State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Historic Sites, Division Administrator Subject Files, 1954-2012

Container Title
2008/065
Part 4 (2008/065): Additions, 1959-2005
Physical Description: 3.4 cubic feet (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box), 278 transparencies (1 folder), 6 video recordings (VHS) and 1 video recording (U-Matic) 
Scope and Content Note: Office of Local History files, 1959-2005, concerning the various programs of that office including the affiliate program, local history grants, local history awards, outreach and education to local historical societies, and the Wisconsin Council for Local History. Materials concerning affiliation include applications from many local historical societies, activity reports, and the certification process. Yearly grant files contain grant applications, review materials, and notifications of grant award or rejection. Local history award materials include nominations and notifications of winners. Outreach and education materials contain workshop and meeting announcements, collected articles from local historical societies documenting projects, and information about the Office of Local History's newsletter, Exchange. The transparencies document events sponsored by the Office as well as exhibits and events held by various local historical societies and agencies. Also included are several VHS video tapes covering various activities of Local History staff as well as local historical agencies.
Affiliate program
Annual reports
Box   1
  Folder   1
Forms
Box   1
  Folder   2-5
Reports, 1997-1999, 2002
Box   1
  Folder   3-9
Statistics, 1992, 1994-1996
Box   1
  Folder   11
Articles of incorporation revision, 1968
Affiliation interest
Box   1
  Folder   12-14
Inquiries
Committees
Box   1
  Folder   15
Study
Box   1
  Folder   16
Certification Committee
Box   1
  Folder   17
Ad hoc
Box   1
  Folder   18
Procedures
Box   1
  Folder   19
Board of Curators
Box   1
  Folder   20
Forming chapters
Box   1
  Folder   21
Termination of affiliation
Box   1
  Folder   22
Articles of dissolution
Box   1
  Folder   23
Membership program
Box   1
  Folder   24
Affiliate museums
Committees
Box   1
  Folder   25-28
Awards and affiliation
Box   1
  Folder   29-32
State relations
Box   1
  Folder   33
Certification
Local history grants
Box   1
  Folder   34
Background
Box   1
  Folder   35-36
Correspondence
Box   1
  Folder   37
Forms
Box   1
  Folder   38-39
Reports
Grant year files
Box   1
  Folder   40
1998
Box   1
  Folder   41-42
1999
2001
Box   1
  Folder   43-44
Applications
Box   2
  Folder   1-2
Ranking sheets
Box   2
  Folder   3
Acknowledgements
Box   2
  Folder   4
Acceptance forms
Box   2
  Folder   5
Not chosen letters
Box   2
  Folder   6
Payments sent
2004
Box   2
  Folder   7
Applications
Box   2
  Folder   8
Review
Box   2
  Folder   9
Not chosen
Box   2
  Folder   10
Chosen
Box   2
  Folder   11
Agency House exhibit
Box   2
  Folder   12
Checks sent
Box   2
  Folder   13
Reports
Local history awards
Box   2
  Folder   14
Administration
Box   2
  Folder   15
Background
Box   2
  Folder   16
Mailings and forms
Box   2
  Folder   17-31
Yearly award files, 1998-2004
Box   3
  Folder   1-4
Yearly award files, 2004-2005
Outreach and education
Box   3
  Folder   5-12
Committee meetings, 2002-2004
Meetings and workshops
Box   3
  Folder   13-14
Putting the pieces together
Box   3
  Folder   15
Becoming Wisconsin
Box   3
  Folder   16-19
Fundraising workshop
Box   3
  Folder   20-21
Designing newsletters
Box   3
  Folder   22
Textile workshop
Collected writings and tips
Box   3
  Folder   23
Wisconsin history trivia
Box   3
  Folder   24
William Gothard article
Box   3
  Folder   25
Library and Archives little known collections
Box   3
  Folder   26
Organizing a bus tour
Box   3
  Folder   27
Planning and promoting special events
Box   3
  Folder   28
Care and handling of natural history specimens
Box   3
  Folder   29
Writing an institutional history
Box   3
  Folder   30
Mequon's first century
Box   3
  Folder   31
Currents through history
Box   3
  Folder   32
Researching and using historic recipes
Box   3
  Folder   33
Organizing a successful annual meeting
Box   3
  Folder   34
Insurance against loss
Box   3
  Folder   35
Developing effective committees
Box   3
  Folder   36
Organizing a local history fair
Box   3
  Folder   37
Family history research file
Box   3
  Folder   38
Rag rugs to riches
Box   3
  Folder   39
Automotive industry in Wisconsin
Box   3
  Folder   40-46
A successful fundraising campaign
Box   3
  Folder   47
Wisconsin Slovak Historical Society newsletters
Box   3
  Folder   48
Planning a museum
Box   3
  Folder   49
Local History Resource Center handouts
Publication files
Box   3
  Folder   50-51
Exchange
Box   3
  Folder   52
Exhibiting Your Community's Heritage
Box   3
  Folder   53
Local History Bulletin
Box   3
  Folder   54-55
Youth History Handbook
Subject files
Box   3
  Folder   56
Air quality
Box   3
  Folder   57
Biennial report
Box   3
  Folder   58
Budget
Box   3
  Folder   59
Duties
Funding
Box   3
  Folder   60
Fundraising
Box   3
  Folder   61-64
County funding to local historical societies, 1986-1987, 1989-1990
Box   3
  Folder   65
Wisconsin Act 18, 1983
Staffing
Box   3
  Folder   66
Letter about layoff
Box   3
  Folder   67
Funding to extend position
Box   4
  Folder   1
Staff survey on local historical societies
Box   4
  Folder   2
Five-year plan for local history office
Box   4
  Folder   3
Ten-year plan for local history office
Wisconsin Council for Local History
Box   4
  Folder   4-13
Administrative Committee, 2000-2005
Box   4
  Folder   14
Questionnaire
Box   4
  Folder   15
Meetings
PH Box   27
Folder   1
Transparencies
Video recordings
Video   1
Dr. Loren Horton; WCLH Convention Madison, 1990 October 20
VBB   778
Exhibiting Your Community's Heritage, McKay (SHS) 1983
Video   2
A Walk Through Beaver Dam
Video   3
Gallery Exhibits
Video   4
Disabled museum visitors: Part of your general public
Video   5
Cudahy Depot Restoration Project
Video   6
Dane County Heritage Center Lake Farm County Park