Helene Stratman-Thomas collection, 1823-1979,  (bulk bulk 1940-1960)

Contents List

Container Title
Series: 1. Meeting Minutes [Action Books], 1934-1991
Scope and Content Note: This series consists of the agendas, meeting minutes, and action reports for meetings of the regular membership, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Committee. The Junior League compiled these in bound volumes named "Action Books," hence the folder titles listed below. Material is absent for the years 1953 and 1970-1971. Files are physically arranged in chronological order, per the original order.
Box   1
Folder   1-16
Action Books, 1934-1949
Box   1
Folder   18-27
Action Books, 1950-1960
Box   1
Folder   29-33
Action Books, 1961-1965
Box   1
Folder   36-37, 40
Action Books, 1966-1968
Box   2
Folder   2-22
Action Books, 1969-1991
Box   1
Folder   34
Committee Memos, 1965
Box   1
Folder   38
Committee Reports, 1967
Box   1
Folder   35, 39
Mailings, 1965, 1967
Box   1
Folder   28
Membership Ballot (Survey), 1960
Box   1
Folder   17
Record of Missing Meeting Minutes, 1953
Box   2
Folder   1
Summary Reports, 1961-1968
Series: 2. Annual Reports, 1916-1997
Scope and Content Note: The annual reports of the Junior League of Milwaukee contain information regarding membership, the constitution and by-laws, committee reports, updates on the PennyWise Shop and on various projects. Also included are guidelines for members and an outline of the organization's administration.
Box   3
Folder   2-12
Annual Reports, 1916-1969
Box   4
Folder   1-24
Annual Reports, 1971-1997
Box   3
Folder   1
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1920-1935
Series: 3. Board of Directors Files, 1957-1996
Scope and Content Note: This series contains the manual of the recording secretary of the executive committee and the manual of the Board of Directors. Also includes position and policy statements, and some presidents' files. This series gives an overview of the administrative functions and the values upheld by the organization.
Box   5
Folder   2-9
Board Manual, 1990-1996
Box   5
Folder   1
Executive Committee Recording Secretary, Manual, 1988-1990
Box   5
Folder   10-11
Position and Policy Statements, 1987-1993
Box   5
Folder   12
President's Files, 1957-1974
Box   5
Folder   13
President's Files, Correspondence, 1957-1973
Box   5
Folder   14
President's Files, "The Milwaukee Junior League Story," 1978-1980
Box   5
Folder   15
President's Files, Unit Meetings, 1976-1982
Series: 4. Committee Files, 1957-1997
Scope and Content Note

The materials in this series document the functions and responsibilities of a few of the many committees in the Junior League of Milwaukee. The Ad Hoc Committee, Focusing for Community Impact, analyzed the organization as a whole to determine if the goal of training volunteers for community improvement had been met. The Advisory Planning Committee examined the administrative workflow through the use of organizational self-assessments, and recommended solutions to problems. The Community Assistance Award Committee decided upon financial grants. The Community Research and Proposal Development (CRPD) Committee filtered potential projects. The Health and Welfare Committee focused work on the issues of the poor and ill in the broader community. The Provisional Committee oriented the new (provisional class) Junior League members and trained members for community involvement. The Trainer's Committee sought an effective means through which to create leaders within the Junior League.

Files contain handbooks, evaluations, surveys, self assessments, and meeting minutes. Note: The "Chronology" in the Provisional Committee records provide historical information on the League dating from 1915 to the mid-20th century.

Box   5
Folder   16-17
Ad Hoc Committee, Focusing for Community Impact, 1990-1993
Box   5
Folder   18-20
Advisory Planning Committee, 1958-1969, 1980-1982, 1988-1989
Box   5
Folder   21
Advisory Planning Committee, Handbook, 1981-1984
Box   5
Folder   22
Advisory Planning Committee, Membership Survey, 1988
Box   5
Folder   23-25
Advisory Planning Committee, Organizational Self Assessment, 1979-1980, 1984, 1989
Box   5
Folder   27-28
Community Assistance Award Committee, Evaluation Handbook, 1987-1990
Box   5
Folder   26
Community Assistance Award Committee, Evaluations, 1987-1997
Box   6
Folder   1
Community Research and Proposal Development (CRPD) Committee, Action Plan and Mailing List, 1991-1992
Box   6
Folder   2
CRPD Committee, Annual Reviews, 1989-1992
Box   6
Folder   3
CRPD Committee, Community Involvement Survey Results, 1992
Box   6
Folder   4
CRPD Committee, Community Issues Forum, 1993
Box   6
Folder   5
CRPD Committee, Community Opportunities, 1988-1989
Box   6
Folder   6
CRPD Committee, Community Opportunities, Application, 1981-1985
Box   6
Folder   7
CRPD Committee, Evaluation Forms and Materials, 1988-1989
Box   6
Folder   8
CRPD Committee, Job Descriptions, 1992
Box   6
Folder   9-11
CRPD Committee, Meeting Minutes and Information, 1987-1990, 1991-1992
Box   6
Folder   12
CRPD Committee, Notebook, 1989
Box   6
Folder   13
CRPD Committee, Project Leads and Contacts, 1990-1992
Box   6
Folder   14
CRPD Committee, Project Turnover, undated
Box   6
Folder   15
Health and Welfare Committee, 1958-1972
Box   6
Folder   18
Provisional Committee, "Chronology" (Historical Information), 1949-1962
Box   6
Folder   16
Provisional Committee, Contract of Commitment, 1980-1986
Box   6
Folder   17
Provisional Committee, Internship Program, 1980-1986
Box   6
Folder   19
Provisional Committee, Letters to Husbands, Fathers, Speakers, and Spouses, 1964-1977
Box   6
Folder   20
Provisional Committee, Letters to Members, 1957-1985
Box   6
Folder   21-22
Provisional Committee, Meeting Minutes, 1977-1984
Box   6
Folder   23
Provisional Committee, Provisional Course Study Task Force, 1976
Box   6
Folder   24
Provisional Committee, Provisional Membership Requirements, 1975-1977
Box   6
Folder   25
Provisional Committee, Provisional Tea, 1964-1982
Box   6
Folder   26
Provisional Committee, Provisional Training Courses, 1975-1982
Box   6
Folder   27
Trainer's Committee, Assertiveness Training Workshop, undated
Box   6
Folder   29
Trainer's Committee, Community Training Program, Meeting Minutes, 1982-1985
Box   6
Folder   30
Trainer's Committee, How to Plan and Design a Workshop, 1981
Box   6
Folder   31
Trainer's Committee, Leadership Development Committee, 1982-1985
Box   6
Folder   32
Trainer's Committee, Leadership Development Course, 1981
Box   6
Folder   28
Trainer's Committee, Meeting Minutes, 1975-1982
Box   6
Folder   33
Trainer's Committee, Resource Development Committee, 1982
Box   6
Folder   34
Trainer's Committee, Resume Workshop, 1984
Box   6
Folder   35
Trainer's Committee, Time Management Workshop, 1981
Series: 5. Photographs, 1930, 1961-1963
Scope and Content Note: This small series consists mainly of unidentified, mounted images from 1963, which appear to be by the photographer Walter Sheffer. Also included are one unidentified photograph from 1961 and a photo of three identified women cleaning the Junior League Club Rooms at the corner of Mason Street and Milwaukee Avenue in 1930. Other photographs can be found in the Scrapbooks series.
Box   20
Folder   1
Club Room on Mason and Milwaukee, 1930
Box   20
Folder   2-20
Photographs taken by Walter Sheffer of Unidentified Event/Project, circa 1963
Box   20
Folder   1
Unidentified Woman and Child, 1961
Series: 6. Programs and Invitations, 1993-1999
Scope and Content Note: This small series is a chronological arrangement of various invitations and programs from the 1990s, for galas, fashion shows, fundraisers, and events.
Box   6
Folder   36-38
Programs and Invitations, 1993-1999
Series: 7. Project Files, 1918-2002
Scope and Content Note: By far the largest series in the collection, these files contain correspondence, meeting minutes, flyers, awards, newspaper clippings, brochures, etc. concerning a wide variety of the community-centric projects undertaken by the Junior League of Milwaukee. A focus on issues facing children, women, the ill, and the disabled is especially prominent in projects chosen and executed by the Junior League. Files on prominent projects such as the Blood Center and Gilda's Club are not included.
Box   7
Folder   2
50th Anniversary Project, 1965
Box   7
Folder   1
53rd Street School Alliance (Partnership Alliance), 1986-1997
Box   7
Folder   3
75th Anniversary Project, 1990
Box   7
Folder   4-5
Advocates for Battered Women, 1978-1981
Box   7
Folder   6
Art-Social Studies Program, 1966-1972
Box   7
Folder   7
Bay View Community Center, 1990
Box   7
Folder   8
Benefit Polo Game, 1957
Box   7
Folder   9
Boerner Botanical Gardens, Children's Programs, 1986-1989
Box   7
Folder   10
Boerner Botanical Gardens, Correspondence and Brochures, 1986-1989
Box   7
Folder   11
Boerner Botanical Gardens, General Information and Meeting Minutes, 1986-1989
Box   7
Folder   12
Boerner Botanical Gardens, Photographs, undated
Box   7
Folder   13
Boerner Botanical Gardens, Project Administration, 1986-1989
Box   7
Folder   14-15
Care Fair, 1994-1997
Box   7
Folder   16
Child Advocacy Survey, 1975-1976
Box   7
Folder   17
Child Sex Abuse Protection, 1982-1987
Box   7
Folder   18
Children's Art Program, 1955-1960
Box   7
Folder   19
Children's Art Program, Report of Milwaukee Art Institute and Manual, 1952-1953
Box   8
Folder   1-3
Children's Theater, 1958-1975, 1965-1976
Box   8
Folder   4-5
Citizen Review Board (Foster Care Review Board), 1982-1991, 1989
Box   8
Folder   6
Community Action Seminar for Women, 1975-1979
Box   8
Folder   7
Community Television Committee, 1967-1974
Box   8
Folder   8
Court Appointed Special Advocates, 1990
Box   8
Folder   9
Curative Rehabilitation, 75th Anniversary, 1993-1994
Box   8
Folder   10
Curative Workshop, 1968-1979
Box   8
Folder   11-13
Curative Workshop, Facilities Improvement Project, 1944-1976, 2001
Box   8
Folder   14
Curative Workshop, Historical Materials, 1935, 1975, 1990, 2002
Box   8
Folder   15
Curative Workshop, Reports, 1971-1975
Box   8
Folder   16
Detention Home, 1962-1967
Box   8
Folder   17
Domestic Violence, 1982
Box   8
Folder   18
Domestic Violence: An All American Crime Film Project, 1980-1983
Box   8
Folder   19
Don't Wait to Vaccinate, 1995
Box   8
Folder   20-22
Early Screening, 1983-1987
Box   8
Folder   23
Experiencing Art, 1974-1977
Box   9
Folder   1-2
Family Center, 1992-1996
Box   9
Folder   3-6
Family Center Committee, 1987-1993, 1992
Box   9
Folder   8-11
Follies, 1938-1955, 1960-1962, 1963-1972
Box   9
Folder   7
Follies, Programs, 1918, 1938
Box   9
Folder   12
Foster Home Finding Service, 1966-1974
Box   9
Folder   13
Fund Development, 1996
Box   9
Folder   14-17
Fund Development, Contracts, 1995, 1996
Box   9
Folder   18
Fund Development Rejections, 1995
Box   9
Folder   19
Furniture Sale, 1984
Box   9
Folder   20
Greater Milwaukee's One on One, 1987-1990
Box   9
Folder   21
Guidebook for the Handicapped, 1966-1976
Box   9
Folder   22-23
Health Education Center, 75th Anniversary Project, 1986-1994
Box   9
Folder   24-25
Health Fair and Health Month, 1986-1990
Box   10
Folder   1-4
Heart Saver and CPR Project, 1974-1979, 1976-1979
Box   10
Folder   5-7
Historic Walker's Point, 1970-1974, 1973-1977
Box   10
Folder   8
Historic Walker's Point, Correspondence, 1970-1978
Box   10
Folder   9
Hospital's Art Cart, 1965-1967
Box   10
Folder   10
Improving Medical Services to Inner City Residents, 1984-1987
Box   10
Folder   11
Interfaith Partner's Program, Banquet Planning, 1992
Box   10
Folder   12
Interfaith Partner's Program, Correspondence, 1992-1993
Box   10
Folder   13
Interfaith Partner's Program, Extras, 1989-1992
Box   10
Folder   14
Interfaith Partner's Program, General Information, 1989-1992
Box   10
Folder   15
Interfaith Partner's Program, General Project Information (Interfaith Bible), 1989-1992
Box   10
Folder   16
Interfaith Partner's Program, Handbook, 1990-1993
Box   10
Folder   17
Interfaith Partner's Program, Job Descriptions, 1991-1992
Box   10
Folder   18
Interfaith Partner's Program, Materials Developed or Purchased, undated
Box   10
Folder   19
Interfaith Partner's Program, Meeting Minutes, 1990-1992
Box   10
Folder   20
Interfaith Partner's Program, Project Proposal and Contract, 1989-1990
Box   10
Folder   21
Interfaith Partner's Program, Recruitment and Public Relations, 1989-1993
Box   10
Folder   22
Interfaith Partner's Program, Update, 1990-1992
Box   10
Folder   23
Junior League Singers, 1974-1977
Box   10
Folder   24
Junior League Singers, Ad Hoc Research Committee, 1975
Box   10
Folder   25
Junior League Singers, Correspondence, 1968-1975
Box   10
Folder   26
Junior League Singers, Meeting Minutes, 1969-1975
Box   10
Folder   27
Junior League Singers, Transition Away from Project (includes Song Book), circa 1975
Box   10
Folder   28
Junior League Singers, Trouping Schedule, 1970-1975
Box   10
Folder   29
La Causa, 1990-1994
Box   10
Folder   30
La Causa, Handbook, 1990-1994
Box   11
Folder   1
La Causa, Training Manual and Photographs, undated
Box   11
Folder   2
META House, 1970-1971
Box   11
Folder   3
Middle School Initiative Project, 1991
Box   11
Folder   4
Milwaukee County Historical Museum, 1965-1968
Box   11
Folder   6
Milwaukee Management Support Organization, 1975-1989
Box   11
Folder   5
Milwaukee Management Support Organization, Community Board Development Project, 1978-1982
Box   11
Folder   7
Milwaukee Public Schools, Middle School Improvement, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 1989-1991
Box   11
Folder   8
Milwaukee River Clean-up, 1990-1994
Box   11
Folder   9-10
Musement Park Project, 1976-1982
Box   11
Folder   11
Music for Youth, 1964-1968
Box   11
Folder   12
Nurturing MPS, 1968, 1991-1995
Box   11
Folder   13
Orientation Center Program, 1960-1972
Box   11
Folder   14-18
Outreach Detention Center, 1970-1978
Box   11
Folder   19
Outreach Detention Center, Impact 2, 1973-1975
Box   11
Folder   20
Outreach Home Detention, 1973-1978
Box   11
Folder   21
Parenting and Life Skills, (PALS) 1984-1987
Box   11
Folder   22
Parents Anonymous, 1975-1978
Box   12
Folder   1
Parents Anonymous, 1975-1979, 1986
Box   12
Folder   2
Penfield Family Development, 1991-1994
Box   12
Folder   3
Penfield Project, 1981-1983
Box   12
Folder   4
Planned Parenthood, 1965-1968
Box   12
Folder   7
Planned Parenthood, Correspondence, 1967-1971
Box   12
Folder   6
Planned Parenthood, General Information, 1968
Box   12
Folder   5
Planned Parenthood, Project Proposal, 1970, undated
Box   12
Folder   8
Planned Parenthood, Review, 1969-1970
Box   12
Folder   9
Poison Control, 1971-1972
Box   12
Folder   10
Poison Control, Correspondence, 1971-1973
Box   12
Folder   11
Poison Control, General Information, 1972, undated
Box   12
Folder   12
Poison Control, Project Committee Minutes, 1971-1972
Box   12
Folder   13
Possible Projects, 1986-1987
Box   12
Folder   14
Preventative Services for the Hearing Impaired, 1982-1984
Box   12
Folder   15
Project Reviews, 1989
Box   12
Folder   16
Puppet Sales, 1958-1960
Box   12
Folder   17
Puppetry Committee, 1961-1970
Box   12
Folder   18
Reading Road, 1994-1995
Box   12
Folder   19-20
Respite Care Project, 1978-1982, 1979-1980
Box   23
Folder  
Rewards Card, Apron, 1996
Box   12
Folder   21
Rewards Card, Contract Information, 1996
Box   12
Folder   22-24
Rewards Card, Participation Agreements, 1995, 1996
Box   12
Folder   25
Rewards Card, Retailers that Declined, 1995-1996
Box   12
Folder   26
Riveredge Nature Center, Annual Review, 1971-1973
Box   12
Folder   27
Riveredge Nature Center, Contract and Articles of Incorporation, 1968-1969
Box   12
Folder   28
Riveredge Nature Center, Correspondence, 1968-1974
Box   12
Folder   29
Riveredge Nature Center, General Information, undated
Box   12
Folder   30
Riveredge Nature Center, Meeting Minutes, 1970-1971
Box   12
Folder   31
Riveredge Nature Center, Project Proposal, 1968
Box   12
Folder   32-33
Second Harvest of Wisconsin, 1985-1991
Box   12
Folder   34
St. Michael's Mental Health Center, Annual Reviews, 1971-1973
Box   12
Folder   35
St. Michael's Mental Health Center, Correspondence, 1971-1974
Box   12
Folder   36
St. Michael's Mental Health Center, General Information, 1970-1972
Box   12
Folder   37
Style Show, 1957-1959
Box   12
Folder   38
Teen Pregnancy Adult Response Campaign, 1987-1989
Box   12
Folder   39
Teen Pregnancy Adult Response Program, Teen Outreach Program Handouts, undated
Box   13
Folder   1-5
Today's Girls, Tomorrow's Women, 1980-1989
Box   13
Folder   6-8
Voluntary Action Center (VAC) Mobile, 1975-1979
Box   13
Folder   9
VAC Mobile, Annual Review, 1976-1978
Box   13
Folder   10
VAC Mobile, Correspondence, 1975-1978
Box   13
Folder   11
VAC Mobile, Meeting Minutes, 1975-1978
Box   13
Folder   12
VAC Mobile, Newspaper Publicity, 1976
Box   13
Folder   13
VAC Mobile, Project Proposal, 1975
Box   13
Folder   14-15
Venereal Disease Education, 1974-1977
Box   13
Folder   16
Venereal Disease Education, Ad Hoc Committee, 1975-1977
Box   13
Folder   17
Venereal Disease Education, Ad Hoc Committee, Meeting Minutes, 1975
Box   13
Folder   18
Venereal Disease Education, Annual Review, 1974-1977
Box   13
Folder   19
Venereal Disease Education, Background Information, 1972-1976
Box   13
Folder   20
Venereal Disease Education, Correspondence, 1973-1976
Box   13
Folder   21
Venereal Disease Education, General Information, 1972-1974
Box   13
Folder   22
Venereal Disease Education, Handout, 1974
Box   13
Folder   23
Venereal Disease Education, Meeting Minutes, 1974-1977
Box   13
Folder   24
Venereal Disease Education, Newspaper Publicity, 1974-1976
Box   13
Folder   25
Venereal Disease Education, Project Proposal, 1976-1977
Box   13
Folder   28
Venereal Disease Education, Questionnaires, 1976, undated
Box   13
Folder   26
Venereal Disease Education, Research Correspondence, 1975-1976
Box   13
Folder   27
Venereal Disease Education, Seminar Evaluations, 1976
Box   13
Folder   29
Venereal Disease Projects, 1974-1978
Box   13
Folder   30
Visiting Friends Service, 1981-1984
Box   14
Folder   1
Visiting Friends Service, 1981-1984
Box   14
Folder   2
Visiting Friends Service, Advisory Committee, 1983-1984
Box   14
Folder   3
Visiting Friends Service, Education and Training Subcommittee, 1980-1982
Box   14
Folder   4
Visiting Friends Service, Evaluation Subcommittee, 1980-1982
Box   14
Folder   5
Visiting Friends Service, Finance, 1981-1983
Box   14
Folder   6-7
Visiting Friends Service, Public Relations Notebook, 1979-1984
Box   14
Folder   8
Visiting Friends Service, Public Relations Subcommittee, 1979-1983
Box   14
Folder   9
Visiting Friends Service, Recruitment and Screening Committee, 1980-1981
Box   14
Folder   10
Visiting Friends Service, Steering and Executive Committee, 1980-1983
Box   14
Folder   13-14
Volunteer Services, 1970-1977, 1973-1974
Box   14
Folder   15
Volunteer Services, AJL (Association of Junior Leagues) Report, 1975
Box   14
Folder   16
Volunteer Services, Annual Reports, 1969-1974
Box   14
Folder   17
Volunteer Services, Annual Reviews, 1968-1974
Box   14
Folder   18
Volunteer Services, Campers Project, 1968-1976
Box   14
Folder   19
Volunteer Services, Contracts, 1967-1974
Box   14
Folder   20-21
Volunteer Services, Correspondence, 1967-1976
Box   14
Folder   22
Volunteer Services, Descriptive Materials, 1968-1971
Box   14
Folder   23
Volunteer Services, Evaluation Subcommittee, 1969-1973
Box   14
Folder   24
Volunteer Services, Financial Reports, 1968-1975
Box   14
Folder   25
Volunteer Services, General Information, 1968-1975
Box   14
Folder   26
Volunteer Services, Parent-Child Education and Home Improvement Programs, 1968-1974
Box   14
Folder   27
Volunteer Services, Project Proposal, 1967
Box   14
Folder   28
Volunteer Services, Senior Center, 1972-1973
Box   14
Folder   11
Volunteers in Preservation Education, 1981-1984
Box   14
Folder   12
Volunteers Intervening for Equity, 1976-1979
Box   14
Folder   29
West Side Family Center, 1990-1992
Box   14
Folder   30
What's My Line?, 1976
Box   14
Folder   31-32
Wisconsin Alliance for Children, 1982-1989
Box   15
Folder   1
Wisconsin Conference on Venereal Diseases, 1977-1978
Box   15
Folder   2-3
Women to Women, 1986-1990
Box   15
Folder   4
Youth Rights Conference, 1975
Series: 8. Public Relations, 1959-1963, 1982, 1999
Scope and Content Note: This series consists of several folders dealing with the development of sustainer members, examples of the Junior League of Milwaukee logo, and the Mayor's Proclamation of PennyWise Retail Shop Day in celebration of the Junior League's 35th anniversary.
Box   15
Folder   5
Junior League of Milwaukee Logo, 1982
Box   15
Folder   6
Mayor's Proclamation, PennyWise Shop Day, 1999
Box   15
Folder   7
Sustainer Membership Establishment Research, 1959-1963
Series: 9. Publications, 1936-1999, 2001
Scope and Content Note: This series includes the internal publications of the Junior League. They provide information ranging from projects and recipe exchanges to administrative concerns.
Box   16
Folder   1
Annual Review, 1982-1985
Box   16
Folder   2
In League, 1991-1999, 2001
Box   16
Folder   3-20
Junior League News, 1936-1954
Box   17
Folder   1-13
Junior League News, 1955-1967
Box   17
Folder   13-20
Potpourri, 1967-1973
Box   18
Folder   1-23
Potpourri, 1974-1990
Box   18
Folder   24-27
Update, 1981-1989
Box   19
Folder   1-10
Update, 1990-1999
Series: 10. Scrapbooks, 1931-1982
Scope and Content Note: This small series contains several subject-specific scrapbooks, including the Children's Theater performances of Annabel Broom and The Patchwork Girl of Oz, the PennyWise Shop, and the School for Research on Language Disorders. Many of these scrapbooks include photographs, flyers, advertisements, and programs. Also included are some compilations of newspaper clippings.
Box   21
Folder   2-3
Children's Theater, 1952-1972, 1973
Box   21
Folder   4
Children's Theater, Annabel Broom, 1973
Box   22
Children's Theater, Annabel Broom, 1973
Box   21
Folder   5
Media Coverage #2, 1981-1982
Box   22
Newspaper Clippings, 1965-1968, 1972-1974
Box   21
Folder   1
The Patchwork Girl of Oz, 1931
Box   22
PennyWise Shop, 1963-1964, 1972-1974
Box   21
Folder   6
School for Research on Language Disorders, 1963-1965