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| Yoakum, Guy, 1881-1957 | Title: Guy Yoakum Papers, 1888-1958
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 1 archives box) and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Mss 1207; PH 7075 Abstract: Papers, 1888-1958, of Guy Yoakum, a minister at Hope Congregational Church in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (1923-1935), and civic director of the City Club of Chicago (1953-1955). Personal and professional papers, including correspondence, sermons, copies of diary pages, and other writings including chapters of an unpublished book on American religion, news clippings, and photographs. Guy Yoakum was the father of Robert Yoakum, a writer and syndicated columnist. |
| Yoakum, Robert, 1922-2016 | Title: Robert Yoakum Papers, circa 1932-2012
Quantity: 12.2 cubic feet (9 records center cartons, 7 archives boxes, and 1 flat box) and 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (4 folders) Call Number: Mss 1206; PH 7071 Abstract: Papers, circa 1932-2012, of Robert Yoakum, a writer, syndicated columnist, and humorist, whose twice-weekly "Another Look" column (1971 to 1986) ran in over 80 newspapers during its run. Also documented is his writing for publications such as Columbia Journalism Review and the The New Republic, particularly his articles on the censure of Senator Thomas J. Dodd, his work as a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy and other Democratic Party campaigns, and his writings about Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). |
| Yoho, Gerald | Title: Gerald Yoho Store Records, 1873-1937
Quantity: 4.1 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 2 flat boxes, and 1 archives box) Call Number: M80-352 Abstract: Records, 1873-1937, consisting primarily of financial papers, for a general store and later, funeral parlor, located in Batavia, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, which began in the 19th century and continued to 1980. G.A. Leifer and his son, Herbert, opened the store. Herbert Leifer continued to run the store after his father’s death and then took a partner named Hintz. Gerald Yoho, who married Elaine Leifer in 1946, became a business partner and bought out the other partners in 1965. |
| York, Stanley, 1931- | Title: Stanley York Papers, 1953-1996
Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (13 archives boxes and 2 card file boxes); plus additions of 1.0 c.f., 4 tape recordings, and 1 photograph Call Number: Mss 1007; M2011-069 Abstract: Papers, 1953-1996, of Stanley York, a Wisconsin State Assemblyman (R-Buffalo, Pepin, and Pierce Counties), pastor, and executive in various public sector and non-profit positions. The majority of the records relate to his tenure in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1967-1970), consisting of constituent correspondence, bill files, reference materials, reports, meeting minutes, news clippings, and committee files pertaining to such issues as public welfare, sex education, the upper Mississippi river basin, and disruptions at the University of Wisconsin. A small amount of materials relate to his post-legislative career as Commissioner of the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations; Commissioner of the Public Service Commission; Executive Director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities; Executive Assistant of the Department of Health and Social Services; and Director of the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, as well as his role as a pastor for the United Church of Christ. |
| Youmans, Henry A., 1816-1893 | Title: Henry A. Youmans Papers, 1843-1883
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Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 117 Abstract: Papers consisting primarily of financial record books of Dr. Youmans, Mukwonago, Wisconsin, noting patient name, charges, and occasionally a note on medical condition or treatment; plus a genealogical essay by John B. Youmans and miscellaneous items. |
| Young Christian Workers. Milwaukee Federation (Wis.) | Title: Young Christian Workers. Milwaukee Federation: Records, 1940-1964
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 99 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Federation and individual chapters of the Catholic action youth group, Young Christian Workers. Included are agendas, correspondence, financial records, minutes, newsletters, and reports. The records document YCW programs and projects such as the Basic Social Action Program, workshops on dating, retreats, International Days and Weeks, special inquiries on migrant workers and racial discrimination, study days and weekends, and training courses. Scrapbooks document Milwaukee's participation in the September 1957 International YCW Pilgrimage to Rome and YCW Teachers' Group. Also present are a few records of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (1940-43), the Cardijn Center, the Christian Family Movement, and the College Young Christian Students. |
| Young Democratic Caucus of Wisconsin | Title: Young Democratic Caucus of Wisconsin Records, 1963-1973
Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 369 Abstract: Records, mainly 1968-1972, of the official youth organization of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin which for most of its history was known as the Young Democratic Clubs of Wisconsin. Included are constitutions; executive committee minutes; correspondence of members of the executive board; position statements and other records pertaining to state conventions; fragmentary financial records; files on various local and district YDCW units and on other groups such as the Wisconsin Youth Council; newsletters, manuals and miscellaneous publications; membership directories; and material pertaining to special projects and activities. Files pertaining to campaign activities are scattered, although there are some segregated materials of note pertaining to Bronson La Follette. |
| Young Men's Association of the City of Milwaukee. | Title: Young Men’s Association Records, 1852-1878
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 66 Abstract: This collection contains two ledgers from the Young Men's Association of the City of Milwaukee. |
| Young Men's Christian Association (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Young Men's Christian Association of La Crosse Records Physical Description: 2.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 023 Abstract: Records of a La Crosse, Wisconsin, men's organization, mainly 1883-1974. The organization is also known locally by the name "Family Y," and its membership is open to men and women. The original purpose of the association was to "promote the mental, moral, social, and physical good of the young men" of La Crosse and its vicinity. Religious education also played a large role. Today's programming is geared toward family activities and physical exercise. Materials include board minutes, 1883-1954; photographs, 1926-1980; and scrapbooks, 1942-1974. Newsletters and photographs are also included from two YMCA clubs: the Central High School "Hi-Ys", 1959-1966; and the Men's Y-Club, 1938-1954. |
| Young Men's Christian Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Young Men's Christian Association Collection, 1887-1999
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 148 Abstract: This collection contains materials on the Milwaukee Young Men's Christian Association. Includes various publications, newsletters, mailings, and pamphlets. |
| Young People's Socialist League | Title: Young People's Socialist League Records, 1926-1962
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 13 Abstract: Copies of circular letters, minutes, convention papers, publications, reports, resolutions, and other papers of a semi-autonomous the Young People's Socialist League, the youth branch of the Socialist Party of America. The collection primarily documents the more practical aspects of party life and activities, such as meetings, membership, fund raising, committee work, and conventions. The file of publications is comprised of issues of the YPSL newspaper, Challenge (1943-1946), Avanti (a bulletin), the Young Socialist Handbook, and the High School Socialist, as well as individual publications and mimeographed material. Also included is a 1953 report describing YPSL disorganization and lack of membership, a 1940 resolution on socialism and the war, and statements on Cuba, 1961. |
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Young People's Socialist League; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Young People’s Socialist League Records, 1912-1993
Quantity: 1.6 cubic ft. (5 boxes) 5 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 93 Abstract: This collection contains records of the Young People’s Socialist League (YPSL) from the national level of the organization as well as the state of Wisconsin focusing on the Milwaukee area. |
| Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.) | Title: Young Socialist Alliance Records, 1954-1992
Quantity: 23 reels of microfilm (35mm), 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder), and 1 film Call Number: Micro 726; Micro 949; Micro 1079; SC 3018; FF 033 Abstract: Records of the national office of the Young Socialist Alliance, a revolutionary Marxist youth group closely allied to the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party. The YSA was formed in 1960 and it dissolved into the SWP in 1992. The collection documents YSA's role in the protest against the Vietnam War, in various struggles for minority rights, and in numerous other political and social conflicts dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. On microfilm are National Executive Committee minutes, mailings, financial reports, mimeographed materials produced by the national office for intra-party communication, historical files, and detailed narrative reports on local activities during the 1970s. Subject files relate to involvement with the international student movement during the 1980s, and especially with the movement in South Africa; the domestic student movement of the 1970s; trials of several expelled dissidents; conferences and defense cases; and correspondence about diverse organizations such as Prisoners United and the Symbionese Liberation Army. Predating the YSA are bulletins and minutes of the National Action Committee of the Young Socialist League and minutes of the editorial board and mailings of the Young Socialist. Also included is a print of To Make a Revolution, a film by David Weiss concerning the YSA during the early 1970s. A few items, 1965-1971, are available in paper form. |
| Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.). Madison Chapter (Wis.) | Title: Young Socialist Alliance. Madison Chapter: Records, 1962-1977
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons) and 10 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 578; Micro 876 Abstract: Records of the Madison affiliate of the Young Socialist Alliance, formed nationally in 1957 under the influence of the Socialist Workers Party, and active locally from about 1965. Included in the collection are correspondence, administrative records, financial papers, notes, subject files, research materials, and newsclippings illustrating the anti-Vietnam war and other activities of the YSA, and its ties to other activist and radical groups. The papers have been arranged in ten series: organizational records, financial records, convention and election campaign papers, publicity and publications, YSA activity reports, U.W. campus activities, records of cooperation with other groups, general papers and subject file, and records of other Wisconsin and out-of-state locals. Most of the papers date from the mid-1960's to the early 1970's, and partially reflect the original arrangement of the donor, Patrick M. Quinn. |
| Young Women's Christian Association (Green Bay-De Pere) | Title: Young Women's Christian Association (Green Bay-De Pere): Young Women's Christian Association (Green Bay-De Pere) Records, 1919-2007
Quantity: 10.4 cubic feet (7 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 3 flat boxes and 1 card file box), 181 photographs, 228 transparencies, 1 drawing, 1 film, and 1 tape recording Call Number: Green Bay Mss 189; PH Green Bay Mss 189; AE 230; Audio 1693A Abstract: Records of the Young Women's Christian Association in Green Bay-De Pere (YWCA), 1919-2007, consisting of founding documents, annual meeting minutes, financial reports, committee and programming materials, and publications, scrapbooks and photographs. The campaign to raise money for the construction of a new building for the organization, which opened in 1962, is well-documented, as are the youth programs, particularly the summer camps White Gables and Wethanketha. Correspondence is sparse. A film of the groundbreaking for the new building and a tape recording of children's performance in the 1990s are also included. |
| Young Women's Christian Association (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Young Women's Christian Association of La Crosse Records General Physical Description note: 13.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 024 Abstract: Records of a women's organization in La Crosse, Wisconsin, affiliated in 1907 with its parent national organization. Founded locally in 1903, the group seeks to "advance the physical, social, intellectual, moral and spiritual interests" of young women. The modern, national statement of purpose includes the goal of "peace and justice, freedom and dignity for all people." The records include historical materials, board minutes and committee materials (1907-1981), executive files (1907-1938; 1965-1989), incomplete financial materials (1933-1987), and buildings and grounds materials (1961-1987). Also included are materials of several Y.W.C.A. clubs such as Newcomers (1963-1968), Round Table (1933-1987) and Y-Teens (1959-1970). |
| Young Women's Christian Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Young Women's Christian Association Records, 1892-1961
Quantity: 6.8 cubic ft. (1 record center carton, 7 archives boxes, 5 flat boxes) and 2 microfilm reels (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BH; Milwaukee Micro 4; Micro 2 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee YWCA, sponsor of recreational and self-improvement activities for local working women. Included is a small amount of correspondence (1914-1943), mostly relating to the construction of a new activities building; miscellaneous financial records (1928-1936); flyers and announcements (1953-1958); pamphlets; publications; and scrapbooks. On microfilm are the minutes of the Board of Managers (1892-1898); annual meetings (1895-1903); Board of Trustees (1899-1908, 1921-1924, 1938-1950); and Board of Directors (1898-1950). |
| Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Madison (Madison, Wisconsin) | Title: Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) records Quantity: 19.2 Linear Feet Fourteen record storage cartons, six flat flip-top boxes, three oversize flat boxes, and one map case folder. 19.2 linear feet of paper documents, bound volumes, photographs, and posters. Call Number: uac17 Abstract: University of Wisconsin YWCA established in 1884 and aimed to offer every woman on campus the opportunity for self-expression and development of leadership through committee work and interest groups. Includes business records, files on issues, and YWCA sponsored events of the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Young, Alfred Fabian, 1925- | Title: Alfred Young Papers, 1963-1995
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: M2010-075 Abstract: Papers created and collected by Alfred F. Young, professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University and notable historian, pertaining mostly to his pursuits expanding and defending the idea of academic freedom. Young is co-founder of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Illinois, which played a major role in the various Staughton Lynd cases put before the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The papers consist of articles relating to the controversy surrounding the Smithsonian Institution's exhibit, “The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II,” and reactions of other museums and organizations to the controversy generated by Young for the drafting of his Museum Bill of Rights. The papers relating to the Staughton Lynd case primarily consist of correspondence between Young, AAUP General Secretary Bertram Davis, and Lynd. |
| Young, Allen, 1941- | Title: Allen Young Papers, 1962-2000
Quantity: 8.8 cubic feet (22 archives boxes), 7 tape recordings, 59 photographs, and 5 negatives Call Number: Mss 520; Audio 1390A; PH Mss 520 Abstract: Papers of Allen Young, a New Left journalist and prominent gay liberation writer and activist. Young wrote extensively on the social action movement and radical activities in the late 1960s and wrote and edited a handful of pioneering books about gays and lesbians in the 1970s. These include his 1971 gay manifesto “Out of the Closet,” “Lavender Culture: Vision of Lesbians and Gay Men,” and “The Gay Report,” by Young and Karla Jay. The bulk of the collection consists of incoming correspondence and a small amount of outgoing correspondence from 1963 to 2000. The letters illuminate his fellow activists' thoughts on social and political issues ranging from the impact of AIDS on the gay community in the 1980s and 1990s to the persecution of gays in Communist Cuba. Other topics covered include environmental activism, communal living, and the natural landscape of western Massachusetts. Also included are article drafts, manuscripts, reviews, subject files, and other materials relating to Young's books and his career as a writer. In addition there are taped interviews with writer Allen Ginsberg and California gay liberation activist Mother Boats. |
| Young, Charles S., 1959- | Title: Charles S. Young Papers, 1972-1980
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 7 photographs Call Number: Mss 657; PH Mss 657 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1973-1976, collected by Charles S. Young, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pertaining to the activities of several left-wing organizations active in Madison. Included are minutes, agendas, notes, position papers, speeches, handbills, and posters pertaining to the Madison Anti-Imperialist Organization, the Attica Brigade, the Revolutionary Student Brigade, and other groups. Photographs consist of images of several banners. |
| Young, Crawford, M., 1931-2020 | Title: Crawford Young papers Quantity: 7.25 Linear Feet 7 record storage cartons, 1 half size letter document box. 7.25 feet of papers, correspondence, published material, manuscripts, and research notes. Call Number: uac93 Abstract: The Crawford Young papers document the scholarly and professional activities of Merwin Crawford Young, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Young was first made a full professor in 1963 and became the director of the African Studies program. Young's work centered around democracy and state formation in post-colonial Africa. His 1976 work: "The Politics of Cultural Pluralism" was awarded several academic prizes and remains influential in the field. Young retired in 2001. |
| Young, Frank J., 1911-1968 | Title: Frank J. Young Papers, 1889-1968
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons, 1 archives box, 1 oversize box) and 113 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 78AN; PH 3629 Abstract: Fragmentary personal and professional papers of Frank J. Young, a New York publicist and journalist. Includes correspondence, resumes and press releases, drafts of public relations projects, and newspaper clippings about his career, New York social life, and Naval service. Also includes materials gathered for a book about the theater's Shubert family. Professional papers include publicity records, plans, and press kits done while with General Public Relations, Inc., for The Ann Sothern Show, December Bride, and The Loretta Young Show, promotional material for The Rifleman, a scrapbook of his Screen Gems promotional campaign for Father Knows Best, press releases for NBC, 1951-1952, and station and public relations records for WPIX-TV, 1948-1951, and WNEW radio, 1959-1962. The photographs relate to Young's professional activities and his personal life. |
| Young, Hattie Oden, 1861- | Title: Hattie Oden Young Papers, 1748-1814, 1907-1933
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Maryland Mss C Abstract: Papers of Hattie Oden Young, the mother-in-law of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., consisting chiefly of letters (1932-1933) to her daughter Matilda (La Follette's sister-in-law), including frequent references to Senator La Follette and current political issues, and occasional mention of Philip F. La Follette. Other letters to Mrs. Young and genealogical notes and deeds concern the Young family. |
| Young, Herbert F., 1946- | Title: Herbert F. Young Papers, 1969-1975
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 21 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 187AF; Audio 1936A Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, and advertising and programming files of Herbert Young, a former program director for Radio Free Madison, WIBA-FM's experiment with rock music format during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tape recordings consist of commercials, public service announcements, and programs for Radio Free Madison, circa 1970-1973. |
| Young, Jamie | Title: Jamie Young Wisconsin Panoramic Photographs, 1999-2006
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 custom oversize folder and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: PH 6884 Abstract: Photographs, primarily panoramic prints, 1999-2006, made by Jamie Young, including portraits of members of of Tabernacle Community Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; thresherees; other group portraits; and scenic views. |
| Young, Nedrick, 1914-1968 | Title: Nedrick Young Papers, 1947-1968
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 1 disc recording Call Number: U.S. Mss 132AN; Audio 1265A Abstract: Papers of Nedrick Young, a screenwriter who refused to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1953 and was blacklisted as a result. Most of the collection documents his career as a screenwriter through biographical material, screenplays for motion pictures and television, and unproduced story ideas for various genres; there is extensive documentation for several unproduced films and for The Defiant Ones (UA, 1958) and Inherit the Wind (UA, 1960). Some were written under the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas. In 1961, Young joined others in a lawsuit against the Motion Picture Producers' Association for damages incurred in their blacklisting. Concerning the lawsuit, there are files of correspondence, legal documents, exhibits and research materials, clippings, and public relations items. A recorded 1961 Carnegie Hall speech by Young on the threat of the blacklist to young writers is also present. |
| Young, Quentin, 1923- | Title: Quentin Young Papers, 1964-1975
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) and 7 photographs Call Number: Mss 880; PH Mss 880 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1967-1968, of a Chicago physician and medical activist chiefly relating to his work as national and Chicago area leader of the Medical Committee for Human Rights. MCHR was a civil rights support group founded in 1964 to provide medical aid to volunteers in Mississippi. It also provided medical aid to the 1968 Democratic Convention, an act which caused Young to be subpoenaed by the House Committee for Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1968. Included in the records are correspondence to and from Young in his roles as MCHR leader and Chicago physician/activist; correspondence of T.G.G. (George) Wilson, Philadelphia chapter leader and vice chairman during Young's tenure; national and Chicago MCHR records and files about numerous MCHR chapters; activity files on the Southern project of the Chapter, the 1968 Democratic Convention, and anti-American Medical Association organizing; and general subject files containing correspondence, publications, reports, project literature, clippings, press releases, and manuscripts on social action and medical organizations with which Young had contact. Prominent correspondents include H. Jack Geiger, Martin Luther King, Alfred Klinger, Alvin Pouissant, Walter Reuther, Frank Wilkinson, and Andrew Young. |
| Young, William P. | Title: William P. Young papers Quantity: 2.21 cubic feet 1 record carton, 2 letter document boxes, 1 half-letter document box, 1 oversize folder Collection includes slides, black and white photographs, and scrapbook pages. Call Number: uac36 Abstract: William P. Young graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in 1941 and became a Professor of Surgery at UW-Madison. He was a leader in the field of cardiac surgery, performing a brief off-pump open heart surgery assisted by hypothermia and vena caval ligation in the early 1950s. Young's collection consists of correspondence from patients expressing gratitude, which appears in letters as well as in scrapbooks. It also includes photographs that were used for teaching, writings by Young and others, and a pair of telephoto lens glasses that he made for performing surgeries. |