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| Saint Croix County (Wis.). Health Committee | Title: Health Committee, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin, Records, 1936-2015
Quantity: 4.6 cubic feet (12 archives boxes) Call Number: St. Croix Series 110 Abstract: Material related to the provision of public health services in St. Croix County, 1936-2015. The records include health committee meeting minutes (1936-1955, 1961, 1974-2015); financial records (1943-1967); a manual for nurses (circa 1952-1962); pamphlets and brochures an various public health issues (1948-1952); and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1972-1974). |
| Health Policy Council (Wis.) | Title: Health Policy Council (Wis.): Advisory Comprehensive Health Planning Council Records, 1968-1971
Quantity: 1.2. c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 2217 Abstract: Records of an advisory committee appointed by Governor Knowles in 1968 to advise the Bureau of Comprehensive Health Planning of the Department of Health and Social Services on comprehensive health planning matters. In 1971 the council's functions were assumed by the Health Policy and Program Council, which in turn was replaced in 1973 by the Health Policy Council. Included are minutes of the council and its six subcommittees and other meeting materials, recommendations, and information about members. |
| Health Policy Council (Wis.) | Title: Health Policy Council Records, 1967-1980
Quantity: 8.4 c.f. Call Number: 1981/101; 1983/266; 1984/043; 1985/003; 1986/029 Abstract: Records of the Health Policy Council, 1967-1980, which include operating procedures, budget papers, media announcements, nominations, membership, individual meetings folders containing minutes, agendas, and special studies. The Statewide Health Coordinating Council is a requirement of the federal National Health Planning and Resources Development Act. |
| Health Writers (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Health Writers Records, 1969-1988
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and 7 photographs Call Number: M91-168 Abstract: Records, mainly 1973-1983, of a non-profit health organization established in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1971 from a predecessor organization, the Women's Health Collective. Health Writers provided health advocacy, education, and referral services to the community, and it published the nationally-circulated Health Newsletter and various special publications. Included in the collection are fragmentary core organizational, financial, and staff records; activity records; clippings and news releases; and files on related organizations such as the Madison Sustaining Fund (MSF) Foundation, which provided a major share of Health Writers' funding. Small subject files document organizational activities such as the Patients' Bill of Rights and the Hill-Burton Act. |
| Heartland Journal | Title: Heartland Journal Records, 1983-1991
Quantity: 3.8 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 1 card box) and 1 tape recording Call Number: M2002-102; Audio 1918A Abstract: Records of Heartland Journal, a publication devoted to older writers founded in December 1983 as an outgrowth of the Creative Arts Over 60 program in Dane County (Wisconsin) including original poems and story submissions, letters to the editor, staff writings, administrative correspondence, and copies of the magazine. The last box contains an index of authors who submitted writings to the journal. |
| Desmond, Karen | Title: Heileman Family History as Compiled by Karen Desmond Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 131 Abstract: Photocopy of the Heileman family history (compiled by Karen Desmond, 1996) and copies of family photographs. |
| Roemheld, Heinz, 1901- | Title: Heinz Roemheld Papers, 1915-1973
Quantity: 3 cubic ft. (11 boxes) 29 digital files (7.26 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 15 Abstract: The Heinz Roemheld Music Collection consists of sheet music and musical scores handwritten in pencil or pen on standard and oversize score sheets and onion paper, a very thin white paper. Except for some frayed edges, the collection is in good physical condition. Some of the pencil scores are very light and difficult to read, and they are sketchy in detail. Filed among these handwritten originals are numerous reproductions of individual instrumental and vocal parts and arrangements. The bulk of this collection is undated, with the dated items ranging from 1915 to 1973. |
| Buckler, Helen, 1894-1988 | Title: Helen Buckler Papers, 1916-1970 (bulk 1930-1959)
Quantity: 8.3 cubic feet (20 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 120 photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 1066; PH 6624 Abstract: Papers, 1916-1970 (mainly 1930-1959), of Helen Buckler, a freelance journalist and author whose research interests included issues relating to women, civil rights, social welfare, race relations, aviation, personalities, travel, and gastronomy. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence; undergraduate class work; newspaper clippings of her published works; freelance writing files; manuscripts; promotional materials from her work at the National Council of Negro Women, Camp Fire Girls, and other nonprofits; photographs; and research files and notes. She published two well-received books: Doctor Dan: Pioneer in American Surgery, a biography of early African American physician and surgeon Daniel Hale Williams, and Wo-He-Lo: The Story of Camp Fire Girls, 1910-1960, a history of the first 50 years of Camp Fire Girls. Buckler was also involved in public relations for numerous nonprofit organizations including the YMCA, Camp Fire Girls, and the National Council of Negro Women. |
| Bulovsky, Helen C. | Title: Helen C. Bulovsky Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 0.7 linear ft. (2 archives boxes and 3 oversize folders) of papers, 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) of photographs, and 1 compact disc. Call Number: WVM Mss 536 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Helen C. Bulovsky, a Madison native who served with the Army Nurse Corps in Europe during World War I. The letters that she wrote home to her family comprise the largest part of the collection. Bulovsky wrote about her excitement and fears while serving in field hospitals mere miles behind the front lines in Europe. She also wrote about her homesickness and her desire for letters from home. Her diary, which has large gaps, compliments the letters nicely and describes many of the same events. Biographical materials, service records, and obituaries fill in the details about her life and military service. Two maps show the extent of her movements while serving in Europe. Photographs include a scrapbook showing Bulovsky and fellow staff from Madison General Hospital with humorous clippings from periodicals to caption the photos. Other photographs show her and fellow nurses in Army Nurse Corps uniforms, Bulovsky's sisters with war souvenirs that she sent home, and scenic shots from Europe and New York harbor. Also included is a CD of scanned images of a scrapbook that documents Bulovsky's service in Europe during the war. |
| Creighton, Helen, 1914- | Title: Helen Creighton Papers, 1958-1979
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 25 Abstract: Collection contains the unpublished speeches and workshop addresses by Dr. Helen Creighton, Distinguished Professor of Nursing, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The addresses and speeches which Creighton gave at nursing conventions and workshops focused on malpractice issues; the role of the nurse in communicating and observing medical procedures; and ethical concerns of prolonging life and terminating life support systems. The collection also includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, and undated photographs of Creighton. An inclusive bibliography lists over 300 articles written by Creighton for publication mainly in Nursing Management and Supervisor Nurse, for which she served as a monthly contributing editor (1970-1987). |
| Bruner, Helen Finkelstein Bruner, Ervin | Title: Helen Finkelstein Bruner and Ervin Bruner Papers Quantity: 1 Linear Feet One record storage carton Collection includes primarily paper documents, photographs, and negatives. Call Number: uac82 Abstract: Helen Finkelstein Bruner worked at the University of Wisconsin School for Workers in the 1940s and 1950s and later at the UW Extension Center for Community Leadership Development, where she served as a specialist on Latin American migrants from 1966-1976. Her husband, Ervin M. Bruner, founded two interracial cooperatives at UW-Madison, served as a Dane County Family and Juvenile Court Judge, and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. The Helen Finkelstein Bruner and Ervin Bruner Papers include organizational and academic records, correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, ephemera, photographs, and negatives documenting: Helen Finkelstein Bruner's academic career; Ervin Bruner's work in the Youth Hostel and cooperative movement; his involvement in the Boy Scouts of America Troop 1B S.A and Troop 100; the couple's life in the Truax Project for veterans; and the students and faculty of the School for Workers. The collection was compiled by their daughter Cathie Bruner and donated to the UW Archives in 2015. |
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Barnhill, Helen I.
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Title: Helen I. Barnhill Papers, 1963-1965
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 4 Abstract: Papers of Helen I. Barnhill, the executive secretary of the Milwaukee Citizens for Equal Opportunity (MCEO). Mrs. Barnhill was also editor of the MCEO Newsletter, active in the organization's housing referral service, and worked with the allied Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC). The MCEO was part of the Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Community Life, an Illinois-based group which also included the United Citizens' Committee for Freedom of Residence of Evanston, Illinois. The collection consists of printed flyers, memos, and other material of the MCEO, and its parent organization; correspondence received by Mrs. Barnhill and pertaining to equal opportunities and housing; and school curricula and schedules for a “Freedom Day School,” to be held in Milwaukee on May 18, 1964. A few housing referral cards and a folder of fragmentary papers from other community groups are also present. Much of the collection consists of printed material. |
| Pray, Helen L. | Title: Helen L. Pray Correspondence, 1880-1924
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: M2000-195 Abstract: Correspondence to and from Helen Pray principally from her fiancé and husband Henry Sheldon concerning their courtship, contemporary literature, current events, and popular music. Additionally there is correspondence from family and friends to both Helen and her sister, Katherine, as well as the music notebooks of Katherine and Kenneth Pray and Henry Sheldon’s Harvard Law School scrapbook. |
| Woodbury, Helen L. Sumner, 1876-1933 | Title: Helen L. Sumner Woodbury Papers, 1896-1933
Quantity: 4.0 cubic feet (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 158 Abstract: Papers, 1896-1933, of Helen L. Sumner Woodbury, a labor economist who was associated with the U.S. Department of Labor (1913-1918; in the Children's Bureau, 1915-1918); Institute of Economics (1924-1926); and the American Bureau of Industrial Research (1904). The papers contain correspondence, a reference file, book notes and drafts, and clippings of Woodbury. Some of the correspondence is personal but much concerns her professional activities and her interest in liberal and socialist causes. Correspondents include her teacher, John R. Commons, Julia Lathrop of the Children's Bureau, book collaborators John B. Andrews and Ethel E. Hanks, and James MacKaye of the Institute of Political Engineering, which she helped found. |
| 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. |
| Samuels, Helen Willa | Title: Helen Willa Samuels Papers, 1940-2011
, 1972-2004
Quantity: 17.8 cubic ft. (21 boxes) plus additions of 2 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 255 Abstract: These professional papers document Samuels' activities as an archivist, author, researcher, and instructor. This collection reflects the wide range of activities in which she was involved, and her important contributions to archival practice and theory, including the development of documentation strategy and institutional functional analysis. Types of records include correspondence and subject files, research files and publication drafts, and records created during service on numerous boards and committees. |
| Miller, Helen Zabel, collector | Title: Helen Zabel Miller Collection of Family Photographs, 1858-1913
Quantity: 5 photographs Call Number: PH 6210 Abstract: Photographs relating to the family of Helen Zabel Miller, including her father William Zabel, her brother Emil Zabel, and her grandparents (apparently her maternal grandparents named Colmorn), of New Holstein, Wisconsin. |
| Zotos, Helen, 1923- | Title: Helen Zotos Papers, 1947-1967
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 13AF Abstract: Papers of a correspondent known for her coverage of the Greek Civil War for the Associated Press. Documentation of this phase of her career consists of news reports, dispatches, and research material. Among the latter, her journals and notes on the murder of CBS correspondent George Polk are of particular interest. Other parts of her career are represented by two boxes of article drafts and research material for a series of free-lance articles on European teenagers for American Weekly and seven articles written as a public affairs officer for the U.S. Department of Commerce. A Radio Free Europe file, 1955-1957, contains interviews, reports, and research material concerning her work as European news analyst and editor of RFE's Daily News Bulletin. Also included are biographical materials and fragmentary correspondence relating to her involvement with the Overseas Press Club. |
| Stratman-Thomas, Helene, 1896-1973 | Title:
Helene Stratman-Thomas collection,
1823-1979
, bulk 1940-1960
Quantity: 38 linear feet (45 archival boxes, 229 audio discs, 1 volume of audio discs, 1 box of blank audio discs, 1 sound recording machine, 1 image projector) Call Number: MML 001 Abstract: The Helene Stratman-Thomas collection includes materials that document her professional activities as a scholar, teacher and folklorist. Series have been designated for personal papers relating to Stratman-Thomas’ family history and correspondence, papers principally from her work as a music teacher, and materials relating to her work as a collector of Wisconsin and Cornish folk music. The bulk of the collection is comprised of material from her work with Wisconsin and Cornish folk music. The collection forms part of the Wisconsin Music Archives. |
| - - - | Title: Hemlock Looper Dusting, Door County, Wisconsin, 1926
Quantity: 41 photographs (3 folders) and 2 negatives (2 envelopes) Call Number: PH 6159 Abstract: Photographs documenting the hemlock looper insect, and airplane dusting of forests in Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin, July 13-14, 1926, for the hemlock looper. Included are images of the hemlock looper, loading the plane with chemicals, and the actual spraying of the forests. This is reported to have been the first time an airplane was used in North America to dust forests for insect control on an operational basis. |
| Serrie, Hendrick | Title: Hendrick Serrie papers Quantity: 0.37 cubic feet 1 letter document box DVD; digital file of solar cooker demonstration video (131 MB) Call Number: UA2019/029 Abstract: In 1961-1962, Hendrick Serrie, an Anthropology graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was tasked with carrying out a solar energy project in a Zapotec village in Oaxaca, Mexico. This collection contains reports on Serrie's work with the Wisconsin Solar Cooker, including field notes, photographs, and a copy of the Final Report of the Social Use of Solar Energy Field Project in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico 1961-62. Also included is a digital file of a video of Serrie demonstrating how the solar cooker functions; a DVD of documentary films with James Silverberg of the project, produced by BAVI at University of Wisconsin-Madison; and a copy of Farringtion Daniels' 1964 book, Direct Use of the Sun's Energy, which describes the project. |
| Huber, Henry A., 1869-1933 | Title: Henry A. Huber Papers, 1895-1933
Quantity: 7.0 c.f. (18 archives boxes and 8 flat boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss IJ Abstract: Papers of Henry A. Huber, a Stoughton, Wisconsin attorney; Progressive Republican member of the Assembly, 1904-1906, and Senate, 1913-1925; and lieutenant governor, 1925-1933. Huber is best known for his association with the La Follette Progressives and for his authorship of the 1913 Huber Law which authorized the work release of jailed prisoners. Correspondence relating to Huber's years in the legislature is incomplete, with service on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1919 being most extensive. Coverage becomes more comprehensive in 1924, with incoming and outgoing letters relating to his support for the independent Presidential candidacy of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and his own tenure as lieutenant governor. Topics in the correspondence and elsewhere in the collection are chain stores, initiative and referenda, Prohibition, and small bank loans. Electoral politics is also represented in the correspondence, as well as in files of party platforms, campaign speeches, press releases for Huber and other candidates, and legal documents about his alleged violations of the Wisconsin Corrupt Practices Act. About Huber's Stoughton law practice there are letterbooks of outgoing correspondence, 1901-1926; cashbooks and ledgers; and a volume concerning his work as court commissioner, also at Stoughton, for the Dane County Circuit Court. This volume not only includes standard docket information, but also Huber's orders, 1906-1932. Speeches and writings include remarks to general audiences as well as legislative floor remarks and rulings and “War Hysteria,” an unpublished manuscript about Senator La Follette and his opposition to World War I. In addition, there is a clipping scrapbook, 1928-1930, and a budget prepared by the State Board of Public Affairs that includes detailed information about state expenditures and revenue estimates, 1909-1915. |
| Youmans, Henry A., 1816-1893 | Title: Henry A. Youmans Papers, 1843-1883
, undated
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. |
| Cooper, Henry Allen, 1850-1931 | Title: Henry Allen Cooper Papers, 1801-1934
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss MN Abstract: Correspondence and speeches of Cooper, mainly in conjunction with his service as a Wisconsin Congressman, 1892-1919, 1921-1931. Much of the correspondence concerns Cooper's work as chairman of the House Committee on Insular Affairs, 1899-1908, and it includes a lengthy exchange with William H. Taft on Philippine affairs. A large portion of the collection consists of letters from constituents, 1914-1917, regarding Cooper's opposition to the armed ship bill, the declaration of war, and the conscription bill of those years. The rest of the correspondence deals largely with the organization of the Republican Party, both state and national. Among Cooper's correspondents were William J. Bryan, Herbert Hoover, Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and other members of the La Follette family, Theodore Roosevelt, and Elihu Root. A few speeches by Cooper, a diary of his tour of the Far East in 1905 as a member of Secretary of War Taft's party, memoranda books, and a diary kept by his grandfather, Joel Cooper, in Rochester, Vermont from 1801 to 1869 are also included. |
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Baird, Henry S. (Henry Samuel), 1800-1875; Baird, Elizabeth T. (Elizabeth Thérèse), 1810-1890 |
Title: Henry and Elizabeth Baird Papers, 1798-1937
Quantity: 3.5 cubic feet (5 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Wis Mss V Abstract: Papers of Henry Samuel Baird, an attorney in Green Bay, Wisconsin, active in Territorial politics and Indian affairs, and of Elizabeth Thérèse Fisher Baird, his wife, and other family members. Correspondence, clippings, and other materials concerning the fur trade, Indians, and the Civil War draft, Peshtigo fire relief, real estate transactions, genealogy, and family matters. |
| Higgins, Henry Bournes, 1851-1929 | Title: Henry Bournes Higgins Correspondence, 1841-1869
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 112 Abstract: Copies of correspondence primarily between Henry Higgins' parents, John and Ann Bournes Higgins, about John's Wesleyan circuit in northern Ireland. Also includes letters from relatives concerning family and business, and a family tree for the Higgins family. |
| Henry Bruemmer & Company | Title: Henry Bruemmer & Company Records, 1892-1934
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 4 volumes Call Number: M82-522 Abstract: Financial ledgers of the Henry Bruemmer and Company grist mill, Ahnapee, Wisconsin. |
| Friend, Henry C. | Title: Henry C. Friend Papers, 1934-1936
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DD Abstract: Correspondence from Friend's work as an attorney for the Chicago district office of the Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation, an agency which made mortgage loans to forestall home foreclosures. The letters are those written to the agency's Wisconsin and Illinois legal counsels and routine interoffice memoranda. |
| Friend, Henry C., 1909-1995 | Title: Henry C. Friend Papers, 1952-1988
Quantity: 0.5 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 367 Abstract: Henry C. Friend was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, a lawyer, an activist in environmental issues and ecology, especially regarding the Milwaukee River and a member of the Milwaukee Rowing Club. |
| Schadeberg, Henry C., 1913- | Title: Henry C. Schadeberg Papers,1961-1970
Quantity: 31.8 c.f.(83 archives boxes) Call Number: Parkside Mss 64 Abstract: Papers of a former Republican congressman (1961-1964 and 1967-1970) and Congregational minister from Burlington, Wisconsin. The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, press releases, newsletters, speeches, bills, and clippings concerning legislative initatives and issues with which Schadeberg was prominently involved such as pornography, lakeshore erosion and pollution, support of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and governmental fiscal restraint. Project files document his work in behalf of the development of Bong Air Force Base, the retention of the Racine Coast Guard Station, Wisconsin mink ranchers, and other district concerns. The papers are limited on Schadeberg's first two terms in Congress and, except for scattered references, do not document his career as a minister or his election campaigns. Access to information in the collection is facilitated by internal name and subject indexes. |
| Taylor, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1873-1969 | Title: Henry C. Taylor Papers, 1896-1967
Extent: 23.0 c.f. (49 archives boxes, 5 card boxes, and 1 flat box) and 21 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss BC; Tape 1261A Abstract: Papers of Henry C. Taylor, a noted agricultural economist who was a professor at the University of Wisconsin, 1908-1919; chief of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1922-1925; director of a comprehensive survey of rural Vermont, 1928-1931; U.S. delegate to the International Institute of Agriculture, 1933-1935; director of the Farm Foundation, 1935-1945; and the author of numerous books and articles on agricultural economics. The collection includes extensive professional correspondence, subject files, and drafts and supplementary research material related to his writing. |
| Cassidy, Henry, 1910- | Title: Henry Cassidy Papers, 1934-1985
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 6 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 22AF; PH U.S. Mss 22AF Abstract: Papers of Henry Cassidy, a newspaper, radio, and television journalist. Cassidy spent most of his career as a foreign correspondent and executive for the Associated Press, NBC, and Radio Free Europe. Most of his assignments were in France, Russia, Washington, D.C., and New York and he is probably best known for his work during World War II and the period immediately following. In 1959 Cassidy and a few fellow members of the Overseas Press Club (H. V. Kaltenborn, N. F. Allman, and others) formed Broadcast Editorial Reports, Inc., an editorial service for radio and television. The collection consists of correspondence, radio scripts, subject files, and other materials. Cassidy's radio scripts form the bulk of the collection and include scripts written in Paris (1945-1950) for “Report on Europe,” and those written in the United States (1953-1955) for Heart of the News, News of the World, World News Roundup, and other programs. The subject files contain draft and published writings in the form of books, journal articles, newspaper clippings, and notes. Additional materials include a notebook detailing Cassidy's foreign travels (1934-1939), scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings (1939-1945) of articles written mainly by and about Cassidy which relate to his time spent in France, Germany, and Russia during this period, and miscellaneous notes (1941-1944) regarding the Russian army offensive and other matters surrounding World War II in Russia. Six photographs depict a 1936 telegram from Stalin to fellow reporter Charles Nutter, Cassidy alone and with his fellow AP correspondents in Moscow, and Cassidy at Radio Free Europe. |
| Crosby, Henry | Title: Henry Crosby Papers, 1969-1976
Quantity: 2 cubic ft. (3 boxes and 1 beer case) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 188 Abstract: This collection contains Henry Crosby's papers pertaining to the 1970 acquisition and the 1972 closure of the Peoples Brewing Company. Crosby was on the board of directors of this company. This brewery was owned by a group of Milwaukee-based African American Investors. As a result of this purchase and the subsequent African American directed stock sale, the Peoples Brewing Company became the first major African American owned brewery in Wisconsin. The Henry Crosby Papers consist of documents relating to the Peoples Brewing Company in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; the president of the Peoples Brewing Company, Theodore Mack; minority business initiatives; the Wisconsin brewing industry; and the Small Business Administration (SBA), which is the federal government agency whose function is to council and assist the interests of small businesses. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal documents, publications, public stock records, Peoples Brewing Company business records, a publication from the Afro-Urban Institute, cardboard beer case labels, and Peoples Brewing Company and Oshkosh Brewing Company regalia. This collection has profound significance not only as the first African American owned brewing company, but in the federal investigations that were prompted from SBA mishandling of the company's closure. In addition, it incited investigations of other corporations and federal bureaus that were related to Mack's initial suit against the SBA and the Defense Department in 1972. |
| Adams, Henry Cullen, 1850-1906 | Title: Henry Cullen Adams Papers, 1870-1906
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss IA Abstract: Papers of Henry Cullen Adams, who represented Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District, 1903-1906, primarily consisting of correspondence and speeches. The papers focus on Adams' three congressional election campaigns and include only scant material about his pre-Congressional career and his legislative accomplishments. There is some information on his work for the enactment of the federal Grout Bill taxing oleomargarine, Arizona-New Mexico Joint Statehood Bill, Philippine Tariff measure, fight against food adulteration, Adams bill to aid agricultural experiment stations, and his opposition to the dictatorial methods of Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. Adams support for agriculture appears most prominently in correspondence with William D. Hoard and officers of the National Dairy Union, and in speeches. The campaign correspondence is exceptionally frank and informative and includes exchanges with many local supporters, district campaign head Grant Thomas, Henry Casson, Elisha W. Keyes, and Joseph W. Babcock of the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. The papers include a typescript copy of Mrs. Adams account of the 1905 congressional tour of inspection to Alaska. Ben C. Adams, Henry's brother, is represented by one speech and numerous political letters. |
| Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903 | Title: Henry Demarest Lloyd Papers, 1840-1937
Quantity: 13.5 c.f. (55 archives boxes) and 52 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Illinois Mss E; Micro 460 Abstract: Papers of Henry Demarest Lloyd, American journalist and social-economic reformer, whose name is associated with late nineteenth century populism and radical thought in the United States from 1881 to 1903. The collections documents Lloyd's work as one of the first systematic students of rising corporate capitalism; a pioneer in the field of business and social ethics for an urban-industrial America; a silk-stocking champion of labor's right to organize and a leader in its fight for better treatment; an investigator of the “new liberalism” and of cooperative movements in Europe and of state socialism in New Zealand, and a transmitter of their experiences to America; and an author whose work included his muckraking Wealth against Commonwealth (1894). |
| Dillon, Henry, 1828-1882 | Title: Henry Dillon Papers, 1849, 1860-1891
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) and 80 photographs (1 negative box and 1 folder) Call Number: Wis Mss 233S; PH 6180 Abstract: Papers of Henry Dillon of Lone Rock, Wisconsin, who served as captain of the 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery, 1861-1864, consisting of biographical information; fragmentary family correspondence; collected photographs; speeches and writings including a reminiscent address delivered at the 1881 reunion of the battery and brief notes about his military experience in the Mexican War; and a file of handwritten orders, reports, muster rolls, descriptive lists, supply records, and other records from the battery's wartime field desk. Also included are two accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg thought to have been written by Frederick C. Winkler of the 26th Wisconsin and some papers of Thomas Hood, who succeeded Dillon as captain. |
| Dorman, Henry., 1916- | Title: Henry Dorman Papers, 1973-1978
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Parkside Mss 55 Abstract: Committee papers of a Democratic who represented the 21st Senatorial District, 1965-1978. Included are correspondence, memoranda, summary proceedings, and information on two special committees of the Legislative Council on which Dorman served: the Native American Study Committee and the Special Committee on Court Reorganization. Many records in the latter category duplicated papers of James T. Flynn (Milwaukee Mss 89), the chairman of the committee, and as a result have been rigorously weeded. |
| Esch, Henry, 1826-1909 | Title: Henry Esch Papers, 1848-1863, 1909
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss O Abstract: Diaries in German of Henry Esch, an Evangelical Church itinerant missionary in Sauk County, Wisconsin and elsewhere in southern Wisconsin and Iowa. A list of sermon texts, correspondence, a summary of his work in the mission at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and biographical accounts are also present. |
| Whitcomb, Henry F., 1848-1932 | Title: Henry F. Whitcomb Papers, 1868-1933
Quantity: 17.6 c.f. (40 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes) and 33 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 116; PH 3857; PH 3857 (5); PH 869; PH 870 Abstract: Papers of a Wisconsin railroad official, corporate director, and investor. Included are personal and business correspondence; photographs; and Wisconsin and other railroad annual reports, legal records, correspondence, and subject files. Prominent railroads documented include the Eastern Wisconsin Railway and Light Company; the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway; the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company; and the Wisconsin Central. |
| Faville, Henry, 1847-1926 | Title: Henry Faville Papers, 1865-1930
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes) and 1 painting (1 oversize folder) Call Number: La Crosse Mss BG; PH 6902 Abstract: Papers of the Reverend Henry Faville, minister of the First Congregational Church of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1888-1913, who earlier served the Methodist Episcopal Church in Oshkosh, 1883-1886. Included are sermons; summaries of sermons; diaries, 1865-1930; an 1899 address; and an account book of benevolences. Also present are three brief diaries of his wife, Harriet Conant Faville, and a typed record of marriages performed. |
| Bryant, Henry G. (Henry Grier), 1859-1932 | Title: Henry G. Bryant, Eighth International Geographic
Congress Scrapbook, 1904-1906
Quantity: 1 volume Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 8 Abstract: This scrapbook, compiled by Henry G. Byrant, primarily documents Bryant's involvement in the Eighth International Geographic Congress and the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. |
| Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874 | Title: Henry Grinnell Scrapbooks, 1849-1866
Quantity: 2.3 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 2 Abstract: This collection contains scrapbooks compiled by Henry Grinnell, made up almost entirely of newspaper clippings from New York and London papers. Also included are a few letters and pages from other publications. The scrapbooks mainly document the expedition of Sir John Franklin, the rescue missions to find him, and the Arctic region in general. Grinnell financed two rescue missions to find Franklin as well as other scientific missions to the Arctic region. |
| Bakken, Henry H. | Title: Henry H. Bakken Papers, 1923-1966
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons) Call Number: M77-120 Abstract: Collected published and unpublished works of Henry H. Bakken, professor of agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin from 1924 to 1966. As a professor and a scholar, Bakken advocated strongly for agricultural cooperatives, researched the marketing of potatoes, tobacco, and milk in Wisconsin, and consulted around the world on agricultural marketing, reform of agricultural practices, and cooperatives. The collection consists of published books on agriculture that Bakken wrote or to which he contributed and four independently bound volumes that compile both his unpublished and other published writings. The materials document Bakken’s Wisconsin and international scholarly career, in addition to the history of the theory of agricultural marketing and cooperatives, particularly in Wisconsin. The majority of Bakken's published works were published by Mimir Publishers of Madison, Wisconsin. |
| Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891 | Title: Henry Hastings Sibley Papers, 1826-1848
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Micro 345; Northland Micro 3; River Falls Micro 4 Abstract: Selected items from the papers of Henry Hastings Sibley, Minnesota's first governor, during his years as a fur trader, consisting primarily of correspondence among the various American Fur Company agents located in the Wisconsin Territory. Correspondence concerns internal company business; business with Hudson Bay Fur Company; company agreements with the Dakota Indians; company interest in United States government treaties with the Dakota, Ojibwe, and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians; attempts by the company to prevent war between the Dakota and the Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Indians; relations with missionaries to the Indians of the region; and company disputes with Indian agents Henry R. Schoolcraft and Lawrence Taliaferro. Correspondents prominent in the early history of Minnesota and Wisconsin include William Aitken, Frederick Ayer, Alexis Bailly, Bernard Brisbois, Ramsay Crooks, Henry Dodge, James Doty, Hercules Dousman, Jean Faribault, Alexander Faribault, Joseph Nicollet, Henry Rice, Joseph Rolette, Henry Schoolcraft, Lawrence Taliaferro, and Lyman Warren. |
| Hull, Henry, 1890-1977 | Title: Henry Hull Papers, 1916-1965
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 654 Abstract: Fragmentary papers of Henry Hull, a stage and screen actor and playwright, including correspondence, movie and play reviews, biographical clippings, and annotated prompt books from several Broadway plays including Tobacco Road (1934), Masque of Kings (1937), and other works. |
| Bliss, Henry I., 1831?-1896 | Title: Henry I. Bliss Notebook of Specifications on La Crosse, Wisconsin Streets Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 060 Abstract: Notebook kept by Henry I. Bliss, circa 1887, containing specifications for La Crosse, Wisconsin streets. |
| Bliss, Henry I., 1831?-1896 | Title: Henry I. Bliss Papers, 1851-1897
Quantity: 9.2 cubic feet (19 archives boxes, 6 card boxes, 1 flat box, and 3 oversize volumes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss P Abstract: Business papers of Henry I. Bliss, a La Crosse, Wisconsin, civil engineer, surveyor, and land agent. Correspondence deals with payment of taxes, rentals, collections, and western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota real estate transactions, with occasional reference to Bliss's position as city engineer. There are letters from Cadwallader C. Washburn, Levi Burnell, and Samuel D. Hastings concerning business affairs, and from Senator Angus Cameron in regard to the La Crosse post office building. In addition to the correspondence, there are bound and unbound deeds, abstracts, land plats, surveyors' field notes, office accounts, and other similar papers accumulated or produced by Bliss and his associates in their various business enterprises. |
| Berquist, Henry J., 1905-1990 | Title: Henry J. Berquist Papers, 1937-1986
Quantity: 0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Northland Mss N; Tape 1308A Abstract: Papers and tape recorded reminiscences of Berquist, a Progressive and Democrat from Oneida County, Wis., reflecting his public career from 1937 to 1986. Papers include the final version of a radio address on old-age pensions delivered in 1938 and two student papers describing a talk by Berquist to a University of Wisconsin political science class in 1939. There are also posters, ads and clippings from his campaigns for state and federal office, including his run for Lieutenant Governor in 1942 and his lively but unsuccessful contest against Alvin E. O'Konski for the 10th Congressional District seat in 1946. A reminiscence recorded in 1986 includes stories about his education and experiences in a lumber camp; a description of a 1943 visit by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Fort Reilly, Kansas; some remarks on his internment in a German P.O.W. camp during World War II; and several expressions of Berquist's faith in government as a means of solving problems. This collection is housed at the Northern Great Lakes Center. |
| Muller, Henry J United Artists Corporation | Title: Henry J. Muller Legal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 4A,
1919-1952 (bulk 1930-1945)
Quantity: 10.4 cubic feet (26 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/4A Abstract: Files of treasurer/comptroller Henry J. Muller, primarily dating 1930-1945, detailing domestic and foreign aspects of United Artists' business interests. Topics covered include financial matters, distribution of films, relationships with producers and stockholders, and the effects of politics on the film industry nationally and internationally. |
| Salomon, Henry J., 1917-1958 | Title: Henry J. Salomon Papers, 1934-1962
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 1 film Call Number: U.S. Mss 166AN; AB 747 Abstract: Papers of Salomon, a creator, writer, and producer of television documentaries. Much of Salomon's collection focuses on World War II, either by means of his personal wartime correspondence; his participation in the preparation and writing of Samuel Eliot Morison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II; or his involvement in the creation and production of Victory at Sea, an NBC television series based on the Navy's exploits during the war. Included are business and personal correspondence, research materials, correspondence and logs documenting his research activities during the war and in post-war Japan, scripts and clippings for Victory at Sea, a copy of the book adapted from the series and a promotional booklet from NBC, clippings and promotional booklets for Project XX (NBC), and biographical material including a film. Among the prominent correspondents are S. N. Behrman, Samuel Eliot Morison, Nathan M. Pusey, Robert W. Sarnoff, and Romney Wheeler. |
| Koop, Henry, 1811-1877 | Title: Henry Koop Papers, 1837-1886
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Platteville Mss A Abstract: Correspondence, accounts, and records relating to Henry Koop's general merchandise business in Mineral Point, Wisconsin; primarily dealing with costs and shipments of various goods. |
| Norton, Henry L. | Title: Henry L. Norton Papers, 1967-1975
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 119 Abstract: Collection of Milwaukee Journal columnist Henry Norton, who wrote about the automobile industry in Wisconsin. Contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, photographs, and other ephemera, as well as other items he used as research for his work. |
| Nunn, Henry Lightfoot, 1878-1972 | Title: Henry Lightfoot Nunn Papers, 1852-1973
Quantity: 4.4 cubic feet (11 archives boxes), 2.3 cubic feet of photographs, editorial cartoons and ephemera (1 archives box, 5 flat boxes and 3 oversize folders), 0.1 cubic feet of transparencies (1 folder), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 22 tape recordings, 32 disc recordings, 1 film, and 1 video recording Call Number: Mss 380; PH 6908; Micro 672; Audio 573A; DC 778; VBC 297 Abstract: Papers, mainly correspondence, financial records, and writings, of Henry Lightfoot Nunn, one of the founders of the Nunn-Bush Shoe Company and a pioneer in the development of good labor-management relations. Also included are genealogical materials, printed material, sound recordings, records of Nunn's participation in a mission in 1951 for the Economic Cooperation Administration, miscellaneous records of the Nunn-Bush Shoe Company, speech and lecture materials, scrapbooks relating to Nunn's vegetarian and religious philosophy, and a 16 mm film with background footage of breadlines and labor riots. The correspondence, which is informal and conversational in style, is primarily with Nunn's children, but it provides valuable insights into his personality and philosophy. Correspondents include family members, Preston Bradley, Stuart Chase, James Chenoweth, Clinton Golden, Maxey Jarman of the General Shoe Corporation, Senator John F. Kennedy, Allen W. Rucker, Adlai Stevenson, and Frank P. Zeidler. The writings included relate to his second book, Partners in Production, and include segments of an early draft and a book conference. Photographs consist primarily of family albums. Editorial cartoons, family ephemera, and photographs related to Nunn's business and other interests are also included. |
| Hamilton, Henry P., 1862-1919 | Title: Henry P. Hamilton Papers, 1887-1918
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss EL Abstract: Papers of Hamilton, a Two Rivers, Wisconsin, amateur archeologist of note, consisting of his archeological correspondence, 1887-1918, chiefly with farmers, dealers, and other possessors of items which he desired for his famous collection of native Indian copper implements, stone axes, arrows, and spears. The letters throw light on the market price of such relics, forgeries, and the activities of other collectors and the Wisconsin Archeological Society. |
| Melnikow, Henry P. | Title: Henry P. Melnikow Papers, 1916-1964 (bulk 1930-1963)
Quantity: 25.2 cubic feet (24 records center cartons, 1 archives box, and 2 flat boxes) and 0.1 cubic feet of oversize photographs Call Number: M68-107 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1930-1963, of Henry P. Melnikow, former director of the National Labor Bureau, a west coast research bureau founded in 1920 for the purpose of providing labor unions with economic counsel. The collection is comprised of personal files, office records, correspondence, reference and working files, case files, agreements, arbitration awards and decisions, and financial records. The National Labor Bureau's relationship with local labor unions throughout California is best documented, with counsel provided on such issues as contract negotiations and disputes, wage negotiations, pensions, health care benefits, and employee demotions and discharges. Also included are a few photographs of Melnikow. |
| Holst, Henry R., 1910-2001 | Title: Henry R. Holst Oral History Quantity: 0.04 cubic foot (2 folders) Call Number: MISC MSS 162 Abstract: Oral history with Henry R. Holst of La Crosse, Wisconsin, recorded on October 30, 2000. Holst discusses memories of growing up in La Crosse and talks about his family. This collection includes the cassette recording of the interview and a printed transcript. |
| Colman, Henry Root, 1800-1895 | Title: Henry Root Colman Papers, 1817-1901
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss IH Abstract: Correspondence of the Rev. Mr. Colman, who took charge of the Oneida Methodist mission near Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1840. The collection consists of letters received from members of the Colman and Spier families in western New York; from his daughter Julia, who was active in Woman's Christian Temperance Union work in New York City; his son Henry, while attending Lawrence University, teaching at Evansville Seminary, 1863-1867, and serving as pastor in various Methodist churches in the state; his son Elihu, while attending Lawrence University, 1858-1864, and practicing law in Fond du Lac; his son Charles L. of La Crosse, Wisconsin; and his son J. Spier Colman. There are also some small memorandum books kept by Colman during his first years in Wisconsin; copies of diaries kept by Charles L. Colman, 1854-1857, describing operation of a shingle machine and the beginnings of the Colman Lumber Company of La Crosse; and genealogical material. |
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Baird, Henry S. (Henry Samuel), 1800-1875; Baker, James Sherman, 1815-1892 |
Title: Henry S. Baird and James Sherman Baker Papers, 1845-1918
Quantity: 17 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Bay Micro 55; Micro 522 Abstract: Records of Henry S. Baird and his son-in-law, James Sherman Baker, lawyers and land and insurance agents in Green Bay, Wisconsin, who also served as agents for the John Jacob Astor family property in Brown County, Wisconsin, 1862-1892. Includes correspondence, 1850-1892, primarily regarding land transactions. Prominent correspondents include Talbot C. Dousman, Rufus B. Kellogg, and Increase A. Lapham. Also includes tax receipts, financial reports on the Kellogg National Bank, deeds, mortgages, cancelled checks, bills and receipts of the Baird and Baker families, 1857-1895, and Baird's account book, 1856-1874. |
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Title: Henry S. Eggleston Papers, 1840-1902
Quantity: 0.5 c.f. (1 flat box) Call Number: Mss 16 Abstract: Papers, primarily 1840-1862, of Henry S. Eggleston, a former businessman and postmaster of Appleton, Wis., and a commissioned officer in the Ripon Guards (Company B) of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment. The collection consists primarily of two groups of letters: correspondence with Elizabeth Washburn during their courtship and after their marriage, when he was traveling in the upper midwest, and letters written during his Civil War service. |
| Reuss, Henry S. | Title: Henry S. Reuss Papers, 1839-1998
Quantity: 87.0 cubic feet (85 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 34 tape recordings, 7 disc recordings, 1 film, and 6 videorecordings; plus additions of 3.2 cubic feet, 97 photographs, 4 disc recordings, and 1 tape recording Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 112; Audio 1074A; AC 272; VBA 503-VBA 506; VBA 511-VBA 512; M2003-079; M2004-231 Abstract: Papers of Henry S. Reuss, a Democratic congressman who represented Wisconsin's Fifth Congressional District in the House of Representatives from 1955 until his retirement in 1982. The bulk of the papers document Reuss' political career and contain the files of his field office in Milwaukee and congressional office in Washington, including administrative files and materials related to Reuss' legislative interests in banking, economics, civil rights, conservation, transportation, and urban renewal. There is also a small amount of personal material, including biographical and family history, personal and professional photographs, and memorabilia. |
| Sanford, Henry | Title: Henry Sanford Photographs, Quantity: 0.4 linear ft. (2 flat boxes, 1 oversized folder, and 2 negative flaps) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 1241 Abstract: Photographs pertaining to the postwar activities of Henry Sanford, a Racine, Wisconsin resident who served with Company F, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Sanford enlisted on April 23, 1861 and served with the famed Iron Brigade regiment until his term expired in 1864. After the war, Sanford was an active member in the G.A.R. and served as a member of the commission appointed by Wisconsin Governor, Jeremiah Rusk to identify monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield. The photographs document these activities, and include portraits of Sanford and images from the Gettysburg. Two of the portraits show an older Sanford, including one of him wearing G.A.R. medals. Another image consists of two portraits, one of Sanford in uniform from 1861 and another taken in 1898. The image also includes a brief biography that provides more information on his postwar activities. The Gettysburg-related images include four stereoviews of the battlefield, a shot of Devil's Den taken soon after the battle, a photograph of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, and an image of cannon that had been recaptured by Union forces during the battle. There is also an interesting photograph of the monument commission posing for a group shot on Little Round Top. Some of the individuals are identified in the image, among them are Sanford and Governor Rusk. The copy negatives are of the 1861 and 1898 portraits of Sanford. There is some confusion as to the correct spelling of Sanford's name. The Wisconsin Civil War roster and some of the photographs list his name as Sandford. However, the Wisconsin veterans census and his tombstone list him as Sanford. |
| Smith, Henry, 1838-1916 | Title: Henry Smith Papers, 1846-1916
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CP Abstract: Papers of Henry Smith, a Milwaukee millwright and public official, including biographies of himself and three others: Peter Toepfer, William Wesson, and George Wetter. Also includes correspondence (1903-1916) consisting largely of Smith's letters to politicians, local officials, and residents; studies relating to the history of Milwaukee, especially its bridges, dams, and waterworks; minutes of the Wisconsin Cremation Society (1895-1896); scrapbooks of newsclippings, especially about Milwaukee public affairs; the report of the jury investigating the 1893 bank failures in Milwaukee; some essays, lectures, and reports on the history of Wisconsin, its railroads, and the Greenback Party. |
| United Artists Corporation | Title: “Henry V” Road Show File: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 9D, 1946-1949
Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/9D Abstract: Files for the road show distribution for Henry V, which was shown at hundreds of cities and towns throughout North America and became United Artists' biggest money-maker. In the “road show” method, a distributor rents or leases theaters in selected locations around the country and performs all of the mechanics of exhibition, from advertising to projection. Files consist of correspondence and financial records. |
| Jackson, Henry W., 1826-1875 | Title: Henry W. Jackson Papers, 1806-1892
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 volumes) Call Number: Wis Mss OW Abstract: Papers of Henry W. Jackson, a Centralia, Wisconsin, businessman. Included is family correspondence, 1834-1865; deeds and documents relating to the Massachusetts estate of Abraham Jackson, Henry Jackson's father; and ledgers, 1809-1844, kept by Stedman Jackson while operating small stores in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Included in the correspondence are letters describing life in Wisconsin, the California gold rush, Civil War battles, and the New York draft riots. |
| Maier, Henry W., 1918-1994 | Title: Henry W. Maier Papers, [circa 1936]-1948, 1990
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 71 Abstract: Contains miscellaneous papers of Henry Maier, mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1960-1988, including family photos; high school assignments; clippings (from disbound scrapbooks) of his unsuccessful 1948 mayoral campaign, the New Milwaukee Committee (1947-1948), a citizens' planning group that studied the future of the city; an unpublished autobiography (ca. 1990); and undated newspaper quotes about Maier. |
| Weber, Henry | Title: Henry Weber Collection, 1902-1927
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 326 Abstract: This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, menus, and an invitation for various functions from Henry Weber (1853-1927), a restaurant owner and local politician. |
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Warner, Herbert, 1870-1952; Warner, Bert, 1900-1989 |
Title: Herbert and Bert Warner Papers, 1900-1983
Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes), 15 films (16mm), and 55 photographs Call Number: Northland Mss R; PH Northland Mss R; AC 650-664 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1913-1933, of a father and son who were owners of the Forest Home Summer Resort (later called Herbert and Bert's Resort) on Plum Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin, from 1898 until the late 1940s. Included are correspondence and detailed papers relating to the advertisement and operation of the resort, guest correspondence, and home movies. Other papers relate to the operation of a farm and the Lake and River Logging Company and various other business and community activities, including the Plum Lake Golf Course. Photographs consist of images of guests boating or displaying a prize catch, and other images showing equipment and work scenes from Herbert Warner's early work in logging operations. |
| Howe, Herbert M. (Herbert Marshall), 1912-2010. Howe, Evelyn | Title: Herbert and Evelyn Howe papers Quantity: 3 Linear Feet 3 record cartons Call Number: uac43 Abstract: Herbert Howe served as chair of the Classics and Integrated Liberal Studies departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught from 1948-1982. His spouse, Evelyn Howe, served as a lecturer in Integrated Liberal Studies from 1946-1982. Their papers include scholarly research notes, various translations, articles, reprints, and materials related to the Ford Foundation. |
| Tanner Family | Title: Herbert Battles Tanner Family Papers, 1790-1972
Quantity: 16 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 953 Abstract: Papers of Herbert Battles Tanner, a physician, businessman, and civic activist from Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and Eastland, Texas, and papers by or about relatives of Tanner and his wife Mary. Papers on Mary's ancestors include letters of families prominent in early Wisconsin history such as the Boyd, Lawe, Rankin, and Grignon families, and letters between Mrs. John Quincy Adams and her sister, Harriet Johnson Boyd. The collection documents the many activities of Herbert Battles Tanner such as his participation in Kaukauna church and Masonic affairs, addresses to medical societies, local Republican political activities in both Kaukauna (1890s) and Eastland (1920s), and business ventures. Operation of the Rio Tamasopo Sugar Company in Mexico involved Tanner in the economic impact of the Mexican Revolution and U.S. relations with Mexico. Tanner's historical writings on Kaukauna are also represented in the collection as are travel observations including comments on the 1877 St. Louis railroad strike. The family papers consist primarily of genealogical data gathered by Tanner and two of his children, Herbert Johnson Tanner and Blanche Lawe Tanner, and of photographs and letters written by ancestors. |
| Tanner, Herbert Battles, 1859-1933 | Title: Herbert Battles Tanner Papers, 1739-1865, 1878-1933
Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (27 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss DJ Abstract: Papers of Dr. Herbert Tanner of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, documenting his work as Kaukauna's first health officer; as secretary of the Fox River Valley Medical Association; as a physician, with emphasis on his services as local representative of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and other corporations; as mayor of Kaukauna, 1888-1896; as an investor in the Kaukauna Electric Light Company; as an active member of the South Kaukauna Congregational Church; of his candidacy for Congress in 1900; and of his work on local history, particularly the career of Captain Hendrick Aupaumut, his own genealogy, and the Stockbridge and Menominee Indians. |
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Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.), 1900-1971; Sondergaard, Gale, 1901-1985 |
Title: Herbert Biberman and Gale Sondergaard Papers, 1908-1981
Quantity: 22.8 cubic feet (62 archives boxes and l card box), 15 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 1 film (16 mm), and photographs; plus additions of 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) and 39 audio recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 58AN; Micro 426; Micro 2024; Lot B12; Lot A108; CA 516; Audio 1786A; M2001-116 Abstract: Papers of H.J. Biberman, a stage and screen producer-director-writer, and Gale Sondergaard, Academy Award-winning actress. The collection concerns the couple's professional careers as well as the anti-trust litigation which resulted from Biberman's attempt to mitigate the blacklisting he experienced as one of the Hollywood Ten (Independent Production Company v. Loews et al.). Documentation about the Hollywood Ten is limited, although there are autobiographical references to this period, some records of the Committee to Free the Hollywood Ten, the film The Hollywood Ten, and personal letters written by Biberman while he was imprisoned for contempt of Congress. Scripts for plays and motion pictures produced, directed, or written by Biberman or acted in by Sondergaard comprise fifteen boxes. Among the most prominent of the productions documented in his files are Green Grow the Lilacs, The Master Race, New Orleans, Roar China, Salt of the Earth, and Slaves. Sondergaard's files also include playbills, stills, and microfilmed scrapbooks. For her early career there is documentation concerning work with Melvyn Douglas as a member of the Bonstelle Company. Biberman's files also include extensive unproduced and unpublished writings including scripts, speeches, nonfiction, and several complete drafts of the autobiography eventually published as Salt of the Earth. For Sondergaard there are autobiographical fragments. Thirty-three boxes contain legal papers presented by the attorneys for the unsuccessful suit against the production companies, distributors and the theatrical union that blocked American release of Salt of the Earth, the film about the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Biberman directed with Paul Jarrico and Simon Lazarus. Along with correspondence, depositions, transcribed proceedings (available only on microfilm), research material, and exhibits, there are files on other blacklisting suits brought by Dalton Trumbo, Michael Wilson, Nedrick Young, the Screen Writers Guild, and others. Other individuals represented within the legal material gathered here are Oscar Hammerstein II, Edgar Y. Harburg, Kim Hunter, Richard Rodgers, Dore Schary, as well as Roy Brewer and Richard Walsh of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and representatives of the American Legion, the Motion Picture Industry Council, and the Association of Motion Pictures Producers. Research material gathered for the suit includes scripts and financial and production records for Salt of the Earth information on Howard Hughes; autobiographical statements of blacklisted individuals in the motion picture industry; and correspondence of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, and other organizations investigated by HUAC. |
| Neuenschwander, Herbert E., 1919-2006 | Title: Herbert E. Neuenschwander Papers, 1930-2006
Quantity: 10.4 c.f. (26 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1022 Abstract: Papers of Hustisford, Wisconsin native Herbert E. Neuenschwander, naturalist, historian, high school biology teacher, and field biologist. Included are notes and drafts for a book on the history of Hustisford; records of water levels and the effects of pollution on the native fish in Lake Sinissippi, Horicon Marsh, and Rock River (1930s through the 2000s); journals of hunting and fishing activities; personal reminiscences of Hustisford residents and genealogies of prominent Hustisford citizens; detailed accounts of important events in the history of Hustisford; and maps of Hustisford and Lake Sinissippi. Also included are records documenting changes in the landscape of Hustisford over time, the wildlife, flora and fauna of Hustisford, as well as journals and essays reflecting Neuenschwander’s personal views on subjects ranging from the decline of society to local conservation issues. |
| Margulies, Herbert F. | Title: Herbert F. Margulies Research Files on Irvine L. Lenroot, 1955-1999
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes); plus additions of 1.0 c.f. Call Number: Mss 508; M2002-146 Abstract: Research papers of Herbert F. Margulies related to his biography of Irvine L. Lenroot, a Wisconsin legislator, Republican Senator, and Progressive political associate of Robert M. La Follette. The files consist of Margulies' research notes, considerable correspondence with Lenroot's daughter, Katharine Lenroot, and a typescript copy of the unedited version of the biography entitled Progressivism, Patriotism and Politics: The Life and Times of Irvine L. Lenroot. Also included is additional correspondence and writings of Margulies concerning the progressive movement in Wisconsin. |
| 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. |
| Hanson, Herbert G. | Title: Herbert G. Hanson Correspondence Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 080 Abstract: Photocopies of correspondence sent by Herbert G. Hanson to his relatives (1917-1919) while Hanson was stationed in Europe during World War I. |
| Naujoks, Herbert H., 1902-1961 | Title: Herbert H. Naujoks Papers, 1925-1960
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 261 Abstract: Papers of Herbert H. Naujoks, legal counsel and president of the Great Lakes Harbors Association and an authority on Chicago water diversion litigation. Most date from 1951 to 1960 and many concern Naujoks' role in opposing increased diversion of Lake Michigan waters by the Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District, on behalf of the Great Lakes Harbors Association and as Special Assistant to the Attorneys General of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The papers also reflect efforts to win Congressional approval for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway and Power Project, and to further the development of Great Lakes local harbors. Other segments deal with other Great Lakes topics and Great Lakes Harbors Association business. The collection includes only a small amount of material related to Naujoks' work as a lawyer and businessman. |
| Steffes, Herbert J., 1904-1975 | Title: Herbert J. Steffes Papers, 1936-1974
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 7 Abstract: Papers of Steffes, a lawyer who served as a Milwaukee County district attorney and municipal judge. Judicial subject files (1957-1974) emphasize court reorganization and other legislative measures affecting judges. Also present are materials on Steffes' political campaigns (1936-1955), some of his public appearances and speeches, and his public activities. |
| Kellar, Herbert Anthony, 1885-1955 | Title: Herbert Kellar Papers, 1887-1955
Quantity: 78.8 c.f. (208 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss AC Abstract: Papers of Kellar, a historian, researcher in agricultural history, and curator for the McCormick Historical Association from 1915 to 1955. The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence; speeches, research notes, and bibliographies relating to Cyrus Hall McCormick, genealogy, the reaper, patent cases, and agriculture; correspondence and other materials documenting Kellar's active membership in professional organizations; and the papers of Solon Robinson, agricultural journalist, and Everett E. Edwards, agricultural historian. |
| Kubly, Herbert | Title: Herbert Kubly Papers, 1955-1975
Quantity: 1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 26 Abstract: Papers of Wisconsin author Herbert Kubly. The collection primarily contains drafts and proofs of some of his works. Some correspondence and clippings are also included. |
| Kubly, Herbert 1915-1996 | Title: Herbert Kubly Papers, 1965-1969
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 108AF Abstract: Papers of Kubly (1915-1996), author, journalist, and playwright, comprised mainly of material about his 1969 book on Greece, Gods and Heroes. Included are interviews with various Greek political, social, and cultural figures; a journal maintained during travels in Greece, 1965-1966; and drafts and a published copy of the book. There are also mimeographed copies of two plays, The Virus and Men to the Sea (1944). |
| Warner, Herbert L., 1900- | Title: Herbert L. Warner Scrapbook, 1943-1945
Quantity: .5 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 1 Abstract: The collection consists of a single scrapbook documenting Herbert L. Warner's work on the construction of the Alaskan-Canadian (ALCAN) Highway from 1943 to 1945. Included are photographs, newspaper articles, and miscellaneous personal documents. |
| Gasser, Herbert S. (Herbert Spencer), 1883-1963 | Title: Herbert S. Gasser Papers, 1886-1953
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 132 Abstract: Papers of Dr. Herbert S. Gasser, Wisconsin-born physiologist, Nobel Prize winner in 1944 for his work on nerves with Dr. Joseph Erlanger, and director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Included is a manuscript autobiography, correspondence, clippings, speeches, research notes, and miscellaneous materials of both a personal and technical nature as well as a bound volume of clipped medical articles and letters written by Dr. Gasser's father, Herman Gasser, M.D. Correspondence includes a cable from French surgeon Alexis Carrel. |
| Thatcher, Herbert | Title: Herbert Thatcher Papers, 1941-1967
Quantity: 35.0 c.f. (35 record center cartons) Call Number: M77-221 Abstract: Papers, mainly legal case files, of labor attorney Herbert Thatcher, documenting his work with the American Federation of Labor (1947-1954) and other labor unions including the Aluminum Workers; Bakery and Confectionery Workers; Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers; Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers; Printing Pressmen; Post Office Clerks; State, County and Municipal Employees; Teamsters; Technical Engineers, Architects and Draftsmen; and Tobacco Workers. In addition to the extensive legal files, included is correspondence and union bylaws, contracts, and agreements. A few files concern Thatcher’s chairing of the American Bar Association Labor Law Section (1952-1953), and membership in the American Arbitration Association Arbitration Law Committee. |
| Willett, Herbert W. | Title: Herbert W. Willett collection Quantity: 3 Linear Feet 3 boxes Collection includes: published sheet music; music manuscripts; compositional sketches; papers; photographs; artwork; piano tuning tools Call Number: mml039 Abstract: The Herbert W. Willett collection contains published sheet music, music manuscripts, artwork, photographs, and piano tuning equipment. A composer, piano tuner, and performer, Willett worked primarily in Madison, Wisconsin from 1913 to 1944. |
| Dousman, Hercules L. (Hercules Louis), 1800-1868 | Title: Hercules Louis Dousman Family Papers, 1830-1911
Quantity: 15.2 c.f. (38 archives boxes) and 19 lithographs Call Number: Mss 623; PH 6477 Abstract: Papers of Hercules Louis Dousman I (1800-1868), Hercules Louis Dousman II (1848-1886), and Nina Sturgis Dousman (circa 1856-1930), successive heads of a prominent Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, family. The elder Hercules Dousman came to Prairie du Chien in 1826 as agent for the American Fur Company, and in 1843 he erected a large mansion, “Villa Louis.” The strength of the collection is its documentation of the family's financial affairs and extensive business interests. The papers consist primarily of incoming correspondence, legal documents, and various financial records: bills and receipts, tax records, bank and stock statements, cancelled checks, and bookkeeping records. Also included are materials relating to the activities of the younger Hercules Dousman as an art collector and owner of a stock farm for blooded trotting horses. |
| Heritage Chorale of Milwaukee | Title: Heritage Chorale of Milwaukee Records, 2001-2011
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 370 Abstract: Records of the Heritage Chorale of Milwaukee dating from 1982 to 2011. Included are programming materials and event brochures. |
| Runge, Herman | Title: Herman G. Runge Papers, 1874-1957
Quantity: 1.7 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 102 Abstract: Personal papers of Herman Runge, a Milwaukee area marine enthusiast who collected information about vessels and other facts on the Great Lakes. Contains correspondence, photographs, and statistical data. |
| Ekern, Herman L., 1872-1954 | Title: Herman L. Ekern Papers, 1888-1954
Quantity: 36.4 c.f. (91 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss UF Abstract: Papers of Herman L. Ekern, a Wisconsin attorney, progressive Republican, and state official, relating to progressive politics and campaigns, insurance practices and legislation, the St. Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes water diversion, the University of Wisconsin, and programs such as social security and unemployment compensation. Ekern authored railroad retirement and teachers' retirement acts and was actively interested in other legislation involving taxation, redistricting, the county court system, and establishment of the state life insurance code. Primarily correspondence, the collection also includes speeches and writings of Ekern on insurance or related topics; records of the Lutheran Brotherhood, a large fraternal life insurance company which he helped found; papers from his own political campaigns and from the La Follette-Wheeler 1924 campaign; and other materials. Many state and national figures are included among Ekern's correspondents. |
| Levin, Herman, 1907-1990 | Title: Herman Levin Papers, 1943-1981
Quantity: 30.0 c.f. (68 archives boxes, 8 flat boxes, 2 card boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 4 tape recordings, 1 disc recording, and 2 reels of film Call Number: U.S. Mss 79AN; Micro 135; Tape 1076A; Tape 1254A; Disc 200A; GA 102-103 Abstract: Papers of Herman Levin, a leading Broadway producer. Especially rich in its coverage of the financial aspects of theatrical production, the collection also includes correspondence, contracts and Actors' Equity agreements, lyrics and orchestrations, microfilmed scrapbooks, a few scripts, and miscellaneous other production records. Much of the collection relates to Levin's much-acclaimed success My Fair Lady (1956), with the remainder consisting of material on other major productions including Call Me Mister (1946), produced with Melvyn Douglas; No Exit (1946); Gentlemen Prefer Blonds (1946), which he produced in collaboration with Oliver Smith; The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963); the award-winning The Great White Hope (1968); and a controversial Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970). |
| Shumlin, Herman, 1898- | Title: Herman Shumlin Papers, 1930-1968
Quantity: 8.6 c.f. (21 archives boxes, 1 flat box, oversize items) and 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 19AN; Micro 1043 Abstract: Papers of a leading producer and director of Broadway dramas consisting of correspondence, production and publicity materials, financial and legal records, clippings, a few scripts and directors' prompt books, and miscellaneous production materials. Coverage is most complete for The Deputy (1964) and Inherit the Wind (1955), while The Corn is Green (1943), Grand Hotel, (1930), The Male Animal (1940), and plays done in association with Lillian Hellman are documented primarily by microfilmed pressbooks. The correspondence documents Shumlin's involvement in organizations such as the Council of the Living Theatre and the League of New York Theatres; his motion picture work for Warner Brothers during World War II; his financial support of numerous theatrical and social action organizations; and his relationship with British and American actors, playwrights, and authors, producers and directors, critics, composers, and others. |
| Taylor, Herman | Title: Herman Taylor Photographs, circa 1910-circa 1950
Quantity: 535 negatives and 578 photographs (4 folders) Call Number: PH 4153; PH 4154; PH 4155; PH 4156; WHi(T78); WHi(T781) Abstract: Images made by Herman Taylor, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, photographer, circa 1910-circa 1950. The collection includes images of Taylor and his family, Milwaukee and surrounding areas, landscapes, and events throughout Wisconsin, and views of Devil's Lake and the Wisconsin Dells area. |
| Weil, Herman | Title: Herman Weil Papers, 1929-1992
Quantity: 8 cubic ft. (10 boxes) plus additions of 1 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 243 Abstract: Collection consists of scrapbooks compiled by Herman Weil documenting primarily his academic career and role in Milwaukee's Jewish community as well as documents relating to Weil and his family's immigration to the U.S. The collection includes the original copy of the U.S. immigrant identification card issued to Weil on November 21, 1938 and a letter from Albert Einstein translated from German. |
| Deutsch, Herm. (Hermann) | Title: Hermann Deutsch Letters, 1910-1950
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss QZ Abstract: Letters of Hermann Deutsch, a German grain broker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Babbette Deutsch, a historical novelist (apparently not related to Hermann Deutsch) and to a number of authors and statesmen. The letters comment on socialist ideas and express anti-Nazi sentiment. There is also much autobiographical information in the letters. Though primarily written in English, many are in German. |
| Hesse family | Title: Hesse Family Papers, 1859-1937
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 79 Abstract: This collection is papers of several members of the Hesse family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It includes mainly personal correspondence and financial records. |