Other Ethnic Collections

Subject Listing:
Other Ethnic Collections

Arriaga Society of America.
Records, 1820-1983.
UWM Manuscript Collection 7
Miscellaneous records, mostly dating 1956-1958, of an organization which promoted the memory and music of Juan Christomo de Arriaga, an early 19th century Spanish composer. Includes the correspondence of the Society's president, Alan Pedigo, with fellow Arriaga enthusiasts, newsclippings, programs from concerts of Arriaga's music, and a 1906 photograph of the layng of the cornerstone at the Arriaga Memorial. Includes a fragment from the 1820 score of Los Esclavos Felices. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Baldassaro, Lawrence.
Oral History of the Italians in Milwaukee, 1991.
UWM Manuscript Collection 53
Collection constists of nineteen transcripts from an oral history project studying the first generation Italians who settled in Milwaukee's Third Ward. The interviews include information on life in Italy; immigrating to the United States; and work, social, family, and religious life in the Third Ward. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Douglas, James.
James and Margaret Douglas papers, 1840-1930.
Milwaukee Small Collection 162
Letters, including typed transcriptions, describing America to family members in Scotland from James and Margaret Douglas, immigrants who first lived in Mount Morris, New York and then settled in Milwaukee in 1844. The letters describe their passage to New York, costs of goods, clearing of land, and farming conditions in New York and Wisconsin. Also includes one letter, written about 1930, transmitting the letters to a Douglas granddaughter from a cousin in New Zealand.

Hauer, Miriam Rowell.
Hauer, Croatt, and Perry genealogical papers [microform], 1680-1982.
Milwaukee Micro Collection 46
Papers compiled by Miriam Rowell Hauer recording the history of the Croatt, Hauer, and Perry family who settled at Belgium, Wisconsin, after emigrating from Luxembourg in 1847; including lineage charts, photographs, correspondence, and other records. There is no detailed information on the Hauer family prior to John B. Hauer's father, Conradus Hauer. Finding aid available in Archives.

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich.
Papers, 1963-1971.
UWM Manuscript Collection 50
Personal papers of a former chair of the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Department of Anthropology which include extensive field notes, professional and personal correspondence, and photographs. The majority of the collection is field notes dealing primarily with Lurie's research of the Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin, particularly as a board member of the United Indians of Milwaukee (UIM), work with the Consolidated Tribes (a predecessor of UIM), and the Haylushka Society, an organization formed by non-Indians interested in Indian culture and life. Also included are proposals and field notes for the Milwaukee Urban Indian Research Project focusing on the effect of the urban plight of Native Americans children in Milwaukee. The field notes are detailed observations of encounters with Native Americans, such as board and general meetings of the United Indians of Milwaukee, American Indian Information and Action Group meetings, powwows, and informal gatherings. Several copies of the Moccasin Telegraph, a newsletter published by the United Indians of Milwaukee, edited by Lurie, also are included. Finding aid available in Archives.

Methodist-Episcopal Church (Sheboygan, Wis.).
Records, 1877-1938.
Milwaukee Micro Collection 50
Record book containing lists of church members officers, and records of baptisms and marriages, partly written in Norwegian. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Abstracts, transcripts, and audio recordings with Danube Swabian immigrants to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, conducted as part of an oral history course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The interviews provide insights on life in the Danube basin, service in the Hungarian and German armies during World War II, experiences in Russian prisoner-of-war camps, emigration and settlement in Milwaukee, and the German-American community. The collection is especially useful for studying the removal of ethnic minorities from eastern Europe, and the life of refugees in Germany after the war. The audio cassettes are in box 2. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Starr, Mary Agnes.
Papers, 1920-1984.
Papers of a Wisconsin folklorist, including biographical data, letters of thanks from individuals, newsclippings, and programs from several folk festivals. The collection also contains bulletins from The French Folklore Society, the National Federation of Music Clubs, and the Wisconsin Federation of Music Clubs; Starr's writings including a play entitled Jesous Ahatonhia, a brochure "Let's Have a Folk Festival," and several journal articles. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Wisconsin Native American Language Project.
Records, 1973-1976.
UWM Manuscript Collection 20
There are restrictions on access to the collection; consult an archivist for details. Collection contains records created by the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM) participants in the Wisconsin Native American Language Project (WNALP), an effort to teach Native-American children and adults the native language and traditions of the Menominee, Ojibwa, Oneida, Potawatomi, and Winnebago. The records include audio tapes, alphabet and syllable books, handouts, self-tests, songs, stories, student cards, writing and reading lessons, and worksheets. For each language, there are lexicons or vocabularies. The vocabularies, which contain the English and Native American words, are on notecards. The largest group of materials can be found for the Menominee and Ojibwa languages. The Menominee and Winnebago records include the notebooks of Ken Miner, a Menominee linguistic specialist hired by UWM as part of a sub-contract made with the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council. The Menominee records include a complete copy of Leonard Bloomfield's lexicon, as well as indexes to his work.