Betlinski, Joseph L., 1890- .
Papers, 1935-1971.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 68
Papers primarily composed of religious and political sermons and writings, of a Polish-born Milwaukee priest. Rev. Betlinski's collection also includes biographical information, with a one-page autobiographical journal; correspondence with national political figures concerning the Vietnam War; and correspondence, reports, newsclippings, and other materials regarding the Polish-American Information Service, the Polish Roman Catholic Union, the Polish Summer School, and Future Priests' Clubs. Rev. Betlinski served as chaplain and advisor to many Polish groups prior to his retirement. The majority of the collection is composed of his sermons, newspaper articles, term papers, and other texts, primarily in Polish, and dealing with philosophy and the classics, politics, communism, and Poland and the Poles. Finding aid available in the Archive.

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. 

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, the Vietnam War, 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 Archive. 

Merkel, Kenneth J., 1926- . Papers, 1964-1974. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 101

Papers of a conservative Republican legislator from Brookfield who served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1965 through 1974. Included are correspondence and subject files on many issues with which Merkel was prominently involved including opposition to abortion, usurpation of local authority by state government, aid to private schools, taxation, anti-war demonstrations on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, and welfare costs. There are also extensive files pertaining to Merkel's efforts in behalf of fiscal conservatism on the Joint Committee on Finance as well as his work on the Assembly Select Committee on Inner City Problems and the Joint Committee to Visit State Properties. The collection also includes files on a number of initiatives supported by the John Birch Society of which Merkel was a member such as opposition to sex education in public schools and U.S. membership in the United Nations. There are small files of form letters, press releases, newsletters, speeches, and biographical material.

Milwaukee 14 Defense Committee.
Records, 1968-1971.
Milwaukee Small Collection 86
Fragmentary records of the defense committee for fourteen men accused and eventually convicted of burning 10,000 draft files from Milwaukee Selective Service offices in a protest of the Vietnam War. Included are newsletters, press releases, news clippings, biographical sketches, and printed statements of the participants. Finding aid available in the Archive. 

Milwaukee Organizing Committee.
Records, 1966-1968.
Milwaukee Small Collection 85
Records of a Milwaukee peace organization formed in 1966, including flyers, press releases, and newsletters regarding the Committee's education programs, research projects, and activities for Vietnam Summer and for Hiroshima Day. Finding aid available in the Archive.

Milwaukee Peace Action Center.
Records, 1968-1975.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 24
Fragmentary records dating from the founding of MPAC in February 1971 by the American Friends Service Committee and the Milwaukee Peace Education Foundation, until its dissolution in July 1972. MPAC was not a membership organization, rather it was established "as an implementing body to aid individuals and groups in initiating specific peace action." Other functions included distribution of information regarding peace activities and issues; participation in, and where possible, initiation of, local, national, and international peace action; and operation of a crisis referral center. The records include minutes and a few letters of the MPAC policy board, which was composed of members of the two founding organizations, and scattered financial statements and minutes of the action committee. Also present are the articles of incorporation; a file of "Inform-al Notes," MPAC's newsletter, a questionnaire regarding MPAC's future direction, and numerous flyers, leaflets, and printed items of MPAC and of other Milwaukee peace groups with which MPAC worked. The collection illustrates the activities of Willliam O. Brown, MPAC's first chairman. Finding aid available in the Archive.

Milwaukee War Tax Resistance. Records, 1973-1974. Milwaukee Small Collection 89 Records of the Resistance working with the Milwaukee Alternate Life Fund, consisting of newsletters, leaflets, and brochures on protesting the use of taxation to finance the war in Vietnam. Finding aid available in the Archive.

Molnar, Alex, ca. 1947- .
Papers, 1990-1995.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 188 and PH Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 188
Papers of Molnar, a member of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee education faculty, primarily documenting his leadership in the Military Families Support Network (MFSN), a national organization formed in 1990 after a letter Molnar wrote opposing the build-up for the Persian Gulf War appeared in the New York Times. Included is extensive correspondence received from supporters and opponents of the war; additional administrative correspondence, promotional literature and reports; fragmentary board records, clippings and newsletters; and files on lobbying in Washington, D.C., and on the Fund for New Priorities, which sponsored the organization of MFSN. Original include views of Molnar and his family, the MFSN office in Milwaukee, and snapshots of military life in Saudi Arabia. Subject files contain secondary information on the medical implications of the war and on other anti-war organizations. Finding aid available in the Archive. 

Rainovic, Albert R., 1922-1992. Papers, 1948-1987. UWM Manuscript Collection 43

Collection contains over 600 pieces of original artwork, as well as correspondence and news clippings, of a sports cartoonist for the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel newspapers. Many of the original artworks contain drawings of several individuals. Most of the drawings date from the mid 1950s to mid 1970s. The collection includes a full run (1975-1980) of The Diamond Report, a national quarterly baseball publication which Rainovic edited and published, and his correspondence as a freelance caricaturist and writer and several non-sports cartoons on various topics of the period including Vietnam. The collection is indexed by a database which contains the names of each person who was named and depicted in the drawings. 

Shoquist, Joseph William.
Papers, 1952-1985.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 145
Papers, mainly 1964-1985, of the managing editor of the Milwaukee Journal, also including papers of his predecessor, Arville Schaleben. Included are correspondence and inter-office memoranda concerning the day-to-day operations of the News Department and the development of policy, as well as files on Shoquist's active participation in professional organizations such as the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, and the Wisconsin Associated Press Association. Many issues relating to the operation of the press such as First Amendment rights, journalists’ shield laws, ethics, and libel are represented. Other aspects of Journal operations which are covered include the library and the Madison and Washington, D.C., bureaus. Prominent correspondents include Harry Hill, Wallace Lemoe, Richard Leonard, Louis Lochner, Russell Lynch, Carl Riblet, Jr., Joseph Zigman, and Foley & Lardner, the law firm which represented the Journal. Finding aid available in the Archive.

Szymczak, Chester J.
Papers, 1930-1980.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 103
Papers of a Polish American author and journalist. Szymczak was born and raised in Milwaukee, served as a signalman in World War II, survived the sinking of the U.S.S. Dorchester, and served as a newspaper editor in suburban Milwaukee during the 1950s. Among Szymczak's published works are an account of the Dorchester sinking, a biography of astronomer Nicolas Copernicus, and many studies of American literature including his play "Anne's Man from Viet Nam.". Besides a small file of correspondence, the collection consists entirely of manuscripts and notes for published and unpublished works, including non-fiction, short stories, poetry, and plays. Most of the manuscripts are undated. Finding aid available in the Archive. 

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Military Science Dept.
Records, 1943-1988.
UWM Archival Collection 13
Collection consists of official records largely created by Colonel Samuel D.Stroman, a professor of military science, and Norman P. Lasca, a professor who served asdirector of the military education program. Most date from 1967-72. The records document theevolution of ROTC courses at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM), includingCurriculum "C," an experimental set of courses taught by faculty from other UWM departments. Also includes files documenting the Department's efforts to improve its funding and physicalplant, contracts with the Army and other local campuses, efforts to reverse declines in ROTCmembership, and continued concerns about the administrative control of ROTC within theUWM. There is little mention of the Vietnam War or protests against ROTC. Also includesrecords of the ROTC Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on ROTC Organization andStructure. The only records predating UWM's establishment in 1956 are a certificate of awardfrom the Army Air Force to the Wisconsin State Teacher's College and a program for a studentstage production, both dating to World War II. Finding aid available in the Archive. 

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Office of the Dean of Students.
Records, 1915-[ongoing].
UWM Archival Collection 48
Collection contains records of the Dean of Students from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM) and its predecessor institutions. The collection also contains records from the UWM Office of Student Life and from the UWM Student Organization Advising and Resources (SOAR) office. Most of the records date from the 1960-1982; the materials predating 1960 concern fraternities and sororities. The collection largely consists of files of UWM student organizations, including fraternities and sororities, student government, and a wide variety of ethnic, political, professional, religious, and social groups. Most of the files contain only a charter application form and a group registration form, which lists the name and function of the group, its offcampus affiliation, meeting location, names and addresses of officers, and faculty advisor. Some files contain officer change reports, a constitution and by-laws, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and publicity materials. The most extensive files exist for campus fraternities and sororities, and Vietnam-era protest groups. Files also exist for a number of student groups for African Americans, Hispanics, and women. Finding aid available in the Archive.

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Office of the Vice Chancellor.
Records, 1956-1985.
UWM Archival Collection 12
The collection consists of the Vice Provost's (1956-1965) and Vice Chancellor's (1965-1985) files. There are only a few records from the tenure of George A. Parkinson (1956-1958) and Charles Vevier (1963-1965) as Vice Provost. the number of records generated began increasing after Vevier became Vice Chancellor in 1965, but most of the records were created in the 1970s by Vice Chancellor William L. Walters. Only a few records postdate 1979. The majority of the collection documents the Vice Chancellor's administration of UWM's centers, colleges, and schools. The records usually concern accreditation, general policy issues, funding, new courses, organizational structure, plans for expansion, staffing, and other administrative affairs.
The offices best documented in the collection include: the Center for Great Lakes Studies; College of Engineering and Applied Science; College of Letters & Science; Golda Meir Library; Graduate School; Instructional Media Laboratory; Office of Institutional Studies; School of Allied Health Professions; School of Architecture and Urban Planning; School of Business Administration; School of Education; School of Fine Arts; School of Library and Information Science; School of Nursing; and the School of Social Welfare. The records also contain numerous files concerning affirmative action for minorities and women on the UWM campus; the development of academic computing; the Caudill, Rowlett, and Scott master plan for UWM; and student protests during the Vietnam War. Finding aid available in the Archives.

UWM Scabbard and Blade Society. Records, 1958-1970. UWM Manuscript Collection 119

Records of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student organization. Consists of newspaper articles, photographs, and programs dealing with the organization. Several articles in the collection focus on the death of Scabbard and Blade member Lt. Terry Manz, who was killed in 1967 in South Vietnam. Also included are several photographs of Scabbard and Blade members at the Military Ball (1958, 1963-1964), photographs of the 1967 Awards Dinner and the 1967 and 1968 Pledge Nights, and programs from the Military Ball (1967-1970). The programs provide a list of sponsors, commanding officers, and honored guests at the Military Ball. 

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Milwaukee Branch (Wis.).
Records, 1954-1998.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 23 and PH Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 23
Organizational records, project files, and subject files of the Milwaukee branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), a women's group committed to the prevention of armed conflict and advocating resistance to the draft and nuclear disarmament. The records include files related to major events and projects conducted by the League, as well as subject files detailing issues in which members took an active interest. Organization records include news clippings, flyers, newsletters, and correspondence between members as well as letters addressed to local and national political and corporate figures. Finding aid available in the Archive.