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Radio Scripts, 1966-1967

Teaching, 1968-1993

Correspondence, 1957-2009

Common Council, 1958-1971

Democratic Party, 1958-1984

Judicial, 1971-1977

Secretary of State, 1975-1991

Organizations, 1946-2009

Biographical, 1946-2009

Speeches, 1957-2009

Audio, 1966-1979

Container	Title
	Series: Biographical, 1946-2009
	General
Box 5 Folder 1	Biographical sketches
Box 5 Folder 2	Résumés, circa 1970s
Box 5 Folder 3	Biographical summaries, circa 1980s
Box 5 Folder 4	Curriculum vitae, circa 1999
Box 5 Folder 5-7	Introductions, circa 1970s-2000s
Box 77 Folder 12	Columbia Savings and Loan commercial, circa 1968
Box 77 Folder 43-44	Calendar/schedule, travel, 1970-1971
Box 77 Folder 45-48	Calendar/schedule, 1986, 1990, 1993, 2008
Box 77 Folder 52	Rolodex cards, circa 1976
Box 83 Folder 34	Citizens' Complaint to Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, 1986
Box 83 Folder 35	Cookie sales, circa 1967
Box 83 Folder 36	Couples' “fun”
Box 83 Folder 37	Eydie V. Watts biographical material and photographs, circa 1946-1980
Box 83 Folder 38	Hair by Ware, 1980
Box 83 Folder 39	Lists of names and addresses, circa 1970, 1981
Box 83 Folder 40	Lloyd Barbee press release, 1973
Box 83 Folder 41	“The Majesty of Calmness,” 1963
Box 83 Folder 42	Recipes, circa 1970
Box 83 Folder 43	Rose Ann Meyers tabulation, circa 1968
Box 83 Folder 44	South Day Care Center, circa 1970
Box 83 Folder 45	Speeches not by Vel Phillips, circa 1966, 1969, 1970
Box 83 Folder 46	Unused tickets, 1957-1979
Box 83 Folder 47	Voter registration card, 1959
Box 85 Folder 18	Germany trip, 1963-1964
Box 85 Folder 19	Birth certificate (copy), 1961
Box 85 Folder 20	Name change, 1955
Box 86 Folder 1	News articles about Vel Phillips, 1968-1983
	Activism
Box 87 Folder 4	Articles about civil rights, black officials, 1958, 1991
Box 88 Folder 2	March Rally for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), circa 1973
Box 77 Folder 1	Black education in Milwaukee, areas of concern, circa 1980
Box 77 Folder 2	Busing notes and research, circa 1980
Box 77 Folder 3	Eagles Club tax exempt status, circa 1967
Box 77 Folder 4	Homeless veterans re-integration program, circa 1988
Box 77 Folder 5	Judge Christopher Foley campaign, 1985
Box 77 Folder 6	Milwaukee County efforts to address challenges of racism and poverty, 1991
Box 77 Folder 7	Petition to appoint Melvin Hall to Milwaukee School Board, 1970
Box 77 Folder 8	Petition to appoint Ted C. Crockett to Milwaukee County Court, 1971
Box 77 Folder 9	Petition to rename the 16th Street viaduct in honor of Father Groppi, circa 1986
Box 77 Folder 10	Questions for Howard Fuller, circa 1991
Box 77 Folder 11	Status of minority students in the University of Wisconsin system, 1976
	Awards and Honors
Box 77 Folder 13	Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Milwaukee Chapter, Outstanding Contributions to History award, 1984 August 24
Box 77 Folder 14	Ameritech Black History Month honoree, 1998 February 27
Box 77 Folder 15	Black Excellence Awards honoree, 1996 February 23
Box 77 Folder 16	Calvary Baptist Church fellowship worship presentation, circa 1967
Box 77 Folder 17	Celebrate a Day of Culture with the Thompsons, 1995 September 16
Box 77 Folder 18	Career Youth Development, Image awards, 1988
Box 77 Folder 19	Delta Sigma Theta, 1967, 1970, 1972
Box 77 Folder 20	Dominion East Ohio Strong Men and Women: Excellence in Leadership honoree, 2009 February 5
Box 77 Folder 21	Fraternal Order of Eagles. Golden Eagle Award, circa 1996
Box 77 Folder 22	Milton College honorary degree, 1979
Box 77 Folder 23	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee honorary degree, 1999
Box 77 Folder 24	Jim Barrett Justice Fund legacy award, 2007
Box 77 Folder 25	Kiwanis Club of North Suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dreamkeeper of the Generation, 1998 January 19
Box 77 Folder 26	League of Martin. Community Service award, 1974
Box 77 Folder 27	Links, 1975, 1980
Box 88 Folder 6	Admiralty in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska certificate, 1982 August 28
Box 77 Folder 28	MATC African-American History Maker honoree, 1997 February 20
Box 77 Folder 29	Mercy Memorial Church Celebration of Black History Month honoree, 2009 February 22
Box 77 Folder 30	Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council Special Recognition award, 1979
Box 77 Folder 31	Milwaukee Bar Association, Lifetime Achievement award, 2008
Box 77 Folder 32	Milwaukee Black Business Bicentennial Testimonial award, 1976 March 26
Box 77 Folder 33	Milwaukee Spectrum Women's Wall of Fame, 1995 March 29
Box 77 Folder 34	Milwaukee Star Circulation Department and Newsboys, Recognition award, 1967
Box 77 Folder 35	Rev. James W. Spann II Foundation, Certificate of appreciation, 2008 May 24
Box 77 Folder 36	Theta Sigma Phi Community Service award, 1970
Box 77 Folder 37	Top Ladies of Distinction, Milwaukee Chapter, Status of Women luncheon honoree, 1991
Box 77 Folder 38	University of Wisconsin Law School and Wisconsin Law Alumni Association, Outstanding service, 1984
Box 77 Folder 39	Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center dedication, 2008 September 12
Box 77 Folder 40	Vel R. Phillips Day, City of Cleveland, 1970
Box 77 Folder 41	Wisconsin Governor's special award, 1984 September 13
Box 77 Folder 42	Wisconsin Humanities Council, Wisconsin Black Women Achievement Against the Odds nomination, 1983
	Charitable Work
Box 77 Folder 49	Vel Phillips Foundation, 2005
Box 77 Folder 50	VelanDale Inc., 1988 and 2001
Box 77 Folder 51	VelanDale Conference Center for Social Policy, 1998
	Conferences
Box 78 Folder 1	Black Community Conference, Integration vs. Separation, Milwaukee, 1969
Box 78 Folder 2	Citizens' Conference on Community Planning, Oklahoma City, 1967
Box 78 Folder 3	Fair Housing: The Dream Lives On, Milwaukee, 1985
Box 78 Folder 4	Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, Regional Conference, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1986
Box 78 Folder 5	Human Rights Conference (9th Annual), In Observance of Negro History Week, Milwaukee, 1964
Box 78 Folder 6	Institute for Black Elected Officials, 1969
	International Conference on the Status of Women, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Box 78 Folder 7	Clippings, 1975
Box 78 Folder 8	Handouts and publications, 1975
Box 78 Folder 9	Papers and presentations, 1975
Box 78 Folder 10	Research material, 1975
Box 78 Folder 11	Resolution, 1975
Box 78 Folder 12	Vel Phillips notes, 1975
Box 78 Folder 13	International Personnel Management Association, Central Regional Conference, Milwaukee, 1979
Box 78 Folder 14	Marquette University, Citizens' Right to Know Symposium, 1974
Box 78 Folder 15	National Assembly on Progress in Equality of Opportunity in Housing, Springfield, Illinois, 1965
Box 78 Folder 16	National Black Political Conference, Gary, Indiana, 1972
Box 78 Folder 17	National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, Milwaukee, 1972
Box 78 Folder 18	National Political Congress of Black Women, 1997
Box 78 Folder 19	Seminar for Black Public Officials on Current Issues in U.S. Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., 1981
Box 78 Folder 20	The Spirit of the Men Conference, 1999
	Wingspread
Box 78 Folder 21	Briefing on Arms, Defense, Policy, and Arms Control, 1975
Box 78 Folder 22	Briefing on the Humanities and Public Policy, 1975
Box 78 Folder 23	Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Fourth Biennial Conference on Civil Rights, 1967
Box 79 Folder 1	Women and the Law, 8th National Conference, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1977
	World Conference of the U.N. Decade for Women, Copenhagen
Box 79 Folder 2-15	Agenda items 3-4, 6-11, 1980
Box 79 Folder 16	Continuing Committee of the National Women's Conference, 1980
Box 79 Folder 17	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1980
Box 79 Folder 18	Publications, Department of Labor, 1980
Box 79 Folder 19	Publications, State Department, department notice, 1980
Box 79 Folder 20	Publications, State Department, Press Department of State
Box 79 Folder 21	Publications, UNESCO background notes, 1979-1980
Box 79 Folder 22	Publications, United Nations, 1980
Box 80 Folder 1	Research, Women Workers Around the World, 1980
Box 80 Folder 2	Resolutions, Afro-American First World Women, 1980
Box 80 Folder 3	Resolutions, U.S. Women of Color Resolution on Racism
Box 80 Folder 4	U.S. Delegation, briefing papers, 1980
Box 80 Folder 5	U.S. delegation, members, 1980
Box 80 Folder 6	U.S. delegation, memos and correspondence, 1980
Box 80 Folder 7	U.S. delegation, position papers, 1980
Box 80 Folder 8	U.S. delegation, resolutions, 1980
Box 80 Folder 9	Vel Phillips correspondence, 1980
Box 80 Folder 10	Vel Phillips correspondence, Israel, 1980
Box 80 Folder 11	Vel Phillips notes, 1980
	Drama
Box 80 Folder 12	An Evening of American Classics, 1998
Box 80 Folder 13	Most Dangerous Women, 2002
Box 81 Folder 1	Sir Galahad and the Maiden (performed by Phillips family and friends), circa 1968
Box 81 Folder 2	Storm Clouds: the Trial of Sherman Booth, 1998
Box 88 Folder 7	Playbill
Box 81 Folder 3	Lines from Purlie Victorious: A Comedy in Three Acts, undated
	Education
Box 81 Folder 4	Childhood Development Associate National Credentialing program, 1997
Box 81 Folder 5	Children and the Arts, 1995
Box 81 Folder 6	Howard University. Bison yearbook, 1946
Box 81 Folder 7	Tax Law, 1991
Box 81 Folder 8	University of Wisconsin-Extension classes, 1979-1981
Box 81 Folder 9	Wisconsin Judicial College, 1971
	Employment
Box 81 Folder 10	Family Court Commissioner application, 1976
Box 81 Folder 11	Lawyer, ephemera, circa 1976, 1982, 1998
Box 81 Folder 12	State Farm Network coordinator, 1992
Box 87 Folder 3	Certificate of Admission to the Bar, 1951
Box 87 Folder 5	Admission to Federal Bar, 1951
Box 86 Folder 15	Notes to address the jury, circa 1990s
	Events
Box 81 Folder 13	Administration of (In)Justice Seminar, 1986
Box 81 Folder 14	African World Festival, Volunteer Holiday Party, 2005
Box 81 Folder 15	Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Sixty-Fifth Anniversary public program, 1971
Box 81 Folder 16	Alverno College Telesis Award Dinner, 1992
Box 81 Folder 17	Benedict Center, Annual Awards luncheon and “Retirbution: Who Pays?” workshop, 1995
Box 81 Folder 18	Central City Development Corporation. Groundbreaking ceremony, 1971
Box 81 Folder 19	Milwaukee's First Landmark, Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Church commemoration banquet, 1967
Box 81 Folder 20	Brotherhood (play), 1978
Box 86 Folder 2	Columbia Savings and Loan 50th Anniversary Program, 1974
Box 81 Folder 21	Community Dialogue on Race with Congressman Tom Barrett, 1999
Box 81 Folder 22	Delegation representing the Union of Soviet Journalists, 1970
Box 81 Folder 23	Evening with Angela Davis, 1972
Box 81 Folder 24	Funeral programs, 1975-1995
Box 82 Folder 1	Governor Lucey Inaugural Ball with two autographed programs, 1971
Box 82 Folder 2	Hank Aaron 65th birthday celebration, Atlanta, 1999
Box 82 Folder 3	H.U.D. Milwaukee area office commemorates Black History Month, 1981
Box 82 Folder 4	Howard University Choir at the Grand Avenue Congregational Church, 1964
Box 82 Folder 5	James Groppi Appreciation Day, 1989
Box 82 Folder 6	James Groppi March for Peace and Justice, 1987
Box 82 Folder 7	Laurel Oaks Retirement Community, Mandalay's Child, circa 2000
Box 82 Folder 8	Lenard Wells retirement ceremony, 2001
Box 82 Folder 9	March on Milwaukee commemoration, 2007
Box 82 Folder 10	Mildred L. Coby service installation as District Missionary, Church of God in Christ, 2007
Box 82 Folder 11	MATC Black Student Union Soul Food Celebration, 2001
Box 82 Folder 12	Milwaukee Community Journal 22nd anniversary celebration: Aging in an Ageless Society, 1998
Box 82 Folder 13-14	Miss Black America of Milwaukee pageants, 1981, 1984
Box 82 Folder 15	National Conference on Desegregation Without Turmoil, Washington, D.C., 1976
Box 82 Folder 16	Operation Push, Milwaukee Chapter, 1st annual community business luncheon, 1983 January 15
Box 82 Folder 17	Rally for Rwanda, Marquette, 1994
Box 82 Folder 18	Richard Artison investiture as sheriff of Milwaukee County, 1983
Box 82 Folder 19	Roosevelt Junior High dinner, 1966
Box 82 Folder 20	University of Wisconsin Law School, Milwaukee Appreciation Day dinner, 1984
Box 82 Folder 21	Viet Nam Study Group, Underwood Memorial Baptist Church, 1967 Summer
Box 82 Folder 22	Wauwautosa Baha'i, New World Order Defined, 1991
Box 82 Folder 23	Wisconsin African American Elected Officials, 2001
Box 82 Folder 24	Wisconsin Black Leadership Conference, 1996
Box 82 Folder 25	Wisconsin Black Political Convention, 1972
	Family
Box 82 Folder 26	Children's artwork, circa 1970, 1972
	Dale Franklin Phillips (son)
Box 82 Folder 27	Birth certificate, 1956
Box 82 Folder 28	Camp Widjiwagan, 1976
Box 82 Folder 29	Correspondence from Cornell, 1974
Box 82 Folder 30	Correspondence with friends, 1972, 1975, 1977
Box 82 Folder 31	Correspondence with Michael Phillips, 1977
Box 82 Folder 32	Correspondence with Patti Jones, 1976
Box 82 Folder 33	Cornell University student ID, 1974
Box 82 Folder 34	Holy Rosary grades, 1966-67
Box 82 Folder 35	Holy Rosary notes on Thanksgiving, circa 1966
Box 82 Folder 36	Marquette University High School graduation, 1974
Box 82 Folder 37	Marquette University High School grades, 1968, 1970
Box 82 Folder 38	Marquette University High School graduation column, 1974
Box 82 Folder 39	Marquette University High School papers, circa 1973-1974
Box 83 Folder 1	Student teaching notes, circa 1977
Box 88 Folder 5	Cornell University Bachelor's degree, 1982 August 27
Box 83 Folder 2	Spanish/International Studies, circa 1986
Box 83 Folder 3	Employment, 1982, 1985
Box 83 Folder 4	Accident, 1999
Box 83 Folder 5	Marquette University High School correspondence with Michael Phillips, 1968-1971
	Michael Phillips (son)
Box 83 Folder 6	Birth hospital menus, 1958
Box 83 Folder 7	Correspondence with Daniel, circa 1977
Box 83 Folder 8	Correspondence with family, circa 1966
Box 83 Folder 9	Correspondence with friends, circa 1975-1982
Box 83 Folder 10	Correspondence with Jim André, 1977 and undated
Box 83 Folder 11	Correspondence with parents, 1974
Box 83 Folder 12	Correspondence with Richard, circa 1975-1977
Box 83 Folder 13	Correspondence with Scott Gage Leitze, 1972-1977
Box 83 Folder 14	Correspondence with Tom Barrett, 1997
Box 83 Folder 15	Marquette University High School graduation, 1974
Box 83 Folder 16	Marquette University High School grades, 1970-1971
Box 83 Folder 17	Marquette University High School notes and drafts, circa 1975
Box 83 Folder 18	Stanford University student ID, 1977
Box 83 Folder 19	Notes, circa 1977
Box 86 Folder 6	Correspondence with Vel while at Stanford, 1977 January-May
Box 86 Folder 9	Marquette University High yearbook, 1974
	W. Dale Phillips (husband)
Box 83 Folder 20	Congressional Certificate of Achievement, 1972
Box 83 Folder 21	Mt. Calvary Holy Church award, 1977
Box 83 Folder 22	Correspondence with Bill Roberson, 1971
Box 83 Folder 23	Correspondence with Dale F. Phillips, 1974
Box 83 Folder 24	Correspondence with Michael Phillips, 1974, 1977
Box 83 Folder 25	Condolences, 1988
Box 83 Folder 26	Funeral, 1988
Box 83 Folder 27	Employment, circa 1982
Box 83 Folder 28	Criterion Club, 1971, 1975, 1984-1987
Box 83 Folder 29	Democratic Party, 1962, 1982
Box 83 Folder 30	Voter registration card, 1959
	Insurance
Box 83 Folder 31	Burglary at 2237 North Booth Street, 1977
Box 83 Folder 32	Fire at 2237 North Booth Street, 1997
Box 83 Folder 33	Theft in Atlanta at Martin Luther King Jr., funeral, 1968
	Notes
Box 84 Folder 1	At-risk children and child abuse, circa 1972
Box 84 Folder 2	Alverno College Laboratory School, circa 1969
Box 84 Folder 3	Black Church, circa 1972
Box 84 Folder 4	Board on government operations, circa 1970
Box 84 Folder 5	Civil Rights and activism, circa 1983
Box 84 Folder 6	Civil Rights and affirmative action, circa 1983, 1993
Box 84 Folder 7	Civil Rights movement and Black politics, circa 1970
Box 84 Folder 8	Civil Rights, the economy, and the federal government, circa 1988
Box 84 Folder 9	Civil Rights and the possibility of riots in Milwaukee, circa 1967
Box 84 Folder 10	Clark amendment, circa 1982
Box 84 Folder 11	Community activists in Beloit, circa 1990
Box 84 Folder 12	Crime and the Constitution, circa 1968
Box 84 Folder 13	Democratic Party and Civil Rights, circa 1964
Box 84 Folder 14	Democratic Party voter registration drive in Milwaukee
Box 84 Folder 15	Discrimination involving an organization and Elwin Andrus, circa 1968
Box 84 Folder 16	Easter, circa 1968
Box 84 Folder 17	Elementary school appearance, circa 1964
Box 84 Folder 18	Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and housing in Milwaukee, circa 1970
Box 84 Folder 19	Freedom of Assembly and Freedom of Press, circa 1970
Box 84 Folder 20	George Wallace campaign, circa 1968
Box 84 Folder 21	Legal profession, circa 1983
Box 84 Folder 22	Milwaukee African Americans and segregation, circa 1993
Box 84 Folder 23	Milwaukee and the human aspect of discrimination
Box 84 Folder 24	Milwaukee Job Corps Center, circa 1969
Box 84 Folder 25	Milwaukee Police incident, circa 1984
Box 84 Folder 26	Milwaukee public schools, circa 1967, 1978, 1990
Box 84 Folder 27	Minority business issues in Wisconsin, circa 1987
Box 84 Folder 28	Politics and personal relationships, circa 1968
Box 84 Folder 29	Prisons in Wisconsin, circa 1982
Box 84 Folder 30	Public housing sites, circa 1970
Box 84 Folder 31	Retirement of Pat Lucey, circa 1976
Box 84 Folder 32	Richard Nixon and politics, circa 1970
Box 84 Folder 33	Scentura, circa 1995
Box 84 Folder 34	Undocumented immigrant, circa 1965
Box 84 Folder 35	Wisconsin Industrial Commission, Fair Employment division, circa 1966
Box 84 Folder 36	Wisconsin Senate Bill 361, welfare and job training, circa 1985
Box 84 Folder 37	Women and the Law, circa 1974
Box 84 Folder 38	Women in a male-dominated profession, circa 1967
	Property
Box 84 Folder 39	2000 North Martin Luther King Drive, 1999
Box 86 Folder 3	Newport Corporation, 1991, 1997
Box 84 Folder 40	2237 North Booth Street, 1964, 1966-1968, 1972
Box 86 Folder 4	1832 North Martin Luther King Drive, 1995
	Price County
Box 84 Folder 41	Bulk mail, 1971-1987
Box 84 Folder 42	Correspondence, 1965-1987
Box 84 Folder 43	Maps and land descriptions, 1966-1973
Box 86 Folder 5	Purchase, 1964
Box 84 Folder 44	Taxes, 1963-1983
Box 89 Folder 4	Proposed Patio and Terrace design for 2237 North Booth Street
	Scholarship
	Publications About Vel Phillips
Box 85 Folder 1	African-American Business & Consumer Magazine, 1995
Box 85 Folder 2	Wisconsin Women. Badger History, Vol. 33, no.1, 1979 September
Box 85 Folder 3	Draft article, 2008
Box 85 Folder 4	Minority American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 1981
Box 85 Folder 5	Shapers of Wisconsin: People, Places, and Events in Wisconsin's History, 1998
Box 85 Folder 6	Through One City's Eyes, 1999
Box 85 Folder 7	Women's Yellow Pages of Greater Milwaukee, 1995-1996
	Research About Vel Phillips
Box 85 Folder 8	Interview by Jay Wendelberger, 1995
Box 85 Folder 9	Interview by Jim Peck for I Remember Milwaukee, 1998
Box 85 Folder 10	Interview by Mark Braun, 1994
Box 85 Folder 11	Interview by Alderman Marvin Pratt for Milwaukee Past and Present, circa 1996
Box 85 Folder 12	Interview by Patrick Jones, circa 1999
Box 85 Folder 13	Interview by Women in Leadership, 2008
Box 85 Folder 14	Oral history by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, 1966, 1969, 1974
Box 85 Folder 15	Questions, circa 2000
	Writing about Vel Phillips
Box 85 Folder 16	The Lamb Who Roared / by Josephine Dye, 1978
Box 85 Folder 17	Paper by Rosemary Thielke, circa 1960
	Writing
Box 85 Folder 21	Autobiographical sketches, 1975
Box 85 Folder 22	“Is This a Church?,” circa 1976
	A Dream Deferred: manuscript project
Box 85 Folder 23	Chapter outline, 2002-2003
Box 85 Folder 24	Chapter 1, 2002-2003
Box 85 Folder 25	Correspondence, rejection letters, 2002
Box 85 Folder 26	Grant proposal, 2003
Box 85 Folder 27	Grant proposal, Helen Bader Foundation, 2001
Box 85 Folder 28	Research: police brutality, 2002
Box 85 Folder 29	Research: segregation in Milwaukee, 2002
Box 85 Folder 30	Milwaukee Common Council, Triple O, and Civil Rights, circa 1968
Box 85 Folder 31	Milwaukee Sesquicentennial book contribution, 1966
	TV Editorials
Box 64 Folder 1	WISN Newsletter and Quotable News, 1967
Box 64 Folder 2-3	WITI-TV Editorials, 1963-1972, 1992
Box 64 Folder 4	WITI-TV Surveys, 1965 and 1970
Box 64 Folder 5	WTMJ-TV Editorial, 1963, 1965-1972, 1981-1983, 1985-1986, 1996-1997