Series: 1. Awards and Biographical Materials, 1974-2015
Scope and Content Note: This series consists of awards that Belden Paulson received throughout his career, as well as autobiographical career summaries and a brief history about the Center for Urban Community Development. A list of academic activities is also included.

Awards and Biographical Materials, 1974-2015

Series: 2. Goals for Greater Milwaukee 2000, 1979-1988
Scope and Content Note: This series documents Paulson's involvement with Goals for Greater Milwaukee 2000. Goals for Greater Milwaukee 2000 began in 1978 when Paulson and other Milwaukee-area leaders implemented a volunteer, community-based citizens' association interested in improving the quality of life in Greater Milwaukee. The group evolved in 1983 into Action for Goals 2000. Paulson's papers reflect activity in planning and implementation, and include records of the Board, the Interim Steering Committee, and the Outreach/Education Committee. The series includes a great variety of inter-filed documents such as correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, memoranda, planning files, reports, and vision statements. Most documents are printed though they include annotated or handwritten notes.

Board and Task Force Planning, circa 1980

Interim Steering Committee, 1980

Kentucky Tomorrow Conference, 1984

Outreach/Education Committee, 1980-1988

Planning Group, 1979-1980

Reports, Publications, and Questionnaire, 1981-1984

Series: 3. High Wind Association and Plymouth Institute, 1980-2015
Scope and Content Note: This series documents Paulson's involvement with the High Wind Association and Plymouth Institute. The Plymouth Institute evolved from the High Wind Association, an eco-friendly community, rural education, and demonstration center after High Wind surpassed its original intention to produce energy rather than consume it. This series includes informational articles, a certificate for environmental achievement, a videocassette, a newsletter entitled "WindWatch", and numerous brochures on programs hosted by the Institute.

Articles About, 1980-2015, undated

Center for Urban Community Development, Consultation Nominations, circa 1988

Certificate of Environmental Achievement, undated

Informative Documents, 1980-2000, undated

Plymouth Institute at High Wind: Creating Models for Sustainability, undated
Physical Description: Videocassette (VHS) 

Program Brochures, 1980-1996, undated

A Project Summary, undated

Publications, 1987, 1995

Rethinking Public Policy, undated

Springledge Eco-Village, 1995-1996

Wilbur, Ken 1996-1997

Windwatch Newsletter, 1981-1983

Series: 4. Milwaukee Public Schools, 1966-1998
Scope and Content Note: This series documents Paulson's involvement in the Milwaukee Public School (MPS) system. Paulson worked towards improvement for the future, and this series consists of several reports on the ongoings of the MPS, formative documents for a Global Learning Center, and school centered projects.

Central City Teacher-Community at Fulton Junior High School, 1966

Educational Specifications Document for Additions and Alterations at Riverside High School, undated

Global Learning Center Formative Documents, 1987, 1995-1998, undated

Multiple Intelligence, 1992

Reports, 1992, undated

The Riverside Education Improvement Project, 1973-1974

Urban Waldorf School, 1991-1999

Series: 5. Teaching Materials, 1964-1999
Scope and Content Note: This series documents Paulson's classes and seminars. Material includes course proposals, syllabi, documents on specific seminars, and course content.

Alternative Futures, Shifting Paradigms, and New Education Seminar, 1986-1987, undated

Assorted Documents, 1980-1997, undated

Course Proposals and Ideas, 1965-1991, undated

Creating Interdependent Sustainable Futures, Seminar, Course Reader, 1990

The Danforth Foundation, Appointment Documents, 1975

Faculty Advisor, United Nations Model Assembly, 1964-1965

Future of Work Tele-Conference, 1984

Global Peace, Alternative Futures, and New Education, 1985-1986

A Living/Learning Adventure in China, 1989

A Meta-Curriculum for the Future, 1982

New Politics Tele-Conference, 1985

New Wind Alliance/Transformative Politics, 1979-1986

Off Campus Program Proposals, 1987-1994

Political Science Syllabi, 1969-1981

Politics of Underdeveloped Areas, 1964-1971

Politics of Urban Conflict Seminar, 1970-1979, undated

Seminar Pamphlets, 1964-1992

Sustainable Futures Learning, 1997-1998

Sustainable Futures Seminar, 1999

University of the Future, Course and Conference, 1979-1981

Series: 6. Topical Files, 1951-2014
Scope and Content Note: This series documents the many and various projects with which Paulson associated himself throughout the years. The earliest project in this series is called the Homeless European Land Program, or HELP, which Paulson started in the early 1950s. HELP began when Paulson worked for 3 years in war-destroyed Naples, Italy; he and others organized a pilot community with Eastern European refugees in Italian post-World War II camps. The series also documents other projects that Paulson founded or participated in, such as the Peace Corps, and nominating his friend and colleague Reuben Harpole for an honorary degree.

Alternative Think-Tank, 1986, 1988, undated

Belden and Lisa Paulson Biographical Video, circa 2000
Physical Description: 1 digital video file (1 hour, 34 min., 20 sec.) 
Scope and Content Note: a brief biography and an interview with Jim Peck after Paulson's book, Odyssey of a Practical Visionary, was published in 2000. The video also includes footage from earlier interviews and appearances by Paulson, as interviewed by Donald Malcolm, Dante Sigismondi, and the crew of "Unsung Hero".

Harpole, Reuben, Biographical Materials and Notes, compiled 1997

Homeless European Land Program, 1951-1960, undated

Peace Corps Training Group, Peru 5, Reunion, 1961-2000, undated

President's Council on Sustainability Development, 1994-1996

Soviet-American Summit, Moscow, 1990

Unsung Hero Excerpt, 2014
Physical Description: 1 digital video file (13 min., 15 sec. ) 
Scope and Content Note: Excerpt from a documentary on the life of Paulson friend and actor Don Murray, who had persuaded Paulson to help resettle refugees in Italy after WWII. While this video focuses on Paulson's Italy work, it also includes a quick survey of his work at the University of Wisconsin, the story of the High Wind community, and his and his wife Lisa's philosophy of life.

UW-Extension Letters of Appointment, 1962-1967

UW-Extension Projects and Documents, 1968-1980, undated

UW-Milwaukee Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, 1986-1987

University of Wisconsin (Madison) Documents, 1969-1974

UWM Peace Studies, 1983-1986, undated

Waukesha County Needs and Services Study, 1973

World Futures Society, Milwaukee Chapter, 2000, 2002

Series: 7. Writings, 1951-2015
Scope and Content Note: This series includes Paulson's topical writings, a small collection of personal correspondence, and a report from a trip to Brazil. In addition, "Statements by Paulson" are written articles and presented speeches.

Articles, 1951-2006, undated

Newspaper Clippings, 1958-1991

Personal Correspondence, 1968-2015

Publications, 1955-2001

Report on Trip to Brazil, undated

Statements by Paulson, 1970-1993, undated

The Renascent Pharaoh, undated