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| Black and White Men Together-Milwaukee | Title: Black and White Men Together-Milwaukee Records, 1981-1991
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 208 Abstract: Records documenting the functions and activities of the Milwaukee chapter of Black and White Men Together (BWMT). BWMT-Milwaukee provided a safe environment for gay males, interracial couples, and individuals interested in interracial dating. It also raised awareness about and combated racism within Milwaukee's gay community and homophobia within its black community. The collection includes brochures and fliers, newsletters, correspondence between the Milwaukee chapter and the national association, agendas and minutes from membership and steering committee meetings, and information about the 1987 national convention held in Milwaukee. The collection also contains some general information about the national association (NABWMT). |
| United Artists Corporation | Title: Black Books, Foreign Statistics: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 1F, circa 1935-circa 1950
Quantity: 3.8 cubic feet (10 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/1F Abstract: Informational reference materials relating to the foreign territories in which United Artists (UA) did business. The materials were designed as a reference source on the cultural patterns, business practices, and laws which affected the foreign subsidiaries and licensed agents of the corporation. Included is information on the history of United Artists operations in that territory; laws related to the import and/or exhibition of foreign pictures; lists of holidays celebrated and the effects of each on attendance; comparisons of various film stars' drawing powers with local audiences; labor information; monetary regulation, tax, and duty laws; censorship laws; local advertising rates and policies; statistics on competitors' operations there; lists of local contacts; and other relevant information. |
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University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.; Roeming, Robert F. |
Title: Black French Literature Radio Records, 1960-1978
Quantity: 4.2 cubic ft. (11 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 400 Abstract: Records of Robert F. Roeming’s University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee radio course on Black French Literature which aired in 1977. Contains program scripts, recordings, research, and related documents. |
| Mouser, Bruce L. | Title: Black La Crosse: From Trading Post to Frontier Boomtown, 1850-1865 Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 145 Abstract: "Black La Crosse: From Trading Post to Frontier Boomtown, 1850-1865," by Bruce Mouser. This writing was published in several issues of the La Crosse County Historical Society's publication Past, Present & Future during the years 1998 and 1999. |
| Black Settlers from Rural Wisconsin Oral History Project | Title: Black Settlers from Rural Wisconsin Oral History Project interviews,
1974-1981
Quantity: 35 tape recordings and 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: Audio 925A; SC 1241 Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews with nineteen elderly residents of Grant and Vernon counties in Wisconsin, concerning the substantial African American communities in those two counties between 1850 and World War I. Interviews focus on domestic and social life, agricultural and other work, education, religion, relationships with white and black neighbors, genealogy, and the gradual movement to more urban areas which began at the turn of the 20th century. The interviews were conducted by Zachary L. Cooper and Emilie Tari under grants from the Wisconsin American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also includes interview abstracts. |
| - - - | Title: Black Settlers, Cheyenne Valley, Wisconsin Photographs, circa 1875-circa 1975
Quantity: 34 copy prints (1 folder) and 40 copy negatives (40 negative sleeves) Call Number: PH 4456 Abstract: Photographs of members of the Black community in Cheyenne Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin, circa 1875-1975, one of the two Wisconsin farming communities settled by migrant Blacks. Included are images related to the Shivers, Bass, Owens, Revels, Barton, and Arms families as well as several images of the Eastman school and its pupils. The images were collected by Zachary Cooper while working on his book Black Settlers of Rural Wisconsin. |
| Walliser, Blair | Title: Blair Walliser Papers, 1933-1955
Quantity: 4.2 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 3 photographs Call Number: M2010-047 Abstract: Papers of radio and television writer-producer-director Blair Walliser, consisting mainly of scripts, story outlines and synopses for radio comedies and dramas, and clippings from Chicago newspapers' coverage of the programs, many of which were produced for WGN. Titles represented in the collection include: “The Coronet Story Teller” (which has an extensive outline series), “Harold Teen,” “Easy Money,” “Great Artists” (scripts are written by members of the Illinois Writers Project, including Louis “Studs” Terkel), “Peter Quill,” and “The Romance of Helen Trent.” Photographs are three photos from “Harold Teen.” |
| McNulty, Blake | Title: Blake McNulty Interviews, 1966
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 10 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 330; Tape 471A Abstract: Tape-recorded and transcribed interviews conducted by Blake McNulty with leaders of the South Carolina civil rights movement, particularly the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In addition to interviews with Rev. J. H. Hinton, Benjamin Mack, Richard Miles, Hayes Mizell, Rev. I. D. Newman, and Modjeska Simkins, there are also gospel songs and a radio script composed by Blake McNulty. |
| Chamberlain, Blanche A. | Title: Blanche A. Chamberlain Letter Concerning 1919 Holmen School District Census Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 012 Abstract: Letter written by Blanche A. Chamberlain, 29 October 1919, which includes a summary of the Holmen, Wisconsin School District census of 1919. |
| Blatz Brewing Company | Title: Blatz Brewing Company Records, 1862-1944
Quantity: 9.6 cubic ft. (12 boxes) 327 volumes Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 132 Abstract: The majority of the collection consists of over three hundred accounting books that document the financial history of the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company. Most of the records are from the 1880s through the early 1920s, although some date as early as 1862 and as late as 1944. A variety of records are included in the collection, such as general ledgers and journals, cash books, inventory books, and cash customer journals. The records trace the history of the brewery, the bottling plant, various branches, and Valentin Blatz's Estate. The Blatz collection documents the company's rapid growth in the late nineteenth century, the sale of the business in 1890, the disposition of the Valentin Blatz estate, and the impact of the Prohibition movement. There is also extensive information pertaining to the beer bottling industry, including data about finances, vendors, customers, productions, product development, and sales. The records also demonstrate the complicated network of branches and depots that was in place as early as the 1880s. |