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| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Miami Undercover” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1961
Quantity: 38 film reels Call Number: DB 264-DB 301 Abstract: Thirty-eight episodes of Miami Undercover, a half-hour syndicated crime series that ran in 1961 about a private investigator hired by the Miami Beach Hotel Owners Association. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| Olbrich, Michael B., 1881-1929 | Title: Michael B. Olbrich Papers, 1906-1932
Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss UX Abstract: Personal and business papers of Michael B. Olbrich, a Madison, Wisconsin, attorney and civic leader. In politics a Progressive Republican, Olbrich was deputy attorney general for Wisconsin, 1919-1921, special counsel for the state, 1921-1926, and a regent of the University of Wisconsin, 1925-1929. General correspondence relates primarily to Olbrich's political interests prior to 1920, to legal cases which he handled for the state, and to University affairs during his years as regent. In his political correspondence are letters written by or exchanged with Robert M. La Follette, John J. Blaine, and Emanuel L. Philipp. More than half of the collection comprises correspondence, financial records, and court papers pertaining to the land and sheep-ranch speculations in Montana in which Olbrich engaged from 1909 until his death. Most of these records relate to the Judith Basin Land Company, the Home Ranch Land Company, and the Flat Willow Land Company. |
| Bemis, Michael | Title: Michael Bemis papers Quantity: 4 Linear Feet 4 record cartons Collection includes handwritten diaries, journals, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the life of Michael Bemis as well as several publications, including Madison Opera magazine and Footlights. Call Number: uac48 Abstract: Michael Bemis is an out poet and author who lives in Madison, Wisconsin. His collection of gay poetry is housed in Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His papers consist of personal diaries and journals that date from 1974-2018. |
| Davis, Michael | Title: Michael Davis Papers, 1965-1970
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 532 Abstract: Papers collected by Davis, reflecting his interests and activities with civil rights in Mississippi, student radicalism, the Students for a Democratic Society, and community organization. Davis, a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the University of Michigan in 1968, was a member of VOICE, the Michigan SDS chapter, and also interested in local problems, such as those represented by the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union and rent strike. In 1965 he canvassed for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in Jackson, Mississippi, and in the summer of 1966 he was active with the Cleveland Community Project (he was working for SDS at the time). The papers include flyers and leaflets, papers presented at conferences, other writings by Davis, a few letters, and University of Michigan student government brochures. |
| Douglas, Michael, 1944- | Title: Michael Douglas Papers, 1934-1980
Quantity: 15.4 c.f. (23 archives boxes, 6 record center cartons, and 1 flat box), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 4 tape recordings, and 1 film Call Number: U.S. Mss 176AN; Micro 717; Audio 1169A; AB 974 Abstract: Papers of Michael Douglas, an actor-producer, primarily consisting of scripts for The Streets of San Francisco (ABC), a television series in which he co-starred; and production files for the Oscar-winning One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (UA, 1975). In the production files for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest are variant scripts by William Peter Blatty, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, and others; correspondence; promotional material; and reviews. Smaller files of similar composition relate to several other films, plays, and television programs with which Douglas was involved. There is also a subject file containing miscellaneous personal and business correspondence and fan mail, clippings, a microfilmed scrapbook, and a file relating to his work for and support of the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center. Prominent correspondents include Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr., Cesar E. Chavez, Kirk Douglas, Betty Ford, Tom Hayden, Arthur B. Krim, and Irving Paul Lazar. |
| Eisenscher, Michael E., 1944- | Title: Michael E. Eisenscher Papers, 1962-1969
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 111 Abstract: Papers of Michael Eisenscher, a radical organizer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in Milwaukee, including correspondence, printed matter, minutes, position papers, reports, and clippings on the W.E.B. DuBois Club, the Milwaukee Organizing Committee, the Wisconsin Communist Party, the Wisconsin Student Employees Association, and a variety of other left wing activities and organizations. |
| Fellner, Michael | Title: Michael Fellner Papers, 1959-1983
Quantity: 9.4 cubic feet (24 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 2134 photographs (7 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 4786 negatives (3 shoe boxes), 262 transparencies (1 binder), and 29 tape recordings; plus additions of 0.6 cubic feet and 70 audio recordings Call Number: Mss 840; PH Mss 840; Audio 1279A; M2001-117 Abstract: Papers of Michael Fellner, a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student, anti-Vietnam war activist, and editor of Take Over, an underground newspaper published in Madison from 1971 to 1979. Included are Take Over's administrative, financial, legal, and subject files, correspondence, photographs, print and near-print ephemera, posters, bumper stickers, and clippings. Also included are copies of FBI files mainly concerning individuals, organizations, and events in Madison, 1959-1977; similar materials from the Madison Police Department Affinity Files, 1968-1977; and tape recordings of speeches and interviews by Fellner, about 1973-1979, with Emile de Antonio, Harvey Goldberg, William Kunstler, Paul Soglin, members of the Weather Underground Organization, and former FBI agents and others. |
| Kirby, Michael G., 1952- | Title: Michael Kirby Papers, 1975-1982
Quantity: 3.8 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 216 Abstract: Papers of Michael G. Kirby, a Democratic legislator who represented the 13th Assembly District (northwest Milwaukee) from 1975 to 1982. The files consist of constituent correspondence, subject files, and files on special committees on school bus laws, the special needs of the deaf, and Public Service Commission rate cases. |
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Lipsky, Michael; Olson, David J. |
Title: Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson Papers, 1935-1981 (bulk 1963-1981)
Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and 3 tape recordings; plus additions of 4.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 851; M96-024; Audio 1669A Abstract: Papers, mainly 1963-1981, of Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson, two political scientists concerning their collaborative research on the urban race riots of the 1960s and Lipsky's separate research on rent strikes in New York City and materials documenting his involvement in the civil rights movement. The collection includes biographical information, editorial correspondence, exchanges with professional colleagues, research files, writings, and records documenting Lipsky’s work as special assistant to the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as a consultant to Upward Bound and Action, and as a Freedom Summer volunteer in 1964. |
| Lisowski, Michael | Title: Michael Lisowski Papers, 1977-1984
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 235 Abstract: Collection consists of subject files assembled by Michael Lisowski, an active member of Milwaukee's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The files relate to various organizations with which Lisowksi was involved--such as the Gay Peoples Union, Gay Counseling Services, and Gay Community at UWM--but few provide substantial evidence of Lisowski's specific contributions or activities. Often, these files contain only ephemera such as brochures and fliers. Several files pertain to the Gay Peoples Union, documenting that organization's efforts to unify the Milwaukee gay and lesbian community around issues of police harassment, establishment of a community center, and coalition building. Lisowski was vice president of the organization in 1978. |
| Harrington, Michael, 1880-1961 | Title: Michael M. Harrington Papers, 1853-1955
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes including 24 volumes, and 3 flat boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss VE Abstract: Papers of Michael M. Harrington, a railroad worker and collector of railroad memorabilia. Correspondence deals with Harrington's position as chief dispatcher for the Milwaukee Road and his efforts to collect memorabilia. Collected letters include material on routine matters and arguments over rates. There is considerable material relating to hauling lumber and supplies for the John Arpin Lumber Company of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. In addition, the collection contains agreements on rights of way; transcripts of litigation; bonds; pocket diaries kept by Harrington; and late nineteenth and early twentieth-century time books, records, and policy statements of the Milwaukee Road. |
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McGee, Michael, Jr.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council. |
Title: Michael McGee, Jr. Aldermanic Records, 1996-2008
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 2 oversize folders Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 39 Abstract: Records of Common Council Alderman Michael McGee, Jr., who served Milwaukee's 6th District from 2004-2008. Collection contains correspondence, reports, subject files, clippings, and publications. |
| Meeropol, Michael | Title: Michael Meeropol Speeches, 1975
Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 835A Abstract: Tape recording of a December 11, 1975 speech and press conference conducted in Madison, Wisconsin, by Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, as part of the effort of the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case to induce the federal government to release all official files on the case. |
| Myerberg, Michael, 1906- | Title: Michael Myerberg Papers, 1940-1971
Quantity: 12.5 c.f. (6 record center cartons, 11 archives boxes, and 1 oversize box) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 83AN; Micro 1020 Abstract: Papers of a versatile theatrical producer who has worked successfully in films and television, as a businessman, and as an inventor. Myerberg's multi-faceted projects include creation of the format and sound track for Fantasia (Walt Disney, 1940); purchase and management of the Mansfield Theatre, New York (later renamed the Brooks Atkinson Theatre); production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Skin of Our Teeth; adaptation, direction, and production of Dear Judas (1947); invention of a rubber-face puppet and new techniques of rubber casting, all used in the highly-acclaimed children's film, Hansel and Gretel (RKO, 1954); production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (1956) and the play (and later, film) Compulsion (1957), a story based on the lives of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb; and development of retirement properties in Florida and, with Murray Kaufman (disc jockey “Murray the K”), of discotheques in New York and Florida. The collection includes general correspondence, some financial and legal documents, and other papers documenting Myerberg's business activities; production files including scripts; and business records of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. |
| Bleicher, Michael N., 1935- | Title: Michael N. Bleicher Papers, 1961-1987
Quantity: 7.0 c.f. (18 archives boxes) and 13 photographs Call Number: Mss 643; PH 6463 Abstract: Political papers of Michael N. Bleicher, a Democratic Party activist, former state chairman of the Democratic Party (1978-1980), and mathematics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The collection documents Bleicher's service on the Democratic National Committee, his participation in several National Democratic Conventions as a delegate (1968-1976), and his support of various candidates for public office. Noteworthy campaigns Bleicher was involved with include the presidential campaigns of Eugene McCarthy (1968), George McGovern (1972), and Fred Harris (1976). Other campaign files are from Bleicher's position as campaign manager for Wisconsin Assembly candidate Midge Miller (1970) and Madison mayoral candidate Leo Cooper (1971). Also included are materials relating to Bleicher's tenure on the Energy Research Advisory Board and a small amount of material pertaining to Bleicher's mathematical career. |
| Nee, Michael | Title: Michael Nee Photographs of Richland County, Wisconsin, 1974-1975, 1995
Quantity: 32 photographs (1 folder) and 0.2 cubic feet of photocopies and negatives (2 folders) Call Number: PH 6147; PH 6786 Abstract: Photographs and negatives taken by Michael Nee of scenes in rural Richland County, Wisconsin. Includes images of: barns from Richland Township for publication; Gorman Bros. farm, Nee family farm, and the Klinzing farm; road crew on Highway 14; scientific areas in Sauk County; and a class field trip to the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison. |
| Newburg, Michael | Title: Michael Newburg Collection of Materials on the History of the Alois Newburg Family of La Crosse County, Wisconsin Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 255 Abstract: This collection includes photocopies of materials related to the history of the Alois Newburg family, founders of Newburg Corners, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. One item thought to be "The Newburg/Neuburg Families of Wisconsin" by Eric and Lauri (Newburg) Borreson (2000) is included, along with "The Flock Family History" by Irvin Udulutsch (1989?). Other materials in the collection include photocopies of hand written documents, two 4" x 6" color images of Mike Newburg (1993) and one image of Sally Jean (Newburg) Kesten (2012), as well as a couple of printed emails written by Mike Newburg. |
| Nolan, Michael | Title: Michael Nolan Papers, 1967-1969
Extent: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 13 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: M2006-098 Abstract: Papers of Michael Nolan, a researcher and Associate Producer for the Public Broadcasting Laboratory (PBL), a television experiment financed by the Ford Foundation and a part of National Educational Television (NET). PBL was broadcast live on Sunday nights to the 129 NET affiliated public television networks across the nation from November 1967 to April 1969. The papers document Nolan's professional role in PBL, and also include a small quantity of personal papers. |
| O'Brien, Michael, 1943- | Title: Michael O'Brien Papers, 1968-2006 (bulk 1977, 1981-1985, 2004-2006)
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (1 archives box and 2 large card file boxes) and 260 tape recordings Call Number: M2010-114; Audio 1509A Abstract: Papers, 1968-2006 (bulk 1977, 1981-1985, 2004-2006), of Michael O'Brien, a historian born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, primarily containing audio cassettes of interviews conducted by O'Brien for research on his books McCarthy and McCarthyism in Wisconsin (1980), Vince: A Personal Biography of Vince Lombardi (1987), and Exxon and the Crandon Mine Controversy (2008). Interviews with O'Brien's family members and with Lloyd Pratsch, a Wisconsin court reporter during the late 1930s and early 1940s, are also present. Also includes O’Brien's research notes on his book Exxon and the Crandon Mine Controversy. |
| Philippi, Michael, 1951-2009 | Title: Michael Philippi Papers, 1972-2009
Quantity: 14.6 cubic feet (10 records center cartons, 7 archives boxes, 4 flat boxes, and 8 oversize folders) and 11.4 gigabytes Call Number: M2012-041 Abstract: Papers of Michael Philippi, an award winning theater lighting and set designer, containing production files for plays Philippi worked on for a variety of theaters in the United States, as well as several overseas productions. Theaters include: the Goodman Theatre, Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Northlight Theatre, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and the Utah Shakespearean Festival, among others. Materials cover his early work in the early 1970s while a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison through the final play he worked on in 2009 for the Goodman Theatre. |
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D’Amato, Michael S.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council. |
Title: Michael S. D’Amato Aldermanic Records, 1971-2008
Quantity: 4.9 cubic ft. (14 boxes) 7 oversize folders Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 87 Abstract: Records of Common Council Alderman Michael S. D’Amato, who served Milwaukee's 3rd District from 1996-2008. Collection contains correspondence, reports, subject files, clippings, and publications. |
| Sapir, Michael, 1913- | Title: Michael Sapir Papers, 1957, 1963, 1972-1993
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: M96-232 Abstract: Papers of Michael Sapir, an alumnus of Alexander Meiklejohn’s Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and active member and chairman of the Meiklejohn Education Association (MEA). The collection consists of files relating to the organization of the Association’s 1993 convocation, “Educating Ourselves for Global Understanding and Perspective,” and older files concerning other MEA meetings, plus correspondence, speeches by Sapir, clippings, and autobiographical articles by Sapir about his boyhood, his years at the Ex-College, and reflections on how that experience shaped his life. |
| Sligh, Michael (James Michael), 1950- | Title: Michael Sligh Papers, 1972-2019 (bulk 1984-2016)
Quantity: 42.0 cubic feet (41 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder), 5 audio recordings (3 cassette tapes and 2 CDs), and 3 videorecordings (DVDs) Call Number: Mss 1214; PH 7088; Audio 2012A; VDA 436-VDA 438 Abstract: Papers, 1972-2019 (bulk 1984-2016), of Michael Sligh, an organic farmer, program director at the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA), policy analyst, author, and spokesperson for organic and sustainable agriculture. During the course of a 40 plus-year career, Sligh served as founding chair of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), was a co-founder of the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG), a founding member of the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA), the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), the National Organic Coalition (NOC), the Domestic Fair-Trade Association (DFTA), and the U.S. Organic Farmers Association. Other activities documented include work on organic standards integrity, public plant and animal breeding, biotechnology in agriculture, agricultural research and legislation, and the development of international guidelines for organic production and processing. |
| Stewart, Michael, 1929- | Title: Michael Stewart Papers, 1960-1969
Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 18 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 197AN; Tape 1038A Abstract: Scripts and tape recordings of several popular Broadway stage plays, including Bye Bye Birdie, Carnival, George M!, and Hello, Dolly!, all of which were written by playwright Stewart. The papers include a few conductor's scores and lyrics, and some notes and miscellany, but the largest portion is composed of scripts in various drafts, most of which are annotated. Also present are taped performances of Hello, Dolly!, with Carol Channing (1964), Ginger Rogers (1965?), Martha Raye (1967, undated), and Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway (1967), and a tape of George M! at the Fisher Theatre, 1968, with tapes of piano and vocal auditions, George M. Cohan songs, and sound effects and sound ballet. |
| Stone, Michael | Title: Michael Stone collection Quantity: 0.19 Linear Feet 1 half-letter document box Collection includes: photograph prints; documents; vinyl 45s ; vinyl LPs ; audio cassettes; audio CDs. Call Number: MML022 Abstract: Michael Stone is a guitarist and vocalist from Madison, Wisconsin. The collection consists of Michael Stone's commercial recordings, as well those from bands he performed with including the Roots Band, Blackstone Reggae Allstars and the Kingtown Rockers. The collection also contains press releases and promotional photographs. |
| Gazzo, Michael Vincente, 1923- | Title: Michael Vincente Gazzo Papers, 1956-1969
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 157AN Abstract: Papers of Michael Gazzo, a playwright, screenwriter, and motion picture actor, consisting of correspondence pertaining to his screenwriting, and scripts for ten works. Those pertaining to the stage (1955) and to the ABC television versions of A Hatful of Rain are most notable. |
| Radosevich, Michele G. | Title: Michele G. Radosevich Papers, 1973-1980
Quantity: 8.0 c.f. (8 record center cartons) and 10 photographs Call Number: M81-312 Abstract: Papers of Michele G. Radosevich, a Democrat who represented Wisconsin’s 10th State Senate District. Elected in 1976 for a single term, she served in the 1977 and 1979 sessions of the Legislature. Files include information on natural resources, environmental issues, the state budget, and welfare. The collection contains subject and resource files, outgoing correspondence, and standard publicity photographs. |
| Gibault, Michèle | Title: Michèle Gibault Papers, 1969-1977
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 564 Abstract: Photocopied documents collected by Michèle Gibault, professor at the Universite de Picardie, Amiens, France, during the course of her research on the GI anti-Vietnam war resistance movement in the United States and in Europe. Included are manuscripts of articles and essays, position and program papers, letters, applications for residence and work permits, newsletters and drafts, press releases, and transcripts of interviews. Some of the material is in French, as Paris and Sweden were two areas of concentration for American deserters and resisters. |
| Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance | Title: Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance Records, 1973-2017
Quantity: 4.0 cubic feet (3 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder), 2 audio recordings, and 7.01 gigabytes Call Number: Mss 1210; PH 7082; Audio 1963A Abstract: Records, 1973-2017, of the Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance (MOFFA), a non-profit organization that advocates for organic agriculture, documenting its history, organizational structure, and activities. Also includes records of two predecessor organizations, Organic Growers of Michigan (OGM) and Michigan Organic Growers Advancement Project (MOGAP). |
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Wisconsin Arts Board; Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs |
Title: Michigan-Wisconsin Border Project Collections Contents: Michigan Traditional Arts Program Research Collection and Reference Library: 1 report; Wisconsin Arts Board: 17 folders, 59 color slides, 53 black and white photographs, 20 color photographs Identification: CSUMC0033-CG Abstract: A joint venture to reach out to economically restrained and underserved areas, the Michigan-Wisconsin Border Project was coordinated through the Wisconsin Arts Board's Folk and Community Arts Specialist Richard March and Michigan Traditional Arts Program coordinators Marsha MacDowell and Yvonne Lockwood. Five fieldworkers explored the five Wisconsin border counties of Iron, Vilas, Forest, Florence, and Marinette in summer 1994, prepared preliminary documentation on over a dozen traditional artists, and submitted reports on each county's cultural activities and needs. Through 1995, six Michigan Traditional Arts Program researchers reviewed its extensive ethnographic archives, research resources, and numerous cultural agency reports, and contacted knowledgeable sources for Michigan's four border counties of Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson, and Menominee. The two surveys resulted in overlapping listings of artists, traditional artists, local historians, museums, galleries, businesses and organizations that support the area's arts and cultural heritage -- over 400 from the Wisconsin work and over 225 from the Michigan work. |
| Michigan. Additional Court (Iowa County) | Title: Michigan. Additional Court (Iowa County): Minutes, 1824-1833
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 flat box) Call Number: Iowa Series 74 Abstract: Minutes of the Additional Court (created by an 1823 act of Congress for Brown, Crawford, and Michilmackinac counties, Michigan Territory) when seated in Prairie du Chien and Mineral Point. This court had concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction with the Michigan Territory Supreme Court and was conducted by Judges James Doty (1824-32) and David Irvin (1832-36). Records include: copies of Doty's and Irvin's letters of appointment; decisions on the granting of tavern and ferry permits; naturalization oaths; and trial records. Trial records include names of plaintiffs, defendants, petit and grand jurors, and attorneys; charges; motions; and verdicts. Crimes include murder, assault, fornication, adultery, illegal sale of liquor and army uniforms, larceny, contempt of court, and trespassing. A copy of a letter from Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Bass giving Judge Doty permission to try several Winnebago Indians indicted for murder is also included. |
| Mid-Town Neighborhood Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Mid-Town Neighborhood Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) Records, 1961-1980
Quantity: 2.5 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 13 Abstract: Records of a group of Milwaukee residents and businessmen interested in rehabilitation and preservation of older neighborhoods, together with incomplete papers on several organizations with which MTNA cooperated. Administrative records include articles of incorporation and by-laws; minutes, memoranda, and membership records of the executive board; minutes of the general membership meetings; and lists of members. Extensive correspondence, primarily of MTNA official Father John Baumgartner, is present, but committee files and financial records are fragmentary. An interrupted run of MTNA's two newsletters is also included. Records of other organizations and programs represent the Midtown Conservation Project, a controversial urban renewal program; Milwaukee Alliance of Concerned Citizens; Westside Action Coalition; and Midtown Clergy. |
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Middleton family; Middleton, Clara, 1852-1910; Middleton, William Elwell, 1866-1955; Middleton, Forest, 1892-1990 |
Title: Middleton Family Photographs, circa 1892-circa 1950s
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet of photographs (2 archives boxes), 0.4 cubic feet of negatives (6 negative boxes), and 0.2 cubic feet of papers (1 archives box) Call Number: PH 6407; Mss 1220 Abstract: Photographs, negatives and papers of the Middleton family made by Clara (née Case) Middleton, her husband William Elwell and their son Forest, circa 1892-circa 1950s. The photographs document the Middleton family, their friends, the family's pets, as well as the city of Madison, Wisconsin, including the State Capitol, and the University of Wisconsin campus. Also included are some photographs taken and collected while Forest and Leonore Middleton lived in Japan (1920-1923). The papers include documentation about the Middleton family and a few original manuscripts. |
| Midvale Heights Community Association (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Midvale Heights Community Association Records, 1954-1977
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 745 Abstract: Records of the Midvale Heights Community Association, a Madison, Wisconsin, membership organization founded in 1954 to deal with civic problems and to promote the community's recreational, educational, and social life. Includes bylaws, minutes, newsletters, and scattered correspondence. |
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Midwest Archives Conference
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Title: Midwest Archives Conference Records, 1972-2021
Quantity: 40.9 cubic ft. (109 boxes) 2,898 digital files (56.4 GB) plus additions of 1.36 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 194 Abstract: This collection contains records of the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) from the organization's founding in 1972 until the present. Included are records from MAC's presidents, secretaries and treasurers, council, committees, meetings, publications, public information officers, and audio-visual materials and memorabilia. The collection documents activities of this regional archival association, particularly issues of concern, such as the appointment of the Archivist of the United States, developments in the field of archives, and the organization's bi-annual meetings. Publications include complete sets of MAC newsletters (1973-present) and journal, the Midwestern Archivist (1976-1991) and Archival Issues (1992-present). |
| Midwest Institute on Drug Use | Title: Midwest Institute on Drug Use Records, 1973-1978
Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 80 Abstract: The collection contains correspondence (1973-1978) from the advisory committee for the Midwest Institute on Drug Use (MIDU), meeting minutes, work documents, grant applications, and proposals for the implementation of MIDU. The collection also contains several research papers, drafts and proposals including "Psychosocial Investigation of Drug Abuse in Industry" (1974-1977), "Labor Survey" (1975-1977), and "The Economic Determinants of Illicit Drug Use" (1975-1976). Also included are documents such as memos and announcements relating to staffing, budget and other administrative functions. |
| Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service | Title: Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service Conference Recordings and Materials, 1990, 1992-2017
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes), 867 cassette tapes, 164 CDs, 1 mini-CD, 1 DVD, and 94 gigabytes Call Number: Mss 1173; Audio 1747A; PH 6932 Abstract: Audio and video recordings, 1993-2017, and conference programs, brochures, and other materials, 1990, 1992-2016, documenting the annual Organic Farming Conference held by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES). In addition to audio recordings from workshops and panels, also included are recordings of Organic University, a series of day-long workshops held the day before the Organic Farming Conference, for 2001-2004, 2007-2008, and 2012-2013 (incomplete coverage); recordings from the Organic Research Forums for 2010-2017; and recordings from conferences of other organizations with related subject matter: Land Stewardship Project (1992), Michigan Organic Conference (2001), and National No-Tillage Conference (2007), as well as selected "Best of" Organic Voices recordings. |
| Mifflin Street Community Cooperative | Title: Mifflin Street Community Cooperative Records, 1968-2006
Quantity: 6.0 cubic feet (5 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 3.0 cubic feet of photographs, drawings, and ephemera (4 flat boxes and 1 archives box), and 4 rolled drawings Call Number: M2007-067 Abstract: Records of the Mifflin Street Community Cooperative, a cooperative grocery store which was organized in 1969 and ceased operation in 2006. The records include a detailed history of the early years of the co-op and documentation from other area food cooperatives. Also included are photographs, drawings, and ephemera documenting individuals involved with the store, advertising, the building, its mural, remodel (1993), historical displays, and neighborhood events such as the Mifflin Street Block Party, which the co-op sponsored from 1968-1991, as well as a framed National Liberation Front (NLF) flag presented to the co-op from the North Vietnamese delegation in Paris. |
| Konopacki, Mike | Title: Mike Konopacki Political Cartoons and Work Calendars, 1972-1984
Quantity: 5.2 cubic feet (1 archives box and 12 flat boxes) Call Number: PH 6354 Abstract: Original political cartoon drawings and work calendars of Mike Konopacki, a Madison, Wisconsin, political cartoonist whose work appeared in several Wisconsin publications including The Waukesha Freeman, The Progressive, and the Dane County Labor Council's Union Labor News as well as in various other labor publications. Konopacki also contributed one cartoon per month to the Washington-based news service Press Association Inc. and cartoons to the United Auto Workers union magazine Solidarity. He created cartoons for Gorham House syndicate, a private syndicate formed by Konopacki in 1976; for Rothco, the first national syndicate to which Konopacki sold cartoons, 1976–1978; for Madison Press Connection, 1978-1979; and for his own state syndicate, Huck-Konopacki Labor Cartoons, beginning in November 1983. Also included are photomechanical transfers (PMTs) of some of Konopacki's cartoons. Konopacki's work calendars document the subject matter of each cartoon and for which paper or organization the cartoon was drawn. |
| Alberg, Mildred Freed, 1917-2002 | Title: Mildred Freed Alberg Papers, 1938-1978 (bulk 1953-1978)
Quantity: 8.4 cubic feet (18 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) and 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: M2004-184 Abstract: Papers of Mildred Alberg Freed (1917-2002), a film and television producer, documenting the involvement of her production company Milberg Enterprises in, among other things, the television series Hallmark Hall of Fame (1955-1959) and Our American Heritage (1960-1962); the individual television dramas Jacob and Joseph (1973) and The Story of David (1976); the theatrical motion picture Hot Millions (MGM, 1968); and the stage play Little Moon of Alban (1961). Materials include contracts, script files and correspondence, production records, news clippings, and photographs. Collaborators include Norman Corwin, James Costigan, Maurice Evans, Ernest Kinoy, and Ira Wallach. |
| Pierce, Mildred, 1910-1980 | Title: Mildred Pierce Papers, 1940-1947
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 201 Abstract: Papers of a Milwaukee Women's Army Auxiliary Corp World War II veteran. The collection mainly consists of memorabilia, paperwork, and photographs Pierce collected during her service with the corp throughout World War II. Also included in the collection is a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) genealogy. |
| Butterfield, Miles, b. 1837 | Title: Miles Butterfield Papers, 1864-1865
Quantity: .1 cubic ft. (1 folder) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 77 Abstract: Letters written to and by Miles Butterfield while he was captain of Company F (1864) and later Company C (1865) of the 5th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry. The correspondence covers his repeated attempts to resign from the army, none of which were approved. There are also requests for leaves of absence and official orders describing his next assignments. There is also a detailed letter describing a dream he had in which he explains that he would not be able to live if his wife and their baby left him. |
| McMillin, Miles J., 1913-1982 | Title: Miles J. McMillin Papers, 1938-1959
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 6 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 129AF; PH 4555 Abstract: Subject files of an editor and publisher of the Madison, Wisconsin, Capital Times, primarily consisting of correspondence, telegrams, draft articles and speeches, notes, clippings, and court documents. Several files concern his investigations of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Congressman Alvin O'Konski and the articles he wrote on Wisconsin politics for other papers such as the New York Times. Prominent correspondents include August Derleth, Ruben Levin, William Proxmire, and James Wechsler. |
| - - - | Title: Military Panoramas, 1916-1917, 1919-1921, 1925
Quantity: 21 photographs Call Number: PH 6347 (7) Abstract: Panoramic photographs of Wisconsin National Guard military units, primarily during World War I. Images include groups of soldiers at Camp Douglas (Wisconsin), Camp Grant (Rockford, Illinois), Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio, Texas), and Camp MacArthur (Waco, Texas). Additional images include camp and city views. |
| Millane Family | Title: Millane Family Photographs, circa 1861-1908
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 17 safety film negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 130 Abstract: Photographs taken by various members of the Millane family, including churches, homes, mineral springs, parks, public buildings, and street scenes in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Also includes photographs of members of the 5th Wisconsin Civil War infantry regiment, the departure of Company A, 4th Wisconsin Infantry for the Spanish-American War, and their reunion in 1908. The photographs are copies of the originals which are still held by the family. |
| Hudson, Millard Fillmore, 1861-1937 | Title: Millard Fillmore Hudson Papers, undated
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (7 archives boxes, 1 volume, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Mss 918; SC-O 64 Abstract: Papers compiled by Millard Fillmore Hudson relating to the Hudson family, consisting of cemetery records, vital statistics, and other records transcribed from county records in England, Maryland, and Virginia; material on Captain Henry Hudson; and genealogies of different lines of the Hudson family. |
| Lampell, Millard, 1919- | Title: Millard Lampell Papers, 1936-1966
Quantity: 8.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes, 4 packages), 11 disc recordings, 2 tape recordings, and 1 film Call Number: U.S. Mss 103AN; Disc 105A; Tape 496A; Tape 593A; CA 513 Abstract: Papers of a writer for radio, television, motion pictures, and the stage. Non-theatrical writings include articles for The New Republic and correspondence, reviews, and printed copies of his novels The Hero (1949) and Journey to the Cape (1959). Radio files contain scripts for such programs as Green Valley, U.S.A. (CBS), It's the Navy (WMCA), Men, Machines, and Victory (NBC), On the Beam (WBIG), First in the Air (CBS, published as The Long Way Home, 1946), and various United Nations Radio and public service programs. Several of these are present in recorded form also. Lampell's plays, such as The Wall (1960) which he adapted from a John Hersey novel, include progressive script drafts, research correspondence, financial information, clippings, and photographs. Also included are correspondence, music, and production information relating to performances of his folk cantata “The Lonesome Train,” first written for Columbia Presents Corwin (CBS). In the motion picture files are correspondence, scripts, and clippings for Chance Meeting (Para., 1960), Escape from East Berlin (MGM, 1962), Saturday's Hero (Col., 1951), and several documentaries and unproduced titles. Award-winning scripts for Eastside, Westside (CBS) and Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) are included with a small group of television papers. The remainder of the collection includes general correspondence (some concerning his wartime broadcasting for the Army Air Force) and recordings of performances with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and the Almanac Singers, and a work by Earl Robinson. |
| - - - | Title: Millard-Smith Family Papers, 1806-1921
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 227 photographs (1 archives box and 1 folder), and 169 negatives Call Number: Stevens Point Mss C; Stevens Point Micro 30; Micro 2076; PH 557; WHi(S56) Abstract: Papers of a prominent lumber milling and medical family from Wausau, Wisconsin, including Burton Millard (d. 1862), a pioneer settler, millwright, and state legislator, who was the first member of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry to die during the Civil War; Dr. Theophilus Smith (1817-1904), who married Millard's widow; and Dr. Joseph F. Smith, (1869- ?) the son-in-law of Theophilus. Millard's papers include extensive Civil War correspondence with his family and others; a Civil War diary; financial records relating to his lumber milling business (some portions of which are available only on microfilm); and extensive papers relating to his brief tenure as justice of the peace. Also included is a blood-soaked circular removed from his body after his death during the Civil War. Although Theophilus Smith was one of the first physicians to settle in Wausau this part of his life is little documented. Instead there are papers about his administration of the local post office, correspondence of Harriet Millard Smith, whom Dr. Smith married in 1867, and letters from three sons: Theophilus M. about his work for the Wisconsin Central Railroad and William and James about their life on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. The medical career of Joseph F. Smith is also little documented, although there are papers pertaining to his education as a teacher at Northern Indiana Normal School. An avid amateur photographer, he is also represented in the collection by photographs of exceptional quality documenting family life, the Wausau area, Rush Medical School; and views of travel at the turn of the century in Chicago, Europe, and the East Coast, as well as family activities and portraits. The photographs are in the Visual Materials Archive and are also available for use on the microfilm. |
| Thraen, John A. | Title: Miller Park Crane Collapse Photographs, 1999
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 41 Abstract: This collection contains six photographs documenting the collapse of “Big Blue”, the large crane involved in the construction of Miller Park. The crane collapsed in July of 1999, killing three construction workers. |
| Miller-Rasmussen Ice Company (Green Bay, Wis.) | Title: Miller-Rasmussen Ice Company Records, 1903-1975
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 100 Abstract: Records of a Green Bay, Wisconsin company engaged in the business of harvesting, buying, and selling ice at wholesale and retail. Included are files of general correspondence; articles of incorporation, 1903; dissolution papers, 1975; minutes; contracts; deeds; mortgages; an abstract; financial ledgers and statements; insurance records; tax returns; personnel files; union contracts; blueprints; and a few personal papers of a company founder, John C. Miller. |
| Jones, Milo, 1809-1893 | Title: Milo Jones Papers, 1834-1977
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 746; Whitewater Micro 9 Abstract: Papers of a founder of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, who moved there in 1836 from Vermont via Michigan and Milwaukee where he had worked as a government surveyor. Jones was active in local civic affairs and also established the first dairy farm in Jefferson County. In 1889, his son, Milo C. Jones (1849-1919), began the production of sausages based on an old Vermont recipe. This became a successful business reaching as far as Australia and Italy, which incorporated in 1907. |
| Herth, Milt (Milton Eric), 1902-1969 | Title: Milt Herth Papers, 1924-1969
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 75 photographs, 1 drawing, and 1 ephemera item (1 archives box), 46 tape recordings and 24 disc recordings Call Number: Mss 757; Micro 1150; PH 3803; Audio 1204A Abstract: Papers of Milt Herth, a nationally popular musician born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who introduced jazz and swing music to the organ. Included are press releases, fan mail, an obituary and death certificate, microfilmed biographical clippings and a scrapbook, photographs, contracts, two scripts, and memorabilia. Concerning his musical activities are published arrangements, playlists and program listings, scores, promotional material concerning the Hammond organ, and audio recordings of his own music and music that he collected. |
| Priggee, Milt, 1953- | Title: Milt Priggee Cartoons, 2000-2001
Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (19 cartoons in 1 box) Call Number: PH 6156 Abstract: Editorial cartoons by Milt Priggee for the Spokane Spokesman-Review primarily focusing on George W. Bush's 2000 election campaign and his first months in office. Other topics include weather, Bill Clinton, the FBI, the open records act, shark attacks, drugs, and Afghanistan. |
| Galamison, Milton A., 1923-1988 | Title: Milton A. Galamison Papers, 1954-1964
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 85 Abstract: Microfilmed papers of Milton Galamison, a civil rights activist and minister of Siloam Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York, consisting of correspondence, sermons, speeches, reports, and printed matter. The collection documents civic, cultural, and educational activities of Rev. Galamison's congregation, as well as his own activities in various community organizations such as the Brooklyn NAACP chapter and the Parents Workshop for Equality in New York City Schools that worked toward the elimination of segregation in the city school system. |
| Freudenheim, Milton B., 1927- | Title: Milton B. Freudenheim Papers, 1947-1978
Quantity: 9.6 cubic feet (24 archives boxes), 27 photographs, and 90 negatives Call Number: Mss 1064; PH 6621 Abstract: Papers of Milton B. Freudenheim, news journalist during the 1960s and 1970s for the Chicago Daily News, an independent newspaper. The collection consists of his work during this time and also includes a small amount of material from his career prior to the Chicago Daily News and from his personal life. Images from the Chicago Daily News can be found at the Chicago History Museum. The newspaper ran from 1875 until 1979. |
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Bracker, Milton, 1909-1964; Warren, Virginia Lee |
Title: Milton Bracker and Virginia Lee Warren Papers, 1931-circa 1966
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 611 Abstract: Papers of Milton Bracker and Virginia Lee Warren, a husband-wife journalistic team, primarily consisting of bylined articles written for the New York Times. Bracker's clippings document his career as a World War II correspondent in the European theater and as a foreign affairs reporter in Europe and Latin America; Warren's include these subjects and women's features. |
| Steuber, Milton C., 1889-1978 | Title: Milton C. Steuber Papers, 1900-1976
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 685 Abstract: Papers of Milton C. Steuber, a civil engineer, who was a native of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. The collection illustrates Steuber's high school and college years, and his career as a rural school teacher, inventor, and professional engineer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Madison, Wisconsin. Included are school papers and notes, employment applications and personnel records, personal and a few professional papers from Steuber's work for the Defense Plant Corporation and the Wisconsin Bureau of Public Roads, and patent records and technical drawings for an automobile automatic transmission developed by Steuber. |
| Schneider, Milton E., 1910- | Title: Milton E. Schneider Papers, 1950-1963
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 825 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1952-1956, of Milton E. Schneider, a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin businessman who was active in the state Democratic Party during the period when the party was revitalized into a viable, liberal political organization. Among the issues and elections documented are the 1952 Senate primary contest between Thomas Fairchild and Henry S. Reuss; the 1956 gubernatorial campaign of William Proxmire for which Schneider was an important manager; and the 1955 party leadership campaign in which Schneider was an unsuccessful candidate for vice-chair. Other leaders documented in the papers are James E. Doyle, Betty Graichen, and Philleo Nash. |
| Button, Milton H., 1896-1967 | Title: Milton H. Button Papers, 1947-1974
Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) and 24 photographs; plus additions of 1.0 cubic foot and 42 photographs Call Number: SC 2795; PH SC 2795; M2016-051 Abstract: An illustrated report prepared by the Agricultural Committees for Milton H. Button, director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, describing the agriculture exhibits at the Wisconsin Centennial Exhibition, August 7-29, 1948 at the State Fair Grounds containing narrative reports, photographs of the various exhibits, clippings, and ephemera concerning the first "Alice in Dairyland" contest. Additional materials include correspondence, travel diaries of Milton and his wife Velma, news clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to his work with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as an agricultural advisor. |
| Potter, Milton, 1873- | Title: Milton Potter Papers, 1890-1924
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 73 Abstract: Miscellaneous papers of a superintendent of schools in Pueblo, Colorado; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Consists largely of Potter's professional correspondence concerning support for educational programs and his views on the quality of various school texts. There is almost no information on Potter's administration of the schools. Contains some correspondence with his parents, usually concerning routine family matters, family pictures, and some of Potter's awards. Also includes extensive correspondence (1904-1905) between Potter and his future wife, Camilla (née Barbara), written during their courtship. |
| Milton Society of America | Title: Milton Society of America Records, 1942-2008
Quantity: 2.2 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 104 Abstract: Records of the Milton Society of America, officially organized in 1948 to promote the advancement of scholarship on John Milton and his works. A nearly complete sequence of annual dinner and meeting programs, as well as the Milton Evening booklets which preceded them, document the society's main function, which was to bring together and honor scholars in the field, The correspondence primarily relates to the planning of the dinner and the gathering of Milton-related works for the society's library. The annual James Holly Hanford award for the best book and for the best article related to Milton is an ongoing function of the society for which it receives submissions. The collection also includes the Seventeenth Century News, the official organ of the Milton Society of America, from 1942 to 1988 with only occasional missing issues. This publication highlights recent Milton scholarship and also includes The Neo-Latin News beginning in 1954. |
| Trautmann, Milton, 1900-1963 | Title: Milton Trautmann Papers, 1932-1963
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 289 Abstract: Papers of Milton Trautmann, a Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin physician, including record books showing each day's appointments, charges levied and treatment administered, summaries of receipts and expenditures, lists of inoculations and obstetrical cases, and records of narcotic drugs dispensed; plus one folder of miscellaneous financial information. |
| Sklansky, Milton W. | Title: Milton W. Sklansky Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 0.3 linear ft. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) of papers and 1.2 linear ft. (3 archives boxes and 2 oversize folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 626 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Milton W. Sklansky, a member of the 16th Evacuation Hospital and performer with the U.S.O. during World War II. The papers include scattered letters that he wrote home to his family while overseas. The letters show his attempts to make light of the danger he was in. His Jewish faith is highlighted by several holiday cards. Newspaper clippings and programs document his role as one of the “Three Goldbricks,” a trio of soldiers who dressed up like women and pretended to sing Andrews Sisters songs for troops all over the European Theater. Photographs make up the majority of the collection, and they focus on Sklansky's role as an entertainer and his work with the U.S.O. Shots of the “Three Goldbricks” and other famous U.S.O. performers, including Marlene Dietrich and Joe E. Brown, are included. Other photographs show the Spaghetti Bowl, a football game played in Rome between two US military units. Pictures of Sklansky, his girlfriend, and other acquaintances in the military along with numerous shots of scenic locations around Italy make up the rest of the series. |
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Title: Milwaukee (Wis.), Mayor: Records of the Emil Seidel
Administration, 1910-1912
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 79 Abstract: Contains miscellaneous records of Seidel's term as mayor of Milwaukee. Includes correspondence and reports on the origin and development of the Child Welfare Association of Milwaukee; efforts to create a municipal or "People's" university in the city; plans for modernizing the harbor; and the controversy over Seidel's appointment of a Health Commissioner. Also contains some preliminary plans for the University of Wisconsin's Institute of Municipal and Social Service; a personal memo from Judge Noyes stating his opposition to the building a life-saving station on the lakefront; and some of Seidel's speeches on labor, the breaking of trusts, police corruption, and his acceptance speech as the Socialist Party's 1912 vice-presidential candidate. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Harbor Commissioners | Title: Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Harbor Commissioners: Records, 1934-1973
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons, 3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 50 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners, a municipal board responsible for the Milwaukee public port facilities. The board is authorized to make plans for the improvement of all waterways within the city and to plan, construct, and operate facilities for aircraft. The records include articles and speeches of Director Harry Brockel, 1940-1966; general correspondence, 1960-1972; correspondence concerning regular board meetings, 1934-1936, 1961-1972; and special board meeting minutes, 1960-1973. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). City Council | Title: Milwaukee (Wis.). City Council: Proceedings, 1846-1876
Quantity: 16 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 2 Abstract: Minutes of the meetings of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee. From April 9, 1858 to April 21, 1874, the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Councilors were kept separately. |
| American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Records, 1973-1978
Quantity: 3.0 cubic ft. (8 boxes) 24 audio recordings 5 oversize folders Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 4 Abstract: The Milwaukee American Revolution Bicentennial Commission was created in 1973 to prepare for Milwaukee’s celebration of the Bicentennial and American national independence. Contains correspondence, clippings, audio recordings, photographs, and artifacts. |
| unknown | Title: Milwaukee and Vicinity View-Master Collection, circa
1960s-1970s
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 30 Abstract: A collection of stereo images of four View-Master series showing the Milwaukee area and Wisconsin. Also included with the collection is a View-Master viewer. |
| unknown | Title: Milwaukee Annexation Scrapbooks, 1954-1960
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 92 Abstract: Collection of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings that deal with annexations and consolidations in Milwaukee and its suburbs in the mid-to-late 1950s. |
| Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts | Title: Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts Records, 1976-1994
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 150 Abstract: This collection contains a nearly complete run of newsletters and a flyer from the Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts, a group that is comprised of "fans of Old Time Radio." The newsletters contain minutes to their meetings, as well as membership lists and information about old time radio in Milwaukee and nationally. |
| Milwaukee Area Society for Public Administration | Title: Milwaukee Area Society for Public Administration
Records, 1949-1985
Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 397 Abstract: The Milwaukee Area Society for Public Administration was a local chapter of The American Society for Public Administration, an organization focused on improving public administration. Contains financial statements, meeting minutes, and newsletters. |
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Milwaukee Art Center.; Krug, Richard E. (Richard Eugene), 1905-1983. |
Title: Milwaukee Art Center Records, 1918-1980
Quantity: 1.7 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 383 Abstract: The Milwaukee Art Center was a precursor to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Contains correspondence, financial information, and meeting minutes. |
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Milwaukee Association of Commerce; Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Milwaukee; Zeidler, Frank P., 1908-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Association of Commerce Records,1908-1961
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 76 Abstract: This collection contains mainly brochures and pamphlets of various programs and promotion of the Milwaukee Association of Commerce. This organization is now known as the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee Brewers and Braves Collection, 1905-1997
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 2 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 186 Abstract: Collection of various publications and ephemera on the Milwaukee Brewers and Braves. |
| Milwaukee Brewers' Association | Title: Milwaukee Brewers' Association Records, 1883-1894
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 142 Abstract: This collection contains a general journal (1883-1894) and a general ledger (1883-1894) from the Milwaukee Brewers' Association. These volumes document the close relationship between several Milwaukee brewery owners, who committed to their community through philanthropic donations to local charities benefiting the poor or ill. They also gave money to religious, political, cultural, and educational organizations. Some of the more popular recipients included Turnverein Vorwaerts, Liegel, Milwaukee Infants House, St. Rosa's Orphanage, the Thirteenth Ward Catholic Church, and the Working People's Reading Club. |
| Milwaukee Cement Company | Title: Milwaukee Cement Company Records, 1875-1948
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 25 photographs (1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss AR; PH 257 (3) Abstract: Miscellaneous business papers, including minutes of stockholders' and board of directors' meetings of the Milwaukee Cement Company and the Milwaukee Cement Railway Company, 1875-1948; correspondence relating to management problems; stock certificates; lists of stockholders; and several maps of company property. Also included are a brief historical sketch of the company and photostatic copies of testimonial letters. Photographs, 1876-1909, show quarry workmen, a quarry locomotive, processing machinery, the cooperage shop, kilns, plant exteriors and interiors, and officials at directors' meetings and on inspection excursions. |
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Milwaukee Public Library; Felber, Robert; Forest Home Cemetery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Moeller, James R.; Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society |
Title: Milwaukee Cemetery Collection, 1848-2023
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 279 Abstract: This collection contains materials about four Wisconsin cemeteries or cemetery organizations: Fairview Mausoleum, Forest Home Cemetery, the Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society, and the West Granville Cemetery. |
| Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce | Title: Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce Records, 1863-1892
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 81 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, an organization devoted to improving commerce. Contains correspondence, reports, and legislation. |
| Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. | Title: Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Records, 1980-2016
Quantity: 8.5 cubic feet (9 boxes) 4,253 digital files (139.6 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 363 Abstract: Collection consists of production photographs, promotional materials, programs, videocassette tapes, lectures, newletters, and administrative files from the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre from 1980-2016. |
| Milwaukee Christian Center | Title: Milwaukee Christian Center, Inc. Records, 1925-1966
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 20 photographs (1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 61; PH Milwaukee Mss 61 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Christian Center, Inc. (MCC), founded in 1921, documenting the social and spiritual mission of a neighborhood-based mutual aid organization, the daily functions of the MCC, and its interactions with its constituents. Included are administrative subject files consisting of financial, personnel, and meeting records, and an assortment of materials created and accumulated by Reverend Kenneth L. Smith. Also included are operations and activities subject files which document neighborhood development, missionary and charity work, the “Project 61” relocation campaign, youth leadership and camp activities, and community affiliations. Additionally, there are publicity and press subject files which include a comprehensive collection of MCC-published newsletters. |
| Milwaukee Citizens for Equal Opportunity | Title: Milwaukee Citizens for Equal Opportunity Records, 1960-1966
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 16; Micro 670 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee organization originally formed in 1960 to support the civil rights movement in the South, but which ultimately turned its attention to the problems of local housing discrimination and school segregation. Included are correspondence, minutes, newsletters, and miscellaneous papers. Also present are materials on involvements with groups such as the Citizens Committee for Fair Housing Practices, with which the MCEO ultimately merged; the Milwaukee Urban League; the Wisconsin Citizens for Fair Housing Practices; the Milwaukee Area Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity in Housing; and the Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations. |
| Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations Records | Title: Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations Records,
1941-1988
Quantity: 12.8 cubic ft. (39 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 41 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations, whose purpose was to assist all racial, ethnic, and religious groups against discrimination and provide education to respect all of Milwaukee’s citizens. Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, and reports. |
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Milwaukee Cooperative Housing Association; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Cooperative Housing Association Records,
1937-1946
Quantity: 0.45 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 70 Abstract: This collection contains records of the Milwaukee Cooperative Housing Association near the beginning of its inception, 1938. It includes correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, founding documentation, program planning and descriptions. |
| Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers | Title: Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers Records, 1907-1975
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 1 card file box) and 7 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 90; PH 4309 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee-based agricultural cooperative which sought to stabilize dairy prices and improve production, quality, and sanitation in the dairy industry. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Certificates of Marriage, 1836-1876
Quantity: 14 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 39 Abstract: Microfilmed certificates of marriage from which the register of marriages was created. Contains the same information as the “Register of Marriages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 13) including for both husband and wife: full name, residence, color or race, age, previous marital status, birthplace, number of marriages, occupation, name and birthplace of parents, maiden name of mother, and place, date, and other information on the marriage. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Court Ordered Name Changes, 1871-1977
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 9 Abstract: Microfilmed record of name changes ordered by the court, date and number of court order, and date of filing. Included also as marginal notations are occasional corrections of marriage date and establishment of date and place of birth. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1835-1886
Quantity: 106 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 16 Abstract: Documents showing conveyance of real estate from grantor to grantee. Information includes date of recording; name and address of grantee and grantor; consideration paid by grantee; receipt acknowledged by grantor; legal description of land sold; encumbrances, if any; and signature of grantor. Volumes are designated A-V and 23-207. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantee Index to Deeds, 1835-1907
Quantity: 9 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 14 Abstract: Microfilmed index by buyer to “Deeds” (Milwaukee Micro Series 16) giving name of grantee and grantor and volume and page where the deed is recorded. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantee Index to Mortgages, 1836-1901
Quantity: 8 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 18 Abstract: Microfilmed index by mortgage recipient to “Mortgages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 19) providing name and address of grantee and of grantor; type of instrument such as chattel mortgage, partial release, or assignment of mortgage; instrument number; and volume and page where mortgage is recorded. The original volumes are numbered 1-6 and then the numbering sequence begins over again and the volumes are numbered 1-24. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor Index to Deeds, 1839-1900
Quantity: 74 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 15 Abstract: Microfilmed index by seller to “Deeds” (Milwaukee Micro Series 16) giving names of grantor and grantee; date and time of recording of deed; legal description of land being conveyed to grantee; type of instrument used in conveyance; volume and page where deed is recorded; to whom deed was delivered after recording; and fees charged. Volumes are unnumbered from 1839 to 1850 and thereafter are numbered as volumes 1-217. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor Index to Mortgages, 1836-1876
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 17 Abstract: Microfilmed index by mortgage grantor to “Mortgages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 19) providing name and address of grantee and of grantor; type of instrument such as chattel mortgage, partial release, or assignment of mortgage; instrument number; and volume and page where mortgage is recorded. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Index of Deaths, 1872-1916
Quantity: 6 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 10 Abstract: Microfilmed index to “Register of Deaths” (Milwaukee Micro Series 11) showing name, date of death, and volume and page numbers where recorded. Some names in the Index are not in the Register and vice versa. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Index of Lis Pendens, 1857-1902
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 20 Abstract: An index to “Lis Pendens” (Milwaukee Micro Series 21), showing date of filing; names of defendants and plaintiffs; type of document; name of attorney; number assigned to document by register of deeds; legal description of real estate; time of attachment or sale; and amount of indebtedness. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Index of Marriages, 1830-1918
Quantity: 9 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 12 Abstract: Microfilmed index to “Register of Marriages” (Milwaukee Micro Series 13) listing marriages in Milwaukee County; showing name of husband, name of wife before marriage, date of marriage, and volume and page number where recorded. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Lis Pendens, 1857-1886
Quantity: 16 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 21 Abstract: Microfilmed notices that an action has been commenced and is pending in court upon the complaint of the plaintiff against the defendant of the foreclosure of a mortgage. Documents show court of jurisdiction, document number and date of filing, name of plaintiff and defendant, date and identification of the mortgage, description of real estate involved, and signature of plaintiff's attorney. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Mortgages, 1836-1886
Quantity: 93 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 19 Abstract: Microfilmed record of mortgages. Each mortgage document contains name and address of the grantor and the grantee; the dollar amount of the debt and terms of repayment; the legal description of the property being mortgaged; and conditions, if any, of use of the mortgage property during the life of the agreement. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Register of Births, 1854-1911
Quantity: 186 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 8 Abstract: Microfilmed birth registers. Information appearing on the register of births over the years remained very constant, though the format changed from time to time, particularly at the turn of the century. Items shown include: full name of the child; sex; color, later expanded to indicate race (White, Black, Mulatto, Indian, or Mixed White-Indian); names of other issue living; full name of father and occupation; names of mother before marriage and, much later, occupation; illegitimacy; stillbirth; hour, day of week, and year of birth; place, town or township, county in which born; name and residence of physician, midwife, or other person signing certificate, or on whose application registry was made; later, nativity of parents and still later, parent's birthplace; date of certification; and date of registration. The earliest dates of births registered was one in 1823, a few in the 1830s, and more in the 1840s. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Register of Deaths, 1852-1912
Quantity: 103 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 11 Abstract: Microfilmed records of deaths. Items shown include: full name of deceased; maiden name if wife or widowed; married, single, or widowed; color/race; sex; age; dates of birth and death; name and birthplace of father and mother of deceased; primary and secondary causes of death; duration of illness; name of place, city or township, and county in which person died; name and location of burial site; name and address of person returning certificate; date of certification; and date of registration. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Register of Marriages, 1836-1911
Quantity: 75 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro Series 13 Abstract: Microfilmed marriage records. Information appearing on the register over the years remained constant, though the format changed from time to time, particularly after the turn of the century. Items shown, for both husband and wife: full name (wife's maiden name); residence; color or race; age; single, widowed, or divorced; number of marriages; birthplace; occupation; name and birthplace of parents; and maiden name of mother. Marriage data includes place, city or township, and county where marriage was contracted; time when marriage took place; by what ceremony contracted; certification; signature of person officiating and of witnesses; filing date and names of local registrar and county clerk; and recording date. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1868-1970
Quantity: 300.0 c.f. (circa 600 volumes) and 70 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 14 Abstract: Tax rolls for real and personal property in Milwaukee County cities, towns, and villages, giving name, property, taxes assessed, and amount paid. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Milwaukee County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Sale Books, 1837-circa 1867
, 1888-1904
Quantity: 12.2 c.f. (27 volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 15 Abstract: Books listing lands sold for delinquent taxes, recording for each piece of real property: year of sale, certificate number, land description, owner, amount sold for, whether redeemed, cancelled, or disposed of otherwise, date, and name of redeemer. Date listed in the volume list below is the year of sale; the year of tax delinquency is one year prior to the year of sale. |
| Milwaukee County Council of Defense | Title: Milwaukee County Council of Defense Records, 1910-1925
Quantity: 22.8 cubic ft. (65 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 255 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee County Council of Defense, which was organized in April 1917, shortly after the U.S. entered World War I. Its objective was to lead Milwaukee in supporting the war effort. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and ephemera. |
| Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council | Title: Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council Records, 1938-1948
Quantity: 4.4 cubic ft. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DU Abstract: Records of the CIO-affiliated council which was formed in 1938. Records consist of meeting minutes, trial committee records, resolutions, correspondence with the membership and other organizations, financial records, attendance records, and newsletters and reports of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council. Included are World War II materials from the Milwaukee County Council of Defense, and resolutions condemning Nazism and demanding the start of a second front. The correspondence includes documentation on efforts to promote more housing in Milwaukee County, and a confidential memorandum on differences between the MCIUC and Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council (November 18, 1947), which discussed charges of Communist influence and improper representation of Local 1533 at Fairbanks, Morse and Company. There are some materials on the United Electrical, Radio 8 Machine Workers Local 1111 strike against the Allen-Bradley Company (1938-39) and the United Auto Workers Local 248 strike against the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company (1946). |
| Milwaukee County Mental Health Association | Title: Milwaukee County Mental Health Association Records, 1941-1966
Quantity: 5.2 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and 10 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BI; PH 3063 Abstract: Records of the Association, formed in 1949 as the Milwaukee County Mental Health Committee. Organized by local health administrators and professionals, the committee was formed to provide a county-level organization that would work with the Wisconsin Association for Mental Health. Included are subject files on an annual Mental Health Week, lectures and panel discussions, preparation of educational materials, and assistance of state and county mental health facilities. Photographs include portraits of committee members taken by the Milwaukee Journal newspaper, circa 1950-1952. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee County Organizations Collection, 1949-1981
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 160 Abstract: Collection of materials related to a directory created by Milwaukee Public Library listing and describing organizations in Milwaukee County. |
| Trustees of Milwaukee County Orphans Board | Title: Milwaukee County Orphans Board Records, 1899-1945
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 52 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee County Orphans Board, 1899-1945. Established by a special act of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1871, the Orphans Board supported orphan asylums with distributions from the proceeds of estates without heirs. A series of Wisconsin Supreme Court cases ended this practice in the 1930s. The Board distributed funds to various orphanages including St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, St. Aemillian's Orphan Asylum, St. Rose's Orphan Asylum, Lutheran Children's Home, Milwaukee Orphan Asylum, Milwaukee Jewish Orphan Home, St. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's Home, and St. Joseph's Home of St. Raphael. |
| Milwaukee County (Wis.). School Committee. | Title: Milwaukee County School Committee Records, 1940-1963
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 77 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee County School Committee, which was created in 1947 to create a plan for the reorganization of the county’s school districts and study the possibility of tuition increases. Contains annual reports, meeting minutes, and data tables. |
| Milwaukee Curling Club | Title: Milwaukee Curling Club Records, 1941-2017
Quantity: 1.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes, 1 scrapbook) 1 oversize folder plus additions of 2 folders Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 69 Abstract: Records of an organization (mainly 1969-1977) dedicated to sponsoring and managing events and teams involved in the sport of curling. The collection documents the administration of committees, the design and construction of a new curling facility in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, relations with the Ozaukee Country Club, and the merger with the Ozaukee Curling Club. Also included are copies of North American Curling News, yearbooks of club members, records of the kilties (women's curling team), a history of the club written in 1981, and photographs of banquets and tournament winners. |
| Milwaukee Does | Title: Milwaukee Does Scrapbooks, 1978-1980
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 210 photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 178; PH Milwaukee Mss 178 Abstract: Scrapbooks of the Milwaukee Does, a women's professional basketball team affiliated with the Women's Basketball League (WBL) consisting of news clippings and photographs. As one of the first professional female sports teams, the Does were seldom taken seriously by the general public, and these attitudes were exacerbated by the team's consistently poor performance on the court. In the summer of 1980, in an effort to improve their image, they developed a new logo and renamed the team the Milwaukee Express. However, the team was disbanded before the 1980-1981 season. The clippings highlight the team's struggles to be competitive while the photographs consist of snapshots of various games in which they played. |
| Milwaukee Drug Clerks' Association | Title: Milwaukee Drug Clerks' Association Records, 1894-1895
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (2 volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss S Abstract: Records of an association which endeavored to promote the study and practice of the science of pharmacy, to advance its members in the drug business, and to sponsor social entertainments. Records include minutes, articles of organization, and a list of members. |
| Milwaukee Dry Dock Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee Dry Dock Company Records, 1891-1930
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 355 Abstract: The Milwaukee Dry Dock Company ran two docks in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin shipyard. This collection consists of some of their business records. |
| - - - | Title: Milwaukee Electric Railway Companies Records, 1877-1963
Quantity: 63.8 c.f. (20 record center cartons, 62 archives boxes, 15 flat boxes, and 7 oversize volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 86 Abstract: Records documenting several Milwaukee electric railway companies including the following: The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; Milwaukee, Light, Heat and Traction Company; The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Transport Company; Wisconsin Electric Power Company; Milwaukee Northern Company; and Wisconsin General Railway Company. Most of the material deals with the technological evolution of the traction industry in the city of Milwaukee as well as the legal and financial development of the railway companies. The collection includes corporate histories that trace the companies through organization, expansion, and consolidation; reports, correspondence, minutes, and financial data that document rolling stock department concerns with railway equipment, accidents, labor, and construction programs; and numerous blueprints that detail construction specifications of Milwaukee city street lines and interurban routes as well as of new equipment for installation in trolley cars and buses. Also included are albums, ante 1924-1942, containing portrait photographs and biographical information on members of the Veterans' Association of the companies; and cartographic records, circa 1898-1963, consisting of maps, plans, and charts pertinent to the company's operations, construction projects, equipment and buildings. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Fire Department. | Title: Milwaukee Fire Department Records, 1888-1988
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 18 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Fire Department. Collection contains reports, publications, and floor plans. |
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Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Cable Network
[Digitized content] |
Title: Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Cable Network Records, 1987-1994
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 2 DVDs 37 videocassettes 312 digital files (1.79 TB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 206 Abstract: Collection consists of regular and special programming produced by the Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Cable Network (MGLCN) from 1987 to 1994. MGLCN was established by a group of individuals who wanted to produce regular programming on local gay and lesbian issues using the newly available facilities of MATA (Milwaukee Access Telecommunications Authority) Community Media. MGLCN produced Tri-Cable Tonight, a monthly news and entertainment program; the New Tri-Cable Tonight, a panel discussion program; and Yellow on Thursday, a comedy show featuring shorts, skits, and parodies. |
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Milwaukee Public Library; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee German Clubs and Organizations Collection,
1857-1972
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 386 Abstract: Collection of materials from miscellaneous German clubs and organizations in the Milwaukee area. Contains correspondence, minutes, ledgers, and other ephemera. |
| Milwaukee Government Service League | Title: Milwaukee Government Service League Records, 1939-1974
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 398 Abstract: The Milwaukee Government Service League (MGSL) championed public service employees in the Milwaukee area through benefits programs and events. The records consist of correspondence, financial statements, meeting minutes, membership lists, and publications. |
| Milwaukee Grain Exchange | Title: Milwaukee Grain Exchange Records, 1848-1974
Quantity: 27.8 c.f. (39 archives boxes and 82 oversize volumes), 4 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 79 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EB; Micro 466; PH 3678; PH 3679; PH 3679 (3) Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Grain Exchange, one of the chief national markets for the trading and inspection of grain, which was closely linked with the early commercial history of Milwaukee. Also included are records of its forerunners, the Milwaukee Board of Trade, Milwaukee Corn Exchange, Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, and the Milwaukee Grain and Stock Exchange. The records consist of charters and amendments, constitutions, rules, minutes, annual reports, committee and gratuity fund records, correspondence, financial and payroll records, grain shipping records, grain storage applications, inspection and weighing department figures, legal files and correspondence, membership records, and scrapbooks and memorabilia. On microfilm are minutes of the general meetings (1875-1917) and of the board of directors (1860-1906). Also present is a stock transaction book from the Ontario and Erie Ship Canal Company. The photographs show officers and other members of the grain exchange and interior scenes including the trading floor, offices, and sample tables. |
| Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee Guide Manuscripts, 1872-1945
Quantity: 2 cubic ft. (6 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 369 Abstract: The American Guide Series – books providing essays on the history, culture, major cities, automobile tours, important attractions and photographs of each locale – proved to be one of the most popular efforts undertaken by the Federal Writers’ Project. The Milwaukee Guide was intended to add to the American Guide Series, while providing employment for Milwaukee writers and editors. The collection contains drafts of articles, essays, guides and manuscripts on Milwaukee, Milwaukee County and Wisconsin area subjects written for the WPA Federal Writer’s Project. These materials were created and collected to be incorporated into the unpublished Metropolitan Milwaukee Guide. Among the subjects covered are: industries, institutions, labor and social history, natural history, recreation activities, landmarks, social services, histories of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County and Wisconsin. |
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Webster, Joseph Dana; Cram, T. J.; Low, John; Waterman, William H.; Chadwick, Jarius |
Title: Milwaukee Harbor Contracts, 1843–1934
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 169 Abstract: Collection contains originals and copies of early contracts regarding Milwaukee harbor construction. |
| unknown | Title: Milwaukee Hospital Photographs, circa
1963
Quantity: 0.5 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 31 Abstract: Seventeen photos of the Milwaukee Hospital (also known as Passavant Hospital and Lutheran Hospital of Milwaukee) buildings over the course of a century. |
| Milwaukee Human Relations Radio-Television Council | Title: Milwaukee Human Relations Radio-Television Council Records, 1954-1973
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: M81-335 Abstract: Records, 1954-1973, of the Milwaukee Human Relations Radio-Television Council, including scripts, correspondence, and other information on the monthly public service series Human Rights, which was broadcast on WTMJ-TV; Council correspondence and meeting minutes, 1957-1973; and information on planning meetings and topic ideas for the radio talk show Conference Call, 1972-1973. |
| Milwaukee Humanities Program | Title: Milwaukee Humanities Program Records, 1977-1986.
Quantity: 4.5 cubic ft. (10 boxes including 46 audio cassettes; 9 audio reels; and 2 videocassettes) 59 videocassettes 59 digital files (815 GB) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 67 Abstract: Records of a federally funded project conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to promote the humanities to the general public, largely compiled or created by Frederick I. Olson, last executive director of the program. The collection contains accounting, budget, and other financial records; correspondence files; and grant files concerning the National Endowments for the Humanities (NEH). The correspondence files contain letters to and from the executive director with NEH and UWM officials, and Milwaukee's historical community documenting program funding and activities. The community board's meeting files contain minutes documenting its focus on NEH funding, project development, bylaws, and budget reports. The minutes provide insight into the objectives of the program and the role of board members. The program's oral history and film projects, which focused on the history of Milwaukee's people, products, and geographic areas are well documented in the collection. |
| Milwaukee Independent School | Title: Milwaukee Independent School: Labor History Course Materials, 1970
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 13 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 1305A; Milwaukee SC 58 Abstract: A labor history curriculum prepared by students at the Milwaukee Independent School, concerning the United Auto Workers (CIO) Local 248 strike of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, West Allis, Wisconsin, 1946-1947, and tape-recorded interviews with Local 248 members and leaders and its attorney. |
| Milwaukee Indian Education Committee | Title: Milwaukee Indian Education Committee Records, 1976-2009
Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 245 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Indian Education Committee (MIEC), formed to promote and foster educational achievement among American Indian communities in Milwaukee and the surrounding area. The collection provides information on MIEC's goals, activities, and achievements. |
| Milwaukee Jewish Council | Title: Milwaukee Jewish Council Records, 1938-1953
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 41; Micro 965 Abstract: Minute books of a council founded in 1938 to coordinate community-based Jewish activities and organizations; containing minutes of annual meetings, the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and several other committees. |
| Milwaukee Jewish Home (Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee Jewish Home Records, 1906-1981
Quantity: 2.0 c.f (5 archives boxes), 182 photographs, 15 negatives, and 2 drawings Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 135; PH 3964 Abstract: Records, mainly 1931-1969, of several women's organizations associated with an Orthodox nursing home founded in 1906 as the Milwaukee Home for Aged Jews. The Women's Aid Society (1924-1962), the Ladies' Auxiliary (1930-1962), and the Women's Service League (1956-1968), the Women's Auxiliary and Aid (1962-1970), and the Women's Service Auxiliary (1970- ) were established to serve residents and help finance, operate, and maintain the home. Documenting their organization and activities are bulletins, bylaws, clippings, financial records, historical accounts, minutes, and photographs. Also included are a few files containing by laws, legal documents, minutes, financial statements, and publicity materials relating to the construction and general administration of the home. |
| Milwaukee Journal Stations | Title: Milwaukee Journal Stations Records, 1922-1997
Quantity: 24.4 cubic feet (60 archives boxes), 150 audio recordings, and 6310 canisters of film (16 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 203; Audio 1639A; WTMJ Film Abstract: Materials pertaining to the Milwaukee radio and television stations owned by the Journal Company (now Journal Communications Inc.). The stations operated for many years under the call letters WTMJ. The paper records include scripts for editorials read on radio and television, audience surveys, photographs, promotional materials, scripts for newscasts, as well as materials pertaining to the personnel, history, and operation of the radio and television stations. The approximately 2 million feet of 16 mm newsfilm is the original edited footage used on the air to illustrate news stories from 1950 to 1980. The collection includes footage of the Milwaukee Braves; the civil rights movement in Milwaukee during the 1960s; local businesses such as Allis-Chalmers, the Pabst, Schlitz, and Miller Breweries; and national and international politicians and celebrities who visited Milwaukee. |
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Milwaukee Liederkranz; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Liederkranz Records,
1904-2003
Quantity: 0.33 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 69 Abstract: This collection contains records of the Milwaukee Liederkranz, a German language choral group, mainly from the mid to late 20th century. It includes various event programs, correspondence, newsletters and some general historical information on the group. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee Masons Collection, 1887-1965
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 59 Abstract: Pamphlets and documents relating to Freemasonry groups in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. |
| Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission | Title: Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission Records,
1956-1961
Quantity: 1.8 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 40 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission, which was created to study local government problems and make recommendations for improvement. Contains reports, minutes, and correspondence. |
| Milwaukee Modern Dance Council | Title: Milwaukee Modern Dance Council Records, 1960-1986
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 161 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee organization formed in 1960 by former students of University of Wisconsin dance education pioneer Margaret D'Houbler in order to encourage the appreciation and study of modern dance; the organization disbanded in 1986. Included are by-laws, minutes of monthly board meetings, correspondence, financial reports, publicity and the Dance Abouts newsletter, workshop and class information, scholarship records, and records of the Moving Company, a performing group established by MMDC. |
| Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County (Milwaukee County, Wis.) | Title: Milwaukee Old Settlers’ Clubs Collection, 1874-1961
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 265 Abstract: This collection contains documents and ephemera relating to Old Settlers’ Club of Milwaukee County, an organization dedicated to preserving local history. |
| Milwaukee Peace Action Center | Title: Milwaukee Peace Action Center Records, 1971-1972
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 24 Abstract: Fragmentary records of the resource center and clearinghouse for anti-Vietnam War activities that were preserved by William O. Brown, first chairman; including minutes, financial statements, newsletters, center leaflets, correspondence, and staff and membership questionnaires. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Police Department. | Title: Milwaukee Police Department Records, 1884-2016
Quantity: 4.2 cubic ft. (12 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 73 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Police Department. The collection primarily contains various reports and other departmental publications. |
| Milwaukee Polish Millennium Committee | Title: Milwaukee Polish Millennium Committee Records, 1962-1991
Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 45 Abstract: Records, largely consisting of correspondence, of a Polish American group which promoted the celebration of Poland's Millennium of Christianity (966-1966). Some of the primary events that were documented in the collection are the convocation of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert, and the establishment of Poland's Millennium Achievement Awards Program. The Millennium celebration was also used as a forum for protesting the political conditions facing the people of Poland. Many of the items in the collection denounce the activities of the communist government in Poland. Mrs. Leonne Wozinski, acting chairman of the committee, compiled the records. The later records are primarily newspaper clippings about the Poland's Millennium Achievement Awards Program, which was discontinued in 1989. Many of the records in the collection are in Polish. |
| Milwaukee Public Library | Title: Milwaukee Postcard Collection, circa
1890-1960
Quantity: 2.0 cubic ft. (9 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 23 Abstract: The Milwaukee Postcard Collection consists of over 2,000 postcard images of the City of Milwaukee. The collection has images featuring Milwaukee architecture, businesses, bridges, churches, clubs, schools, fountains, harbor, rivers, parks, transportation, streets, and other areas of interest. |
| Milwaukee Press Club | Title: Milwaukee Press Club Records, 1885-2018
Quantity: 79.9 cubic ft. (74 boxes) 20 audio cassettes 6 audio reels 33 videocassettes 50 safety film negatives 2 digital files (5.31 GB) plus additions of 1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 146 Abstract: Collection consists of the records of the Milwaukee Press Club, documenting the oldest continuously operating press club in North America. Founded on November 1, 1885, the Milwaukee Press Club brings together members of the print, broadcast and electronic news media and related professions. The centerpiece of the Milwaukee Press Club records is an extensive collection of autographed plaques that have been signed and dated during the Press Club's long history. Initially, the Press Club asked prominent visitors, such as Theodore Roosevelt, to sign the wooden walls of the club itself, but as the number of signers grew, they established the current tradition of chalk signatures on black matte boards. These autographed plaques feature prominent entertainers such as Bob Hope, Tony Bennett, and Gene Autry; political figures such as Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, and William Jennings Bryan; journalists, including Walter Cronkite and Art Buchwald; and sports figures, such as Babe Ruth, Vince Lombardi, and Stan Musial. In addition to the plaques, the Milwaukee Press Club records include a large collection of photographs which date to the late nineteenth century, copies of the club's annual publication Once a Year, materials relating to the variety of honors awarded annually by the Press Club, and a wide selection of journalistic memorabilia. |
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Title: Milwaukee Public Museum, Totem Pole Records, 1914-1931
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 184 Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, research, acquisition documents and newspaper clippings about the Milwaukee Public Museum's forty-one foot tall Haida totem pole known as “Ignatz”. |
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Milwaukee Public Schools; Wilson, Clair |
Title: Milwaukee Public Schools Album, 1968-1976
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 40 Abstract: This collection is a visual inventory of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) buildings from 1968-1976. During this time, an aerial photograph was taken of each school in the MPS system. |
| Hart, Kathleen Mary | Title: Milwaukee Public Schools Desegregation Collection, 1975-1987
Quantity: .6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 90 Abstract: Miscellaneous records created or compiled by Hart concerning the desegregation of the Milwaukee Public School (MPS) system. Most of the collection contains Hart's files on the Committee of 100, an advisory group to the MPS Board of Directors, and represented the community in the preparations of plans for alternative schools and integration. Hart's files, largely organized chronologically, concern the meetings and policies of the Human Relations Subcommitee, of which she was chair, and the South Division High School cluster. The records also include Hart's copy of the 1977 Monitoring Handbook issued by federally appointed Special Master John A. Gronouski and a file on the People United for Integration and Quality Education. |
| Milwaukee Public School Teachers Annuity and Retirement Fund Association | Title: Milwaukee Public Schools Teachers’ Annuity and
Retirement Fund Records, 1909-1975
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 1 volume Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 57 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Public School Teachers’ Annuity and Retirement Fund. Contains meeting minutes, proceedings, and reports. |
| Milwaukee Public Schools. Department of Municipal Recreation and Community Education | Title: Milwaukee Public Schools, Department of Municipal Recreation
and Community Education Scrapbooks, 1923-1989
Quantity: 28.9 cubic ft. (37 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 151 Abstract: The collection consists mainly of newspaper clippings, promotional materials, and photographs documenting the history of the Milwaukee Public Schools, Department of Municipal Recreation and Community Education. The clippings provide information on athletic events and social activities conducted by the department. Clippings concerning the early history of the department's recreational programs, which were primarily intended to counteract juvenile delinquency and as a means of cultural assimilation, are also included. Promotional materials and photographs relate primarily to events held at more than twenty social centers operating in Milwaukee under the auspices of the department. A handful of scrapbooks fall outside these subjects and deal with the Gold Medal Award, the Milwaukee Players, New Day, and Wilderness Encounter. The collection also contains a few additional items, including booklets, photographs, and lectures and articles written by Donald B. Dyer, Superintendent of the School Board Extension Department. |
| Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club, Inc. | Title: Milwaukee Radio Amateurs’ Club Records, 1920-1983
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversized folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 342 Abstract: The Milwaukee Radio Amateurs’ Club was founded in January 1917 and the collection includes records of their activities. |
| Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company | Title: Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company Records,
1950-1970
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 48 Abstract: Primarily the bankruptcy records of the Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company, which served the Milwaukee area from 1896-1951. Contains legal documents, reports, correspondence, and a scrapbook. |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Title: Milwaukee Repertory Theater Records, 1953-1987
Quantity: 81.0 cubic feet (1 record center carton, 152 archives boxes, and 48 oversize boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 95 Abstract: Records of a professional repertory company (1953- ), begun as a community theater. Included are correspondence, legal and financial records, operational files, photographs of performers and of plays, and a small amount of technical production materials and scripts pertaining to Milwaukee Repertory Theater and to Drama Inc., its parent corporation. Also present are similar records for the Fred Miller Theatre League, a women's support group, and the company's School of Professional Arts. The records document the problems that beset a local theater while building an audience, maintaining good relations with the community, achieving financial solvency, and attaining administrative and artistic stability. The records of individual performances are limited to financial records, programs, reviews, scripts, and photographs. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Authorizations for Expenditure Records,
1912-1985
Quantity: 62 cubic ft. (155 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 12 Abstract: This collection contains the records for Authorizations for Expenditure (AFE) of the Milwaukee Road. AFEs are a budgeting and approval process for various railroad related projects and expenses. Covers expenses primarily in the midwest, but other states are included as well. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Condensed Track Profiles Collection,
1914-1981
Quantity: 2.2 cubic ft. (11 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 18 Abstract: This collection contains condensed track profiles of various divisions from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Contract Records, 1866-1984
Quantity: 33.2 cubic ft. (83 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 17 Abstract: Collection contains contracts and agreements the Milwaukee Road made with various companies and individuals. Contains contracts, correspondence, drawings, photographs, and other legal documents. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Electrification Department Records,
1906-1977
Quantity: 11.3 cubic ft. (28 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 1 Abstract: This collection consists of records from the Milwaukee Road’s Electrification Department. The records contain correspondence and other materials related to electrification, employee records, bills, expenses, studies, historical background on electrification, and more. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Engineering Department Records, 1880-1986
Quantity: 57.4 cubic ft. (135 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 2 Abstract: This collection contains the records from the Milwaukee Road’s Engineering Department. It primarily consists of correspondence from the department and includes accident reports, information on different yards and bridges, materials on various lines, and other areas relating to engineering. Also includes materials from the Construction Department. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Executive Department Records, 1863-1985
Quantity: 11.3 cubic ft. (27 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 3 Abstract: This collection consist of records from the Milwaukee Road’s Executive Department. It contains documents such as annual reports, by-laws, staff meeting and stockholder meeting minutes, information on operating results, and other items relating to the Executive Department of the Milwaukee Road. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Finance and Accounting Department
Records, 1870-1985
Quantity: 19.8 cubic ft. (50 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 4 Abstract: This collection consists of records from the Milwaukee Road’s Finance and Accounting Department. These records include documents from all areas relating to financial and accounting matters such as statistical reports, station numbers, the Milwaukee Road Credit Union, equipment information, annual reports filed to the ICC, and more. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Labor Relations and Personnel Department
Records, 1910-1990
Quantity: 27 cubic ft. (82 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 5 Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Milwaukee Road Labor Relations and Personnel Department, which served as a liaison between Milwaukee Road management and its employees. Contains correspondence, reports and studies, materials on mergers with other railroads and the effect on employees, various job descriptions, and other employee information. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Legal Department Records, 1854-1982
Quantity: 24.8 cubic ft. (76 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 6 Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Milwaukee Road’s Legal Department, which handled the Road’s legal affairs. Collection contains abstracts of titles, reports, correspondence, proceedings, and other various legal documents. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Map Collection, 1854-1996
Quantity: 2,762 maps Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 15 Abstract: This collection contains maps produced or used by the Milwaukee Road, showing land, tracks, and structures. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Mechanical Department Records, 1881-1999
Quantity: 39.4 cubic ft. (96 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 7 Abstract: This collection is comprised of correspondence, drawings, manuals, lists, specifications, and photographs that were part of the Milwaukee Road Mechanical Department. The bulk of documents are from the 1930s to 1970s. The records include those for Locomotives (with related tenders used during and after the steam era) used by the railroad to haul freight and passengers, freight cars, passenger cars, and shop records. Later documents incorporate records on the retirement, salvage, and dismantling of railroad assets in the 1970s and early 1980s. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Operations Department Records, 1875-1990
Quantity: 68 cubic ft. (141 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 8 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Road Operations Department, which focused on developing methods to make the Milwaukee Road run more efficiently. Contains records from various divisions of the Milwaukee Road and includes correspondence, reports, schedules, and employee matters. Also included are various bulletins, rules, and other publications. |
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad
Company.; Gaylord, John W.; Luedke, Russell E.; Wilson, Edwin B. |
Title: Milwaukee Road Photograph Collection, 1850-1994
Quantity: 108 cubic ft. (537 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 19 Abstract: Collection of photographs of the Milwaukee Road, contains prints and negatives of locomotives, various passenger and freight cars, employees, depots, and equipment. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Predecessor and Subsidiary Railroads
Collection, 1853-1980
Quantity: 39.2 cubic ft. (99 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 16 Abstract: This collection contains records of various railroad companies that were predecessor companies of the Milwaukee Road or other companies that conducted business with them. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Public Relations Department Records,
1892-2011
Quantity: 23.8 cubic ft. (58 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 9 Abstract: This collection contains records from the Public Relations Department of the Milwaukee Road. It includes reports and correspondence, as well as a variety of materials detailing the history of the Milwaukee Road, such as brochures, newspaper articles, press releases and publications. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Real Estate and Industrial Department
Records, 1891-1989
Quantity: 33.4 cubic ft. (81 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 13 Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Milwaukee Road Real Estate and Industrial Department. It includes correspondence, reports, drawings, and real estate documents relating to the abandonment of track lines, land transactions, work and inspections done on bridges and culverts, and information on various properties. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Reorganization Records, 1925-1988
Quantity: 28.8 cubic ft. (72 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 11 Abstract: This collection contains information about the 1925, 1935, and 1977 Milwaukee Road bankruptcies. There is an extensive amount of material on the 1977 Reorganization, which ultimately resulted in the Soo Line acquiring the Milwaukee Road. Includes correspondence, reports, court proceedings, press releases, and newspaper clippings. |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. | Title: Milwaukee Road Traffic Department Records, 1884-1985
Quantity: 8.8 cubic ft. (22 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 10 Abstract: This collection consists of records from the Milwaukee Road’s Traffic Department. It includes records from three separate areas: the Agricultural and Mineral Development Department, the Freight Department, and the Passenger Department. The collection contains correspondence, publications, reports, and schedules. |
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad
Company.; United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. |
Title: Milwaukee Road Valuation Department Records, 1914-1964
Quantity: 88.7 cubic ft. (318 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 14 Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Milwaukee Road Valuation Department, which largely consists of reports from the Interstate Commerce Commission that were produced in order to inventory and document the value of the Milwaukee Road. |
| Milwaukee Solvay Quarter Century Club | Title: Milwaukee Solvay Quarter Century Club Records, 1912-1983
Quantity: 2 cubic ft. (3 boxes and 3 volumes) 1054 digital files (26.5 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 57 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Solvay Quarter Century Club (1943-1983), an association of veteran employees of Milwaukee Solvay Coke Company, a manufacturer of coke and coke byproducts. The records document the club's activities and development, and include constitutions and bylaws, correspondence between club directors, membership lists, membership death notices, minute books, photographs of club activities and company facilities, secretary's reports, Christmas cards and Christmas party programs, company histories, and a small quantity of the papers of club historian Herbert Hinz. The club was devoted mainly to social activities and to the recognition of longtime company employees. The collection contains publications issued by Milwaukee Solvay and its parent companies, including the Schlesinger Interests' Conveyor (1914-1921), the Koppers Company's Koppers News (1928-1930), the Milwaukee Solvay News (1942-1962), the Pickands, Mather and Company Producer (1966-1972), and a catalog of the Newport Company (1921). The publications provide limited documentation regarding the operations of Milwaukee Solvay and its parent companies. |
| Milwaukee State Teachers College. Office of the President | Title: Milwaukee State Teachers College, Office of the President
Records, 1925-1961
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 109 Abstract: Miscellaneous records from Frank E. Baker's administration as president of the Milwaukee State Teachers College. The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, a history and prophecy statement to college alumni (1940), and several photographs of Baker, including one with J. Martin Klotsche, UWM's first chancellor. The correspondence documents the college curriculum, courses, and enrollment; activities and programs; budget and staffing. A manuscript of Baker's years at the college is also found in the collection. Post-1946 materials pertain to Baker's death in 1961. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.); Milwaukee County (Wis.) |
Title: Milwaukee Supplemental Emergency Employment Program
Scrapbooks, 1931-1934
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 47 Abstract: Scrapbooks of the work accomplished by the Milwaukee Supplemental Emergency Employment Program, which the City and County of Milwaukee created to help residents find jobs during the Depression. Scrapbooks contain clippings, correspondence, and reports. |
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Milwaukee Theological Institute; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Theological Institute Records, 1988-1991
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 65 Abstract: Records from the Milwaukee Theological Institute, a school founded in 1967 to help minority clergymen complete their education. Collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records and reports. |
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Milwaukee Turners; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Milwaukee Turners Collection, 1870-2005
Quantity: 3.2 cubic ft. (9 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 385 Abstract: Milwaukee Turners is an athletic, social and cultural organization based on the German Turnverein associations, which were founded by Frederick Jahn in 1811. The collection contains a variety of memorabilia and other organizational records. |
| Milwaukee Turners Foundation | Title: Milwaukee Turners Foundation Records, 1848-2010
Quantity: 17.3 cubic feet (22 archives boxes, 12 volumes, and 1 oversize folder) and 2.1 cubic feet of photographs (5 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BM Abstract: Records of a social and political organization founded as the Socialer Turnverein by German immigrants, embodying their liberal beliefs. Turners' activities consisted of gymnastics, literary contests, drama, and social events such as picnics and band concerts. Collection includes correspondence; minutes, reports, and financial materials; printed histories, including anniversary materials, newsletters, newsclippings, and scrapbooks; member and membership information; records from groups within the organization; ballroom preservation and building renovation and restoration information; and photographs and slides. |
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Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
[Digitized content] |
Title: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee Records, 1964-1966
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 5 Abstract: Partial records of the Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC), an organization which worked to end school segregation and other forms of racial discrimination in Milwaukee. Under the leadership of Milwaukee attorney Lloyd Barbee and Marilyn Morheuser, MUSIC sponsored a “Freedom Day School” on May 18, 1964, to teach black students about their heritage and history, and called for student boycotts of segregated schools in 1965 and 1966. Among MUSIC's other projects were Freedom Camps I and II, 1964; rallies for better housing and jobs, 1964; questionnaires sent to school board candidates in 1965; marches, demonstrations, speakers, and fund-raising events. |
| Milwaukee Urban League | Title: Milwaukee Urban League Records, 1919-1979
Quantity: 24.5 cubic feet (24 record center cartons, 1 archives box), 5 reels of microfilm (35mm), 5 tape recordings, 1 film, 2 filmstrips, 2 disc recordings, and 140 photographs; plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EZ; Milwaukee Micro 20; Micro 862; Micro 784; Audio 883A; Disc 156A; PH 6530; PH Milwaukee Mss EZ; DD 225; M80-412 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Urban League, an affiliate of the National Urban League, which provides vocational and guidance counseling, job training and development, plus a variety of services to families and the community. The records, mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, contain administrative files, primarily from the tenure of executive director Wesley L. Scott; annual reports; newsletters; membership files; committee records; and correspondence with related local and state organizations. General reference material deals with Milwaukee minority opportunities, civil rights, and other topics. Records of the various League departments illustrate the different projects undertaken in the League's major program areas. Also contains files on the National Urban League, and copies of reports sent to the national office. |
| Milwaukee Water Works | Title: Milwaukee Water Works Records, 1871-2003
Quantity: 1..4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) 38 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 53 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Water Works, which furnishes water for 16 communities in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties. Contains reports, publications, and ledgers. |
| Milwaukee Yacht Club | Title: Milwaukee Yacht Club Records, 1871-2012
Quantity: 5 cubic ft. (15 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 88 Abstract: The Records of the Milwaukee Yacht Club, founded in 1871, located on Lake Michigan's lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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Milwaukee (Wis.). Mayor; Maier, Henry W., 1918-1994 [Digitized content] |
Title: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayor Henry W. Maier Administration, Records Quantity: 199.4 cubic feet (199 records center cartons, part of 1 flat box, and 187 volumes), 14 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 1363 audio recording (cassette), 308 audio recordings (reel to reel), 1 audio recording (compact disc), 2 films (16 mm), 50 videorecordings, and 111 pieces of memorabilia Call Number: Milwaukee Series 44; Audio 1235A; VBB 256-VBB 272; VBC 777; VHA 107-VHA 138 Abstract: The official records of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mayor Henry W. Maier's administration, including audio tapes, correspondence, memorabilia, memoranda, reports, and speeches. Most of the records were created by Maier's office staff, especially Richard J. Budelman, Bradley Carr, Bert Mulroy, and Robert J. Welch. A few records, mostly from city offices, dating 1959-1960, are also included. Subjects particularly well documented include: the city budget; civil rights, especially the 1967 civil disturbances; administrative and departmental operations; disputes with the local press, particularly the Milwaukee Journal; housing issues and the Model Cities program; interstate highway construction; licensing of cable television; the metropolitan sewer system; non-point pollution control; redevelopment of Milwaukee's downtown, including the Bradley Center, Grand Avenue Mall, and MECCA facility; state and federal aid programs; Summerfest; Maier's re-election campaigns, and his role as a national urban leader. Also included are records of various political organizations with which Maier was associated, including the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities. |
| unknown | Title: Milwaukee-Chicago Scrapbook, circa 1975-1985
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 52 Abstract: The Milwaukee-Chicago scrapbook contains comparison photos of scenes in Milwaukee and Chicago. Short commentary has been written beneath each photo. |
| Milwaukee-Downer College | Title: Milwaukee-Downer College Records, 1840-1964
Quantity: 53.2 cubic feet (136 archives boxes, 35 volumes, 1 oversize folder, and 2 packages; including extensive photographs), 5 disc recordings, and 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss L; Milwaukee Micro 78; Micro 2095 Abstract: Records, mostly dating from after 1895, of Milwaukee-Downer College and its predecessor institutions, Milwaukee College and Downer College. Collection includes correspondence, financial records, subject files of the alumnae association, business office, college presidents, dean of students, faculty, presidents of the board of trustees, public relations office, and registrar. Also includes bulletins and catalogs, copies of student publications, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports from student organizations and activities, transcripts, and some records of the predecessor institutions. The collection also contains correspondence between Increase Lapham and Catherine Beecher on their educational philosophy. |
| Dockar, Minda | Title: Minda Dockar Papers, 1942-1945, 1965-1980
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Stout Mss T Abstract: Papers of a Menomonie, Wisconsin school librarian consisting largely of letters from World War II servicemen. Miss Dockar, as advisor to the student council, sent the student newspaper to the servicemen and supplied them with addresses of friends and similar information. The letters are responses to these activities and often contain news to pass on to the newspaper or to others. Some letters were received in connection with similar work she conducted for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. The letters are arranged alphabetically and include one entire folder of letters from Robert Mills, an Army officer serving in the Pacific. Also in the collection are miscellaneous items from Miss Dockar's library work, plus several items she preserved which include a poem written by Robert Steinbring of Menomonie, notes on Menomonie history, and an updated broadside advertising appearances at the Menomonie Opera House by Mrs. J. L. Hjort, Professor R. B. Anderson, and Henrich M. Gunnersen. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Assessor | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Assessor: Assessor's Papers, 1933-1949
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 43 Abstract: Microfilmed appraisals of the value of city property including the municipal building and contents, high school, grade school, fire station, pumping station, city park buildings, and the city barns and shed, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1946, and 1949; and 1937 appraisals of residential and mercantile property including the street number; owner's or tenant's name; type of dwelling; dimensions; number of stories; type of foundation, exterior walls, roof, basement, floors, trim, interior walls, heating, lighting, and plumbing; the year built; general condition; assessed value of the land and improvements; and in some cases a sketch of the building. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk. | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk: Chattel Mortgage and Conditional Sales Records, 1862
, 1887-1934
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 35 Abstract: Chattel mortage records containing the names of mortgagor and mortgagee, amount of mortgage, dates of filing, date mortgage is due, and its release. Conditional sales records include dates of contracts and their filing, names of buyer and seller, and a description of goods sold. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk: Election Records, 1844
, 1857-1938
, 1944
Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 36 Abstract: Includes poll lists which indicate the names, and in some cases, the addresses of persons who voted in municipal, primary, general, and special elections; tally sheets and inspectors' statements which report the number of votes each candidate received; nomination papers which show the date, person nominated, and city office sought, 1893-1937; records of absentee voting by servicemen, 1944, listing their home and military addresses; and a few miscellaneous papers including reports of election expenses, 1898. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Clerk: Trustees and Council Papers, 1837-1879
, 1915
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Iowa Series 59 Abstract: Trustees and Council records, including bids, bills, orders, receipts, oaths and bonds, petitions and ordinances, reports, surveys, correspondence, and papers on school, election, and tax matters. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Common Council | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Common Council: Proceedings, 1857-1938
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 40 Abstract: Microfilmed proceedings including minutes of meetings, resolutions and petitions presented to the Council and notes on their disposition, and reports to the Council by city officials and Council committees. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Public Library | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Public Library: Women's Reading Club Records, 1894-1911
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 48 Abstract: Records of the Women's Reading Club, organized in 1894 to equip and staff the public library, including minute books, 1894-1911; cash books and financial statements, 1895-1911, showing receipts from membership fees, subscriptions, fines, and piano rent and expenditures for books, postage, lights, and labor; book orders, 1895-1902, listing the titles of books purchased; contracts for performances by speakers, orchestras, and theatre companies, 1897-1904; annual programs listing books read and topics discussed by the Women's Reading Club; and miscellaneous papers, 1895-1905, including a small amount of correspondence. |
| Mineral Point (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Mineral Point (Wis.). Treasurer: Financial Records, 1857-1917
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 34 Abstract: Microfilmed journal of receipts and disbursements, indicating persons paid, date, amount of payment, reason for payment, and voucher number. The ledger of accounts, 1857-1916, indicates balances in various funds and accounts, dates of transactions, and reason for the activity. |
| Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.). Board of Education | Title: Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.). Board of Education: Proceedings, 1878-1941
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 38 Abstract: Microfilmed minutes of regular and special school board meetings pertaining to matters such as approving bills for the operation of schools; hiring teachers; salaries of teachers, janitors, and administrators; awarding contracts; purchasing equipment and furnishings for new schools; rules regarding the use of school buildings; drawing up the budget; and the election of school board officers. |
| Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.) | Title: Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.): Records, 1857-1957
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 37 Abstract: Papers include general correspondence, 1857-1957, pertaining to inspection of schools, distribution of state aids, compliance with state statutes regarding education, vacant teaching positions and the hiring of replacements; annual reports of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools containing financial statements and occasional information on enrollment, the courses of study, textbooks used, and the number and qualifications of teachers; school censuses, 1865, 1887-1916, which list the names of parents, the names and ages of children between ages 4 and 20 living in the district, and the number of children enrolled in public and private schools for at least 12 weeks; petitions requesting a return to the ordinary district system of school government, 1916, a referendum on annexing certain areas to the school district, 1951, and additional band instruction, n.d.; and a small amount of correspondence regarding the computation and collection of tuition for non-resident students. |
| Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.) | Title: Mineral Point Public Schools (Wis.): Teacher's Daily Registers, 1866-1867
, 1873-1874
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Iowa Micro Series 39 Abstract: Microfilmed volumes recording names and ages of pupils, parents' names, and daily attendance records; from teachers L. J. Jeffery (1866-67), and E. Ansley, W. A. James, A. Temple, and C. E. Smith (1873-74). |
| Minnesota & La Crosse Plank Road Company. | Title: Minnesota & La Crosse Plank Road Company Articles of Incorporation Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 102 Abstract: Articles of incorporation (1873) of the Minnesota & La Crosse Plank Road Company. |
| Minnesota ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) | Title: Minnesota ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Records, 1975-2009
Quantity: 12.6 c.f., 25 DVDs, 15 videorecordings, and 1 tape recording Call Number: M95-103; M2002-084; M2010-061 Abstract: Records of ACORN’s Minnesota office consisting of general administrative and subject files with a Minneapolis-St. Paul focus, documenting organizing in the Twin Cities area as well as ACORN’s activities on specific local issues such as neighborhoods, rape, squatters, taxes, city government, and other topics. |
| Nusbaum, Phil (Bluegrass musician) Berquist, John Gannaway, Wayne | Title: Minnesota Folk Arts Program (Philip Nusbaum) collection Quantity: 6 Linear Feet 5 record storage cartons, 1 cassette box, 1 legal document box. audiocassettes, digital audiocassettes, color slides, color photographs, black and white negatives, black and white photographs, Beta videocassettes Call Number: uac217 Abstract: The Minnesota Folk Arts Program (Philip Nusbaum) collection primarily contains photographic images, video, and sound recordings of well over 350 Minnesota folk artists and traditional musicians that resulted from John Berquist's and mainly Philip Nusbaum's tenure as Folk Arts Program associates at the Minnesota State Arts Board (1983-2003). Reaching back to 1959 and including collaborations with numerous folklorists in the region, materials relate to the Minnesota Traditional Music Series of commercial recordings, Minnesota Folk Arts radio shows, folk artist directories, apprenticeship and folklore sponsorship grant programs, festival demonstrations and performances, and teaching programs. Minnesota's diverse ethnic make-up is especially featured, including indigenous Ojibwas and older and newer immigrant groups from North and Central America, northern, western, and eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Besides an emphasis on musical traditions from bluegrass to polka, Ojibwa to Norwegian-American, Latino, African-American, Hmong-American, and Slovenian-American, artistic expressions range widely and include diverse basket-making, beadwork, needlework, papercutting, painting, and woodcarving traditions, some related to regional occupational, recreational, and subsistence pursuits like farming, icefishing, and wildricing. |
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Minnesota State Arts Board; Minnesota Historical Society |
Title: Minnesota Polka Project Collection, 1990
Contents: Minnesota Historical Society: 12 sound recordings, 52 documents; Wisconsin Historical Society Archives: 18 folders; UW-Madison Folklore Program: 12 copy sound recordings, 78 slides, 56 documents, 1 computer diskette Unique Identifier: CSUMC0008-CG Summary: The Minnesota Polka Project documents the polka music traditions of German-American, Czech-American, Slovenian-American, and Polish-American ethnic groups throughout Minnesota. Sixteen bands and 21 of the bands' musicians were documented, resulting in a 44-minute anthology of Minnesota polka recordings and an accompanying 20-page booklet in 1990. Available materials include recorded interviews with band leaders and members, color slides of musicians and performance venues, and artist files containing correspondence, tape logs, electronic versions of the tape logs, and news clippings. The project was co-sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society and the Minnesota State Arts Board and was also known as the Minnesota Polka Oral History Project. |
| Minor Family | Title: Minor Family Papers, circa 1890-1994
Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) and 313 photographs, 1 negative, and 4 pieces of ephemera (in 2 archives boxes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss CL; PH La Crosse Mss CL Abstract: Papers of the Minor and related families of Vernon County, Wisconsin and La Crescent, Minnesota. The bulk of the collection concerns Walton E. Minor (1907-1989), a former machinist and, after retirement from that career in 1963, a farmer. The collection includes his account books (1940-1986), a brief autobiography, his diaries (1965-1989), divorce papers, military service records, awards, a book recording Christmas gifts he received in 1973, and records concerning his death. There are also histories of the Minor, Hayden, and Slater families; notebooks recording weddings, birthdays, and deaths; obituaries and funeral books and cards; detailed records concerning Martha Minor's bicycle accident in 1978; account books concerning the building of the Minors' home in 1973 and an appraisal of it and inventory of personal property prepared for auction in 1989; and other family memorabilia. Photographs in the collection are housed in Madison and are mainly portraits and snapshots of members of the Minor family, but also include images of related families, particularly the Ames, Hayden, and Slater families, and a few scattered images of houses and other significant places in the family's history. Other families represented include the Host, Hayter, Jordan, Morton, Olson, Reuter, Shaner, Stucy, and Alley families. |
| Ben-Shalom, Miriam | Title: Miriam Ben-Shalom Papers, 1971-1999
Quantity: 3 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 14 videocassettes 10 audio cassettes 33 digital files (1.13 TB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 237 Abstract: The collection contains personal papers and other documentation collected by Miriam Ben-Shalom, the first gay or lesbian member of the United States military service to be reinstated after being discharged for her sexual orientation. The collection documents Ben-Shalom's legal battles with the military, as well as the general topic of homosexuals and the military. Other materials pertain to the gay and lesbian veterans movement, feminism, and related social justice issues. |
| Bennett, Miriam | Title: Miriam Bennett Films, 1925-1965, 1983, 1995
Quantity: 67 film reels (16 mm and 8 mm), 2 videorecordings, and 8 DVDS (viewing copies of 45 films) Call Number: AE 046-AE 089; AE 136-AE 140; CC 176; CC 202; EA 154-EA 168; VHB 499-VHB 500; VDA 176-VDA 183 Abstract: Amateur films, directed and produced by Miriam Bennett and home movies, shot by Miriam Bennett, circa 1930-1965. Most of the films are documentary and contain footage of the Wisconsin Dells region including downtown, the Wisconsin River, and Native American tourist sites; and footage of the Bennett, Crandall, Dyer, and Reese families. Several of the films are fiction films and showcase local "actors" in plays and dramatizations, including A Study in Reds, a film added to the National Film Registry in 2009. Film reels AE 046 through AE 088 and CC 176 have been digitized, compiled, and burned to DVDs (VDA 176-VDA 183) which serve as access copies. The remaining films are only available on film or video. Also included is a documentary on H.H. Bennett (1983) and a Channel 3 news story about Dells tourism (1995). |
| Brown, Miriam, 1939- | Title: Miriam Brown Papers, 1990-2015
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 1204 Abstract: Papers, 1990-2015, of Miriam Brown, O.P., documenting her work as Executive Director (1989-2003) of the Churches' Center for Land and People (CCLP), an organization focused on rural life and spirituality, family farming, and environmental stewardship. Included are Sister Miriam's reflections on CCLP history, hearing testimony, event materials, copies of the CCLP newsletter, letters of appeal to supporters, and news clippings. |
| Feingold, Miriam | Title: Miriam Feingold Papers, 1960-1967
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 oversize folder), 2 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 4 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 859; Micro 845; Tape 528A Abstract: Papers and tapes of civil rights activist Miriam Feingold describing demonstrations, prison experiences, treatment of local blacks, and other topics regarding her work which was primarily in Mississippi and Louisiana. Included are correspondence (with several letters written on toilet paper by imprisoned civil rights activists in Plaquemine, Louisiana), notebooks, voter registration material, reports, speeches, leaflets, and clippings. The tapes record Feingold's interviews with local blacks and civil rights workers in Bogalusa, Clinton, Tullulah, Jonesboro, Jackson, Lisbon, Church Point, and Greensburg, Louisiana, and Liberty, Mississippi; among those interviewed are Gayle Jenkins, E. W. Steptoe, and Annie Purnell Johnson. |
| Ottenberg, Miriam, 1914-1983 | Title: Miriam Ottenberg Papers, 1931-1982
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 1 disc recording, 175 photographs, and 4 pieces of ephemera Call Number: Mss 748; Micro 1162; Disc 188A; PH 3817; PH 3817 (3); PH 3818 Abstract: Papers of Miriam Ottenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Star, best known for investigative reporting on consumer protection and organized crime and for books on the FBI and multiple sclerosis. Included are subject files, notes, professional correspondence, and drafts and printed copies of writing and speeches. Also included is a small amount of personal correspondence and some information about her mother, Nettie Podell Ottenberg, a suffragist and social reformer. |
| Hauer, Miriam Rowell | Title: Miriam Rowell Hauer: Hauer, Croatt, and Perry Genealogical Papers, 1680-1982
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 46; Micro 958 Abstract: Microfilm copy of papers compiled by Miriam Rowell Hauer recording primarily the history of the Croatt family who settled at Belgium, Wisconsin after emigrating from Luxembourg in 1847; including lineage charts; photographs; birth, marriage and death certificates; correspondence; and miscellaneous genealogical material. |
| - - - | Title: Miscellaneous Geography Scrapbooks, 1854-1893
Quantity: 2.1 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 15 Abstract: These scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings relating to international geography and world exploration. Various expeditions, particularly to the Arctic and Africa, are covered most extensively. |
| United Artists Corporation | Title: Miscellaneous Scripts: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 5.2, 1937-1956
Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/5.2 Abstract: Script material documenting various phases of the production process for thirty films released by United Artists (UA) and other companies between 1937 and 1956. |
| Mississippi Council on Human Relations | Title: Mississippi Council on Human Relations Records, 1964-1976
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 536; Tape 812A Abstract: Records of an organization of black and white Mississippians dedicated to the creation of better race relations through education and the use of public relations. Numbering 400 members in 1965, the MCHR sought to expand the economic, cultural, and civic opportunities of all state citizens. The records mainly consist of Xeroxed copies of the correspondence of Kenneth L. Dean, Executive Director of MCHR in 1965. Also included is a constitution, an annual report from 1975-1976, copies of notes and newspaper clippings regarding the shooting of MCHR supporter Rev. Donald Thompson in 1965, reports, and printed reference material. The tape records a group discussion of March 5, 1966, held with black students attending integrated colleges throughout the South. Transcripts of this tape, and of a speech of Senator Charles H. Percy, are also in the collection. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Records, 1962-1971
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1 filmstrip (35 mm) Call Number: Mss 586; Micro 788; PH 6705 Abstract: Records of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) from 1962 to 1971. The collection consists of manuscript and microfilmed documents illustrating the organization of the party, its two challenges and subsequent law suits, its voter registration and community organizing work, and Mississippi politics in general. Included are correspondence and printed mailings, statements, and press releases; legal documents; reports and general papers; the proceedings of the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention; election and registration materials; news clippings; newsletters; materials concerning related organizations; and copies of a masters' thesis and other term papers written about the MFDP by historian Leslie B. McLemore. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democrativ Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.) | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.): Records, 1964-1966
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 55 Abstract: Records of a local chapter of the Freedom Democratic Party of Meridian, Mississippi, relating to the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC), Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as a co-ordinator of projects sponsored by these organizations. The papers contain correspondence, memos, reports, affidavits, minutes and telephone log concerning the Freedom Registration project, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, the Meridian Community Center, local boycotts, and incidents of intimidation including the disappearance and deaths of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney who were connected with the Meridian office. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Quitman County Chapter | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Quitman County Chapter: Records, 1965-1966
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 539 Abstract: Records of an affiliate of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which was active in local voter education and registration, elections and promotion of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and general desegregation work in Quitman County. Included with the papers are general, printed records of the MFDP and ASCS, and an undated draft constitution and printed voter education materials of the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union. There is also a folder of scattered correspondence, mostly undated; arrest records from picketing during the summer of 1965, and a folder of handwritten notes, containing lists of things to do, contacts and their addresses, and plans for proposed work and future projects. Little of the non-printed material in this collection is clearly labeled as to author, recipient, or date. |
| Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Sunflower County Chapter | Title: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Sunflower County Chapter: Records, 1965-1967
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 53 Abstract: Partial records of the Sunflower County branch of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, mainly consisting of census and welfare material collected as part of a voter registration project, plus miscellaneous meterial dealing with civil rights and school integration. |
| Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission. | Title: Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission Records Physical Description: 0.8 cubic foot Call Number: MSS 148 Abstract: The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission started in 1964 to address physical, social, and economic issues along the Mississippi River in Western Wisconsin. The Commission consists of nine counties, and remains active in the region as of 2013. The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission Records include meeting agendas and minutes ranging in date from 1970 through 1987. |
| Mississippi Valley Public Service Company (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Mississippi Valley Public Service Company Records, Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 028 Abstract: Records of the Mississippi Valley Public Service Company based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which operated the streetcar lines. Records are incomplete but include newspaper clippings (1932-1942); a franchise book (1883-1913); and personnel records (ca. 1914-1936). The franchise book includes copied agreements between four utilities and their shareholders and appropriate municipalities. The four companies are La Crosse City Railway Co. (1892-1908), La Crosse Water Power Co. (1905-1913), Winona Railway & Light Co.(1883-1909), and Wisconsin Railway, Light & Power Co. (1913). The personnel records are arranged alphabetically and include information such as birthdate and place of the employee and a summary of accidents incurred during employment. This set is not complete but is representative of typical streetcar employees. |
| “Mississippi's 'Freedom Summer' Reviewed: A fifteen year perspective on progress in race relations, 1964-1979” (1979: Jackson, Miss.) | Title: “Mississippi's 'Freedom Summer' Reviewed: A fifteen year perspective on progress in race relations, 1964-1979” Presentations, 1979
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 28 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 579; Audio 899A Abstract: Tape recordings and transcripts from a conference of civil rights activists, including presentations by Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, John R. Salter Jr., Paul Cowan, Sue Thrasher, Anne Braden, Ella Baker, and Anne Romaine. |
| Missouri ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) | Title: Missouri ACORN Records, 1983-2001
Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: M2002-111 Abstract: Records of the Missouri office of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), an activist group which stressed community organizing work, documenting campaigns concerning jobs and wages, banks and banking, housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development policies, campaign finance reform, and the activities of the ACORN Political Action Committee. |
| Mitchell, John L. (John Lendrum), 1842-1904 | Title: Mitchell Family Papers, 1847-1923
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 75 Abstract: The collection contains the miscellaneous papers of a prominent Milwaukee business and political family. The most extensive parts of the collection are John L. Mitchell's personal letters to his wife, Harriet, and her incoming correspondence from friends. The senatorial correspondence of John L. Mitchell is largely routine constituent correspondence or requests for support from fellow legislators, and includes letters from Frederick Pabst, William Jennings Bryan, Charles King, Arthur MacArthur, Alfred Thayer Mahan, William Rosecrans, Edward Salomon, William Tecumseh Sherman, and William F. Vilas. The collection contains some correspondence of Alexander Mitchell, including a request from Lyman Draper for Mitchell's financial support of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and copies of several campaign speeches. Also included is an invitation and brochure on the christening of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin in 1898. Contains a photograph of aviator Billy Mitchell at the age of four months, and letters (1894-1901) to his father, John L., largely concerning an appointment in the cavalry and a trip around the world. |