University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

West Allis (Wis.). Clerk.

Subject files, 1902-1983.

Milwaukee Series 4

29.2 cubic ft. (3 record center cartons, 65 archives boxes, and 1 small archives box)


ABSTRACT: Correspondence, banks reports, bids, contracts, petitions, ordinances, and claims relating to such city business as elections, appointments, taxes, finance, public works, parks, schools, sanitation, and traffic. Files for 1926-1927 and M-Z of 1932-1933 are missing. Records are physically arranged by file number. Boxes 65-69 (accession numbers C1984/55 and C1991/085) were added to the collection in 1992.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:
West Allis (Wis.). Clerk. Subject files, 1902-1983. Milwaukee Series 4. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:
MILWAUKEE SERIES 4 BOX FILE
Additional Fire Stations 43 502
Additional Fire Stations 44 502
Administration and Finance Committe Minutes, 1982-1983 68 no #
Advancement Associations 62 1574
Air Rifles - BB Guns 47 597
Airports 53 835
Alderman Appointments 17 1
Allis Chalmers - Hammer Noise 43 496
Annual Report, 1970-1975 65 2234
Apportionment Board to Greenfield 59 1245
Apportionment Board to Wauwatosa 59 1246
Armory and Armed Forces Week 47 575
Assessment Plats 50 696
Audit Report 26 112
Automobile Parking 46 561
Band Concerts 25 83.1
Bank Depositories 17 5
Bar Association Convention 28 151
Bids on Publications 42 464
Bids on Publications 60 1273
Board of Health - School Nurse 17 7
Board of Education 19 20
Board of Education, 1972-1975 70 20
Board of Public Works 58 1195
Board of Public Works, Meetings, 1968-1980 68 1195
Board of Vocational and Adult Education 35 355
Bond Issuance 35 285
Bond Issuance 41 457
Bond - Printing 47 582
Boy Scouts, 1973 68 2353
Budgets 22 77
Budgets 23 77
Budgets 24 77
Building Inspection Department Report 31 213
Building Permits 40 399
Building Permits 48 624
Car and Zone Fares 35 319
Censoring Publications 55 964
Census 47 565
Census Tracts 53 844
Central Board of Purchasing 21 50
Central Park 26 119
Chamber of Commerce 61 1316
Changing Alderman's Terms 35 268
Charter Ordinance 41 444
Church Property 49 663
City Attorney 40 406
City Bulletin 59 1251
City Engineer 39 368
City Hall, Summer Hours for Saturday 47 608
City Hall Building 57 1139
City Plan Commission 42 486
City Planning, 1969-1976 66 2008
City Use of Land 38 348
City Worker's Local Union 34 250
Civil Lawsuits, 1969, 1975 65 2101
Civil Service Appointments 20 26
Civil Service Commission 20 25
Civilian Defense 49 674
Claim Dr. Stern Back Pay 27 136
Claims Against City 29 184
Claims Against Companies, 1970-1975 68 2261
Claims (Injury, etc.) 64 1816
Clean-Up-Fixup-Week 44 516
Comic Books Report 60 1291
Committee from West Allis Civic Alliance 49 637
Committee Reports 46 559
Common Council Meeting, 9 May 1956 51 833
Communication to Various Committees, 1968-1976 65 2093
Community Auditorium 41 461
Correspondence, 1902-1910 1
Correspondence, 1910-1911 2
Correspondence, 1911-1913 3
Correspondence, 1913-1916 4
Correspondence, 1916-1917 5
Correspondence, 1917-1918 6
Correspondence, 1919-1920 7
Correspondence, 1920 8
Correspondence, 1921 9
Correspondence, 1921-1922 10
Correspondence, 1922-1924 11
Correspondence, 1924-1925 12
Correspondence, 1925-1929 13
Correspondence, 1929-1930 14
Correspondence, 1931-1932 15
Correspondence, 1932-1933 16
Cost of Living Bonus 28 170
County Aid to School District, 1969-1973 65 2151
Dangerous Road Crossings, 1969-1976 65 2167
Director of Employee Relations Created, 1970 68 2244
Disabled American Veterans 34 260
Distribution of Liquor Licenses 27 138
Drainage and Sewer System 55 880
Dry Cleaning Regulations 63 1813
Elderly Care, 1970-1974 66 2054
Elections 30 192
Electrical Inspection Department Report 31 214
Electrical Service Contracts 31 219
Erroneous Tax Assessments 43 501
Erroneous Tax Collection (Milwaukee) 47 622
Erroneous Tax Collection (Wauwatosa) 43 497
Establishing a Postal Station 34 246
Expanding Property of High Schools 39 356
Expressways 56 1080
Fairview Recreation Property 21 31
Family Welfare 21 48
Federal Writer's Project 41 456
Filling Station Operators List, 1969 68 2243
Fire Department 38 339
Fire Department Reports 30 205
Fireworks 27 133
First National Bank v. City of West Allis 35 280
Fiscal Board Meetings, 1967-1976 68 2363
Flags 40 419
Flood Control 63 1719
Forestry and Public Grounds, 1968-1972 65 2067
Fourth of July Committee 17 4
Fourth Ward Taxpayer League Complaint About High Gas Rates 49 666
Franklin School, 1945-1947 65 903
Fund Requests for Conventions and Workshop Attendance by City Employees, 1969-1974 66 1992
Gas 54 858
Gas Rates 18 13
Gas Rates 26 124
Gas Rates 27 124
Gasoline Purchases for the City 19 16
Goodwill Rehabilitation Center, 1974 68 2392
Gravel Pits and Quarries 60 1310
Grocery Stores 35 308
Handbills 25 84
Health Commissioner 40 398
Health Department 39 360
Health Department 50 768
Health Department 61 1381
Health Department Appt. - School Doctor, Dentist 33 230
Health Department Report 30 199
Honesty Blanket Bond for City Employees, 1970 68 2242
Horace Mann Jr. High School 54 857
Housing Authority 34 243
Ice Rinks 60 1297
Inaugural Addresses 51 799
Income and Sales Tax 28 152
Industrial Development 59 1244
Industry Expansion 38 338
Inter-Amer. Municipal Org., 1974 68 2401
Invitation 25 88
Irving School 59 1249
Jaywalking, 1967 66 2006
Johnson School 58 1188
Junk Yards 36 333
Kennels - Dog 28 156
Kern, Richard, 1973 68 2364
Kraidich, Ann and Peter on Vietnam War, 1972 68 2336
LaFollette School 58 1205
Land for Dump 50 764
Land - Restricted Uses 61 1330
Lane School 58 1206
League of Suburban Municipalities, 1968-1975 65 2070
League of Wisconsin Municipalities 21 29
Legislative Committee Action 31 225
Legislative Committee Reports 51 834
Legislative Committee Reports 52 834
Legislative Committee Reports 53 834
Library - Annual Reports 45 546
Library - Annual Reports 46 546
Lincoln Elementary School Site 60 1271
Lions Club 51 778
Lynn, James J. and Grace E., 1971 68 2260
Marijuana 42 469
Market Site 35 282
Market Building - Additions and Alterations 43 500
Mayor's Inaugural Address 17 2
Milwaukee Carpenter Council 47 569
Milwaukee County American Legion 35 295
Milwaukee County Historical Society 42 465
Milwaukee Public Library 38 346
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, General Manager, 1970 68 2263
Mitchell Park Conservatory 46 551
Motion Picture Theatre, 1970-1972 65 2226
Motor Vehicle Department Report 60 1293
Municipal Hospital Board 62 1600
Municipal League of Milwaukee County 50 747
Museum 61 1420
National League of Cities, 1971 65 2196
National League of Cities, 1973-1974 65 2196
National Suburban League, 1968-1973 66 2063
National Safe Boating Week, 1973 68 2358
New Police Station 27 128
Non-profit Organizations, 1975 68 2359
Nuisance Complaints 25 82
Nuisance to Health 38 337
Nursing Homes 58 1237
Occupancy Permits 60 1305
Old Age Pensions 27 137
One-Way Streets 48 635
Open Housing Ordinance, 1967-1968 66 2043
Outdoor Relief 22 60
Outside City Fire Calls 42 487
Outside City Fire Calls 43 487
Owl Car Service 31 217
Park Board Reports 30 208
Parking Off-Street 59 1267
Parking Plan for City 39 361
Parking, September 24, 1968 65 2115
Parks 40 426
Parkway School 59 1238
Paving 40 396
Pedestrian Underpass 60 1285
Pension Fund for City Employees 39 370
Personal Property Taxes 40 389
Petition Against Street Improvements 62 1458
Petition to Board of Public Works, July 2, 1969 65 2179
Petition to Employ Only Taxpayers 27 127
Planning for Newly Annexed Land 57 1145
Planning Law in Southeastern Wisconsin, 1966 70 no #
Playground Improvement 44 514
Playgrounds 64 1815
Plumbing and Sewer Inspection Report 30 212
Police and Fire Commission 19 18
Police and Fire Commission 47 618
Police and Fire Communication Boxes 17 8
Police and Fire Communication Boxes 18 8
Police Equipment and Trip Funds, 1968-1975 66 2065
Police Reinforcements 18 14
Policeman for Patrolling Park 26 113
Policeman Off Day 26 114
Position Vacancy in Data Processing Division, 1967, 1974-1976 66 2051
Post War Work 50 770
Printing Ordinance in Book Form 20 22
Property Taxes, 1967-1976 66 1999
Public Service Commission Investigation on Railroad Crossings 22 54
Public Hearings, 1982 68 no #
Public Transportation Committee 62 1525
Public Utilities, 1968-1973 65 2110
Public Works Snow Removal 40 388
Public Works - Street Improvement 51 792
Purchase of Land for Nathan High School 17 6
Rabies Quarantine 45 540
Railway Express Agency 50 729
Rapid Transit - Common Council 18 10
Real Property Survey (WPA Project) 34 259
Recreation Board 35 290
Referendum on Teacher's Salaries 30 210
Regulations on Milk and Milk Products 35 286
Rent Control 18 9
Resignation 17 3
Resolution Forbidding Married Women Working for the City 40 373
Retail Liquor License 29 172
Revised Boundaries for the City 49 645
Rezoning 47 613
Rezoning 61 1311
Right of Way Decisions for Streets, 1967-1974 66 1989
Riot Damage 40 438
Roma Club 33 240
Rummage and Tent Sales, 1970-1974 68 2267
Safety Islands 29 176
Salaries 31 228
Salaries 32 228
Salaries 33 228
Sanitary Districts 60 1284
School Bonds 39 362
School Bonds 44 515
School Bonds 55 1003
School Building Additions 54 874
School Districts 55 944
School Districts 61 1401
School Land 42 467
School Land Purchases 58 1169
School Safety Markers 50 740
Schools - Additions 38 347
Septic Tanks 58 1224
Sewerage Commission 58 1207
Sewers 42 476
Sewers 64 1817
Smoke Control 47 599
Spartan Home Football, 1970-1972 65 2206
Speed Limits 58 1230
State Fair Park 41 460
Storm Sewers and Flooding 50 728
Street and Water Bonds 47 581
Street Improvements 27 130
Street Improvements 37 336
Street Improvements 60 1294
Street Improvements 64 1818
Street Lighting Rates 51 822
Street Vacation 22 67
Streetcar Service 45 527
Streets and Alleys 21 34
Tarr Task Force, 1969 65 2138
Tax Exempt Property 46 549
Tax Extension 31 220
Taxes and Taxpayers Organization, 1974 68 2384
Teacher's Federation 22 69
Teacher's Salaries 34 247
Television (Channel 6) 57 1103
Traffic 27 134
Traffic 63 1814
Trailer and Truck Rental License Applications, 1970-1978 65 2164
Trailers, Mobile Homes, Licenses and Land 33 235
Train Service 57 1102
Train Whistles 36 329
Transit Authority 55 1002
Truck Routes 54 868
Unemployment 30 197
United Sewer and Water, Inc., 1966 66 1998
United States Conference of Mayors 47 606
Utilities Board 55 1029
Utility Taxes 39 365
Vacation of Alleys 29 189
Vacation of Alleys 30 189
Van Boekel, Ferne, 1971 68 2298
Veterans 50 684
Victory Gardens 50 751
Voter Registration 43 498
Voting Booths 34 262
Voting Booths 40 420
Walker and Washington School 60 1270
Wards and Precincts 25 80
Washington Playground, S of W. Orchard St., W of S. 60th St., 1975 68 2398
Water 41 440
Water Department 21 37
Water Loss Reports 25 83
Water Main 56 1071
Water Main 57 1115
Water Main and Sewer 55 1054
Water Pollution 58 1165
Water Rates 45 534
Water - Wells and Public Use 19 17
West Allis Memorial Hospital 51 777
Wildwood Shopping Center 62 1569
Winona State College, Dept. of Political Science, 1974 68 2385
Wisconsin Alliance of Cities, 1969, 1975 65 2132
Wisconsin Metropolitan Alliance, 1969 65 2194
Wm. A. Johnson Co., Inc., 1970 68 2249
Work Relief Projects 39 366
WPA Claims 39 357
WPA Projects, 1936-1942 65 183
Youth Mobilization Days, 1969 65 2154
Zoning 28 147
Zoning 36 334
Zoning 37 334
Zoning 44 522
Zoning 53 848
Zoning 53 847
Zoning 54 875
Zoning 54 848
Zoning 60 1292
Zoning 61 1448
Zoning 61 1448
Zoning 62 1448
Zoning Changes 31 222

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