Bird, Miriam Y.
History of Granville, Wisconsin, 1850-1900.
UWM Manuscript Collection 85
Collection contains Bird's history of the township of Granville, Wisconsin from 1850-1900. Includes a bibliography and information on churches, cemeteries, Indian camp sites, maps, roads, schools, settlers, and survey and deed terms. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Booth, Sherman M., 1812-1904.
Family papers, 1818-1908.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection BB
Papers of a 19th-century Wisconsin abolitionist agitator, politician, lecturer and publisher. Includes correspondence concerning Booth family affairs; miscellaneous school and church materials collected by Booth's daughters while living in Connecticut; Civil War soldiers' medical examination records; family diaries; and school notebooks of Lillian May Booth, one of Sherman Booth's daughters. Also included are six letters the Booth sisters received from the Rev. J.J. Enmegahbauh, the first Indian ordained by Bishop Kemper. These were written from the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota.
The majority of the collection consists of approximately 3,000 letters. Only about 145 were written by Sherman Booth; the rest concern the family of Adeline P. Corss (mother of the second Mrs. Booth). There are also school and church items which were acquired by Mary Ella and Lillian May in the course of their work. The letters written by Sherman Booth have been photocopied and added to the collection. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Buttles, Anson W., 1821-1906.
Papers, 1846-1906.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 186, Milwaukee Micro Collection 75, and Milwaukee Micro Collection 76
Diaries and letters of Buttles, a rural resident of the town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the diaries, kept continuously from 1856 to 1906 on a farm near Fox Point, Buttles remarks on national elections and gives information on local political activity derived from his positions as town clerk, justice of the peace, school clerk, county surveyor, and county superintendent of schools. For the Civil War period, there are notations on the volunteer army, the draft, civilian privations, and the Indian war scare. The diaries also include references to farm operations and household economies; Dutch immigrant life; the "Lady Elgin" steamboat disaster in 1860; the Chicago fire of 1871; the Milwaukee strike of 1886; the panic and mob rule following bank closures of 1861 and 1893; rural entertainments; smallpox vaccinations; road building; books read; and family life. There are a few letters from Byron Kilbourn, Abram Vliet, and Don J. Whittemore, 1851-1857, containing information on surveying for the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad; and genealogical material on the Buttles and Stoughton Families.
The diaries, which are also on microfilm, are letters by Anson Buttles, including many to his wife describing his work as engineer during the construction of the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad and the Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad; and several letters, written to him by Paul Juneau and Byron Kilbourn. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Chase, Enoch.
Reminiscences, 1876.
Milwaukee Small Collection 32
Description: Reminiscences of a pioneer settler in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who left his home in Vermont in 1831, traveled by schooner and stagecoach to Coldwater, Michigan, where he practiced medicine and taught school. In April 1835, he drove a team to Milwaukee. In his narrative he describes and characterizes many of the pioneer men and women of Milwaukee, and speaks of Indian troubles, the organization of government, the development of industries, and local rivalries.

Emmons, Norman.
Robert Eliot and Norman Emmons papers, 1840-1882.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection EV
Papers of a Milwaukee attorney and railroad executive. Most of the collection is correspondence relating to Indian claims at Mackinac, Michigan; letters from New York investor Russell Sage about his Wisconsin business affairs; and several Civil War letters. Also contains correspondence of Emmons' brother-in-law Robert Eliot concerning family matters, and includes an 1852 letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Theodore Parker concerning the inscription on the Concord Bridge, and an 1854 letter of appointment to the rank of lieutenant from Matthew C. Perry to Garret V. Denniston. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Indian Summer Festivals, Inc.
Indian Summer Festivals, Inc. records, 1985-2007 .
UWM Manuscript Collection 250
Collection consists of administrative records of Indian Summer Festivals, Inc. (ISF), including meeting minutes, correspondence, publicity materials, and photographs. ISF is best known for organizing the yearly American Indian ethnic festival, Indian Summer, at the Summerfest grounds at Milwaukee’s lakefront. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Jackamonis, Edward G., 1939- .|
Papers, 1970-1982.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 98 and Milwaukee Micro Collection 47
Legislative papers of a Democrat from Waukesha, Wisconsin who served as Speaker of the Assembly from 1977 through 1982. Included are correspondence, legislative bill files, and microfilmed biographical clippings. The subject files contain a wide range of documentation on Jackamonis' involvement with most of the prominent issues of the period such as state and federal budgets, economic development of Wisconsin, taxation, and public employee labor issues, and on his political opposition to Governor Lee S. Dreyfus. There are also numerous files on his role on many standing and special committees concerned with regulation of cable television (on tape are two public hearings held on this issue), legislative oversight of executive agencies, lobbying, occupational licensing, and many other issues. There is also extensive information on the improvements in internal assembly operations for which Jackamonis was responsible and on his administration of the committee structure. Also included in the subject files are genre categories of his press releases and newsletters. Correspondence includes indexed general exchanges with constituents and others and policy-level letters to and from executive agency administrators. The legislative bill files contain correspondence and material distributed by lobbyists and others to influence voting on specific legislation. Extensive biographical clipping scrapbooks are available on microfilm. Finding aid available in the Archives. 

Juneau, Solomon Laurent, 1793-1856.
Papers, 1833-1855.
Milwaukee Small Collection 40
Papers of the first European settler and founder of Milwaukee. The majority of the collection consists of miscellaneous bills, receipts and accounts from Juneau's career as a merchant, as well as from his tenure as Milwaukee's Postmaster. The collection also contains limited personal correspondence and a contract from the American Fur Company of which Juneau was an agent. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Klicka, George H., 1934- .
Papers, 1967-1982.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 100
Legislative papers of a conservative Republican who represented Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in the assembly from 1966 through 1982. The collection consists of alphabetical subject files containing constituent correspondence, reference material, newsletters, and questionnaires. Topics which are well documented include abortion, aid to private schools, sex education, and Wauwatosa. The collection also includes one box of distributions, conservative reprints and publications, which Klicka circulated with his personal endorsement. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich.
Papers, 1947-1988.
UWM Manuscript Collection 50
Personal papers of a former chair of the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Department of Anthropology which includes extensive field notes, professional and personal correspondence, and photographs. The majority of the collection is field notes dealing primarily with Lurie's research of the Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin, particularly as a board member of the United Indians of Milwaukee (UIM), work with the Consolidated Tribes (a predecessor of UIM), and the Haylushka Society, an organization formed by non-Indians interested in Indian culture and life. Also included are proposals and field notes for the Milwaukee Urban Indian Research Project focusing on the effect of the urban plight of Native Americans children in Milwaukee. The field notes are detailed observations of encounters with Native Americans, such as board and general meetings of the United Indians of Milwaukee, American Indian Information and Action Group meetings, powwows, and informal gatherings. Several copies of the Moccasin Telegraph, a newsletter published by the United Indians of Milwaukee, edited by Lurie, also are included. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Milwaukee Indian Education Committee.
Records, 1976-2006.
UWM Manuscript Collection 245
Records of the Milwaukee Indian Education Committee (MIEC), formed to promote and foster educational achievement among the American Indian community in Milwaukee and the surrounding area.  The collection provides information on MIEC’s goals, activities, and achievements. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Otte, Carl, 1923- .
Papers, 1970-1986.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 124
Papers, mainly 1983-1986, of a former Democratic legislator (Assembly 1967-1982; Senate, 1982-1986) consisting of alphabetical subject files and files on problems of individual constituents. The subject files contain correspondence and memoranda from constituents, colleagues, advocacy groups, and staff members; speeches and statements; policy papers and reports; minutes; and clippings. They relate to legislative issues such as education, nursing homes, and taxes and to committees on which Otte served including the Senate Transportation Committee, the Migrant Labor Council, and the Legislative Council's Special Committee on Primary Prevention. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Rodenkirch, Michael, 1798-1880.

Letter, 1846.

Milwaukee Small Collection 203

Photocopied typewritten translation of a long letter written by Rodenkirch, one of the first settlers living at St. Michaels (Washington County), Wisconsin, sent to relatives and friends living in Germany, 26 December 1846, describing the journey to Milwaukee, land he purchased, farming methods, tools used, costs of many items, and experiences with nearby Indians, and comparing his life with that he left behind in Prussia. This translation was prepared by Sister Julianna, Mount Mary College, December 4, 1958.