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| Federal Art Project (Wis.) | Title: Federal Art Project Drawings, 1936-1942
Quantity: 58 drawings (3 flat boxes and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: PH 84 (5) Abstract: Drawings made by various artists as part of the Wisconsin Federal Art Project, 1936-1942. Included on the drawings are the title, location, and date. Subjects covered include farming, fishing, markets, animals, weather, and rural Wisconsin life. |
| Work Projects Administration | Title: Federal Music Project (Wis.) Quantity: 3 linear feet 7 archival boxes (boxes 1-7) Call Number: Abstract: |
| Federal Writers' Project | Title: Federal Writers' Project: Oneida Culture Oral History Project Records, 1940-1942
Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (18 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 card box) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 164 Abstract: Records of a WPA project to document the history and culture of the Oneida in Wisconsin, conducted through the University of Wisconsin. The records consist primarily of a series of notebooks from oral history interviews that took place between 1941 and 1942 that were conducted by Oneida tribe members under the direction of UW anthropologists. The interviews concern such topics as Oneida history, family life, religion, economic conditions, education, medicine, hunting and fishing, recreation, traditional stories and jokes, the Workers' Alliance, the Six Nations Confederacy, and the Oneida Indian Cooperative Association. Also included are Employment Eligibility Surveys conducted by the interviewers, focusing on the education level and work experience of tribe members, maps of Oneida Village and the surrounding area, and an index card file of citations, principally from the Green Bay Gazette, of news articles relating to the Oneida tribe from 1898-1904 and 1931-1940. |
| Federated Trades Council (Green Bay, Wis.) | Title: Federated Trades Council (Green Bay, Wis.) Records, 1895-1944
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 package) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 40 Abstract: Minutes of the executive board, 1907-1940; correspondence, mainly 1938-1944, including letters from the American Federation of Labor, the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, and Wisconsin congressmen on labor legislation, information on wartime wage scales for the building trades, and letters concerning the council's community and charitable work; financial records, 1895-1926; and roll call and payment books that serve as membership records for individuals and organizations. Also included are minutes of the Building Crafts Council, 1933-1940. |
| Federated Trades Council of Milwaukee | Title: Federated Trades Council of Milwaukee Records, 1900-1950
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) and 5 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DR; PH 408 Abstract: Correspondence, reports, and agreements, 1903-1940. Letters are written mainly by general secretaries Frank J. Weber and Herman Seide and include information on labor legislation, the National Recovery Administration's activities in Milwaukee, old age pensions, collective bargaining, and inter-union disputes. Also present is material on the laundry workers' strike of 1934, a minute book, 1900-1903, minutes of the executive board, 1915-1939, financial and other records, and photographs. |
| Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations of Milwaukee | Title: Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations of Milwaukee Records, 1929-1981
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 52; Micro 1083 Abstract: Records, mainly 1950-1969, of an organization founded in 1925 that coordinated the activities of philanthropic and cultural Jewish women's organizations in Milwaukee. Included are constitutions, officers' correspondence, publications, directories of organizations and events, and an historical scrapbook. |
| 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. |
| Geiger, Ferdinand A., 1867-1939 | Title: Ferdinand A. Geiger Papers, 1839-1951
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 63 Abstract: Papers of Ferdinand A. Geiger, a Wisconsin lawyer and United States District Judge for Eastern Wisconsin, 1912-1939, including correspondence, family and personal papers, speeches, papers relating to Geiger's involvement in a Justice Department controversy concerning ethics (1937-1938), and a copy of lectures on the powers and duties of the district attorney, presented by J. L. O'Connor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, 1888. |
| Bridge, Ferne M. Deininger | Title: Ferne M. Deininger Bridge: Family Genealogies, 1968-1982
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Platteville Mss BG Abstract: Research papers of Ferne Bridge, a University of Wisconsin-Platteville graduate, schoolteacher in Green County, resident of Juda, Wis., and chairperson of the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial celebration in Juda. The papers consist of her genealogical research and local history notes on Green County, Wis. The bulk of material documents the families of Bridge, Conn, Delap, Douglass, and Starr. The collection also covers other surnames from Green County as well as from other states such as Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Also included are local histories of the towns of Jefferson and Juda in Green County, research notes on Scotch-Irish immigrants, correspondence, and information on the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial celebration in Juda. |
| Ferriday Freedom Movement (Ferriday, La.) | Title: Ferriday Freedom Movement Records, 1964-1966
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 376 Abstract: Records of a Ferriday, Louisiana, civil rights organization closely tied to the Congress of Racial Equality. The collection consists of general correspondence; an administrative file of minutes, field reports, articles and project proposals, press releases, and clippings; and a subject file of correspondence, reports, petitions, and lists collected by the FFM on such movement activities as voter registration and integration of public facilities. |
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White, Kenneth S., 1897-1976; White, Ferris M., 1862-1940 |
Title: Ferris M. White and Kenneth S. White Papers, 1917-1949
Quantity: 8.2 c.f. (21 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss J Abstract: Mainly legal, business, and political papers of two River Falls, Wisconsin, lawyers, Ferris M. White and his son Kenneth. Correspondence of Ferris White, 1933-1940, concerns his law partnership with his son, chairmanship of the Board of Bar Examiners, participation in the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, service as city attorney of River Falls, and land and stock investments in Canada, Iowa, Texas, and Montana. Many letters and related papers concern his work, 1933-1935, as county attorney for both Pierce and St. Croix counties for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, an agency to assist home owners enmeshed in debt during the depression. Occasional letters also relate to Ferris White's interest in Democratic politics and state political issues. Among his correspondents were Grover Broadfoot, Edward J. Dempsey, F. Ryan Duffy, and Daniel H. Grady. Records of Kenneth White include files from his law partnership with John W. Davison, 1941-1946, as well as personal papers of Davison; military correspondence of Kenneth White from his service in World War I and World War II and his membership in the 32nd Division of the Wisconsin National Guard; and political correspondence of Republican White concerning his support for William E. Borah in 1936, his concerns as a legislator (1937-1941) with measures to improve the state college system and support the National Guard. Among White's frequent correspondents were Jim Dan Hill, Merlin Hull, Ralph Immell, Warren P. Knowles, Philip F. La Follette, Oscar Rennebohm, and Alexander Wiley. A few family papers also are in the collection. |