University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

Milwaukee County Mental Health Association.

Records, 1941-1966.

Milwaukee Manuscript Collection BI

5.0 cubic ft. (12 archives boxes, and 1 small archives box)


ABSTRACT: The collection is arranged in two series. The first series, the Mental Health Association files, contains the main subject files of the Association. These are arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically within each folder.

The second series, the Lulu Wendel series, is divided into two parts, and is the personal file of Lulu Wendel, former Association Secretary and first vice-president, as well as one of the twenty-seven original organizers of the Association. Lulu Wendel "A" contains some of the earlier records of the Association. The material within each folder is arranged chronologically, but there is no order as to subject or dates among the folders. Each folder is numbered and a descriptive inventory of each folder, compiled by Mrs. Wendel, is found in the folder which precedes folder number one of this series. Lulu Wendel "B" is arranged by subject Headings, and a descriptive inventory, prepared by Mrs. Wendel, can be found in the front of most of the folders.

The Milwaukee Mental Health Association Papers, 1941-1966, include the annual reports, board of directors minutes, agreements of affiliation, constitution and by-laws, as well as the correspondence and other records of the Association. The collection also contains correspondence of organizations and individuals, from 1944 to 1949, who were active in the formation of the Association.


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).

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY: The Milwaukee County Mental Health Association was formed in 1949 as the Milwaukee County Mental Health Committee. Its formation was the result of a meeting of twenty-seven laymen, professionals, and state and county health administrators in May, 1948, who felt that an organization should be created on the Milwaukee County level to work with the already existing Wisconsin Association for Mental Health. It was officially incorporated in 1950 as the Milwaukee County Society for Mental Health, and its affiliated with the Wisconsin Association for Mental Health in 1951. The name was changed to the Milwaukee County Mental Health Association in 1958.

The Association had its office at 110 East Wisconsin Avenue until 1957, when it moved to the YMCA Building at 610 North Jackson Street. The Association employed a staff consisting of a professional secretary and various part-time volunteers from 1952 until 1956, when Mrs. Mary Holand joined the staff as executive director.

The Milwaukee County Mental Health Association is financed by contributions to the Greater Milwaukee United Fund, of which it is a member "Red Feather Service", by Membership dues, and by unsolicited gifts. The Association conducts an annual Mental Health Week, holds lectures and panel discussions, prepares educational materials, and assists the state and county mental hospitals in various ways. These activities are implemented by the committees of the Association, whose number and size vary from year to year.

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:
Milwaukee County Mental Health Association. Records, 1941-1966. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection BI. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

RELATED COLLECTION:

Wendel, Lulu, 1906- . Papers, 1945-1978. (Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 125)


ACQUISITION: Presented by the Milwaukee County Mental Health Association of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in April, 1966; and Mrs. Lulu Wendel of Lafayette, California in August, 1966 (accession number M66-096).

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:
MILWAUKEE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION BI BOXFOLDER
Advertising Council-National Association for Mental Health, 1957 12
Advertising and Planning Committee, 1951-1957 15
Agreements of Affiliation with Wisconsin Association for Mental Health, 1950-1957 11
Alcoholism, Milwaukee County Committee, 1944-1952 13
American Psychiatric Association, 1949-195214
Annual Meeting, 1948-1954 16
Annual Meeting, 195517
Annual Meeting, 195618
Annual Meeting, 195719
Annual Meeting, 1958110
Annual Meeting, 1959111
Annual Report, 1948-1954 16
Annual Report, 1956-195719
Annual Report, 1957-1958110
Annual Report, 1960-1961, 1963-1964112
Bell Ringer Campaign, 1962 113
Board of Directors, Lists, 1956-1965 114
Board of Directors, Minutes, 1948-1952 21
Board of Directors, Minutes, 1953-1955 22
Board of Directors, Minutes, 1956-1959 23
Board of Directors, Minutes, 1960 24
Board of Directors, Minutes, 1964-1966 25
Central Agency for Chronically Ill, 1953-1961 26
Chairmen's Pamphlets, 1952-1954 32
Church Group, Grand Avenue, Wauwatosa, 1957-1960 27
College Health Conference, 1958 28
Committee Lists and Reports, 1949-1955 31
Community Education Committee, 1956-1962 33
Community Meeting, Community Institute, 1956 34
Community Meeting, Gilbert Lee Gant, 1956 35
Community Institute, Werner Tuteur, 1957 36
Community Welfare Council, Mental Health Study Committee, 1948-1960 37
Constitution and By-Laws, 1950-1959 38
Council of Jewish Women, Milwaukee Section, 1959-1961 41
County Institutions, 1948-1954, 1962 42
Directory, 1950 43
Doors to Daylight, 1965 45
Doors to Daylight, undated 44
Doors to Daylight, Corrections and Additions, 1960 46
Doors to Daylight, Draft Copy, undated 47
Educational Programs, 1949-1950 51
Educational Programs, 1951 52
Educational Programs, 1952-1955 53
Emotionally Disturbed Children Committee, 1956-1961 54
Family Case and Group Home Development, 1963-1965 55
Finances, 1952-1956, 1965 56
Governor's Conference on Children and Youth, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 57
Historical Materials, 1949-1958 58
Hospital for Mental Diseases, Social Research Project, 1959-1962 59
Industrial Seminar, 1959 510
Industrial Seminar, 1959 61
Institutional Service Units, 1946-1949 62
Institutional Service Units, 1949 63-4
Institutional Service Units, 1950-1953 65
Institutional Service Units, 1955-1960 66
Lane Bryant Company, 1952-1953 67
Leadership Institute, 1958 68
Leadership Institute, 195971
Leadership Institute, 196072-3
Leadership Institute, 1961 74
Leadership Institute, 1962 75
League of Women Voters, 1951-1957 76
McGrath Memorial Lecture, Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, 1959 77
McGrath Memorial Lecture, Dr. Ernest Osborne, 1960 78
"Meeting the Health Needs of the Young Child" Institute, 1965 710
Meetings, Institutes, 1953-1965 79
Membership, 1950-1953, 1956-1959 81
Membership, 1960-1962 82
Mental Health Courses, 1960 83
Mental Health Week, 1949 84
Mental Health Week, 1950 85
Mental Health Week, 1951 86
Mental Health Week, 1952 87
Mental Health Week, 1953 88
Mental Health Week, 1954 89
Mental Health Week, 1955 810
Mental Health Week, 1956 811-12
Mental Health Week, 1957 91-2
Mental Health Week, 1958 93
Mental Health Week, 1959 94
Mental Health Week, 1960 95-6
Mental Health Week, 1961 101
Milwaukee County Institutions, Director of Volunteers, 1956-1965 102
Milwaukee County Institutions, Salary Study, 1957 103
Newsletter, 1949-1955, 1965 104
Nurses Committee, 1962-1963 105
Open House, 1957 106
Parent Education Committee, 1961-1963 107-8
Patient's Needs Pamphlets, 1952-1954 109
Professional Relations Committee, 1956-1962 111
Program Expansion Committee, 1956-1958 93
Psychiatric Aides Awards, 1949-1954 114
PTA Guides for Mental Health Chairmen, 1952-1957 112
Publicity, 1952-1953 113
Radio Material, 1950-1951 115
Scholarship, 1954 116
Scottish Rite Dinner, 1961 117
Scrapbook, 1949-1950 118
Scrapbook, 1950 119
Scrapbook, 1950-1951 1110
Scrapbook, 1951-1952 121
Scrapbook, 1952 122
Seminars for Clergy, 1963-1964 123
Speakers Bureau, 1956-1961 124
Special Services Committee, 1961-1962 125
State Fair, 1956 126
State Fair, 1957-1958 127
State Youth Conference, 1960 57
Surveys, 1949 128
United Community Services, Health Division, Health Education Committee, 1953-1957 129
United Community Services, Health Division, Health Education Committee, 1958-1961 131
Wisconsin Association for Mental Health, Badger Blue Bell, 1957-1962 132
Wisconsin Association for Mental Health, "Blue Print for Mental Health in Wisconsin," undated 133
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare, Division of Public Assistance, 1954 134
Wisconsin School Health Council, 1956 135
Wisconsin State Nurses Association, Occupational Nurses Seminar, 1959-1960 136
Youth Recognition Dinner, 1961 101

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