Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
Series 1098	Part 1 (Series 1098): Original Collection, 1903-1948 Physical Description: 15.6 c.f. (39 archives boxes) Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous correspondence by subject, manuscripts, memoranda, clippings, news releases, pamphlets, circulars, photographs, bills and statements, drafts of legislative bills, reports, and other papers filed by M.S. Dudgeon and C.B. Lester, former secretaries to the Commission, and relating to all aspects of Commission activity. Included are materials formerly filed separately: Manuscripts of prepared speeches and periodical articles; notes compiled by Henry E. Legler about Wisconsin artists, writers, and books; and correspondence and other papers relating to such personal interests of Dudgeon and Lester. Those organizations include Kiwanis Club, United Spanish War Veterans, Boy Scouts, Madison YMCA community affairs, national Municipal league, citizens' councils, cooperation, and the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition of 1933-1934.
	Administration Miscellaneous
	M.S. Dudgeon Miscellaneous File
Box 1 Folder 1	Manuscript for Library Bulletins
Box 1 Folder 2	Legislative Materials and Notes for Speeches
Box 1 Folder 3	Miscellaneous Correspondence with Libraries, 1914-1919
Box 1 Folder 4	Lecture Manuscripts, Sociology et cetera
Box 1 Folder 5	Correspondence on Selection of Library Board, 1916
Box 1 Folder 6	Travel Lectures, Correspondence, Reports and Manuscripts
Box 2 Folder 1	“Independent,” Indirect Lighting, 1913
Box 2 Folder 2	Circulation Data, Bill Drafts, “Sociological,” 1911-1916
Box 2 Folder 3	Utilities Regulation; “Form Letters,” 1911-1912
Box 2 Folder 4	Appropriation and Budgets, “Sociological,” 1912-1919
Box 2 Folder 5	Biennial Reports, 1916-1918
Box 2 Folder 6	Miscellaneous, 1913-1914
Box 2 Folder 7	Expense Accounts; City Library Laws, 1913
Box 3 Folder 1	Public Affairs Lecture, Law Making, Legislative Reference
Box 3 Folder 2	Library Structures
Box 3 Folder 3	United Spanish War Veterans Correspondence, 1911-1919
Box 3 Folder 4	Course Materials, 1911
Box 3 Folder 5	Letters with the Farmers Institute, 1911
Box 3 Folder 6	Correspondence on Study Traveling Books, 1911-1912
Box 3 Folder 7	Description - Special Courses, 1912-1913
Box 3 Folder 8	Circulars Material - Library Training, 1913
Box 3 Folder 9	Library Bulletin Reports, 1913
Box 3 Folder 10	Library Law, 1913
Box 3 Folder 11	Manuscripts on Cooperation, 1913-1917
Box 3 Folder 12	Correspondence on YMCA, 1915-1917
Box 4 Folder 1	State Documents and Traveling Libraries, 1904-1906
Box 4 Folder 2	Library Commission Meetings, 1904-1908
Box 4 Folder 3	Legislative Correspondence, 1906
Box 4 Folder 4	Statistical Reports for Libraries, 1902-1903
Box 4 Folder 5	Free Library Commission (FLC) Study Outlines, 1906-1908
Box 5 Folder 1	Anti-Tuberculosis Pamphlets, 1903-1918
Box 5 Folder 2	Book Lists, Correspondence, Slide Lists, 1915-1918
	C.B. Lester Miscellaneous File
Box 5 Folder 3	Miscellaneous Items, 1917-1940
Box 5 Folder 4-5	Library Miscellanea, 1921-1937
Box 5 Folder 6-7	Field Work Materials, 1924-1941
Box 5 Folder 8	Library School Miscellaneous, 1931-1936
Box 5 Folder 9	Reports, 1922-1936
Box 5 Folder 10	Staff Members, 1918-1927
Box 5 Folder 11	Traveling Library Service Correspondence, 1916-1933
Box 5 Folder 12	Miscellaneous Requests to Lester, 1916, 1934, 1939
Box 5 Folder 13	State and Extension Memoranda, 1935-1938
Box 6 Folder 1	Charles McCarthy Memorial, 1921
Box 6 Folder 2	Classification, clippings, documents, 1934-1936
Box 6 Folder 3	Foreign Language and Instruction Library Services, 1934-1938
Box 6 Folder 4	Committee: Professional Status of the Children's Librarian, Preliminary Reports
Box 6 Folder 5	Organizations, 1933-1934
Box 6 Folder 6	Schools, 1935
Box 6 Folder 7	Library Miscellaneous, 1931-1936
Box 6 Folder 8	British Columbia Correspondence, 1934-1936
Box 6 Folder 9	Community Unions, Credit Union, 1931, 1936
Box 6 Folder 10	American Library Association (ALA) Correspondence, 1936-1937
Box 6 Folder 11	American Merchant Marine Library Association, 1936-1938
Box 6 Folder 12	Brown University, 1934-1935
Box 6 Folder 13	Book lists, 1934-1938
Box 6 Folder 14	Community Activities, 1935-1938
Box 6 Folder 15	Documents Course Material, 1935-1937
Box 6 Folder 16	Kiwanis, 1935
Box 6 Folder 17	Better Homes in America, 1936
Box 6 Folder 18	Job Applicant Recommendations, 1935-1938
Box 6 Folder 19	Adult Education and Library Service, 1935-1938
Box 7 Folder 1	Constitution Sesquicentennial, 1936-1937
Box 7 Folder 2	Magazine Clearing House, 1938
Box 7 Folder 3	ALA Committee on Library Terminology, 1937
Box 7 Folder 4	Getaway Club, 1938
Box 7 Folder 5	Miscellaneous Correspondence and Reports, 1923
Box 7 Folder 6	Illinois Library School Visit, 1937
Box 7 Folder 7	Library Building and Services, 1937
Box 7 Folder 8	Radio Broadcasts, 1935-1938
Box 7 Folder 9	ALA Federal Regulation Committee, 1934-1935
Box 7 Folder 10	Federal Projects, 1936-1937
Box 7 Folder 11	Rural Library Study Correspondence, 1938
Box 7 Folder 12	Library Project Correspondence, 1935-1938
Box 7 Folder 13	Federal Library Aid Materials, 1935
Box 7 Folder 14	State Library Planning, 1935-1937
Box 7 Folder 15	Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1936-1937
Box 7 Folder 16	Northwest Territory Celebration Commission, 1937
Box 7 Folder 17	Government Publications and Microfilm, 1937
Box 7 Folder 18	Public Service Training, State Library Association, 1935-1936
Box 7 Folder 19	Wisconsin Library Statistics, 1933, 1936-1937
Box 7 Folder 20	Wisconsin Federal Women's Clubs, 1938
Box 7 Folder 21	Salvation Army, 1938
Box 8 Folder 1	Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1936
Box 8 Folder 2-3	FLC Department Reports and Correspondence, 1926-1927
Box 8 Folder 4	Bureau of Purchases, 1938
Box 8 Folder 5	Rural Library Issues, 1937
Box 8 Folder 6	Lester's selection to Committee on Education of Seafarers, 1938
	Dudgeon-Lester Miscellaneous, 1904-1922
Box 8 Folder 7-8	Wisconsin Library Association, 1937-1938
Box 8 Folder 9	Salary Schedule, 1936-1937
Box 39 Folder 5	Promotional Exam, Milwaukee Public Library, 1941
Box 8 Folder 10-11	Library Law Revisions, 1921
Box 8 Folder 12	Library Law Amendment, 1925
Box 9 Folder 1-2	Applications, Legislative Reference Library Job, 1921
Box 9 Folder 3	Library School Reports, 1904-1911
Box 9 Folder 4	Hawaii Library Services, 1916
Box 9 Folder 5	Department Reports, 1918-1919
Box 9 Folder 6	Miscellaneous, 1912
Box 9 Folder 7	Library Commission Members, 1921-1922
Box 9 Folder 8	Wisconsin and Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1933-1935
Box 9 Folder 9	Reports, 1921-1936
Box 9 Folder 10	Relief Activities, 1934-1935
Box 9 Folder 11	ALA and Work Relief Projects, 1934-1935
Box 9 Folder 12	WPA Projects for Libraries, 1935-1936
Box 9 Folder 13	Correspondence, Library Relief Plans, 1934-1935
Box 9 Folder 14	Reports-Secretary and Department, 1912-1919
Box 9 Folder 15	Relief Employment Application, 1934-1935
Box 9 Folder 16	PWA library construction, 1935-1936
Box 9 Folder 17	WPA Projects for graduates, 1935-1936
	World War I Miscellaneous File
Box 10 Folder 1-3	U.S. Boys' Working Reserve Programs, 1917-1919
Box 10 Folder 4	Food and Child Care Bibliographies, 1917-1919
Box 10 Folder 5	Books for Camp Robinson, 1918
Box 10 Folder 6	Miscellaneous World War I Correspondence, 1918
Box 10 Folder 7	Food Conservation Information to Librarians, 1918
Box 10 Folder 8	Fourth Liberty Loan Subscriptions, 1918
Box 11	[Missing, Formerly Box 17]
	Book Price Fixing Correspondence, 1915-1916
Box 12 Folder 1-2	Federal Affairs Records and Correspondence, 1915-1916
	M.S. Dudgeon Miscellaneous, 1911-1920
Box 12 Folder 3-4	ALA Committees on Enlarged Programs, 1920
Box 12 Folder 5	Public Service Bills, 1919
Box 12 Folder 6	Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) County Library Committee, 1919-1920
Box 12 Folder 7	Draft of Library Certification Bill, undated
Box 12 Folder 8	Traveling Library Forms and Catalogs, 1904-1905
Box 12 Folder 9	Library School Course Material, 1911-1918
Box 13 Folder 1	ALA War Service Committee, 1919-1920
Box 13 Folder 2	Miscellaneous Clippings, 1920
Box 13 Folder 3	County Libraries, 1917-1921
	Reference Work, 1912-1920
Box 13 Folder 4-6	Library Materials, 1912-1920
	C.B. Lester Miscellaneous, 1924-1948
Box 14 Folder 1	Federal Food Administration for Wisconsin, Food Conservation Bibliography, 1917
Box 14 Folder 2	Kohler Better Homes Committee, 1933
Box 14 Folder 3	Books and Camp Robinson, 1919-1920
Box 14 Folder 4	Wisconsin vs. Commercial Radio, 1933
Box 14 Folder 5	Food Administration Correspondence and Clippings, 1918-1920
Box 14 Folder 6	Dormitory Libraries, University of Chicago, 1933
Box 14 Folder 7	Progress Questionnaires, 1932-1933
	American Library Association (ALA)
Box 14 Folder 8	Meetings, 1932
Box 14 Folder 9	Extension Board Correspondence, 1932
Box 14 Folder 10	Membership Committee Correspondence, 1932-1933
Box 14 Folder 11	Library Materials, 1932-1935
Box 14 Folder 12-13	Wisconsin County Library Materials, 1930-1936
Box 15 Folder 1-3	Library Materials, 1927-1928
Box 15 Folder 4	Lester Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1928-1933
Box 15 Folder 5	Wisconsin Library Commission Workshop, 1947
Box 15 Folder 6	Personnel: Salaries, 1943-1947
Box 16 Folder 1	State and Federal Library Aid, 1946-1947
Box 16 Folder 2	Library Committees Personnel Salaries, 1947
Box 16 Folder 3	Data for Co-Library State Aid, 1946
Box 16 Folder 4	Budget Data, 1946-1947
Box 16 Folder 5	Library Materials, 1946-1947
Box 16 Folder 6	Library and Wisconsin Centennial Materials, 1946-1947
Box 16 Folder 7	Wisconsin Centennial, Charity and Educational, 1946-1947
Box 17 Folder 1	District Library Materials, 1946
Box 17 Folder 2	Federal Aid to Libraries, 1946-1947
Box 17 Folder 3	Lincoln Papers, 1947
Box 17 Folder 4	Wisconsin Library Bulletin Requests, 1944-1947
Box 17 Folder 5	Library Public Relations, 1947
Box 17 Folder 6	Personnel Service Rating Scale and Professional Correspondence on Service, 1944-1947
Box 17 Folder 7	Sturgeon Bay Librarians, 1945
Box 17 Folder 8	Personnel: Staff Appointments and Salaries, 1946
Box 17 Folder 9	WLA Committees, 1946
Box 17 Folder 10	Legislative Reference Library Correspondence, 1917-1918
Box 18 Folder 1	State Aid Correspondence, 1944, 1946-1947
Box 18 Folder 2	United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Press Releases, 1947
Box 18 Folder 3	WLA meeting, 1946
Box 18 Folder 4	Wisconsin Library Commission Workshop, 1946, 1948
Box 18 Folder 5	Mellon Workshop, 1946
Box 18 Folder 6	Journals and Publications, 1926, 1933
Box 18 Folder 7	Certification Bill Committee, 1921
Box 18 Folder 8	Library Summer Workshop, 1947
Box 18 Folder 9	J.O. Blachshire, 1921
Box 18 Folder 10	ALA Library Extension in Wartime, 1940
Box 18 Folder 11	Library Statistical Reports, Viroqua, 1925-1930
Box 18 Folder 12	ALA Library Conference in Montreal, 1934
Box 19 Folder 1-2	Library Materials, 1933-1934
Box 19 Folder 3-4	Library Materials and Newspapers, 1934
	Lester-Dudgeon Miscellaneous File, 1916-1947
Box 20 Folder 1	University Notices, 1917, 1926
Box 20 Folder 2	Library Conditions Biennial report, 1920
Box 20 Folder 3	Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, 1913-1927
Box 20 Folder 4	Jobs for Graduates, 1915, 1927
Box 20 Folder 5	Riley-Lester Correspondence, 1927-1928
Box 20 Folder 6	ALA Conference, 1926
Box 20 Folder 7	Bulletin Correspondence, 1926-1927
Box 20 Folder 8	Library War Effort Correspondence, 1917-1918
Box 20 Folder 9	Tennessee Valley Authority Release, 1934
Box 20 Folder 10	Traveling Librarian Correspondence, 1916-1917
Box 20 Folder 11	Staff Members to C.B. Lester, 1928
Box 20 Folder 12	Kittleson Affair, 1926-1927
Box 20 Folder 13	Lester Personal and Miscellaneous, 1921
Box 20 Folder 14	Comments on Books and Reading, 1920
Box 20 Folder 15	Reports et cetera, 1919-1921
	C.B. Lester Miscellaneous
Box 20 Folder 16	1913-1919
Box 21 Folder 1	1916-1919
Box 21 Folder 2	Adult Education, 1944-1945
Box 21 Folder 3-4	Surplus Property for Libraries, 1945-1947
Box 21 Folder 5-7	Federal and State Library Extension Aid Bills, 1946-1947
Box 21 Folder 8	ALA Federal Relations Program, 1946
Box 21 Folder 9	ALA Promotions, 1946
Box 21 Folder 10	Federal Education Bill, 1945
Box 21 Folder 11	Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Planning, 1945-1946
Box 22 Folder 1	1945-1947
Box 22 Folder 2	Wisconsin Centennial Committee on Education, 1946-1947
Box 22 Folder 3	Booklets, 1945
Box 22 Folder 4	Texas Survey, 1944
Box 22 Folder 5	News Notes on Government Publications, 1920-1922
Box 22 Folder 6	Booklets, 1923, 1931
Box 22 Folder 7	Library Journal, 1923
Box 22 Folder 8	Annual Report Examples, 1925, 1938
Box 22 Folder 9	Wisconsin Library Commission Workshop, 1945
	C.B. Lester Alphabetical Miscellaneous Files, 1915-1941
Box 23 Folder 1-2	Adult Education Materials, 1921-1927
Box 23 Folder 3	Alumni Reading Service, Lawrence College, 1930-1931
	American Country Life Association
	Adult Education
Box 23 Folder 4	1928
Box 23 Folder 5	1930
Box 23 Folder 6	Library and Adult Education Materials, 1921-1933
Box 23 Folder 7	Library Materials, 1924-1934
Box 24 Folder 1	N.D. Bassett, 1927-1928; Better Homes, , 1931
	Book Lists
Box 24 Folder 2	Children, 1924
Box 24 Folder 3	Documents and Special Subjects, 1922-1927
Box 24 Folder 4	Book Selection, 1924
Box 24 Folder 5	Country Life and Agriculture, 1922, 1927, 1930
Box 24 Folder 6	Book Postage Rate Changes, 1924-1931
Box 24 Folder 7	Books and Reading Promotions, 1930-1931
Box 24 Folder 8	Boy Scouts, Camp Committees, 1929-1933
Box 24 Folder 9	Censorship, 1931-1932
Box 24 Folder 10	Children's Book Week, 1922-1929
Box 24 Folder 11	Citizen Councils Materials, 1930-1933
Box 25 Folder 1	Blackhall Index, 1914-1915
Box 25 Folder 2	Citizens Councils, 1933
Box 25 Folder 3	Commonwealth Union, 1920-1921
Box 25 Folder 4	Community Union, Madison, 1923, 1932
Box 25 Folder 5	Eau Claire Book Company, 1925
Box 25 Folder 6	Education - National Advisory Committee, 1929-1930
Box 25 Folder 7	Illiteracy Committee, 1930-1934
Box 25 Folder 8	Kiwanis, 1930-1932
Box 25 Folder 9	National Municipal League, 1914-1919
Box 25 Folder 10	National Grange, 1933
Box 25 Folder 11	National University Extension, 1927
Box 25 Folder 12	Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1932
Box 25 Folder 13	Radio in Education, 1931-1932
Box 25 Folder 14	Speakers List, ALA, 1930
Box 25 Folder 15	State Civil Service, 1926-1928
Box 25 Folder 16	State Documents Center, 1932
Box 25 Folder 17	State Law Index, 1929
Box 25 Folder 18	State Publications, Wisconsin, 1928-1931
Box 25 Folder 19	Vocational Educational Board, 1920-1921
Box 26 Folder 1-2	White House Conference, 1930-1932
Box 26 Folder 3	University of Wisconsin, 1930
Box 26 Folder 4	Wisconsin Women's Clubs, Conference of Social Work, State Employees Association, 1926-1933
Box 26 Folder 5	Community Councils Materials, 1918-1921
	Library Materials
Box 26 Folder 6	1918-1931
Box 27 Folder 1	1925-1933
Box 27 Folder 2	1928-1932
Box 27 Folder 3	Materials on Librarians, 1926-1931
Box 27 Folder 4	American Library Institute Materials, 1929-1933
Box 27 Folder 5	Library Schools and Training, 1924-1932
Box 27 Folder 6	Library Projects, 1924-1930
Box 27 Folder 7	School Libraries, 1924-1932
Box 28 Folder 1	National Library Service Correspondence, 1919
Box 28 Folder 2	Palmyra Wisconsin Library Dedication, 1927
Box 28 Folder 3	Patterson Memorial Library Dedication, Livonia, New York, 1927
Box 28 Folder 4	Periodicals, 1921-1924
Box 28 Folder 5	Publicity, 1928
Box 28 Folder 6	Special Libraries Association, 1914-1920
Box 28 Folder 7	Trustees of Public Libraries, 1933
Box 28 Folder 8	Who's Who: Libraries, 1932
Box 28 Folder 9-10	Wisconsin Library Materials, 1919-1932
Box 29 Folder 1-3	Wisconsin Library Materials, 1919-1932 (continued)
Box 29 Folder 4	A Study in Wisconsin Library Statistics, 1927
Box 29 Folder 5	Wisconsin Library Statistics, 1918-1928
Box 29 Folder 6	Wisconsin Library Trustees, 1926-1928
Box 29 Folder 7	Wisconsin Library Trust and Funds, 1924-1932
Box 30 Folder 1	Wisconsin School Libraries, 1921-1924
Box 30 Folder 2	Wisconsin Public Libraries, Wisconsin Dells, 1918-1928
Box 30 Folder 3-5	Miscellaneous Materials - New York Free Library, Jamestown
Box 31-32	Newspaper Clippings - State Library Service, 1921-1930
Box 33 Folder 1-2	Newspaper Clippings - State Library Service, 1921-1930 (continued)
Box 33 Folder 3-5	Local Libraries Clippings, 1910
Box 34 Folder 1	Local Libraries Clippings, 1910 (continued)
	Advertising
Box 34 Folder 2	1923-1924
Box 34 Folder 3	Lighting
Box 34 Folder 4	Furniture, 1923
Box 34 Folder 5	Machines, 1923
	Library Notes Collected by Henry E. Legler, 1903-1905
Box 34 Folder 6	Correspondence, Clippings and Articles
Box 34 Folder 7	Article Clippings, Wisconsin Libraries
	Author Notes
Box 35 Folder 1-4	A-L
Box 36 Folder 1	M-Q
Box 36 Folder 2-4	Author Miscellaneous
	Henry E. Legler Miscellaneous Subject Files, 1903-1904
Box 36 Folder 5	John Muir
Box 36 Folder 6	Early Wisconsin Writers
Box 36 Folder 7	Wausaukee Library, undated
Box 36 Folder 8	English Literature Studies, undated
Box 37	[Box Missing, Previously Box 42, Subject File A-E]
Box 38 Folder 1-4	F-P
Box 39 Folder 1-4	R-W