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| Kenyon, Ira A. | Title: Ira A. Kenyon Papers and Still Images, Quantity: 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) of papers and 1.2 linear ft. (1 archive box, 6 flat boxes, and 1 oversized folder) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 1588 Abstract: Papers, photographs, and photograph scrapbooks pertaining to Ira A. Kenyon, a Phillips, Wisconsin resident who served with Company B, 119th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. The collection is comprised of six photograph scrapbooks that document the unit's organization and activation at Camp Douglas (Wisconsin), training at Camp MacArthur (Texas), military service in France, and the return to the U. S. after the war. Photographs include various soldiers posing by themselves and in small groups, relaxing, participating in sporting events and other social gatherings, and interacting with civilians. Additional images show soldiers going through drills and maneuvers, weapons training, and performing various labor tasks around camp. Images from France also depict the destruction in villages and some of the trench works near the front line, along with soldiers living in close quarters in the trenches near the front. Some of the images have been labeled. Labeled images include names of soldiers and officers, along with context descriptions. Loose photographs are of similar images found in the scrapbooks. Also included is an oversized relief halftone print of a panoramic image of Company B, 119th Machine Gun Battalion, which includes the names of the soldiers and officers from the unit. Manuscripts include a photocopy of a newspaper article pertaining to the deployment of the 119th Machine Gun Battalion and biographical material pertaining to Kenyon. |
| Dutton, Ira B. | Title: Ira B. Dutton Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 19.2 linear ft. (12 archives boxes and 9 flat boxes) and photographs 0.2 linear ft. (6 folders). Call Number: WVM Mss 14 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Ira B. Dutton, a Civil War officer and Quarter Master with the 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; the Acting Assistant Quarter Master for the Northern District of Alabama at Decatur, Alabama; a post-war War Department employee involved with Union soldier grave disinterment, reparations for refugees and freedmen, and war claims; and a Roman Catholic missionary at the leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii as Brother Joseph Dutton. The bulk of the collection concerns Dutton's activities as the Acting Assistant Quarter Master for the Northern District of Alabama at Decatur, covering the period June 1864 through September 1865, however it does also include some material from Dutton's service with the 13th Wisconsin. Civil War records include correspondence; orders; quarter master records and reports; freight records, including bills of lading; personnel records, which includes material on soldiers, civilian employees, and scouts; the records of boards convened to determine compensation for the use or damage of property; military railroad and transportation passes; and part of the daily journal of the armed river transport U.S.S. Stone River. Dutton's post-war activities are more briefly documented. Included are correspondence, orders, and records documenting Dutton's work with the War Department overseeing the disinterment of Union soldiers; the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; and investigating war claims arising out of the Civil War. Dutton's missionary activities are documented by correspondence with G.A.R. comrades in Wisconsin and elsewhere, including Hosea Rood and A.G. Weissert; observations about customs of the native Hawaiian people; a photocopy of a letter from President Warren G. Harding extolling his work with the lepers on Molokai; and an 1884 room and board receipt from the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, when he was beginning his life as a Catholic brother. Also included are a small number of photographs of Dutton at various points in his life, the mission at Molokai, his mother, and the Brother Joseph Dutton School in Beloit, Wisconsin. |
| Blood, Ira, 1811-1868 | Title: Ira Blood Papers, 1836-circa 1863
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 166 Abstract: Papers of Blood, a surveyor in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, active as early as 1836. Included are sketches and survey maps (some in watercolor), descriptions of interior lines, and field notes primarily for Waukesha County, but also relating to portions of Milwaukee, Racine, and Walworth counties. In addition there are lists of property owners, assessment rates, and legal descriptions of property for parts of Waukesha County. Personal material includes a notebook of surveying assignments at Chester Academy, 1836, and a docket book, 1844-1861, for School District No. 6, Town of Vernon, for which Blood was the clerk, including accounts and narrative school reports. The Town of Muskego survey notebook includes two lists of names, circa 1863, probably from the Town of Vernon, that contain information on military status including age, place of birth, occupation, and physical impairments. |
| Miltimore, Ira, 1813-1876 | Title: Ira Miltimore Family Papers, 1838-1963
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) and 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: Whitewater Micro 3; Micro 502; SC 3315 Abstract: Papers relating to the family of Ira Miltimore, a pioneer settler of Chicago, Illinois, and later Janesville, Wisconsin. Collection includes correspondence between Miltimore and his future wife, Margaret B. King; a few Civil War letters from Miltimore while serving as captain of Company E, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and from his son Claron, a private in Company E, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and adjutant in the 37th Infantry; account books kept by Margaret; clippings; photographs; and biographical and genealogical notes gathered by a descendant, Hazel Elmslie. |
| Steward, Ira, 1831-1883 | Title: Ira Steward Papers, 1876-1883, undated
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 9A Abstract: Papers of Ira Steward of Boston, Massachusetts, a leader in the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' International Union and writer on labor issues. The collection consists of manuscripts for “The Political Economy of Eight Hours,” and “Freedom and Wealth,” typewritten copies of articles by Steward on labor-oriented subjects, the constitution of the Philadelphia Eight Hour League, and letters to or from F. A. Sorge, Thomas Phillips, and Mrs. Steward. |
| Goggans, Irene Bishop | Title: Irene Bishop Goggans Collection, 1930-2017
Quantity: 13.4 cubic ft. (34 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 394 Abstract: Materials collected by Irene Goggans (1926-2017) that documents life in the African-American community in Milwaukee, mostly from the 1950s to the early 2010s. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, and ephemera. |
| Hill, Alvah Moore Hill, Irene Forbes, 1894-1982 | Title: Irene Forbes Hill Photograph Album Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 222 Abstract: The Irene Forbes Hill photograph album includes photographs taken by Hill of La Crosse, Wisconsin, locations and people in the 1910s. Most photographs are unidentified, but a few depict La Crosse Lutheran Hospital in the background. Also included are photographs taken by Alvah Moore Hill in Texas during military service in 1916. Alvah Hill served as a First Sergeant in Company M (of an unidentified unit). |
| Hochstein, Irma E., 1887-1974 | Title: Irma E. Hochstein Papers, 1916-1965
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 750 Abstract: Papers of Irma Hochstein consisting of subject files and incoming correspondence from friends and prominent Wisconsinites she met while a librarian at the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1914-1925) and through involvement in women's political groups. Incomplete subject files including notes, draft writings, clippings, and additional correspondence document her research interest in the equal rights amendment, workmen's compensation, the career of Charles McCarthy, and other topics, as well as her involvement during the 1920's in the women's program at the School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Phillips, Irna, 1901-1973 | Title: Irna Phillips Papers, 1931-1997 (bulk 1931-1973)
Quantity: 27.2 cubic feet (68 archives boxes); plus additions of 11.7 cubic feet, 22 tape recordings, 3 disc recordings, 2 film reels (16 mm), and 0.4 cubic feet of photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 76AN; M94-399; M2010-059; Audio 1566A Abstract: Papers, mainly 1931-1973, of Irna Phillips, a creator and writer of radio and television soap operas. Included are scripts by Phillips herself and by Radio Scripts, Inc., to which she was a consultant; outlines; advertising copy; and correspondence with listeners, viewers, networks, and advertising agencies. Best represented are Another World (NBC), As the World Turns (CBS) Brighter Day (CBS), The Guiding Light (CBS and NBC), Right to Happiness (NBC), Road of Life (NBC), Today's Children (NBC), and Woman in White (CBS and NBC), as well as other daytime serials. |
| Iron County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare | Title: Iron County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare: Old Age and Public Assistance Files, 1938-1955
Quantity: 6 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Iron Series 4 Abstract: Primarily case files of individuals receiving old age assistance benefits, with a few that may be for general relief. Old age assistance files are identified by an “O” in the case file number. Most of the files contain only a “family face sheet” including brief information on parents, children, addresses, marital record, employment, benefits, military service, and naturalization. When complete case files are present, they typically include records of case worker home visits, budgets, certificates authorizing relief, tabulations of relief given, census verification of applicant's age, background information, and correspondence concerning case work. |
| Iron County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Iron County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1893-1995
Quantity: 38.0 c.f. (223 volumes) Call Number: Iron Series 10 Abstract: Annual tax rolls showing name of town, name of owner, legal description of property, number of acres, value of real and personal property, amount of taxes (state, county, local, school, and road tax), total taxes, name of individual who paid taxes, and date taxes paid. Every year from 1893 to 1900, and every fifth year thereafter. |
| Caesar, Irving, born 1895 | Title: Irving Caesar Papers, 1905-1972
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and 6 disc recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 151AN; Disc 109A Abstract: Photocopied papers of Irving Caesar, a lyricist and composer of popular songs and Broadway musicals and a pacifist. The majority of the collection relates to Caesar's early career and his social concerns. Songs, 1937-circa 1970, include lyrics satirizing the military-industrial complex; songbooks and recordings of compositions for children about safety, friendship, and the United Nations; and sheet music for the Pledge of Allegiance. Correspondence includes exchanges with George Gershwin, Aldous Huxley, Lyndon B. Johnson, George Seldes, I. F. Stone, Lyle Stuart, Upton Sinclair, William English Walling, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Writings include an early journal, articles on the Cold War for the New York Independent, speeches, and papers regarding his Peace by Wireless plan. Also included are an undated autobiography, an article about song writing, and a transcript of an oral history interview, 1971, for the William E. Wiener Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee. |
| Wiltrout, Irving D. | Title: Irving D. Wiltrout Papers, 1858, 1880-1901
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (2 folders) Call Number: River Falls SC 361; File 1887 April 11 Abstract: Correspondence and memorabilia of Dr. Wiltrout, founder of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Hospital and Sanitarium in Hudson, Wisconsin, in 1887. Included are letters from Holmes, William H. Taft, and John C. Spooner. Negative photostat copies of some of the letters, primarily those from Oliver Wendell Holmes, are filed under call number File 1887 April 11. |
| Rhodes, Irving G. | Title: Irving G. Rhodes Papers,1921-1977
Quantity: 0.7 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 319 Abstract: Irving G. Rhodes was a prominent and active member of the Jewish community in Milwaukee, and publisher of the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle from its founding in 1920, until 1973. During his time in Milwaukee, Rhodes was involved in a variety of civic, charitable and religious organizations within the Jewish community. The collection includes records of Rhodes’ involvement with a variety of Jewish civic and religious organizations, and correspondence with business and political contacts. |
| Kristol, Irving, 1920-2009 | Title: Irving Kristol Papers, 1946-2001
Quantity: 27.0 cubic feet (26 records center cartons and 1 flat box) and 2 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Mss 1036; PH 6888 Abstract: Papers, 1946-2001, of Irving Kristol, a writer, editor, publisher, public speaker, and educator. Thought by many to be the father of the neoconservative movement, he made broad intellectual contributions to, and was an influence on, social and political thought. He also played a large role in facilitating, encouraging, and promoting conservative thinkers. The papers consist mainly of correspondence concerning his publishing and editorial responsibilities with Basic Books Inc., and The Public Interest, as well as that relating to his many other general business, professional, and organizational activities. He also corresponded with a wide circle of colleagues, associates, and friends, some of whom were, or became, prominent. |
| Wallace, Irving, 1916-1990 | Title: Irving Wallace Papers,
1931-1973
Quantity: 14.9 cubic feet (29 archives boxes and 12 flat boxes) Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 1 Abstract: Irving Wallace was a novelist and screenwriter who was born in Chicago and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The collection consists of biographical material on Irving Wallace, correspondence both personal and professional, and manuscripts and screenplays of Wallace's works. Also included in the collection are personal and publicity photographs. |
| Irwin Family | Title: Irwin Family Papers, 1818-1902
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 96 Abstract: Photocopies of papers of a pioneer Green Bay, Wisconsin family. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, financial records, and clippings. Most of the correspondence is composed of letters between Alexander J. Irwin and his wife, Frances, and letters to Frances from her son, Robert. Alexander's letters give details about his business activities as a fur trader and merchant and his work as a local official, Territorial legislator, and Receiver for the United States Land Office in Green Bay. Frances' letters detail life in Green Bay. Robert's letters, from the 1850s, tell of his life in Chicago and as a homesteader in Minnesota. General financial records of Robert Sr., Robert Jr., Alexander, and Frances Irwin relate primarily to land sales and mortgages. Alexander's records as Receiver for the Bank of Wisconsin relate to clearing of claims against the bank, and his records as Receiver for the United States Land Office consist of all the financial records for the Green Bay land office, 1845-1847. Clippings consist of obituaries of Irwin Family members and relations, information about other early Green Bay families and Wisconsin historic sites, and recollections of Green Bay area pioneers. |