Kenneth J. Merkel Papers, 1964-1974

Contents List

Container Title
M75-326
Part 1 (M75-326): Original Collection, 1923-1926
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Minutes, 1923-1926.
M85-268
Part 2 (M85-268, Audio 1817A): Additions, 1951-1983
Physical Description: 2.8 cubic feet (2 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 4 tape recordings, 31 photographs and 32 negatives 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1951-1983, consisting of correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters and reports; and subject files related to environmental issues, particularly water conservation and restoration involving the Milwaukee Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America. Collection includes a series of photographs documenting Boy Scouts and youth tree plantings and a Milwaukee River Basin trip (1959); as well as audio recordings on clean water and regional committee meetings.
Box   1
Folder   1
“The Milwaltonian,” bulletins, 1960-1967
Box   1
Folder   2
Correspondence, conservation, 1968-1971
Box   1
Folder   3
Citizens workshop, 1967 September
Box   1
Folder   4
Detergent pledges, stencils and copies, 1965
Box   1
Folder   5
Education, Environmental Council of Greater Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   6
Letters to common council committees on waste recycling hearings and contracts, 1974
Box   1
Folder   7
Waste management, 1974-1975
Box   1
Folder   8
Correspondence, volunteer, 1976
Box   1
Folder   9
Shorelands, watersheds, 1960-1961, 1974
Box   1
Folder   10
Recycling, miscellaneous correspondence, 1973-1974
Box   1
Folder   11
Milwaukee River, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Quad State meetings, 1974
Box   1
Folder   13
Correspondence, 1968
Box   1
Folder   14
Water pollution abatement and conservation award, 1969
Box   1
Folder   15
Agenda and minutes, committees and panels on water quality management, 1976
Izaak Walton League State Convention
Box   1
Folder   16
Correspondence, 1966
Box   1
Folder   17
Work plans and committee lists, 1966
Box   1
Folder   18
Registration, 1966
Box   1
Folder   19
Program, 1966
Box   1
Folder   20
Policy Alternatives for Development of Milwaukee's North Harbor Tract, Milwaukee Urban Conservatory, 1979
Box   1
Folder   21
Water advertisement, Fairbanks and Morse Company, Milwaukee Journal, 1960 January 12
Box   1
Folder   22
Izaak Walton League Task Force, final report, 1974
Box   1
Folder   23
Chapter meeting agenda and anniversary bulletin, 1974, undated
Box   1
Folder   24
Bulletin of the Lake Michigan Federation, 1973-1974
Box   1
Folder   25
Urban environment articles and memorandum, 1974-1975
Box   1
Folder   26
Milwaukee River Coalition for Clean Water notes, circa 1974
Box   1
Folder   27
“The Creosote Problem in the Little Menomonee River,” publication, Citizens for Menomonee River Restoration, 1971
Box   1
Folder   28
Milwaukee River watershed, report and article, 1961, 1975
Box   1
Folder   29
Water, general material, 1958-1959
Box   1
Folder   30
Conference abstracts and reports, Center for Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1963, 1968
Box   1
Folder   31
La Budde chapter, 1960-1961
Box   1
Folder   32
Correspondence, 1963
Box   1
Folder   33
Correspondence, national, resolutions, 1974
Box   1
Folder   34
Anti-litter contest, 1966
Box   1
Folder   35
Minutes, board reports, state division, 1964, 1966
Box   1
Folder   36
Conservation talks, 1959-1963
Box   1
Folder   37
Statements, Menomonee River restoration, 1971
Box   1
Folder   38
Statements and hearings, clean water issues, 1968-1969
Box   1
Folder   39
Transportation, highways, 1978
Box   1
Folder   40
Milwaukee County notes and map, undated
Box   1
Folder   41
Kickapoo area and La Farge Dam, 1972-1974
Box   1
Folder   42
Correspondence, 1980-1983
Box   1
Folder   43
Izaak Walton League State Convention, 1983
Box   2
Folder   1
Meeting minutes and newsletters, 1973, 1979-1980
Box   2
Folder   2
Miscellaneous correspondence and commission resolution, 1981, undated
Box   2
Folder   3
National Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1969
Box   2
Folder   4
State Division meeting notices, 1976-1979
Box   2
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1974, 1978
Box   2
Folder   6
Milwaukee River and Manitowoc River Basin, reports and plans, 1978, undated
Box   2
Folder   7
Openlands, 1969-1970
Box   2
Folder   8
Trempealeau-Buffalo water quality management plans, draft, 1979
Box   2
Folder   9
Milwaukee River Restoration Council, reports, maps, meetings, 1969
Box   2
Folder   10-11
Milwaukee Chapter manual and meeting minutes, 1951-1962
Box   2
Folder   12
Correspondence, 1980-1982
Box   2
Folder   13
State directors meeting, 1978
Box   2
Folder   14
Lake Michigan, 1974-1975, 1985
Box   2
Folder   15
Statement at hearing on planning for lake and lakefront, city/county Milwaukee, copies, 1974
Box   2
Folder   16
Point Beach nuclear plant, reports, 1969-1970
Box   2
Folder   17
Correspondence, soap detergent, 1969-1971
Box   2
Folder   18
Newsletters, 1981
Box   2
Folder   19
Letters of commendation, 1968-1971
Box   2
Folder   20
Correspondence, La Budde, 1965-1987
Box   2
Folder   21
“Milwaukee County's Air Pollution Control Program at This Point in Time” (Fred Rehm), report, circa 1971
Box   2
Folder   22
Correspondence, 1980
Box   2
Folder   23
Correspondence, national, resolutions, 1970
Box   2
Folder   24
Correspondence, regional planning, 1963
Box   2
Folder   25
Milwaukee division, meeting notes, 1974-1978
Box   3
Folder   1
Correspondence and talk, Milwaukee River, 1969
Box   3
Folder   2-5
Correspondence, 1962-1983
Box   4
Folder   1-3
Correspondence, 1962-1983 (continued)
Photographs and negatives
PH Box   17
Folder   1
Tree planting trip, 1959
PH Box   17
Folder   2
Milwaukee River Basin study, “Go See Trip,” 1959 May
PH Box   17
Folder   3
Springs, Milwaukee River Basin Trip, 1959 May
Audio 1817A
Audio recordings related to clean water management, TV spots, and League committees
Physical Description: Cassette tapes 
1817A/1
“KK River cleanup,” undated
1817A/2
“Quad State Committee,” undated
1817A/3
“Clean Water-It's Up to You Now,” 1973 September
1817A/4
“Message - TV Narration on L&D,” 1975 August
M88-164
Part 3 (M88-164): Additions, 1968-1985
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1968-1985, including correspondence, white papers, newsletters, clippings, and pamphlets relating to various environmental issues, such as phosphate banning, acid rain, water pollution, etc., and mounted color photographs of League activities and wildlife.