Milwaukee-Downer College Records, 1840-1964

Container Title
M95-112
Part 1 (M95-112): Original Collection, 1906-1962
Physical Description: 4.3 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 flat box), 61 photographs (1 archives box), and 5 audio recordings (1 tape box) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1906-1962, consisting principally of Baas' manuscript writings, poetry, musical compositions, and scrapbooks. Other materials include newspaper clippings of articles written by or about Baas; a small collection of biographical material; correspondence; audio recordings, most of which are likely recordings from radio talks; and photographs of family members and exteriors of residential and commercial buildings in Madison.
Box   1
Folder   1
Biographical materials, 1906-1958
Box   1
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1941, 1955
Manuscript writings
Box   1
Folder   3
“An Actor Looks at Dryden” (class paper), undated
Box   1
Folder   4
“A Canoe Trip on the Flambeau,” 1936
Box   1
Folder   5
“Case of Joan,” undated
Box   1
Folder   6
“Dogs Who Have Owned Me,” undated
Box   1
Folder   7
“From Source to the Mouth” (canoe trip on the Wisconsin), undated
Box   1
Folder   8
“God and a Singer” (autobiography), undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Lecture notes on Anglo-Saxon and Middle English, 1938
Box   1
Folder   10
“Legend of Monona” (poem), 1949
Box   1
Folder   11
“The Man From Mars,” undated
Box   1
Folder   12
“Midwest” (a play), undated
Box   1
Folder   13
“Most Unforgettable Character” (Stephen Baas), undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Music of Chaucer's Time, undated
Note: Music by Alexius Baas.
Box   1
Folder   15
“Pen Portrait of a Great Singer,” undated
Box   1
Folder   16
Schubert series, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Shakespeare notes, undated
Box   1
Folder   18
“Shakespeare's Idea of Statecraft” (class paper), undated
Box   1
Folder   19
Poetry notebook of Lucy Baas
Box   1
Folder   20
“A Singer Looks at Life,” 1935
Box   1
Folder   21
“When Three Meet” (a play), undated
Box   1
Folder   22
Miscellaneous poetry
Musical Compositions
Box   1
Folder   23
“Building of the Ship”
Box   1
Folder   24
“Merchant of Venice”
Box   1
Folder   25
Published scores by Alexius Baas
Box   1
Folder   26
Engagement calendars, 1947-1961
Scrapbooks
Columns
Box   1
Folder   27
1942-1944
Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   5
Folder   1
1944
Box   2
1944-1954
Physical Description: 10 volumes 
Box   3
Folder   1-12
1954-1963
Physical Description: 12 volumes 
Musical career
Box   4
Folder   1
1907-1932
Box   3
Folder   2
1929-1935
Box   5
Folder   2
Personal account book, 1951-1962
Box   5
Folder   3
Horoscope book, undated
Box   5
Folder   4
Newspaper clippings, 1960-1962
Box   4
Folder   2-3
Newspaper clippings, 1953, 1956, 1960-1962, 1968
Box   6
Photographs of family members and Madison residential and commercial buildings, 1949, undated
Audio recordings
Pet Corner
Box   7
Baas and Karen Messler, 1955
Box   7
September 7, 1958
Box   7
Jimmy Crow
Box   7
[Unlabeled]
Box   7
Spare programs(?) used, August 24-31, 1958