Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
Series 678	Part 1 (Series 678): Original Series, 1854-1979 Physical Description: 18.4 cubic feet (46 archives boxes) Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and other documents concerning Society divisions and their projects in which the Society Administration was involved. Included are divisional annual reports, staff field reports, and files on the establishment of several Society historic sites and on matters of general staff concern such as procedures, membership, and personnel.
	Series: General Files
Box 1 Folder 1-3	Administrative procedures and information, 1947-1982
	Annual, semi-annual, and biennial reports
Box 1 Folder 4-8	1942-1954
Box 2	1954-1960
Box 3	1960-1964
Box 4	1964-1968
Box 5	1968-1970
Box 6	1971-1977
Box 7 Folder 1-3	1977-1979
Box 7 Folder 4	Charter, constitutions and by-laws 1875-1954
Box 7 Folder 5	Committee on Protection of Society Collections, 1955
Box 7 Folder 6	Division Heads meetings, 1960, 1963, 1967-1982
	Division Heads reports
Box 7 Folder 7-12	1967 October-1972 April
Box 8	1972 May-1974 December
Box 9	1975 January-1977 June
Box 10 Folder 1-2	1977 July-1978 December
	Field Reports
Box 10 Folder 3	Calendar of field trip reports, 1953-1975
Box 10 Folder 4-5	Archives, 1958-1975, 1978-1979
Box 10 Folder 6	Civil Rights Collecting Project, 1966-1968
Box 10 Folder 7	Museum, 1962-1971
Box 10 Folder 8-9	Miscellaneous, 1955-1972
	Alderfer, William
Box 10 Folder 10	1958-1959
Box 11 Folder 1-2	1960-1963
Box 11 Folder 3-4	Anderson, Don 1964-1965
Box 11 Folder 5	Bowden, Charles 1968-1969
Box 11 Folder 6	Burnette, O. Lawrence 1962
Box 11 Folder 7	Cavanaugh, James 1974-1975
Box 11 Folder 8	Cooper, Sarah 1974-1975
	Dunn, Walter
Box 11 Folder 9	1957-1959
Box 12 Folder 1-2	1960-1962
Box 12 Folder 3-5	East, Dennis 1963-1965, 1968
Box 12 Folder 6-7	Elliot, Frank 1953-1956
	Erney, Richard
Box 12 Folder 8-9	1957-1958
Box 13 Folder 1-3	1959-1968, 1970-1972
Box 13 Folder 4	Feeley, Francis 1970-1973
	Fischel, Leslie
Box 13 Folder 5-7	1959-1961
Box 14 Folder 1-8	1960-1969
Box 14 Folder 9	Fleckner, John A. 1973-1974, 1978-1981
Box 15 Folder 1	Fox, Michael J. 1978-1982
Box 15 Folder 2	Gilmore, Russell 1963, 1965-1968
Box 15 Folder 3	Hunter, Harry undated
Box 15 Folder 4	Jacques, John 1959-1962
Box 15 Folder 5	Kahn, Paul 1970-1971
Box 15 Folder 6	Kaiser, Barbara; and Harper, Josephine 1959-1961
Box 15 Folder 7-10	Kaiser, Barbara 1962-1975
Box 15 Folder 11	Lueders, Tom 1958
Box 16 Folder 1-4	Lord, Clifford 1953-1958
Box 16 Folder 5	McGill, Marcia 1961-1963
Box 16 Folder 6-9	McNeil, Don 1951-1959
Box 16 Folder 10	Marten, Bill 1962
Box 16 Folder 11	Morgan, Joan 1961
Box 17 Folder 1-5	O'Connell, Janice 1964-1975
Box 17 Folder 6	Owen, A.L. 1954
Box 17 Folder 7	Perkins, Ron 1963
Box 17 Folder 8	Philbrick, John 1962-1963
Box 17 Folder 9-10	Porter, Dan 1956-1958
Box 17 Folder 11	Roth, Jane 1972-1973
	Schereck, Bill
Box 17 Folder 12	1954-1955
Box 18 Folder 1-5	1956-1965
Box 18 Folder 6	Schewe, Douglas 1957
Box 18 Folder 7	Schmiedeke, Chet 1959-1966, 1968
Box 18 Folder 8	Severa, Joan 1960, 1963-1971
Box 18 Folder 9	Sherman, Robert 1964-1967
Box 19 Folder 1	Silvestro, Clement 1956-1957
Box 19 Folder 2	Sivesind, Ray 1955, 1961, 1964-1966, 1968
Box 19 Folder 3	Smith, Alice 1956, 1964
Box 19 Folder 4	Thelen, David 1961-1964
Box 19 Folder 5	Thelen, Esther 1965
Box 19 Folder 6-7	Thompson, Glen E. 1960-1962
Box 19 Folder 8	Vanderbilt, Paul 1955-1965
Box 19 Folder 9	Watson, Jim 1969-1970, 1972, 1975
Box 19 Folder 10	Weissman, Andy 1962
Box 19 Folder 11	Wilcox, Ben 1960-1965
Box 19 Folder 12	Winn, John 1968, 1971
Box 19 Folder 13	Fundraising data sheets, 1956-1961
Box 20 Folder 1-2	Historical information on the Society, 1898-1968
Box 20 Folder 3	Junior Executives meetings, 1952-1955
	Membership
Box 20 Folder 4-7	Reports, 1949-1975
Box 20 Folder 8	Lists, 1934, 1946-1956
Box 20 Folder 9-10	Correspondence and miscellaneous, 1947-1979
Box 21 Folder 1	Questionnaires, 1951, 1960-1965
Box 21 Folder 2	Biographical and genealogical questionnaire, 1964-1970
Box 21 Folder 3	Staff meetings and plans, 1959-1962
Box 21 Folder 4	Sustaining members, 1949-1972
Box 21 Folder 5	Annual solicitations and lifetime members, 1958-1972
Box 21 Folder 6	Joint Membership with Local Societies, 1954, 1959-1960, 1972
	Memoranda
Box 21 Folder 7	Miscellaneous, 1953-1965, 1969
Box 21 Folder 8-13	Staff, 1973-1979
	Division Heads
Box 21 Folder 14	1977
Box 22 Folder 1	1978
	Personnel
Box 22 Folder 2-4	Employee records, 1854-1954
Box 22 Folder 5-6	Miscellany, 1953, 1961, 1967-1969, 1976-1979
Box 23 Folder 1	Plans and Projects, 1952-1959, 1969
Box 23 Folder 2	Professionalization, 1957-1958, 1960-1961
Box 23 Folder 3	Salaries (Staff), 1949-1957
Box 23 Folder 4	Speakers Bureau, 1965-1967
Box 23 Folder 5	Staff Association, minutes, reports, by-laws 1956-1959
Box 23 Folder 6-7	Staff meetings, 1960-1975
Box 23 Folder 8	Staff newsletters, 1963-1964
Box 23 Folder 9	Staff organizational charts, 1948-1972
	Series: Archives Division	⇧
	General
Box 23 Folder 10	1946-1964
Box 24 Folder 1-4	1965-1975
Box 24 Folder 5	Transfer of Archives to Department of Administration, 1955-1959
	Area Research Centers
Box 24 Folder 6	General, 1962-1972
Box 24 Folder 7	Eau Claire, 1963-1972
Box 24 Folder 8	Green Bay, 1969-1972
Box 24 Folder 9	La Crosse, 1965-1972
Box 24 Folder 10-11	Milwaukee, 1961-1973
Box 24 Folder 12	Northland, 1971-1972
Box 24 Folder 13	Oshkosh, 1963-1972
Box 24 Folder 14	Parkside, 1972-1974
Box 24 Folder 15	Platteville, 1962, 1965-1973
Box 24 Folder 16	River Falls, 1961-1972
Box 24 Folder 17	Stevens Point, 1963-1972
Box 24 Folder 18	Stout, 1972
Box 24 Folder 19	Superior, 1971-1972
Box 24 Folder 20	Whitewater, 1965-1972
Box 25 Folder 1	Data processing, 1967-1972
Box 25 Folder 2-3	Iconographic Collection, 1963, 1967-1975
Box 25 Folder 4	Income tax returns disposition, 1948-1949
Box 25 Folder 5-12	McCormick Collection, 1946-1975
Box 25 Folder 13	Manuscripts Section, 1942-1961
Box 26 Folder 1	Mass Communications History Conference, 1960
	Regional Depositories
Box 26 Folder 2	General, 1951-1961
Box 26 Folder 3	Green Bay, 1952-1953, 1956-1959
Box 26 Folder 4	Milwaukee, 1953-1958
	Series: Editorial Division	⇧
Box 26 Folder 5	General, 1963-1964
Box 26 Folder 6-7	Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography, 1950-1957
Box 26 Folder 8	The Fox River Valley Paintings, 1961-1968
Box 26 Folder 9	Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1959-1964
Box 26 Folder 10	Wisconsin Almanac (Parker Pen Company), 1962-1964
	Wisconsin Calendar
Box 26 Folder 11-12	1954-1973
Box 27 Folder 1-2	1974-1975
Box 27 Folder 3	Wisconsin Dells History, 1963-1964
Box 27 Folder 4-5	Publication Office, 1961,1963-1975
	Society Press
Box 27 Folder 6-11	General, 1954-1971
	Sales Reports
Box 27 Folder 12	1956-1964
Box 28 Folder 1-4	1965-1975
Box 28 Folder 5	Biography Series, 1945-1948
Box 28 Folder 6	Bangsberg & Clark-Pomeroy Biography, 1958
Box 28 Folder 7	Bowman, Why Wisconsin? 1947-1948
Box 28 Folder 8	Glover, Hoard Biography 1958-1959
Box 28 Folder 9	Holand, Children of the Wilderness 1944
Box 28 Folder 10	Johnson, Dear Folks 1956-1967
Box 28 Folder 11	Larsen, Biography of Glenn Frank 1962-1968
Box 28 Folder 12	Larson, Johnson Biography 1951-1967
Box 29 Folder 1	Wyman, State College System Centennial History 1963-1967
Box 29 Folder 2	Schwartztrauber Biography, Applications 1962-1963
	Wisconsin Magazine of History
Box 29 Folder 3-7	General, 1946-1972, 1974-1977
Box 29 Folder 8	Specifications, bids, and contracts 1942-1957
Box 29 Folder 9	Printers, 1940-1955
	Series: Field Services Division	⇧
Box 29 Folder 10	General, 1953, 1960, 1963, 1966-1972
	Series: Historic Preservation Division	⇧
Box 29 Folder 11	General, 1978-1979
	Series: Library Division	⇧
Box 30 Folder 1-7	General, 1961-1976
Box 30 Folder 8	John R. Commons Labor Reference Center, 1963-1967
Box 30 Folder 9	Kleppner case, 1966-1970
Box 31 Folder 1	Legislature's Proposed Separation from the Society, 1931
Box 31 Folder 2	Order Division, 1912-1917
Box 31 Folder 3	Regional Depository Library Legislation, 1957-1958
Box 31 Folder 4	Relations with University Library, 1907-1960
Box 31 Folder 5	Blegen survey, 1943
Box 31 Folder 6	Larsen survey, 1955-1956
Box 31 Folder 7	Tauber et al. survey, 1966-1967
	Series: Office of Local History	⇧
Box 31 Folder 8	Survey of Affiliated Societies, 1967-1971
	General
Box 31 Folder 9	1960-1963
Box 32 Folder 1-8	1964-1978
	Series: Museum Division	⇧
Box 33 Folder 1-9	General, 1942-1978
Box 33 Folder 10	Iconography Section, 1955, 1959-1966
Box 34 Folder 1-7	Museum Education, 1963-1979
Box 34 Folder 8	Painting Review Committee, 1967-1968, 1973
Box 34 Folder 9-13	Anthropology, 1955-1975
	Historymobile
Box 35 Folder 1-9	1954-1962
Box 36 Folder 1-5	1962-1978
Box 36 Folder 6	Signers of the Declaration of Independence Exhibit, 1975
	Series: Office of Public Information	⇧
Box 36 Folder 7-8	General, 1951, 1955-1968
	Series: Research	⇧
Box 36 Folder 9-10	General, 1947-1962
	Multi-Volume History of Wisconsin
Box 36 Folder 11-12	1960-1965
Box 37 Folder 1-7	1966-1974
Box 37 Folder 8	Oral History Coordinator, 1973-1975
Box 37 Folder 9	One-Volume History of Wisconsin, 1963-1973 Note: See also Archives Division "Data Processing."
	Series: School Services	⇧
Box 37 Folder 10-12	General, 1947-1962
Box 37 Folder 13	Junior Conventions, 1953-1956
Box 38 Folder 1-2	Senior High School Program, 1953-1954
	Series: Sites and Markers	⇧
Box 38 Folder 3-4	Markers, General 1957-1975
Box 38 Folder 5-11	Sites, General 1954-1978
Box 38 Folder 12	Historic site admission fees, 1978
Box 39 Folder 1	Hiestand report, 1967
Box 39 Folder 2	Wisconsin Historic Sites survey, 1966
Box 39 Folder 3	Ticket tax exemption, 1948-1952
Box 39 Folder 4	Aztalan, 1957-1972
Box 39 Folder 5-6	Belmont, 1954-1966
Box 39 Folder 7	Brisbois House, 1950, 1957-1964
	Circus Museum
	General correspondence
Box 39 Folder 8	1949-1955
Box 40 Folder 1-4	1956-1959
Box 40 Folder 5-6	John M. Kelley correspondence, 1949-1963
Box 41 Folder 1-2	C.P. Fox correspondence, 1952-1959
Box 41 Folder 3	Opening, 1959
Box 41 Folder 4	Field reports, 1954-1962
Box 41 Folder 5	Corporate papers, 1954-1959
Box 41 Folder 6	Concessions, 1959
Box 41 Folder 7	Scholl Collection, 1955-1959
Box 41 Folder 8	Mirror Band Wagon, 1954-1957
Box 41 Folder 9	John Winn correspondence, 1958-1959
	Budget, Planning and Fundraising
Box 41 Folder 10	1956-1958
Box 42 Folder 1	1959-1960
Box 42 Folder 2	Floor plans and maps, 1958-1959
Box 42 Folder 3	Cotton House, 1953-1954
Box 42 Folder 4-5	Madeline Island, 1967-1975
Box 42 Folder 6	Indian Cemetery
Box 42 Folder 7-11	Pendarvis, 1970-1979
	Stonefield
	General correspondence
Box 42 Folder 12-14	1950-1956
Box 43 Folder 1-7	1957-1979
Box 43 Folder 8	Carpenter investigation, 1957-1958
Box 43 Folder 9	Bank, 1960-1965
Box 43 Folder 10	Butcher Shop and General Store, 1958-1960
Box 43 Folder 11	Carpenter Shop, 1958-1963
Box 43 Folder 12	Creamery and Cheese Factory, 1964-1968
Box 43 Folder 13	Firehouse, 1964-1967
Box 43 Folder 14	Law Office, 1962-1964
Box 43 Folder 15	Livery Stable, 1961-1963, 1967
Box 44 Folder 1	Print Shop and Church, 1957-1963
Box 44 Folder 2	Saloon, 1964-1967
Box 44 Folder 3	Railroad depot, 1967-1971
	Villa Louis
Box 44 Folder 4-9	General correspondence, 1946-1979
	Oppenheimer correspondence
Box 44 Folder 10	1947-1948
Box 45 Folder 1-3	1949-1958
Box 45 Folder 4	Attorney General correspondence, 1948-1952
Box 45 Folder 5	Virginia Dousman Bigelow correspondence, 1947-1958
Box 45 Folder 6	Florence Bittner correspondence, 1949-1960
Box 45 Folder 7	Corps of Engineers Dike Project, 1967
Box 45 Folder 8	Friday evening programs, 1960-1961
Box 45 Folder 9	Inventory, 1950
Box 45 Folder 10	Historic Prairie du Chien, 1967
Box 45 Folder 11	Renovation, 1947-1953
	Wade House
Box 46 Folder 1-4	General correspondence, 1949-1972
Box 46 Folder 5	Tea room, 1958-1964
Box 46 Folder 6-7	Jung Carriage Collection, 1960-1972