University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of English.

Records, 1945-1989.

UWM Archival Collection 127

4.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes)


ABSTRACT: Collection documents much of the routine administrative operations of the Dept. of English mainly from 1959 to 1979. Included are various committee files and on-campus correspondence documenting curriculum planning, staffing and budgeting. Correspondence is largely on-campus. The collection contains subject files dealing with the Cheshire Literary Magazine and a 1960 radio series entitled "The Poet Views the World." Also includes records of Project Destiny, a 1960s program which introduced impoverished public school students to a university setting. Also included are a series of audio reel tapes which document the Milton Tercentenary Conference of 1974, held on the 300th anniversary of the poet's death to commemorate his works. Pre-1956 records were created by the English department chair of the Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee, and concern the merger with the University of Wisconsin Extension and routine administrative affairs.

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: In 1927, when the Normal School became the Milwaukee State Teacher's College, English was incorporated into the program leading to a four year Bachelor's of Education degree. English itself was offered as a Bachelor of Arts degree when the transition into Wisconsin State College occured in 1951. In 1956, following the merger of Wisconsin State College and the University of Wisconsin Extension, the English Department became part of the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee College of Letters & Science, where it continued as a Bachelor's program. In 1962, the Department added two graduate degrees--either an M.A. in English or an M.S. which combined English and Education. Beginning in 1967, a Ph.D was also offered by the Department.

The Chairs of the department have been:

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of English. Records, 1945-1989. UWM Archival Collection 127. University Archives. Golda Meir Library. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:

Milton Society of America. Records. (UWM Manuscript Collection 104)

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. College of Letters & Science. Office of the Dean. Records. (UWM Archival Collection 1)

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of Classics. Records. (UWM Archival Collection 22)

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of English and Comparative Literature. Office of the Chairman. Records. (UWM Archival Collection 40)


ACQUISITION: An unknown donor transferred the collection to the Archives prior to 1989.

PROCESSING: Jeremy Green processed the collection at the Archives in November 1995. Jeremy Brett added a few files from the office "dribble file" in January 2007.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:
UWM ARCHIVAL COLLECTION 127 BOX FOLDER
Afro-American Program, 1968 1 1
American Civilization Committee, 1957-1960 1 2
Articulated Instructional Media Program, Brochures/Pamphlets, 1964-1965 1 3
Brochures and Information Sheets, 1962-1974 1 4
Cheshire Literary Magazine, 1962 1 5
College Level Examination Program, 1970-1974 1 6
Committee on Regional Activity and Development, 1958 1 7
Correspondence, 1953-1958 1 8
Correspondence, 1959-1960 1 9
Correspondence, 1961-1963 1 10
Correspondence, 1964-1965 1 11
Correspondence, 1966-1968 1 12
Correspondence, 1969 1 13
Correspondence, 1970 1 14
Correspondence, 1971 1 15
Correspondence, 1972-1974 1 16
Curriculum Committee, 1954-1969 1 17
Departmental Bibliographer Records, Departmental Library Committee, 1962-1970 1 18
Departmental Bibliographer Records, Files, 1957-1976 1 19
Departmental Bibliographer Records, Library Report, 1974 1 20
Departmental Bibliographer Records, Ruth Mary Fox Fund, 1974-1977 1 21
Departmental By-Laws and Policies, 1968 1 22
Departmental Committee, 1957-1959 1 23
Departmental Committee, 1960 1 24
Departmental Committee, 1961-1962 1 25
Departmental Committee, 1963-1964 1 26
Departmental Committee, 1965-1966 1 27
Departmental Committee, 1967-1968 1 28
Departmental Committee, 1969-1970 1 29
Departmental Committee, 1971 1 30
Departmental Committee, 1972-1973 1 31
Departmental Committee, 1974-1976 1 32
Departmental Committee, 1977-1981 1 33
English Composition Program Coordinator, Remedial English, 1969-1970 2 1
English Composition Program Coordinator, Testing, 1972-1974 2 2
English Composition Program Coordinator, Writing Lab, 1971-1976 2 3
English Graduate Programs: 1969-1971, 1974-1977, 1979-1980 2 4
English Institute, 1959-1960 2 5
Executive Committee, 1956-1959 2 6
Executive Committee, 1960-1961 2 7
Executive Committee, 1962 2 8
Executive Committee, 1963-1964 2 9
Executive Committee, 1965-1966 2 10
Executive Committee, 1967-1968 2 11
Executive Committee, 1969 2 12
Executive Committee, 1970 2 13
Executive Committee, 1971-1972 2 14
Executive Committee, 1973-1974 2 15
Executive Committee, 1975-1976 2 16
Executive Committee, 1977-1979 2 17
Executive Committee, 1980-1983 2 18
Five Year Review, 1974-1975 2 19
Five Year Review, 1979-1980 2 20
Five Year Review, 1986 2 21
Freshman Course Committee, 1956-1960 2 22
Freshman Course Committee, 1960-1965 2 23
Freshman English, 1956-1966 2 24
Freshman English News, 1981-1982 2 25
Graduate Faculty, 1959-1963 3 1
Graduate Faculty, 1963-1965 3 2
Graduate Faculty, 1966-1968 3 3
Graduate Faculty, 1969 3 4
Graduate Faculty, 1970 3 5
Graduate Faculty, 1971 3 6
Graduate Faculty, 1972 3 7
Graduate Policy, 1973 3 8
Graduate Policy, 1974 3 9
Graduate Policy, 1975-1976 3 10
Graduate Policy, 1977-1979 3 11
Graduate Policy, 1980 3 12
Graduate Policy, 1982-1984 3 13
Graduate Policy Committee Meetings, 1979-1984 3 14
Graduate Policy Committee Meetings, 1985-1988 3 15
Handbook, 1972-1973 3 16
Honors Program, 1961-1964 3 17
Irish Studies, Membership List and Yeats Exhibit, 1972-1973 3 18
Irish Studies, Newsletter, 1971-1978 3 19
Joint Control Committee, 1957-1963 3 20
Library Committee, 1957-1965 3 21
Linguistics Workshop, 1962-1963 3 22
Load Reduction Committee, 1973-1976 3 23
Meetings and Memos, 1954-1959 3 24
Meetings and Memos, 1959-1960 3 25
Meetings and Memos, 1960-1968 3 26
Memos, 1956-1983 3 27
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Charles Mann [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 1]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Gerald Stacey and Wolfgang Rudat [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 2]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Robert T. Fallon and Mortimer Frank [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 3]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, William A. Oram and Barry Wind [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 4]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, James Campbell and Gert Schiff [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 5]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Stella Revard-Baum and C.A. Patrides [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 6]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, D.M. Harralson and R.G. Schoen [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 7]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Richard S. Ide and James Stephens [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 8]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, John F. Huntley and M.F. McCanles [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 9]5
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, John Mulder and Roger Rollin [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 10]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Sister Mason and James H. Sims [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 11]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, V.R. Mollencott and John A. Via [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 12]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, T. Kranidas and T. O'Keeffe [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 13]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, C.J. Summers and James J. Egan [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 14]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, M. Mikolajczak and William Hunter [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 15]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, John Shawcross and R.F. Fleissner [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 16]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Florence Walzl and J. Max Patrick [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 17]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Sidney Warhaft and Ted Pebworth [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 18]6
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, S.S. Stollman and R.C. Flannagan [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 19]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, James G. Mengert and Thomas W. Hayes [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 20]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, E.R. Gregory and Desmond Hamlet [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 21]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Rabbi J. Goldman, and Roger H. Sundell [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 22]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Michael Lieb Symposium [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 23]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Barry Wind and Thomas Hayes [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 24]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, E.R. Gregory and J. Max Patrick [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 25]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, James Sims and John Shawcross [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 26] 7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Roger Sundell and A. Chambers [Audio reel (¼ in., 3 ¾ ips) 27]7
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Correspondence, 1974 3 28
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Participant Handouts and Bibliographies, 1974 3 29
Milton Tercentenary Conference, 1974, Programs and Event Lists, 1974 3 30
Milwaukee Studies in Language, 1989 3 31
NDEA Institute, Administration, Reports, 1965-1967 3 32
NDEA Institute, Press Releases, Clippings, 1966-1967 3 33
Newsletter, 1961-1974 4 1
Planning Documents, 1983-1985 4 2
"Poet Views the World," English Department Radio Series, 1960 4 3
Poetry Center Proposal, 1963-1966 4 4
Project Destiny, Correspondence, 1964-1969 4 5
Project Destiny, Description, 1964 4 6
Project Destiny, Photographs, 1966 4 7
Project Destiny, Press Releases, Newsclippings, 1964-1967 4 8
Project Destiny, Publicity, Pamphlets, 1964-1968 4 9
Project Destiny, Reports, 1964-1967 4 10
Proposals, PhD and M.A. Program, 1966-1968 4 11
Publications, English Usage Handbook, 1945-1960 4 12
Re-evaluation Committee, 1963-1964 4 13
The Research Paper, 1960 4 14
Steering Committee, 1956 4 15
Student Teacher's Handbook, undated 4 16
T.A. Materials, 1983-1984 4 17
Teaching Majors and Minors, 1961-1962 4 18

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