Victor L. Berger Papers, 1862-1980

Contents List

Container Title
Mss 798/Micro 2031
Series: Series A. Berger Family Correspondence
Box/Folder   1/1-7
Reel   1
1882-1885, 1894-1898, 1900-1909
Box/Folder   1/8-9
Reel/Frame   2/1-276
1910
Box/Folder   2/1-3
Reel/Frame   2/277-841
1911
Box/Folder   2/4-5
Reel/Frame   3/1-310
1912
Box/Folder   3/1-6
Reel/Frame   3/311-935
1913
Box/Folder   3/7-8
Reel/Frame   4/1-273
1914
Box/Folder   4/1-6
Reel/Frame   4/274-969
1915-1916
Box/Folder   4/7-9
Reel/Frame   5/1-414
1917
Box/Folder   5/1-3
Reel/Frame   5/415-925
1918-1919
Box/Folder   5/4-7
Reel/Frame   6/1-513
1920
Box/Folder   6/1-3
Reel/Frame   6/514-834
1921, January-June
Box/Folder   6/4-10
Reel   7
1921, July-1922
Box   7
Reel   8
1923-1925
Box   8
Reel   9
1926-1927
Box/Folder   9/1-7
Reel   10
1928-1929, undated
Series: Series B. Victor Berger Papers
Subseries: Subseries 1. Biographical materials
Section a. Scrapbooks
Box/Folder   9/8
Reel/Frame   11/1-245
“First Scrap Book,” circa 1888-1906
Box/Folder   9/8
Reel/Frame   11/246-420
“Second Scrap Book,” circa 1888-1900
Box/Folder   9/8
Reel/Frame   11/421-480
“The Kress Controversy,” 1905
Box/Folder   9/8
Reel/Frame   11/481-623
1908
Box/Folder   9/9
Reel/Frame   11/624-706
1909-1910
Box/Folder   9/9
Reel/Frame   11/707-775
1911, April-1912, July
Section b. Memorandum books
Box/Folder   10/1
Reel/Frame   12/1-47
1915
Box/Folder   10/2
Reel/Frame   12/48-102
1915-1917
Box/Folder   10/3
Reel/Frame   12/103-124
1917-1919
Section c. Address books
Box/Folder   10/4
Reel/Frame   12/125-173
circa 1927-1928
Box/Folder   10/5
Reel/Frame   12/174-228
circa 1927-1929
Box/Folder   10/6-8
Reel/Frame   12/229-390
Section d. Other documents, 1883-1929
Section e. Biography (unpublished) by Doris Berger, 1926-1980
Box/Folder   10/9
Reel/Frame   12/391-403
Synopsis
Box/Folder   10/10
Reel/Frame   12/404-427
Outline
Introduction
Box/Folder   10/11
Reel/Frame   12/428-509
Drafts
Box/Folder   10/12
Reel/Frame   12/510-524
Notes and fragments
Chapter I (general impressions)
Box/Folder   10/13
Reel/Frame   12/525-593
Drafts
Box/Folder   10/14
Reel/Frame   12/594-601
Notes and fragments
Chapter II (childhood to marriage, )
Box/Folder   10/15
Reel/Frame   12/602-647
Drafts
Box/Folder   10/16
Reel/Frame   12/648-700
Notes and fragments
Chapter III (early marriage and family life, )
Box/Folder   11/1
Reel/Frame   13/1-17
Drafts
Box/Folder   11/2
Reel/Frame   13/18-41
Notes and fragments
Chapter IV (Congress, threat of war in Europe, )
Box/Folder   11/3
Reel/Frame   13/42-81
Drafts
Box/Folder   11/4
Reel/Frame   13/82-90
Notes and fragments
Chapter V (World War I, )
Box/Folder   11/5
Reel/Frame   13/91-113
Drafts
Box/Folder   11/6
Reel/Frame   13/114-141
Notes and fragments
Chapter VI (World War I, indictment, )
Box/Folder   11/7
Reel/Frame   13/142-166
Drafts
Box/Folder   11/8
Reel/Frame   13/167-220
Notes and fragments
Chapter VII (trial, )
Box/Folder   11/9
Reel/Frame   13/221-266
Drafts
Box/Folder   11/10
Reel/Frame   13/267-281
Notes and fragments
Chapter VIII (later career, women in his life, character analysis, )
Box/Folder   11/11
Reel/Frame   13/282-307
Drafts
Box/Folder   11/12-13
Reel/Frame   13/308-384
Notes and fragments
Box/Folder   11/14
Reel/Frame   13/385-390
Section f. Brief memoir by Elsa Berger, circa 1973
Box/Folder   11/15
Reel/Frame   13/391-521
Section g. Articles, clippings, biographical sketches by others, 1895-1935, undated
Subseries: Subseries 2. Correspondence
Section a. General
Box/Folder   11/16-19
Reel/Frame   14/1-279
1886, 1894-1910
Box/Folder   12/1-6
Reel/Frame   14/280-813
1911-1912
Box/Folder   12/7-11
Reel/Frame   15/1-283
1913-1916
Box   13
Reel/Frame   15/284-914
1917-1922
Box   14
Reel   16
1923-1926, May
Box/Folder   15/1-7
Reel   17
1926, June-1928, June
Box/Folder   15/8-10
Reel/Frame   18/1-368
1928, July-December
Box/Folder   16/1-4
Reel/Frame   18/369-775
1929, January-February 8
Box/Folder   16/5-8
Reel/Frame   19/1-375
1929, February 9-August, undated
Section b. Congressional subject files, [circa 1913], 1921-1929
Box/Folder   17/1
Reel/Frame   19/376-384
Bills (for stationery allowance), 1928-1929
Box/Folder   17/2
Reel/Frame   19/385-416
Centralia (Washington, IWW Hall attack of 1919), 1924-1928
Box/Folder   17/3
Reel/Frame   19/417-494
Curious, circa 1923-1928
Box/Folder   17/4
Reel/Frame   19/495-506
Daugherty case (U.S. Attorney General Harry M.), circa 1923-1924
Box/Folder   17/5
Reel/Frame   19/507-603
Debs citizenship resolution, 1926
Box/Folder   17/6
Reel/Frame   19/604-612
Detective bill, 1927-1928
Box/Folder   17/7
Reel/Frame   19/613-617
District of Columbia legislation, 1928
Box/Folder   17/8
Reel/Frame   19/618-627
Education bill, 1924-1928
Box/Folder   17/9
Reel/Frame   19/628-676
Fascist activities, 1923-1928
Box/Folder   17/10
Reel/Frame   19/677-776
French debt resolution, 1925-1926
Box/Folder   17/11
Reel/Frame   20/1-18
Gary (Indiana) explosion, 1926
Box/Folder   17/12
Reel/Frame   20/19-118
Immigration, 1923-1924
Box/Folder   17/13
Reel/Frame   20/119-142
Literacy bill, 1921-1928
Box/Folder   17/14
Reel/Frame   20/143-208
Lynching, 1922-1928
Box/Folder   17/15
Reel/Frame   20/209-287
Military appropriations, 1922-1928
Box/Folder   17/16
Reel/Frame   20/288-350
Milwaukee harbor development, [circa 1913], 1928-1929
Box/Folder   17/17
Reel/Frame   20/351-424
Mines, miners and mining, 1925-1928
Box/Folder   17/18
Reel/Frame   20/425-462
Muscle Shoals (power development project), 1925-1928
Box/Folder   17/19
Reel/Frame   20/463-501
Naval Academy, 1927-1929
Box/Folder   17/20
Reel/Frame   20/502-518
Oil bill, 1928
Box/Folder   18/1
Reel/Frame   20/519-606
Old age pension bill, 1927-1929
Box/Folder   18/2
Reel/Frame   20/607-634
Postal employees legislation, 1928-1929
Box/Folder   18/3-4
Reel/Frame   20/635-857
Prohibition, 1924-1929
Box/Folder   18/5
Reel/Frame   21/1-55
Radio commission, 1928
Box/Folder   18/6
Reel/Frame   21/56-158
Radio publication requests, 1928-1929
Box/Folder   18/7
Reel/Frame   21/159-171
Railroad employees legislation, 1924
Box/Folder   18/8
Reel/Frame   21/172-247
Reapportionment, 1921-1929
Box/Folder   18/9-10
Reel/Frame   21/248-430
Return of alien property, 1923-1928
Box/Folder   18/11
Reel/Frame   21/431-458
Roumanian Jews, 1926-1928
Box/Folder   18/12
Reel/Frame   21/459-482
Sesquicentennial celebration, 1925-1926
Box/Folder   18/13
Reel/Frame   21/483-594
Versailles Treaty revision, 1923-1928
Section c. Constituent casework, 1923-1929
Box/Folder   18/14-17
Reel/Frame   21/595-680
A-Be
Box   19
Reel   22
Bi-He
Box   20
Reel   23
Ho-N
Box   21
Reel   24
0-U
Box/Folder   22/1-12
Reel/Frame   25/1-290
V-Z
Section d. General mailings
Box/Folder   22/13-14
Reel/Frame   25/291-453
Issued by Berger, circa 1880's-1928
Received
Box/Folder   22/15-18
Reel/Frame   25/454-796
1908-1918
Box   23
Reel   26
1919-1925
Box   24
Reel   27
1926-1929, undated
Subseries: Subseries 3. Speeches and writings
Section a. By Berger
Typescript and published materials
Box   25
Reel   28
1901-1919
Box   26
Reel/Frame   29/1-331
1920-1929, undated
Note cards
Box   27
Reel/Frame   29/332-459
circa 1910-circa 1919
Box   28
Reel/Frame   29/460-608
circa 1920-circa 1924
Box   29
Reel/Frame   29/609-708
circa 1925-circa 1927
Box   30
Reel/Frame   29/709-899
circa 1927 (continued)-circa 1929, undated
Box/Folder   31/1-4
Reel/Frame   30/1-429
Section b. By others and unattributed, 1902-1929, undated
Box/Folder   31/5-9
Reel/Frame   30/430-790
Subseries: Subseries 4. Legal documentation, 1909, 1912, 1917-1923
Subseries: Subseries 5. Campaign documentation
Campaign literature, 1894-1928
Box/Folder   32/1-2
Reel/Frame   31/1-191
Regular size materials
Box/Folder   38/1
Reel/Frame   31/1-191
Oversize materials
Campaign financial records
Box/Folder   32/3
Reel/Frame   31/192-241
Contribution ledger, 1926
Box/Folder   32/4
Reel/Frame   31/242-300
“1928 Berger Congressional Campaign Donations” ledger
Box/Folder   32/5
Reel/Frame   31/301-314
Miscellaneous campaign expense records, 1924-1928
Box/Folder   32/6-7
Reel/Frame   31/315-451
Subseries: Subseries 6. Milwaukee Social-Democratic Publishing Company materials, 1905-1929
Subseries: Subseries 7. Miscellany, 1898-circa 1927
Box/Folder   32/8
Reel/Frame   31/452-547
Regular size materials
Box/Folder   38/2
Reel/Frame   31/452-547
Oversize materials
Series: Series C. Meta Berger Papers
Subseries: Subseries 1. Biographical materials
Section a. Autobiography (unpublished), 1943-1944
Box/Folder   32/9-10
Reel/Frame   32/1-213
Typescript
Box/Folder   33/1-5
Reel/Frame   32/214-569
Manuscript
Box/Folder   33/6
Reel/Frame   32/570-576
Miscellaneous notes by Meta Berger
Box/Folder   33/7
Reel/Frame   32/577-653
Notes by Miriam Frink
Section b. Notebooks and diary
Box/Folder   33/8
Reel/Frame   32/654-738
Notebook, 1918, December-1919, January
Box/Folder   33/9
Reel/Frame   33/1-49
Diary, 1932, January 15-April 5
Box/Folder   33/10
Reel/Frame   33/50-174
Notebook, 1935, April-May
Box/Folder   33/11
Reel/Frame   33/175-264
Section c. Other documents, 1862-1945, undated
Box/Folder   33/12
Reel/Frame   33/265-275
Section d. Manuscript of a brief interview by Doris Berger, 1936
Section e. Meta Berger Memorial Committee materials, 1944-1945
Correspondence
Box/Folder   34/1
Reel/Frame   33/276-302
Norbert Enzer, chairman
Box/Folder   34/2
Reel/Frame   33/303-423
Miriam Frink, corresponding secretary
Materials from memorial program, April 26, 1945
Box/Folder   34/3
Reel/Frame   33/424-438
Speeches by Marshall Field and William T. Evjue
Box/Folder   34/4
Reel/Frame   33/439-451
Lists of prospective sponsors
Box/Folder   34/5
Reel/Frame   33/452-537
Section f. Clippings, 1915-1918, 1930-1945, undated
Box/Folder   34/6
Reel/Frame   33/538-569
Section g. Funeral register, 1944
Subseries: Subseries 2. Correspondence
General
Box/Folder   34/7-13
Reel/Frame   33/570-1088
1907-1929, July
Box   35
Reel   34
1929, August-1931
Box/Folder   36/1-5
Reel/Frame   35/1-285
1932-1940, undated
Box/Folder   36/6
Reel/Frame   35/286-333
Milwaukee Board of School Directors materials, 1915-1939
Box/Folder   36/7-8
Reel/Frame   35/334-471
Subseries: Subseries 3. Speeches and writings, 1912-circa 1938, undated
Micro 2031
Series: Series D. Milwaukee County Historical Society, Social Democratic Party Collection
Victor Berger Correspondence (Files 26-45)
Reel   36
Undated; 1897-1910
Reel   37
1911, January-April 15
Reel   38
1911, April 16-May 15
Reel   39
1911, May 16-June 30
Reel   40
1911, July
Reel   41
1911, August-October
Reel   42
1911, November-December
Reel   43
1912, January-April
Reel   44
1912, May-December
Reel   45
1913, January-June
Reel   46
1913, July-December
Reel   47
1914, January-June
Reel   48
1914, July-December
Reel   49
1915, January-June
Reel   50
1915, July-1916, February
Reel   51
1916, March-August
Reel   52
1916, September-1917, February
Reel   53
1917, March-October
Reel   54
1917, November-1919, February
Reel/Frame   55/1-153
1919, March-December
Reel/Frame   55/154-277
Speeches, Handouts, Correspondence, Victor Berger, 1904-1914 (File 20)
Reel/Frame   55/278-284
Victor Berger, 1919 (Oversized file)
Mss 798/Micro 2032
Series: Series E. Doris Berger Papers
Biographical materials
Box/Folder   36/9
Reel/Frame   1/1-25
Diary, circa 1917-19
Box/Folder   36/9
Reel/Frame   1/26-53
Scrapbook, 1935
Box/Folder   36/10
Reel/Frame   1/54-85
Other documents, 1913-1936
Box/Folder   36/11-15
Reel/Frame   1/86-467
Correspondence, 1920-1937, 1944, undated
Writings
Box/Folder   37/1-2
Reel/Frame   1/468-584
Speeches and other writings, 1916-circa 1933, undated
Box/Folder   37/3
Reel/Frame   1/585-636
Play drafts, notes and fragments, undated
Series: Series F. Elsa Berger Papers
Box/Folder   37/4-7
Reel/Frame   1/637-941
Correspondence, 1923-1935, 1944-1945, undated
Box/Folder   37/8-9
Reel/Frame   1/942-1155
Jan Edelman correspondence, 1926-1931