University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission.

Records, 1957-1963.

Wisconsin Series 1720

6.8 cubic ft. (6 record center cartons, and 2 archives boxes)


ABSTRACT: Records of a commission established in 1957 to study problems of providing metropolitan services in Milwaukee County. Series 1 contains the subject files of the full commission and its committees, including Executive, Intergovernment Cooperation, Land Use and Zoning, Metropolitan Functions, Police Protection, Refuse and Garbage Disposal, Research Coordinating and Revenue Sources and Distribution. The files contain correspondence, clippings, memoranda, news releases, newsletters, and study materials which relate to the commission's appropriations and budget. Series 2 contains reports of the commission and its committees, including an oversize atlas of land use and zoning in the Milwaukee area.

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:
Milwaukee Metropolitan Study Commission. Records, 1957-1963. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. Golda Meir Library. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

RELATED COLLECTION:

Randall, Clifford A. Papers, 1951-1966. (Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 159)


MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:
WISCONSIN SERIES 1720.
Series 1. Subject Files.		 BOX FOLDER
Beck, Harold E. 1 1
Bibliography 1 2
Budget, 1958-1959 1 3-4
Citizen's Governmental Research Bureau 1 5
Civil Defense 1 6
Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission 1 7
Correspondence, 1957-1961 1 8-14
Cutler, Richard W. 1 15
Department of Budget and Accounts 1 16
Detention House 1 17
Director's Files, Budget 1 18
Director's Files, Garbage and Refuse 1 19
Director's Files, Inter-Municipal Cooperation 1 20
Director's Files, Land Use and Zoning 1 21
Director's Files, Law Committee 1 22
Director's Files, Mass Transit 1 23
Director's Files, Public Information and Education 1 24
Director's Files, Regional Planning 1 25
Director's Files, Revenue Needs 1 26
Director's Files, Water 1 27-28
Executive Committee, Agenda and Minutes 1 29
Executive Committee, Correspondence, 1958 1 30
Executive Committee, Correspondence, 1959-1960 1 31
Extension 1 32
Gift Fund 2 1
Governmental Cooperation Study 2 2-4
Hearings 2 5-6
Industrial Development 2 7
Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, Correspondence 2 8-9
Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, Fire Departments 2 10
Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, Health Departments 2 11
Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, Legal Basis 2 12
Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, Libraries, 1960 2 13
Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, Libraries, 1961 2 14
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Agenda and Minutes, 1957-1958 2 15
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Agenda and Minutes, 1958 2 16
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Agenda and Minutes, 1959-1960 2 17
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Atlas and Analysis 2 18
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Boundary Questionnaires 2 19
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Correspondence, 1957-1960 2 20-25
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Industrial Land Use Problems 2 26
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Municipal Boundary Problems 2 27
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Public Hearings 2 28
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Regional Planning 3 1
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Regional Planning, Background Materials 3 3-5
Land Use and Zoning Committee, Urban Renewal 3 6
Law Committee 3 7
League of Women Voters 3 8
Liaison Personnel 3 9
Lobb, John 3 10
Memoranda 3 11-12
Metropolitan Functions Committee, Agenda and Minutes 3 13
Metropolitan Functions Committee, Correspondence 3 14
Milwaukee Advertising Club 3 15
Milwaukee (City) 3 16
Milwaukee County 3 17
Minutes, 1957 3 18-25
Miscellaneous 3 26
Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission 3 27
Office Use 3 28
Parking 3 29
Parkinson Metro Proposal 3 30
Parks and Recreation 4 1
Personnel 4 2
Police 4 3
Police Protection Committee 4 4-5
Population 4 6
Press Clippings 4 7-9
Project Questionnaires 4 10
Property Assessments 4 11-12
Proposal for Commission Policy on Implementation 4 13
Public Information Committee, Correspondence 4 14-15
Public Information Committee, Minutes 4 16
Refuse and Garbage, Correspondence 4 17-18
Refuse and Garbage, Questionnaires 4 19-21
Reports [NOTE: See Series 2, "Reports"]
Research Advisory Committee 4 22
Research Coordinating Committee 4 23
Research Program 4 24
Revenue Needs 4 25-27
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Agenda and Minutes 4 28
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Correspondence, 1957-1958 5 1
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Correspondence, 1959 5 2
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Correspondence, 1960 5 3-4
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Correspondence, 1961 5 5
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Economic Base Study 5 6-7
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Motor Vehicle Taxation 5 8-10
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Motor Vehicle Taxation, State Aids 5 11-12
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Property Taxation 5 13
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Sales Data 5 14
Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee, Shared Taxes and Aids 5 15-16
Rules of Procedure Committee 5 17
Schools 5 18
Senate Bill 223S 5 19
Sewage, Correspondence 5 20-21
Sewage, Data 5 22
Speakers 5 23
Speeches 6 1-5
Transportation Committee 6 6
Water System 6 7-10
Wisconsin Legislative Council County Government Committee 6 11-12
Wisconsin State Employment Service 6 13

WISCONSIN SERIES 1720.
Series 2. Reports.		 BOX FOLDER
Annual Reports, 1958-1961 6 14-15
Chairman's Intermediate Report to the Commission 6 16
Final Report 6 17
Final Report on Intergovernmental Cooperation in Milwaukee County 6 18
Findings and Conclusions Concerning Zoning in Milwaukee County 6 19
Findings and Recommendations of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee on the Subject of Fire Protection in Milwaukee County 6 20
Findings and Recommendations on Municipal Boundary Problems 6 21
Findings of Fact and Recommendations of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee on the Subject of Cooperation Among the Library Systems of Milwaukee County 6 22
Fire Department Interlocal Cooperation in Milwaukee County 6 23
History of Water Supply in the Milwaukee Area 6 24
Interlibrary Cooperation in Milwaukee County 6 25
Land Use and Zoning Analysis 6 26
Land Use and Zoning Atlas [NOTE: Oversize]
Land Use Planning and Control in Milwaukee County 6 27
Land Use Planning in the Metropolitan Milwaukee Area 6 28
Major Recommendations of the Metropolitan Study Commission 6 29
The Metropolitan Federation and Special District 6 30
Metropolitan Milwaukee Problems-Solutions 6 31
The Milwaukee Metropolis in Maps 6 32
Objectives and Recommendations Regarding a Water Utility for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Area 6 33
Program Reports of the Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee 6 34
Progress Reports of the Revenue Sources and Distribution Committee 6 35
Property Taxation in Milwaukee County 7 1
Recommendations on Uniform Accident and Crime Reporting and Establishment of a Central Police Records Depository for Milwaukee County 7 2
Recommendations on Refuse and Garbage Disposal for Milwaukee County 7 3
Recommendations Relating to Property Assessment 7 4
Refuse and Garbage Disposal in Milwaukee County 7 5
Regional Planning Legislation in Wisconsin 7 6
Report and Recommendations on Regional Planning 7 7
Report of the Executive Committee Concerning the Determination of the Type of Government Best Suited to Discharge Metropolitan Functions 7 8
Report on Legislation Developments and Possible Reorganization of Committee Studies 7 9
Report on Motor Vehicle Taxation 7 10
Report on Municipal Boundary Problems 7 11
Report on Property Taxation in Milwaukee County 7 12
Report on Regional Planning Legislation 7 13
Sewage Disposal in the Milwaukee Metropolitan Area 8 1
State-Local Financial Relationship 8 2
Status Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental Cooperation 8 3
Study of Revenue Needs, Expenditures, and Needs in Milwaukee County 8 4
Taxation and Revenue Distribution in Milwaukee County 8 5
Technical Report on Police Protection in Milwaukee County 8 6
The Urban County 8 7

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