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| Katz, Myer, 1910-1993 | Title: Myer Katz Letter to Robert Bruegmann Concerning the History of the Burlington Northern Depot at 2nd and Pearl Streets, La Crosse, Wisconsin Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 019 Abstract: Letter from Myer Katz to Robert Bruegmann, June 6, 1980, covering the history of the Burlington Northern Depot at 2nd and Pearl Streets in La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Katz, Myer, 1910-1993 | Title: Myer Katz Papers Physical Description: 2.2 cubic feet Call Number: MSS P Abstract: The papers consist of research materials, notes, and drafts generated by Katz during preparation of his book, Echoes of Our Past, a collection of vignettes about La Crosse history. |
| Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 | Title: Myles Horton Papers, 1851-1990
Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (17 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 11 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 831; Tape 1271A Abstract: Papers, mainly 1921-1990, of Myles Horton, the founder-director of the Highlander Folk School (later known as the Highlander Research and Education Center) in Monteagle, Tennessee, largely documenting his career before and after his association with the school. Included are personal and family materials including extensive oral histories about Highlander, labor history, civil rights, and other topics; speeches and writings (some available in recorded form); a copy of The Long Haul, his autobiography; correspondence with May Justus, Rosa Parks, and other Highlander staff and students; information pertaining to travel to Nicaragua and other countries in pursuit of his interest in adult education; diaries relating to his education at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee; genealogical information about the Horton Family; and papers of his first wife, Zilphia Mae Horton, a singer and noted collector of folk music. Extensive subject files compiled to supplement his travel, writings, and public speaking contain references to Paulo Freire, Nikolai Grundtvig, Huey Long, and others. Among the early career materials are surveys of churches in McHenry County, Illinois and a folder of restricted reports on mental patients admitted to the Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts. A scrapbook documenting the efforts of Lilian Wyckoff Johnson, the original owner of the Highlander property, about her efforts to establish a college for women contains correspondence from John Dewey, Frederick Jackson Turner, and Woodrow Wilson. |
| Lotto, Myron P., 1925- | Title: Myron P. Lotto Papers, 1964-1973
Quantity: 2 c.f. (5 boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 82 Abstract: Papers of a civic and political leader in Green Bay and Brown County, and Republican state senator for the Second District from 1969 to 1973. The collection primarily includes materials from Lotto's legislative service, but also contains his files as Brown County supervisor and speech materials for his entire career. Included are issue correspondence with constituents, agencies, local governments, and organizations; newsletters and press releases; and informational publications. Correspondence and campaign literature also detail Lotto's unsuccessful race for a 1972 Republican congressional nomination. |
| Branson, Myrtle Robinson | Title: Myrtle Robinson Branson Scrapbook Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 200 Abstract: Photograph scrapbook kept by Myrtle Robinson Branson with images from appoximately the 1920s. Branson was a resident of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and images depict people and scenes from the La Crosse area, including a winter carnival parade, Riverside Park, and Standard Oil Company. |