|
|
Contents List
|
Container
|
Title
|
|
Milwaukee Mss EP
|
Part 1 (Milwaukee Mss EP, PH 4981): Original Collection, 1917-19703.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes)
and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs and ephemera (1 folder and 1 oversize
folder) Part 1 of the collection is arranged in seven series: National Records, Regional
Records, State Records, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Related Material,
Subject Files and Visual Materials. The NATIONAL RECORDS consist mainly of material from national conferences, including
programs, notes, resolutions, minutes, and addresses. REGIONAL RECORDS contain
conference material exclusively. The STATE RECORDS include correspondence of Lloyd
Barbee and E. Gordon Young, former presidents of the Wisconsin Conference of Branches.
Within this series, the general records are comprised of correspondence, minutes of the
board of directors of the state conference, and finance committee material. The most extensive records in the collection are those of the Milwaukee branch. The
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS include executive board and board of directors meeting minutes,
and various committee records. A substantial part of the finance committee records
regard fund raising events, such as picnics, concerts, and candy sales. Included in
these records is a letter from Medgar Evers, Mississippi NAACP field secretary, dated 22
May 1958 (box 2, folder 19), as well as material pertaining to his memorial fund,
established in 1963. The general records of the committee contain budgets, treasurer's
reports, correspondence, and acknowledgments. Membership committee records consist of
membership lists, receipts for dues, minutes of meetings, and correspondence. The
political action and discrimination cases contain material of national scope, such as
the 1949-1952 Groveland, Florida assault case which reached the Supreme Court; the 1951
murder of Harry T. Moore, state coordinator of the NAACP Florida branches, and his wife;
and the 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi. The Milwaukee cases mainly concern
local job discrimination complaints. The CORRESPONDENCE and RELATED MATERIAL dates from 1947 to 1970, with the exception of
one folder of items dated 1917 to 1943. Letters dated 1917 and 1929 protest state
legislation prohibiting interracial marriages. Other early material documents Wilbur
Halyard's initial involvement with the NAACP, beginning in 1924, and his 1929 term as
president of the Milwaukee branch. Also included is correspondence exchanged between the
NAACP national office and the Milwaukee branch. It should be noted that there are
overlaps in the correspondence series and in the correspondence of specific
committees. The SUBJECT FILES illuminate numerous issues which faced the Milwaukee branch, such as
its effort to ban the Amos n' Andy
television program because of its offensive stereotyped black roles. Under the
leadership of Ardie A. Halyard, the branch succeeded in having the show dropped by
WTMJ-TV after 4 October 1951. Material from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), which consists of only four items, deals in part with the Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party, which planned to challenge the seating of that state's
delegation at the 1964 Democratic National convention. The United Negro College Fund,
one of Ardie A. Halyard's community interests, is also represented in this series. Other
topics covered in this series include affirmative action, school desegregation, voter
registration, and fair housing. The VISUAL MATERIALS include photographs and ephemera, 1958-1962; depicting members and
events of the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP, fliers to NAACP-sponsored programs, and
NAACP promotional drawings. A panoramic photograph of the NAACP national convention of
1960, prominently featuring Wisconsin delegates is also included.
|
|
|
Series: National Records
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
1-5
|
Annual conferences, 1948, 1950-1953, 1955,
1957-1958, 1960, 1962
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
6
|
Annual youth conferences, 1948
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
7
|
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 1952
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
8
|
List of branches, circa 1964
|
|
|
Series: Regional Records
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
9
|
Conferences, 1950, 1952-1955, 1963,
1968
|
|
|
Series: State Records
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
10-14
|
Conferences, 1953, 1955-1961,
1963-1964
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
1
|
Constitution, undated
|
|
|
Correspondence and related material
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
2
|
Regarding Barbee, Lloyd 1961-1962,
1964
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
3
|
Regarding Young, E. Gordon 1963-1964
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
4
|
General records, 1954-1962, 1967,
undated
|
|
|
Series: Administrative Records
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
5-9
|
Annual dinner/meeting, 1950-1953, 1958,
1960
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
10
|
Annual reports - President's and general, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1957,
1958, 1961
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
11
|
Auditing Committee - report, 1958
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
12
|
Church Work Committee, 1951-1952, 1961,
undated
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
13
|
Community Coordination Committee, 1951-1953,
undated
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
14
|
Education Committee, 1949, 1960, 1963-1964,
1966-1967, undated
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
15-16
|
Executive Committee, 1947-1954, 1956-1968,
1970, undated
|
|
|
Finance Committee
|
|
|
Fundraising
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
17
|
Christmas Seals, 1948, 1951-1954,
1961
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
18
|
Evers, Medgar - memorial 1963-1964
|
|
|
Box
2
Folder
19
|
Freedom Fund, 1953-1956, 1958-1959,
1961-1962, 1970, 1974
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
1
|
General, 1950-1955, 1959-1962,
1964
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
2-10
|
General records, 1948-1968
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
11
|
Housing Committee, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1964,
1968, undated
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
12
|
Labor and Industry Committee, 1949, 1951-1953, 1962,
1964, 1966-1967, undated
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
13
|
Legislation, 1951, 1960
|
|
|
Membership Committee
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
14-17
|
1948-1952
|
|
|
Box
4
Folder
1-8
|
1953,
1957-1965
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
1
|
1966-1970
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
2
|
Memoranda and announcements, 1947, 1951-1952,
1954-1955, 1957, 1961-1963, 1968, undated
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
3
|
Minutes of regular meetings, 1947-1950
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
4
|
Nominating Committee, 1953, 1957
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
5
|
Personnel Committee, 1958-1959
|
|
|
Political action and discrimination cases
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
6-8
|
National, 1951-1952,
1955
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
9
|
Milwaukee, 1948, 1951-1955,
1961-1964, 1968-1969
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
10
|
Political Action Committee, 1952
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
11
|
Program Committee, 1949-1951, 1959, 1963,
undated
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
12
|
Publicity Committee, 1951-1952,
undated
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
13
|
Veterans Committee, 1951-1952
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
14
|
Voting and Registration Committee, 1952, 1958, 1960-1962,
1964, 1968
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
15
|
Youth Council, 1948-1957, 1963-1964,
undated
|
|
|
Series: Correspondence and Related Material
|
|
|
Box
6
Folder
1-10
|
1917, 1924, 1929, 1931,
1935, 1938-1939, 1943, undated, 1947-1964
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
1-3
|
1965-1970,
undated
|
|
|
Series: Subject File
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
4
|
Amos 'n Andy, 1951
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
5
|
Civil Rights Bill, 1964
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
6
|
Freedom Week and Freedom Week Conference, 1951
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
7
|
Governor's Commission on Human Rights, Governor's Commission on Civil
Rights, Governor's Committee on Children and Youth 1953, 1959-1961, 1963,
1966-1967
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
8
|
Halyard, Ardie A. - biographical sketch; Halyard, Wilbur -
obituary 1952, 1963
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
9
|
Hate letters and crank mail, 1952-1953, 1964,
1966
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
10
|
King, Martin Luther - memorial 1968
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
11
|
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
12
|
Milwaukee (Mayor's) Commission on Human Rights, 1953-1955
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
13
|
Milwaukee Metropolitan Crime Commission, 1952, 1956
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
14
|
Newspaper clippings, 1951-1952, 1954-1955,
1958, 1960, 1962-1969, undated
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
15
|
Picketing information, 1963
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
16
|
School desegregation, undated
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
17
|
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-1964
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
18-19
|
United Negro College Fund, 1952-1955, 1959-1962,
undated
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
20-21
|
White, Walter - memorial 1955
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
1
|
Wisconsin Industrial Commission - Fair Employment Practices
Division, 1951, 1953-1954,
undated
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
2
|
Miscellaneous, 1959, 1961,
undated
|
|
|
PH 4981
|
Series: Visual Materials
|
|
|
Folder
1
|
Photographs and ephemera, 1958-1962
: Photographs of members and events of the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP, flyers for
NAACP-sponsored programs, and NAACP promotional drawings.
|
|
|
Oversize folder
1
|
National Convention, 1960
: Panoramic photograph of NAACP national convention, prominently featuring Wisconsin
delegates.
|
|
|
Milwaukee Mss EP
|
Part 2 (Milwaukee Mss EP): 2001 Additions, 1972-19894.2 cubic feet (10 archives boxes
and 1 half-archives box) Part 2 is arranged into seven series: National Records, Regional Records, State
Records, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Related Material, Subject Files, and
Discrimination Files. The NATIONAL RECORDS consist of correspondence with the national office while the
REGIONAL RECORDS and STATE RECORDS consist of correspondence, and related materials
concerning issues and activities in which the Milwaukee Branch was involved. Records in
each of these groups is filed chronologically. The ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS include meeting minutes, committee files, memoranda,
personnel information, reports, Branch election files, and membership files as well as a
few financial records. The CORRESPONDENCE and RELATED MATERIAL, 1977-1988, principally of the Branch
president, Christine Belnavis, is filed chronologically. The SUBJECT FILES are arranged alphabetically and principally concern the integration
of the Milwaukee public schools. The DISCRIMINATION FILES include cases formally filed with the Milwaukee Branch, as
well as other Milwaukee cases, some of which did not involve the NAACP. These cases fall
into four general categories: those that have exhausted all legal avenues; inmate
complaints; those that lack substance, and those for which the NAACP felt it could
provide assistance. The formal complaints are each filed by year and alphabetically
thereunder. The other cases are filed chronologically.
|
|
|
Series: National Records
|
|
|
Box
9
Folder
1
|
Correspondence, 1977-1984, 1988
|
|
|
Series: Regional Records
|
|
|
Box
9
Folder
2-8
|
1972-1987
|
|
|
Series: State Records
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
9-16
|
1976-1987
|
|
|
Series: Administrative Records
|
|
|
Meetings and minutes
|
|
|
Box
10
Folder
1-4
|
Executive board, 1977-1988
|
|
|
Box
10
Folder
5-13
|
Board of directors, 1979-1987,
undated
|
|
|
Box
10
Folder
14-17
|
General membership, 1976-1987
|
|
|
Committees
|
|
|
Box
10
Folder
18
|
By-laws, 1979-1987
|
|
|
Box
10
Folder
19
|
Freedom Fund dinner, 1980-1986
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
1
|
Legal redress, 1977-1980
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
2
|
Membership, undated
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
3
|
Personnel, 1979, 1987
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
4
|
Police community relations, 1978-1982
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
5
|
Political action, 1980,
1983-1985
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
6
|
Prison service, 1980-1981,
1988
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
7
|
Religious affairs, 1980
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
8
|
Special events, 1986
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
9
|
General and miscellaneous, 1980-1986
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
10-11
|
Memoranda, 1979-1984,
undated
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
12
|
Press and publicity, 1980-1985
|
|
|
Personnel/employment
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
13
|
Personnel policy, 1980
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
14
|
Job descriptions, undated
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
15
|
Abdullah, Muhammad undated
|
|
|
Miscellaneous administrative files
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
16
|
Ads solicitation, undated
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
17
|
Brown Sugar baby contest--NAACP, 1980
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
18
|
Certificates of appreciation, 1980
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
19
|
Contracts, 1985
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
20
|
Donations, 1986-1987
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
21
|
"Friends" of the Milwaukee Branch NAACP, 1981-1982
|
|
|
Box
11
Folder
22
|
Lease, 1977
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
Mailing lists, undated
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
2
|
Media file, 1982-1983
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
3
|
Office relocation, undated
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
4
|
Public relations, 1984-1985
|
|
|
Reports
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
5-12
|
President's report, 1979-1986,
undated
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
13
|
Treasurer's report, 1984-1985
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
14
|
Branch coordinator's and monthly meeting reports, 1980-1982
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
15
|
National convention reports, 1984-1987
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
16
|
Meeting reports, 1980-1984
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
17-21
|
Elections [Branch], 1980-1986
|
|
|
Membership
|
|
|
General
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
22-25
|
1981- 1983
|
|
|
Box
13
Folder
1-4
|
1984- 1987
|
|
|
Box
13
Folder
5
|
Life members/subscribing life members, undated
|
|
|
Box
13
Folder
6
|
Membership materials, miscellaneous undated
|
|
|
Series: Correspondence and Related Material
|
|
|
Box
13
Folder
7-16
|
1977-1988
|
|
|
Series: Subject Files
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
1
|
Affirmative action, 1983-1984
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
2
|
Armed services and veterans affairs, 1981-1983
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
3
|
Black Dollar Day, 1983, 1985
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
4
|
Bradley Center, 1985-1988
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
5
|
Cable information, 1980-1981
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
6
|
CETA, 1979
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
7
|
Church directory, undated
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
8-9
|
Community affairs, 1977-1986
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
10
|
Community legal defense fund, 1982
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
11
|
Community relations, 1985
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
12
|
Editorials, 1985-1986
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
13-14
|
Education, 1977, 1983-1986
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
15
|
Estes, Jim undated
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
16
|
Governor's Office on Ethnic Minority Initiatives, 1980-1982
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
17
|
Health fair information, 1984
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
18
|
Health-related issues, undated
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
19
|
Housing, 1979-1987
|
|
|
Box
14
Folder
20
|
Isaac Coggs Health Center, undated
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
1
|
Jobs With Peace Campaign, 1983
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
2
|
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1983
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
3
|
Legal redress, 1985
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
4
|
Low Income Energy Task Force, 1985
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
5-6
|
Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, 1980-1981, 1984
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
7
|
Metropolitan Milwaukee Sewerage Commission, 1980-1983
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
8-9
|
Milwaukee Block Grant Coalition, 1981-1982
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
10
|
Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations, 1983-1986
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
11
|
Milwaukee County, 1983
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
12
|
Milwaukee Development Association, 1984
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
13
|
Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, 1980-1983
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
14
|
Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission--incident, 1986
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
15
|
Milwaukee Minority Chamber of Commerce, 1981
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
16
|
Milwaukee police practices survey forms, 1982
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
17-19
|
Milwaukee public schools, 1980-1987
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
20
|
Police affairs, 1981-1983
|
|
|
Box
15
Folder
21
|
Sexual Assault Treatment Center, 1976-1977
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
1
|
Sports, 1987-1988
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
2
|
State Capitol (government), 1980
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
3
|
Universities, 1983
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
4
|
Voter registration, 1979-1982
|
|
|
Series: Discrimination Files
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
5
|
Administrative and general, 1979-1982
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
6
|
Discrimination lawyers, undated
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
7
|
Insurance discrimination, 1987-1988
|
|
|
Formal complaints
|
|
|
Box
16
Folder
8-14
|
1977-1984
|
|
|
Box
17
Folder
1-10
|
1985-1986
|
|
|
Box
18
Folder
1-9
|
1987-1989
|
|
|
Other complaints and cases
|
|
|
Box
19
Folder
1
|
Bell, Daniel 1982-1983
|
|
|
Box
19
Folder
2
|
Lacy, Ernest 1981
|
|
|
Box
19
Folder
3
|
Milwaukee Police Department, 1978-1981
|
|
|
Box
19
Folder
4
|
Pabst Brewery, 1980-1981
|
|
|
Box
19
Folder
5
|
United Wrestling Association, 1981
|
|
|
Box
19
Folder
6-8
|
General, 1978-1988,
undated
|
|
|
