Part 1 (1976/061): Original Collection, 1967-1969
Physical Description: 3.2 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: General correspondence, 1967-1969, of Wilbur J. Schmidt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services. Items include correspondence with divisions, bureaus, and with various state legislators, the American Public Welfare Association, and the Associated Hospital Service.

American Public Welfare Association correspondence

Executive Committee, National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators

Aging, Project on

Board of Directors, 1968

National Council of State Welfare Administration, 1968

Newsletters and general correspondence (social security reform), 1968

Regional conference planning, Detroit, Michigan, 1969 May 11-14

Rockefeller, Nelson A., Governor, State of New York, Chairman, Health and Welfare Committee, replies, 1968

Aging, Project on, 1969

Board of Directors, 1969

National Council of State Welfare Administrators meeting, 1969

Round Table Conference, 1969 December 9-10

Social Security Administration liaison committee, 1969

General correspondence, 1969

Associated Hospital Service correspondence, 1968-1969

A and B correspondence

California (public welfare)

Child Welfare League of America, 1968-1969

Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services correspondence

Civil defense and disaster control, 1964-1967

Council of State Governments, 1968-1969

Alphabetical correspondence

C, 1968-1969

D-F, 1968-1969

Illinois Department of Public Aid, 1968-1969

G-L correspondence, 1968-1969

Medicaid

1968

Brookings Institute Task Force

Medical Assistance Program

1969

Medicaid Task Force and related programs

Family Assistance Program, fact sheet and background

Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, hearings
Note: Nathan, Richard P., Director, Bureau of the Budget.

President's Proposal for Social Security Amendments

Wisconsin Legislators correspondence

A-Z, 1968

A-Z, 1969

Divisional correspondence

Division of Aging, 1969

Division of Business Management

Correspondence

Management Information Bureau

Meat procurement study

Quarterly apportionment, 1968-1969

Personnel

Salary cost projections

Division of Corrections, general and personnel

Division of Children and Youth, procedures and standards, 1957-1969

Division of Family Services

Correspondence

Medical Services

Division of Health, 1969

Division of Mental Hygiene, 1969

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1969

Part 2 (1977/040): Additions, 1967-1971
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: General correspondence, 1967-1971, with other states, the general public, advisory and professional committees, and counties. Also includes such materials as minutes, announcements, and correspondence concerning the Social Security Amendments of 1967 and 1970 related to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the Social Security Administration.

General correspondence, Department of Health, Education and Welfare

1967-1968

“Social Security Amendments of 1967,” House Resolution 12080, 1967

Rehabilitation conference, 1968 February 19-21

Planning meeting, “Social Security Amendments of 1967,” 1968 March 14

“Nassau County (New York) Demonstration Project, No. 263, Legal Services for Welfare Clients” report, 1968 December 31

1968-1969

Medicaid hearing, 1968 December 30

Social Security Legislation of 1967, press releases, 1968-1969

Trend Report, Social and Rehabilitation Service, National Center for Social Statistics, 1969

1970

Family Assistance Act of 1970

Family Assistance Program

Social Rehabilitation Service

Operational planning system meeting, 1970 March 30

Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Secretary's correspondence, Finch, Robert H.

Correspondence, 1970 January-December

Correspondence, Medical Services Administration, Washington, D.C. and Chicago

Rehabilitation Services

National Center for Social Statistics

Public Health Service

Manpower Bill, U.S. Senate 3867, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Opportunities Act of 1970

Medicaid Task Force

Family Assistance Program Fact Sheet

1971

“Social Security Amendments of 1970,” House Resolution 17550

Part 3 (1978/018): Additions, 1968-1971
Physical Description: 1.6 c.f. (1 record center carton and 2 archive boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: General correspondence, 1968-1971 pertaining to the American Public Welfare Association, its board of directors, its national council and state and regional administrators. Also includes correspondence with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Social Security Administration.

American Public Welfare Association correspondence

1968-1970

Board of Directors

National Council

Milwaukee regional conference, 1970 May 20

State administrators meeting, 1970 July 30-31

General correspondence

Project on Aging

1971

Board of Directors meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1971 June 10-11

Board of Directors

State administrators meeting, 1971 March 2

State administrators

Regional conference, 1971 April 25

Round table conference, 1971 December 8-11

House of Representatives, Bill No. 1 and amendments (welfare bill)

General correspondence

Division of Family Services, divisional memorandums, 1971

U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare correspondence, 1971

Richardson, Elliot, Secretary

Friedman, Richard, Regional Office Director, Chicago, Illinois

Public Health Service

Social and Rehabilitation Service, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Information Systems

Assistance Payments Administration

Community Services Administration

Medical Services Administration

Social and Rehabilitation Service

National Center for Social Statistics

Social Security Administration correspondence, 1971

Part 4 (1979/061): Additions, 1967-1973
Physical Description: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: General correspondence, 1967-1973, pertaining to associated state agencies; the American Public Welfare Association, its board of directors and its efforts towards welfare legislation; the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, its agencies and senior personnel.

American Public Welfare Association correspondence, 1972

Schmidt, Wilbur J., Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services

Regional conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 1972 November 8-9

Board of Directors

National Conference of State Welfare Administration, 1972 July-December and 1972 January-June

House of Representatives, bill number 1 (welfare reform bill)

General correspondence

Social Development and Review Corporation

Associated Hospital Service, correspondence, 1972

Council on State Government (National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators), 1972

Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services

California, “A Study of Welfare Expenditures” (Public Social Service, California Senate Interim Committee on Social Welfare, 1970)

Dental services quarterly conference

Guidance clinics, 1960-1966

General correspondence, 1970-1972

Council on Aging, 1968

Advisory Committee on Aging, 1965-1968

Advisory Committee on Day Care, 1961-1968

Developmental disabilities, 1971-1972

Joint Committee on Institution Standards, 1965-1968

Council on Health Planning, 1969-1971

State Council on Health, 1971

Local delinquency services, citizens' advisory committee, 1966

Medical Assistance Advisory Committee, 1967-1968

Mental Health and Mental Retardation Program Development Committee, 1966-1967

Mental Health Advisory Committee, letters to Governor Warren P. Knowles

Social Services Advisory Committee, 1970-1972

Halfway House Federation of Wisconsin, 1968-1972

Health Services data, 1971-1972

Miscellaneous correspondence, H, I, J, K, L, 1972

Madison Association for Retarded Children, 1971-1972

National Association of Social Workers, 1971-1972

Devitt investigation (nursing homes), 1971-1972

Division of Family Services, memorandums, 1972

U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Weinberger, Caspar and Richardson, Elliot L., Secretary, 1972

Public Health Service, 1972

Social and Rehabilitation Service, Washington, D.C. and Chicago, 1972-1973

Medical Services Administration

National Center for Social Statistics, 1972-1973

Social Security Administration

Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, letter N correspondence

Nurses (Wisconsin Association of Nurses negotiations), 1970

Nursing homes, 1969-1972

American College of Nursing Home Administrators, 1971-1972

N-miscellaneous

Part 5 (1980/079): Additions, 1972-1973
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, reports, and other records, 1972-1973, of Secretary Wilbur J. Schmidt on the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, including the Public Health Service and the Social and Rehabilitation Service and its various divisions; and the American Public Welfare Association (APWA) and the APWA's National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators, of which Schmidt was chairman.

Health, Education and Welfare, U.S. Department of, 1973

Correspondence with Secretary (Washington office) and Director (Region V office, Chicago)

Public Health Service

Social and Rehabilitation Service

General correspondence

Administration on Aging

Assistance Payments Administration

General

Cuban refugees

Community Services Administration

General

Goal Oriented Social Services program, 1972

Medical Services Administration

National Center for Social Statistics

American Public Welfare Association (APWA), 1973

General correspondence

National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators

General correspondence

Records of Irving J. Engelman, APWA-Social Security Administration Contract Administrator

Part 6 (1981/086): Additions, 1969-1976
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, meeting materials, and other records, 1969-1976, of Secretary Wilbur J. Schmidt. Included are records related to the American Public Welfare Association's (APWA) National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators (of which Schmidt was chairman); the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, including the Social and Rehabilitation Service and the Social Security Administration; and the Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice (of which Schmidt was a member). There are also records on the APWA including board of directors meeting materials and various committee materials.

American Public Welfare Association, 1969-1974

Membership Committee

Ad Hoc Committee on Essentials of Public Welfare

Conference manual, regional

House Resolution 1, 1973

Letters from the Executive Director, 1972-1973

Board of Directors meetings, 1973-1974

National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators

General correspondence, 1974

Executive Committee, 1969-1974

Health, Education and Welfare, U.S. Department of

Federal registers, 1971-1976

Social and Rehabilitation Service, 1974

General correspondence

Assistance Payments Administration

Rehabilitation Services Administration

Medical Services Administration

National Center for Social Statistics

Public Health Service general correspondence, 1974

Social Security Administration

General correspondence, 1973-1974

Conversion agreement, 1973

Correspondence with Secretary (Washington office) and Director (Region V office, Chicago), 1974

Council on Criminal Justice correspondence, 1974

Part 7 (1982/189): Additions, 1959-1976
Physical Description: 5.0 c.f. (5 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: General correspondence and related materials like reports and pamphlets, 1959-1976, relating to county reimbursements, advisory and general files, and the American Public Welfare Association/National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators.

By County

Adams, 1972-1975

Ashland, 1972-1975

Barron, 1972-1975

Bayfield, 1972-1974

Brown, 1972-1975

Burnett, 1973-1975

Chippewa, 1972-1974

Chippewa, 1975

Clark, 1972-1974

Columbia, 1972-1974

Crawford, 1973-1974

Dane, 1972-1975

Dane County Clerk of Circuit Court (Laurie Carlson letters), 1972-1975

Dodge, 1972-1975

Douglas, 1972-1975

Dunn, 1972-1975

Eau Claire, 1968-1974

Eau Claire, 1975

Florence, 1975

Fond du Lac, 1972-1974

Fond du Lac, 1975

Forest, 1972-1975

Grant, 1970-1974

Green, 1972-1973

Green Lake, 1974-1975

Iowa, 1972-1975

Jefferson, 1972-1975

Juneau, 1972-1975

Kenosha, 1965-1974

Kenosha, 1975

Kewaunee, 1972-1973

La Crosse, 1972-1974

La Crosse, 1975

La Fayette, 1969-1972

La Fayette, 1975

Lincoln, 1972-1975

Manitowoc, 1972-1974

Marathon, 1972-1974

Marathon, 1975

Marquette, 1972-1975

Menominee, 1973-1975

Monroe, 1972-1974

Monroe, 1975

Oconto, 1972-1973

Oneida, 1973-1975

Outagamie, 1972-1974

Outagamie, 1975

Ozaukee, 1972-1975

Pepin, 1972-1975

Pierce, 1972-1975

Polk, 1972-1974

Polk, 1975

Portage, 1972-1975

Price, 1975

Racine, 1972-1974

Racine, 1975

Rock, 1972-1974

Rock, 1975

Rusk, 1973-1975

St. Croix, 1973-1975

Sauk, 1972-1974

Sauk, 1975

Shawano, 1972-1975

Sheboygan, 1970-1975

Taylor, 1973-1975

Trempealeau, 1972-1974

Vernon, 1972-1975

Vilas, 1975

Walworth, 1972-1974

Washburn, 1973-1976

Washington, 1972-1975

Waukesha, 1971-1975

Waupaca, 1971-1975

Waushara, 1973-1975

Winnebago, 1971-1974

Winnebago, 1975

Wood, 1968-1974

Wood, 1975

Reimbursements by County

Brown, 1968-1973

Dodge, 1959-1975

Fond du Lac, 1968-1973

Jackson, 1971-1973

Oneida, 1971-1972

General files

Association of Wisconsin Child Caring Institutions (AWCCI), 1971-1974

Charts, 1975

Chiropractors and chiropractic services, 1968-1975

Clinicare Corporation, 1975

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program reports (EPSDT), 1973-1974

Florida, 1974

Correspondence with Georgia and relating to Goodwill Industries

Illinois, State of and Iowa

General file “N”, 1973-1974

National Association of Social Workers

National Association of State Human Resources Directors (NASHRD), 1974-1975

Nursing Home Appeals Board, 1972-1975

Nursing home enforcement, 1975

Nursing home general correspondence

1975 January-June

1975 July-December

General file “P,” 1973-1974, 1975 July-December

Public Assistance Coalition (PAC) / Public Assistance Mobilization (PAM), 1970-1972

Requests, 1974-1975

State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 1975

U.S. Agriculture Food Stamps, 1972-1975

Vietnamese refugees, 1975

Advisory Committees and Councils

Administrative code revision

Alcoholism

Corrections industries

Day Care

Detention, Interdivisional project steering committee

Drug abuse

Education of the disadvantaged

Follow Through program

Jail and Lock-up standards

Mendota

Mental Health Centers

No Return program

Plumbing code

Purchase of cares and services

Recreational camps

Social Services, income maintenance

American Public Welfare Association (APWA)

Attorneys

Regional conferences locations, 1973-1976

Board of Directors, 1975 March 13-14

Board of Directors, 1975

General correspondence, 1975

General correspondence of APWA and National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators (NCSPWA) of APWA, 1974-1975

Engelman, APWA AND NCSPWA, 1975 January-June

APWA/NCSPWA correspondence, meeting materials, 1975

Part 8 (1984/285): Additions, 1956-1968
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Records of Secretary Wilbur J. Schmidt (Schmidt served as Director of the State Department of Public Welfare prior to this department's merger with the Department of Health and Social Services in 1967).

City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County, 1956-1968
Note: Includes general correspondence.

Milwaukee Inner Core, 1967-1968
Note: Proposals for action and reports.

Milwaukee County House of Correction alcoholic rehabilitation program, 1961-1968

Part 9 (1987/049): Additions, 1973-1981
Physical Description: 6.4 c.f. (6 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: General correspondence, 1973-1981, of Secretary Donald Percy, who served from 1976-1980, with other states, the general public, advisory and professional committees, and counties. Also includes such materials as minutes, announcements, and correspondence of citizens' advisory committees such as the Committee on Community Mental Health Resources, the Committee on Community Mental Health Clinics Services, and the Joint Committee on Institutions Standards.

General correspondence

Abortion, pros and cons
Note: D.E. Percy file, 1977-1978

Adoption and permanency planning, 1977-1978

Affirmative Action plans, 1979-1981

Agreement/contract with Health and Social Services, 1976-1978

Arthritis Task Force, Wisconsin, 1978

Audits
Note: John Paltz, internal audit, 1980

Alcohol: youth, 1978

Alternate Care Placement Study Committee, 1976

Administrative rules management
Note: D.E. Percy file, 1979-1980

Child: Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc., 1979

Clinicare Corporation, report to Secretary Percy, 1979 February 23

Coordinator, Health Information Systems, 1980

Community Care Organization, 1979-1980

Child abuse and neglect, 1980

Child Center, Wisconsin, 1976

Child care institutions, 1980 and 1981 budget analyses

Children code, 1979-1980

Children licensing study, 1978

Children service study, 1977-1979

Child welfare contract, 1977
Note: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company

Central State Hospital: review team, 1977

Charity campaigns, 1975-1979

Corrections, 1975-1979

Energy, 1977-1979

Family planning, 1978-1979
Note: i.e. counties, Planned Parenthood, et al.

Family planning (continued)

Food stamps, 1975-1979

Foster care: rate, 1979-1980

Health Facilities Authority, 1977-1980

Home equity conversion, 1979-1981

Human resources, 1973-1977

Human services, 1978-1979

Human subjects, 1973-1976

Interstate compact placement (Commission on Interstate Cooperation), 1973-1976

Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) law suit, 1976-1979

Juvenile Court Services, final report, 1977 March

Maternal Child Health, (MCH) Title V, 1978-1980

Mission statements, 1977-1978

Medical Assistance Advisory Committee, 1978-1979

Medicaid reform, Wisconsin, 1977-1978

Mental Hygiene, Division of, “1985 Developmental Sketch,” 1970

Mental health, 1976-1979

Migrants, 1978-1979

Migrants, 1978-1979 (continued)

Purchase of services, 1977-1978

Septic tanks, 1977-1978

Sex crimes/laws, 1977-1978

Smoking, 1976-1977

Task forces, 1977

Termination of state employees, 1978-1979

Title XX plan and advisory committee, 1978-1979

Travel, 19785-1979

Vehicle usage reports, 1976-1980

Urban Systems review, “Medicaid Eligibility in Wisconsin,” 1977

Volunteers of America (Unicare), 1981

Youth aids, 1979

Youth development, 1977-1979

Part 10 (1991/097): Additions, 1969-1975
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Records of Secretary Wilbur J. Schmidt. Included is correspondence and other records on the various divisions of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969-1975 (bulk 1974-1975); and Schmidt's replies to correspondence received from state legislators, 1975.

Part 11 (1994/120): Additions, 1966-1978
Physical Description: 1.8 c.f. (1 record center carton and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Milwaukee general correspondence, 1966-1978, pertaining to children's homes, day care centers, mental health, and aid to families. Nursing homes, alcoholism, and various service programs are also represented. Also included are records of the Department related to budgets, audits, contracts and agreements.

1969

Milwaukee general, 1969
Note: Not Milwaukee County.

1970

1970 January-December

Milwaukee general
Note: Not Milwaukee County.

Nursing homes correspondence
Note: Milwaukee only.

Social Service Welfare Laboratory

1971

1971 January-December

Milwaukee general
Note: Not Milwaukee County.

Social Service Welfare Laboratory

1972

1972 January-December

Milwaukee general
Note: Not Milwaukee County.

Children's home, 1966-1970

Freedom through Equality (Steinglass)

Council on Alcoholism - Alcoholics Anonymous program

Inner City Development Project, 1969-1970

Jewish Vocational Service, 1968-1970

Milwaukee Journal materials

Person's Index - Social Data on Computer

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) - Legal Services and fuel crisis, 1969-1977

Audits

Budgets, 1976-1977

Children home - placements, 1974-1976

Contracts and agreements

Day Care Centers - contract, 1973-1976

Developmental disabilities, 1977-1978

Freedom through Equality

General, 1976-1977

Inner City Development Project, 1978

Institutions and Departments

Maternal and Child Health, 1976-1978

Mental health, 1977-1978

Mental Health Planning Council, 1975-1976

Nursing home, 1971-1976

Department of Social Services (formerly Public Welfare), 1977-1978

Quality Assurance Program, 1978

Part 12 (1998/173): Additions, 1966-1984
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: General policy letters on social services, 1966-1984, and RNIP (Relief for Needy Indian Persons) committee records, 1970-1971 and 1979-1980.

General policy letters

Relief to Needy Indian Persons committee records