University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

Wisconsin Extension Homemakers Council.

The impact of her spirit oral history project 1983-1989.

Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 129

1.2 cubic ft. (1 record center carton, and 1 small archives box)

ABSTRACT: Oral history project undertaken by members of the Wisconsin Homemakers Council as a celebration of the organization’s fiftieth anniversary. The project focuses on the life stories of Wisconsin homemakers and on the influence of the Wisconsin Extension Homemakers Council had on their lives. The collection consists of tape-recorded interviews, transcripts, a published guide to the project, a copy of a cookbook derived from the project, photographs, a slide/tape show with accompanying script, publicity materials, a discussion guide, and a script for a play based on the oral histories. Copies of everything in the collection are available in Madison in accession M90-325. A duplicate set of transcripts has been divided according to the counties of residence of the interviewees and is housed at the appropriate area research centers. Duplicate copies of the slide/tape show were sent to the River Falls, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, and Northland area research centers and a copy of the cookbook and the published guide was sent to each area research center. (The duplicate transcripts still are considered part of this collection; the slide/tape show copies and the publications are considered as given to the centers for integration into their campus resources as best suits each campus.)

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:

Wisconsin Extension Homemakers Council. The impact of her spirit oral history project 1983-1989. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 129. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

ACQUISITION: Presented by the Wisconsin Extension Homemakers Council via Georgia Hoberg in 1990.

PROCESSING: Processed by Donna Sereda and Ann Hokanson in 1991.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record for this collection:

Agriculture--Wisconsin.
Home economics extension work--Wisconsin.
Housewives--Wisconsin.
Milwaukee (Wis.)--History—Sources.
Oral history--Wisconsin.
Rural women--Wisconsin.
Women--Societies and clubs--Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 129	BOX	FOLDER
Audiovisual Program, Brochures, undated	2	1
Audiovisual Program, Scripts and Program, undated	2	2
Audiovisual Program, Slide Carousels, undated [trays 1 and 2]	2
Audiovisual Program, Sound to Accompany Slides, Master Copy, undated [tape 2, side 1]	2
Background, Discussion Guides, Miscellaneous, undated	1	1
Impact of Her Spirit, Oral History, 1989 [volume 2]	1
Taste Wisconsin History, Excerpts from Oral History, 1987 [volume 1]	1
Transcript, Barbara Hesselink, 1986	1	10
Transcript, Bernice Weber, 1985	1	15
Transcript, Betty Pipkorn, 1987	1	11
Transcript, Helen Esselman, 1985	1	6
Transcript, Isabelle Held, 1985	1	9
Transcript, Janice Vivian, 1985	1	14
Transcript, Judy Garty, 1985	1	7
Transcript, Lina M. Allmann, 1984-1986	1	2
Transcript, Marge Trester, 1985	1	13
Transcript, Minnie Degnitz, 1985	1	4
Transcript, Pat Drakos, 1985	1	5
Transcript, Verna Schmidt, 1985	1	12
Transcript, Virginia M. Hahm, 1989	1	8
Transcript, Wilma Clasen, undated	1	3