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| Michael, Harold L., 1925- | Title: Harold L. Michael “Joe Must Go” Papers, 1954
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: River Falls Micro 2; Micro 287 Abstract: Papers of Michael, chairman of the Polk County, Wis., Republican Party organization, relating to the “Joe Must Go” movement for the recall of Senator Joseph McCarthy; including correspondence, a scrapbook of clippings, organizational materials, and publicity materials. |
| Michie, Norman | Title: Norman Michie: Historically Speaking Radio Recordings, 1953
Quantity: 25 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 114A Abstract: Tape recordings of the Wisconsin Historical Society's radio series Historically Speaking, the story of the activities and services of the Society, written, directed, and narrated by Norman Michie. |
| Michie, Norman | Title: Norman Michie: Historically Speaking Radio Recordings, 1953
Quantity: 25 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 114A Abstract: Tape recordings of the Wisconsin Historical Society's radio series Historically Speaking, the story of the activities and services of the Society, written, directed, and narrated by Norman Michie. |
| Michigan. Additional Court (Iowa County) | Title: Michigan. Additional Court (Iowa County): Minutes, 1824-1833
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 flat box) Call Number: Iowa Series 74 Abstract: Minutes of the Additional Court (created by an 1823 act of Congress for Brown, Crawford, and Michilmackinac counties, Michigan Territory) when seated in Prairie du Chien and Mineral Point. This court had concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction with the Michigan Territory Supreme Court and was conducted by Judges James Doty (1824-32) and David Irvin (1832-36). Records include: copies of Doty's and Irvin's letters of appointment; decisions on the granting of tavern and ferry permits; naturalization oaths; and trial records. Trial records include names of plaintiffs, defendants, petit and grand jurors, and attorneys; charges; motions; and verdicts. Crimes include murder, assault, fornication, adultery, illegal sale of liquor and army uniforms, larceny, contempt of court, and trespassing. A copy of a letter from Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Bass giving Judge Doty permission to try several Winnebago Indians indicted for murder is also included. |
| Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance | Title: Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance Records, 1973-2017
Quantity: 4.0 cubic feet (3 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder), 2 audio recordings, and 7.01 gigabytes Call Number: Mss 1210; PH 7082; Audio 1963A Abstract: Records, 1973-2017, of the Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance (MOFFA), a non-profit organization that advocates for organic agriculture, documenting its history, organizational structure, and activities. Also includes records of two predecessor organizations, Organic Growers of Michigan (OGM) and Michigan Organic Growers Advancement Project (MOGAP). |
| Mickelson, Sig, 1913-2000 | Title: Sig Mickelson Papers, 1947-1975
Quantity: 15.0 c.f. (15 record center cartons) and 39 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 152AF; Tape 585A Abstract: Partially processed personal and professional papers of a broadcasting executive and journalism educator. Professional papers include subject files and correspondence amassed during Mickelson's employment with CBS News (1943-1961), Time-Life Broadcast, Inc. (1961-1973), and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (1973-1975). Personal papers consist of correspondence about his book The Electric Mirror: Politics in an Age of Television (1972) and speeches, articles, and subject files relating to the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, the International Broadcast Institute, the National News Council, and communication satellites. |
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Middleton family; Middleton, Clara, 1852-1910; Middleton, William Elwell, 1866-1955; Middleton, Forest, 1892-1990 |
Title: Middleton Family Photographs, circa 1892-circa 1950s
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet of photographs (2 archives boxes), 0.4 cubic feet of negatives (6 negative boxes), and 0.2 cubic feet of papers (1 archives box) Call Number: PH 6407; Mss 1220 Abstract: Photographs, negatives and papers of the Middleton family made by Clara (née Case) Middleton, her husband William Elwell and their son Forest, circa 1892-circa 1950s. The photographs document the Middleton family, their friends, the family's pets, as well as the city of Madison, Wisconsin, including the State Capitol, and the University of Wisconsin campus. Also included are some photographs taken and collected while Forest and Leonore Middleton lived in Japan (1920-1923). The papers include documentation about the Middleton family and a few original manuscripts. |
| Middleton, Russell | Title: Russel Middleton collection Quantity: 1 Linear Feet One letter document box and one photograph box Video cassette tapes, publications, and course materials Call Number: uac125 Abstract: This collection includes publications and course materials by University of Wisconsin-Madison Sociology Professor Emeritus Russell Middleton and cassette tapes of oral history interviews with Wisconsin sociologists conducted by Odin Anderson from 1990-1995. Middleton's papers include issues of the Wisconsin Update newsletter from 1985-2017, transcripts of oral history interviews, and materials from his 1995 course Topics in Sociology: Genocide, Atrocities, and Human Rights. |
| Mid-Town Neighborhood Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Mid-Town Neighborhood Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) Records, 1961-1980
Quantity: 2.5 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 13 Abstract: Records of a group of Milwaukee residents and businessmen interested in rehabilitation and preservation of older neighborhoods, together with incomplete papers on several organizations with which MTNA cooperated. Administrative records include articles of incorporation and by-laws; minutes, memoranda, and membership records of the executive board; minutes of the general membership meetings; and lists of members. Extensive correspondence, primarily of MTNA official Father John Baumgartner, is present, but committee files and financial records are fragmentary. An interrupted run of MTNA's two newsletters is also included. Records of other organizations and programs represent the Midtown Conservation Project, a controversial urban renewal program; Milwaukee Alliance of Concerned Citizens; Westside Action Coalition; and Midtown Clergy. |
| Midvale Heights Community Association (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Midvale Heights Community Association Records, 1954-1977
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 745 Abstract: Records of the Midvale Heights Community Association, a Madison, Wisconsin, membership organization founded in 1954 to deal with civic problems and to promote the community's recreational, educational, and social life. Includes bylaws, minutes, newsletters, and scattered correspondence. |
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Midwest Archives Conference
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Title: Midwest Archives Conference Records, 1972-2021
Quantity: 40.9 cubic ft. (109 boxes) 2,898 digital files (56.4 GB) plus additions of 1.36 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 194 Abstract: This collection contains records of the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) from the organization's founding in 1972 until the present. Included are records from MAC's presidents, secretaries and treasurers, council, committees, meetings, publications, public information officers, and audio-visual materials and memorabilia. The collection documents activities of this regional archival association, particularly issues of concern, such as the appointment of the Archivist of the United States, developments in the field of archives, and the organization's bi-annual meetings. Publications include complete sets of MAC newsletters (1973-present) and journal, the Midwestern Archivist (1976-1991) and Archival Issues (1992-present). |
| Midwest Institute on Drug Use | Title: Midwest Institute on Drug Use Records, 1973-1978
Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 80 Abstract: The collection contains correspondence (1973-1978) from the advisory committee for the Midwest Institute on Drug Use (MIDU), meeting minutes, work documents, grant applications, and proposals for the implementation of MIDU. The collection also contains several research papers, drafts and proposals including "Psychosocial Investigation of Drug Abuse in Industry" (1974-1977), "Labor Survey" (1975-1977), and "The Economic Determinants of Illicit Drug Use" (1975-1976). Also included are documents such as memos and announcements relating to staffing, budget and other administrative functions. |
| Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service | Title: Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service Conference Recordings and Materials, 1990, 1992-2017
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes), 867 cassette tapes, 164 CDs, 1 mini-CD, 1 DVD, and 94 gigabytes Call Number: Mss 1173; Audio 1747A; PH 6932 Abstract: Audio and video recordings, 1993-2017, and conference programs, brochures, and other materials, 1990, 1992-2016, documenting the annual Organic Farming Conference held by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES). In addition to audio recordings from workshops and panels, also included are recordings of Organic University, a series of day-long workshops held the day before the Organic Farming Conference, for 2001-2004, 2007-2008, and 2012-2013 (incomplete coverage); recordings from the Organic Research Forums for 2010-2017; and recordings from conferences of other organizations with related subject matter: Land Stewardship Project (1992), Michigan Organic Conference (2001), and National No-Tillage Conference (2007), as well as selected "Best of" Organic Voices recordings. |
| Mierow, John | Title: John Mierow Papers and Still Images, Quantity: 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) of papers, 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box, 1 flat box, and 5 folders) of photographs, 0.1 linear ft. (13 folders) of paper prints, 0.1 linear ft. (8 folders) of slides, 0.1 linear ft. (9 negative flaps) of negatives. Call Number: WVM Mss 1326 Abstract: Still images pertaining to the service John Mierow, an Augusta, Wisconsin resident who served with the military police in the 1993rd Airways and Air Communication Service Squadron during the Korean War. The collection include both black and white and color photographs, color slides, and color negatives taken by Mierow while he was stationed in South Korea showing airbases, aircraft, and destruction from the war. The airbases include K-13 at Suwon, K-14 at Kimpo, K-16 at Seoul, K-46 at Hoengseong/Wonju, and K-55 at Osan. The majority of images were taken while Mierow was stationed at K-46 Airbase. Included are images of the 1993rd AACS auxiliary site, tents used by Mierow and other servicemen while stationed at the base, various squadron headquarters, and Mierow posing at machine gun posts. Also included are images of F-51 Mustangs, both on the ground and in flight, from the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing stationed at the base. Of particular interest are several images taken of South African F-51's also stationed at the base. Images taken at K-13 show the bombing range and include F4U Corsairs and an F-80 Shooting Star on bombing runs and a helicopter taking off to partake in an offshore rescue. Other documented aircraft include B-29 Superfortresses at Suwon, F-86 Sabres stationed at Kimpo, and C-46, C-118, C-119, and C-124 cargo planes stationed at Seoul. Images taken at Osan show the construction of K-55 and the location of the 1993rd AACS auxiliary site. Mierow also took images of the 1st Shoran Beacon Squadron stationed at Seoul, and recorded some of the destruction throughout the city. Also included in the collection is a scrapbook of scanned prints taken from photographs and slides in the collection that was apparently used in an exhibit for another museum. Three photographs in the collection show parts of this exhibit. Photocopies of the scrapbook pages are included in the collection for preservation purposes. The color negatives are of identified color photographs in the collection and are of F-51 Mustangs stationed at K-46. |
| Mifflin Street Community Cooperative | Title: Mifflin Street Community Cooperative Records, 1968-2006
Quantity: 6.0 cubic feet (5 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 3.0 cubic feet of photographs, drawings, and ephemera (4 flat boxes and 1 archives box), and 4 rolled drawings Call Number: M2007-067 Abstract: Records of the Mifflin Street Community Cooperative, a cooperative grocery store which was organized in 1969 and ceased operation in 2006. The records include a detailed history of the early years of the co-op and documentation from other area food cooperatives. Also included are photographs, drawings, and ephemera documenting individuals involved with the store, advertising, the building, its mural, remodel (1993), historical displays, and neighborhood events such as the Mifflin Street Block Party, which the co-op sponsored from 1968-1991, as well as a framed National Liberation Front (NLF) flag presented to the co-op from the North Vietnamese delegation in Paris. |
| Millane Family | Title: Millane Family Photographs, circa 1861-1908
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 17 safety film negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 130 Abstract: Photographs taken by various members of the Millane family, including churches, homes, mineral springs, parks, public buildings, and street scenes in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Also includes photographs of members of the 5th Wisconsin Civil War infantry regiment, the departure of Company A, 4th Wisconsin Infantry for the Spanish-American War, and their reunion in 1908. The photographs are copies of the originals which are still held by the family. |
| Miller, David Hewitt, 1918-2006 | Title: David Hewitt Miller Papers, 1946-2006
Quantity: 6.2 cubic ft. (7 boxes) plus additions of .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 159 Abstract: The collection contains the personal papers of David Hewitt Miller, emeritus professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The papers include Miller's doctoral thesis, research conducted during his tenure with the Cooperative Snow Investigations, and drafts of conference presentations and published articles. The collection also contains Miller's extensive collection of scholarly articles on a wide variety of subjects in the geosciences. |
| Miller, Ellen Spaulding, 1843- | Title: Ellen Spaulding Miller Papers, 1863
, 1870-1887
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BF Abstract: Papers of a woman who lived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the 1870s. The collection consists largely of letters, written principally by Ellen Spaulding Miller to family members who probably lived in New York. The letters reflect domestic life, family relationships, economic conditions, lumbering, religious revivals, and health conditions in the lumbering capital of northwestern Wisconsin. The Spaulding papers also include the booklet The Christian Minister's Affectionate Advice to a Married Couple (circa 1863), eight issues of Every Child's Paper - a children's Sunday School paper, and two photographs of Jefferson Miller, Ellen Miller's husband. |
| Miller, Gilbert, 1884-1969 | Title: Gilbert Miller Scripts, 1929-1958
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 16AN Abstract: Scripts for nine plays, including The Rope Dancers (1957), Under Milk Wood (1957), and Witness for the Prosecution (1954), which were produced or considered for production by Miller, a noted Broadway producer-director. |
| Miller, Helen Zabel, collector | Title: Helen Zabel Miller Collection of Family Photographs, 1858-1913
Quantity: 5 photographs Call Number: PH 6210 Abstract: Photographs relating to the family of Helen Zabel Miller, including her father William Zabel, her brother Emil Zabel, and her grandparents (apparently her maternal grandparents named Colmorn), of New Holstein, Wisconsin. |
| Miller, J. Wesley (John Wesley), 1941-2005, collector | Title: Madison People's Poster and Propaganda Collection collected by J. Wesley Miller, 1969-1976
Quantity: 16.0 cubic feet of posters (46 flat boxes and 2 rolls) and 9 photographs; plus additions of 11.8 cubic feet (7 records center cartons, 4 flat boxes, 3 archives boxes, and 1 roll) Call Number: PH 4003; PH 4474; M70-092; M70-358; M71-081; M71-138; M75-651; M89-108; M89-373 Abstract: Collection compiled by J. Wesley Miller, a University of Wisconsin graduate student in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection consists primarily of posters collected on the University of Wisconsin campus and State Street, and newsletters, brochures and other literature distributed by campus groups such as the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA). Also includes correspondence with his family and personal diaries of Miller, many written on the backs of posters and handouts. |
| Miller, Raymond J., compiler | Title: Raymond J. Miller: Records and Photographs of Greendale (Wis.), 1938-1970
Quantity: 0.7 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 489 vintage prints and 227 digital prints (in 1 box), and 680 negatives (2 negative boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 191; PH Milwaukee Mss 191 Abstract: Records collected by Raymond J. Miller, former president of the Village of Greendale, concerning the development of Greendale, Wisconsin, one of three Greenbelt towns constructed by the U.S. Resettlement Administration. Included are plans of the town, histories of its planning, photocopy of a scrapbook of news clippings and press releases, pamphlets advertising the town, and community newsletters. The photographs and negatives document the early history of Greendale. Included are images of recreational activities, parades, celebrations, public buildings, business, schools, utilities, and maintenance vehicles. |
| Miller, Robert J. (Robert James), 1923-1994 | Title: Robert J. Miller papers Quantity: 0.25 Linear Feet Call Number: uac199 Abstract: The Robert J, Miller papers contain a small number of documents related to the activities of Professor Robert J. Miller at the Anthropology Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The documents, including meeting minutes, publications, and correspondence, concern the formation of the Buddhism studies program, some administration of the Anthropology Department, and Miller's efforts to create a history of the Anthropology Department at UW. |
| Miller, Thomas L., 1940-2020 | Title: Thomas L. Miller papers, 1955-1999
Quantity: 48.5 cubic feet (41 record center cartons, 7 archives boxes, 7 scrapbook boxes, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: M2020-027 Abstract: Papers of Thomas L. Miller, a television and motion picture producer, as part of the production company Miller-Boyett. Miller is best known for co-producing television shows such as Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Full House, and Family Matters, to name a few. The collection contains television scripts of every episode co-produced by Miller, publicity material, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera documenting his life and career from 1955 to 1999. |
| Miller, Willis H., 1918-2008 | Title: Willis H. Miller Papers, 1860-1994
Quantity: 14.8 cubic feet (37 boxes and 2 oversize volumes) Call Number: River Falls Mss BS Abstract: Papers of Willis Miller, a northwestern Wisconsin editor-publisher, local historian, and genealogist. Included are correspondence, diaries, memoranda, genealogical materials, minutes, news clippings, and scrapbooks. Financial records for the Hudson Star-Observer, the Hammond News, and the Publishers Printing Service; family papers of Miller's parents and grandparents; and material relating to the Hudson, Wisconsin, area also are present. Most prominent among the materials on Hudson history are papers concerning the Hudson Toll Bridge, 1909-1917, documents on the Hudson Housing Authority, 1967-1979, and records of the Saint Croix County Historical Society, 1945-1971. The correspondence contains exchanges with friends and relatives, business acquaintances, persons sharing genealogical information, letters to the editor, and people encountered in Miller's world travels. Included are letters on Saint Olaf College, from people in military service and from Europeans and Americans abroad during World War II, and an extensive series of letters from prison inmates, 1960-1980. Also included are diaries written by Miller depicting brief descriptions of weather, friends' visits, and daily life, 1935-1939, 1968-1994. |
| Miller, Winston, 1910- | Title: Winston Miller Papers, 1936-1971, 1989
Quantity: 8.8 c.f. (22 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 106AN Abstract: Papers of Winston Miller, a screenwriter and television writer-producer, consisting primarily of scripts, some supplementary notes and production material, and an interview. Of Miller's many film credits, there are 15 scripts from Republic's Dick Tracy series, numerous scripts for westerns made during the 1940s such as My Darling Clementine (20th Century Fox, 1946), and a shooting script for Gone With the Wind (MGM, 1939). Television scripts are the largest part of the collection. Here the earlier materials are also in the western genre and include files for Cimarron City (CBS), Gunsmoke (CBS), Rawhide (CBS), The Virginian (NBC), Wagon Train (NBC), and other series. Later in his career Miller turned to producing, and the collection contains extensive files on two such credits: Ironside (NBC) and The Bold Ones (NBC). |
| Miller-Rasmussen Ice Company (Green Bay, Wis.) | Title: Miller-Rasmussen Ice Company Records, 1903-1975
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 100 Abstract: Records of a Green Bay, Wisconsin company engaged in the business of harvesting, buying, and selling ice at wholesale and retail. Included are files of general correspondence; articles of incorporation, 1903; dissolution papers, 1975; minutes; contracts; deeds; mortgages; an abstract; financial ledgers and statements; insurance records; tax returns; personnel files; union contracts; blueprints; and a few personal papers of a company founder, John C. Miller. |
| Millmann, Eugene, d. 1994 | Title: Eugene Millmann Motion Pictures, 1926-1972
Quantity: 3 videocassettes 26 digital files (86.8 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 87 Abstract: Videocassette copies of motion picture footage shot by Eugene Millmann of events in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as a few other locations, mostly dating from the 1920s to the 1930s. The collection contains twenty-six separate clips, including the 1927 Milwaukee parades for aviators Charles Lindbergh and Lester Maitland, the Washington Park Zoo, Milwaukee's 75th and 100th anniversary parades, the 1951 visit of Douglas MacArthur, and the Muirdale Sanitorium. The footage totals 77 minutes in length, is in both black and white and color, and contains no sound. The footage was originally on 16 mm film. |
| Mills, Edmund, 1864-1920 | Title: Edmund Mills Scrapbooks, 1834-1919
Quantity: .5 cubic ft. (1 box) 2 volumes Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 16 Abstract: This collection contains four scrapbooks compiled by Edmund Mills. The scrapbooks largely focus on Arctic expeditions and explorers, and consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, illustrations, pamphlets, and book excerpts. |
| Mills, James C. | Title: James C. Mills Papers, 1941-1993 (bulk 1989-1992)
Extent: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: M2009-015 Abstract: Papers, 1941-1993 (bulk 1989-1992), consisting of personal and organizational correspondence, essays, notes, newsletters, clippings and other documents of James C. Mills, a resident of Neenah, Wisconsin, and an adherent to the philosophy and teachings of the Urantia Book, and a trustee of the Urantia Foundation. Included are materials concerning the Urantia Foundation and related groups, such as financial records, court documents, minutes of the Board of Trustees, drafts of the Urantia Brotherhood Constitution, and dust jackets and hardcover proposals for a printing of the Urantia Book. |
| Mills, Joe | Title: Joe Mills Papers, 1963-1971
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: M95-150 Abstract: Papers of Joe Mills, a conservationist and chairman of the Wild Rivers Committee of the Sierra Club’s John Muir Chapter, concerning the passage in 1968 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which pertained to three rivers in Wisconsin: the Wolf, St. Croix, and Namekagon. The papers also reflect Mills' personal outdoor ethic and his passionate argument for the preservation of wilderness. Reference files contain material on wild rivers in several states. |
| Mills, Joseph Trotter, 1811-1897 | Title: Joseph T. Mills Papers, 1856-1888
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 volume) Call Number: Wis Mss BP Abstract: Memorandum books kept by Judge Mills, Lancaster, Wis., assemblyman and attorney, containing notes on law cases and legislative proceedings, with records of various trips, one to Superior and surrounding territory and return by way of the Great Lakes in 1856. There is an account of his interview with President Lincoln; some Civil War and Reconstruction correspondence; and a letter book kept by Mills and David McKee, Potosi, Wis., merchant and attorney. |
| Milofsky, Ruth, 1917- | Title: Ruth Milofsky Papers, 1959-1979
Quantity: .6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 34 Abstract: Miscellaneous papers of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee art education professor. The majority of the collection are files pertaining to Milofsky's courses, including outlines, course plans, and study lists. |
| Miltimore, Ira, 1813-1876 | Title: Ira Miltimore Family Papers, 1838-1963
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) and 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: Whitewater Micro 3; Micro 502; SC 3315 Abstract: Papers relating to the family of Ira Miltimore, a pioneer settler of Chicago, Illinois, and later Janesville, Wisconsin. Collection includes correspondence between Miltimore and his future wife, Margaret B. King; a few Civil War letters from Miltimore while serving as captain of Company E, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and from his son Claron, a private in Company E, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and adjutant in the 37th Infantry; account books kept by Margaret; clippings; photographs; and biographical and genealogical notes gathered by a descendant, Hazel Elmslie. |
| Milton Society of America | Title: Milton Society of America Records, 1942-2008
Quantity: 2.2 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 104 Abstract: Records of the Milton Society of America, officially organized in 1948 to promote the advancement of scholarship on John Milton and his works. A nearly complete sequence of annual dinner and meeting programs, as well as the Milton Evening booklets which preceded them, document the society's main function, which was to bring together and honor scholars in the field, The correspondence primarily relates to the planning of the dinner and the gathering of Milton-related works for the society's library. The annual James Holly Hanford award for the best book and for the best article related to Milton is an ongoing function of the society for which it receives submissions. The collection also includes the Seventeenth Century News, the official organ of the Milton Society of America, from 1942 to 1988 with only occasional missing issues. This publication highlights recent Milton scholarship and also includes The Neo-Latin News beginning in 1954. |
| Milward, J. G. (James Garfield), 1881-1963 | Title: James G. Milward Papers, 1900-1962
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes), 9 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1 tape recording; plus additions of 1.0 cubic foot of photographs, transparencies, and negatives and 0.2 cubic feet of ephemera and posters Call Number: Mss 721; Micro 1115; Audio 265A; PH 2685; PH 2704; M2006-077 Abstract: Papers of James G. Milward, a member of the University of Wisconsin Department of Horticulture and potato extension specialist who led the development of the potato industry in Wisconsin for over 50 years. Included are correspondence, reports, notes, speeches and writings, an oral history, subject files, educational material, and financial records concerning his wide-ranging activities. The documentation covers seed certification, field trial demonstrations, research, marketing, and improved production. Particularly extensive are the files on the Wisconsin Potato Growers Association, of which he was secretary for many years, and the annual reports and work plans for the Smith-Lever Act, which he directed in Wisconsin. All files except the student notes and teaching materials are available only on microfilm. |
| Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts | Title: Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts Records, 1976-1994
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 150 Abstract: This collection contains a nearly complete run of newsletters and a flyer from the Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts, a group that is comprised of "fans of Old Time Radio." The newsletters contain minutes to their meetings, as well as membership lists and information about old time radio in Milwaukee and nationally. |
| Milwaukee Area Society for Public Administration | Title: Milwaukee Area Society for Public Administration
Records, 1949-1985
Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 397 Abstract: The Milwaukee Area Society for Public Administration was a local chapter of The American Society for Public Administration, an organization focused on improving public administration. Contains financial statements, meeting minutes, and newsletters. |
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Milwaukee Art Center.; Krug, Richard E. (Richard Eugene), 1905-1983. |
Title: Milwaukee Art Center Records, 1918-1980
Quantity: 1.7 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 383 Abstract: The Milwaukee Art Center was a precursor to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Contains correspondence, financial information, and meeting minutes. |
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Milwaukee Association of Commerce; Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Milwaukee; Zeidler, Frank P., 1908-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Association of Commerce Records,1908-1961
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 76 Abstract: This collection contains mainly brochures and pamphlets of various programs and promotion of the Milwaukee Association of Commerce. This organization is now known as the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce |
| Milwaukee Brewers' Association | Title: Milwaukee Brewers' Association Records, 1883-1894
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 142 Abstract: This collection contains a general journal (1883-1894) and a general ledger (1883-1894) from the Milwaukee Brewers' Association. These volumes document the close relationship between several Milwaukee brewery owners, who committed to their community through philanthropic donations to local charities benefiting the poor or ill. They also gave money to religious, political, cultural, and educational organizations. Some of the more popular recipients included Turnverein Vorwaerts, Liegel, Milwaukee Infants House, St. Rosa's Orphanage, the Thirteenth Ward Catholic Church, and the Working People's Reading Club. |
| Milwaukee Cement Company | Title: Milwaukee Cement Company Records, 1875-1948
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 25 photographs (1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss AR; PH 257 (3) Abstract: Miscellaneous business papers, including minutes of stockholders' and board of directors' meetings of the Milwaukee Cement Company and the Milwaukee Cement Railway Company, 1875-1948; correspondence relating to management problems; stock certificates; lists of stockholders; and several maps of company property. Also included are a brief historical sketch of the company and photostatic copies of testimonial letters. Photographs, 1876-1909, show quarry workmen, a quarry locomotive, processing machinery, the cooperage shop, kilns, plant exteriors and interiors, and officials at directors' meetings and on inspection excursions. |
| Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce | Title: Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce Records, 1863-1892
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 81 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, an organization devoted to improving commerce. Contains correspondence, reports, and legislation. |
| Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. | Title: Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Records, 1980-2016
Quantity: 8.5 cubic feet (9 boxes) 4,253 digital files (139.6 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 363 Abstract: Collection consists of production photographs, promotional materials, programs, videocassette tapes, lectures, newletters, and administrative files from the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre from 1980-2016. |
| Milwaukee Christian Center | Title: Milwaukee Christian Center, Inc. Records, 1925-1966
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 20 photographs (1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 61; PH Milwaukee Mss 61 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Christian Center, Inc. (MCC), founded in 1921, documenting the social and spiritual mission of a neighborhood-based mutual aid organization, the daily functions of the MCC, and its interactions with its constituents. Included are administrative subject files consisting of financial, personnel, and meeting records, and an assortment of materials created and accumulated by Reverend Kenneth L. Smith. Also included are operations and activities subject files which document neighborhood development, missionary and charity work, the “Project 61” relocation campaign, youth leadership and camp activities, and community affiliations. Additionally, there are publicity and press subject files which include a comprehensive collection of MCC-published newsletters. |
| Milwaukee Citizens for Equal Opportunity | Title: Milwaukee Citizens for Equal Opportunity Records, 1960-1966
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 16; Micro 670 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee organization originally formed in 1960 to support the civil rights movement in the South, but which ultimately turned its attention to the problems of local housing discrimination and school segregation. Included are correspondence, minutes, newsletters, and miscellaneous papers. Also present are materials on involvements with groups such as the Citizens Committee for Fair Housing Practices, with which the MCEO ultimately merged; the Milwaukee Urban League; the Wisconsin Citizens for Fair Housing Practices; the Milwaukee Area Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity in Housing; and the Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations. |
| Milwaukee City Service Commission | Title: City Service Commission Records, 1881-1975
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 21 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 56 Abstract: The City Service Commission, which is under the Department of Employee Relations, establishes policy guidelines for all civil service positions, creates position titles and descriptions, pay ranges, job classifications, and engages in job examination, recruitment, and training. The collection contains various reports and publications. |
| Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations Records | Title: Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations Records,
1941-1988
Quantity: 12.8 cubic ft. (39 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 41 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations, whose purpose was to assist all racial, ethnic, and religious groups against discrimination and provide education to respect all of Milwaukee’s citizens. Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, and reports. |
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Milwaukee Cooperative Housing Association; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Cooperative Housing Association Records,
1937-1946
Quantity: 0.45 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 70 Abstract: This collection contains records of the Milwaukee Cooperative Housing Association near the beginning of its inception, 1938. It includes correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, founding documentation, program planning and descriptions. |
| Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers | Title: Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers Records, 1907-1975
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 1 card file box) and 7 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 90; PH 4309 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee-based agricultural cooperative which sought to stabilize dairy prices and improve production, quality, and sanitation in the dairy industry. |
| Milwaukee County Council of Defense | Title: Milwaukee County Council of Defense Records, 1910-1925
Quantity: 22.8 cubic ft. (65 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 255 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee County Council of Defense, which was organized in April 1917, shortly after the U.S. entered World War I. Its objective was to lead Milwaukee in supporting the war effort. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and ephemera. |
| Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council | Title: Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council Records, 1938-1948
Quantity: 4.4 cubic ft. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DU Abstract: Records of the CIO-affiliated council which was formed in 1938. Records consist of meeting minutes, trial committee records, resolutions, correspondence with the membership and other organizations, financial records, attendance records, and newsletters and reports of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council. Included are World War II materials from the Milwaukee County Council of Defense, and resolutions condemning Nazism and demanding the start of a second front. The correspondence includes documentation on efforts to promote more housing in Milwaukee County, and a confidential memorandum on differences between the MCIUC and Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council (November 18, 1947), which discussed charges of Communist influence and improper representation of Local 1533 at Fairbanks, Morse and Company. There are some materials on the United Electrical, Radio 8 Machine Workers Local 1111 strike against the Allen-Bradley Company (1938-39) and the United Auto Workers Local 248 strike against the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company (1946). |
| Milwaukee County Mental Health Association | Title: Milwaukee County Mental Health Association Records, 1941-1966
Quantity: 5.2 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and 10 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BI; PH 3063 Abstract: Records of the Association, formed in 1949 as the Milwaukee County Mental Health Committee. Organized by local health administrators and professionals, the committee was formed to provide a county-level organization that would work with the Wisconsin Association for Mental Health. Included are subject files on an annual Mental Health Week, lectures and panel discussions, preparation of educational materials, and assistance of state and county mental health facilities. Photographs include portraits of committee members taken by the Milwaukee Journal newspaper, circa 1950-1952. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Citizenship Commission. | Title: Register - Inform Yourself - and Vote Drive Scrapbook,
1956
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 357 Abstract: The Milwaukee County Citizenship Commission organized voter registration drives before major elections. The collection consists of one scrapbook regarding a non-partisan voter registration drive program for the year 1956. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Lis Pendens, 1857-1886
Quantity: 16 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 21 Abstract: Microfilmed notices that an action has been commenced and is pending in court upon the complaint of the plaintiff against the defendant of the foreclosure of a mortgage. Documents show court of jurisdiction, document number and date of filing, name of plaintiff and defendant, date and identification of the mortgage, description of real estate involved, and signature of plaintiff's attorney. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Index of Lis Pendens, 1857-1902
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 20 Abstract: An index to “Lis Pendens” (Milwaukee Micro Series 21), showing date of filing; names of defendants and plaintiffs; type of document; name of attorney; number assigned to document by register of deeds; legal description of real estate; time of attachment or sale; and amount of indebtedness. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1835-1886
Quantity: 106 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 16 Abstract: Documents showing conveyance of real estate from grantor to grantee. Information includes date of recording; name and address of grantee and grantor; consideration paid by grantee; receipt acknowledged by grantor; legal description of land sold; encumbrances, if any; and signature of grantor. Volumes are designated A-V and 23-207. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor Index to Mortgages, 1836-1876
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 17 Abstract: Microfilmed index by mortgage grantor to “Mortgages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 19) providing name and address of grantee and of grantor; type of instrument such as chattel mortgage, partial release, or assignment of mortgage; instrument number; and volume and page where mortgage is recorded. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantee Index to Mortgages, 1836-1901
Quantity: 8 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 18 Abstract: Microfilmed index by mortgage recipient to “Mortgages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 19) providing name and address of grantee and of grantor; type of instrument such as chattel mortgage, partial release, or assignment of mortgage; instrument number; and volume and page where mortgage is recorded. The original volumes are numbered 1-6 and then the numbering sequence begins over again and the volumes are numbered 1-24. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Mortgages, 1836-1886
Quantity: 93 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 19 Abstract: Microfilmed record of mortgages. Each mortgage document contains name and address of the grantor and the grantee; the dollar amount of the debt and terms of repayment; the legal description of the property being mortgaged; and conditions, if any, of use of the mortgage property during the life of the agreement. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor Index to Deeds, 1839-1900
Quantity: 74 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 15 Abstract: Microfilmed index by seller to “Deeds” (Milwaukee Micro Series 16) giving names of grantor and grantee; date and time of recording of deed; legal description of land being conveyed to grantee; type of instrument used in conveyance; volume and page where deed is recorded; to whom deed was delivered after recording; and fees charged. Volumes are unnumbered from 1839 to 1850 and thereafter are numbered as volumes 1-217. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantee Index to Deeds, 1835-1907
Quantity: 9 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 14 Abstract: Microfilmed index by buyer to “Deeds” (Milwaukee Micro Series 16) giving name of grantee and grantor and volume and page where the deed is recorded. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Register of Marriages, 1836-1911
Quantity: 75 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 13 Abstract: Microfilmed marriage records. Information appearing on the register over the years remained constant, though the format changed from time to time, particularly after the turn of the century. Items shown, for both husband and wife: full name (wife's maiden name); residence; color or race; age; single, widowed, or divorced; number of marriages; birthplace; occupation; name and birthplace of parents; and maiden name of mother. Marriage data includes place, city or township, and county where marriage was contracted; time when marriage took place; by what ceremony contracted; certification; signature of person officiating and of witnesses; filing date and names of local registrar and county clerk; and recording date. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Index of Marriages, 1830-1918
Quantity: 9 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 12 Abstract: Microfilmed index to “Register of Marriages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 13) listing marriages in Milwaukee County; showing name of husband, name of wife before marriage, date of marriage, and volume and page number where recorded. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Register of Deaths, 1852-1912
Quantity: 103 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 11 Abstract: Microfilmed records of deaths. Items shown include: full name of deceased; maiden name if wife or widowed; married, single, or widowed; color/race; sex; age; dates of birth and death; name and birthplace of father and mother of deceased; primary and secondary causes of death; duration of illness; name of place, city or township, and county in which person died; name and location of burial site; name and address of person returning certificate; date of certification; and date of registration. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Index of Deaths, 1872-1916
Quantity: 6 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 10 Abstract: Microfilmed index to “Register of Deaths” (Milwaukee Micro Series 11) showing name, date of death, and volume and page numbers where recorded. Some names in the Index are not in the Register and vice versa. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Court Ordered Name Changes, 1871-1977
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 9 Abstract: Microfilmed record of name changes ordered by the court, date and number of court order, and date of filing. Included also as marginal notations are occasional corrections of marriage date and establishment of date and place of birth. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Register of Births, 1854-1911
Quantity: 186 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 8 Abstract: Microfilmed birth registers. Information appearing on the register of births over the years remained very constant, though the format changed from time to time, particularly at the turn of the century. Items shown include: full name of the child; sex; color, later expanded to indicate race (White, Black, Mulatto, Indian, or Mixed White-Indian); names of other issue living; full name of father and occupation; names of mother before marriage and, much later, occupation; illegitimacy; stillbirth; hour, day of week, and year of birth; place, town or township, county in which born; name and residence of physician, midwife, or other person signing certificate, or on whose application registry was made; later, nativity of parents and still later, parent's birthplace; date of certification; and date of registration. The earliest dates of births registered was one in 1823, a few in the 1830s, and more in the 1840s. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Certificates of Marriage, 1836-1876
Quantity: 14 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 39 Abstract: Microfilmed certificates of marriage from which the register of marriages was created. Contains the same information as the “Register of Marriages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 13) including for both husband and wife: full name, residence, color or race, age, previous marital status, birthplace, number of marriages, occupation, name and birthplace of parents, maiden name of mother, and place, date, and other information on the marriage. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). School Committee. | Title: Milwaukee County School Committee Records, 1940-1963
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 77 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee County School Committee, which was created in 1947 to create a plan for the reorganization of the county’s school districts and study the possibility of tuition increases. Contains annual reports, meeting minutes, and data tables. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Sale Books, 1837-circa 1867
, 1888-1904
Quantity: 12.2 c.f. (27 volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 15 Abstract: Books listing lands sold for delinquent taxes, recording for each piece of real property: year of sale, certificate number, land description, owner, amount sold for, whether redeemed, cancelled, or disposed of otherwise, date, and name of redeemer. Date listed in the volume list below is the year of sale; the year of tax delinquency is one year prior to the year of sale. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1868-1970
Quantity: 300.0 c.f. (circa 600 volumes) and 70 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 14 Abstract: Tax rolls for real and personal property in Milwaukee County cities, towns, and villages, giving name, property, taxes assessed, and amount paid. |
| Milwaukee Curling Club | Title: Milwaukee Curling Club Records, 1941-2017
Quantity: 1.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes, 1 scrapbook) 1 oversize folder plus additions of 2 folders Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 69 Abstract: Records of an organization (mainly 1969-1977) dedicated to sponsoring and managing events and teams involved in the sport of curling. The collection documents the administration of committees, the design and construction of a new curling facility in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, relations with the Ozaukee Country Club, and the merger with the Ozaukee Curling Club. Also included are copies of North American Curling News, yearbooks of club members, records of the kilties (women's curling team), a history of the club written in 1981, and photographs of banquets and tournament winners. |
| Milwaukee Does | Title: Milwaukee Does Scrapbooks, 1978-1980
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 210 photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 178; PH Milwaukee Mss 178 Abstract: Scrapbooks of the Milwaukee Does, a women's professional basketball team affiliated with the Women's Basketball League (WBL) consisting of news clippings and photographs. As one of the first professional female sports teams, the Does were seldom taken seriously by the general public, and these attitudes were exacerbated by the team's consistently poor performance on the court. In the summer of 1980, in an effort to improve their image, they developed a new logo and renamed the team the Milwaukee Express. However, the team was disbanded before the 1980-1981 season. The clippings highlight the team's struggles to be competitive while the photographs consist of snapshots of various games in which they played. |
| Milwaukee Drug Clerks' Association | Title: Milwaukee Drug Clerks' Association Records, 1894-1895
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (2 volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss S Abstract: Records of an association which endeavored to promote the study and practice of the science of pharmacy, to advance its members in the drug business, and to sponsor social entertainments. Records include minutes, articles of organization, and a list of members. |
| Milwaukee Dry Dock Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee Dry Dock Company Records, 1891-1930
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 355 Abstract: The Milwaukee Dry Dock Company ran two docks in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin shipyard. This collection consists of some of their business records. |
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Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Cable Network
[Digitized content] |
Title: Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Cable Network Records, 1987-1994
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 2 DVDs 37 videocassettes 312 digital files (1.79 TB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 206 Abstract: Collection consists of regular and special programming produced by the Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Cable Network (MGLCN) from 1987 to 1994. MGLCN was established by a group of individuals who wanted to produce regular programming on local gay and lesbian issues using the newly available facilities of MATA (Milwaukee Access Telecommunications Authority) Community Media. MGLCN produced Tri-Cable Tonight, a monthly news and entertainment program; the New Tri-Cable Tonight, a panel discussion program; and Yellow on Thursday, a comedy show featuring shorts, skits, and parodies. |
| Milwaukee Government Service League | Title: Milwaukee Government Service League Records, 1939-1974
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 398 Abstract: The Milwaukee Government Service League (MGSL) championed public service employees in the Milwaukee area through benefits programs and events. The records consist of correspondence, financial statements, meeting minutes, membership lists, and publications. |
| Milwaukee Grain Exchange | Title: Milwaukee Grain Exchange Records, 1848-1974
Quantity: 27.8 c.f. (39 archives boxes and 82 oversize volumes), 4 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 79 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EB; Micro 466; PH 3678; PH 3679; PH 3679 (3) Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Grain Exchange, one of the chief national markets for the trading and inspection of grain, which was closely linked with the early commercial history of Milwaukee. Also included are records of its forerunners, the Milwaukee Board of Trade, Milwaukee Corn Exchange, Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, and the Milwaukee Grain and Stock Exchange. The records consist of charters and amendments, constitutions, rules, minutes, annual reports, committee and gratuity fund records, correspondence, financial and payroll records, grain shipping records, grain storage applications, inspection and weighing department figures, legal files and correspondence, membership records, and scrapbooks and memorabilia. On microfilm are minutes of the general meetings (1875-1917) and of the board of directors (1860-1906). Also present is a stock transaction book from the Ontario and Erie Ship Canal Company. The photographs show officers and other members of the grain exchange and interior scenes including the trading floor, offices, and sample tables. |
| Milwaukee Human Relations Radio-Television Council | Title: Milwaukee Human Relations Radio-Television Council Records, 1954-1973
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: M81-335 Abstract: Records, 1954-1973, of the Milwaukee Human Relations Radio-Television Council, including scripts, correspondence, and other information on the monthly public service series Human Rights, which was broadcast on WTMJ-TV; Council correspondence and meeting minutes, 1957-1973; and information on planning meetings and topic ideas for the radio talk show Conference Call, 1972-1973. |
| Milwaukee Humanities Program | Title: Milwaukee Humanities Program Records, 1977-1986.
Quantity: 4.5 cubic ft. (10 boxes including 46 audio cassettes; 9 audio reels; and 2 videocassettes) 59 videocassettes 59 digital files (815 GB) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 67 Abstract: Records of a federally funded project conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to promote the humanities to the general public, largely compiled or created by Frederick I. Olson, last executive director of the program. The collection contains accounting, budget, and other financial records; correspondence files; and grant files concerning the National Endowments for the Humanities (NEH). The correspondence files contain letters to and from the executive director with NEH and UWM officials, and Milwaukee's historical community documenting program funding and activities. The community board's meeting files contain minutes documenting its focus on NEH funding, project development, bylaws, and budget reports. The minutes provide insight into the objectives of the program and the role of board members. The program's oral history and film projects, which focused on the history of Milwaukee's people, products, and geographic areas are well documented in the collection. |
| Milwaukee Independent School | Title: Milwaukee Independent School: Labor History Course Materials, 1970
Quantity: 13 tape recordings and 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: Audio 1305A; Milwaukee SC 58 Abstract: A labor history curriculum prepared by students at the Milwaukee Independent School, concerning the United Auto Workers (CIO) Local 248 strike of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, West Allis, Wisconsin, 1946-1947, and tape-recorded interviews with Local 248 members and leaders and its attorney. |
| Milwaukee Independent School | Title: Milwaukee Independent School: Labor History Course Materials, 1970
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 13 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 1305A; Milwaukee SC 58 Abstract: A labor history curriculum prepared by students at the Milwaukee Independent School, concerning the United Auto Workers (CIO) Local 248 strike of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, West Allis, Wisconsin, 1946-1947, and tape-recorded interviews with Local 248 members and leaders and its attorney. |
| Milwaukee Indian Education Committee | Title: Milwaukee Indian Education Committee Records, 1976-2009
Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 245 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Indian Education Committee (MIEC), formed to promote and foster educational achievement among American Indian communities in Milwaukee and the surrounding area. The collection provides information on MIEC's goals, activities, and achievements. |
| Milwaukee Jewish Council | Title: Milwaukee Jewish Council Records, 1938-1953
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 41; Micro 965 Abstract: Minute books of a council founded in 1938 to coordinate community-based Jewish activities and organizations; containing minutes of annual meetings, the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and several other committees. |
| Milwaukee Jewish Home (Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee Jewish Home Records, 1906-1981
Quantity: 2.0 c.f (5 archives boxes), 182 photographs, 15 negatives, and 2 drawings Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 135; PH 3964 Abstract: Records, mainly 1931-1969, of several women's organizations associated with an Orthodox nursing home founded in 1906 as the Milwaukee Home for Aged Jews. The Women's Aid Society (1924-1962), the Ladies' Auxiliary (1930-1962), and the Women's Service League (1956-1968), the Women's Auxiliary and Aid (1962-1970), and the Women's Service Auxiliary (1970- ) were established to serve residents and help finance, operate, and maintain the home. Documenting their organization and activities are bulletins, bylaws, clippings, financial records, historical accounts, minutes, and photographs. Also included are a few files containing by laws, legal documents, minutes, financial statements, and publicity materials relating to the construction and general administration of the home. |
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Milwaukee Journal; Milwaukee Sentinel |
Title: Six Decades of News Collection, 1976
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 43 Abstract: This collection contains copies of 192 of the 250 photos that appeared in the exhibit Six Decades: The News in Pictures. They were exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Center from February 6th through March 21st, 1976. The photos were taken by Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel staff photographers between 1912 and 1975. |
| Milwaukee Journal Stations | Title: Milwaukee Journal Stations Records, 1922-1997
Quantity: 24.4 cubic feet (60 archives boxes), 150 audio recordings, and 6310 canisters of film (16 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 203; Audio 1639A; WTMJ Film Abstract: Materials pertaining to the Milwaukee radio and television stations owned by the Journal Company (now Journal Communications Inc.). The stations operated for many years under the call letters WTMJ. The paper records include scripts for editorials read on radio and television, audience surveys, photographs, promotional materials, scripts for newscasts, as well as materials pertaining to the personnel, history, and operation of the radio and television stations. The approximately 2 million feet of 16 mm newsfilm is the original edited footage used on the air to illustrate news stories from 1950 to 1980. The collection includes footage of the Milwaukee Braves; the civil rights movement in Milwaukee during the 1960s; local businesses such as Allis-Chalmers, the Pabst, Schlitz, and Miller Breweries; and national and international politicians and celebrities who visited Milwaukee. |
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Milwaukee LGBT History Project
[Digitized content] |
Title: Oral History Interviews of the Milwaukee LGBT History
Project, 2003-2007
Quantity: .6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 46 digital files (18.5 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 200 Abstract: Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by the Milwaukee LGBT History Project with members of Milwaukee's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community. The collection includes audio records and interview transcripts. Interviewees describe their coming out experiences, the Gay Liberation Movement in Milwaukee, early LGBT organizations, the impact of feminism on LGBT politics, and LGBT social activities. |
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Milwaukee Liederkranz; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Liederkranz Records,
1904-2003
Quantity: 0.33 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 69 Abstract: This collection contains records of the Milwaukee Liederkranz, a German language choral group, mainly from the mid to late 20th century. It includes various event programs, correspondence, newsletters and some general historical information on the group. |
| Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission | Title: Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission Records,
1956-1961
Quantity: 1.8 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 40 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission, which was created to study local government problems and make recommendations for improvement. Contains reports, minutes, and correspondence. |
| Milwaukee (Milwaukee County, Wis.: Town) | Title: Town of Milwaukee Records, 1835-1955
Quantity: 20.1 cubic feet (47 archives boxes, 48 volumes, and 6 folders) and 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 5; Milwaukee Micro Series 5; Milwaukee Series 9; Milwaukee Series 30; Milwaukee Series 31; Milwaukee Series 34; Milwaukee Micro Series 6 Abstract: Records maintained by the Town Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, and other officers for the Town of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The town was created in 1838 and disappeared as a legal entity in 1955. Records document both the evolving forms and functions of town government and the transition of this local area from a sparsely settled agricultural frontier to a distinctly urban and suburban region. |
| Milwaukee Modern Dance Council | Title: Milwaukee Modern Dance Council Records, 1960-1986
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 161 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee organization formed in 1960 by former students of University of Wisconsin dance education pioneer Margaret D'Houbler in order to encourage the appreciation and study of modern dance; the organization disbanded in 1986. Included are by-laws, minutes of monthly board meetings, correspondence, financial reports, publicity and the Dance Abouts newsletter, workshop and class information, scholarship records, and records of the Moving Company, a performing group established by MMDC. |
| Milwaukee Peace Action Center | Title: Milwaukee Peace Action Center Records, 1971-1972
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 24 Abstract: Fragmentary records of the resource center and clearinghouse for anti-Vietnam War activities that were preserved by William O. Brown, first chairman; including minutes, financial statements, newsletters, center leaflets, correspondence, and staff and membership questionnaires. |
| Milwaukee Philatelic Society | Title: Centennial Stamp Design Contest, 1948
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (1 flat box) Call Number: PH 6413 (5) Abstract: 59 stamp designs that were proposed for the Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design Contest held by the Milwaukee Philatelic Society in 1948. The sketches are designed for the three-cent U.S. postage stamp to commemorate the 100th Anniversary Centennial of Wisconsin. Most of the drawings are in a single color or black and white, and less than 11 1/2 x 7-inches in size. |
| Milwaukee Polish Millennium Committee | Title: Milwaukee Polish Millennium Committee Records, 1962-1991
Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 45 Abstract: Records, largely consisting of correspondence, of a Polish American group which promoted the celebration of Poland's Millennium of Christianity (966-1966). Some of the primary events that were documented in the collection are the convocation of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert, and the establishment of Poland's Millennium Achievement Awards Program. The Millennium celebration was also used as a forum for protesting the political conditions facing the people of Poland. Many of the items in the collection denounce the activities of the communist government in Poland. Mrs. Leonne Wozinski, acting chairman of the committee, compiled the records. The later records are primarily newspaper clippings about the Poland's Millennium Achievement Awards Program, which was discontinued in 1989. Many of the records in the collection are in Polish. |
| Milwaukee Press Club | Title: Milwaukee Press Club Records, 1885-2018
Quantity: 79.9 cubic ft. (74 boxes) 20 audio cassettes 6 audio reels 33 videocassettes 50 safety film negatives 2 digital files (5.31 GB) plus additions of 1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 146 Abstract: Collection consists of the records of the Milwaukee Press Club, documenting the oldest continuously operating press club in North America. Founded on November 1, 1885, the Milwaukee Press Club brings together members of the print, broadcast and electronic news media and related professions. The centerpiece of the Milwaukee Press Club records is an extensive collection of autographed plaques that have been signed and dated during the Press Club's long history. Initially, the Press Club asked prominent visitors, such as Theodore Roosevelt, to sign the wooden walls of the club itself, but as the number of signers grew, they established the current tradition of chalk signatures on black matte boards. These autographed plaques feature prominent entertainers such as Bob Hope, Tony Bennett, and Gene Autry; political figures such as Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, and William Jennings Bryan; journalists, including Walter Cronkite and Art Buchwald; and sports figures, such as Babe Ruth, Vince Lombardi, and Stan Musial. In addition to the plaques, the Milwaukee Press Club records include a large collection of photographs which date to the late nineteenth century, copies of the club's annual publication Once a Year, materials relating to the variety of honors awarded annually by the Press Club, and a wide selection of journalistic memorabilia. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee County Organizations Collection, 1949-1981
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 160 Abstract: Collection of materials related to a directory created by Milwaukee Public Library listing and describing organizations in Milwaukee County. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Wisconsin Postcard Collection, 1901-1992
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 4 Abstract: A small collection of postcards from attractions around the State of Wisconsin. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Wisconsin Historic Menu Collection, 1859-2022
Quantity: 1.1 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 94 Abstract: This collection consists of menus from Wisconsin restaurants and hotels, with a focus on establishments in the City of Milwaukee. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Wisconsin Pamphlet Collection, 1855-2023
Quantity: 27.6 cubic ft. (69 boxes) 2 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 82 Abstract: This collection consists of pamphlets, programs, documents, booklets, directories, ephemera, and other printed material related to the history of Wisconsin, with a focus on the City of Milwaukee. |
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Milwaukee Public Library; Carr, Adam; Thomsen, Sonja |
Title: Listening to Mitchell Street, 2007-2014
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 2 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 404 Abstract: Records of the planning for the Listening to Mitchell art project. Contains correspondence, planning documents, notes, artwork, and audio recordings. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee Postcard Collection, circa
1890-1960
Quantity: 2.0 cubic ft. (9 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 23 Abstract: The Milwaukee Postcard Collection consists of over 2,000 postcard images of the City of Milwaukee. The collection has images featuring Milwaukee architecture, businesses, bridges, churches, clubs, schools, fountains, harbor, rivers, parks, transportation, streets, and other areas of interest. |
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Milwaukee Public Library; Milwaukee Journal |
Title: Remember When Collection, circa 1870-1970
Quantity: 9.9 cubic ft. (71 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 15 Abstract: The Remember When collection consists of 2,279 photographs and negatives, as well as photocopies of the "Remember When" column. The "Remember When" column appeared in the Milwaukee Journal from 1963 to 1994. It included a photograph and caption that documented the architecture, fashion, famous visitors, transportation, education, events, and life in Milwaukee's past. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Historic Portrait Collection, circa 1875-2000
Quantity: 19 cubic ft. (11 drawers) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 7 Abstract: This collection consists of photographs and images of almost 2,000 individuals related to Milwaukee. These individuals include Milwaukee residents of various levels of prominence, as well as photos of famous individuals who visited Milwaukee. The images run the gamut from ordinary citizens to prominent national politicians and celebrities. While the photos are mostly undated, they are generally from circa 1875-2000. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Historic Photo Collection, circa 1875-2000
Quantity: 26,000 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 6 Abstract: The Historic Photo Collection is the largest collection within MPL's Historic Photo Archives. It contains thousands of photographs of Milwaukee, ranging in date from the late 19th century through the latter part of the 20th century. |
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Milwaukee Public Library; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee German Clubs and Organizations Collection,
1857-1972
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 386 Abstract: Collection of materials from miscellaneous German clubs and organizations in the Milwaukee area. Contains correspondence, minutes, ledgers, and other ephemera. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: European Consulates of Milwaukee Records,1855-1967
Quantity: 0.5 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 340 Abstract: The European Consulates of Milwaukee served both the state of Wisconsin as well as Minnesota. This collection contains reproductions of a variety of materials, mostly correspondence, from 1855 to 1967. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: The Great Circus Parade Collection, 1963-2000
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 316 Abstract: Collection of programs, publications, and ephemera from The Great Circus Parade that is put on by the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin. |
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Milwaukee Public Library; Felber, Robert; Forest Home Cemetery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Moeller, James R.; Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society |
Title: Milwaukee Cemetery Collection, 1848-2023
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 279 Abstract: This collection contains materials about four Wisconsin cemeteries or cemetery organizations: Fairview Mausoleum, Forest Home Cemetery, the Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society, and the West Granville Cemetery. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: War Information Center Collection, 1906-1970
Quantity: 15.9 cubic ft. (60 boxes) 3 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 256 Abstract: This collection is comprised of pamphlets, publications, and newspaper clippings from World Wars I and II which explore the many different aspects of the war effort, locally in Wisconsin, in other states across the U.S., at the level of the federal government, and in a global perspective. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee Brewers and Braves Collection, 1905-1997
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 2 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 186 Abstract: Collection of various publications and ephemera on the Milwaukee Brewers and Braves. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Real Estate Documents Collection, 1827-1953
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 146 Abstract: Collection of documents regarding property in the Milwaukee area. Contains mortgages, receipts, deeds, and abstracts of titles. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Election Candidate Exhibit, 1962-1984
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 2 Abstract: This collection contains information on election candidates. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee Masons Collection, 1887-1965
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 59 Abstract: Pamphlets and documents relating to Freemasonry groups in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Civil War Collection, 1862-1914
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 58 Abstract: Collection of various correspondence, diaries, and documents from the Civil War. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Autograph Letter Signed Collection, 1847-1972
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 53 Abstract: Collection of signatures of various authors, journalists, and others, collected by Milwaukee Public Library. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Wisconsin Business Collection, 1819-1964
Quantity: 1.1 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 50 Abstract: This is a collection of documents, records, and ephemera from various Wisconsin businesses and individuals. Contains minutes, ledgers, and receipts. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Wisconsin Election Ephemera, 1884-2022
Quantity: 6.0 cubic ft. (15 boxes) 3 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 33 Abstract: Collection of election ephemera for local, state, and national elections. Contains flyers, biographies, and other mailings, as well as general voter information. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Wisconsin Schools and Universities Collection, 1858-2022
Quantity: 5.6 cubic ft. (13 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 21 Abstract: This collection consists of booklets, brochures, curricula, programs, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other printed materials from different schools and universities within Wisconsin. |
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Title: Milwaukee Public Museum, Totem Pole Records, 1914-1931
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 184 Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, research, acquisition documents and newspaper clippings about the Milwaukee Public Museum's forty-one foot tall Haida totem pole known as “Ignatz”. |
| Milwaukee Public School Teachers Annuity and Retirement Fund Association | Title: Milwaukee Public Schools Teachers’ Annuity and
Retirement Fund Records, 1909-1975
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 1 volume Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 57 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Public School Teachers’ Annuity and Retirement Fund. Contains meeting minutes, proceedings, and reports. |
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Milwaukee Public Schools; Wilson, Clair |
Title: Milwaukee Public Schools Album, 1968-1976
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 40 Abstract: This collection is a visual inventory of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) buildings from 1968-1976. During this time, an aerial photograph was taken of each school in the MPS system. |
| Milwaukee Public Schools. Department of Municipal Recreation and Community Education | Title: Milwaukee Public Schools, Department of Municipal Recreation
and Community Education Scrapbooks, 1923-1989
Quantity: 28.9 cubic ft. (37 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 151 Abstract: The collection consists mainly of newspaper clippings, promotional materials, and photographs documenting the history of the Milwaukee Public Schools, Department of Municipal Recreation and Community Education. The clippings provide information on athletic events and social activities conducted by the department. Clippings concerning the early history of the department's recreational programs, which were primarily intended to counteract juvenile delinquency and as a means of cultural assimilation, are also included. Promotional materials and photographs relate primarily to events held at more than twenty social centers operating in Milwaukee under the auspices of the department. A handful of scrapbooks fall outside these subjects and deal with the Gold Medal Award, the Milwaukee Players, New Day, and Wilderness Encounter. The collection also contains a few additional items, including booklets, photographs, and lectures and articles written by Donald B. Dyer, Superintendent of the School Board Extension Department. |
| Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club, Inc. | Title: Milwaukee Radio Amateurs’ Club Records, 1920-1983
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversized folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 342 Abstract: The Milwaukee Radio Amateurs’ Club was founded in January 1917 and the collection includes records of their activities. |
| Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company | Title: Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company Records,
1950-1970
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 48 Abstract: Primarily the bankruptcy records of the Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company, which served the Milwaukee area from 1896-1951. Contains legal documents, reports, correspondence, and a scrapbook. |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Title: Milwaukee Repertory Theater Records, 1953-1987
Quantity: 81.0 cubic feet (1 record center carton, 152 archives boxes, and 48 oversize boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 95 Abstract: Records of a professional repertory company (1953- ), begun as a community theater. Included are correspondence, legal and financial records, operational files, photographs of performers and of plays, and a small amount of technical production materials and scripts pertaining to Milwaukee Repertory Theater and to Drama Inc., its parent corporation. Also present are similar records for the Fred Miller Theatre League, a women's support group, and the company's School of Professional Arts. The records document the problems that beset a local theater while building an audience, maintaining good relations with the community, achieving financial solvency, and attaining administrative and artistic stability. The records of individual performances are limited to financial records, programs, reviews, scripts, and photographs. |
| Milwaukee Solvay Quarter Century Club | Title: Milwaukee Solvay Quarter Century Club Records, 1912-1983
Quantity: 2 cubic ft. (3 boxes and 3 volumes) 1054 digital files (26.5 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 57 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Solvay Quarter Century Club (1943-1983), an association of veteran employees of Milwaukee Solvay Coke Company, a manufacturer of coke and coke byproducts. The records document the club's activities and development, and include constitutions and bylaws, correspondence between club directors, membership lists, membership death notices, minute books, photographs of club activities and company facilities, secretary's reports, Christmas cards and Christmas party programs, company histories, and a small quantity of the papers of club historian Herbert Hinz. The club was devoted mainly to social activities and to the recognition of longtime company employees. The collection contains publications issued by Milwaukee Solvay and its parent companies, including the Schlesinger Interests' Conveyor (1914-1921), the Koppers Company's Koppers News (1928-1930), the Milwaukee Solvay News (1942-1962), the Pickands, Mather and Company Producer (1966-1972), and a catalog of the Newport Company (1921). The publications provide limited documentation regarding the operations of Milwaukee Solvay and its parent companies. |
| Milwaukee State Teachers College. Office of the President | Title: Milwaukee State Teachers College, Office of the President
Records, 1925-1961
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 109 Abstract: Miscellaneous records from Frank E. Baker's administration as president of the Milwaukee State Teachers College. The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, a history and prophecy statement to college alumni (1940), and several photographs of Baker, including one with J. Martin Klotsche, UWM's first chancellor. The correspondence documents the college curriculum, courses, and enrollment; activities and programs; budget and staffing. A manuscript of Baker's years at the college is also found in the collection. Post-1946 materials pertain to Baker's death in 1961. |
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Milwaukee Theological Institute; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Theological Institute Records, 1988-1991
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 65 Abstract: Records from the Milwaukee Theological Institute, a school founded in 1967 to help minority clergymen complete their education. Collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records and reports. |
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Milwaukee Transgender Oral History Project
[Digitized content] |
Title: Oral History Interviews of the Milwaukee Transgender
Oral History Project, 2011
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 26 digital files (10.3 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 302 Abstract: Interviews with eight individuals concerning Milwaukee's transgender community and its history. Among them are social activists, organizational leaders, healthcare workers, service providers, and performers. Individuals self-identify across a broad spectrum of gender identities, and some resist gender identification entirely. Topics covered include transgender people and the feminist movement, the intersection of transgender identity and sexual orientation, transgender healthcare, coming out, and community organizations. |
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Milwaukee Turners; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Turners Collection, 1870-2005
Quantity: 3.2 cubic ft. (9 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 385 Abstract: Milwaukee Turners is an athletic, social and cultural organization based on the German Turnverein associations, which were founded by Frederick Jahn in 1811. The collection contains a variety of memorabilia and other organizational records. |
| Milwaukee Turners Foundation | Title: Milwaukee Turners Foundation Records, 1848-2010
Quantity: 17.3 cubic feet (22 archives boxes, 12 volumes, and 1 oversize folder) and 2.1 cubic feet of photographs (5 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BM Abstract: Records of a social and political organization founded as the Socialer Turnverein by German immigrants, embodying their liberal beliefs. Turners' activities consisted of gymnastics, literary contests, drama, and social events such as picnics and band concerts. Collection includes correspondence; minutes, reports, and financial materials; printed histories, including anniversary materials, newsletters, newsclippings, and scrapbooks; member and membership information; records from groups within the organization; ballroom preservation and building renovation and restoration information; and photographs and slides. |
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Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
[Digitized content] |
Title: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee Records, 1964-1966
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 5 Abstract: Partial records of the Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC), an organization which worked to end school segregation and other forms of racial discrimination in Milwaukee. Under the leadership of Milwaukee attorney Lloyd Barbee and Marilyn Morheuser, MUSIC sponsored a “Freedom Day School” on May 18, 1964, to teach black students about their heritage and history, and called for student boycotts of segregated schools in 1965 and 1966. Among MUSIC's other projects were Freedom Camps I and II, 1964; rallies for better housing and jobs, 1964; questionnaires sent to school board candidates in 1965; marches, demonstrations, speakers, and fund-raising events. |
| Milwaukee Urban League | Title: Milwaukee Urban League Records, 1919-1979
Quantity: 24.5 cubic feet (24 record center cartons, 1 archives box), 5 reels of microfilm (35mm), 5 tape recordings, 1 film, 2 filmstrips, 2 disc recordings, and 140 photographs; plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EZ; Milwaukee Micro 20; Micro 862; Micro 784; Audio 883A; Disc 156A; PH 6530; PH Milwaukee Mss EZ; DD 225; M80-412 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Urban League, an affiliate of the National Urban League, which provides vocational and guidance counseling, job training and development, plus a variety of services to families and the community. The records, mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, contain administrative files, primarily from the tenure of executive director Wesley L. Scott; annual reports; newsletters; membership files; committee records; and correspondence with related local and state organizations. General reference material deals with Milwaukee minority opportunities, civil rights, and other topics. Records of the various League departments illustrate the different projects undertaken in the League's major program areas. Also contains files on the National Urban League, and copies of reports sent to the national office. |
| Milwaukee Water Works | Title: Milwaukee Water Works Records, 1871-2003
Quantity: 1..4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 38 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 53 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Water Works, which furnishes water for 16 communities in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties. Contains reports, publications, and ledgers. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.); Milwaukee County (Wis.) |
Title: Milwaukee Supplemental Emergency Employment Program
Scrapbooks, 1931-1934
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 47 Abstract: Scrapbooks of the work accomplished by the Milwaukee Supplemental Emergency Employment Program, which the City and County of Milwaukee created to help residents find jobs during the Depression. Scrapbooks contain clippings, correspondence, and reports. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.) Ambulance Service Board | Title: Ambulance Service Board Records, 1979-2002
Quantity: 4.4 cubic ft. (11 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 94 Abstract: Records of the Ambulance Service Board, which regulates ambulance companies and provides guidance on emergency medical services. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, certifications, and related documents. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Annuity and Pension Board. | Title: Annuity and Pension Board Records, 1919-1982
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 2 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 28 Abstract: Records of the Annuity and Pension Board, which oversees the Employes’ Retirement System for the City of Milwaukee and also serves as trustee of the System’s funds. Contains reports, correspondence, and photographs. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Assessor’s Office. | Title: City Assessor Records, 1846-1960
Quantity: 0.9 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 174 volumes 1 folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 67 Abstract: Records of the City Assessor for the City of Milwaukee. Collection is chiefly comprised of ledgers recording assessments of real estate and personal property. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Harbor Commissioners | Title: Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Harbor Commissioners: Records, 1934-1973
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons, 3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 50 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners, a municipal board responsible for the Milwaukee public port facilities. The board is authorized to make plans for the improvement of all waterways within the city and to plan, construct, and operate facilities for aircraft. The records include articles and speeches of Director Harry Brockel, 1940-1966; general correspondence, 1960-1972; correspondence concerning regular board meetings, 1934-1936, 1961-1972; and special board meeting minutes, 1960-1973. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Harbor Commissioners. | Title: Board of Harbor Commissioners Records, 1909-1988
Quantity: 16.7 cubic ft. (51 boxes) 10 oversize folders 205 audiotapes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 70 Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Harbor Commission, which manages the day to day operations of the Port of Milwaukee and is involved in the development and improvement of the harbor. Includes operational records of the Port of Milwaukee, audio records of meetings of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, correspondence of the Port Director, newspaper clippings, reports, drawings, and logs of vessel arrivals and departures. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Park Commissioners. | Title: Board of Park Commissioners Records, 1889-1937
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 75 Abstract: Records from the Board of Park Commissioners, which operated from 1889-1937. The collection is primarily composed of various reports, publications, and other documents relating to Milwaukee Parks. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of School Directors. | Title: Board of School Directors Records, 1884-1981
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 43 volumes 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 69 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, which is the policy making body for the school system, serving within the framework provided by law, the will of the local citizenry, and the ethics of the education profession. Contains proceedings of their meetings, including meeting minutes and reports. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.). Bureau of Bridges and Public
Buildings.; United States. Work Projects Administration. Wisconsin. |
Title: Bureau of Bridges and Public Buildings Records,
1926-1996
Quantity: 7.0 cubic ft. (23 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 71 Abstract: The Bureau of Bridges and Public Buildings, now known as Bridges and Building Services, is responsible for the operation and improvement of Milwaukee’s bridges and city-owned buildings. The majority of the collection contains historical narratives of public buildings and bridges in the City that were written and compiled for the Bureau by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Also included are various annual reports from the Bureau, floor plans, and general files on other projects. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Bureau of Economy and Efficiency. | Title: Bureau of Economy and Efficiency Bulletins, 1911-1912
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 29 Abstract: Bulletins published by the Bureau of Economy and Efficiency, which was created in 1910 to investigate the accounts of all City departments and make recommendations on how to run them better. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Bureau of Engineers. | Title: Bureau of Engineers Records, 1878-1989
Quantity: 17.1 cubic ft. (59 boxes) 13 oversize folders 12 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 7 Abstract: Records of the Bureau of Engineers, which is chiefly responsible for the design and construction of all streets, sewers, building services, water mains, as well as Milwaukee Water Works facilities. Contains drawings and plans, correspondence, reports, and estimates. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Central Electronic Data Services. | Title: Central Electronic Data Services Records, 1966-1987
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 74 Abstract: Records from the Central Electronic Data Services (CEDS), now known as the Information and Technology Management Division (ITMD). It was created in 1966 to establish a centralized data processing system for the City of Milwaukee. The collection primarily contains meeting minutes and other supplemental documents. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). City Clerk. | Title: City Clerk Records, 1866-1985
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 41 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 17 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee City Clerk, who keeps the official file of all matters presented to the Common Council for consideration. Contains reports, publications, ordinances, permits, and materials on various licenses. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). City Council | Title: Milwaukee (Wis.). City Council: Proceedings, 1846-1876
Quantity: 16 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 2 Abstract: Minutes of the meetings of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee. From April 9, 1858 to April 21, 1874, the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Councilors were kept separately. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.). City Plan Commission.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Public Land Commissioners. |
Title: City Plan Commission Records, 1911-1975
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 97 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 55 Abstract: Records of the City Plan Commission, which operates within the Department of City Development, and advises the Common Council on a variety of land development issues including zoning map changes, revisions in the zoning ordinance, subdivision approvals, and business improvement districts. Contains reports, maps, minutes, correspondence, and a property survey. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). City Pound. | Title: City Pound Records, 1864-1894
Quantity: 3 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 66 Abstract: Records of the City Pound, which enforced an ordinance restricting animals from running at large within the city limits. The collection contains three volumes documenting animals, cash receipts and disbursements. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). City Treasurer. | Title: City Treasurer Records, 1845-1971
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box) 99 volumes 2 oversize folders Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 68 Abstract: Records of the City Treasurer, who receives and accounts for all monies paid to the City. Collection primarily contains various financial records. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council. | Title: Common Council Records, 1854-2003
Quantity: 122 cubic ft. (330 boxes) 27 volumes 2 oversize folders Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 6 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Common Council. This is the lawmaking body for the City and is composed of 15 members. It exercises the policy-making and legislative powers of the City, including the adoption of ordinances and resolutions, approving the City's annual budget, and enacting tax collection and levy ordinances. Contains proceedings, correspondence, reports, and photographs. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Department of Building Inspection. | Title: Department of Building Inspection Premises Records,
1888-1988
Quantity: 164.3 cubic ft. (414 boxes) 22 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 40 Abstract: Premises Records from the Department of Building Inspection. Contains materials from the building inspector, such as building permits, for both new buildings and remodeling, raze orders, code enforcement, and other materials on various properties in the City of Milwaukee. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Department of City Development. | Title: Department of City Development Records, 1934-2007
Quantity: 5.2 cubic ft. (18 boxes) 4 volumes 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 19 Abstract: Records of the Department of City Development, which promotes the development of neighborhoods, businesses, and quality of life in the City of Milwaukee. Contains reports, minutes, publications, as well as marketing slides and photographs. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Department of Intergovernmental Fiscal Liaison. | Title: Intergovernmental Fiscal Liaison Records, 1965-1988
Quantity: 18.5 cubic ft. (57 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 2 Abstract: Records of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Liaison, who is charged with lobbying and seeking financial resources for the city at the local, county, regional, state, and federal levels. It is now known as the Intergovernmental Relations Division. Contains correspondence, grant and other financial aid proposals, reports, meeting minutes, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, and other administrative files. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Department of Public Works. | Title: Department of Public Works Records, 1875-1993
Quantity: 4.7 cubic ft. (15 boxes) 136 volumes 5 oversize folders Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 3 Abstract: Records of the Department of Public Works, which is responsible for developing and maintaining streets, alleys, bridges, docks, water works, sewerage system, and public buildings and grounds. The collection contains reports, meeting minutes, proposals, specifications, estimates and assessments, and other related materials. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Election Commission. | Title: Election Commission Records, 1870-2012
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 volume Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 58 Abstract: Election Commission of Milwaukee records, whose responsibilities cover the administration of absentee voting, voter registration, voting machine maintenance, Election Day poll-worker designation, and oversight of City election laws. Contains reports and other publications. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Equal Rights Commission. | Title: Equal Rights Commission Records, 1982-2001
Quantity: 2.4 cubic ft. (7 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 46 Abstract: Records of the Equal Rights Commission, formerly known as the Fair Housing and Employment Commission. This Commission operates under the Department of Employee Relations and helps Milwaukee citizens with concerns or complaints regarding employment and housing discrimination issues. Contains correspondence, reports, publications, and promotional videos. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Fire and Police Commission. | Title: Fire and Police Commission Records, 1879-2016
Quantity: 9.5 cubic ft. (24 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 20 Abstract: Records of the Fire and Police Commission, which is responsible for the recruitment, selection, appointment, promotion and demotion of all employees and members of the Fire and Police Departments. Contains grants, correspondence, minutes, testing and recruitment decision making, photographs, reports, and investigations of misconduct. Also included are materials on the Office of Criminal Justice Programs. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Fire Department. | Title: Milwaukee Fire Department Records, 1888-1988
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 18 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Fire Department. Collection contains reports, publications, and floor plans. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Health Department. | Title: Department of Health Records, 1871-2020
Quantity: 48.6 cubic ft. (122 boxes) 54 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 24 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Health Department and its chief officer the Commissioner of Health. Both are responsible for protecting, educating and promoting the health and safety of residents of the City of Milwaukee. Contains correspondence, ephemera, reports, publications, photographs, and ledgers. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Joint Committee on Consolidation in Milwaukee County | Title: Joint Committee on Consolidation in Milwaukee County
Records, 1927-1936
Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 22 Abstract: The Joint Committee on Consolidation in Milwaukee County sought to simplify the County's government. The collection contains reports and research materials of the committee's work. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Justice of the Peace. | Title: Justice of the Peace Docket Books, 1882-1909
Quantity: 2 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 25 Abstract: Two docket books from different judges detailing court proceedings. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.). Mayor; Maier, Henry W., 1918-1994 [Digitized content] |
Title: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayor Henry W. Maier Administration, Records Quantity: 199.4 cubic feet (199 records center cartons, part of 1 flat box, and 187 volumes), 14 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 1363 audio recording (cassette), 308 audio recordings (reel to reel), 1 audio recording (compact disc), 2 films (16 mm), 50 videorecordings, and 111 pieces of memorabilia Call Number: Milwaukee Series 44; Audio 1235A; VBB 256-VBB 272; VBC 777; VHA 107-VHA 138 Abstract: The official records of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mayor Henry W. Maier's administration, including audio tapes, correspondence, memorabilia, memoranda, reports, and speeches. Most of the records were created by Maier's office staff, especially Richard J. Budelman, Bradley Carr, Bert Mulroy, and Robert J. Welch. A few records, mostly from city offices, dating 1959-1960, are also included. Subjects particularly well documented include: the city budget; civil rights, especially the 1967 civil disturbances; administrative and departmental operations; disputes with the local press, particularly the Milwaukee Journal; housing issues and the Model Cities program; interstate highway construction; licensing of cable television; the metropolitan sewer system; non-point pollution control; redevelopment of Milwaukee's downtown, including the Bradley Center, Grand Avenue Mall, and MECCA facility; state and federal aid programs; Summerfest; Maier's re-election campaigns, and his role as a national urban leader. Also included are records of various political organizations with which Maier was associated, including the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.) Mayor
[Digitized content] |
Title: Milwaukee (Wis.), Mayor: Records of the Emil Seidel
Administration, 1910-1912
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 79 Abstract: Contains miscellaneous records of Seidel's term as mayor of Milwaukee. Includes correspondence and reports on the origin and development of the Child Welfare Association of Milwaukee; efforts to create a municipal or "People's" university in the city; plans for modernizing the harbor; and the controversy over Seidel's appointment of a Health Commissioner. Also contains some preliminary plans for the University of Wisconsin's Institute of Municipal and Social Service; a personal memo from Judge Noyes stating his opposition to the building a life-saving station on the lakefront; and some of Seidel's speeches on labor, the breaking of trusts, police corruption, and his acceptance speech as the Socialist Party's 1912 vice-presidential candidate. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Mayor's Committee on Facilities for Conventions and Other Activities | Title: Mayor’s Convention Committee Records, 1960-1970
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 405 Abstract: This collection consists of materials relating to the Mayor’s Convention Committee in the 1960s. Subjects covered include the study and development of a convention center, attracting tourism to the city, State Fair Park, and the economic issues of the Greater Milwaukee Area. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Mayor’s Youth Committee of One Hundred. | Title: Mayor’s Youth Committee of 100 Records, 1934-1940
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 11 Abstract: The Mayor’s Committee of 100 was comprised of 100 citizens that were appointed by the Mayor to make a survey of the lack of opportunity for school, college, and university graduates to find employment and to seek a remedy for the situation. Contains minutes, correspondence, and reports. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Motion Picture Commission. | Title: Motion Picture Commission Records, 1914-1971
Quantity: 3.7 cubic ft. (25 boxes) 3 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 31 Abstract: Records of the Motion Picture Commission, which was created in 1913 and had the authority to approve or censor movies shown in Milwaukee. It was abolished in 1971. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and an index of films rated by the Commission. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Municipal Christmas Tree Commission. | Title: Municipal Christmas Tree Commission Records, 1920-1969
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 50 Abstract: Records of the Municipal Christmas Tree Commission, which operated from 1916-2004 and helped prepare and execute activities to celebrate Christmas. Contains photographs, programs, reports, correspondence, and minutes. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Municipal Court. | Title: Municipal Court Records, 1974-2016
Quantity: 6.8 cubic ft. (18 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 92 Abstract: The records of the City of Milwaukee Municipal Court, created in 1974 to hear cases where laws were broken in the city limits, including traffic violations, vandalism, loitering, disorderly conduct, theft, truancy, building code violations, and more. Contains correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, promotional materials, drafts of legislation, and other administrative files. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.). Municipal Court.; Schrank, John Flammang, 1876-1943. |
Title: John F. Schrank Municipal Court Records, 1912
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 43 Abstract: Records from the trial of John Schrank, who attempted to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Contains court exhibits and transcripts. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.). Municipal Reference
Library.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Legislative Reference Bureau. |
Title: Municipal Reference Library Records, 1913-1983
Quantity: 1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 5 Abstract: Records of the Municipal Reference Library, which was created to maintain and collect reports, ordinances, opinions, correspondence, and decisions for future use. Contains various reports, descriptions, correspondence, and publications from the Municipal Reference Library, detailing the activities of the City of Milwaukee. It is now known as the Municipal Research Library. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Office of Cable Regulation. | Title: Office of Cable Regulation Records, 1971-2000
Quantity: 4.0 cubic ft. (10 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 12 Abstract: Records of the Office of Cable Regulation, which administered the cable agreement and operated the City cable television studio. It also had responsibilities regarding use of dedicated channels set up for purposes of community access and information, and for long range planning, expansion and improvement of cable and telecommunication services. Contains minutes, correspondence, and reports. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Office of the City Attorney. | Title: City Attorney Records, 1887-1980
Quantity: 72 cubic ft. (220 boxes) 1 volume Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 1 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee City Attorney, who acts as legal counsel to the Common Council, city officers, and all city departments and agencies, as well as representing these agencies in litigation. Contains correspondence, legal reports, briefs, contracts, opinions, interviews, legal papers, complaints, and other various legal records. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Office of the City Comptroller. | Title: City Comptroller Records, 1845-2001
Quantity: 2.5 cubic ft. (8 boxes) 574 volumes 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 22 Abstract: Records of the City of Milwaukee Comptroller, who prepares the annual city budget and exercises fiscal control over the activities of city departments and agencies. The majority of the collection is comprised of ledgers and other record books documenting the various financial activities of the City. Also contains reports, correspondence, and publications. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Office of the Tax Commissioner. | Title: Tax Commissioner Records, 1867-1988
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 5 volumes 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 52 Abstract: Records of the City of Milwaukee Tax Commissioner, who makes assessments on real and personal property in the City. Contains reports, publications, and quarter section atlases. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Police Department. | Title: Milwaukee Police Department Records, 1884-2016
Quantity: 4.2 cubic ft. (12 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 73 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Police Department. The collection primarily contains various reports and other departmental publications. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Public Debt Commission. | Title: Public Debt Commission Records, 1861-1988
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) 2 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 54 Abstract: Records of the Public Debt Commission, whose purpose is to prepare and estimate municipal debt, and also manages the Public Debt Amortization Fund. Contains journals, reports, and publications. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Safety Commission. | Title: Safety Commission Records, 1926-1988
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 72 Abstract: The Safety Commission advised the City on methods of providing safety to the public and City employees in order to reduce accidental death and injury. In 2017, the Milwaukee Safety and Civic Commission replaced the Safety Commission. This collection is mostly comprised of various reports, including annual reports and traffic accident reports. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Sewerage Commission. | Title: Jones Island Treatment Plant Slides, circa
1930
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 42 Abstract: This collection contains 73 glass lantern slides from the Sewerage Commission of the City of Milwaukee. It depicts the Jones Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, circa 1930, with views both inside and outside the facility. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.). Sewerage Commission.; Milwaukee County (Wis.). Metropolitan Sewerage Commission. |
Title: Sewerage Commission Records, 1900-1991
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 5 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 59 Abstract: Records of the Sewerage Commission for the City of Milwaukee and the Metropolitan area. Contains various reports and publications. |
| Milwaukee Women's Art Library | Title: Milwaukee Women's Art Library Records, 1981-2023,
undated
Quantity: 1.5 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 1 oversized folder 1 roll 34 digital files (5.71 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 381 Abstract: Collection documents the artistic life of a diverse group of women and non-binary individuals. It includes catalogue books for exhibits, artwork, photographs, gallery cards, and fliers for art events. |
| Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Summerfest. | Title: Summerfest Posters, 1987-1999
Quantity: 4.0 cubic ft. (2 oversize folders) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 399 Abstract: The collection contains 14 promotional posters for Summerfest, dated from 1987-1999. Five of the posters are undated. The collection contains one accession, Accession 2021-039: Summerfest Posters, 1987-1999. |
| Milwaukee Yacht Club | Title: Milwaukee Yacht Club Records, 1871-2012
Quantity: 5 cubic ft. (15 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 88 Abstract: The Records of the Milwaukee Yacht Club, founded in 1871, located on Lake Michigan's lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Milwaukee-Downer College | Title: Milwaukee-Downer College Records, 1840-1964
Quantity: 53.2 cubic feet (136 archives boxes, 35 volumes, 1 oversize folder, and 2 packages; including extensive photographs), 5 disc recordings, and 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss L; Milwaukee Micro 78; Micro 2095 Abstract: Records, mostly dating from after 1895, of Milwaukee-Downer College and its predecessor institutions, Milwaukee College and Downer College. Collection includes correspondence, financial records, subject files of the alumnae association, business office, college presidents, dean of students, faculty, presidents of the board of trustees, public relations office, and registrar. Also includes bulletins and catalogs, copies of student publications, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports from student organizations and activities, transcripts, and some records of the predecessor institutions. The collection also contains correspondence between Increase Lapham and Catherine Beecher on their educational philosophy. |
| Minahan, Roger | Title: Roger Minahan Papers, circa 1898-1990
Quantity: 5.7 c.f. (4 record center cartons, 1 flat box, and 3 archives boxes) Call Number: M91-092 Abstract: Genealogical research files collected and compiled by Roger Minahan during the 1960s to 1990 concerning the origins of the Minahan and Fitzgerald families of Ireland who eventually settled in Wisconsin, primarily in Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Oconto and Waukesha counties. Included are notes, correspondence, charts, family group sheets, news clippings, coats of arms, maps, and miscellaneous certificates. The collection also includes photographs and negatives, circa 1898-1980, of family members across the generations, family owned farms in Wisconsin, and Roger Minahan’s youth and activities at Mary Garrett’s School for the Deaf (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), where his mother Anna Minahan was employed as a teacher. |
| Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.) | Title: Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.): Teacher's Daily Registers, 1866-1867
, 1873-1874
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 39 Abstract: Microfilmed volumes recording names and ages of pupils, parents' names, and daily attendance records; from teachers L. J. Jeffery (1866-67), and E. Ansley, W. A. James, A. Temple, and C. E. Smith (1873-74). |
| Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.) | Title: Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.): Records, 1857-1957
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 37 Abstract: Papers include general correspondence, 1857-1957, pertaining to inspection of schools, distribution of state aids, compliance with state statutes regarding education, vacant teaching positions and the hiring of replacements; annual reports of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools containing financial statements and occasional information on enrollment, the courses of study, textbooks used, and the number and qualifications of teachers; school censuses, 1865, 1887-1916, which list the names of parents, the names and ages of children between ages 4 and 20 living in the district, and the number of children enrolled in public and private schools for at least 12 weeks; petitions requesting a return to the ordinary district system of school government, 1916, a referendum on annexing certain areas to the school district, 1951, and additional band instruction, n.d.; and a small amount of correspondence regarding the computation and collection of tuition for non-resident students. |
| Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.). Board of Education | Title: Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.). Board of Education: Proceedings, 1878-1941
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 38 Abstract: Microfilmed minutes of regular and special school board meetings pertaining to matters such as approving bills for the operation of schools; hiring teachers; salaries of teachers, janitors, and administrators; awarding contracts; purchasing equipment and furnishings for new schools; rules regarding the use of school buildings; drawing up the budget; and the election of school board officers. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Assessor | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Assessor: Assessor's Papers, 1933-1949
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 43 Abstract: Microfilmed appraisals of the value of city property including the municipal building and contents, high school, grade school, fire station, pumping station, city park buildings, and the city barns and shed, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1946, and 1949; and 1937 appraisals of residential and mercantile property including the street number; owner's or tenant's name; type of dwelling; dimensions; number of stories; type of foundation, exterior walls, roof, basement, floors, trim, interior walls, heating, lighting, and plumbing; the year built; general condition; assessed value of the land and improvements; and in some cases a sketch of the building. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk. | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk: Chattel Mortgage and Conditional Sales Records, 1862
, 1887-1934
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 35 Abstract: Chattel mortage records containing the names of mortgagor and mortgagee, amount of mortgage, dates of filing, date mortgage is due, and its release. Conditional sales records include dates of contracts and their filing, names of buyer and seller, and a description of goods sold. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk: Election Records, 1844
, 1857-1938
, 1944
Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 36 Abstract: Includes poll lists which indicate the names, and in some cases, the addresses of persons who voted in municipal, primary, general, and special elections; tally sheets and inspectors' statements which report the number of votes each candidate received; nomination papers which show the date, person nominated, and city office sought, 1893-1937; records of absentee voting by servicemen, 1944, listing their home and military addresses; and a few miscellaneous papers including reports of election expenses, 1898. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk: Trustees and Council Papers, 1837-1879
, 1915
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Iowa Series 59 Abstract: Trustees and Council records, including bids, bills, orders, receipts, oaths and bonds, petitions and ordinances, reports, surveys, correspondence, and papers on school, election, and tax matters. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Common Council | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Common Council: Proceedings, 1857-1938
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 40 Abstract: Microfilmed proceedings including minutes of meetings, resolutions and petitions presented to the Council and notes on their disposition, and reports to the Council by city officials and Council committees. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Public Library | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Public Library: Women's Reading Club Records, 1894-1911
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 48 Abstract: Records of the Women's Reading Club, organized in 1894 to equip and staff the public library, including minute books, 1894-1911; cash books and financial statements, 1895-1911, showing receipts from membership fees, subscriptions, fines, and piano rent and expenditures for books, postage, lights, and labor; book orders, 1895-1902, listing the titles of books purchased; contracts for performances by speakers, orchestras, and theatre companies, 1897-1904; annual programs listing books read and topics discussed by the Women's Reading Club; and miscellaneous papers, 1895-1905, including a small amount of correspondence. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Treasurer: Financial Records, 1857-1917
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 34 Abstract: Microfilmed journal of receipts and disbursements, indicating persons paid, date, amount of payment, reason for payment, and voucher number. The ledger of accounts, 1857-1916, indicates balances in various funds and accounts, dates of transactions, and reason for the activity. |
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Mink, Robert
[Digitized content] |
Title: Polish-Jewish Relations in Milwaukee Oral History Project
Records, 1990
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 169 digital files (15.65 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 118 Abstract: Consists of seven oral history interviews conducted in 1990 with Jewish merchants and their descendants who were active on Milwaukee's Polish South Side. Interviews contain information on inter-ethnic relations, anti-Semitism, the experience of Jewish immigrants, and conducting business with immigrant clientele. Transcripts, although not complete, exist for each interview. |
| Minnesota & La Crosse Plank Road Company. | Title: Minnesota & La Crosse Plank Road Company Articles of Incorporation Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 102 Abstract: Articles of incorporation (1873) of the Minnesota & La Crosse Plank Road Company. |
| Minnesota ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) | Title: Minnesota ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Records, 1975-2009
Quantity: 12.6 c.f., 25 DVDs, 15 videorecordings, and 1 tape recording Call Number: M95-103; M2002-084; M2010-061 Abstract: Records of ACORN’s Minnesota office consisting of general administrative and subject files with a Minneapolis-St. Paul focus, documenting organizing in the Twin Cities area as well as ACORN’s activities on specific local issues such as neighborhoods, rape, squatters, taxes, city government, and other topics. |
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Minnesota State Arts Board; Minnesota Historical Society |
Title: Minnesota Polka Project Collection, 1990
Contents: Minnesota Historical Society: 12 sound recordings, 52 documents; Wisconsin Historical Society Archives: 18 folders; UW-Madison Folklore Program: 12 copy sound recordings, 78 slides, 56 documents, 1 computer diskette Unique Identifier: CSUMC0008-CG Summary: The Minnesota Polka Project documents the polka music traditions of German-American, Czech-American, Slovenian-American, and Polish-American ethnic groups throughout Minnesota. Sixteen bands and 21 of the bands' musicians were documented, resulting in a 44-minute anthology of Minnesota polka recordings and an accompanying 20-page booklet in 1990. Available materials include recorded interviews with band leaders and members, color slides of musicians and performance venues, and artist files containing correspondence, tape logs, electronic versions of the tape logs, and news clippings. The project was co-sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society and the Minnesota State Arts Board and was also known as the Minnesota Polka Oral History Project. |
| Minor Family | Title: Minor Family Papers, circa 1890-1994
Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) and 313 photographs, 1 negative, and 4 pieces of ephemera (in 2 archives boxes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss CL; PH La Crosse Mss CL Abstract: Papers of the Minor and related families of Vernon County, Wisconsin and La Crescent, Minnesota. The bulk of the collection concerns Walton E. Minor (1907-1989), a former machinist and, after retirement from that career in 1963, a farmer. The collection includes his account books (1940-1986), a brief autobiography, his diaries (1965-1989), divorce papers, military service records, awards, a book recording Christmas gifts he received in 1973, and records concerning his death. There are also histories of the Minor, Hayden, and Slater families; notebooks recording weddings, birthdays, and deaths; obituaries and funeral books and cards; detailed records concerning Martha Minor's bicycle accident in 1978; account books concerning the building of the Minors' home in 1973 and an appraisal of it and inventory of personal property prepared for auction in 1989; and other family memorabilia. Photographs in the collection are housed in Madison and are mainly portraits and snapshots of members of the Minor family, but also include images of related families, particularly the Ames, Hayden, and Slater families, and a few scattered images of houses and other significant places in the family's history. Other families represented include the Host, Hayter, Jordan, Morton, Olson, Reuter, Shaner, Stucy, and Alley families. |
| Minor, Benton L., 1914-1983 | Title: Benton L. Minor Photograph Albums Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 215 Abstract: Two photograph albums belonging to Benton L. Minor of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Photographs in the first album are of Minor and the Minor family. Some photographs depict Minor in the military during World War II; also included are photos of Camp New Wood of the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2616: 2nd Subdistrict McCoy. The other album contains images taken by Minor during his military service in Europe and northern Africa during World War II. |
| Minow, Newton N., 1926- | Title: Newton N. Minow Papers, 1954-1965
Quantity: 23.6 cubic feet (59 archives boxes), 26 tape recordings, and 11 films Call Number: U.S. Mss 65AF; Audio 343A; AB 746; CA 519-CA 521; DC 765-DC 771 Abstract: Papers of Newton Minow, a Federal Communications Commission chairman (1961-1963) who focused national attention on the responsibilities of the television industry with his “vast wasteland” speech to the NAB in 1961. Correspondence dating from his years as chairman predominates, with chief topics of interest being an abortive reorganization of the commission, development of the government's role in satellite communication, and the expansion of educational television. There is also mail from the general public expressing opinions about broadcasting and letters from educators and publishers concerning public reaction to programs and commercials. Correspondence of significance is present from William Benton, Al Capp, Emanuel Celler, Martin Codel, LeRoy Collins, Everett M. Dirksen, Lawrence S. Fanning, Fred W. Friendly, Harry Golden, Arthur J. Goldberg, James C. Hagerty, Herbert Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nicholas Katzenbach, C. Estes Kefauver, and John F. Kennedy. |
| Mirisch, Walter, 1921- | Title: Walter Mirisch Papers, 1946-1970
Quantity: 16.0 cubic feet (39 archives boxes and 1 package), 13 disc recordings, 31 reels of film (16 mm), and 1 videorecording Call Number: U.S. Mss 87AN; Disc 98A; DC 54-DC 565; DC 568; FA 016-FA 020; VBC 107 Abstract: Papers of Walter Mirisch, an Academy Award-winning motion picture producer and founder of the Mirisch Corporation, consisting of records of various films and television series produced by Mirisch or by his company. Present in varying quantities, the files include shooting scripts, stills, advertising and publicity kits, films, sound recordings, and set and costume designs. |
| Mississippi Council on Human Relations | Title: Mississippi Council on Human Relations Records, 1964-1976
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 536; Tape 812A Abstract: Records of an organization of black and white Mississippians dedicated to the creation of better race relations through education and the use of public relations. Numbering 400 members in 1965, the MCHR sought to expand the economic, cultural, and civic opportunities of all state citizens. The records mainly consist of Xeroxed copies of the correspondence of Kenneth L. Dean, Executive Director of MCHR in 1965. Also included is a constitution, an annual report from 1975-1976, copies of notes and newspaper clippings regarding the shooting of MCHR supporter Rev. Donald Thompson in 1965, reports, and printed reference material. The tape records a group discussion of March 5, 1966, held with black students attending integrated colleges throughout the South. Transcripts of this tape, and of a speech of Senator Charles H. Percy, are also in the collection. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Records, 1962-1971
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1 filmstrip (35 mm) Call Number: Mss 586; Micro 788; PH 6705 Abstract: Records of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) from 1962 to 1971. The collection consists of manuscript and microfilmed documents illustrating the organization of the party, its two challenges and subsequent law suits, its voter registration and community organizing work, and Mississippi politics in general. Included are correspondence and printed mailings, statements, and press releases; legal documents; reports and general papers; the proceedings of the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention; election and registration materials; news clippings; newsletters; materials concerning related organizations; and copies of a masters' thesis and other term papers written about the MFDP by historian Leslie B. McLemore. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Quitman County Chapter | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Quitman County Chapter: Records, 1965-1966
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 539 Abstract: Records of an affiliate of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which was active in local voter education and registration, elections and promotion of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and general desegregation work in Quitman County. Included with the papers are general, printed records of the MFDP and ASCS, and an undated draft constitution and printed voter education materials of the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union. There is also a folder of scattered correspondence, mostly undated; arrest records from picketing during the summer of 1965, and a folder of handwritten notes, containing lists of things to do, contacts and their addresses, and plans for proposed work and future projects. Little of the non-printed material in this collection is clearly labeled as to author, recipient, or date. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Sunflower County Chapter | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Sunflower County Chapter: Records, 1965-1967
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 53 Abstract: Partial records of the Sunflower County branch of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, mainly consisting of census and welfare material collected as part of a voter registration project, plus miscellaneous meterial dealing with civil rights and school integration. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democrativ Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.) | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.): Records, 1964-1966
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 55 Abstract: Records of a local chapter of the Freedom Democratic Party of Meridian, Mississippi, relating to the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC), Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as a co-ordinator of projects sponsored by these organizations. The papers contain correspondence, memos, reports, affidavits, minutes and telephone log concerning the Freedom Registration project, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, the Meridian Community Center, local boycotts, and incidents of intimidation including the disappearance and deaths of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney who were connected with the Meridian office. |
| Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission. | Title: Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission Records Physical Description: 0.8 cubic foot Call Number: MSS 148 Abstract: The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission started in 1964 to address physical, social, and economic issues along the Mississippi River in Western Wisconsin. The Commission consists of nine counties, and remains active in the region as of 2013. The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission Records include meeting agendas and minutes ranging in date from 1970 through 1987. |
| Mississippi Valley Public Service Company (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Mississippi Valley Public Service Company Records, Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 028 Abstract: Records of the Mississippi Valley Public Service Company based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which operated the streetcar lines. Records are incomplete but include newspaper clippings (1932-1942); a franchise book (1883-1913); and personnel records (ca. 1914-1936). The franchise book includes copied agreements between four utilities and their shareholders and appropriate municipalities. The four companies are La Crosse City Railway Co. (1892-1908), La Crosse Water Power Co. (1905-1913), Winona Railway & Light Co.(1883-1909), and Wisconsin Railway, Light & Power Co. (1913). The personnel records are arranged alphabetically and include information such as birthdate and place of the employee and a summary of accidents incurred during employment. This set is not complete but is representative of typical streetcar employees. |
| Missouri ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) | Title: Missouri ACORN Records, 1983-2001
Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: M2002-111 Abstract: Records of the Missouri office of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), an activist group which stressed community organizing work, documenting campaigns concerning jobs and wages, banks and banking, housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development policies, campaign finance reform, and the activities of the ACORN Political Action Committee. |
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Mitchell, Alexander, 1817-1887; Mitchell, John L. (John Lendrum), 1842-1904 |
Title: Alexander and John L. Mitchell Papers, 1859-1906
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss OH Abstract: Correspondence of two generations of a distinguished Milwaukee family: Alexander Mitchell, a Scottish immigrant who became a financier and railroad promoter and served as congressman from 1871 to 1875; and his son John L. Mitchell, also a financier and political figure. Alexander Mitchell's letters pertain to his political activities, his railroad investments, and other financial enterprises. Among his correspondents were Salmon P. Chase, James R. Doolittle, Rufus King, and Charles H. Larrabee. Letters, 1862-1863, written by John Mitchell and by his cousin, Robert Chivas, describe their Civil War service in the Southwest in the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Most of John Mitchell's letters, however, are concerned with the panic of 1893 and the resultant failure of the Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Company Bank. Among his correspondents were bank officials, Arthur MacArthur, and Jeremiah Curtin. |
| Mitchell, Gordon S., 1907- | Title: Gordon S. Mitchell Papers, 1946-1971
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 48 cans of film Call Number: U.S. Mss 175AN Abstract: Papers of Gordon Mitchell, a producer of documentary films and television commercials. The bulk of the collection relates to commercials made by All Scope Pictures, Inc., Mitchell's production company, on behalf of advertising agencies such as Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn; McCann Erickson; Walter Sausy; and Young & Rubicam. Included in the production files are scripts, correspondence, budgets, contracts, and storyboards for commercials for such nationally-prominent clients as Chrysler Corp., E.J. Gallo Winery, General Electric, General Mills, Kaiser Aluminum, Lucky Lager Brewing Co., Max Factor and Co., Rexall Drug Co., W.A. Schaeffer Pen Co., and Standard Oil of California. Also present are correspondence and notes for three Movietone News features, including one about John F. Kennedy's 1960 California campaign, and fragmentary production files for several proposed television series and special purpose films. Miscellaneous correspondence includes a letter from Darryl F. Zanuck. |
| Mitchell, John L. (John Lendrum), 1842-1904 | Title: Mitchell Family Papers, 1847-1923
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 75 Abstract: The collection contains the miscellaneous papers of a prominent Milwaukee business and political family. The most extensive parts of the collection are John L. Mitchell's personal letters to his wife, Harriet, and her incoming correspondence from friends. The senatorial correspondence of John L. Mitchell is largely routine constituent correspondence or requests for support from fellow legislators, and includes letters from Frederick Pabst, William Jennings Bryan, Charles King, Arthur MacArthur, Alfred Thayer Mahan, William Rosecrans, Edward Salomon, William Tecumseh Sherman, and William F. Vilas. The collection contains some correspondence of Alexander Mitchell, including a request from Lyman Draper for Mitchell's financial support of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and copies of several campaign speeches. Also included is an invitation and brochure on the christening of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin in 1898. Contains a photograph of aviator Billy Mitchell at the age of four months, and letters (1894-1901) to his father, John L., largely concerning an appointment in the cavalry and a trip around the world. |
| Mitchell, Roy E. | Title: Roy E. Mitchell Physician Business Records, 1913-1948
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss CG Abstract: Business records of an Eau Claire, Wis. physician providing a fairly complete view of the business operations and workload of a medical doctor. The records consist mainly of patient visit and payment daybooks (1919-1948) with date, head of household, brief notes, and charges. Also included is a financial record book of income received from other than professional services (1919- 1940); physician expense account books (1913-1939); a general ledger (1931-1940); a record book of opium and coca prescribed including patient name and diagnosis; and miscellaneous items. |
| Mitchell, William Robert, 1949-1987 | Title: William Robert Mitchell Papers, 1963-1987
Quantity: 10.5 c.f. (8 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, 2 card boxes, 1 photo box, and 1 oversize PH folder) Call Number: M88-028 Abstract: Papers of William Mitchell of Madison, a librarian at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Library, an avocational genealogist, and a victim of AIDS. The collection primarily consists of Mitchell's extensive genealogical research materials on the Mitchell, Nault, Gaffney, and Holquist families, including research notes, copies of public records (birth, death, and marriage certificates), correspondence, published genealogies, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, and slides. To a lesser degree the collection documents Mitchell's personal life and his battle with the AIDS illness through financial records, insurance papers, information on his medical history, diary entries, and correspondence. |
| Mitchell, William S., 1842-1863 | Title: William S. Mitchell Letters, 1861-1863
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 147 Abstract: The collection consists of transcriptions of Civil War letters written by Captain William Mitchell to his family in Milwaukee between 1861 and 1863. Mitchell wrote about his experiences in the war and inquired about family. Several letters discuss the action in battles that Mitchell saw with the 1st Wisconsin Regiment, including Perryville, Kentucky; Stones River, Tennessee; and Chickamauga where Mitchell was killed in action. |
| Mitchell, William, 1879-1936 | Title: William Mitchell Correspondence, 1888-1922, 1927, undated
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 293 Abstract: Correspondence of military leader William (Billy) Mitchell, including letters written as a grammar school student at Racine College, Racine, Wisconsin; as a commissioned officer in the Army Signal Corps from camps in the United States, Cuba, and the Philippines during the war with Spain, 1898-1901; and as an officer following the war from camps in mainland United States and from Alaska where Mitchell assisted in developing telegraph communications. The collection also includes incomplete correspondence from Mitchell as an officer serving on the General Staff in Washington, D.C. and on observation tours in Europe prior to World War I; as aviator, brigadier general, and head of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps during World War I; and as publicity-minded Assistant Chief of Air Service following the war. Also present are several letters written by his first wife, Caroline Stoddard Mitchell, and his daughter Harriet; and a brief exchange with the D.A.R. Boulder Committee concerning a monument for a Revolutionary War ancestor. |
| Mitchell, William, 1879-1936 | Title: William Mitchell Papers, 1864-1968
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 407 Abstract: William “Billy” Mitchell (1879-1936) grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and came from a prominent Milwaukee and Wisconsin family. His father, John Mitchell, was a Civil War military officer and Wisconsin politician and his grandfather, Alexander Mitchell, was a wealthy banker and also a Wisconsin politician. During World War I William Mitchell was a commander in the U.S. Air Service. |
| Mittness, Lewis T., Jr., 1929- | Title: Lewis T. Mittness, Jr., Papers, 1964-1975
Quantity: 6.4 c.f.(16 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Whitewater Mss AN; Tape 599A Abstract: Papers of a former Democratic legislator best known for his advocacy of environmental issues who represented the Janesville area in the Wisconsin Assembly, 1965-1975. Included are chronological correspondence, press releases, subject files, newsletters, and biographical clippings. |