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- - -	Title: Archival Resources on Hispanics in Wisconsin, 1930-1979 Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 856 Abstract: Unique or hard to obtain resources concerning Wisconsin's Hispanic population, collected by Cristobal S. Berry-Caban while in the employ of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Included are published and unpublished articles, reports, clippings, organizational records, and personal papers. These are materials listed in the bibliography Hispanics in Wisconsin: A Bibliography of Resource Materials (Hispanos en Wisconsin: Una Bibliografia de Materiales de Recurso) compiled by Berry-Caban and published in 1981 by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Archive of Wisconsin Women Artists	Title: Archive of Wisconsin Women Artists Records, 1959-1988 Quantity: 3 cubic ft. (8 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 3 Abstract: The collection includes oral history interviews with female artists in the visual, literary, and performing arts who were living in Wisconsin at the time of the interview. A University of Wisconsin Teaching Improvement Grant funded the cooperative project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UW-Oshkosh, and UW-Green Bay.
Hough, Merrill (C. Merrill); Hough, Ardelle	Title: Ardelle and Merrill Hough Papers, 1964-1994 Quantity: 16.0 c.f. and 1 tape recording Call Number: M94-305; Audio 1471A; M95-254 Abstract: Papers of peace and social justice activists Ardelle and Merrill Hough, concerning their involvement in various projects and organizations mainly in Madison, Wisconsin, including the Committee Against Racism (CAR), International Committee Against Racism (INCAR), Jobs with Peace, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the Madison Press Connection, the Peace Conversion Project, and the Jane Addams Peace Association.
Arena (Coolgreany, Ireland)	Title: Arena Editorial Office Files, 1960-1965 Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 2 Abstract: Editorial office files of the Arena, a short-lived Irish literary magazine. The bulk of the collection is composed of holograph and typewritten manuscripts that were published in the magazine. Among the notable contributors were Austin Clarke, Anthony Cronin, Edward Dahlberg, Robert Graves, Brian Higgins, Patrick Kavanagh, Thomas Kinsella, Mary Lavin, James Plunkett, Paul Potts, and C. H. Sisson. Includes galley and page proofs for all four issues of the magazine, editorial comments and corrections by contributors; and correspondence concerning subscriptions and advertising.
Arkansas ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)	Title: Arkansas ACORN Records, 1970-1998 Quantity: 23.0 c.f. (23 record center cartons), 17 photographs (1 folder), and 2 tape recordings Call Number: M2002-002 Abstract: Records of the first ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) office, founded in Little Rock (Arkansas) in June 1970 which later became the Arkansas branch of the national ACORN organization which moved its Organizing and Support Center to New Orleans in 1978. The records of ACORN-Arkansas include those of the founding group as well as those of the subsequent branch office. Included are campaign records documenting the activities of the organization concerning unemployment and jobs, utilities lifeline electric rates and generating plant construction, a suit to block the Mills Freeway in Little Rock, generic drug pricing, eyeglass price advertising, sales and property taxes, municipal spending of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grants, utilites and pollution, and housing.
Schorger, A. W. (Arlie William), 1884-1972	Title: Arlie William Schorger Papers, 1912-1971 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 388 Abstract: Papers of A. W. Schorger, an ornithologist, mammalogist, research chemist, and University of Wisconsin professor of wildlife ecology. Included are five volumes of field notes recording sixty years of observations of birds and other wildlife, especially in southern Wisconsin. Also included are correspondence, primarily from Francis Zirrer, a northwestern Wisconsin naturalist; and clippings relating to wildlife and the work of other naturalists.
Arms-Yager Railway Car Company	Title: Arms-Yager Railway Car Company Records, 1885-1944 Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 3 volumes) Call Number: Mss 269 Abstract: Corporate and financial records of the Arms-Yager Railway Car Company, a company in the business of leasing horse/livestock cars to railroads. Organized in Toledo, Ohio in 1885 as the Arms Palace Horse and Stock Car Company, it later moved to Chicago and underwent several name changes before dissolution in 1944. The files, which are incomplete, include stockholders' and directors' minutes, some financial and general correspondence, stockholders' records, operating records, and financial records. Also present is a financial record book of Glen View Lodge, Inc.
Arnet Family	Title: Arnet Family Papers, 1914-1970 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and photographs Call Number: River Falls Mss DI; PH 3695 Abstract: Papers of a Minnesota farm family that also had connections in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Included are correspondence from family members who served in the military during World War I and II, two brief diaries of Laura Sheldon Arnet from the 1940's describing her life when she managed the farm alone, and financial records of the farm ranging from the late 1920's to 1970. The military correspondence concerns daily life rather than combat and chiefly focuses on training, life in the trenches, and the post-war occupation of Japan. Photographs include views of the cemetery in France where Philip Arnet I was buried. The financial records provide information on record-keeping practices on a family farm and some summary data on its overall economic condition.
Gilberts, Alberts, 1895-	Title: Arnold Gilberts Papers, 1930-1934 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss C Abstract: Papers of Gilberts, president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Farmers' Holiday Association, which was started in Iowa during the Depression by Milo Reno as an “organized refusal to deliver the products of the farm at less than production costs.” Correspondence and minutes of meetings and conferences, 1932-1933, are mainly concerned with the farmers' strike in October and November of 1933 and with Gilberts' 1932 primary campaign on the Progressive ticket as candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 9th District.
Perl, Arnold, 1914-1971	Title: Arnold Perl Papers, 1947-1964 Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes), 32 disc recordings, 11 tape recordings, 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and photographs and posters Call Number: U.S. Mss 65AN; Disc 63A; Tape 401A; Micro 1199 Abstract: Papers of producer and playwright Arnold Perl primarily concerning two plays, The World of Sholom Aleichem (l953) and Tevya and His Daughters (l959), which he adapted from the stories of Sholom Aleichem and produced with Howard Da Silva. Included are production correspondence, microfilmed clippings, photographs, variant drafts of scripts, financial information, recordings, and publicity. Also in the collection are some miscellaneous papers relating to Banner Productions, Perl's productio company, which operated Carnegie Hall Playhouse.
Petersen, Arnold, 1885-1976	Title: Arnold Petersen Papers, 1892-1969 Quantity: 10.5 c.f. Call Number: M86-064; M91-128 Abstract: Papers of Arnold Petersen, national secretary of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) from 1914 to 1969, including brief outgoing correspondence; Socialist Labor Party statements and reports, national convention records, party publications, and other records; and extensive writings and speeches by Petersen.
Zander, Arnold S. (Arnold Scheuer), 1901-1975	Title: Arnold S. Zander Papers, 1921-1975 Quantity: 13.0 c.f. (33 archives boxes) and 8 tape recordings Call Number: Green Bay Mss 61; Green Bay Tape 1; Tape 694A Abstract: Papers of Zander, a civil engineer, city planner, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay professor, and co-founder and president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO. Papers pertain to Zander's personal, civic, and professional activities and include correspondence, transcripts of Congressional hearings, tape recordings, photographs, and other records dealing with the union's housing developments and Zander's ouster as president of AFSCME. There are also papers relating to his teaching at Green Bay and to other groups and interests in which Zander was involved: the National Planning Association and international planning, Public Services International, and United World Federalists and world peace. Tape recordings include a 1958 address by Harry Golden, editor of the Carolina Israelite, to the National Trade Union Council on Civil Rights of the Jewish Labor Committee; and speeches by Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Governor Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, United Auto Workers president Walter Reuther, and Zander at the silver anniversary of AFSCME on November 17, 1961.
Strickon, Arnold	Title: Arnold Strickon Papers, 1883-1987 Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes), 35 tape recordings, and 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) of slides, negatives, and contact prints Call Number: La Crosse Mss CR; Tape 1363A; PH La Crosse Mss CR Abstract: Research papers created and compiled by Arnold Strickon, an anthropology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, while conducting field work in Vernon County, Wisconsin. The bulk of the papers are from 1974 and 1975 and consist of research notes, subject files, genealogies, oral history recordings, color slides, and black and white contact prints. Also included in the collection are survey forms which were completed by residents of Vernon County documenting such topics as tobacco farming, social life and customs, churches and ethnicity.
Zander, Arnold W., 1868-1959	Title: Arnold W. Zander Papers, 1822-1965 Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 29; Green Bay Mss 44 Abstract: Papers of Zander, a Two Rivers, Wisconsin, civic activist, socialist, and advocate of money reform. Included is correspondence with noted socialist and money-reform leaders; writings on socialism, money, and taxation; personal financial records; clippings about Zander; genealogical records; minutes of the Two Rivers Social-Democratic Party (1904-1908), and his father William's personal and sawmill business ledgers, 1875-1896, and 1886 building specifications for a house.
Sevilla, Arnoldo	Title: Arnoldo Sevilla: Milwaukee Mexican-Americans Interviews, 1974-1977 Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder), 25 tape recordings, and 21 photographs Call Number: Tape 829A; Tape 852A-Tape 861A; Milwaukee SC 174; PH 3919 Abstract: Interviews with eleven Milwaukee, Wisconsin residents concerning the history of Mexican-Americans in Milwaukee. Conducted in Spanish and English by Sevilla, a Milwaukee resident conducting private research, the interviews contain much biographical information on the interviewees, and concern such topics as Mexican-Americans in business and the role of religion. Also present are related papers. Photographs concern subjects discussed in the interviews, show street scenes in Milwaukee, and reproduce printed materials.
Schmitt, Aroline, 1904-	Title: Aroline Schmitt Papers, 1939-1971 Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BX Abstract: Papers of Schmitt concerning her activities in various Wisconsin conservation organizations. The records are fragmentary and include correspondence, reports, minutes, writings, and reference materials concerning groups, government agencies, and issues in which Mrs. Schmitt was interested. During the 1950's, she was particularly involved with the movement to preserve the Flambeau wilderness area of Wisconsin, and in conserving the forests belonging to the Menominee Indians. The collection includes correspondence with conservation leaders Aldo Leopold and Gifford Pinchot, Ernest Swift of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Louis Radke of the Wisconsin Conservation League; and correspondence and newsletters of Forests, a short-lived national organization headed by Schmitt and Charles Stoddard.
Arriaga Society of America	Title: Arriaga Society of America Records, 1820-1983 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box); 1 oversize folder Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 7 Abstract: Miscellaneous records, mostly dating 1956-1958, of an organization which promoted the memory and music of Juan Christomo de Arriaga, an early 19th century Spanish composer. Includes the correspondence of the Society's president, Alan Pedigo, with fellow Arriaga enthusiasts, newsclippings, programs from concerts of Arriaga's music, and a 1906 photograph of the laying of the cornerstone at the Arriaga Memorial. Includes a fragment from the 1820 score of Los Esclavos Felices, and a page from an unidentified original score.
Art Association of La Crosse (Wis.).	Title: Art Association of La Crosse Scrapbooks Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 002 Abstract: The Art Association of La Crosse was founded February 22, 1915, in the art department of the Normal School (later known as the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse). The Association became a chapter of the National Federation of Arts. The main purpose of the Association was to sponsor exhibits and talks on art in La Crosse. Scrapbooks probably compiled by University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Professor David O. Coate. The scrapbooks consist of articles and ephemera from the Art Association of La Crosse (Wisconsin) and the Men's Sketch Club, 1915-1926; 1932-1939.
Buchwald, Art	Title: Art Buchwald Papers, 1952-1976 Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 45AF Abstract: Papers of an author and humorist, consisting of correspondence and book and column manuscripts. The early correspondence, which dates from the period when Buchwald was a foreign correspondent, is limited and chiefly comprised of letters from celebrities such as Bernard Baruch, Jack Benny, Irving Berlin, Al Capp, Maurice Chevalier, C. Douglas Dillon, Rube Goldberg, Princess Grace of Monaco, Helen Hayes, George S. Kaufman, Walter Lippmann, Clare Boothe Luce, Groucho Marx, W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Moses, Edward R. Murrow, James Reston, William Saroyan, and Joseph N. Welch. The post-1962 correspondence consists entirely of sampled reader mail. Four of Buchwald's books, Don't Forget to Write (1960), How Much Is That in Dollars? (1961), Is It Safe to Drink the Water? (1962), and I Chose Capitol Punishment (1963), are represented in the collection by manuscript drafts, as are some syndicated columns, 1962-1969.
Wallace, Art	Title: Art Wallace Papers, 1953-1967 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 188AN Abstract: Scripts and professional correspondence relating to the career of television dramatist Art Wallace. Series for which Wallace wrote which are extensively represented are Armstrong Circle Theatre (NBC and CBS), Justice (NBC), The Nurses (CBS), and The Web (CBS). Star Trek (NBC) is among the less well represented series, though there is a noteworthy critique concerning character portrayal by series creator Gene Roddenberry. Also of note are files relating to Family Films, Inc., a company that produced films for the Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. These scripts and correspondence show the company's efforts to convey religious messages and themes through a format of popular entertainment.
Cantor, Arthur, 1920-	Title: Arthur Cantor Papers, 1951-1965 Quantity: 14.0 c.f. (34 archives boxes, 1 flat box) and 7 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 85AN; Micro 1074 Abstract: Papers of Arthur Cantor, a theatrical producer and press representative, consisting of photographs, scripts, and press releases. Included is material on television programs which Cantor promoted including Armstrong Circle Theatre (CBS and NBC) and various programs sponsored by Aluminum Company of America (the Alcoa portion of Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre, NBC; One Step Beyond, ABC; and Alcoa Premier, ABC). There are also files of photographs and releases on plays produced by Cantor, some in association with Fred Coe, including All the Way Home (1960), Gideon (1961), The Tenth Man (1959), and A Thousand Clowns (1962). Similar files exist for other Broadway productions which Cantor publicized including Auntie Mame (1956), The Autumn Garden (1951), The Complaisant Lover (1961), The Lark (1955), Man of La Mancha (1965), The Miracle Worker (1959), The Music Man (1957), Toys in the Attic (1960), and Two for the Seesaw (1958).
Wileden, Arthur F.	Title: Arthur F. Wileden: Rural Community Analysis, South Central Wisconsin, 1949-1966 Extent: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 80 Abstract: Papers of Arthur Wileden, a nationally prominent University of Wisconsin professor of rural sociology, consisting primarily of reports on studies of 17 rural southwestern Wisconsin communities. The reports were produced by students in Wileden's community development course which focused on one community each year. They document the history, ethnicity, religion, education, business, industry, agriculture, government, and recreation for the Wisconsin cities of Belleville, Cambridge, Dodgeville, Edgerton, Evansville, Jefferson, Lake Mills, Lodi, Mineral Point, Mt. Horeb, Poynette, Prairie du Sac, Randolph, Rio, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, and Waterloo.
Altmeyer, Arthur Joseph, 1891-1972	Title: Arthur J. Altmeyer Papers, 1904-1973 Quantity: 16.6 c.f. (36 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Wis Mss WP; Mss 400 Abstract: Papers of Arthur J. Altmeyer who as member and chairman of the Social Security Board and as Commissioner of Social Security guided the development of the federal social security program from 1935 to 1953. In addition he served as a member of the executive committee of the National Youth Administration (NYA), 1935; member of the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities, 1935-1940; member of the War Manpower Commission, 1942-1945; and United States delegate to several international conferences and organizations. The papers primarily relate to Altmeyer's work in the federal government and his later consulting work, with the major portions pertaining to his administration of the Social Security Act. Correspondence, memoranda, and reports chiefly concern the National Recovery Administration, 1933-1934; the National Health Conference, 1938; the United States Employment Service, 1939-1949; unemployment compensation, 1940-1949; public assistance, 1938-1953; and old-age and survivors' insurance (OASI), 1937-1953. Among Altmeyer's correspondents were Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, several presidential assistants, Federal Security Administration heads Paul V. McNutt, Oscar Ewing, and Oveta Culp Hobby, and University of Wisconsin economist Edwin E. Witte, as well as Robert Ball, Wilbur J. Cohen, and Isidore S. Falk. Files of Altmeyer's speeches, press releases, and articles; personal correspondence files of Altmeyer and his wife, Ethel May Thomas; and reference files on national health insurance, pension plans, welfare, and social security are also included in the collection.
Kaftan, Arthur	Title: Arthur Kaftan Papers, 1929-1972 Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 88; Green Bay Micro 36; Micro 930 Abstract: Papers of a Green Bay, Wis., attorney and environmentalist documenting his work against water pollution in the Fox River and Green Bay. Most of the collection concerns two pollution campaigns, one in 1949 led by members of the Brown County Izaak Walton League which resulted in stronger state laws on sewage and industrial pollution, and another in 1968 following a complaint filed with the Department of Natural Resources against the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District charging inadequate action. Included are newsclippings, hearing transcripts, legal documents, correspondence, reports of the state Committee on Water Pollution and the Board of Health, and other papers.
Kinoy, Arthur, 1920-2003	Title: Arthur Kinoy Papers, circa 1930-2003 Quantity: 84.0 c.f., 95 photographs, 4 negatives, 2 videorecordings, and 38 tape recordings Call Number: M96-226; M2006-041; M2007-010; M2010-031 Abstract: Papers of Arthur Kinoy, a prominent civil rights lawyer, a founder of the Center for Constitutional Rights (founded 1966), and a longtime member of the National Lawyers Guild. During the 1950s and 1960s, Kinoy worked on behalf of the civil rights movement in the American South. In 1964, he joined the faculty at Rutgers University Law School, where he taught until his retirement in 1991. During his career, Kinoy was also involved in some of the country's most celebrated cases, representing witnesses called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, the eight anti-war activists charged with conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago known as the Chicago Seven, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg during their appeal of the death penalty. The collection documents Kinoy's interests and career as an attorney for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America; later as partner in the firms Donner, Kinoy & Perlin; and Kunstler, Kunstler & Kinoy; and finally as a law professor at Rutgers University.
Kober, Arthur, 1900-1968	Title: Arthur Kober Papers, 1921-1975 Quantity: 9.6 c.f (2 archives boxes, 9 cartons) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 7AN; Micro 1072 Abstract: Papers of a playwright and film, television, and short story writer, most popular during the 1930's and 1940's. These are arranged in series of correspondence and related material, personal papers, and writings. Kober's correspondence dates from the 1920's through the 1970's, but is incomplete. Of greatest interest is the file of letters from Lillian Hellman, including a few undated letters apparently written before their divorce in 1930, and later letters which discuss her writing and reveal the nature of their relationship. Other files include letters from family, friends, and business people, among them Bennett Cerf, Harold and Florence Rome, Irene Lee, Irene Mayer Selznick, Herman Shumlin, and Katherine White. Personal papers include Kober's diaries, fragmentary financial records, and transcribed notes from “The Audience as Collaborator,” a course Kober taught at the New School for Social Research, New York City, in 1953. Among Kober's writings are his autobiography, published and unpublished short stories, collections of short stories in book form, plays, screenplays, produced and unproduced teleplays, notes, and story and play ideas. Kober's major works include Having Wonderful Time, Let George Do It!, A Mighty Man Is He, My Dear Bella, Oooh, What You Said!, Thunder Over the Bronx, and Wish You Were Here, all of which are represented by correspondence, royalty statements, and scripts, with incomplete files of box office statements, playbills, song lyrics, and other material. On microfilm are scrapbooks of reviews of Kober's plays and articles by and about him.
Padrutt, Arthur L., 1917-1992	Title: Arthur L. Padrutt Papers, 1941-1981 Quantity: 3.4 c.f. (9 archives boxes) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss CS Abstract: Papers of Padrutt, a former Republican legislator (1941-1956) from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and member of the Public Service Commission (1956-1975), consisting primarily of chronologically arranged constituent correspondence. Some of the correspondence concerns legislation requiring that stray animals be turned over to medical laboratories for research. The speeches document both his legislative career and his tenure on the PSC.
Tatum, Arthur Lawrie, 1884-1955	Title: Arthur Lawrie Tatum Papers, 1916-1954 Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss 52PB Abstract: Mainly professional correspondence, class lecture notes, and records of experiments of a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Wisconsin. Many papers relate to his research projects on the thyroid gland, antidotes such as picrotoxin for cocaine and barbiturate overdosage, narcotic addiction, the chemotherapy of malaria, and the use of mapharsen to treat syphilis. The collection also includes a diary recording his trip to Guatemala in 1943 for field observation of tropical diseases, copies of several speeches and articles written by him, and some records of royalties he received on drugs he had developed.
Waskow, Arthur Ocean, 1933-	Title: Arthur Ocean Waskow Papers, 1943-1977 (bulk 1961-1977) Quantity: 21.8 c.f. (21 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 11 photographs, 2 pieces of ephemera in 1 folder, and 1 negative Call Number: Mss 5; PH 6607 Abstract: Papers, 1943-1977 (mainly 1961-1977), of Arthur Waskow, a historian, writer, activist, and rabbi, primarily documenting his activities as a research fellow for the Peace Research Institute (PRI), 1961-1963, and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), 1963-1977; as a leader in left-wing Jewish organizations; and as a writer on subjects relating to peace, the war in Vietnam, and Judaism. In addition, there are detailed notes from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) records at the Library of Congress about the race riots of 1919, the subject of Waskow's doctoral research.
Becker, Arthur P.	Title: Arthur P. Becker Papers, 1936-1978 Quantity: 7 cubic ft. (9 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 35 Abstract: Papers (mainly 1960-1975) of an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Extension from 1948-1956, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1956-1978. The collection documents his professional and volunteer activities with groups such as the Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development and the Wisconsin Property Owners League. Collection also contains Becker's personal and professional correspondence, conference materials, published and unpublished works, and teaching materials. Also contains records concerning UW-Milwaukee committees on which Becker served, including the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee and the Management Science Ph.D. Review Committee, and his role in founding the UWM Credit Union and his work with the Milwaukee Urban Observatory.
Peabody, Arthur, 1858-1942	Title: Arthur Peabody Papers, 1871-1942 Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 521 Abstract: Papers of Arthur Peabody, the Wisconsin University Architect, 1906-1915, and State Architect, 1915-1938. Included are autobiographical writings and short stories by Peabody; accounts of a Chicago to California train trip in 1914 and a Door County, Wisconsin, auto trip in 1919; and scrapbooks containing clippings, letters, articles, photographs, and mementos concerning his professional career (especially his university and church buildings) and personal life including his active membership in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Madison, Wisconsin.
Hirst, Arthur R., 1881-1932	Title: Arthur R. Hirst Papers, 1924 Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 1041 Abstract: Correspondence, press releases, clippings, and other material pertaining to the unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign of Wisconsin highway engineer Arthur R. Hirst. Prominent correspondents include John Chapple, Ada James, and Francis McGovern.
Janik, Arthur S., 1904-1967	Title: Arthur S. Janik Papers, 1932-1956 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (2 folders) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee SC 107 Abstract: Papers of a prominent southside Milwaukee tavern owner and Democratic 11th Ward committeeman; including a microfilmed scrapbook of newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, nomination papers, and convention programs. Many of the articles are from a local Polish newspaper.
Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984	Title: Arthur Schwartz Papers, 1930-1961 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 38AN Abstract: Handwritten scores by Arthur Schwartz, a composer of musical comedies for the stage and the screen, including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951) and By the Beautiful Sea (1954), two works written in collaboration with Dorothy Fields.
Large, Arthur W., 1881-	Title: Arthur W. Large Papers, 1916-1961 Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss BF Abstract: Papers of Arthur W. Large, a historian of the Rock Island Railroad, including correspondence, research notes, and manuscript histories relating to the formation, building, and operations of the railroad, its departments, and branch and affiliate lines. Also includes biographical data on the railroad's presidents and others, and information on the railroad's impact on settlement.
Thomas, Arthur Waldorf Spittel, 1891-	Title: Arthur W. S. Thomas Papers, 1917-2001 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 194; Micro 473 Abstract: Papers, 1917-1967, 2001, of Arthur W. S. Thomas, a World War I U.S. Army Sanitation Corps officer and later a Columbia University chemistry professor. Correspondence, reports, and military orders and publications, 1917-1919, routinely document food and nutrition standards of army camps in the Northeastern United States with the 26th and 89th Divisions and in France. Also present is brief documentation from Thomas' academic career, and materials written and compiled by Thomas' son, Arthur L. Thomas.
Page, Arthur Wilson, 1883-1960	Title: Arthur Wilson Page Papers, 1908-1960 Quantity: 34.0 c.f. (81 archives boxes, 5 volumes, 1 package) and 14 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 51AF; PH 2671 Abstract: Papers of a public relations and business consultant, including correspondence, articles and addresses, appointment books, some records of organizations which he served, and a Page family history. Correspondence, primarily 1918-1960, comprises the bulk of the collection and provides excellent material on his public relations work for educational institutions and foundations, his government service, and his work as a consultant to business. Continuing interest in education is revealed in material on the Farmers Educational and Development Fund and Harvard University. During the 1940's the letters include many references to his chairmanship of the Joint Army-Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, which culminated in the formation of the USO. Correspondence from the 1950's contains many references to the problems of big business and transportation and to the organizations which he served as public relations consultant including the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., the Employers Labor Relations Information Committee, Mayo Clinic, and Radio Free Europe. Between 1948 and 1960 work to improve the image of the railroad and steel industries figures prominently in the correspondence. Significant correspondents include William H. Baldwin, Bruce Barton, Omar N. Bradley, Thomas D'Arcy Brophy, Nicholas Murray Butler, James F. Byrnes, J. Lawton Collins, James Bryant Conant, Elmer Davis, Pendleton Dudley, Allen W. Dulles, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James V. Forrestal, Christian Herter, Herbert Hoover, Estes Kefauver, David Lawrence, Trygve Lie, Walter Lippmann, George C. Marshall, Frank E. Mason, Earl Newsom, Richard Nixon, John J. Pershing, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry L. Stimson, Lowell Thomas, Sinclair Weeks, and Wendell L. Willkie. Additional files containing reports and related papers document his work as chairman of a Presidential advisory committee on transportation in 1955 and as project director for the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Rapid Transit Survey in 1956-1957. The collection also contains minutes of the executive and finance committees of the Carnegie Corporation, 1951-1958; articles and addresses, 1927-1960; and appointment books.
Artic Springs Creamery (Galesville, Wis.)	Title: Artic Springs Creamery Records, 1889-1924, 1967 Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: La Crosse Micro 8; Micro 691 Abstract: Records documenting the creation and business activities of the Artic Springs Creamery which processed cheese and butter in Galesville, Wisconsin, and was reorganized as a legal cooperative in 1924. The collection includes minutes of stockholders meetings, 1889-1924; correspondence, annual reports, and resolutions, 1919-1924; and articles of incorporation and bylaws. Also included are records pertaining to the 1967 merger of Hiawatha Dairies Cooperative and Artic Springs Creamery Cooperative.
Artist Series at the Pabst (Milwaukee, Wis.)	Title: Artist Series at the Pabst Records, 1976-2007 Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 291 Abstract: Records of the Artist Series at the Pabst, a musical artist performance series established in 1976 and run by volunteers. Also included are materials from the organization's Jazz Series.
Parker, Arunah A., 1824-1854	Title: Arunah A. Parker Papers, 1843-1853, 1871 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box including 5 volumes) Call Number: Platteville Mss O Abstract: Three diaries, 1846-1849, letters to his family in Vermont, and a letterbook kept in Pennsylvania by Parker, a Lancaster, Wis. attorney, recounting his experiences as a surveyor in Wisconsin and giving information on the social and political life of Lancaster and his interest in copper mining in Pennsylvania. Parker's surveying work was done between the Black and Trempealeau rivers under James E. Freeman, U.S. deputy surveyor.
Barr, Arvil S., 1892-1962	Title: Arvil S. Barr Papers, 1915-1962 Quantity: 2 archives boxes Call Number: Mss 107 Abstract: Papers of an internationally prominent University of Wisconsin educational researcher and teacher, including correspondence, biographical materials, course materials, financial records, student papers, and grant proposals. The papers document Barr's professional career and his interest in educational testing, teaching machines, teacher evaluation, and quality prediction, through proposals related to Midwest Testing Service, Dembar Publications, the Public School Publishing Company, and a ledger for the Journal of Experimental Education, edited by Barr.
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999	Title: Arville Schaleben Papers, 1929-1996 Quantity: 14.9 c.f., 660 photographs, 435 negatives, 208 transparencies, 46 tape recordings, and 18 disc recordings Call Number: M2005-096; M2010-082 Abstract: Papers documenting the career of Arville Schaleben, who worked for The Milwaukee Journal from 1935 to 1972 as reporter, managing editor, and vice-president at the time of his retirement. In 1935 Schaleben accompanied Wisconsin and Minnesota citizens colonizing federal lands in Alaska's Matanuska Valley, a New Deal relief project. The resulting series of articles cemented his reputation as a journalist. Schaleben was the author of Your Future in Journalism (1961); his special interests included journalism education, news research, and the newspaper's role in a democracy.