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| Pohl, Pearl, 1887-1982 | Title: Pearl Pohl Papers, 1928-1981
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and 9 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 195; PH Milwaukee Mss 195 Abstract: Papers of Pohl, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, elementary school teacher and conservation leader. The papers primarily consist of files on the conservation organizations of which she was president: the Milwaukee and La Budde memorial chapters of the Izaak Walton League of America. Included are minutes, agendas, bulletins, reports, and correspondence. Similar but less extensive material is included for the Environmental Education Council of Greater Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Council for Conservation Education, and other organizations. Subject files include correspondence on the Namekagon, Milwaukee, and Wolf rivers with noted ecologist Sigurd Olson, legislators Gaylord Nelson and Henry Reuss, and Walter Scott of the Wisconsin Conservation Department. Additional correspondence of IWL leader Haskell Noyes pertains to the purchase of Moon Lake in Fond du Lac County and its presentation to the State of Wisconsin. Of uncertain provenance is a file on the Walton Boosters, 1930. Some photographs depict conservation education; others show Pohl in a tintype portrait and with Arthur Molstad, Aroline Schmidt, Walter Scott, and teachers of the 68th Street School. |
| Pohlman Studios | Title: Pohlman Studios Records, 1936-1997
Quantity: 48.2 cubic ft. (122 boxes) 247 nitrate negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 258 Abstract: Pohlman Studios was one of Milwaukee's earliest commercial photographic studios. The collection consists primarily of negatives as well as some prints and lantern slides. Most of the images depict industrial and commercial activity in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. Images show manufactured products as well as facilities, people, and processes involved in product creation. Many of the images were used in product catalogs. Taken in its entirety the collection provides a look at the industrial and commercial world of southeastern Wisconsin from the Great Depression into the 1990s. |
| Pohlman, William A. | Title: William Pohlman Collection on Vietnam Gun Trucks (1967-1972) Quantity: 0.02 cubic foot (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 263 Abstract: The William Pohlman Collection on Vietnam Gun Trucks contains two books of images and description of gun trucks as used during the Vietnam War, as well as some of Pohlman's personal recollections on his involvements in Vietnam and copies of some of his military documents. The content of these materials dates 1967-1972, but several items were produced in 2012. |
| Polanki, the Polish Women's Cultural Club of Milwaukee (Wis.) | Title: Polanki, the Polish Women's Cultural Club of Milwaukee Records, 1946-2013
Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (14 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 8 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 74; Milwaukee Micro 39; Micro 934; M98-009 Abstract: Records of Polanki, a club organized in 1953 to create interest in Polish culture and traditions, inspire American Poles with pride in their heritage, and sponsor the Polish exhibit and booth at Milwaukee's annual folk fair. Among the activities of Polanki which are represented by correspondence, administrative and financial records, news clippings, and other files are annual Easter teas, Polonaise balls, Chopin piano contests, scholarship and achievement awards, and St. John's Eve (“Swietojanki”) celebrations. Also well-documented is the work of two long-time Polanki leaders, Harriet Gostomski and Janet H. Branden. |
| Polar Bear Association of World War II | Title: Polar Bear Association of World War II Records, 1918-1919, 1942-1978
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 130 photographs, and 1 drawing Call Number: Mss 336; PH 3671; PH 3671 (5) Abstract: Incomplete records of the Polar Bear Association of World War II, a national association of veterans of the 339th Regimental Combat Team, 85th Division, collected by Ret. Lt. Col. Charles C. Isely, one of the group's founders. The collection consists of routine organizational records, particularly correspondence and bulletins informing members of upcoming reunions. Also included are some materials of another organization, the 339th Infantry Association, which was formed before the Polar Bear Association and later became a part of it. There are a few personal papers of Isely and small amounts of memorabilia and related World War I and World War II materials. The photographs document scenes from Russia during the Combat Team's service during World War I, from its service in Italy during World War II, and the Association's reunions. |
| Polish American Bowling Association | Title: Polish American Bowling Association Records, 1927-1962
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 79 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee-based bowling association for Americans of Polish ancestry founded in 1928 by John A. Schultz and others. Included are articles of incorporation, a constitution and by-laws, correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, contracts and other legal documents, address lists, photographs, and records of the annual tournaments. The popularity of bowling among members of Milwaukee's (and Chicago's) Polish community is illustrated by the numerous entries in the tournaments. During the 1950s, this popularity declined and the tournaments were discontinued after 1962. |
| Polish American Congress. Wisconsin Division | Title: Polish American Congress. Wisconsin Division: Records, 1948-2003
Quantity: 6.4 cubic feet (17 archives boxes), 0.3 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), and 8 tape recordings Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 72; Audio 2035A; PH 6548 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin Division of the Polish American Congress (Kongres Polonii Amerykanskiej) established as an umbrella organization in 1944 to promote the welfare of Polish-Americans, to work on behalf of Poland, and to fight communism. The collection includes by-laws and constitution, membership and administrative records (including minutes of annual meetings), publications, general correspondence, subject files documenting the group's interests such as defamation of Polish Americans, Pope John Paul II, the Milwaukee Kopernik and Millennium Committees, Polish ethnicity, and U.S. foreign policy. The collection also includes photographs documenting ethnic advocacy and education; and audio recordings of meetings. |
| Polish Army Veterans Association of America. Post 3 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Army Veterans Association of America. Post 3: Records, 1920-1974
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 45; Milwaukee Micro 27; Micro 916 Abstract: Records of Milwaukee Post #3 of the Stowarzyszenie Weterano Armii Polskiej, or Polish Army Veterans Association (PAVA). PAVA is an organization of Americans and Canadians who enlisted as volunteers in World War I and II service with the Allied Polish Army in Europe. After each of these wars, the duty of providing and securing financial relief for the disabled veterans fell to the association because these veterans of the Polish Army are not entitled to United States Veteran Administration benefits, and as Americans or Canadians they would not receive assistance from Poland. Post #3 was active in patriotic affairs, the life of the Polish community, and the national organization. Records consist of correspondence, minutes, speeches, newspaper clippings, and convention and anniversary books. |
| Polish Book Club of Milwaukee | Title: Polish Book Club of Milwaukee Records, 1939-1944
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 21; Micro 857 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Polish language and culture in America through speakers, meetings, and the publication of articles relevant to the Polish heritage in the Polish language newspaper Kuryer Polski. During World War II, the club also worked to counteract anti-Polish sentiment in the local press. The records consist of a scrapbook compiled by Yolanda Majkowska and Szymon St. Deptula, which includes correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, newspaper clippings, and a dues record book. Some of the materials are written in Polish. |
| Polish Falcons of America. Nest 725 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Falcons of America. Nest 725: Records, 1916-1930, 1946-1994
Quantity: 0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and 1 photograph Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 60; Milwaukee Micro 30; Micro 903; PH Milwaukee Mss 60 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee affiliate of the Polish Falcons of America (Sokolstwo Polskie w Ameryce), organized on the north side in 1916 to encourage physical fitness and training, cultural activities, and other youth and civic programs. Included are two volumes of microfilmed minutes in Polish (1916-1926), of both the men's organization and the women's auxiliary; anniversary programs and histories; several district convention and bowling programs; a record book of service medals and Legion of Honor members; certificates; newsclippings; and a photograph of the 50th anniversary dinner, 1966. |
| Polish Falcons of America. Nest 755 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Falcons of America. Nest 755: Minute Book, 1919-1926
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 31; Micro 885 Abstract: Minute book, in Polish, of a young girls' chapter, a subsidiary of Nest 725, devoted to physical training and cultural betterment; documenting participation in military drill rallies and formation of a choir and a band. |
| Polish Falcons of America. Nest 786 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Falcons of America. Nest 786: Records, 1931-1979
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 volume) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 59 Abstract: Records of Nest 786, a Milwaukee affiliate of an organization formed in 1910 to encourage physical training, gymnastics, and military training. Included is a volume of dues records listing names of members, 1932-1947; a cash book, 1932-1967; a volume of receipts and disbursements, 1931-1953; and miscellany regarding Nest 786. Also present are copies of minutes of District II of the Falcons and of national conventions. |
| Polish Fine Arts Club (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Fine Arts Club Records, 1921-1949
, 1978
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 63 Abstract: Records of the club, a Milwaukee group founded to disseminate Polish culture by performing and sponsoring plays, concerts, and operas. Included are minutes of meetings (1930-1933); correspondence; fragmentary financial records; membership records; programs; and some script materials, newsclippings, and photographs from performances (some from the Polish Opera Club). |
| Polish Legion of American Veterans. Kobus-Molenda Post No. 49 (South Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Legion of American Veterans. Kobus-Molenda Post No. 49: Records, 1965-1979
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 54; Milwaukee Tape 9; Tape 982A Abstract: Records of a South Milwaukee chapter of the Polish Legion of American Veterans, formed by Americans of Polish ancestry in 1941. Includes fragmentary correspondence and financial records, minutes, membership rosters, notes of post officers, programs, newsclippings, and papers regarding the 1967 PLAV state convention, hosted by Post 49. Also present are publicity materials, music scores, a program, and a tape recording from polka masses sponsored by Post 49 since 1976 at St. John's Catholic Church. |
| Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept. | Title: Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept.: Records, 1947-1979
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 53 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin unit of the Polish Legion of American Veterans, with headquarters in Milwaukee, consisting of administrative records, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, news releases, rosters of officers and members, reports of the state and post commanders, and other papers. Also included are minutes and memoranda of the national PLAV organization, with rosters and reports of the eight individual posts located in Wisconsin. |
| Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary | Title: Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary: Records, 1937-1979
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 55 Abstract: Records of the ladies' auxiliary of the Wisconsin unit of the Polish Legion of American Veterans, the largest organization of American veterans of Polish ancestry in the U.S. Included are records of both the Wisconsin State Dept. headquartered in Milwaukee and individual posts throughout the state, consisting of correspondence and memoranda, financial records, minutes of meetings, rosters and monthly reports of local posts and of the State Dept., and correspondence and other records concerning veterans' hospital aid and volunteer projects. |
| Polish National Alliance of North America. Lodge 14 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 14: Records, 1937-1974
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 57 Abstract: Minute books (1937-1974) of Lodge 14, the Polish Patriotic Society, the oldest Milwaukee lodge of the PNA, a fraternal and mutual benefit organization for Polish Americans. Also included is a folder with Lodge 14 correspondence and financial records; and a minute book (1943-1966) of Lodge 3009, the General Joseph Haller Society, which merged with Lodge 14 sometime after 1967. Most of the records are in Polish. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America Records, 1918-1978
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 82 Abstract: Collected printed and near-print pamphlets, brochures, anniversary programs, and miscellaneous publications of the ethnic Polish national organization, including various Milwaukee area chapters of the Polish National Alliance (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski). |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Council 8 | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Council 8: Records, 1920-1980
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (1 record center carton, 1 flat box, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 42 Abstract: Records of one of two Milwaukee councils of the Alliance, a fraternal and mutual benefit society for Americans of Polish ancestry. Council 8 was formed in 1905, composed of seven individual PNA lodges in the southern part of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Records include minutes of meetings (1921-1937 and 1952-1978); records of receipts and disbursements (1932-1972); a record of contributions to the Home Building Fund from the early 1920's; a record of receipts and disbursements of the Council's Alliance Home, purchased in 1942 for use as a meeting hall; and other records. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. District 14 | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. District 14: Records, 1957-1979
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 65 Abstract: Records of the regional District 14 of a fraternal and mutual benefit society for Americans of Polish ancestry, and of the district's women's division. All of the Milwaukee councils are affiliated with District 14. Included in the collection are programs from conventions, bowling tournaments, and the annual debutante ball; minutes, papers, and mandates from district, state, and local conventions and meetings; and correspondence and papers of the women's division. Some records are in Polish. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1476 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1476: Records,1912-1975
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 2 record center cartons) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 17 Abstract: Minutes, dues books, jubilee albums, and financial and insurance records of the Wladyslaw Jagiello Society, founded in 1912 and affiliated with Council 115 of the Polish National Alliance of America (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski w Ameryce). The records were collected by charter members and former officers of the fraternal and mutual benefit society, John and Aniela Knap. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1510 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1510: Records, 1912-1959
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 6 volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 75 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee lodge of the Polish National Alliance (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski), organized in 1912 and for many years open only to native born sons of Polish pioneers. Included in the collection of this fraternal and mutual benefit organization for Polish Americans are a minute book, registration books, cash books, administrative and committee records, insurance records, general financial documents, news clippings; and eulogies, obituaries, and funeral records of deceased members. The papers were collected by former president Roman B. J. Kwasniewski, who was responsible for writing and delivering many of the eulogies during this period. Most of the items are in Polish and date from the late 1920s to late 1940s. This lodge was also known as the Sons of Polish Pioneers. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 2159 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 2159: Records, 1921-1997
Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 43 Abstract: Records, some in Polish, of the Milwaukee Society, Lodge 2159 of Council 8 of the Polish National Alliance (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski), a national mutual benefit and fraternal society for Polish Americans. Included are three cash books, a volume of membership registrations, a book recording members' insurance fees, an attendance book, programs for the lodge's annual Pulaski Day banquets, collected research materials and writings about the history of the Society, newsletters, a Silver Jubilee booklet, and fragmentary correpondence and financial records. Also present is a 70th anniversary program of the Polish Legion of American Veterans Post No. 11 and a brochure in Polish promoting commerce in Milwaukee. The all-male membership of the lodge is composed primarily of Milwaukee professionals, politicians, and businessmen. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 365 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 365: Records, 1928-1979
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 44 Abstract: Records of Lodge 365, the Dr. Karol Marcinkowski Society, located in Milwaukee. The majority are financial records such as insurance records and premium record books, a loan book, receipts and premium receipts book, and a cash book. Also included are computer lists of members and premiums paid, new members, and policy holders; and two manuals for lodge financial secretaries. Other records in the collection consist of a short history of the lodge, two registration books, and some correspondence concerning finances. Some materials are in Polish. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 54 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 54: Records, 1932-1981
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (2 archives boxes, 1 card box, 1 volume) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 46 Abstract: Records, some in Polish, of the Reverend Augustine Kordecki Society, Lodge 54 of a Polish American fraternal and mutual benefit association. Most records pertain to its sales of insurance and payment of death and sick benefits. Included are insurance premium records, records of loans granted and repaid, monthly insurance records to the PNA national secretary, lodge financial records, and fragmentary correspondence, plus a few items from Lodge 457 which merged into Lodge 54 in 1937. Also present are badges worn by lodge officers during ceremonies. |
| Polish Roman Catholic Union of America | Title: Polish Roman Catholic Union of America Records, 1911-1980
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 record center carton) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 62 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin, Circuit No. 6, and several Milwaukee societies of the Polish Roman Catholic Union (Zjednoczenie Polskie Rzymsko Katolickie w Ameryce), the oldest and largest Polish Catholic fraternal organization in the United States. State records include anniversary and convention programs; there are also anniversary programs for Circuit No. 6. Cash books, minute books, and reports on finances, insurance, and membership are present for four local societies: St. Anne Group No. 781; St. Clara Group No. 1218; St. Dorothy Group No. 526; and St. Florentine Group No. 591. |
| Polish Women's Alliance of America | Title: Polish Women's Alliance of America Records, 1916-1963
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: Milwaukee SC 135 Abstract: Printed constitutions, minutes of national conventions (1916-1918), and financial reports (1918, 1924) of the Alliance; constitutions and by-laws of Group 63 (Towarzystwa Polska Powstajaca); and jubilee albums of Milwaukee Groups 72 (Towarzystwo Krolowej Jadwigi) and 78 (Queen Kinga's Society) and of Council No. 1, District 6, Milwaukee. |
| Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 103 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 103: Records, 1930-1971
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (2 folders and 1 volume) Call Number: Milwaukee SC 102 Abstract: Partial records of Group 103, the Mutual Help Society (also known as the St. Juliana Society), a fraternal organization of women of Polish ancestry; including minutes, newsclippings, membership records, and printed items. The group was active in civic activities, in war work and relief during World War II, and in social events. |
| Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 115 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 115: Records, 1911-1920
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (2 folders) Call Number: Milwaukee SC 134 Abstract: Printed constitutions and by-laws, dance programs, and decorated stationery pertaining to Group 115, the Dabrowka Society, founded by Wanda Kwasniewski in 1911. |
| Polish-American Citizens Club (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish-American Citizens Club Records, 1934-1946
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 56 Abstract: Records of a club (Klub Polsko-Amerykanskich Obywateli) formed in 1917 to promote good citizenship, support selected political candidates, and contribute to political, church, and community causes. Included are minutes, a jubilee album, a 1946 photo album of club officers, and newsclippings. |
| Political Education and Action League (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Political Education and Action League Records, 1962-1965
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 1 Abstract: Records of an organization of Milwaukee County business and professional people formed in 1962 to recruit and support conservative candidates for office. The collection contains organizational and general records, correspondence and mailings, and clippings. |
| Polk County (Wis.). Treasurer. | Title: Polk County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1859-1941
Quantity: 199 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Polk Series 4 Abstract: Real and personal property rolls showing assessed valuation of property, taxes levied against property, and taxes paid. Holdings are not complete. Beginning in 1945, records are retained only for every fifth year. |
| Pollak, Felix | Title: Felix Pollak collection, 1920-1990
Quantity: 26.5 Linear Feet 38 letter document boxes, 9 legal document boxes, 3 letter half-document boxes, 4 index card boxes, 3 pamphlet holders, 1 flat box, 1 oversize map-case folder Collection includes papers, photographs, reels, audio cassettes Call Number: Collection ZZF Abstract: The papers of Felix Pollak (1909-1987), a poet, translator, and former curator of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. It consists primarily of corrrespondence with notable poets such as Anais Nin and Henry Miller, manuscripts of published and unpublished works of poetry, and research for his translations. Much of his work as the curator at UW-Madison was devoted to further developing the Sukov Little Magazine collection, including correspondence with Martin Sukov, and correspondence and projects with Frederick J. Hoffman who wrote "The Little Magazine: A history and biography". There are some reels and audio cassettes of interviews, poetry readings, and his poems read by others. Individually cataloged titles can be found in the UW Madison library catalog under the call number "Coll. Pollak" |
| Polleys, William H., 1824-1906 | Title: William H. Polleys Papers, 1853-1895
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes including 21 volumes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss H Abstract: Papers of William H. Polleys of Jackson County, Wisconsin, including correspondence; miscellaneous business papers; and twenty-one logging camp account books, 1875-1882, recording logs sawed and loaded and employees' time and expense records for various logging camps maintained by Polleys in Wisconsin. |
| Pollock, Louis, 1904-1964 | Title: Louis Pollock Papers, 1932-1965
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 184AN; Disc 197A Abstract: Papers of a motion picture and television writer-publicist whose work was blacklisted during the 1950's as a result of mistaken identity. Scripts for radio, television, and motion pictures, many written under the name Joe Madison, form the major portion of the collection. Most television programs are represented by single scripts, though there are multiple titles for The Richard Boone Show and a sound recording of one episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Also included are many short stories and articles and a published copy of his book, Stork Bites Man. A small subject file contains clippings, information on the blacklist, financial and legal records, and correspondence. Relating to his work as a publicist for Universal is a 1938 memorandum describing the structure and operation of the studio's promotion department, financial records for a promotional tour for Back Street, and a bound compendium of Hollywood advertising, 1936-1937. Prominent correspondents include Linus Pauling and Clifford Odets. |
| Polonsky, Abraham, 1910-1999 | Title: Abraham Polonsky Papers, 1936-1968
Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 105AN Abstract: Papers of Abraham Polonsky, a screenwriter and filmmaker who was blacklisted in Hollywood after his refusal to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Among Polonsky's papers are manuscripts of his novels and stories; scripts for radio, theater, televsion, and motion pictures, including documentation for his highly-acclaimed film, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (Universal, 1969); and diaries of his personal life, 1951-1967. |
| Pomeroy, Marcus M., (Brick) | Title: Brick Pomeroy Papers Regarding the Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Company Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 030 Abstract: Letters and other papers related to Brick Pomeroy's involvement with the Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Company. Materials range in date from 1884 to 1886. |
| Pommerening, Glen E., 1927- | Title: Glen E. Pommerening Papers, 1961-1965
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 58 Abstract: Papers of a Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Republican state assemblyman, including constituent correspondence, reports of legislative committees, and reports of legislative commissions, including the Board of Government Operations and the Building Commission. Papers include reports from Pommerening's membership on tax and finance committees. |
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Pond, Alonzo, 1894-1986; Pond, Dorothy L., 1900-1987 |
Title: Alonzo W. and Dorothy L. Pond Papers, 1869-1989 (bulk 1913-1986)
Quantity: 13.6 cubic feet (28 archives boxes, 1 card box, and 2 flat boxes), 10 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 tape recordings, 36 videorecordings, and 11 films Call Number: Mss 762; Micro 1178; Audio 1222A; M87-377; M91-178; M94-017; M99-047; M2000-158 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1913-1986, of Alonzo Pond, an archaeologist, writer, and Wisconsin resort owner, and his wife Dorothy, that document the full range of their joint and individual occupations and interests. Included are personal and professional correspondence; occupational records; many variant drafts of books and articles by the couple based on their experiences and acquaintances with people such as Halvor L. Skavlem and Dr. Kate Newcomb; diaries concerning service as an ambulance driver in World War I, travel, and other personal activities; and films and videos. Pond's archaeological work is represented by files on expeditions to Asia and Africa for the Logan Museum of Anthropology of Beloit College, 1924-1931; participation in the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, 1933, and work at Mammoth Cave. Involvement in Wisconsin tourism is documented by files on his work as a travel writer and lecturer; publicity written for the Cave of the Mounds, 1939-1945; and alphabetical subject files, financial records, and microfilmed scrapbooks pertaining to management and development of Wisconsin Gardens, Minocqua, Wisconsin, 1958-1968. Family papers include Civil War and Spanish-American War correspondence. |
| Poole, DeWitt Clinton, 1885-1952 | Title: DeWitt Clinton Poole Papers, 1918-1952
Quantity: 3.4 c.f. (9 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss AB Abstract: Papers of DeWitt Clinton Poole, a diplomat, lecturer, and educator who served in a number of diplomatic positions in the Soviet Union (1917-1922) and in Germany (1926-1930), who headed the Foreign Nationalities Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (1941-1945), and who was instrumental in the establishment of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (1930-1939). The majority of the collection consists of rough notes and reference material for three courses he taught at Princeton and Harvard: Conduct of Foreign Relations (Govt. 32), Freedom Through Balance of Power (Govt. 115), and International Politics (Govt. 18) and an unidentified course on the Russian Mission, 1917-1924. Also included are copies of speeches; subject files on American recognition of the Soviet Union in 1933 and other topics; and miscellaneous correspondence concerning diplomatic assignments in Russia and Germany, the establishment of the Princeton Diplomatic School, and the publication of an article on the balance of power in 1947. Prominent correspondents include Raoul Bertrand, Wilbur J. Carr, Joseph P. Cotton, Harold G. Dodds, Joseph C. Grew, William Hard, Frank S. Hopkins, Charles E. Hughes, Robert H. Jackson, John K. Jessup, Frederick Kuh, Robert Lansing, William P. Maddox, Harold Nicholson, William Church Osborn, Ralph Barton Perry, Earl S. Pomeroy, Andre Siegfried, Henry L. Stimson, Arthur H. Sulzberger, and Quincy Wright. |
| Poole, Harry R., 1915- | Title: Harry R. Poole Papers, 1941-1991
Quantity: 21.0 c.f. (19 record center cartons and 6 archives boxes) Call Number: M95-115 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1944-1981, of Harry R. Poole, a former president (1976-1979?) and executive vice-president (1955-1976) of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (AMCBWNA) and, after their merger with the Retail Clerks International Association in 1979, a vice-president of the United Food and Commercial Workers. The papers best document his pre-1958 career as organizer and international vice-president of District 2 of the AMCBWNA, but there are some files for his later positions. |
| Poor People's Corporation | Title: Poor People's Corporation Records, 1960-1967 (bulk 1964-1967)
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 3 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 172; Audio 549A Abstract: Records, chiefly 1964-1967, of the Poor People's Corporation (PPC), a non-profit organization founded in 1965 as a result of activities of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) to give financial and technical aid to low income groups in Mississippi to start cooperatives and other self-help programs. The papers relate to PPC, SNCC, and COFO activities and include correspondence, clippings, newsletters, press releases, organizational data, reports, and fragmentary files on individual cooperatives. The meetings of several of these co-ops are on tape. Of particular note is a letter and an article on PPC by Abbie Hoffman. |
| Portage County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors | Title: Portage County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors: Proceedings, 1842-1953
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (14 volumes) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Portage Series 47; Portage Micro Series 2 Abstract: Proceedings of the Portage County board of commissioners and board of supervisors including minutes, reports of county officers and commissions, financial reports, and communications to the board. |
| Portage County (Wis.). School Committee | Title: Portage County (Wis.). School Committee: Records, 1929-1962
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Portage Series 46 Abstract: Minutes of the committee, petitions, orders, hearing and appeal papers, financial records, and correspondence relating to school district reorganization for schools in Portage County. |
| Portage County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Portage County (Wis.) Treasurer: Tax Sale Records, 1853-1944
Quantity: 24.5 c.f. (80 volumes) Call Number: Portage Series 8 Abstract: Records of lands sold with information identifying the land, assessment years, tax and charges, to whom sold, by whom redeemed, date, and amount of redemption. Included are records of probate-related land sales. |
| Portage County (Wisconsin). Treasurer | Title: Portage County Treasurer: Tax, Assessment, and Delinquent Tax Rolls, 1854-1990
Quantity: 296.5 cubic feet (327 archives boxes and 1395 volumes) Call Number: Portage Series 9 Abstract: Tax rolls include date, town, owner, land description, acreage, valuation of real and personal property, amount of taxes, total taxes, and payment. Beginning in 1950, records are retained for only the years ending in 0 or 5. |
| Porter, Anne Eliza Bacon, 1821-1890 | Title: Anne Eliza Bacon Porter Papers, 1839-1890, 1963-1965
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Whitewater Mss M; Micro 615 Abstract: Papers of Porter, a farm wife who settled with her husband near Cooksville, Rock County, Wis., in 1848. Included are nine letters, diaries, farm and household expense books, and a manuscript for Lillian Russell Porter's book, Choice Seed in the Wilderness, based on the diaries of Anne Porter. |
| Porter, Mark | Title: Mark Porter papers Quantity: 1.65 cubic feet 1 record carton, 1 letter document box t-shirts and baseball caps Call Number: uac33 Abstract: Mark Porter is an advocate and activist in Madison, Wisconsin for LGBTQ+ rights. This collection contains local Madison and Wisconsin pride ephemera from 1986-2007. |
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Post World War II Danube Swabian Immigration to Milwaukee
Oral History Project
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Title: Post World War II Danube Swabian Immigration to Milwaukee
Oral History Project Records, 1993-1995
Quantity: .6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 112 Abstract: Interviews with Danube Swabian immigrants to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, conducted as part of an oral history course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The interviews provide insights into life in the Danube basin, service in the Hungarian and German armies during World War II, experiences in Russian prisoner-of-war camps, emigration and settlement in Milwaukee, and the German American community. The collection is especially useful for studying the removal of ethnic minorities from eastern Europe, and the life of refugees in Germany after the war. |
| Post, Helen Rosenau | Title: Helen Rosenau Post Papers, 1936-2000
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: M2012-021 Abstract: Papers of Helen Rosenau Post, a lifetime resident of Muscoda, Wisconsin, consisting of household accounts, greeting cards, letters, weekly planners, and work records. The accounts (1944, 1948-1970) document Post's daily purchases including groceries, birthday gifts, and excursions with friends and family. The cards and letters consist of correspondence written to her by family and detail her life as a teenager living in Muscoda during the Great Depression. The household work records consist primarily of financial notes, while the weekly planners (1982-2000) detail Post's daily activities as a senior citizen ranging from days spent at home to outings with friends. |
| Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks | Title: Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks Records, 1958-1961
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 318 Abstract: Records of the Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks. Included is a manuscript history of reform effort within the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, 1940s to 1958; correspondence relating to the subsequent disaffiliation of a portion of Local 10 of New York City and the affiliation as the Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks with the newly formed National Postal Clerks Union, 1958-1959; correspondence concerning a court case pursued by the NPCU seeking to reinstate fired employee Walter Noreen, 1959-1960; and related union news clippings and printed matter, 1958-1960. Correspondents include J. Cline House, president of the NFPOC; George Meany, president of the AFL; and several members of Congress such as Hubert Humphrey, Jacob Javits, and Kenneth Keating. |
| Potosi Brewing Company (Potosi, Wis.) | Title: Potosi Brewing Company Records, 1848-1977
Quantity: 50.5 c.f. (87 archives boxes, 26 flat boxes, and 1 record center carton), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 70 photographs, 99 pieces of ephemera, and 1 poster Call Number: Platteville Mss AG; Platteville Micro 41; Micro 1130; PH 3772; PH 4297; PH 7-368 Abstract: Records, mainly 1934-1972, of a Wisconsin brewery that operated in Potosi, Grant County, Wisconsin from 1852 to 1972. Series that document the history of the brewery are correspondence, financial and accounting records, executive records, labor records, sales and production records, tax records, and historical materials, including photographs and ephemera. |
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Potter family; Potter, John, approximately 1705-approximately 1759; Potter, James, 1729-1789; Potter, James |
Title: Draper Manuscripts: Potter Family Papers, 1747-1807
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 volume) Call Number: Draper Mss PP Abstract: Original papers of three members of a prominent early family in central Pennsylvania: John Potter, a businessman with Indian traders and sheriff in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; his son, James, a military officer and deputy surveyor for state lands in Northumberland County; and the latter's son, also named James, a lieutenant colonel of militia in 1795 and an associate county judge in 1800. Included are correspondence, financial records, militia records, family records, and legal records. |
| Potter Lumber Company (Calumet County, Wis.) | Title: Potter Lumber Company Records, 1904-1962
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 87 Abstract: Business records of the Potter Lumber Company (founded in 1921 in Calumet County, Wis.) and the Rudolph Greve Hardware Company (founded in 1924 in Kiel, Wis.), as kept by their tax consultant, Elmer E. Meyer. Meyer was on the board of directors of both companies and a brother of the founder and president of Potter Lumber Company, Henry L. Meyer, and a brother-in-law of the founder and president of the Rudolph Greve Hardware Company, Rudolph Greve. The records for both companies include board of directors and stockholders meeting minutes, ledgers, and journals, account books and related business records, and corporation tax returns. Records of the Potter Lumber Company also include inventory sheets and business correspondence. Correspondence concerning the sale of the Rudolph Greve Hardware Company, stock certificates for an unidentified H. L. Meyer Company, tax returns and related correspondence of Henry L. Meyer, and Elmer E. Meyer's translation into English of Der Deutsche Tag complete the collection. |
| Potter, Calvin J. | Title: Calvin J. Potter Papers, 1979-1998
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 174 Abstract: Political papers of Calvin Potter, a member of the Democratic Party, mainly reflecting his years as a representative of Wisconsin's 9th Senate district (Sheboygan, Calumet, and Manitowoc counties) from 1990 to 1998, but also including material from his tenure in the State Assembly (59th district, Sheboygan Co.) from 1974 to 1988. The papers consist of biographical information, newsletters, press releases, speeches, and subject files which focus on legislation with which he was closely involved. Topics include credit unions, school mascots and Native American stereotypes, juvenile justice, “light” butter, pornography, DNA testing, tattoo legislation, and various police related issues, among others. The collection also includes a diary and correspondence from a 1986 trip to Japan funded through the Japan/United States Friendship Commission to study the Japanese education system. |
| Potter, Hitty Wenzel, 1820-1864 | Title: Hitty Wenzel Potter Papers, 1840-1911
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 147 Abstract: Transcribed and original letters written by Potter mainly from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin to family members in Massachusetts, and a few letters directed to her. The letters describe the life of a woman in territorial Wisconsin: household duties, raising children, religious and social life, and tending the sick. There is also mention of runaway slaves; national politics; outbreaks of cholera, smallpox, and scarlet fever; the local economy; descriptions of the family's land and livestock holdings; and attitudes towards new immigrants. Also in the collection are two letters (1885 and 1891) to Susan Potter DeGraff from two of her brothers (Hitty's children); several schoolgirl compositions; a 1911 clipping from a Wauwatosa newspaper giving details of the family history; and a typed copy of an 1864 manuscript about the history of the Johnston and Upson families. Most of the letters are photocopies of transcriptions, but sixteen are original letters. |
| Potter, John Fox, 1817-1899 | Title: John Fox Potter Papers, 1767, 1810-1939
Quantity: 1.3 c.f. (5 archives boxes, 1 card file, and 1 volume) Call Number: Wis Mss OG Abstract: Correspondence and legal and business records of Potter, Wisconsin congressman, 1857-1863, and consul general to the British Provinces in North America, 1863-1866. Correspondence is informative on political matters of the pre-Civil War and Civil War periods; abolitionism and national politics; the Kansas constitutions; the proposed acquisition of Cuba; the difficulty of electing a speaker of the House in 1859; Virginian Roger Pryor's challenge of Potter to a duel; the investigation of the loyalty of federal employees by a House committee, 1861-1862; and distribution of patronage among Wisconsin Republicans. A number of letters written to Potter as consul general at Montreal and an exchange with C.A. Bronson of La Crosse, Wisconsin, concerning the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States are also included. Among Potter's correspondents were Simon Cameron, Salmon P. Chase, James D. Doty, James Kendall, Rufus King, Carl Schurz, William H. Seward, Caleb Smith, Charles Sumner, and C.C. Washburn. |
| Potter, Milton, 1873- | Title: Milton Potter Papers, 1890-1924
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 73 Abstract: Miscellaneous papers of a superintendent of schools in Pueblo, Colorado; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Consists largely of Potter's professional correspondence concerning support for educational programs and his views on the quality of various school texts. There is almost no information on Potter's administration of the schools. Contains some correspondence with his parents, usually concerning routine family matters, family pictures, and some of Potter's awards. Also includes extensive correspondence (1904-1905) between Potter and his future wife, Camilla (née Barbara), written during their courtship. |
| Powell, Frank | Title: A Brief History of Frontier Lodge No. 45 F. & A.M., Smith Chapter No. 13 R.A.W., and La Crosse Commandery No. 9 T.K. Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 084 Abstract: "A Brief History of Frontier Lodge No. 45 F. & A.M., Smith Chapter No. 13 R.A.W., and La Crosse Commandery No 9 T.K.," written by Frank Powell, 1900. |
| Powers, Anne, 1913-1987 | Title: Anne Powers Manuscripts, 1949-1958
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 317 Abstract: This collection, which dates mostly from the 1950s, includes typed drafts and galley proofs of various works from Wisconsin author Anne Powers (1913-1987). |
| Powers, W.C., collector | Title: W.C. Powers Collection of Dakota Territory and Nebraska Lithographs by T. Sinclair, circa 1870s
Quantity: 7 lithographs (1 folder) Call Number: PH 1476 Abstract: Illustrations of geological features, Native American camps, and a Sioux grave made by T. Sinclair of Philadelphia. |
| Poygan (Winnebago County, Wis. : Town). Clerk | Title: Poygan (Winnebago County, Wis. : Town). Clerk: Clerk's Records, 1853-1968
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Winnebago Series 34 Abstract: A variety of papers filed with the town clerk related to his functions as office of record for the town board, administrator of town programs, and liaison with county and state government. |