Wisconsin Conservation Corps: Project Site Files, 1983-2004

Container Title
2003/123
Part 7 (2003/123, PH Series 2812): Additions, 1983-2003
Physical Description: 10.6 cubic feet (9 records center cartons and 4 archives boxes), 228 photographs, and 16 videorecordings 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1983-2003, including minutes, agenda, and background information of the board and its subcommittees; handbooks and policy manuals; internal newsletters, press releases, and clippings; project applications and reports (mainly 2001-2003); photographs and videotapes; and confidential investigations of complaints, grievances, and other disciplinary actions concerning crew members and crew leaders. The photographs primarily document project work during the anniversary years of 1993 and 1998; other project illustration is arranged by place. The file also illustrates in detail the Corps’ work on the rehabilitation of the Seth Peterson cottage, a Frank Lloyd Wright design. Five videotapes are training and recruitment films and off-the-air coverage of Wisconsin Conservation Corps projects. The others are digital beta cam tapes and beta cam SP tapes which are not viewable on Historical Society equipment.
Access Restrictions: The disciplinary investigations files in Boxes 11-13 may be used only by researchers who sign the Archives' waiver form agreeing not to disclose any personally identifiable information.
Board files
Box   1
Folder   1
Agenda, 1983-2002
Box   1
Folder   2-8
Minutes, 1983-2002
Box   1
Folder   9-10
Correspondence, 1983-1988
Meeting materials
Box   1
Folder   11-33
1983 September-1988 March
Box   2
Folder   1-28
1988 June-1993
Box   3
Folder   1-38
1994 April-2002
Box   4
Folder   1
2003 April
Box   4
Folder   2-5
Memos, 1999-2001
Box   4
Folder   6
Policy manual
Box   4
Folder   7-9
Historical policies and updates
Clippings
Box   4
Folder   10-17
, 1983-1993 (flood clips)
Box   5
Folder   1-6
1993-2001
Box   5
Folder   7
Crew member handbook
Box   5
Folder   8-15
Crew leader bulletins, 1987-2000
Box   5
Folder   16
Crew leader resource manual
Crew leader handbooks
Box   5
Folder   17-20
1985-1991
Box   6
Folder   1-5
1991-2000
Box   6
Folder   6
Crew leader daily log (sample volume only)
Box   6
Folder   7-8
Crew leaders' assistant handbook, 1987-1993
Box   6
Folder   9-16
Director's Weekly Wrap-up, 1999-2003
Disciplinary investigations
Access Restrictions: These materials may be used only by researchers who sign the Archives' waiver form agreeing not to disclose any personally identifiable information.
Box   11
A-H
Box   12
I-P
Box   13
R-Z
Box   6
Folder   17
Miscellany
Box   6
Folder   18-22
Press releases, 1994-2001
Project application and report files
1993-1995
Box   7
Folder   1-3
#435-#437
Box   7
Folder   4-5
Applications not approved
2001
Box   7
Folder   28
Project addenda
Box   7
Folder   26-27
#601-#608
Box   8
Folder   1-3
#609-#611
2003
Box   8
Folder   4-42
#101-#113
Box   9
Folder   1-44
#114-#210
Box   10
Folder   1
Projects, Round II, #3, #4, #7
Box   10
Folder   2
“Resources for Effective Writing,” 2000
Box   10
Folder   3
Strategic plans, 1995-1998
Box   10
Folder   4
Training manual, 1994
Box   10
Folder   5
Work report, 2000-2001
Box   10
Folder   6-18
Workshops, 1996-2003
PH Series 2812
Photographs
Box   1
Folder   1
Album concerning early general programs
Box   1
Folder   2-3
10th and 15th anniversary projects
Box   1
Folder   4
Projects arranged by place and by type
Box   1
Folder   5
Disaster recovery, 1993 floods
2003/123
Videorecordings
Raw footage
Video   1
[Juneau County Historical Society grant application, 1995]
Scope and Content Note: Footage of Society buildings on which Corp members would do restoration work.
Video   2
[Richland County School District], undated
Scope and Content Note: Thanks to the Wisconsin Conservation Corps Board from the school district for their project which employed four women.
Off-the-Air News Stories
Video   3
“Self Service” and “Getting Rid of the Stench,” 2002 August
Scope and Content Note: Two news spots carried by Channels 12 and 25 in Milwaukee about rehabilitation projects of the Community Service Corps and removing algae at Bradford Beach.
Miscellaneous
Video   4
Survive the Wild, 1993
Scope and Content Note: A short produced film, based on the concept of videogames, for Corps member and prospective Corps members about surviving in the wild, conservation issues, and career options.
Video   5
“Great Opportunities,” 2001
Scope and Content Note: A series of commercials aired by La Crosse area television stations in order to recruit young people, ages 18-25, for employment and training in the Corps. Ads include some examples of the work that would be done.
Video   6
Beta cam commercial excerpts, 2001 January 2
Video   7-8
“WCC Stepping Stone to Success,” undated
Physical Description: Beta cam master and VHS 
Kolter Creative video project, 2000 November
Physical Description: Beta cam 
Note: All B roll footage.
Video   9-11
Building walkway and interviews with participants
Video   12
Interviews and tree planting
Video   13
Office scenes and interviews
Video   14
Interviews and tree cutting
Video   15
Interviews
Video   16
Carpentry classes