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| Olbrich, Michael B., 1881-1929 | Title: Michael B. Olbrich Papers, 1906-1932
Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss UX Abstract: Personal and business papers of Michael B. Olbrich, a Madison, Wisconsin, attorney and civic leader. In politics a Progressive Republican, Olbrich was deputy attorney general for Wisconsin, 1919-1921, special counsel for the state, 1921-1926, and a regent of the University of Wisconsin, 1925-1929. General correspondence relates primarily to Olbrich's political interests prior to 1920, to legal cases which he handled for the state, and to University affairs during his years as regent. In his political correspondence are letters written by or exchanged with Robert M. La Follette, John J. Blaine, and Emanuel L. Philipp. More than half of the collection comprises correspondence, financial records, and court papers pertaining to the land and sheep-ranch speculations in Montana in which Olbrich engaged from 1909 until his death. Most of these records relate to the Judith Basin Land Company, the Home Ranch Land Company, and the Flat Willow Land Company. |
| Old Academy Girls (River Falls, Wis.) | Title: Old Academy Girls (River Falls, Wis.) Records, 1900-1945
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss O Abstract: Records of Old Academy Girls, a social club whose members had attended the River Falls Academy (River Falls, Wis.) between 1856 and 1878. Included is an account of the club's founding, minutes, membership lists, and newspaper accounts of club events. |
| Old Guard (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Old Guard (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Roster of Members, 1880-1986 Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 075 Abstract: Roster of members of the La Crosse, Wisconsin men's social club Old Guard, 1880-1986. |
| Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County (Milwaukee County, Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee Old Settlers’ Clubs Collection, 1874-1961
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 265 Abstract: This collection contains documents and ephemera relating to Old Settlers’ Club of Milwaukee County, an organization dedicated to preserving local history. |
| Old World Wisconsin (Museum) | Title: Old World Wisconsin (Museum), Pleasant Ridge Oral History Project, 1998
Quantity: 8 audio recordings (mini-cassettes) Call Number: Audio 2043A Abstract: A collection of oral history interviews of 11 individuals, conducted by Ruby West Jackson and Walter T. McDonald for Old World Wisconsin. The interviews were carried out in 1998 as part of the museum's research into African American settlement in Wisconsin, specifically Pleasant Ridge, a farming community in Grant County. |
| Old World Wisconsin (Museum) | Title: Old World Wisconsin Records, 1967-2011
Quantity: 39.2 cubic feet, 6.2 cubic feet of photographs, 22 audio recordings, 23 videotapes, and 3 DVDs Call Number: 2013/162; Audio 1704A; 2013/167; 2014/105; 2016/006; 2016/082 Abstract: Records related to the development, establishment, and operation of Old World Wisconsin, a historic site managed by the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Olin, John M. (John Meyers), 1851-1924 | Title: John M. Olin Papers, 1872-1924 (bulk 1884-1912)
Quantity: 2.9 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 3 volumes); plus additions of 0.4 cubic feet and 166 photographs Call Number: Wis Mss EZ; M87-310 Abstract: Papers of John M. Olin, a Madison, Wisconsin, attorney and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School who was Prohibitionist candidate for governor in 1886 and later attorney for the Stalwart Republicans. The bulk of the collection is outgoing correspondence. Also includes incoming correspondence, docket books of his law cases, travel diaries, family papers, and photographs. The correspondence includes transcribed letters to Helen Remington Olin (his wife) from her family while she was a student at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Olkives, Felix, 1898-1971 | Title: Felix Olkives Papers, 1938-1966
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Parkside Mss 45 Abstract: Papers of Olkives, a Kenosha, Wis., alderman and labor leader, primarily concerning the local post-World War II housing shortage, and the annual AFL-CIO sponsored city-wide bowling tournaments. The papers reflect Olkives' service as vice-chairman of the Kenosha Housing Authority, and as business manager and treasurer of the Brittles Recreation Match Bowling Team. Also present are typewritten and printed speeches delivered by Olkives to union conventions, and bowling tournament programs. |
| Olson, Frederick I. | Title: Frederick I. Olson Papers, 1941-1993
Quantity: 6.8 cubic ft. (10 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 26 Abstract: Papers (mainly 1960-1980) of a history professor at the Milwaukee State Teachers College, Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the University of Wisconsin-Extension who taught from 1946 to 1985. The collection documents the professional and volunteer activities of Olson and contains teaching materials, personal and professional correspondence, book reviews and articles, and speeches and seminars given to local history supporters. Also contains materials concerning UWM committees on which Olson served such as the Golda Meir Collection Planning Committee, the University Appeals Committee, the History Department's Committee on Graduate Affairs, the Physical Environment Committee's subcommittee on Parking and Transit, the Presidential Search and Screening Committee and the On-campus Course Development Committee. Includes Olson's files on the preservation of the Milwaukee-Downer College buildings, especially Holton Hall. |
| Olson, Jack B., 1920- | Title: Jack B. Olson Papers, 1960-1973
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 612; Tape 1116A Abstract: Papers, 1960-1973, of Jack B. Olson, a former Wisconsin lieutenant governor and leader in the tourist industry, consisting of correspondence, speeches, minutes, press releases, campaign literature, and other press material pertaining to his third term as lieutenant governor, 1968-1970, and his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 1970. Correspondence, 1969-1973, with Richard M. Nixon, whom Olson supported, and his aides is also included. Other prominent correspondents include Warren Knowles, Ronald Reagan, Wilbur Renk, George Romney, and William B. Steiger. |
| Olson, John E., 1892- | Title: John E. Olson Papers, 1941-1974
Quantity: 6.8 c.f.(17 boxes) Call Number: Stout Mss L Abstract: Business records of eight cooperatives in which Olson was an active member: Dairyland Power Cooperative, Wisconsin Electric Cooperative, Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association, Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives, Insurance Cooperative Agency, Badger Electric Cooperative, and Barron Electric Cooperative, spanning thirty-three years of cooperative development in Wisconsin. The records were collected by Olson during his term as an officer or director of the several cooperatives and consist mainly of board of director's minutes, committee minutes and reports, engineering reports, financial statements and annual and district meeting material. The records of Dairyland Power Cooperative dominate the collection with varying amounts of material from the other cooperatives and a very few biographical items primarily referring to Olson's successful 1949 campaign for the Wisconsin State Senate as a Democrat representing Barron, Polk and Dunn counties. |
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Olson, Johnny, 1910-1985; Olson, Penny, 1912-2000 |
Title: Johnny and Penny Olson Papers, 1927-1997
Quantity: 5.5 cubic feet (11 archives boxes, 2 card boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 323 photographs and 7 pieces of ephemera (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 51 negatives (1 box), 17 transparencies (1 folder), 48 film reels (16 mm, 35 mm, and 8 mm), 49 videorecordings (1/2-inch VHS and 3/4-inch U-Matic), and 164 tape recordings; plus additions of 170 disc recordings Call Number: Mss 973; PH Mss 973; AE 302-AE 326; CC 592-CC 605; DG 086-DG 091; EA 194; EA 199; GA 672; VHB 738-VHB 783; VBC 350-VBC 352; Audio 1467A; M2001-014 Abstract: Papers of radio and television personalities Johnny Olson and Penny (Powers) Olson consisting of biographical material, correspondence, material from the Olsons' professional activities, publicity about the Olsons both separately and as a couple, photographs, films and videos, and audio recordings. Johnny Olson, who began his career as a radio announcer before emceeing a number of popular radio shows including Ladies Be Seated and Rumpus Room, made the successful transition from radio to television, eventually appearing on all three major networks (ABC, CBS, and NBS) on numerous shows including The Jackie Gleason Show, The Dom DeLuise Show, and The Price Is Right. Penny Olson's career included work on air and in front of the camera serving as hostess for both Ladies Be Seated and Rumpus Room as well as behind the scenes as an early pioneer of corporate sponsorship deals and merchandise giveaways. Eventually Penny Olson shifted her attention to a music career, in particular gospel music, recording and performing on the air. |
| Olson, Julius Emil, 1858-1944 | Title: Julius E. Olson Papers, 1871-1941
Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (28 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss PM Abstract: Papers of Julius E. Olson, a professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin (1884-1931). The collection documents his work as a writer and lecturer of Scandinavian history and culture, as well as his interest in the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone, and his involvement in university affairs, particularly its scholarships and loans committee. The collection includes incoming correspondence from friends, students, and other Scandinavian scholars; scrapbooks; lecture notebooks; literary articles; biographical sketches of scholars and friends; and patriotic addresses. |
| Olson, Robert K. (Robert Keith), 1925- | Title: Robert K. Olson Papers, 1875-2015 (bulk 1944-2015)
Quantity: 12.4 cubic feet (10 records center cartons, 5 archives boxes, and 1 flat box), 3.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 records center carton, 3 archives boxes, and 3 flat boxes), and 1 tape recording Call Number: Northland Mss 22; PH Northland Mss 22; Audio 1725A Abstract: Papers of Robert K. Olson, a former Foreign Service Officer. The collection contains papers documenting his career, as well as continued work in international relations and environmental issues following his retirement in 1976; correspondence with family, friends, professional, and to legislators and the media; writings on foreign affairs, the environment, and school papers; journals and other papers documenting his experience in Vietnam. Correspondence covers contemporary events such as September 11, 2001 and the aftermath. Also includes yearbooks and commencement programs; Olson and Uhrenholdt family histories; and papers relating to running the Uhrenholdt Farm following his retirement. Photographs and scrapbooks document his family, service during World War II, and Foreign Service years. Papers of Yvonne Olson, Robert's wife, as well as his parents, Sigurd F. Olson and Elizabeth Olson, are also included. |
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Olson, Sigurd F., 1899-1982; Olson, Elizabeth, 1897-1994 |
Title: Sigurd F. and Elizabeth Olson Papers, 1916-2003
Quantity: 9.0 cubic feet (23 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 3.8 cubic feet of photographs (9 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 tube), 6 videorecordings, 17 tape recordings, 1 film, and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Northland Mss 19; PH Northland Mss 19; PH 6614; AD 577; VHA 920-VHA 925; Audio 1468A; Northland Micro 2104; M2010-105 Abstract: Papers, 1916-2003, of Sigurd Ferdinand Olson, a nationally-known conservation advocate, outdoorsman, and writer who was raised in Ashland, Wisconsin, but lived in Ely, Minnesota during most of his adult life. The collection consists primarily of personal and family correspondence. Olson's literary career is also represented, including editorial correspondence, notes for public speaking and teaching, and book manuscripts for Listening Point (1958) and Of Time and Place (1982). Personal papers of his wife, Elizabeth Uhrenholdt Olson, are also included. Photographs document canoe trips in Minnesota and Canada, family life in Ely and Ashland, professional activities, and post-World War II conditions in Europe. |