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Milwaukee Small Collection 177
Scattered records of a group which sought to make the city of Milwaukee Police Department's administration more responsive to community needs and goals, and to decrease tensions between police and Milwaukee inner city residents. Included are brief minutes, correspondence, reports on similar concerns elsewhere, and clippings. |
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Alexander, Ray A., 1927- .
Papers, 1972-1988.
UWM Manuscript Collection 192
This collection contains Ray A. Alexander's papers pertaining to his work
as executive director of the Afro Urban Institute beginning in 1970. The Afro
Urban Institute is a tax exempt, non-profit community development corporation
for the Milwaukee black community. The Ray A. Alexander Papers consist of
documents pertaining to various businesses and programs that the Afro Urban
Institute helped establish. This collection includes donor solicitations;
publications, including Business Insight and the Tal-N-Art Consortium, Inc.
Times newsletters; correspondence; meeting minutes; and program evaluations
referring to projects such as the Cheops Construction Company, Apex Cab
Company, the Economic Development Center, the Northside Community Design
Center, and the Career Opportunities Preparation program, aimed towards junior
high school students to encourage education and future business operation and
participation. This collection highlights some of the Afro Urban Institute's
earlier work and illustrates the tenacity and dedication which Alexander and
the Afro Urban Institute needed to conduct business during the 1970s.
Finding
aid available in the Archives.
Association of Black Professionals at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Records, 1973-1974.
UWM Archival Collection 159
Collection consists of minutes and correspondence documenting the activities of the
Association, which was formed on April 6, 1973, to address issues of concern to African
American students, faculty, and staff. Included is correspondence surrounding the
appointment of Chancellor Werner A. Baum. Finding aid
available in the Archives.
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002.
Papers, 1933-1982.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 16 and Milwaukee Micro Collection 42
Papers of a civil rights activist, lawyer, and Wisconsin state legislator; including
personal papers on his family and law practice; political campaigns records; files on
organizations in which he participated such as Freedom Through Equality, Milwaukee Legal
Services, the Milwaukee United School Integration Committee, and the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People. Also contains legislative and subject files
reflecting Barbee's interest in abortion, capital punishment, education, health care, and
other areas; and research and legal files pertaining to the desegregation suit filed
against the Milwaukee School Board by the NAACP in 1965 in which Barbee was lawyer for the
plaintiffs. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Barnhill, Helen I.
Papers, 1963-1965.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 4
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Papers of an executive secretary of the Milwaukee Citizens for Equal Opportunity, includes flyers and memoranda of the MCEO and the Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Community Life. Some files concern equal opportunities, housing, and the 1964 Freedom Day School. Finding aid available in the Archives. |
Becker, Dismas, 1936- .
Papers, 1966-1974.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 9
Papers of a community organizer and former Catholic priest, who is now a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly. With Father James Groppi, Becker was an active participant in
welfare rights activities in Milwaukee, and in demonstrations in Madison to protest the
threatened cutback in funding of welfare.
The collection includes fragmentary records of his work with various Milwaukee welfare
groups, in particular with the Council on Urban Life (of the Milwaukee archdiocese) and
the Milwaukee County Welfare Rights Organization. The papers consist of by-laws and
constitutions of the organizations, membership lists, financial records, and minutes of
meetings. A few personal papers are also present, including a campaign pamphlet, newspaper
clippings illustrating Becker's personal involvement in the demonstrations, a small amount
of correspondence, and several written reports and papers. Finding
aid available in the Archives.
Black and White Men Together--Milwaukee Chapter.
Records, 1981-1989.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 208
The collection documents the functions and activities of the Milwaukee chapter
of Black and White Men Together (BWMT), which held its first membership meeting
in November 1980. BWMT--Milwaukee provided a safe environment for gay male,
interracial couples and individuals interested in interracial dating. It also
raised awareness about and combated racism within Milwaukee's gay community and
homophobia within its black community. The collection includes brochures and
fliers, newsletters, correspondence between the Milwaukee chapter and the
national association, agendas and minutes from membership and steering
committee meetings, and information about the 1987 national convention held in
Milwaukee. The collection also contains some general information about the
national association (NABWMT). Finding
aid available in the Archives.
Bleidorn, Eugene.
Papers, 1965-1966.
Milwaukee Small Collection 92
Photocopied correspondence, clippings, and printed matter of a Milwaukee Roman Catholic
priest, pastor of St. Boniface Church, concerning alternative "freedom schools"
and church involvement in an October 1965 public school boycott by Black residents along
with Father James Groppi in protest against de facto school segregation.
Burke, Virginia M.
Papers, 1938-1977.
UWM Manuscript Collection 37
Papers of a University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee English professor which include
professional and personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, drafts of published works,
copies of works that had been submitted for publication, reviews, and notes. The
professional correspondence includes thank you letters, letters of inquiry, rejection and
acceptance letters from publishers, and routine correspondence with colleagues. The
personal correspondence deals primarily with Burke's battle against heart disease.
A large portion of the collection focuses on Burke's involvement with professional
organizations, particularly the National Council of Teachers of English and the Wisconsin
Council of Teachers of English. The collection also reflects her interest in black
literature. She taught courses in black literature, and she served on the advisory board
for the Negro American Literature Forum, which later became the Black American Literature
Forum. Finding aid
available in the Archives.
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Coggs, Isaac N., 1920-1973. Papers, 1954-1959. Milwaukee Small Collection 154 Papers of a African American Democratic Assemblyman from Milwaukee, consisting of campaign brochures, biographical clippings, and a few pieces of correspondence. Coggs served Wisconsin's 6th District from 1952 through 1957. |
Coleman, Jonathan.
Papers, 1976-1997.
UWM Manuscript Collection 152
The collection consists primarily of taped interviews and transcripts of
interviews conducted by Jonathan Coleman for his book on Milwaukee race relations, Long
Way to Go: Black and White in America (1997). There are also taped interviews
conducted by Coleman for an article on the construction of the Civil Rights
Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama; the article eventually appeared in Time magazine.
In addition to taped interviews and transcripts, the collection consists of other
documentation relating to the publication of Long Way to Go. Finding aid available in the Archives.
| Records of the Milwaukee chapter of CORE, mainly relating to the activities of secretary Richard McLeod in the education committee's campaign to end de facto segregation in the city school system, including the 1964 Freedom Day program. Also contains a constitution and by-laws, programs, the education committee's report to the 1964 CORE national convention, and material relating to civil rights activities in Mississippi. Finding aid available in the Archives. |  |
Crosby, Henry.
Papers, 1969-1976.
UWM Manuscript Collection 188
This collection contains Henry Crosby's papers pertaining to the 1970
acquisition and the 1972 closure of the Peoples Brewing Company. Crosby was
on the board of directors of this company. This brewery was owned by a group
of Milwaukee-based African American Investors. As a result of this purchase
and the subsequent African American directed stock sale, the Peoples Brewing
Company became the first major African American owned brewery in Wisconsin.
The Henry Crosby Papers consist of documents relating to the Peoples Brewing
Company in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; the president of the Peoples Brewing Company,
Theodore Mack; minority business initiatives; the Wisconsin brewing
industry; and the Small Business Administration (SBA), which is the federal
government agency whose function is to council and assist the interests of
small businesses. Finding
aid available in the Archives.
Dougherty, Jack.
More Than One Struggle oral history collection, 1995-1996.
UWM Manuscript Collection 217
Collection consists of sixty-three oral history interviews conducted by Jack
Dougherty during the course of researching his book More Than One Struggle:
The Evolution of Black School Reform in Milwaukee. The oral histories
consist of cassette tapes, transcripts, correspondence with interviewees, and
post-interview notes. The collection also contains Dougherty's research files on
related subjects. Finding
aid available in the Archives.
Duncan Group, Inc.
Through One City's Eyes interview transcripts, 1998-1999.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 202
Transcripts of interviews conducted for the documentary Through One City's Eyes: Race Relations
in America's Heartland produced by the Duncan Group in association with Milwaukee Public
Television and Wisconsin Public Radio. Interviewees discuss race relations in Milwaukee during
the Civil Rights movement, as well as contemporary city issues. Also included is a brief
description of the program and a few newspaper articles about the documentary.
Finding aid available in the
Archives.
Eastside Housing Action Committee. (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Records, 1972-1978.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 11
Records of a tenant union organizing committee focusing on the problem of an ethnically
mixed, deteriorating neighborhood plagued with a high rate of absentee landlordism.
Contains records on funding; sponsorship; and activities including organization of tenant
unions, initiation of legal actions on behalf of tenants, lobbying for legislative reform,
and support for local cooperative businesses. Finding aid
available in the Archives.
Filzen, Sarah.
Papers, 1996-1997.
UWM Manuscript Collection 179
Materials from three oral history projects, relating to Cuca Records, Paramount Records, and the Park People, conducted by Sarah Filzen. Cuca Records, once located in Sauk City, Wisconsin, was founded by James Kirchstein in 1959 and actively produced LP recordings until the early 1970s. Cuca recorded and released primarily polka and ethnic music, though the label also issued pop, rhythm and blues, folk, and traditional jazz music. Paramount Records, once located in Port Washington, Wisconsin, was established in 1917. While Paramount's earliest releases were mainly white ethnic recordings, in the early 1920s Paramount entered the "race records" market, recording music, such as blues and gospel, directed towards a black audience. Paramount issued its final record in 1932. In the late 1940s Milwaukeean John Steiner bought what was left of Paramount's inventory. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Fisher, Cecil A., 1899- .
Papers, 1921-1966.
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Milwaukee Small Collection 51 Papers of a pastor of Milwaukee's St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church consisting of St. Mark's brochures, newsletters, and programs; and correspondence, photographs and memorabilia dated between 1921 and 1964. Also among the materials are tributes from a This is Your Life gathering held by the Juneau Fidelity Temple in 1963. Finding aid available in the Archives. |
Goodnow, Lyman.
Manuscript, [1880?].
Milwaukee Small Collection 19
Typed manuscript of how Goodnow helped the first slave escape to Canada from Wisconsin
Territory in 1843. The slave was a sixteen year old girl named Caroline Quarlls, who
originally escaped from St. Louis.
Groppi, James E., 1930- .
Papers, 1967-1976.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection EX and Milwaukee Tape 5
| Papers, largely correspondence, of a Roman Catholic priest and prominent Milwaukee civil rights activist. Most of the correspondence is unsolicited responses to Father Groppi's 1967-1968 civil rights activities, making the collection more useful for research on public attitudes towards civil rights, rather than for research on Groppi's life and work. |
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Halyard, Ardie Clark, 1900- .
Speech, 1980.
Milwaukee Small Collection 111
A two-page transcript of Mrs. Halyard's remarks upon receipt of an award from the
Metropolitan Milwaukee Civic Alliance, November 6, 1980, in which she discussed her start
in Milwaukee in the 1920s; her involvement with husband, Wilber, in the NAACP; her first
job at Goodwill Industries; and the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical and Adult School
System.
Harsh, David V.
Papers, [ca. 1969].
Milwaukee Small Collection 155
Photocopies of an undated one-page history of St. James Methodist Church of Milwaukee,
and a thirty-two page report written about 1969 entitled A Fragmentary Look at Black
Methodism in Wisconsin. Harsh apparently presented both to the Wisconsin Conference
of the United Methodist Church's Commission on Archives and History.
| Miscellaneous records created or compiled by Hart concerning the desegregation of the Milwaukee Public School (MPS) system. Most of the collection contains Hart's files on the Committee of 100, which was an advisory group to the MPS Board of Directors, and represented the community in the preparations of plans for alternative schools and integration. Hart's files, largely organized chronologically, concern the meetings and policies of the Human Relations Subcommitee, of which she was chair, and the South Division High School cluster. |  |
Hauser, Otto R., 1886-1972.
Papers, 1860-1972.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection CF
Papers of a Milwaukee Baptist minister and Socialist leader who helped organize American
Relief for Germany, an organization which raised money for German relief after World War
II. The collection consists primarily of minutes, organizational materials, photographs,
reports, speeches, a film, and other records of American Relief for Germany. Also contains
Hauser's recorded autobiography, several school notebooks, and diaries, mostly in German.
Miscellaneous items include files on Immanuel Baptist Church, Roger Williams Hospital; a
few speeches and pamphlets from Hauser's two political campaigns; his secretaryship to
Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee; his opposition to war and fascism; and his support of Milwaukee's
blacks. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Holmes, Elizabeth, 1900- .
Papers, 1852-1976.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 118
Papers (mainly 1960-1965) of a member of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors,
consisting of speeches; school district reports and studies; Appointment and Instruction
(1961-1964); the Special Committee on Equality of Education Opportunity, which studied
segregation within Milwaukee schools (1963-1964); and other committees of the board. Also
included are project proposals, reports, and research council minutes concerning the Great
Cities Program for School Improvement which studied the problems of migrant and transient
students in Milwaukee. Also contains family correspondence dating back to 1852. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee.
Records, 1975-1996.
UWM Manuscript Collection 99
Collection consists mainly of minutes, correspondence, memos, annual and research
reports, newsclippings and press releases which document the Hunger Task Force of
Milwaukee's (HTFM) mission to prevent hunger and malnutrition by providing food to people
in need and by promoting social policies to achieve the permanent end of hunger. The Task
Force's work with local, state, and national groups, such as the Milwaukee Food Stamp
Coalition and USDA/Americorps' Anti-Hunger Project, is documented within the records.
Information on HTFM's coordination of the Emergency Food Pantry Network and the Hunger
Action Network and its program developments, such as the Infant Nutrition Project and the
School Breakfast Expansion Project are also in the records. Other materials include videos
produced by HTFM, photographs of people and events, education and advocacy efforts, and
various brochures and fact sheets. Finding aid available
in the Archives.
Johannsen, Marilyn R. and Walter J.
Papers, 1967-1986.
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UWM Manuscript Collection 86 Papers of Marilyn R. and Walter J. Johannsen, neighborhood activists and leaders of Milwaukee's Sherman Park Community Association dating from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. The collection contains correspondence to and from newspapers and local businesses, Housing and Education Committee records, Association newsletters, early general meeting minutes, materials documenting opposition from hate groups, and other materials relating to their involvement with the organization. Some of these documents are annotated. Finding aid available in the Archives. |
Milwaukee Citizens For Equal Opportunity.
Records, 1960-1966.
Milwaukee Micro Collection 16
Records of a community organization formed to promote civil rights, school integration,
and fair housing. Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, newsletters, and
miscellaneous materials pertaining to MCEO activities. Includes several letters from
Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier and James Farmer of CORE. Also present are materials relating
to local civil rights organizations, including the Citizens Committee for Fair Housing
Practices, the Milwaukee Area Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity in Housing, Milwaukee
Urban League, Wisconsin Citizens for Fair Housing, and the Milwaukee Commission on
Community Relations. Finding aid available in the Archives.
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Milwaukee Committee to Free Angela Davis. Records, 1971. Milwaukee Small Collection 90 Leaflets, flyers, and a newsletter of the committee formed to support the imprisoned black revolutionary Angela Davis through fund raising and public education. |
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Milwaukee United School Integration Committee.
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Records, 1964-1966. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 5 Partial records of an organization that worked to end school segregation and racial discrimination in Milwaukee through freedom schools, school boycotts, marches, demonstrations, and rallies. The collection includes a small file of correspondence; memos, flyers and other promotional and descriptive materials regarding school boycotts; schedules, curricula, and lessons for the Freedom Day School; and press releases. Finding aid available in the Archives. |
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Milwaukee Urban League.
Records, 1919-1979.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection EZ, Milwaukee Micro Collection 20 and Milwaukee Tape 6
Administrative files, primarily from the tenure of executive director Wesley L. Scott
(1959-1981), including minutes of the board of directors and executive committee; annual
reports; newsletters; membership files; committee records; and correspondence with related
local and state organizations. General reference material deals with Milwaukee minority
opportunities, civil rights, and other topics. Records of the various League departments
illustrate the different projects undertaken in the League's major program areas. Also
contains files on the National Urban League, and copies of reports sent to the national
office. On microfilm are minutes of the board of directors meetings, newsclippings, and
photographs illustrating community events (1957-1958). Finding
aid available in the Archives.
Milwaukee (Wis.). Mayor.
Records of the Henry W. Maier administration, 1960-1988.
Milwaukee Series 44 and Milwaukee Tape 1235A
Collection includes the official records of the Maier administration, including
correspondence, memorabilia, memoranda, reports, and speeches. Most of the records were
created by Maier's office staff, especially Richard J. Budelman, Bradley Carr, Bert
Mulroy, and Robert J. Welch. A few records, mostly from city offices, dating 1959-1960, can
also be found in the collection.
Subjects particularly well documented include: the city budget; civil defense; civil
rights, especially the 1967 civil disturbances; administrative and departmental
operations; disputes with the local press, particularly the Milwaukee Journal;
housing issues and the Model Cities program; interstate highway construction; licensing of
cable television; the metropolitan sewer system; non-point pollution control;
redevelopment of Milwaukee's downtown, including the Bradley Center, Grand Avenue Mall,
and MECCA facility; state and federal aid programs; Summerfest; Maier's reelection
campaigns; and his role as a national urban leader.
Also included are records of various political organizations with which Maier was
associated, including the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and
the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities. Available on microfilm are editorials from the Milwaukee
Journal and Sentinel; scrapbooks; and speeches. Milwaukee Tape 1235A
contains audio cassette and reel-to-reel tapes of some events that Maier participated in.
Finding aid available in the Archives.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Milwaukee Branch.
Records, 1917-1989.
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Milwaukee Manuscript Collection EP Records primarily reflect the revived activity of the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection documents the activities of Wilbur and Ardie Clark Halyard, prominent black community and business leaders; fund raising and membership campaigns; and various administrative committees. Also contains national, regional, and state records. Finding aid available in the Archives. |  |
Olson, David J.
Meeting interview, 1967.
UCM92-258
Recordings of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin meeting on August 12, 1967, between Olson, Milwaukee civil rights leader Father James Groppi, African American ministers, and members of the NAACP Youth Council concerning the civil disturbances that had taken place in the city on July 31, 1967. Olson, a political scientist, was compiling research for his book on twentieth century race riot commissions, Commission Politics. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Radtke, Lorraine M., 1922-1987.
Papers, 1947-1981.
UWM Manuscript Collection 64
This collection contains the records of a former publicist and member of the Milwaukee
Board of School Directors. The papers mainly consist of correspondence and reports
regarding Lorraine Radtke's career with the School Board and its various committees, such
as the Special Committee on Equality of Educational Opportunity and the Committee on
Instruction. These records also include a study, conducted by Radtke, examining the
attitudes of teachers in the Milwaukee Public School System. Of interest are the materials
relating to the segregation and integration of the schools. A small portion of the records
reflect Radtke's other occupations and private life, including personal correspondence.
The collection also contains newspaper clippings, fliers, and programs for the 1947 and
1948 season of Music Under the Stars sponsored by the Milwaukee County Park Commission. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Revels, Ruth, interviewee.
Oral history interview, 1985.
Milwaukee Small Collection 207
Typed transcript of an interview with Ruth Revels, conducted by Zachary Cooper as the
first of a proposed series on the experiences of rural Wisconsin blacks as they became
more urbanized. The interview concerns Revels' life in Milwaukee (circa 1935-1950), after
moving there from Fort Dodge, Iowa for better opportunities. Also includes information on
her work experiences in Mayor Zeidler's office and the Milwaukee Public Library Marine
Collection, living conditions, family life and recreation, and the black community and
business.
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Sherman Park Community Association (Milwaukee, Wis.). Office of the Executive
Director. Records, 1971-1996. UWM Manuscript Collection 72 |
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Sherman Park Community Association 1992 Oral History Project.
Records, 1991-1996.
UWM Manuscript Collection 111
Transcripts and audio records of interviews conducted as a class oral history project at
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Sherman Park Community Association formed in
1967 to address concerns about conditions in the neighborhood.
The interviews, conducted as part of the Association's 25th anniversary, deal with
member's recollections of neighborhood activities and projects, race relations, redlining
and real estate companies, home ownership, politics, and school desegregation. Finding aid available in the Archives.
| Records of the Center, which had a mission of serving educational needs of low and moderate income people, racial and ethnic minorities, and non-traditional students. The records document the Center's participation in a variety of programs, including Goals 2000, Harambee Development Corporation, Small is Beautiful Inc., Globescope 2000, and the Sherman Park Community Association. The files provide details on methods of instruction, housing and solar research, extended education, and community service. |  |
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Collection contains records of various campus wide committees from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee and its predecessor institutions. Most of the records date from 1956-1992. The files document staffing, budgeting, technological advancements, social issues, public programming, student concerns, curriculum development, planning and development and the legal issues of the University. Some files contain correspondence, minutes, planning documents, memorandums, annual reports, brochures, publications, surveys and by-laws. |
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. College of Letters & Science. Office of the
Dean.
Records, 1948-1989.
UWM Archival Collection 1
Records of the largest academic division at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee,
which administered numerous centers, departments, and programs. The majority of the
records are correspondence and reports between the deans, associate deans, and the
department heads concerning academic activities, curriculum development, program funding,
and student advising and retention. The files also contain records of numerous ad hoc and
standing College committees, and committees organized within the departments. Finding aid available in the Archives.
| The collection contains miscellaneous records of the Department and some items from its predecessor, the Center for Afro-American Culture. Most of the material dates from 1970 to 1972, with information after 1974 being very sparse. The records document the years of transition from a Center to a full Department within the College of Letters & Science and some of the problems involved such as the need for strong leadership and credentialed faculty. The files document the daily activities of the Department as it conducted undergraduate instruction, campus and community events, and its own general administrative functions. |  |
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Equal Opportunity Office.
Records, 1971-1987.
UWM Archival Collection 9
The collection documents affirmative action planning at the University of
Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM). The records consist largely of affirmative action plans, goals
and timetables, and reports. Recruitment of minorities and women was a priority for the
Equal Opportunity Office (EOO), and the collection has a large amount of materials on
their availability and recruiting. The program manual and files on policies and guidelines
detail legislation and procedures for handling gender and racial discrimination cases,
filing grievances, and academic staff hiring. The numerous affirmative action reports
detail how well UWM met its hiring goals for academic staff and faculty. There are records
on the Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women, the Student Advisory Committee for
Disabled Students, Minority and Disadvantaged Students Task Force on Planning, and the
Wisconsin Task Force on Equal Education Opportunities. The collection also contains
correspondence and memos from the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor concerning affirmative
action. The files on individual offices and departments contain information on their
goals, timetables, and results in reaching affirmative action goals. Finding aid available in the Archives.
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Milwaukee Public Schools Oral History Project.
Records, 1989-1990.
UWM Archival Collection 82
Audio recordings of interviews with twelve former Milwaukee Public School administrators
and teachers and seven former students, conducted as part of a University of
Wisconsin--Milwaukee History Department research project examining the decline of
Milwaukee public schools. The interviews provide information on various perspectives of
changes, dating from the 1920s through the 1980s, on the administration of the schools;
modernization of the curriculum; the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association; student
attitudes, discipline, and social life; parental involvement; race relations, especially
for African American teachers; and public support for education. The collection also
contains written abstracts of the interviews, but no verbatim transcriptions were written.
Use copies are available for most of interviews, and are housed in box 5. Finding aid available in the Archives.
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University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Office of the Assistant to the Vice Chancellor. Records, 1971-1977. UWM Archival Collection 11 |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Office of the Chancellor.
Records, 1943-1992.
UWM Archival Collection 46
The chancellor is the chief administrative officer for the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) campus, and the collection documents the chancellor's
responsibility for overseeing UWM's administrative offices, centers, colleges, and
schools. The records concern topics such as accreditation, general policy issues, funding,
new courses, organizational structure, plans for expansion, staffing, and other
administrative affairs. The collection contains records from Chancellors J. Martin
Klotsche (1956-1973); Werner Baum (1973-1979); Frank Horton (1980-1985); Clifford Smith
(1986-1990); and Acting Chancellors Leon Schur (1979-1980) and Norma Rees (1985-1986). The
few records predating UWM's founding in 1956 were created or compiled by Dr. Klotsche and
consist largely of faculty memoranda and miscellaneous subject files from his tenure as
president of the Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee. The collection does not contain any
records of John Schroeder's service as interim chancellor (1990-1991) or chancellor (1991-1998). The records post-dating 1990 are files of the chancellor's emeriti.
The collection contains numerous files concerning affirmative action for minorities and
women on the UWM campus. The Affirmative Action files contain detailed correspondence and
reports concerning the early development of hiring and retention plans. Other related
records can be found in files on the Affirmative Action Advisory Planning Committee,
Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Plan, Affirmative Action
Program, Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, and State Affirmative Action
Council. Finding aid available in the Archives.
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Office of the Dean of Students.
Records, 1932-1990.
UWM Archival Collection 48
Collection contains records of the Dean of Students from the University of
Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM) and its predecessor institutions. Most of the records date from
the 1960-1982; the materials predating 1960 concern fraternities and sororities. The
collection largely consists of files of UWM student organizations, including fraternities
and sororities, student government, and a wide variety of ethnic, political, professional,
religious, and social groups. Most of the files contain only a charter application form
and a group registration form, which lists the name and function of the group, its
offcampus affiliation, meeting location, names and addresses of officers, and faculty
advisor. Some files contain officer change reports, a constitution and bylaws,
correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and publicity materials. The most extensive
files exist for campus fraternities and sororities, and Vietnam-era protest groups. Files
also exist for a number of student groups for African Americans, Hispanics, and women.
Records documenting African American student groups (not including fraternities or
sororities) can be found for the African Liberation Support Committee; Afrika Incorporate;
Black Achievement Organization; Black Critic; Black Cultural International Association;
Black Political Caucus; Black Student Organization of the School of Social Welfare; Black
Students Psychological Association; Minorities for Wood; Minority Business Students
Association; Minority Coalition; Project Black; Society for the Advancement of Future
Minority Doctors; Students Against University Racism; and United Black Student Front. Finding aid available in the Archives.
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Office of the Vice Chancellor.
Records, 1960-1985.
UWM Archival Collection 12
The collection consists of the Vice Provost's (1963-1965) and Vice Chancellor's
(1965-1985) files. There are only a few records from the tenure of Vice Provosts George A.
Parkinson (1956-1958) and Charles Vevier (1963-1965). The number of records generated began
increasing after Vevier became Vice Chancellor in 1965, but most of the records were
created in the 1970s by Vice Chancellor William L. Walters. Only a few records postdate
1979. The majority of the collection documents the Vice Chancellor's administration of
UWM's centers, colleges, and schools. The records usually concern accreditation, general
policy issues, funding, new courses, organizational structure, plans for expansion,
staffing, and other administrative affairs.
The records also contain numerous files concerning affirmative action for minorities and
women on the UWM campus; the development of academic computing; the Caudill, Rowlett, and
Scott master plan for UWM; and student protests during the Vietnam War. Finding aid available
in the Archives.
Walnut Way Conservation Corp. (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Records, 2001-[ongoing].
UWM Manuscript Collection 190
Records of the Walnut Way Conservation Corp., a Milwaukee neighborhood
association, documenting neighborhood revitalization and community
development. The collection mainly consists of newsletters which
informed residents of development opportunities and neighborhood events
and activities, including community garden projects. Finding
aid available in the Archives.
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