Part 1 (Mss 34, PH Mss 34): Original Collection, 1891-1969
Physical Description: 8.4 c.f. (21 archives boxes) and 3 photographs 
Scope and Content Note

The collection is organized in seven series: general correspondence, administrative file, committees file, sections file, subject file, bound volumes of the proceedings of WLA annual meetings, and scrapbooks.

The GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE is arranged chronologically by month and includes correspondence and related materials pertaining to widely varying aspects of WLA activities.

The ADMINISTRATIVE FILE includes correspondence and related materials generated by WLA presidents, secretaries, and other officers. It also includes minutes of WLA executive board meetings.

The COMMITTEES FILE includes correspondence, reports, and related materials generated by and pertaining to the various standing committees. The standing committees provide the organizational vehicles for most WLA activities. The committees file is arranged alphabetically by committee name and chronologically by month within committee folders.

The SECTIONS FILE includes correspondence, reports, and related material generated by or pertaining to the various WLA sections. The sections are organized according to areas of work or specialization and provide an opportunity for an exchange of information and discussion of problems and developments of interest to librarians working in such specialized areas as public schools, colleges or universities, children's literature, public libraries, reference, or cataloging. The sections file is arranged alphabetically by section name and chronologically within section folders.

The SUBJECT FILE includes correspondence and miscellaneous material relating to WLA conventions and conferences, finances, national library week, and a number of other subjects. Comprising nine boxes, it constitutes the largest series in the collection. It is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically with subjects.

The PROCEEDINGS of WLA Annual Meetings (1891-1938) consist of twenty-four bound volumes of varied materials related to WLA annual meetings.

The SCRAPBOOKS contain miscellaneous clippings and ephemera relating to WLA activities in 1941 and 1962.

The collection has retained much the same organizational form that was utilized by WLA officers; however, a number of exceptions should be noted. The files of the Committee on Finance were placed under the category “finance” in the subject file as were the treasurer's reports. The WLA Newsletter files include many lacunae. The researcher should note that similar material may be found in the files of the Legislative Committee and also under “library development and legislation.”

Series: General Correspondence

1911-1919

1924-1930

1931, January - 1932, May

1932, June-October and 1935

1940-1955

1956-1961

1962-1963

1963-1969, undated

Series: Administrative File: Correspondence and Related Materials

President, 1949-1966

Secretary, 1950s-1961

Correspondence of Officers, 1955-1957, 1959, 1961-1964

Executive Board, Minutes and Related Materials

1932, 1939-1953

1954-1955, 1958-1963

1964-1968

Series: Committees File: Correspondence, Reports, and Related Materials

Adult Education, 1940-1961

Archives, 1963-1965

Awards and Honors

1953-1957

1958-1966

Photographs

Citation of Trustees, 1952-1954

Constitution and by-laws, 1928-1968

Convention Planning

1941, 1946-1959

1960-1964

Exhibits, 1940-1960

Great Books, 1949

Hospitals, Institutions, and Public Libraries Cooperation, 1941, 1960-1963

Inexpensive Materials, 1955

Intellectual Freedom, Correspondence and Reports

1949-1951, 1960-1963, September

1963, October - 1969

Joint Certification (Formerly Civil Service), 1939-1965

Joint Education, Correspondence, Minutes, and Reports, 1956-1957, 1960-1966

Joint Extension Committee-Reports, 1949-1951

Library Development and Legislation

1940, 1959-1962

1963-1966

Library Survey Action, 1960

Manual Revision, 1962-1963

Membership - Correspondence and Reports, 1932-1966, undated

Nominating, 1957-1966

Personnel and Professional Problems (Formerly Salaries and Personnel)

1940, 1956-1960

1961-1964

Publicity, 1940-1941, 1949-1950

Public Relations

1940, 1956-1961

1962-1964

Public School Relations, 1960-1961

Radio and T.V., 1955

Recruitment, 1964-1965

Resolutions, 1941, 1951, 1957, 1961-1964

Ritter Fund, 1944

Scholarships and Loans

1940-1960

1961-1966

Senior Citizens, 1956-1963

Wisconsin State Guide, 1939-1940

Series: Sections File: Correspondence, Reports, and Related Materials

Adult Services (Formerly Adult Education Committee), 1961-1966

Cataloging (Technical Services), 1952-1966

Children and Young People's Services, 1952, 1957-1966

Colleges and Universities, 1957-1964

County Libraries, 1941, 1950-1961

Public Library, 1962-1965

References, 1941, 1950-1965

School Library, 1962-1966

Committees and Sections Miscellany, 1940-1966

Series: Subject File

American Library Association (ALA)

Federal Coordinator, 1947, 1949-1950, 1952, 1962-1963, 1966

Councilor-Reports, 1950-1966

Midwest Regional Conference

1947

1948-1950, 1962

American Book Publishers Council Resolution, 1960

Catholic Library Association, Wisconsin Unit, 1962

Conventions

Tri-State Conference, 1962-1963

1923, 1940-1942

1943-1946

1947

1948-1949

1950-1951

1952-1953

1954

1955

1956

1957-1960

1961

1962, 1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

“Books Around The Globe Discussions,” 1960

Convention Exhibitors, 1951-1959

Convention Programs, 1944-1952

District Meetings - Correspondence

1955-1957

1958-1960

1960-1961

1962-1964

Finance

1906-1924

1925-1937

1938-1957

1958-1961

1962-1968

Friends of Wisconsin Libraries, 1962-1964

Governor's Conference of Library Boardmembers, 1962

Legislation - Correspondence

1943-1949, March

1949, April-August

1951-1953

1955-1957

Legislation (Obscene Materials), 1965-1967

Membership Lists

(1908?)-1946

1947-1961

National Library Week

1959

1960

1961

Reports from Wisconsin Libraries, 1961

1962

Reports from Wisconsin Libraries, 1962

1963

1964, 1965, 1966

Organization Manuals, 1954, 1963, (1965?)

Other Organizations - Correspondence, 1959-1960

Public Library Management - Ninth Institute, 1962-1963

Representation at Other Meetings and Affairs, 1956-1957

Rock River Valley Library Association

1938-1959

1960-1965

Sponsoring Agency, 1960-1961

Wisconsin Free Library Commission

1948-1962

Public School Relationship Institute, 1960-1961

Wisconsin Guide, 1939-1940

Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1954-1963

Wisconsin Library Trustees Association, 1956-1964

WLA Newsletter

1942-1953, 1961

1963-1965

Series: Proceedings of WLA Annual Meetings

1891-1911
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of conferences, 1891, 1894, 1895, 1898 (Interstate), 1899, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1905; clippings describing meetings and matters discussed - need for libraries, et cetera; correspondence regarding Free Traveling Libraries; register of attendance, 1899, 1900, 1905, 1911; thank-you letters, requests for funds; minutes of meetings, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, October 1909 (clipping); Wisconsin Library Bulletin, February 1911; records of receipts and membership, 1891-1896.

1912
Scope and Content Note: Includes invitation to 1912 meeting; constitution of Wisconsin State Library Association; “Books to Read for Pleasure,” Mary Emogene Hazeltine; program - “Plays for an Irish Theater”; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, February 1912; “Teaching Library Methods in Normal Schools,” Louise F. Encking; “Librarian's Tools and Library Literature”; “Relation of the Library to the Transient,” Harriet Allen; “The Library and the Rural Community,” Kate M. Potter; “The Library and Its Branches,” Mary J. Calkins; “How May Children's Reading Be Guided,” Nellie M. Meyers correspondence regarding paper not given; “Methods of Reaching Children Through the School,” Martha E. Dunn; minutes of 1912 meeting and register of attendance.

1913
Scope and Content Note: Includes invitation; constitution; Round Table: Books That Are “As Interesting as a Novel”; “The Relationship of the Music Student to the Public Library”; “Increasing Human Efficiency in Business,” Professor Walter Dill Scott; “Books on Industrial Efficiency,” W.E. Curtis; “Possibilities of Work for Children in a Small Library,” Martha E. Dunn; program for dramatic reading; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, April 1913; register of attendance and resolutions, 1913.

1914
Scope and Content Note: Includes 1914 announcement, constitution, minutes of business session; “Graded Lists of Children's Books: The Use of Such Lists by the Teacher with the Pupil,” Minnie Olive Hill; “Lists of Children's Books,” Marion Humble; “Non-Fiction Reading. How to Increase It?” Julia Rupp; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, October 1914; The Library Journal, September 1914; registration and resolutions, 1914.

1916-1917
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of Executive Board Meeting, WLA, April 1917; invitation, 1917; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1917; committees appointed, 1917; correspondence: greetings from Iowa City Library Association, planning conference with Wisconsin Free Library Commission regarding funds; announcements, 1916 meeting; Round Table for Trustees and Librarians; Round Table: The Library's opportunity as seen by the educator; Round Table for Librarians of schools and colleges; Round Table for Librarians of public libraries; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1916; newspaper clippings about meeting, 1917.

1918-1919
Scope and Content Note: Includes announcement, 1918 meeting; Round Table for Larger Libraries; Round Table for Smaller Libraries; Round Table for Children's Libraries; Round Table: School Libraries Section; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1918; constitution, by-laws, amendments, attendance register, 1918; Report of Executive Board Meeting, WLA, May 1918; meeting of Executive Committee, May 1919; announcement, minutes, attendance register, 1919 meeting; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1919.

1920
Scope and Content Note: Proceedings now called “Wisconsin Library Association Report.” Includes minutes of Executive Meetings and the Annual Meeting, 1920; program, announcements; report of committee on County Libraries; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1920; “Teacher Librarians”; Report of Committee on Certification; Administrative Problems of Wisconsin Libraries; Trustees Section, Colleges and Normal School Libraries; minutes of Annual Business Meeting; attendance register; correspondence: thanks to Charles McLenegan; newspaper clippings about meeting.

1921
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of Executive Meeting, 1921; announcement, minutes of annual Meeting, 1921, minutes of business Meeting, 1921; Round Tables: Administrative Problems, School Libraries Section, Trustees' Section; financial statement of WLA, November 1920 - November 1921; membership list; newspaper clippings; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1921.

1922
Scope and Content Note: Includes program, 1922 meeting; minutes of annual meeting: County Library progress, La Crosse County campaign; Round Table on Professional Problems; Round Table on Libraries and Schools; “Outstanding Books of Non-Fiction” October 1921 - October 1922; Business Meeting, minutes; correspondence with American Library Association regarding organization; “Making the Community Conscious of Its Library”; “Can the Banker Help the Librarian?”; “The Library in the Small Community”; financial statement, December 1921 - December 1922, list of exhibits; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1922; Role Call on Publicity: correspondence with individual libraries regarding publicity; accomplishments of the year 1922; Role Call of Books: correspondence with individual libraries regarding most popular books of year; newspaper clippings.

1923-1924
Scope and Content Note: Includes Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1923; correspondence with Wisconsin Free Library Commission, WLA financial statement, 1923, enclosed; Address of Welcome, 1923 Meeting; newspaper clippings; Minutes of Executive Committee, 1923; Annual Meeting, 1924: minutes of business meetings, resolutions, program; “The Public Library and the University Extension”; “Knowing the Community By Sample”; Suggestions by Dr. Dallas Lore Sharp; report of committee conducting Library Survey; “The Librarian Listens In”; “Adult Education”; Treasurer's Report, 1924; correspondence: inviting trustees to become WLA members; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, July 1924; program, 1923 Meeting; congratulatory telegram from trustees.

1925
Scope and Content Note: Includes invitation to Meeting; minutes of Executive Committee, tentative program, letters to trustees and librarians urging attendance, official program; minutes of Annual Meeting; “Relation of the Public Library to the Public School”; “Interesting Books of the Fall - 1925”; “Outstanding Books October 1924 - July 1925”; minutes of Business Meeting; Resolution of the interim Committee on Administrations and Taxation Requesting the Cooperation of “All organizations which Are Interested in the Problems Assigned to This Committee”; “Resolution of the 1925 Legislative Relating to An Interim Legislative Committee To Investigate Government Administration and Taxation”; Treasurer's Report, 1925; “The Rural School”; “Library Work in the Grade Schools”; “Some Solutions of Libraries in Grade Schools in Kenosha”; Larger Libraries - Group Meeting; Smaller Libraries - Group Meeting; questionnaire and 55 answers; attendance list, list of exhibits; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1925; newspaper clippings on October 1925 Meeting; correspondence: telegrams from ALA regarding Meeting; invitation from Kenosha to hold Annual Meeting; letter from Wisconsin Legislative Interim Committee regarding resolution.

1926
Scope and Content Note: Includes correspondence: Ada McCarthy and Lilly Borrenson regarding why the former not at meeting, 1926; Minutes of Executive Committee; official program, 1926 Meeting; minutes of annual meeting: “Community Tongs”; “The Next Step in American Progress”; “How Far Have We Come: Where Are We Now?”; “Adult Education”; “The Art of Reading: Some suggestions of a Book Lover”; minutes of Business Meeting; Treasurer's Report, 1926; Report of Certification Committee and statistics prepared by them; correspondence: invitation from Green Bay to hold Meeting; correspondence: invitation from Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce (telegram); correspondence: invitation from Racine Chamber of Commerce (telegram); Miss Borreson's Account of Attempts Made by WLA Committee to Cooperate with the Legislative Interim Committee on Administration and Taxation and correspondence on this subject: Borreson, McCarthy, Dudgeon, Corson, Max Heck (chairman - Interim Committee).

1927
Scope and Content Note: Includes Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1927; official program, 1927 Meeting; minutes of first (Fond du Lac) and second (Milwaukee) executive and third (Waupun) board meetings, 1927; correspondence: letter of condolence; minutes of annual Meeting; treasurer's report, 1927; Report of the Certification Committee; correspondence: invitation from Milwaukee mayor and chamber of commerce resolutions; Round Tables: Larger Libraries Section, correspondence regarding absence of children's libraries section, School Libraries Section; correspondence giving report of trustees' meeting, giving life membership; Outstanding Books for Wisconsin Libraries, October 1926 - October 1927; “Wisconsin's Own Bookshelf”; registration (attendance), correspondence regarding registration lists.

1928
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of executive committee, tentative program, letter to members of Wisconsin Library Boards, statement of Resolution Committee (thanks); Annual Meeting, 1928: photo, official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1928; Report of the Certification Committee and Statistic sheets prepared by them; Outstanding Books for Wisconsin Libraries, October 1927 - October 1928; Selected List of Children's Books of 1927-1928; Better business books of 1928; A Few Reference books, correspondence regarding reference list; song sheet; correspondence: invitation from Wausau Chamber of Commerce, honoring retiring librarian, giving report; memo on adult Education Meeting; Round Tables: Large Libraries, mall Libraries, work with Children, Hospital Libraries (correspondence regarding), School Libraries (correspondence); correspondence: thanks to hotel, et cetera for Meeting; newspaper clippings; proof for report in Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1928; constitution, by-laws, and amendments; registration.

1929
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive committee Meeting minutes, preliminary program; correspondence: forwarding information, invitation by Wisconsin Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Watertown, membership inquiries; Annual Meeting: program minutes; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1929; Business Meeting - minutes; newspaper clippings; registration; Report of Resolution Committee: correspondence thanking Wausau, information on Wausau.

1930
Scope and Content Note: Includes North Central Library Conference, 1930: tentative program, program, Minnesota Department of Education Library Notes and News, Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1930; WLA Resolutions Committee, information on St. Paul, newspaper clippings; telegram (greetings) from 1st Wisconsin National bank; suggested resolution and correspondence regarding George Washington Bicentennial; correspondence: invitation from Milwaukee mayor and chamber of commerce; pamphlets from Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and Convention Bureau; registration.

1931
Scope and Content Note: Includes constitution, by-laws; minutes of executive board Meeting; Annual Meeting: tentative program, correspondence urging attendance, official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, December 1931; correspondence: with Lew Sarrett regarding speech, WLA reports to Historical Society, George Washington Bicentennial, request for WLA surveys, invitations from Appleton; newspaper clippings; registration.

1932
Scope and Content Note: Now called “Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the WLA” Includes executive board Meeting minutes, 1932 treasurer's report, official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1932; WLA Scholarship Book Auction; Registration; correspondence: request for proceedings, forwarding WLA reports to Historical Society, dates for 1933 meetings, memorial, with ALA regarding meetings, payment for speech.

1933
Scope and Content Note: Now called “WLA Report” again. Includes executive board Meeting minutes; preliminary announcements, correspondence urging attendance; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1933; Registration; invitations for 1931 Meeting: Superior, Milwaukee; Milwwaukee Convention Bureau pamphlets; correspondence with ALA regarding statements on Increased Demand for Library Service and Reduction of Public Expenditures, Citizens' Councils for a Constructive Economy; correspondence: notification of new secretary, forwarding to Historical Society.

1934
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive board meetings, minutes, 1934; preliminary notices of Annual Meeting, program; convention headquarters: pamphlet on New Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee; official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November-December 1934; Outstanding Books for Public Library Use, October 1933 - October 1934; program for play: “The Beacon”; correspondence regarding new officers; invitation from Superior for 1935 Meeting; registration; correspondence with ALA: regarding 1936 Meeting, contributing membership; correspondence regarding memorial, Milwaukee County Community Fund, greetings from Iowa Library Association, Catalogers' Group of ALA, greetings to WLA founders, clippings from Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, WLA banquet favors; newspaper clippings.

1935
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive board Meeting minutes, 1935 Treasurer's Report; official program; newspaper clippings; “Library Service in 1945?”; supplement to Wisconsin Library Bulletin, March, 1936; newspaper clippings; registration; correspondence regarding Meeting attendance, invitations from Stevens Point, Green Bay, Milwaukee, resolutions thanking Superior resolutions honoring individual librarians, library boards, donors; “A State Library Program”; correspondence: Superior Association of Commerce, pamphlets on Superior; correspondence: invitations from Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, Journal, Sentinel, Public Library.

1936
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive board meetings - minutes; preliminary notices of Meeting, program; convention headquarters: photos of New Pfister hotel, brochure, correspondence with New Pfister regarding arrangements; newspaper clippings; supplement to Wisconsin Library Bulletin, February 1937; Report of WLA Nominating Committee; 1936 Treasurer's Report; Outstanding books for Public Libraries, 1935-1936; report of Reference Section; Revision of the Constitution Committee; invitations from Green Bay, Milwaukee, Madison; registration; correspondence: invitations to speak, with ALA regarding Federal Relations Committee, regarding meeting site, regarding convention badges, with Milwaukee Association of Commerce regarding registration and forwarding clippings; list of people to whom programs were sent.

1937
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of executive board meetings; Annual Meeting official program; greetings from Minnesota Association of Hospital, Medical and Institution Librarians; convention headquarters: pictures, information sheets on Madison; registration; newspaper clippings; supplement to Wisconsin Library Bulletin, April 1938; correspondence: invitations from Madison mayor, Free Library, Chamber of Commerce, Eau Claire regarding convention badges; Selected Bibliography on Personality Problems.

1938
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of executive board meetings; Annual Meeting official program; greetings from individuals, Milwaukee Chapter of Special Libraries Association; Outstanding Books for Public Libraries, 1937-1938; Special Committee on State Aid for Libraries - Report: first draft of a bill, statistics; Treasurer's Report, 1938, Tentative Report, Scholarship Section, 1938; registration; correspondence invitations from Milwaukee, brochure from Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, resolutions thanking hotel, Convention Bureau, invitation from Rhinelander; Scholarship Book Auction; resolutions regarding Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Wisconsin Library School; correspondence regarding above resolution; resolutions honoring individual librarians, libraries, donors and related correspondence; petition from members regarding student preparation; newspaper clippings; official program, 1928 Annual Meeting; 1928 Report of the Certification Committee.

Series: Scrapbooks

1941, February-October

1962

Part 2 (M2005-085, Audio 454A): Additions, 1922-1997
Physical Description: 38.8 c.f. (38 record center cartons, 1 multi-media kit, and 1 flat box), 55 sheets of microfiche (1 negative box), 0.4 c.f. of photographs and transparencies (1 archives box), and 16 audio recordings 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1922-1997, consisting of administrative and presidents' files, convention and conference files, and files of divisions, sections, roundtables, and committees. Files include correspondence, memoranda, publications, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, minutes, annual reports, financial records, directories, clippings, organization manuals, scrapbooks, microfiche, audio recordings, and photographs.

Series: Historical Information

“Historical information,” 1931-1941

Constitution and by-laws

Series: Board of Directors

Index to minutes, 1986-1989

Meetings

1954-1983

1984-1991

1992-1997

Executive Board, 1950-1989

Series: Special Representatives

ALA Councilor, 1963-1989

ALA federal relations, 1988-1996

Government affairs advisor, 1990-1996

Legislative representative, 1969

Library career consultant

Wisconsin library career specialist

WLA legislative advocate [including legislative bills]

Mailings to Legislative Network, 1981

Responses from congressmen, 1981

Legislators correspondence, 1981

Agenda, minutes, miscellaneous, 1983

Responses to letters, 1983

Network lists, 1983

Correspondence to Governor and Legislature, 1985

Letters on censorship bill, 1990

Study of Administrative Value and Efficiency, 1995

General material and correspondence, 1981-1996

Legislative Advocate, 1982-1996

Library laws revision, 1970

Senate Bill 47, 1971

Legislative Network

Assembly Bill 20, 1979

Senate Bill 31, 1983-1985

Senate Bills 114 and 256, 1984

Expand authority of counties, 1985

Correspondence to network, 1985

Correspondence from legislators, Governors to network, 1985

Correspondence from Legislative Network

Campaign finance registration statement, 1985

Senate education executive session, 1985

Joint Finance testimony, 1985

Assembly education, 1985

Testimony, 1985-1986

Joint finance education study group, 1985-1987

Legislation, 1987

Special Committee on Library Laws, Wisconsin Legislative Council, 1978

Series: Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings

Annual, 1922, 1931, 1934, 1936-1939, 1946-1984

Annual, 1985-1997

District meetings, 1959-1979

Leadership Training, 1977-1997

Legislative Workshop, 1973

Southeast Regional Library, 1969

Tri-State Regional Library (Wisconsin-Iowa-Minnesota), 1962

Upper Midwest Regional Library, 1947

ALA Conference, Milwaukee, 1942

Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services, 1978

Series: Administrative Records

Administrator

Bonnie Lynne Robinson

Annual reports, 1980-1981

Budgets

Correspondence, 1977-1981

AV manual (cataloging, processing, administration)

Media skills guide, 1979

Publications

Ad hoc committee, 1980-1981

Financial statements

Miscellany

Vita sheets

Work Experience Program

Faith Miracle

General, 1984-1987

Board of Directors

Council on Library and Network Development

Complimentary file, 1981-1988

Correspondence, 1980-1988

Executive director [resignation], 1989

Wisconsin Library Foundation-financial

ALA Freedom to Read Foundation

Intellectual freedom and censorship, general, 1982-1987

WLA legal counselor

Legislative Day, 1981-1988

Legislative Network, 1978-1988

Let's Talk About It, I and II/Sense of Place grants

Membership/general

Membership services

Office study committee

Press releases

WLA publications, general

Special Libraries Association

Speedata

Think metric-CYASS

Time management

Unit publications study, 1987-1988

Wisconsin Arts Board project, 1986-1987

Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters-lease

Wisconsin Humanities Committee

Executive director Larry J. Martin

American Players Theatre, 1995-1996

Brewers outing, 1990-1994

Chapter-a-Day, Wisconsin Public Radio, 1989-1991

Correspondence, 1990-1996

Council of Wisconsin Libraries public relations committee, 1995-1996

Dues increase campaign, 1992-1993

Executive director position, 1987-1990

Officer exit interviews, 1990-1997

Fiscal plan, 1992-1997

Freedom to Read Foundation, 1990-1994

Friends of Wisconsin Libraries, 1992-1996

New headquarters, 1989-1990

Library visits, 1990-1991

Legislative bills, 1991-1994

Membership summaries, 1982-1996

Office meeting calendars, 1991-1993

Personnel [committee], 1993-1995

Position descriptions

Paraprofessional roundtable, formation of, 1990

Staff meetings, 1992-1995

Staff time studies, 1991

Telecommunications, 1994

Trust, checking, and investment accounts, 1987-1994

Unit viability, 1994

Wisconsin Educational Media Association, 1990-1994

White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services steering committee, 1990-1991

Administrative secretary Elizabeth Bohmrich

Administrative secretary description, 1977

ALA, 1969-1972

CATV [cable television], 1971-1975

Committees, 1973-1975

Correspondence, 1969-1977

Fall conferences [section business minutes], 1969-1971

Council of Library Association Executives, 1970-1975

General, 1958-1965

Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1959-1975

Life members, 1953-1978

Press releases, 1972-1978

Public records law, 1982

Administrative secretary position, 1967-1975

Wisconsin State Documents Depository advisory committee, 1976

Governor's Commission on the U.N., 1972

Secretary Charlotte Knight, 1957-1958

Series: Officers

Presidents

Seebach, Edel E. (1944-1945), 1945-1947

Deale, H. Vale (1959-1960), 1959-1973

Blackshear, Orrilla (1959-1960), 1959-1960

Hoyt, Beryl E. (1964-1965)

Correspondence, 1964-1965

General, 1964-1965

New [library] building referenda, 1965

“Kellogg Kronicle,” Kellogg Public Library, Green Bay, 1964-1965

Ideas census

Annual report

ALA Midwinter Meeting, legislative conference

Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 1961-1962, 1965

Somers, Gerald (1965-1966), 1964-1966

Schwab, Bernard (1966-1967)

Knight, Charlotte (1967-1968)

Fuller, Muriel (1968-1969)

Adult services section, 1964-1969

Division for Library Services Advisory Council on Library Development

ALA federal coordinator

Annual reports

Awards and honors

Budget

Bulletin

Conference planning

Children and young people

College and university section

Committee on International Exchange of Librarians

Committee on WLA Operations

Correspondence, 1966-1970

Council of Library and Media Oriented Groups, 1968-1973

District meetings, 1967-1969

Executive Board, 1965-1968

Governor's Conference on Children and Youth, 1969

Governor's Conference on Libraries

Historian, 1968

Intellectual freedom

Joint Committee on Education in Wisconsin, 1968-1969

Legislature

Library career consultant, 1966-1968

Library career specialist Gloria Waity

Library development and legislation committee, 1966-1969

Library education

Membership, 1967-1969

National Library Week, 1969

News clippings

Organization and by-laws

Past president

Personnel and professional problems

Public library subcommittee, December 7, 1967

Public relations

Public relations committee, 1964-1965

Publications

Recruitment, 1966-1969

Recruitment workshops

Organization of roundtable

Roundtable on hospital and institutional libraries

Scholarship

Sections--general information

Special representatives

Technical services

Treasurer's reports

Vice-president

School library

White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1969-1970

Wisconsin Library Trustees Association, 1969

Personal, 1978

Davis, Sally (1969-1970)

Academic Librarians Division

Committee on Appointments

Conference Planning Committee

Correspondence

Executive Board

Executive Board meeting, June 1970

Neds, Nolan (1970-1971)

Academic Library Division

Administrative secretary

WLA-ALA

Annual conference

Board agenda file

Budget

Committees

Correspondence, 1965-1971

Federal relations coordinator

Council on Library Development

Governor's Commission on Education

Joint Committee on Education

Media roundtable

Membership

Kellett Commission

Midwest Library Conference and annual conference

National Library Week

President's Council on Reading

Public relations committee, 1965-1971

Senate Bill 47

Technical services section, William J. Jambrek

Wisconsin Library Trustees Association

District meetings, 1969-1971

Dietz, Paul (1971-1972)

Conference, 1973

Correspondence

Bunge, Charles (1972-1973)

Administrative secretary, 1972-1977

Annual conference

Appointments committee

Committee on organization, 1972-1975

President's general correspondence

Council of Wisconsin Librarians, 1971-1978

Executive Board, 1972-1978

Faculty status for academic librarians, 1973-1975

Intellectual freedom procedures

Intellectual freedom committee

Interim committee on literary awards

Legislative workshop, September 1973

Miscellany

Publicity

Spring meetings

Vice-presidency

Kalvonjian, Araxie (1973-1974)

Board Meetings

Correspondence

General

V.P.

Kunert, Richard (1974-1975)

General

Freedom to Read Foundation

International Book Year Relations

Bassett, Wayne (1975-1976)

Markowetz, Marianna (1977-1978)

Shires, Leslyn (1979)

Correspondence

DPI

Hernandez, Ray (1980)

Board

Conference

Correspondence

Jax, John (1981)

Board

Budget

Stanton, Vida (1982)

Bradbury, Dan (1983)

What Reading Lately?

General

Ribbens, Dennis (1984)

Board correspondence, 1984

WAAL

Executive Board, 1972-1973

Task force on library instruction, 1972-1973

Spring conference, 1973

Committee on library cooperation, 1972-1973

Standards for academic libraries committees, 1972-1973

Committee on academic status, 1972-1973

Membership committee, 1972-1973

Acquisitions in small academic libraries, Whitewater

Serials librarianship workshop, Alverno College, 1973

Workshops, 1972-1973

Robbins-Carter, Jane (1986)

Rothe, Kurt (1990)

Treasurer

Audits, 1956-1996

Budget, 1957-1987

Chart of accounts computer programs, 1985-1986

Correspondence, 1955-1966

Cost analysis, 1971-1972

LSCA funds, 1968-1969

LSCA grants, 1966

Membership lists, 1951-1966

Tax exempt status, 1956-1970

Tax returns, 1981-1982

Tax status, 1987-1995

Reports, 1947-1951

General, 1953-1985

Financial, 1955

Wisconsin Library Bulletin cost statements, 1959-1962

Ledger, 1959-1965

Series: Divisions

Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians (AWSL)

By-laws, 1986-1992

Directory, 1990

General, 1985-1996

Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries (WAAL)

Publications

WAAL Newsletter, 1984-1996

WAAL Directory, 1975-1985

Academic Library Instruction Programs, 1975, 1979

Bibliography of Publications, 1988

Brochures

Library Instruction News Communiqué (L.I.N.C.), 1973-1979

Membership Handbook, 1985

Micro Software Directory, 1984-1985

Minimum Library Use Skills, 1984-1989

Procedural manual, 1986, 1992

Papers and proceedings, Spring meeting, 1984

Executive Board, 1974-1996

Executive Committee, 1971-1978

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Academic status proposal, ALA statement on intellectual freedom and tenure, 1970-1971

Chapter status, 1974-1975

Committees and task forces

General, 1979, 1991

Academic status, 1971-1976

Archives, 1990

Conference planning, 1973-1974

Education in library use, 1976-1984

Instruction task force, 1973-1975

Library cooperation, 1971-1973 (became Library development and legislation)

Library development and legislation (LD&L), 1974-1979

Membership, 1973-1977

Membership survey, 1979

Professional development, 1984-1990

Publicity task force, 1973-1975

Standards for college libraries, 1971-1974

Workshop, 1973-1974

Correspondence, 1974-1979

Hegis Report, 1986

Conferences, workshops

1971-1989

1993-1996

General, 1969-1996

Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians (WAPL)

Communiqué newsletter

Salary and fringe benefits surveys, 1981-1990

By-laws, 1976-1978

Handbook, 1986-1996

Executive Board, 1973-1996

Committees

Brochure, 1971-1974

Goals and priorities, 1971-1974

Interlibrary resource sharing, 1977

Model recognition system, joint committee, 1977-1978

Personnel and professional problems, 1972-1975

Small public library, 1978-1995

Council of Wisconsin Librarians, 1977-1979

Grant-Wisconsin Humanities Committee, 1980

Legislative policies, 1974

Library administrator's forum, 1975-1979

“Position Classifications,” 1976-1979

General, 1970-1996

Wisconsin Association of School Librarians (WASL), 1960-1996

Publications

Communiqué newsletter, 1972-1976

WASL Newsletter, 1991-1996

“One-stop shopping: organizing media for accessibility (Kit),” 1975

Minutes [board, executive committee, annual, steering committee], 1967-1976, 1986, 1989-1996

President's files

1968-1969

1970-1975

WASL-WAVA joint conference committee, 1974-1975

General, 1960-1976, 1986-1996

Wisconsin Library Trustees Association (WLTA)

Publications

By-laws

Minutes

1964-1985

1986-1996

Secretary-treasurer Mary Mullenbach files, 1983-1985

General, 1964-1996

Wisconsin School Library Media Association, 1976-1986

Wisconsin Ideas in Media, volumes 2-3

The Wisconsin Library Media Skills Guide, 1979

“Guidelines for Library Media Programs in Wisconsin Public Schools” working draft

WSLMA Communiqué newsletter

Brochures

Procedures manuals

Annual reports

Minutes, 1978-1985

Record notebooks

1979-1980

1980-1982

Historical records [of Bernard Franckowiak], 1965-1973

Ballots, 1978-1979

AASL affiliation, 1977

AASL, 1980

Secretary Carol Roslak, 1984-1985

General, 1976-1985

Series: Sections

Adult services, 1960-1972

Audio-visual/multi-image, 1977-1995

Automation, 1990-1996

Chairmen, 1964

Children and young people's services, 1960-1996

Bibliography, undated

Budget, undated

CCBD, undated

Conferences, 1965-1994

COO-Gosz Proposal, 1977-1978

Films, 1970-1977

General

1960-1981

1981-1996, undated

Meetings, 1971-1979

Newsletters, 1972-1996

Ten Most Wanted List, 1981-1982

Circulation, 1984-1992

College and university, 1954-1971

County

1948-1962

1962-1996

Education, 1977-1996

Health and rehabilitative library services, 1975-1984

Hospital-minute book, 1944-1949

Library user education, 1990-1993

Media and technology, 1996

Multitype library cooperation, 1979-1996

Public library, 1962-1988

Reference and adult services (RASS), 1951-1996

School libraries, 1962-1968

Support staff, 1991-1996

Technical services, 1968-1996

Series: Roundtables

Administration, 1977-1991

Hospital and institution libraries, 1969-1977

Interlibrary loan, 1994-1996

Junior Members, 1975-1990

Library research, 1985-1993

Mobile services, 1976-1996

New members, 1991, 1993

Readers' advisory, 1990-1996

Small libraries, 1994-1996

Social responsibilities, 1991-1996

Special libraries, 1984-1989

Series: Committees

Academic status

Administrative Secretary position, ad hoc committee, 1977-1979

Affiliations, ad hoc committee, 1992-1995

Annual conference

1954-1980

1980-1994

Appointments, 1971-1996

Archives, 1964-1994

Awards and honors

1951-1976

1977-1996

Business operations, 1969

CCBC and fall conference, ad hoc committee, 1993

Centennial implementation, 1988-1990

Children's book award, 1992-1996

Citizens' committee for library development, 1969

Conference manual, 1988

Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1956-1971

Discover Wisconsin Writers Week, 1991-1994

Governor's Proclamation, 1985-1987, 1989-1990

Divisional relationships, 1979-1980

Elections, 1972-1996

Endowment fund, 1980

Finance, 1989-1996

Financial development, 1983

Foreign librarians, 1967-1968

Foundation

1981-1989

1989-1995

Friends of Wisconsin Libraries, 1963-1987

Intellectual freedom

1963-1979

1980-1996

Joint Committee on Education, 1964-1969

Library careers, 1969-1996

Library development and legislation

1957-1970

1970-1989

1989-1996

Library education, 1962-1974

Library Legislation Day, 1983

Library survey action, 1960

Literary awards

1972-1982

1983-1996

Long range planning, 1984-1996

Membership

1949-1964

1964-1996

National Library Week

1959-1967

Grolier Award, 1964; Governor's Proclamation, , 1985

“National Library Week in Wisconsin, 1965”
Physical Description: Album 

“National Library Week Wisconsin 1970”
Physical Description: Album 

1968-1977

Nominating, 1964-1996

Operations, 1968-1969

Organization

1964-1985

1985-1996

Personnel and professional problems, 1962

Publications, 1981-1996

Public relations

1957-1965

1961-1996

Recruitment [combined with Scholarship in 1969]

1964-1968

1965-1969

Scholarship, 1957-1969 [combined with Recruitment in 1969]

Recruitment/scholarship, 1969-1971

Reorganization, 1991

Resolutions, 1965-1985

Search and screen, 1981-1982

Secretarial assistance, 1960

Staff development, 1989-1992

State wide library development, 1956-1957

State wide library service committee, 1946

Study dues, 1958

Study of minimum salaries, ad hoc committees, 1988

Unit publications

Wisconsin Audio Video Association affiliation, ad hoc, 1975-1977

Series: Task Forces

Conference, “Docken Commission,” 1993-1994

Inform Wisconsin, 1992

Legislative, 1996

Public relations, 1993

Recruiting library professionals, 1988-1990

Series: Other Organizations

ALA, 1971-1982

Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee, 1973-1975

Midwest Federation of Library Associations, 1971-1989

Milwaukee Library Boards Association, 1968-1972

Wisconsin Center for the Book, 1988-1992

Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 1961

Series: Publications

Books are for People: Reading for Personal Development, 1965

Brochures, undated

Cataloging, processing, administering AV materials: a model for Wisconsin Schools, 1974-1981

Conference Planning, 1981

Legislative Bulletin, 1969-1971

Library Instruction Programs/1975/A Wisconsin Directory, 1975

Membership directories, 1965-1996

Mini-directories, 1960-1997

Organization manuals, 1954-1990

Buttons
Physical Description: 6 buttons 

“A Credo for Librarians,” composed by WLA past presidents, undated

Selected Bibliography on Telecommunications (Cable Systems), William Stroud, 1972

The Wisconsin Library Association, Benton Wilcox, 1966

WLA Book Bag [book reviews], 1984-1988

WLA Journal (Number 1), June 1985

WLA Legislative Newsletter, 1975-1980

WLA Newsletter, 1945-1994

WLA President's Newsletter, 1956-1972

Series: Microfiche

Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, 1974-1979

Committee on Organization, 1969-1982
Note: 1972-1973 are missing.

L.I.N.C. Newsletter, 1979

Association of College and Research Libraries, 1979

Technical Services Section, 1978

Series: Photographs

Conferences, 1980, 1983, 1984, undated

Wisconsin Association of School Librarians, 1972-1975

Children's and Young Adult Services Section, 1975-1976, 1979

Mobile Services Roundtable spring meeting, 1979

LD&L committee, 1971

[Awards luncheon? , 1987?]

National Library Week, Cudahy Public Library, 1966

[Opening of WLA office in WASAL?], 1984

[Negatives and proof sheets, some identification, undated]

[Unidentified, 1931, 1948-1949, 1960s, 1970s, undated]

Series: Slides

National Library Week, 1964; Dane County Speakout, , 1978

“Library worker meets super librarian,” WLA slide/tape show, 1979

Series: Audio Recordings

Subseries: Cassettes

“Library worker meets super librarian,” WLA slide/tape show, 1979

Board meeting, reorganization discussion, May 8, 1986

Board meeting, August 19, 1989

Board of Directors meeting, October 24, 1989

“Let's Talk About It” grant, 1988

“Remembering Lorine Niedecker,” October 1986

Subseries: Reels

[Unidentified; from Mrs. C.P. Voigt to Arlene Marshall and Mrs. John Kramer]
Physical Description: 3" reels 

National Library Week in Wisconsin - Hallows-Starr 10 second spots, for use from April 14-26, 1969
Physical Description: 5" reels 

“Library manpower and continuing education,” WAPL/WLTA spring meeting, Rhinelander/Joyce Harvey, WAPL chair
Physical Description: 7" reel 

Business meeting, September 20, 1964
Physical Description: 7" reel 

Subseries: 7" Disc, 33 1/3 rpm

“A Message for Public Officials from Representative Dennis J. Conta, Wisconsin Citizen Chairman, National Library Week, 1974”

Part 3 (M2006-033): Additions, 1979-1998
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1979-1998, documenting the Document Services Section, now the Government Information Round Table, whose purpose is to promote awareness and use of government documents. The records consist of meeting minutes (1979-1998), by-laws (1991-1996), membership lists (1983-1998), budgets (1982-1994), financial reports (1988-1998), elections (1984-1998), distinguished document awards (1994-1997), annual conference information (1985-1996), goals and strategic planning (1994-2000), informational handouts, WLA guidelines (1996), and copies of the Eagle Press (1991-1998).

Part 4 (M2010-025): Additions, 1900-1910, 1963-2003
Physical Description: 11.8 c.f. (11 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 121 photographs (1 archives box), 8 videorecordings (1 video box) and 6 audio recordings 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1900-1910, 1963-2003, consisting of the executive director's files from 1997-2003, WLA division, committee, and section files, and organization manuals and newsletters. Included in the executive director's files is internal and external correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, annual conference planning committee records from various WLA divisions, and records pertaining to various WLA committees and sections. Included in the division files are meeting minutes, meeting agendas, and correspondence. Audio-visual materials consist of photographs of WLA conferences, members, and events, and video and sound recordings of public service announcements produced by the WLA as well as interviews and WLA events.

Series: Executive Director's Files

1997

ALA

ALA chapter councilor

ALA federal relations

Archives

Awards and honors

Council of Wisconsin Libraries Public Relations Committee

Donations and sponsorship

Elections

Finance

Freedom to Read Foundation

Friends of Wisconsin Libraries

Intellectual Freedom Committee

Intellectual Freedom Round Table

Interlibrary Loan

Larry J. Martin Correspondence

Leadership conference

Legislative advocates

Legislative agenda

Library development/legislation

Library Legislative Day

Library careers

Library study, legislative council

Library research

Library user education

Literary awards

Long range plan

Media and technology

Membership

Membership summaries

Mini-directory

News articles

Nominations

Officer exit interviews

Organization

Outreach services

People pool

Personnel

Political campaign network

Public relations

Publications

Quarles & Brady Contract

Readers' advisory

Reference and Adult Services

Resolutions

Social responsibilities

Support staff

Vendor Committee

Website Committee

Wisconsin small libraries

Wisconsin women library workers

Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians (AWSL)

WLA Board Meeting, December 11, 1997

WLA Directory

WLA Newsletter

WLA Public Libraries Task Force

Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) Board

WAAL Spring conference

WAAL Conference Agendas and Minutes

Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians (WAPL)

Wisconsin Association of School Librarians (WASL)

Wisconsin Library Trustees Association (WLTA)

Youth Services Section (YSS)

1998

Appointments

Archives

Awards and honors

Children's book award

Circulation

Documents

Elections

Finance

Freedom to Read Foundation

Intellectual Freedom Committee Meeting

Intellectual Freedom Round Table

Interlibrary Loan

Leadership conference

Legislative advocates

Library Careers

Library development/legislation

Library Legislative Day

Library research

Literary awards

Long range plan

Media and technology

Membership

Mini-directory

Monthly budget reports

News articles

Nominations

Officer exit interviews

Organizations

Outreach services

Personnel

Public relations

Publications

Reader's Section

Social Responsibilities

Strand correspondence

Support Staff

“On the Edge” Conference (Support Staff)

Task force on statewide cooperative library initiatives

Technical Services

Unit Viability

Website committee

Wisconsin small libraries

AWSL

WAAL

WAAL Spring conference

WAPL

WAPL spring conference

WASL

WLA conference committee agendas and minutes

WLA Directory

WLA Newsletter

WLTA

YSS

1999

Ad Hoc Committee on Affiliations

ALA

ALA Federal relations

Annual Report

Appointments

Archives

Awards and honors

Children's Book Award

Circulation

Conference Committee agendas, minutes, E-mail, memos

Documents

Education

Elections

Finance

Intellectual Freedom Committee

Intellectual Freedom Round Table

Interlibrary Loan

Leadership Conference