Title: Seven Arts Society Records
Inclusive Dates: 1934-2003

Creator:

• Seven Arts Society (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Numbers: UWM Manuscript Collection 58; Accession 2022-020

Quantity:

• 4.4 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
• plus additions of 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records consist of the administrative files of the Seven Arts Society, which supported public interest in the arts. Includes minutes of the board of directors meetings and treasurer's reports, the society's annual art exhibition, minutes of annual meetings, annual reports of the various interest groups, and extensive minutes of the Painters' Group meetings. Files contain the society's monthly newsletter and the administrative materials and news clippings pertaining to the Piano Talenteens competition. There are membership rosters, officers' reports and scrapbooks of news clippings and administrative items. One folder contains materials on the Wisconsin Composers Program, a biennial event which featured the music of Wisconsin composers. Several pieces of member artwork are included in the records.

Language: English

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The Seven Arts Society was founded in February 1932. The society supported various interest groups focusing on architecture, painting, sculpture, drama, literature, music, and photography. The society created and maintained the Wisconsin Composers Program, a biennial program which allowed composers from around the state to present their music. It also created the Piano Talenteens competition, which publicized teenage pianists in the Milwaukee area, and provided scholarships for students at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee. The Seven Arts Society dissolved at the end of 1991 due to declining membership. The Painters' Group, a subgroup, continued under the name Seven Arts and held annual exhibitions. Seven Arts disbanded in 2003 due to lack of interest and support.

This collection was received in, and is organized in, multiple parts. Additional materials have not been physically or intellectually arranged and interfiled, and researchers may need to consult more than one part of the collection to locate similar materials.

The files are organized alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.

The collection contains one additional accession.

• UWM Manuscript Collection 58: Records, 1934-2003
• Accession 2022-020: Talenteens Scrapbook and Memorabilia, 1953-1969.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

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.

Use Restrictions

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).

Acquisition Information

Elizabeth Schneider donated the collection to the Archives in 1991 (accession 1991-019). Additional material was donated to the collection in November 1999 (accession 1999-044) by Patty Ann Jerving, Elsbeth Sears, and Bret Sears. Patty Ann Jerving donated additional material to the collection in March 2004 (accession 2003-075). Margaret Schoewe donated additional materials in November 2022 (accession 2022-020).

Processing Information

Bill Jackson initially processed the collection at the Archives in September 1994 through March 1995. Leslie Heinrichs further processed the collection in September 1999. Anna Stadick processed accession 1999-044 in January through February 2000. William Dodds processed accession 2003-075 in November-December 2006. Ellie Goecken minimally processed accession 2022-020 in August 2023, Derek Webb supervised.

UWM Manuscript Collection 58	Records, 1934-2003 Physical Description: 4.4 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
Box   1 Folder   1	Aims and Objectives, 1942-1990
Box   1 Folder   2	Annual Committee Reports, 1954-1970
Box   1 Folder   3	Annual Meeting Minutes, 1941-1990
Box   1 Folder   4	Annual Painters' Exhibition, 1940-1999
Box   7 Folder   1	Annual Painters' Exhibition, 2000-2001
Box   1 Folder   5	Art Group, Membership Roster, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Board of Directors, Minutes, 1939-1951
Box   1 Folder   7	Board of Directors, Minutes, 1952-1957
Box   1 Folder   8	Board of Directors, Minutes, 1958-1963
Box   1 Folder   9	Board of Directors, Minutes, 1964-1972
Box   1 Folder   10	Board of Directors, Minutes, 1973-1983
Box   1 Folder   11	Board of Directors, Minutes, 1984-1991
Box   7 Folder   2	Brochures, 2000-2003
Box   1 Folder   12	By-Laws, 1941-1982
Box   1 Folder   13	By-Laws of the Music Group, undated
Box   1 Folder   14	By-Laws of the Painters Group, 1940
Box   2 Folder   46	Calendar of Events, 1993-2000
Box   7 Folder   3	Calendar of Events, 2000-2003
Box   1 Folder   15	Calendars of General Meetings, 1960-1991
Box   1 Folder   16	Charles Allis Art Museum, 1967-1989
Box   1 Folder   17	Christmas Dinners and Programs, 1943-1991
Box   2 Folder   47	Constitution and By-Laws, undated
Box   1 Folder   18	Correspondence, 1938-1992
Box   2 Folder   48	Correspondence, 1993-1999
Box   7 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1998-2003, undated
Box   1 Folder   19	Corresponding Secretary, Annual Reports, 1952-1991
Box   1 Folder   20	Deceased Members and Memorials, 1954-1999
Box   1 Folder   21	Drama Guild, Annual Reports, 1940-1958
Box   1 Folder   22	Duties of Board of Directors, Standing Committees and Group Chairmen, undated
Box   1 Folder   23	Exhibitions and Performances, 1935-1993
Box   1 Folder   24	Fiftieth Anniversary, 1982
Box   1 Folder   25	Finance Chairmen, Annual Reports, 1940-1972
Box   1 Folder   26	Finance Committee, Reports, 1961-1962
Box   7 Folder   5	Financial Ledger, 1994-2003
Box   1 Folder   27	First Vice President's Reports, 1968-1969
Box   1 Folder   28	Fox Valley Photographic Society, Newsletters, 1988-1991
Box   1 Folder   29	"Gaite Parisienne" Party, 1951
Box   1 Folder   30	Graphics Group, Annual Reports, 1943-1961
Box   1 Folder   31	Graphics Group, Programs and Exhibitions, 1952-1957
Box   4	Guests Book, 1935-1978
Box   7 Folder   6	Guests Book, 2003
Box   1 Folder   32	Gumz, Estella, Last Will and Testament, 1960-1961
Box   1 Folder   33	Heinz Roemheld Article, 1989
Box   1 Folder   34	Historical Sketch of the Photographic Group, 1967
Box   1 Folder   35	History, 1942-1992
Box   1 Folder   36	Hospitality Chairman, Annual Reports, 1952-1981
Box   1 Folder   37	House Chairman, Annual Reports, 1953-1983
Box   7 Folder   7	Last Luncheon, 2003
Box   2 Folder   49	Letterhead, undated
Box   1 Folder   38	Literature Group, Annual Reports, 1955-1983
Box   7 Folder   8	Meeting Agendas, 2001-2002
Box   7 Folder   9	Meeting Minutes, 2000, 2003
Box   2 Folder   50	Membership Applications, 1998, undated
Box   7 Folder   10	Membership Applications, 2000-2002, undated
Box   1 Folder   39	Membership Committee, 1956-1992
Box   1 Folder   40	Membership Rosters, 1940-1999
Box   7 Folder   11	Membership Rosters, 2000-2002
Box   1 Folder   41	Messages From the President, 1944-1988
Box   1 Folder   43	Metropolitan Arts Council, 1960-1963
Box   1 Folder   42	Music-Drama Group, Annual Reports, 1942-1991
Box   1 Folder   44	Music-Drama Group, Notebook, 1966-1971
Box   1 Folder   45	Music-Drama Group, Notebook, 1971-1980
Box   1 Folder   46	Music-Drama Group, Notebook, 1980-1992
Box   1 Folder   48	Music Guild, Annual Reports, 1941-1961
Box   1 Folder   47	National Art Week, 1940
Box   1 Folder   49	News Clippings, 1960-1991
Box   7 Folder   12	News Clippings, 1960-2002
Box   2 Folder   51	New Member Recruitment Materials, 1987-1990
Box   1 Folder   50	Newsletter Chairman's Reports, 1973-1990
Box   2 Folder   1	Newsletters, 1952-1958
Box   2 Folder   2	Newsletters, 1959-1971
Box   2 Folder   3	Newsletters, 1972-1979
Box   2 Folder   4	Newsletters, 1980-1999
Box   7 Folder   13	Newsletters, 1999-2003
Box   2 Folder   5	Nominating Committee, Reports, 1962, 1991
Box   2 Folder   6	Officer and Group Chairmen's Reports, 1975-1979
Box   2 Folder   56	Painters' and Sculptors' Group, Meeting Minutes, 1945-1952
Box   2 Folder   7	Painters' Group, Annual Reports, 1940-1988
Box   2 Folder   52	Painters' Group, Correspondence, 1945-1950
Box   2 Folder   53	Painters' Group, Meeting Minutes, 1938-1945
Box   2 Folder   54	Painters' Group, Meeting Minutes, 1983-1989
Box   2 Folder   55	Painters' Group, Meeting Minutes, 1991
Box   2 Folder   8	Painters' Group, Membership Roster, undated
Box   2 Folder   9	Painters', Sculptors' and Architects' Group, Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1958-1960
Box   2 Folder   57	Painters', Sculptors' and Architects' Group, Meeting Minutes, 1952-1954
Box   2 Folder   10	Painters', Sculptors', Architects', and Photographic Groups, Programs, 1941-1971
Box   6 Folder   6	Painting, "Early Morning: Looking Out From Myself," Doug Jerving, 2000
Box   6 Folder   1	Painting, "Emergence," Evelyn Pongracic, undated
Box   6 Folder   8	Painting, "Lakefront Trees III," Doug Jerving, 1992
Box   6 Folder   2	Painting, "Martha," Evelyn Pongracic, undated
Box   6 Folder   3	Painting, "Relaxed Ms.," Evelyn Pongracic, undated
Box   6 Folder   7	Painting, "Sunlight Windows with Self-Portrait," Patty Jerving, 1999
Box   6 Folder   4	Painting, Untitled, Evelyn Pongracic, 1968
Box   6 Folder   5	Painting, Untitled, Evelyn Pongracic, 1969
Box   6 Folder   9	Painting, Untitled, Leila Hentzen Smith, undated
Box   6 Folder   10	Painting, Untitled, Richard H. Smith, undated
Box   2 Folder   11	Personnel, 1965-1989
Box   2 Folder   12	Photo-Graphic Group, Constitution, 1965
Box   2 Folder   13	Photo-Graphic Group, Correspondence, 1941-1991
Box   2 Folder   14	Photo-Graphic Group, Minutes, 1940-1991
Box   2 Folder   15	Photographs, 1969
Box   2 Folder   58	Photographs, 1999
Box   7 Folder   14	Photographs, 2000
Box   7 Folder   15	Photographs, 2001
Box   7 Folder   16	Photographs, 2003
Box   2 Folder   16	Photography Group, Annual Reports, 1961-1990
Box   2 Folder   17	Piano Talenteens Competition, 1953-1970
Box   2 Folder   18	Piano Talenteens Competition, Brochures and Programs, 1954-1970
Box   2 Folder   19	Piano Talenteens Competition, News Clippings, 1957-1970
Box   2 Folder   59	Piano Talenteens, Plaque of Appreciation to Committee, 1969
Box   2 Folder   20	President's Annual Reports, 1969-1970
Box   2 Folder   21	Program Chairman's Annual Reports, 1969-1970
Box   2 Folder   22	Programs of General Meetings, 1964-1978
Box   7 Folder   17	Project Development, 1999-2003
Box   2 Folder   23	Publicity Chairperson, Reports, 1940-1991
Box   2 Folder   24	Recording Secretary, Reports, 1942, 1969-1973
Box   2 Folder   25	Referenda Tabulation, 1990
Box   2 Folder   26	Reports of the Historian, 1954-1976
Box   3	Scrapbook, 1934-1949
Box   3	Scrapbook, (Book #2), 1946-1953
Box   4	Scrapbook, (Book #3), 1954-1959
Box   4	Scrapbook, (Book #4), 1947-1964
Box   2 Folder   27	Scrapbook of Administrative Items, 1942-1957
Box   2 Folder   28	Scrapbook of Administrative Items, 1962-1968
Box   2 Folder   29	Scheibe, Royal A., Last Will and Testament, 1960
Box   2 Folder   30	Second Vice President's Reports, 1962-1979
Box   7 Folder   18	Seven Arts Biography, undated
Box   7 Folder   19	Seven Arts Song, undated
Box   2 Folder   31	Shutter Clicks, Manitowoc Camera Roundtable Newsletter, 1990-1991
Box   7 Folder   20	67th Anniversary Celebration, 1999
Box   7 Folder   21	Sketch by Patty Jerving, 1998
Box   2 Folder   32	Slides, 1963-1972
Box   2 Folder   33	Special Interest, 1963-1990
Box   2 Folder   34	Special Meetings, Agendas and Minutes, 1948, 1990
Box   5	Treasurer's Ledger, 1943-1950
Box   5	Treasurer's Ledger, 1950-1956
Box   5	Treasurer's Ledger, 1956-1961
Box   5	Treasurer's Ledger, 1961-1962
Box   2 Folder   35	Treasurer's Reports, 1941-1954
Box   2 Folder   36	Treasurer's Reports, 1955-1965
Box   2 Folder   37	Treasurer's Reports, 1966-1972
Box   2 Folder   38	Treasurer's Reports, 1973-1984
Box   2 Folder   39	Treasurer's Reports, 1985-1991
Box   7 Folder   22	Treasurer's Reports, 1999-2003
Box   2 Folder   40	Vice President's Report, 1970
Box   2 Folder   41	Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs Organization, Competition Announcements, 1987-1991
Box   2 Folder   42	Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs Organization, News, 1988-1991
Box   2 Folder   43	Wisconsin Composers Programs, 1959-1984
Box   2 Folder   44	Wisconsin Designer-Craftsmen, Bulletins, 1945-1957
Box   2 Folder   45	Wisconsin Society of Applied Arts, Exhibition, 1935
Box   2 Folder   61	Workshops and Presentations, 1993, 1999, undated
Accession 2022-020	Talenteens Scrapbook and Memorabilia, 1953-1969 Abstract: Additions of a scrapbook and Talenteens programs and memorabilia dating from 1953 to 1969. Physical Description: .2 cubic ft. (1 box)