings, and 55 film reels (16mm) Call Number: M91-054; Tape 1481A Abstract: Records of the Public Relations Board, a Chicago, Illinois, public relations firm founded by Lee Schooler in 1948 which was a pioneer in linking social research with public relations; accounts included companies such as H.W. Gossard, Dr. Scholl’s, Magnavox, Eureka, the American Library Association, and the Nuclear Power Association, among many others. The records document the company’s program goals and the products offered to clients through files representing the major and/or innovative accounts.
Public Relations Society of America	Title: Public Relations Society of America Records, 1938-2014 Quantity: 308.2 cubic feet (264 records center cartons, 87 archives boxes, and 25 flat boxes), 101 compact discs (audio), 56 tape recordings, 4 disc recordings, 22 audio recordings, 0.1 cubic feet of photographs, 23 films, and 366 videorecordings; plus additions of 3 tape recordings and 6 disc recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 64AF; Audio 308A; Audio 385A; Audio 389A; Audio 440A; Audio 495A; Audio 749A; Audio 1525A; Audio 1554A; Audio 1576A; Disc 149A; PH 3756; AB 729-AB 730; CA 504; CA 509-CA 510; DC 566-DC 567; DC 569-DC 573; DC 575; DC 962-DC 967; FE 255; VBA 908-920; VBC 134-VBC 188; VHA 989-VHA 999; VHB 001-VHB 272; VHB 501-VHB 515; M87-158 Abstract: Records of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), a professional organization established in 1948, which included the American Council on Public Relations, the National Association of Public Relations Councils, and the American Public Relations Association. The collection consists primarily of recordings of conferences and seminars and prize-winning entries in the organization's Silver Anvil competition. Competition exhibits, 1954-2014, document the noteworthy public relations activities of many corporations, trade associations, public welfare organizations, educational institutions, communities, and government agencies. Among the most prominent are Bendix Corporation, Boy Scouts of America, Bulova Watch Company, General Electric Company, General Motors Corporation, Kiwanis International, Life, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Look, NBC, National Dairy Council, National Safety Council, National Urban League, Parker Pen Company, Schlitz Brewing Company, Standard Oil of Ohio, 3M Company, Time, and Whirlpool Corporation. Also includes administrative records, financial documents, scrapbooks with clippings and newsletters (1949-1960), a film about publications sponsored by United Press International, and various publications including monographs. Seminars and conventions included addresses by Cleveland Amory, Karl A. Menninger, and Edward R. Murrow, which are present in recorded form, as is a presentation to the United States Department of Defense on the importance of a well-informed public.
Public Service Commission. Engineering Division	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division: Crossing and Grade Separation Files, 1913-1951 Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) and photographs Call Number: Series 1297; PH Series 1297 Abstract: Correspondence and other records relating to construction and alterations of grade crossings and other safety matters at railroad and street railroad crossings, primarily in the Milwaukee and La Crosse area. Included are estimates, correspondence, blueprints, reports of crossing accidents, orders, recommendations, photographs and statements of costs and apportionments. The crossing files, all identified with a code comprised of the letter C and the company identifier, represent only a portion of the division's crossing files that once existed. It is likely that the files about the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway and the Chicago and North Western Railroad had been removed from the main files because they pertained to formal cases and because of their size. Subsequent to this removal the main files were presumably destroyed. Files regarding the Milwaukee Electric Railway Co. crossings (previously in Series 1306) were added to this incomplete file in 1996.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Maps of Regulated Utilities, 1906-1961 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (34 folders and 1 oversize map) Call Number: Series 2296 Abstract: Maps of electric, gas, telephone, and water utilities, showing hydrological features, transmission lines, and service areas for utilities.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Landmark Cases, 1970-2011 Quantity: 102.2 cubic feet (101 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), plus additions of 26 photographs, 113.0 cubic feet (113 records center cartons), 3 videorecordings, 5 rolls, and 885 megabytes (1,283 files in 81 folders) Call Number: Series 2295; PH Series 2295; 2003/031; 2005/057; 2005/101; 2005/159; 2006/019; 2007/018; 2008/014; 2009/029; 2010/126; 2011/117; 2011/123; 2011/133; 2012/037; 2012/175; 2013/107; 2013/145; 2014/119; 2014/155; 2015/019; 2015/152; 2016/180; 2016/181; 2018/088; 2019/076 Abstract: Landmark cases are those that are determined to be of historical value. Any type of case (Chapter 196. Wis. Stats.) can be landmark, if it is precedent setting, of special public interest, or of research value. Only legal counsel or Public Service Commissioner's office may select landmark cases for inclusion in this series. The following types of cases are landmark: major transmission lines, pipelines, and original construction of power plants; all holding company files, and telephone reorganization files, per Wis. Stat. 196.79; and all Necessity and Convenience case files that document the formation of a utility.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Reservoir Water Cases, 1967-1975 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) Call Number: Series 2292 Abstract: Case files of water toll hearings before the Public Service Commission, primarily related to water reservoirs managed by the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company and the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company. The files contain exhibits, hearing notices, reports, testimony, and orders and decisions issued by the Commission.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: General Orders on Rules of Procedure and Practice, 1936-1971 Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1888 Abstract: Draft general orders #1-#4 and supplements pertaining to the rules and regulations which governed practices and proceedings before the Public Service Commission, together with interdepartmental correspondence prepared by the legal counsel and other members of the staff.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Water Tolls, 1931-1970 Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (5 record center cartons) Call Number: Series 1834 Abstract: The records consist of case files relating primarily to the apportionment of tolls by the Public Service Commission for the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company and the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company. The files were created by the PSC under authority of Wisconsin Statues, Chapters 30, 31, 196, and 197, relating to water toll cases. The records document the management of resources of major Wisconsin watersheds by the two companies. The files also provide supplementary documentation for several other series, especially Series 1274 (Formal case files: water regulation) and Series 2292 (Formal case files: water reservoir cases).
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Federal Communications Commission, 1956-1970 Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes, 2 record center cartons) Call Number: Series 1827 Abstract: Records relating to cases in which the Commission participated before the Federal Communications Commission as a party to the case or as an intervener on behalf of the state. Recpordfs include petitions, motions, orders, notices, transcripts of testimony, exhibits, briefs, correspondence, proposed findings of fact, exceptions, agreements, and decisions.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission Of Wisconsin: Progress File, 1905-1972 Quantity: 7.2 c.f. (18 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1825 Abstract: Informational memoranda concerning accounting practices, rate setting, railroad accidents, regulation of cable television, revision of statutes, relations with local and state-wide utilities such as the Wisconsin Telephone Co., and general matters before the commission. Also included are speeches and writings pertaining to A.R. Colbert, Adolph Kanneberg, David E. Lilienthal, Robert Nixon, Alvin Reis, and other members of the commission. Although most of the files pertain to the Public Service Commission, a few document its predecessor, the Railroad Commission.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Operating Procedures, 1909-1972 Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1824 Abstract: Internal memoranda and correspondence recording operating procedures and policies of the commission. The file is designated C-1 and is related to Series 1825 and Series 1254 which contain similar material.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Utility Rates Division: Ten-for-One Plan Records, 1937-1946 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Series 1346 Abstract: Correspondence and statistics regarding the Wisconsin Electric Power Company's “ten-for-one” plan, a low cost service plan provided by the utility. The files include analyses of increased consumption and the effect on the utility's revenues. The plan was devised by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company as ordered by the Public Service Commission in formal case 2U 810 (see also Series 1265, Formal case papers: public utilities, file 2U 810). The plan permitted eligible customers to increase consumption of electrical power at a cost not over ten percent of the rate for the base month.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Utility Rates Division: Rural Electrification Administrative File, 1935-1940 Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1340 Abstract: Records consist of a general subject file, including blueprints, progress reports, and correspondence with the federal Rural Electrification Administration and the Wisconsin Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The files include loan papers for the establishment or extension of rural electrical service, bulletins, orders, memoranda, charts, work sheets, studies, statistical material, and reports. The records document the process of rural electrification in Wisconsin during the years of national concern over rural electrification.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Federal Power Commission, 1937-1982 Quantity: 39.0 c.f. (39 record center cartons); plus additions of 13.0 c.f. Call Number: Series 1281; 1985/106 Abstract: The records of formal cases relating to the regulation of dam construction on navigable rivers, of natural gas pipelines, and of the interstate transmission and distribution of electricity, in which the Commission appeared before the Federal Power Commission as an intervenor in behalf of the state or as a party to the case. Files include correspondence, applications, orders, briefs, reports, complaints, notices, petitions, decisions, statistical data, charts, maps, photographs, and transcripts of testimony.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Auto Transport, Intrastate, 1927-1933 Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1278 Abstract: Files of formal cases relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for auto transportation of freight and of passengers, to the abandonment of authorized routes, and to the investigation of complaints. Files contain applications, orders, decisions, and exhibits.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case File: Auto Transportation Companies, Interstate, 1931-1933 Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1277 Abstract: Formal case files relating to certification of interstate auto transport companies in Wisconsin. The records include applications, hearing notices, transcripts, exhibits, orders, decisions, and notices of cancellation. Certificates were issued “pro forma” to companies engaged in interstate commerce, but they were required as a means of insuring submission of reports and collection of fees and taxes.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Bonded Carriers (Truck and Bus), 1927-1933 Quantity: 21.0 c.f. (21 record center cartons) Call Number: Series 1276 Abstract: Formal case files relating to hearings before the Commission on such subjects as applications for certificates of authority; initiation, reduction, or abandonment of service; and changes of routes, schedules, or fares for trucks and buses. Files include letters, applications, transcripts, certificates, and exhibits.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Motor Carriers, 1941-1982 Quantity: 88.0 c.f. (88 record center cartons) Call Number: Series 1275 Abstract: Records of formal cases heard before the Commission relating to rules and regulations in the use of highways by trucks, buses, and motor coaches. Records include applications, complaints, briefs, exhibits, notices, transcripts, memoranda, and orders of the Commission in cases relating to common or contract motor carriers' operating permits; and to routes, restricted highways, commodity or volume rates, overcharges on freight, passenger rates, and extension and abandonment of service.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Securities Issues, 1910-1982 Quantity: 85.0 c.f. (85 record center cartons) Call Number: Series 1273 Abstract: Formal cases held before the Commission relating to the authorization of specific issues of securities by public service corporations. The records include certificates of authority, applications, notices, orders, decisions, exhibits, briefs, transcripts, memoranda, and correspondence. All securities cases have an SB or 2SB prefix. Beginning in 1975, cases are identified by a new PSC alphanumeric code.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Certificates of Authority (NCA Prefix), 1936-1939 Quantity: 7.0 c.f. (7 record center cartons) Call Number: Series 1271 Abstract: Files of formal cases in which municipalities applied for certificates of authority to construct public utilities where none existed, to be financed in part by Public Works Administration (PWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds. Most of the utilities involved are water and sewage plants. Files include applications, transcripts of hearings, reports of Commission engineers and Board of Health sanitary engineers, plans, exhibits, and related correspondence.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Motor Vehicle Hauling, 1931-1933 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1272 Abstract: Files of cases brought against carrier companies by the Public Service Commission under the authority of the Ton-mile Tax Law (Chapter 454, Laws of Wisconsin, 1931). The records include orders and determinations of the Commission, briefs, news clippings and correspondence relating to the law.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Certificates of Authority (CA Prefix), 1932-1981 Quantity: 295.4 c.f. (294 record center cartons, 5 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1270 Abstract: Papers in formal cases involving the issuance of certificates of authority requested by public utilities to extend or initiate service or to engage in construction activities in their respective areas. Files include applications, briefs, reports by Public Service Commission engineers, transcripts of testimony, orders, related correspondence, and memoranda.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Formal Case Files: Non-duplication of Telephone Service, 1913-1970 Quantity: 14.0 c.f. (35 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1269 Abstract: Papers of formal cases relating to the extension of service by telephone companies into areas already served by other companies. Files include applications, transcripts of testimony, briefs, orders, significant correspondence, memoranda, and reports. There are no records for the period 1932 through 1943.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Interstate Commerce Commission, 1920-1977 Quantity: 59.0 c.f. (147 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1268 Abstract: Records, of Interstate Commerce Commission cases concerning transportation company rates, service extensions, and security issues in which the State of Wisconsin was an interested party. Included are copies of petitions, orders, testimony, exhibits, briefs, and correspondence of the Commission relating to these cases.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Suits Against the Commission, 1905-1986 Quantity: 199.6 c.f. (71 archives boxes, 171 record center cartons, and 3 flat boxes) Call Number: Series 1266 Abstract: Formal papers relating to cases in which the orders or decisions of the Commission were appealed to the courts. Included are applications, complaints, transcripts of testimony, exhibits, briefs, orders, memoranda, reports, and correspondence.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Public Utilities (Part 5), 1911-1984 Quantity: 416.4 c.f. (416 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Series 1265 Abstract: Formal case files of the Public Service Commission regulating various activities of electric, gas, telephone, water, and other utilities operating in Wisconsin. The files document formal cases before the Commission regarding the establishment of utility rates, service practices and territories, depreciation of facilities and equipment, and employee and environmental issues. The files contain official record files, including applications, briefs, correspondence, exhibits, orders and findings, notices, testimony, and transcripts. Because the Series 1265 finding aid is too large to open in most browsers, it has been split into five smaller documents. To get all five, do a search for “Formal Case Files: Public Utilities” as a “Collection Title” on the drop-down menu; or click here. Part 5 of this finding aid lists the files for cases numbered 2U 7051 through 2U 8204, 05-EI-1 through 9300-TB-1, and M-1 through M-8.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Public Utilities (Part 4), 1911-1984 Quantity: 416.4 c.f. (416 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Series 1265 Abstract: Formal case files of the Public Service Commission regulating various activities of electric, gas, telephone, water, and other utilities operating in Wisconsin. The files document formal cases before the Commission regarding the establishment of utility rates, service practices and territories, depreciation of facilities and equipment, and employee and environmental issues. The files contain official record files, including applications, briefs, correspondence, exhibits, orders and findings, notices, testimony, and transcripts. Because the Series 1265 finding aid is too large to open in most browsers, it has been split into five smaller documents. To get all five, do a search for “Formal Case Files: Public Utilities” as a “Collection Title” on the drop-down menu; or click here. Part 4 of this finding aid lists the files for cases numbered 2U 4401 through 2U 7050.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Public Utilities (Part 3), 1911-1984 Quantity: 416.4 c.f. (416 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Series 1265 Abstract: Formal case files of the Public Service Commission regulating various activities of electric, gas, telephone, water, and other utilities operating in Wisconsin. The files document formal cases before the Commission regarding the establishment of utility rates, service practices and territories, depreciation of facilities and equipment, and employee and environmental issues. The files contain official record files, including applications, briefs, correspondence, exhibits, orders and findings, notices, testimony, and transcripts. Because the Series 1265 finding aid is too large to open in most browsers, it has been split into five smaller documents. To get all five, do a search for “Formal Case Files: Public Utilities” as a “Collection Title” on the drop-down menu; or click here. Part 3 of this finding aid lists the files for cases numbered 2U 1601 through 2U 4400.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Public Utilities (Part 2), 1911-1984 Quantity: 416.4 c.f. (416 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Series 1265 Abstract: Formal case files of the Public Service Commission regulating various activities of electric, gas, telephone, water, and other utilities operating in Wisconsin. The files document formal cases before the Commission regarding the establishment of utility rates, service practices and territories, depreciation of facilities and equipment, and employee and environmental issues. The files contain official record files, including applications, briefs, correspondence, exhibits, orders and findings, notices, testimony, and transcripts. Because the Series 1265 finding aid is too large to open in most browsers, it has been split into five smaller documents. To get all five, do a search for “Formal Case Files: Public Utilities” as a “Collection Title” on the drop-down menu; or click here. Part 2 of this finding aid lists the files for cases numbered U 3001 through 2U 1600.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Public Utilities (Part 1), 1911-1984 Quantity: 416.4 c.f. (416 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Series 1265 Abstract: Formal case files of the Public Service Commission regulating various activities of electric, gas, telephone, water, and other utilities operating in Wisconsin. The files document formal cases before the Commission regarding the establishment of utility rates, service practices and territories, depreciation of facilities and equipment, and employee and environmental issues. The files contain official record files, including applications, briefs, correspondence, exhibits, orders and findings, notices, testimony, and transcripts. Because the Series 1265 finding aid is too large to open in most browsers, it has been split into five smaller documents. To get all five, do a search for “Formal Case Files: Public Utilities” as a “Collection Title” on the drop-down menu; or click here. Part 1 of this finding aid lists the files for cases numbered U 1 through U 3000.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: General Informal Case Files, 1922-1955 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1259 Abstract: Records concerned with the settlement by the Railroad Commission of complaints against railroads, express companies, and telephone and other utility companies without recourse to formal procedure. Files include original letters of complaint against the companies and replies by the companies, copies of the letters of the Commission to the companies and complainants, investigation reports, petitions, memoranda, exhibits, and other supporting documents. A reevaluation proved these files have little historical value. Four cubic feet were retained as samples of the type of activity, and the remaining records were deaccessioned and destroyed.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Index to Numerical Case Files and General Correspondence, 1914-1968 Quantity: 24.0 c.f. (210 drawers and 121 card boxes) Call Number: Series 1255 Abstract: An alphabetical index to the general correspondence and case files in “General Regulation Correspondence” (Series 1254); “Railroad Informal Case Files” (Series 1257); “Utility Informal Case Files” (Series 1258); “General Informal Case Files” (Series 1259); “Formal Case Papers: Railroads” (Series 1264); “Formal Case Papers: Public Utilities” (Series 1265); “Formal Case Files: Suits Against the Commission” (Series 1266); “Formal Case Files: Interstate Commerce Commission” (Series 1268); “Formal Case Files: Non-duplication of Telephone Service” (Series 1269); “Formal Case Files: Certificates of Authority” (Series 1270); “Formal Case Files: Securities Issues” (Series 1273); “Formal Case Files: Motor Carriers” (Series 1275); “Formal Case Files: Bonded Carriers (Truck and Bus)” (Series 1276); “Formal Case Files: Auto Transportation Companies, Interstate” (Series 1277); “Formal Case Files: Auto Transport, Intrastate” (Series 1278); “Formal Case Files: Federal Power Commission” (Series 1281); “Miscellaneous Formal Utility Cases” (Series 1286); and “Formal Case Files: Federal Communications Commission” (Series 1827).
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: General Regulation Correspondence, 1874, 1878, 1895-1976 Quantity: 310.4 c.f. (671 archives boxes and 43 record center cartons) Call Number: Series 1254 Abstract: General correspondence and other documents relating to all phases of utility regulation and other functions assigned to the Commission and to its predecessors, the Railroad Commission and the Railroad Commissioner. The records include letters, memoranda, circulars, clippings, articles, reports, statistical data, orders, opinions, briefs, transcripts, exhibits and occasional blueprints, maps, and occasional photographs. The topics covered by the series parallel general trends in the agencies' histories and reflect all types of utilities regulated by them. Documented are diverse subjects such as improvement of navigable streams and lakes, rent control in Milwaukee, administration of the motor carrier tonmile tax, regulation of the issue of securities in Wisconsin, cooperation with the Public Works Administration, World War II fuel rationing, and the Wisconsin Environmental Protection Act.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Minutes of the Commission, 1874-1964 Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (32 volumes in 10 archives boxes, and 2 volumes) Call Number: Series 1247 Abstract: Minutes of the Public Service Commission and the Railroad Commission containing opinions, resolutions, procedures, policy, and actions on cases. Between 1878 and 1905 the duties were performed by a single Railroad Commissioner and no minutes were kept. Minutes for 1960 are missing.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: Formal Case Files: Declaratory Rulings, 1845-1980 Quantity: 9.0 cubic feet (9 records center cartons) Call Number: Series 1283 Abstract: Records on the Commission's declaratory rulings which are issued at the request of the petitioner under Ch. 227.06 of the Wisconsin Statutes to determine the applicability of rules and statutes enforceable by the Commission as related to a specific property or situation. Files contain petitions, correspondence, transcripts, exhibits, opinions, and rulings of the Commission.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. District Office, Milwaukee	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. District Office, Milwaukee: District Office Records: Utilities of Metropolitan Milwaukee, 1918-1934 Quantity: 2.2 cubic ft. (1 record center carton, 2 archives boxes, and 1 oversize map box) Call Number: Series 1279 Abstract: Charts, graphs, letters, maps, memoranda, photographs, and special committee minutes and studies which document the construction, extension of service, efficiency of operation, safety, convenience, and costs to consumers of water, electric power, railroads, street railways, steam heating, and telephone service in metropolitan Milwaukee. Many of the files concern the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company and the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Also contains many complaints and requests from individuals, commercial enterprises, and manufacturers concerning change or extension of service, rate discrimination, overcharges, inconveniences, nuisances, and inefficient service.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division: Photographs and Negatives, 1902-1942 Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 5 negative boxes) Call Number: PH Series 2696 Abstract: Photographs and negatives of water, power, and electric plants in Wisconsin probably taken by or collected by the Commission and its predecessors to facilitate appraisal of public utilities or to illustrate other engineering reports. Exterior views of urban and rural landscapes show streetscapes, office buildings, warehouses, telephone exchanges, power substations, telephone poles, trolley lines and barns, dams and water reservoirs, and boats and harbors. Some illustrate accidents and storm damage. Interior views illustrate power plant equipment such as turbines and telephone switchboards and their operators. The Superior file includes a 1942 report.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division: Drainage District Dam Maps and Correspondence, 1931-1967 Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (16mm) Call Number: Series 1806 Abstract: Maps, drawings, data charts, correspondence, and inspection reports relating to drainage districts, drainage ditches, drainage control dams, and water conservation dams in Wisconsin. Reel 1 is negative and contains correspondence and inspection reports. Reels 2 and 3 are positive and contain maps, drawings, and data sheets.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division: Water Regulation General Correspondence, 1931-1967 Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) and 12 reels of microfilm (16 mm) Call Number: Series 1805 Abstract: Correspondence containing protests from the public concerning actions of the commission, neighbors, and others, having to do with dumping materials into lakes and streams, the relocation of creeks, changing water levels, obstructions to water flow, piers, and other such subjects. All reels are positive: reel 1 is 35 mm; reels 2-12 are 16 mm. Reel 1 consists entirely of maps of drainage areas; sketches of stream channels, flood plains, new shorelines, concrete culverts, and bridges; plats of subdivisions; plans of a dam spillway and of a hydroelectric station; blueprints of powerhouse; aerial photographs; and other similar records. Each map and sketch relates to correspondence in reels 2 through 13.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division	Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division: Complaints and Investigations (RF), 1910-1947 Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 1301 Abstract: Correspondence and other records relating to complaints about the operations of steam railroad companies, investigations made by the Railroad Commission and the Public Service Commission, and operating changes effected by companies in accordance with Commission requirements. The records are incomplete, primarily documenting the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company (RF6) and the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company (RF7) The records include departmental correspondence, memoranda, blueprints, profiles, notes, and exhibits.