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| Isaacs, Edith J.R. (Edith Juliet Rich), 1878-1956 | Title: Edith J.R. Isaacs Papers, 1889-1957 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 47AN Abstract: Papers of an editor of Theatre Arts magazine (1918-1946), chiefly consisting of correspondence and manuscripts of articles, poetry, and two operettas by Mrs. Isaacs and members of her family. Among the prominent correspondents are Jacques Copeau, Paul Green, Martha Graham, Edith Hamilton, Robert Edmond Jones, D.H. Lawrence, Thornton Wilder, and Stark Young. In addition to the Isaacs' writings, the collection includes articles by Edward Bourdet, Edward Gordon Craig, Paul Green, and Langston Hughes; an annotated typescript of “A Note on the Theater” by William Saroyan; and notes on Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill. |
| Isaksen, Leon E., 1903-1979 | Title: Leon E. Isaksen Papers, 1929-1972 Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 650 Abstract: Papers of Leon E. Isaksen, a prominent Madison, Wisconsin civic leader and attorney, consisting of correspondence, memoranda, final and draft reports, notes, minutes, testimony, and other legal papers. The correspondence concerns family matters, involvement in the establishment of the Christ Presbyterian Church, the routine operation of his law practice, and the service of friends and associates in World War II. Files pertaining to his membership on the Madison Equal Opportunity Commission during the 1960's include minutes (1964-1970), agenda, legislation, and correspondence, transcripts of testimony, and other information concerning the 1968 Breese Stevens racial disturbance in Madison. Involvement with the Goals for Madison committee on which he served during the 1970's and which developed the concept of a downtown pedestrian mall is documented by minutes, notes, correspondence, and report drafts. |
| Island Woolen Company (Baraboo, Wis.) | Title: Island Woolen Company Records, 1863-1952 Quantity: 62.6 c.f. (34 archives boxes, 31 record center cartons, 5 half record center cartons, 3 index boxes, and 18 flat boxes) and 41 reels of microfilm (35mm); plus additions of 10.0 c.f. and 16 photographs Call Number: Mss 38; Micro 1166; PH 3824; M92-146; PH 4081 (5) Abstract: Records, 1963-1952, of the Island Woolen Company, a firm founded in 1863 and dissolved in 1949. The records provide information on fabric design, production processes and techniques, administration of the mill, day-to-day operations, labor issues, physical plant development, sales and marketing methods, and financial status. More specifically the collection provides information on business conditions in the Panic of 1873, World War I and World War II government production, the company baseball team in the 1920s, attempted market expansion to South Africa in the 1940s, and production of suiting fabric, blankets, and automobile fabric. Also included are some personal materials of company executives concerning state and local Republican politics, various issues in Baraboo, and material relating to Frank Lloyd Wright. |