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Fellows, Will; Pearcy, Jeff [Digitized content] |
Title: Shall Not Be Recognized Exhibition Records, 2007
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (2 boxes, including 31 audio cassettes) 232 digital files (80.93 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 263 Abstract: Materials regarding the Shall Not Be Recognized: Portraits of Same-Sex Couples exhibit, which documents the experiences of thirty same-sex couples in long-term, committed relationships in the area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The traveling exhibit was a collaboration between author Will Fellows and photographer Jeff Pearcy. |
| McQueen, Sharon, 1961- | Title: Sharon McQueen Papers, 1981-1999
Quantity: 3.4 cubic ft. (9 boxes) 24 videocassettes 69 safety film negatives 26 digital files (317 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 157 Abstract: Papers of an Ozaukee County native who acted as a highly visible contributor to the Milwaukee theater community during the 1980s and 1990s. Sharon McQueen acted in various capacities as founder, producer, creative director, and actress, for the local theater companies Clavis Theatre, Theatre Tesseract, and Next Act Theatre. Collection includes correspondence, administrative records for the companies, personal photographs, press clippings, production profiles, and video recordings of many of the different companies' productions. |
| Metz, Sharon K., 1934- | Title: Sharon Metz Papers,1973-1986
Quantity: 9.8 c.f. (9 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 114 Abstract: Legislative papers of a former Democratic state representative from Green Bay, Wisconsin (1975-1987) known for her advocacy of child care legislation and her support of energy conservation. Included are correspondence and memoranda to and from constituents, colleagues, representatives of advocacy groups, and governmental officials; memoranda; press releases; newsletters; files of the Assembly Energy Committee (1979-1980); minutes and related papers for committees and task forces on child care, asbestos, and Indians; biographical clippings; reference material concerning the Joint Finance Committee and other topics; and a small quantity of material relating to her reelection efforts and to her unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor in 1986. |
| Shawano (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Shawano (Wis.). Clerk: Property Appraisal Forms,
1955-1961
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Shawano Series 24 Abstract: Appraisal forms for residential, mercantile, and manufacturing property in the city of Shawano. In each folder is included penciled diagrams for most blocks and lots, showing block boundaries, lot dimensions, and names of property owners, as well as 107 numbered reassessment blueprints of residential, mercantile, and manufacturing properties, 1956. Some folders and/or appraisal forms are missing. Box 4 contains appraisal forms based on Assessor's Plats of areas recently incorporated into the city of Shawano, forms for Mercantile Property on Leased Land, and Reassessment blueprints. Residential property forms show name and address of property owner, location of property, land value factors, a building description, a computation of structural value, three annual assessment summaries, and a final statement of assessment value. Mercantile property forms show name and address of owner or tenant of property, location of the property, land value factors, building value factors, a description of special equipment, a computation of structural value, three annual assessment summaries, and a final statement of assessment value. Manufacturing property forms show name and location of business, the use of each building on the property, structural data, machinery and equipment present, a computation of building value and a total adjusted sound value, three annual assessment summaries, and a final statement of assessment value. |
| Shawano County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Shawano County (Wis.). Clerk: Maps of Towns and Villages, 1904-1953
Quantity: 12 sheets Call Number: Shawano Series 35 Abstract: Maps from the villages of Eland and Lyndhurst and the towns of Washington and Wescott. |
| Shawano County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare | Title: Shawano County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare: Aid to Dependent Children Case Files, 1921-1952
Quantity: 15 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Shawano Series 58 Abstract: Case files of mothers or guardians receiving financial aid from the Shawano County Department of Public Welfare for their minor children. The run of files is incomplete: many cases are missing. Case files typically include reports of case worker home visits, family budgets, a monthly report by the mother reporting income and expenditures, background information on family, and correspondence concerning case work. Some case files may also include relevant court proceedings, newspaper clippings, and receipts. |
| Shawano County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare | Title: Shawano County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare: General and Direct Relief Case Files, 1933-1970
Quantity: 22 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Shawano Series 56 Abstract: Case files of individuals and families receiving general and direct relief from the Shawano County Department of Public Welfare. Content of the case files varies and may include applications for Drought Relief, Work Relief, Direct Relief, Non-resident, and Indian Relief or any combination of relief services. Case files typically include records of case worker home visits, family budgets, applications for Work Projects Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employment, background information on applicants, and correspondence concerning case work. Some case files may also include relevant court proceedings, newspaper clippings, and personal correspondence. |
| Shawano County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare | Title: Shawano County (Wis.). Department of Public Welfare: Old Age Assistance Case Files, 1935-1949
Quantity: 13 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Shawano Series 57 Abstract: Case files #0-58-1 through 0-58-1894 (with many gaps) of individuals receiving old age assistance. Typically included are records of case worker home visits, budgets, certificates authorizing relief, tabulations of relief given, census verification of applicants' age, background information, and correspondence concerning case work. Some files may also include relevant court proceedings, newspaper clippings, and receipts. |
| Shawano County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Shawano County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1852-1888
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes containing 45 volumes) Call Number: Shawano Series 18 Abstract: Annual tax rolls showing name of town, name of owner, legal description of property, number of acres, value of real and personal property, amount of taxes (state, county, local, school, and road tax), total taxes, name of individual who paid taxes, and date taxes paid. |
| Wisconsin. County Court (Shawano County) | Title: Shawano County, Wisconsin, County Court Estate Case Files, 1861-1933
Quantity: 50.0 cubic feet (50 records center cartons) Call Number: Shawano Series 40 Abstract: Documents filed in County Court concerning the settlement of deceased individuals' estates and the filing of wills. Included are petitions, orders, letters of administration, wills, inventories of estates, and additional legal documents. Cases no. 1-2900. |
| Sheboygan County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Sheboygan County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1838-1919
Quantity: 37 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Sheboygan Series 26 Abstract: Documents showing conveyance of real estate, primarily deeds, 1838-1887. Entries show names of persons involved in land transfer, legal description of land, and amount paid. Includes Volumes A-W and 1-56. There is no “Volume J” and Volume 27 is tax deeds only. |
| Sheboygan County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Sheboygan County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor/Grantee Indexes, 1839-1888
Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Sheboygan Series 25 Abstract: Index to Sheboygan County deeds (Sheboygan Series 26) containing names of grantors (sellers) and grantees (purchasers) noted in real estate deeds. Shows date and time the deed was recorded, names of grantor and grantee, type of instrument, description of the property, and volume and page number of the deed record where the instrument is recorded. |
| Sheboygan County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Sheboygan County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls and Assessment Rolls, 1910-2000
Quantity: circa 88.0 c.f. (circa 583 volumes) and 359 sheets of microfiche Call Number: Sheboygan Series 15 Abstract: Tax and assessment rolls for real and personal property. For real property, the rolls show name of owner, land description, assessed valuation, taxes and charges assessed, and amount paid. For personal property, the rolls provide name of owner, type and value of property, amount of taxes and charges assessed, and amount and date paid. Records are present for every fifth year only. |
| Harnick, Sheldon, 1924- | Title: Sheldon Harnick Papers, 1937-1968
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 104AN Abstract: Papers of a lyricist, consisting of correspondence, business records, scripts, production material, and music and lyric manuscripts for seven Broadway musicals. For the highly-acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof (1964) on which Harnick collaborated with Jerry Bock, the collection also includes musical manuscripts for songs not used in the production as well as some legal correspondence relating to motion picture rights. Also well covered are The Apple Tree (1966), She Loves Me (1963) and To Broadway With Love (1964). |
| Stromquist, Shelton, 1943- | Title: Shelton Stromquist Papers, 1963-1978
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 641 Abstract: Papers of Shelton Stromquist, an historian and social activist who was involved with a number of political and social action organizations, including: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1961-1966; the Honeywell Project and the Committee of Returned Volunteers while he was program director for the American Friends Service Committee in Milwaukee, 1968-1970; Indochina Peace Campaign and the New American Movement while at the University of Pittsburgh, 1971-1975; and the Coolee Community Action Program in southwestern Wisconsin, 1975-1978. The collection includes personal notes, writings, and correspondence, as well as printed literature, and is most complete in its documentation of the printed informational materials produced for national distribution. There are also extensive materials relating to the local and regional groups in which Stromquist took an active part, in particular: Pitt Professional Union, American Federation of Teachers; Milwaukee Independent School, Free University, and Independent Learning Center; Citizens for Safe Energy, Gays Mills, Wisconsin; and the Rural Politics Discussion Group, formed by Stromquist to discuss political and social issues of interest to the rural community of southwestern Wisconsin. Stromquist's personal papers include information and working papers for a proposed book on Cuba; notes for talks on imperialism, civil rights, and war and economics; articles written about Cuba; experiences working with the Mississippi Freedom Summer project; and notes organizing a protest of Joseph H. Blatchford's policies as director of the Peace Corps. |
| Traube, Shepard, 1907- | Title: Shepard Traube Papers, 1943-1977
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 185AN Abstract: Papers of Traube, a producer-director for theater and motion pictures, primarily consisting of casting and director's notes; playbills; agreements for two theatrical productions; and correspondence related to planned television, motion picture, and stage productions. Interest in politics and the business aspects of his career are prominent and among his correspondents are Audrey Hepburn, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob K. Javits, Walter Matthau, Edmund Muskie, Joseph Papp, and Nelson A. Rockefeller. |
| Booth, Sherman M., 1812-1904 | Title: Sherman M. Booth Family Papers, 1818-1908
Quantity: 4.0 cubic feet (10 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BB; Micro 145 Abstract: Papers of Sherman Booth, a 19th-century Wisconsin abolitionist agitator, politician, lecturer, and publisher. Includes correspondence concerning Booth family affairs; miscellaneous school and church materials collected by Booth's daughters while living in Connecticut; Civil War soldiers' medical examination records; family diaries; and school notebooks of Lillian May Booth, one of Sherman Booth's daughters. The majority of the collection consists of approximately 3,000 letters. Only about 145 were written by Sherman Booth; the rest concern the family of Adeline P. Corss (mother of the second Mrs. Booth). There are also school and church items which were acquired by Mary Ella and Lillian May in the course of their work; and copies of Booth materials held elsewhere. |
| Sherman Park Community Association 1992 Oral History Project | Title: Sherman Park Community Association 1992 Oral History Project
Records, 1991-1996
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 80 digital files (24.6 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 111 Abstract: Transcripts and audio cassette tapes of interviews conducted as a class oral history project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Sherman Park Community Association formed in 1967 to address concerns about conditions in the neighborhood. The interviews, conducted as part of the Association's 25th anniversary, deal with member's recollections of neighborhood activities and projects, race relations, redlining and real estate companies, home ownership, politics, and school desegregation. |
| Sherman Park Community Association (Milwaukee, Wis.). Office of the Executive Director | Title: Sherman Park Community Association Records, 1971-2002
Quantity: 11.8 cubic ft. (14 boxes) 19 safety film negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 72 Abstract: Records of Milwaukee's oldest and largest neighborhood group which document its involvement in economic and business development, residential improvement and diversification, bringing the arts to Sherman Park, and the effort to prevent the Park West Freeway from being built. The collection contains extensive information about the SPCA's attempts to end practices such as "red lining" (refusal to insure homes in certain neighborhoods) and blockbusting (scaring home owners into selling their homes) which were designed to prevent people of different color, beliefs, or sexual orientation from moving into an area. The records include numerous photographs of the Goblin Parade, a Halloween event for children; protest marches; Kwanzaa celebrations and many more activities. The collection also contains information about City West Arts (a committee of the SPCA dedicated to bringing the arts to the neighborhood), the Sherman Park News, and considerable information about surveys of Sherman Park, including actual surveys, data collection reports, documentation concerning the surveys, and final results. |
| Sherman Park Rainbow Association | Title: Sherman Park Rainbow Association Records, 1993-2002
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 214 Abstract: The Sherman Park Rainbow Association (SPRA) was the first LGBT neighborhood organization in Wisconsin. Information about the formation of the SPRA in 1993 is found in the articles of incorporation, a grant application to the Cream City Foundation, and early newsletters. The newsletters and meeting minutes provide the most comprehensive information about SPRA, although the minutes span only a three-year period. The collection includes scant documentation of SPRA's work with the Sherman Park Community Association and local LGBT organizations. A press release, ca. 2002, describes the end of the organization. |
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Gillett, Sherwin H.; Gillett, Lorin |
Title: Sherwin H. Gillett Papers and Photographs, 1880s-1964 (bulk 1910-1961)
Quantity: 3084 negatives in 30 negative boxes; plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet, 73 prints, and 195 negatives Call Number: PH 3589; PH 2627; WHi(G5); WHi(G51); M85-213 Abstract: Photographs made by Sherwin Gillett, an itinerant photographer who traveled throughout southwestern Wisconsin from 1910 to 1935. His photographs document businesses, celebrations, small town life, disasters, farms, and tourism locations. The collection documents daily life in Wisconsin during the early twentieth century. In particular, it shows how changes, such as the development of the automobile, affected the built environment. |
| Albers, Sheryl K., 1954- | Title: Sheryl K. Albers Papers, 1991-2008 (bulk 2002-2007)
Quantity: 7.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes), 10 photographs, and 1 CD-ROM Call Number: Mss 1051; PH 6576 Abstract: Papers of Sheryl K. Albers, a Republican Representative who served the 50th District representing Reedsburg in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1991 to 2008. Topics covered include pro-life activism, stem-cell research, property taxes and rights, tax rates, criminal justice, and land use. |
| Yamamoto, Shinji | Title: Shinji Yamamoto Collection, 1956, 1959, undated
Quantity: 16 drawings (3 folders) Call Number: PH 6567 Abstract: Blue line architectural drawings collected by Shinji Yamamoto (probably while serving as State Architect of Wisconsin) of the Monona Terrace Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Monona Basin Project by William Wesley Peters. The Monona Terrace Civic Center drawings include plans, elevations, and sections dated December 1, 1956 and February 15, 1959. These are believed to be the most complete set of drawings, either in copy or original, of the February 15, 1959 version of the Terrace. The one drawing for the Monona Basin Project is the development master plan which is undated. |
| Clarke, Shirley, 1927-1997 | Title: Shirley Clarke Papers, circa 1936-1983
Quantity: 9.8 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 16 archives boxes, and 2 packages), 23 tape recordings, and 56 cans of film Call Number: U.S. Mss 145AN; Audio 629A Abstract: Papers of Shirley Clarke, a noted maker of experimental films. Included are personal and professional correspondence, clippings, research and financial material, some production information, and films and audio tapes generated at various stages of the filmmaking process. Best coverage is afforded The Connection (1960) and The Cool World (1963), studies of heroin addiction and life in Harlem. Small files exist on other works including Skyscraper (1959) (an Academy Award-nominated short subject), the Academy Award-winning Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel (1963), Portrait of Jason (1967), and films relating to her early interest in dance. There are also files on her awards, lectures on film and film techniques, and activities in the Filmmakers Distribution Center; general correspondence referring to business and professional matters; and journals and other biographical materials. |
| Krug, Shirley, 1958- | Title: Shirley Krug Papers, 1985-2004
Quantity: 8.2 c.f. (21 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 213 Abstract: Papers of Shirley Krug, a Democratic Assemblywoman from the 12th District (Milwaukee) from 1985 to 2005, consisting of legislative subject files containing background research information, position correspondence with individuals and interest groups, bill and amendment drafts, correspondence with other legislators, memoranda, and reports. Major subjects covered are Children in Need of Protection or Services Reform, Crime Victims Rights Enabling Legislation, Domestic Violence Mandatory Arrest, Lincoln Creek Flood Control, Mental Health Consumer Protection Act, Milwaukee Public Schools Governance Reform, Milwaukee Public Schools Initiative/Chapter 220, Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Prison-Pay-As-You-Go, and Temporary Restraining Order Reform. |
| Shivers, Flora, 1882-1980, collector | Title: Shivers and Revels Family Photographs, 1887-1937 (bulk 1909-1937)
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box) and 0.6 cubic feet of negatives (2 negative boxes) Call Number: PH 6011 Abstract: Copies of photographs collected and originally bound in a photograph album by Flora Shivers of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, dating 1887-1937 (bulk 1909-1937). Photographs primarily document the major families in Hillsboro, including the Shivers, Revels, Roberts, Waldons, and other families. Other images document unidentified and partially identified groups and individuals, as well as local businesses, schools, barns, and several images of George R. Smith College, Sedalia, Missouri, the alma mater of Alga Shivers. |
| Shorewood Players Theater (Wis.) | Title: Shorewood Players Theater Records, 1930-1969
Quantity: 1.1 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and 348 photographs (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 217; PH Milwaukee Mss 217 Abstract: Records of Shorewood Players Theater, a community theater group in Shorewood, Wisconsin, directed by Curt Haensel (1939-1971) which performed annually from autumn through spring. In addition to putting on approximately five performances every season, the Shorewood Players also held an acting clinic for aspiring young performers. Included in the records are playbills, reviews (mainly from the Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel), photographs, writings pertaining to a particular play's background, correspondence, and one scrapbook. |