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| - - - | Title: Mears/Fargo Family Papers, 1824-1911, 1979
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 597 Abstract: Family letters of the Mears and Fargo families of Lake Mills, Wisconsin and an unpublished narrative genealogy by Mary Wilson on the descendents of Jacent, or Jason, Fargo (Fargeau). The letters document personal and day-to-day activities of the correspondents, including the Fargo family participation in local dairy farming, and the Mears family operation of a local flour mill. |
| - - - | Title: Meats, Markets, and Mergers: Oral Histories on Food Store Work and Unionization in Southern Wisconsin Since the 1930s, 1981-1982
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) and 66 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 696; Audio 930A; Audio 939A; Audio 947A; Audio 951A; Audio 953A; Audio 954A; Audio 957A-966A; Audio 968A-970A; Audio 981A Abstract: Interviews with 20 former and current retail food employees and union representatives concerning such topics as customer relations, productivity, small-scale grocery operation, changes in meat cutting, employee-management relations, unionization, male-female working relationships, and the role of women in the retail food industry. Also included are edited transcripts. The interviews were conducted with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities by Jim Cavanaugh and Michael Gordon for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Interviewees are Robert Akamatsu, Harold Breithaupt, Kenneth Doherty, Henry Dubinski, Frederick Gartzke, Paul Hampel, Conchera Hannon, Ethel Henning, Robert Heslip, Mary Kazmer, Alice Kohn, Walter McMahon, John Puent, Faye Roidt, Mildred Shindel, Walter Stoklosa, Raymond Toelle, Paul Whiteside, June Wuthrich, and Charles Zalesak. These workers were members of either the Retail Clerks International Union or the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. |
| Medford Cooperative Creamery Co. (Wis.) | Title: Medford Cooperative Creamery Co. Records, 1915-1965
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BC Abstract: Records of a Medford, Wis., cooperative incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing butter, powdered dried milk, and other milk products, which merged with Consolidated Badger Cooperative, Shawano, in 1962. The collection includes annual reports to the Secretary of State, annual financial reports, articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, tax records, a few land and legal records, and daybooks recording amounts paid for milk and cream to individual members. There are very few letters, personnel records, or production records. |
| Media Records, Inc. | Title: Media Records, Inc. Blue Books, 1955-1960
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 681 Abstract: Media Records, Inc. reports published annually on a subscription basis which detail the amount and type of advertising that appeared in newspapers in selected cities throughout the United States. |
| Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.). San Francisco Chapter (Calif.) | Title: Medical Committee for Human Rights. San Francisco Chapter: Records, 1968-1975
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 504 Abstract: Subject files of the San Francisco Chapter of MCHR, an organization dedicated to providing quality health care in the community. The records reveal the Committee's interest in free clinics; community control of health institutions; drug abuse programs; occupational safety and health; and the health needs of women, prisoners, and minorities. MCHR has also been active in anti-Vietnam war work and in promotion of a national health care plan. The subject files consist of printed material and newspaper clippings, but few organizational records are present. |
| Medical Physics | Title: Medical Physics Departmental Records Quantity: 5 Linear Feet 5 record cartons Collection includes papers and documents. Call Number: Accession 1993/024 Abstract: This collection contains correspondence (especially with national and international scholars), letters of recommendation, conference plans and materials, and grant applications (including those to NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation) connected to Medical Physics Department Chair John Cameron from the early 1970s to 1991. Cameron's grant proposals and research papers focus on neutron collimation, ion dosimetry, and radiotherapy. This collection also includes the correspondence of Medical Physics Department Chair Herb Attix (1985-1987); enrollment information and course materials related to a short course on Quality Control in Diagnostic Radiology by Professor Melvin Siedband (1974-1980); and the correspondence of Medical Physics Professor P.R. Moran (1979). |
| - - - | Title: Meet McGraw Films, 1957-1958
Quantity: 42 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: DF 276-DF 310, DF 777-DF 782, DF 884 Abstract: Forty-one episodes from the half-hour television crime show, Meet McGraw, featuring Frank Lovejoy as McGraw, a private eye with no first name, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The show's theme, “One for My Baby,” was written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. |
| Meier, August, 1923- Rudwick, Elliott M. | Title: Meier-Rudwick Collection of Congress of Racial Equality Records Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot (2 archives boxes and 1 half-archives box), 5 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 533; Micro 797 Abstract: Research material gathered by August Meier and Elliott Rudwick, two history professors at Kent State University, for their history of the Congress of Racial Equality. From the national CORE offices are photocopies or transcriptions of minutes, proceedings, and reports of meetings of the National Action Council, the steering committee, and CORE's annual convention; financial reports; and copies of revised constitutions. Four reels of microfilm contain records of the Seattle Chapter of CORE, 1961-1969, including extensive files on housing, employment, education, and local conventions and workshops. An additional reel of microfilm contains material from the Bancroft Library consisting of miscellaneous national, California, and other chapter papers and newsletters. |
| College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison | Title: Meiklejohn Education Association records Quantity: 1 Linear Feet 1 record carton Call Number: Accession 1997/070 Abstract: This collection includes newsletters, correspondence, ephemera relating to the Meiklejohn Education Association, including reunions and convocations. |
| Meir family | Title: Meir Family History Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 111 Abstract: History of the Meir family brickyards (Meir Brick Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin) and additional family information. Included are photocopies of family photographs. Materials are undated. |
| Gilbertson, Mel, (Milburn A.), 1923-1998 | Title: Mel Gilbertson Papers Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 098 Abstract: Milburn A. “Mel” Gilbertson (1923-1998) worked for the City of La Crosse, Wis., for 35 years, and he retired in 1983 as the supervisor the La Crosse City Water Department. This collection includes some personal papers and labor union materials from the Building and Service Employees International Union, Local 180, and the National Association of Power Engineers, La Crosse #8. The bulk of the collection is made up of papers from the La Crosse City Water Utility and contains correspondence, employee salary lists, and reports including a report on the electrification of the La Crosse Waterworks (1923). Photographs (1912-1961) show the construction of the main pumphouse (1912), the interior of pumphouse, and well flow at La Crosse well #2. |
| Wunsch, Melvin H., 1912-1992 | Title: Melvin H. Wunsch Papers, 1929-1986
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 3 archives boxes), 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 negative box), and 0.4 cubic feet of negatives (2 binder boxes) Call Number: Mss 701; PH Mss 701 Abstract: Papers of Melvin H. Wunsch, a career officer with the U.S. Social Security Administration (1936-1973), consisting of original documents gathered by Wunsch to illustrate his career and lengthy explanatory notes on agency policy, procedures, and personnel composed by Wunsch between 1973 and 1986. Major topics include the Social Security system; its management, field service, and administration; automation; Medicare; public relations; and staff training and development. Among the notable correspondents are Robert M. Ball and H.L. Mencken, as well as a variety of middle-level federal administrators. A small file of personal papers supplies additional information about Wunsch and illustrates his personal style and political convictions through correspondence with a range of friends and relatives. Also includes photographs and negatives of various subjects, such as: Wunsch's office, vacations, golf outings, and tennis matches. |
| Laird, Melvin R. | Title: Melvin R. Laird Papers, 1904-1979 (bulk 1946-1973)
Quantity: 78.0 cubic feet (67 records center cartons, 54 archives boxes, 1 card box, 2 flat boxes), 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 31 tape recordings, 7 disc recordings, 552 photographs, and 217 film reels; plus additions of 84 reels of microfilm (16 mm), 12 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1.9 cubic feet Call Number: Stevens Point Mss BO; Stevens Point Micro 31; Micro 666; Audio 1359A; PH Stevens Point BO; PH 6782 (5); M2004-042; M2006-071; M2009-092 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1946-1973, of Melvin Laird, former Wisconsin state legislator (1947-1953), Seventh District congressman (1953-1969), and U.S. Secretary of Defense (1969-1973) documenting his political career. Also present are brief papers of Melvin R. Laird Sr. (1877-1946), also a Wisconsin legislator, and grandfather William D. Connor (died 1944), a former lieutenant governor and state Republican Party leader. Photographs received with the collection consist primarily of publicity shots of Laird, his family, office visitors, and state and national leaders (including Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon), as well as visual documentation of his interest in military and health care issues. |
| Hostak, Melvina E. | Title: Melvina E. Hostak Papers, 1914-1974
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 6 photographs Call Number: Whitewater Mss BI; PH 3762 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1928-1954, of a spiritualist minister concerning her activities in a number of spiritualist organizations in Wisconsin. Included are financial ledgers, correspondence, curriculum records, and other materials pertaining to her work from 1928 to 1932 as secretary-treasurer of the Morris Pratt Institute of Whitewater; and a minute book, financial records, annual program books, and photographs (1949) of the Western Wisconsin Camp Association, a summer retreat in Wonewoc for the study of spiritualism which Hostak served as president; and miscellaneous records of other organizations. Correspondence with Anna Wallace concerns the lyceum movement. Also included are correspondence, notes, and drafts of historian Paul Schmunk concerning his research on the Morris Pratt Institute; additional notes about MPI by Hugh W. Swofford III; and general personal correspondence of Hostak. Other photographs include snapshots of Hostak. |
| Douglas, Melvyn, 1901-1981 | Title: Melvyn Douglas Papers, 1892-1983
Quantity: 8.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes), 3 reels of microfilm (35mm), 19 disc recordings, memorabilia, and photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 100AN; Micro 1181; Disc 102A; Disc 192A Abstract: Papers, mainly 1938-1981, of an award-winning actor pertaining to his stage, screen, and television career and to his many political and humanitarian concerns. Theatrical files range in completeness with the most extensive relating to his performances in The Best Man (1960), First Monday in October (1975), Inherit the Wind (1955), Juno (1959) and Time Out for Ginger (1952), and to his production of Call Me Mister with Herman Levin in 1946. Documentation on these includes correspondence, contracts, clippings and scrapbooks (available only on microfilm), and miscellaneous production information. Material on his early motion picture work is scarce, but there are scripts and related materials for Being There (1979), I Never Sang For My Father (1970), and Tell Me a Riddle (1980), as well as for his television work on “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” (1967). The collection also includes stills and photographs for many productions in which Douglas appeared. General correspondence, mainly 1938-1950, pertains to Douglas' political activities especially as a member of the Motion Picture Democratic Committee, Americans for Democratic Action, and the American Veterans Committee; work for the White House Conference on Children in a Democracy; and his controversial appointment to the Office of Civil Defense in 1942. There is also material on his military service during World War II. Among the prominent correspondents are Robert W. Anderson, Brooks Atkinson, Ralph Bellamy, Kermit Bloomgarden, Hume Cronyn, Paul H. Douglas, William O. Douglas, Abba Eban, Clark Eichelberger, James T. Farrell, Elmer Gertz, Donald Hyatt, Harold Ickes, Lady Bird Johnson, Loring Mandel, Burgess Meredith, Worthington Miner, Louis Nizer, George Norris, Paul O'Dwyer, Joseph L. Rauh, Robert Redford, Walter Reuther, Eleanor Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Benjamin Spock, Barrie Stavis, Daniel J. Tobin, Dan Totheroh, and Walter Wanger. Also part of the papers are scripts and recordings for radio broadcasts, speeches and writings, financial records, memorabilia and biographical miscellany, photographs, and research material (some available only on microfilm) compiled by Douglas biographer Tom Arthur. |
| University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries | Title: Memorial Library Collection of Films, 1951-1984
Quantity: 66 reels of film (16 mm), 4 video recordings (VHS), and 0.2 cubic feet (1 half-archives box) Call Number: AE 909-AE 913; AE 915-AE 919; CD 489-CD 510; DG 966-DG 997; FL 507-FL 508; VHC 606-VHC 609; M2022-012 Abstract: The Memorial Library Educational Film Collection is 62 films, dating from 1951 through 1984, with the bulk of the collection coming from the 1970s. A wide breadth of educational topics are found in the collection. Consistent topics include art, mathematics, ecology, evolution, sociology, and zoology. The collection includes two feature films, Truman Capote's The Glass House from 1972 starring Vic Morrow, Alan Alda, and Billy Dee Williams, and Cat in the Cage from 1978 starring Sybil Danning. Also notable, the collection includes Clay, or the Origin of the Species, a 1965 animated short which was nominated for best “Short Subject (Cartoons)” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1966. The collection also includes teaching and study guides for six titles. |
| Memorial Union Labor Organization | Title: Memorial Union Labor Organization Records, 1971-2004
Quantity: 7.0 cubic feet (18 archives boxes), 0.1 cubic feet of posters (1 oversize folder), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder), and 30 cassette tapes Call Number: Mss 367; PH 6539; Audio 1446A Abstract: Records of Memorial Union Labor Organization (MULO), an independent labor union which represented part-time student workers and limited term employees (LTEs) at the student unions on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from 1971-2004. MULO went on strike three times, in 1972, 1976, and 1980. Membership numbers went down shortly after the 1976 strike and did not go up until the spring of 1980. Throughout MULO's history, the organization was very active in the bargaining process, filing grievances, supporting other unions and organizations such as United Farm Workers, and trying to improve working conditions for student and limited term employees. The materials in this collection date from 1971-2004, with the bulk of the records documenting the 1980s and 1990s. Included in the collection are minutes of several committees and the Stewards' Council; correspondence and other administrative records; membership records; graphics, flyers, and posters used for promotional purposes; Collective Bargaining Agreements, 1988-2004; grievances filed by student and limited term employees; files on other labor unions and organizations; and an alphabetical subject file. MULO also published a newsletter which can be found on microfilm in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. |
| Hansen, Annie Nelson | Title: "Memories of My Home and My Father the Way I Remember Him" Typescript as Written by Annie Nelson Hansen Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 148 Abstract: Photocopy of "Memories of my Home and my Father the way I Remember Him," written in 1962 by Annie Nelson Hansen. Hansen grew up on a farm in Ebner Coulee; typescript documents her childhood in this location and discusses her father, Magnus Nelson. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Men into Space” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959-1960
Quantity: 38 film reels Call Number: DB 187-DB 224 Abstract: Thirty-eight episodes of Men into Space, a half-hour series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1960. The program was a post-Sputnik adventure series about the U.S. government's attempts to further its space program. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Men of Annapolis” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1956-1957
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 225-DB 263 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Men of Annapolis, a half-hour anthology series that ran on CBS from 1956 to 1957, about students at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| Men's Sketch Club (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Men's Sketch Club (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 129 Abstract: The Men's Sketch Club (La Crosse, Wisconsin) records include meeting minutes, correspondence, and exhibit programs. Materials date from 1939 through 1940. |
| Menasha (Wis.). City Attorney | Title: Menasha (Wis.). City Attorney: City Attorney's Papers, 1898-1945
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Winnebago Series 69 Abstract: A variety of records connected with the city attorney's activities in representing the city in court and providing advice to the city council and mayor. Of particular interest are the documents connected with the case Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat, and Power vs. the City of Menasha. |
| Menasha (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Menasha (Wis.). Clerk: Clerk's Papers, 1855-1964
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Winnebago Series 84 Abstract: Records documenting the clerk's various functions as officer of record for the city council, reporter of statistics for the state and county, and administrator of some city programs. There are minutes of various city council committees, correspondence with the clerk, poor relief records, federal housing and Works Progress Administration program papers. |
| Menasha Wooden Ware Corporation (Menasha, Wis.) | Title: Menasha Wooden Ware Corporation Records, 1857-1946
Quantity: 82.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes and 202 volumes) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss J Abstract: Records of the Menasha Wooden Ware Corporation, manufacturer of wooden pails, tubs, and barrels and later of corrugated boxes. Included is personal and business correspondence, 1919-1946, of Mowry Smith, president and business records, 1857-1920, of the corporation consisting of various financial record volumes, order books, inventories, mill shipment records, log scale records, and other volumes. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Abbreviated Admission and Discharge Registers, 1860-1898, 1927-1953
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (6 volumes) Call Number: Series 2167 Abstract: Log noting for each admission, 1860-1898: name, date, county, case number, and number male or female that year. For discharges: same, plus to whom discharged and condition when discharged. For admissions, 1927-1953: name, date, time, by whom committed, and whether voluntary or not. For discharges: name, date, time, and to whom discharged. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Address Books, 1868-1948
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (13 volumes in 4 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 2169 Abstract: Register listing for each resident includes: name, county of residence, dates admitted and discharged, and name and address of contact person or guardian. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Administrative Subject Files, 1954-1989
Quantity: 17.0 c.f. Call Number: 1990/211; 1992/192; 1996/099; 1999/179 Abstract: Subject files, 1954-1989, pertaining to the administration of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. Records include meeting minutes and materials for a variety of staffing groups, general treatment information, and administration of the facility. Studies, reports, and correspondence are also included. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Admission and Discharge Registers, 1881-1960
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (19 volumes) Call Number: Series 2166 Abstract: Log noting for each admission: date last admitted, hospital case number, number that year, number of male or female that year, name, age, marital status, county of residence, by whom committed, type of admission (voluntary or not), birthplace, occupation, address of guardian, brief diagnosis, number of times in hospital, and religion. For discharges: similar information, plus type of discharge, to whom discharged, and condition when discharged. Statistical summaries are included at the end of each month. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Admissions Records, 1860-1908, 1935-1968, 1981-1982
Quantity: 14.0 c.f. (35 archives boxes); plus additions of 58.0 c.f. Call Number: Series 2194; 2010/047; 2011/142 Abstract: Records of early admissions to the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane which later became known as the Mendota Mental Health Institute. Includes orders for commitments, reports by examining physicians, and judgments of insanity and commitment. Background information about the applicant includes age; birthplace; residence; marital status; occupation; nature of illness; patient disposition; prior treatment; habits; injuries; military service; and parents' nationality, religious beliefs, and education. A few miscellaneous records provide information on applicants who were not admitted to the state hospital. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Movement of Population, 1908-1952
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (6 volumes) Call Number: Series 2173 Abstract: For each day, names, case numbers, and county of residence of those admitted and discharged; number of males admitted and discharged; number of females admitted and discharged; total number (male plus female) at the institution; and to whom the discharged inmates were released. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Patient Records, Male/Female, 1860-1908
Quantity: 9.0 c.f. (19 volumes) Call Number: Series 2171 Abstract: Record of mental diagnosis, observations throughout patient's stay, and conditions of release. |
| Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) | Title: Mendota Mental Health Institute: Trustees' Meetings and Reports, 1870-1874
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Series 1366 Abstract: Minutes of meetings of the Hospital board of trustees and the executive committee and reports of committees, the treasurer, the secretary, and the superintendent. The files are incomplete. |
| Mendota Yacht Club (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Mendota Yacht Club Records, 1903-2002
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes), 49 photographs, 2 negatives, and 5 transparencies Call Number: Mss 979; PH Mss 979 Abstract: Records of the Mendota Yacht Club, Madison, Wisconsin, organized in 1903 and reincorporated in 1935 reflecting members' efforts to organize and promote the sport of yachting and their interest in Lake Mendota's lake front park development. The collection includes annual directories (1937-2002); Board of Directors and annual meeting minutes (1947-1998); constitution and bylaws (1903-1990); correspondence on the topics of boat storage, club property, marina construction, races, the club's records, and safety issues (1940-1999, undated); financial records (1947-1999, undated); historical sketches (1973-1978); membership materials (1974-2001); news clippings (1906-2001); newsletters (1965-2001); and files on special events including regattas (1928-2001). Also included are photographs, negatives, and slides documenting regattas, trophies, and other club events. |
| Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company (Soperton, Wis.) | Title: Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company Records, 1881-1924
Quantity: 7.8 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 17 volumes) Call Number: Northland Mss S Abstract: Business records of the Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company, Soperton, Wisconsin, including minute books, ledgers, journals, sales records, inventories, pay records, and trial balances; and five volumes of records of related companies. Records or information is included on the North Branch Pine Improvement Company, the Michigan Fuel Company, and the Samuel McGraw Insurance Agency. |
| Menominee Enterprises | Title: Menominee Enterprises Records, 1954-1976
Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (12 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 70 Abstract: Records of Menominee Enterprises, Inc. (MEI), a corporation created to administer Menominee Indian tribal resources after termination of federal reservation status in 1961. Included are minutes, financial statements and balance sheets, feasibility studies and reports on development plans, legal records, newsclippings, correspondence, and other materials; all preserved by Harry W. Harder, a member of the Board of Directors. |
| Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Title: Menominee Tribal Councils Records, 1941-1942, 1953-1959
Quantity: 1.1 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 1 oversize folder Call Number: Green Bay Mss 68; PH 6830 Abstract: Minutes of meetings of the Advisory Council, General Council, and special committees of the Menominee tribe; concerning financial, legal, labor, and educational matters and dealing in particular with Menominee Mills. Also included are two drafts (1959) of the plans for termination of federal control of the Menominee tribe. |
| Menominee Tribal News (Keshena, Wis.) | Title: Menominee Tribal News Records, 1968-1986
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 3.5 cubic feet of photographs and negatives (7 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 3 oversize folders) Call Number: Mss 1041; PH 6547 Abstract: Records of the Menominee Tribal News (known as Menominee Nation News in 2008), a Native American newspaper run by the members of the Menominee Nation, including those years when the Menominee had been declared disbanded as a tribe due to the Menominee Termination Act (1954), and later reinstated through the Menominee Restoration Act (1974). The records consist mostly of photographs and negatives, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, and papers. Many of the files, although they came from the newspaper office, document subjects of broader relevance to the community, including research for the formation of the Menominee County School District, the Menominee Restoration Committee, the Menominee Historical Foundation Inc., and Menominee Enterprises Inc. Photographs document daily life and community events of the Menominee Indians, including pow-wows, hide tanning, sports, and school. |
| Menomonie (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Menomonie (Wis.). Clerk: Clerk's Papers, 1882-1963
Quantity: 3.8 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Dunn Series 8 Abstract: Letters, notices, and reports to the City Clerk, City Council, and Mayor from state agencies, city departments, and citizens. Correspondence with the State Board of Health, the Railroad and Public Service Commission, and the Industrial Commission relates to sewer and water system construction, highways, municipal employees, and utility regulation. Material from city departments includes communications from the Police and Fire Commission, appointments to various city offices and boards, and, for the earlier years, applications for relief, materials concerning the city hospital and reports of the municipal judge. Reports of the Fire Insurance Rating Bureau detail the operations of the city water, police, and fire departments. Petitions and letters from individuals, the Chamber of Commerce, churches, unions, and other organizations provide information about ordinances, public improvements, nuisances, conditions of public employment, and similar matters. |
| Menomonie Milling Company (Wis.) | Title: Menomonie Milling Company Records, 1902-1931
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Stout Mss S Abstract: Records of a grain mill in Menomonie, Wisconsin; consisting of the articles of incorporation and a book of minutes from board and stockholders' meetings. |
| Menomonie Public Schools (Wis.) | Title: Menomonie Public Schools (Wis.): Financial Records, 1891-1957
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 4 volumes) Call Number: Dunn Series 80 Abstract: Miscellaneous financial records of the Menomonie city schools, including the Stout Manual Training Schools. Included are general accounting and early teacher payroll records, building fund records, record of contributions of J.H. Stout to the school fund, and a separate account book for expenditures for manual training, 1891-1901. There is a good deal of material which relates to the financial establishment and continued operation of the Stout Manual Training Schools including cost information for manual training and domestic science operations. Until 1927, the account ledgers include separate account categories for manual training and domestic science. Also included is information regarding expenses incurred from the 1897 fire which destroyed Central School and the Stout Manual Training building. |
| Menomonie Public Schools (Wis.) | Title: Menomonie Public Schools (Wis.): Menomonie High School Student Records, 1887-1910
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (1 box, 1 volume, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Dunn Series 90 Abstract: Assorted lists of students and graduates of Menomonie High School. Includes a Record of Examinations, 1887-1889, and lists of grades given for high school courses, 1910; both listing individual students and grades or scores received in particular courses or examinations. Also included are a variety of statistics, lists of graduates, and alumni information cards. |
| Merger Implementation Study Committee (Wis.) | Title: Merger Implementation Study Committee (Wis.): Records, 1971-1973
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Series 2447 Abstract: Minutes of the committee, copies of correspondence and memoranda primarily to and from President John C. Weaver, and drafts of proposed legislation (Chapter 36) to govern the new University of Wisconsin System. The papers are the files of Joe Nusbaum, secretary of the Department of Administration, who was a committee member, but not the chairman, and, as a result, the records may not be complete. |
| Curti, Merle Eugene, 1897-1996 | Title: Merle Eugene Curti Papers, 1908-2000
Quantity: 30.8 c.f. (77 archives boxes), 7 tape recordings, 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 2 photographs (1 folder); plus additions of 8.4 c.f. and 1 photograph Call Number: Mss 24; Micro 584; Micro 445; Audio 460A; PH 3591; M2006-092 Abstract: Papers, 1908-2000, of Merle Eugene Curti, a University of Wisconsin history professor (1942-1967), including correspondence, speeches, drafts and notes for publications, and other materials. Widely known for his publications, Curti won a Pulitzer Prize for The Growth of American Thought (1943). His study of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, The Making of an American Community (1959), pioneered the use of statistical information in the writing of local history. |
| Hull, Merlin, 1870-1953 | Title: Merlin Hull Papers, 1856-1953
Quantity: 78.8 c.f. (77 record center cartons and 3 flat boxes), 100 items of ephemera (1 folder), and 40 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: La Crosse Mss BE; PH 1299; PH 2341 Abstract: Papers of Merlin Hull, a Wisconsin politician and newspaper editor-publisher, consisting of chronologically-arranged correspondence which relate to his career as assemblyman, 1909-1909; secretary of state, 1917-1921; and congressman, 1929-1931 and 1934-1953; and to his operation of the Jackson County Banner-Journal. A remarkably complete set of business records (1856-1926) relate to the operation of the Banner prior to its consolidation with Hull's Journal. Miscellaneous materials include minutes of the Joint Committee on Finance and the State Board of Public Affairs and political material from Hull's campaigns in 1914 and 1916. Also includes photographs from his political career as well as some family photographs. |
| Schleiter, Merlinda | Title: Merlinda Schleiter Papers Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 196 Abstract: The Merlinda Schleiter papers include materials relating to the World War I homefront (as experienced in La Crosse, Wisconsin), and to Schleiter's work with food conservation and liberty bonds. A fabric armband with the words "Council of Defense" and a Victory Liberty Loan medal are included, as are some materials from the La Crosse Community Council (latter materials date from the 1920s). |
| Pitzele, Merlyn S., 1911-1996 | Title: Merlyn S. Pitzele Papers, 1932-1971
Quantity: 26.4 c.f. (66 archives boxes and 1 folder), 3 tape recordings, 92 photographs, and 2 negatives; plus additions of 3.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 25; SC 1044; Audio 467A; PH 3355; M72-126 Abstract: The papers of labor analyst Merlyn Stuart Pitzele of Chicago document his career as editor of Business Week, writer and lecturer, consultant in labor relations, and advisor to politicians. The collection also contains information related to his wide range of interests, particularly in the fields of labor history, Republican politics, and civil liberties. The photographs document Pitzele's personal and professional life. |
| Jackson, Merrick T., 1902-1998 | Title: Merrick T. Jackson Papers, 1900-1985, 1993
Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (10 archives boxes and 2 card boxes) Call Number: Mss 813 Abstract: Papers of Merrick T. Jackson, a public relations specialist who was active in the field of corporate communications for employers such as the Western Electric Company and the Hoover Company and who, as an employee of Hill & Knowlton, edited Steelways magazine for the American Iron and Steel Institute for twenty years. Included are correspondence, clippings, samples of original public relations materials, fiction and non-fiction writings, diary-like engagement calendars covering his retirement, and a lengthy autobiographical memoir. The narrative includes reflections on his career and individuals he knew such as Kenneth F. Cook of Standard Oil and Robert Newcomb with whom he was associated in the establishment of the National Council of Industrial Editors. About his association with Hill & Knowlton there is correspondence, progress reports, public relations audits, recollections of H&K staff, and samples of publications he produced (Steelways is available in the University of Wisconsin Engineering Library.) There are also notes, correspondence, and reports for the public relations audit he conducted for Caltex concerning its investments in Southeast Asia; information on proposals prepared for his own firm, Direct Lines, Inc.; and a run of Hoover Worldwide, which he edited. About his personal life there are reflections about his mother, a single parent, and his first wife who died from cancer; correspondence and writings concerning Lafayette College; and correspondence and a diary concerning his year of teaching (1923-1924) at the American University in Cairo. |
| Merrill (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Merrill (Wis.). Clerk: Reports and Committee Papers, 1919-1972
Quantity: 6.8 c.f. (17 archives boxes) Call Number: Lincoln Series 32 Abstract: Records of city committees, boards, and commissions; including minutes, citizen petitions, proposals, city budgets and financial information, property statements (1944-1947), and some clerk's and city attorney's correspondence. Files include the Advisory, Advisory Purchasing, Airport, Board of Education, Board of Health, Board of Review, City Plan Commission, Comptroller, Finance, Fire and Police, Illegal Tax, Industrial, Park Board, Public Works, School, Street and Bridge, Water and Sewer, and Zoning Committee. |
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Clark, Merrill Ann, 1938-; Clark, John Bell, 1937-2006 |
Title: Merrill and John Clark Papers, 1985-2010
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 1223 Abstract: Papers, 1985-2010, of Merrill and John Clark, who operated Roseland Farms, an organic livestock farm in Cassopolis, Michigan. Merrill Clark served a four-year term on the inaugural National Organic Standards Board (NOSB, 1992-1996), and chaired its Livestock Committee. The papers offer partial documentation of Clark's tenure on the NOSB, and John and Merrill Clark's subsequent concerns about the standards established by the NOSB. |
| Mueller, Merrill, 1916-1980 | Title: Merrill Mueller Papers, 1935-1976
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 3 reels of microfilm (35mm), 7 tape recordings, 24 photographs, and 3 pieces of ephemera Call Number: Mss 704; Micro 1102; Tape 1178A; PH Mss 704 Abstract: Papers of Merrill Mueller, a prominent journalist best known for his news reporting for the National Broadcasting Company (1944-1968). Included are biographical clippings, photographs, and publicity; fragmentary correspondence primarily concerning the internal operations of NBC and INS (for whom he also reported early in his career); news stories and radio scripts (many of them eyewitness accounts) concerning World War II, the Palestine Crisis (1947), and the NASA program (1961-1974); several drafts of “The Great Crusade,” an unpublished book concerning his experiences as a correspondent during World War II; and other writings. The World War II materials, which are only available on microfilm, include an extensive run of dispatches sent to Newsweek from Northern Africa (1942-1943) and radio scripts for NBC pertaining to his coverage of General Eisenhower's headquarters, 1944-1945, written for NBC and for the World Press Pool whose representative he was at Allied headquarters. Prominent correspondents in the collection include Mark Clark, Dwight Eisenhower, Julian Goodman, Ray Henle, Elmer Lower, and William R. McAndrew. Recordings of several news reports are included with the papers. |
| Merrill Vocational School | Title: Merrill Vocational School: Correspondence and Subject File, 1939-1972
Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes) Call Number: Lincoln Series 43 Abstract: Records consisting of incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1957-1967, of school director M. J. Burkhardt, and a subject file. Much of the correspondence consists of mimeographed materials from the director of the State Board of Vocational and Adult Education pertaining to policies, meetings of school directors, and curricula. Also included are letters from other officials of the state board, from companies pertaining to school supplies, and from other Wisconsin vocational schools and the University of Wisconsin. Topics in the subject file include administrative matters such as audit reports, budgets, financial statements, and standards; faculty matters such as teachers' service reports, contracts, and payroll records; legislation relative to vocational education; apprenticeship programs; indentures; and information about the student body including annual statistical reports showing names, addresses, age group, and courses studied by students. |
| Krug, Merton E., 1907-1958 | Title: Merton E. Krug Papers, 1831-1956 (bulk 1928-1956)
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 39 photographs Call Number: Mss 598; PH 3773 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1928-1956, of Merton E. Krug, a Wisconsin historian primarily known for his work on the Upper Baraboo Valley and the trader, John Baptiste DuBay. Included are genealogical materials for the Fish family to which he was related, autobiographical documents, college term papers containing personal information and information on Wisconsin history, research material, and assorted writings including newspaper articles, poems, an address, and an incomplete manuscript and proofs for his research on General William Hull. Of special note is an account book, 1831-1866, detailing the financial activities of farmer-entrepreneur Henry Darrow, a relative who was an early settler of Walworth and Sauk counties, Wisconsin. |
| Messerschmidt Family | Title: Messerschmidt Family Papers and Visual Materials, 1915-2001
Quantity: 0.1 c.f., 142 photographs, 6 transparencies, 4 films (16 mm), and 4 videorecordings (viewing copies of films) Call Number: M2003-074; AE 186-AE 189; VBC 289-VBC 292 Abstract: Papers of the Messerschmidt family, German immigrants and longtime residents of Madison, Wisconsin. William Messerschmidt and his son Samuel owned land near present-day Dane County Airport on which Samuel built a stone house in 1932 that was later purchased and moved during a runway expansion project in 1997-2001. Included in the collection are autobiographies by William and Lowell, Samuel's son. Lowell grew up on the family farm, initially registered as a conscientious objector during World War II, later saw service in an ambulance unit in Africa, the Middle East, and Italy, traveled extensively as a church pastor, and held office for the Madison welfare office in the 1970s. The photographs include shots of a tornado that touched down in Madison (1944), the first Northwest Airlines flight at Truax Field (1937), the Messerschmidt family farm, vacations, a G.A.R. parade in Madison, and Madison churches. The films are home movies featuring family vacations, the farm, a parade in Madison, and various family activities. |
| Methodist Episcopal Church. Ironton Circuit (Wis.) | Title: Methodist Episcopal Church. Ironton Circuit: Records, 1857-1948
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 737 Abstract: Records of the Methodist circuit centered in Ironton, Sauk County, Wisconsin, containing minutes of quarterly circuit meetings, 1857-1868, records of baptisms and marriages, statistical records, and membership records for congregations at Ironton, Cazenovia, Loganville, Sandusky, Lime Ridge, La Valle, Washington, and nearby locations. |
| Methodist Hospital School of Nursing | Title: Methodist Hospital School of Nursing Records, 1927-1974
Extent: 1.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 2 oversized boxes) Call Number: M2007-057 Abstract: Records primarily documenting the involvement of the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps program during World War II, consisting of financial records, correspondence, government requirements, reports, and uniform information. Additional records include those of the Alumnae Association consisting of meeting minutes and treasurer's records. Also included are issues of the hospital's publication, Better Health, a scrapbook documenting the financial troubles of the hospital in 1932 during the Depression, and 4 photo scrapbooks and 2 loose photographs documenting the School’s history. |
| Metropolitan Integration Research Center | Title: Metropolitan Integration Research Center Records,
1944-1984
, 1977-1980
Quantity: 11.7 cubic ft. (29 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 332 Abstract: Records of the Metropolitan Integration Research Center (MIRC), a pro-integration organization founded in Milwaukee in 1978 to explore the nature and causes of segregation in Milwaukee Public Schools and housing. The collection consists primarily of administrative records, material related to the State of Wisconsin's Chapter 220 Program (a voluntary integration program instituted in 1976), legal cases documenting integration efforts outside of Milwaukee, papers/reports on integration and its effect on schools/education, fundraising efforts, and newspaper clippings on race, education, and housing issues in metropolitan Milwaukee. Much of the collection consists of records created and/or accumulated by Lois Quinn, MIRC's Executive Director (1978-1980). |
| Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (Wis.) | Title: Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Records, 1870-1964
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 14 Abstract: Records of the Association and its predecessors, the Merchants Association, the Merchants and Manufacturers Association, and the Milwaukee Association of Commerce, documenting their efforts to support the city's economic welfare and the development of commercial and civic enterprises. Included are minutes of the board of directors and various committees concerning activities such as endorsing political candidates, tax revision efforts, anti-shoplifting campaigns, youth job programs, support for professional sports, and work in the areas of energy, transportation, and school desegregation. |
| Metropolitan Milwaukee Civic Alliance (Wis.) | Title: Metropolitan Milwaukee Civic Alliance Records, 1937–1986
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 401 Abstract: The Metropolitan Milwaukee Civil Alliance (MMCA) was formed in 1924. It was a coalition of twenty-two service organizations. Their goal was to facilitate the discussion and resolution of community issues. |
| Mexican Border Veterans | Title: Mexican Border Veterans Records, 1949-1957
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 4 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Mss 307; PH 1330 Abstract: Papers of the Mexican Border Veterans, an organization of men who served in the U.S. military Mexican Border incident in 1916-1917. Included are correspondence, scrapbooks, and other materials, mainly concerning efforts to secure Congressional recognition of its members as veterans of a foreign war. Photographs show members of the organization, 1954-1956. |
| Meyer and Finck Realty Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Meyer and Finck Realty Company Records, 1885-1918
Quantity: 8.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 79 volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss A Abstract: Business records of a Milwaukee real estate firm operated from about 1892 to 1896 by Willis A. Meyer and Otto A. Finck, consisting of correspondence and ledgers, cash books, journals, and miscellaneous business record books of the company and similar record books of various subsidiary land companies. The correspondence relates to the sale of real estate, agency work for property owners, collections, commissions, land speculation at Trinidad, Colorado, and operations of fifteen subsidiary land companies, such as Milwaukee Central Land Company and Crown Land Company. Several volumes relate to the Phoenix Suspender Company of which Frank was an assignee. |
| Fishman, Meyer, 1914-1976 | Title: Meyer Fishman Photographs, 1946-1972
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 4 safety film negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 52 Abstract: The collection is largely made up of photographs depicting the "human chess games," organized by Meyer Fishman after his release from the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, which entertained fellow Holocaust survivors awaiting resettlement. Other photographs are of Meyers' Food Bulk Store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Also contains negatives of all the prints found in the collection. |