Frank P. Zeidler Mayoral Records, 1944-1962

Container Title
Series: 5. Gifts, Artifacts, and Iconographic Material, 1948-1960
Scope and Content Note: This series consists of photographs, memberships, audio/visual materials, certificates, and other artifacts. The photographs record the many functions with which the mayor of a city deals. “Condition” photos were sent to Mayor Frank Zeidler to explain some problem, complaint, or investigation around the City. The recorded material contains tapes of meetings and speeches. There is also a greeting by Norman Thomas to the Socialist picnic in 1957. The microfilm contains the mayor’s office scrapbooks. The gifts and artifacts include items such as keys to cities and medals relating to Milwaukee or city government that were presented to Frank Zeidler. An index to the photographs and honors is provided in the appendix below.
Box   190
Audio Material, 1950-1958
Physical Description: 6 audio reels (¼ in.) 
Box   191
Audio Material, 1959, undated
Physical Description: 6 audio reels (¼ in.) 
Box   192
Baseball Memorabilia, tomahawks, bat, ball, (World Series?), 1958-1959, undated
Box   188
Folder   1
Certificates and Honors, 1948-1960
Box   195
Certificates and Honors, 1949-1960
Box   188
Folder   2
Election Ephemera, 1956, undated
Box   191
Film, retirement dinner, 1960
Physical Description: 1 film reel (16 mm) 
Box   190
Fluoridation Comment, 1958
Physical Description: 1 phonograph record (78 rpm) 
Box   195
Keys to Various Cities, 1956-1960, undated
Box   198
Medals and Coins, 1950-1959, undated
Box   192
Membership Cards, 1951-1960, undated
Box   190
Microfilm, Zeidler scrapbooks, 1948-1960
Physical Description: 3 microfilm reels (35 mm) 
Photographs
Box   188
Folder   3-8
general, 1948-1960
Box   189
Folder   1
buildings and aerial views, 1949-1960
Box   189
Folder   2-3
conditions of various places in the City, 1948-1959, undated
Box   189
Folder   4
garbage collection in Vienna, 1950
Box   189
Folder   5
Korean War fund raiser, 1951
Box   189
Folder   6
notable individuals, 1951-1956, undated
Box   195
oversize, 1949-1957
Box   189
Folder   7
portraits of Zeidler, undated
Box   193-194
Plaques, miscellaneous honors from local organizations, 1949-1960, undated
Box   196
Pins, Buttons, and Ribbons, 1948-1959, undated
Box   197
Replica of Spund Hammer, Pabst Blue Ribbon, 1958
Box   197
Scanlon Hall, gavel, 1953
Box   195
Scrapbook, election, 1947-1948
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   189
Folder   8
University of Wisconsin, honorary doctorate, 1958