Author: Akamatsu, Robert
Title: Robert and Toshi Akamatsu Papers, 1941-2003
Summary: Papers and collection materials of a Japanese-American couple who were interned at the relocation camp in Topaz, Utah during World War II. The collection includes a microfilmed scrapbook which contains evacuation orders; forms concerning storage of property, housing, and work assignments; travel passes; and memorabilia of camp social life. Also included with the papers are clippings (some based on interviews with the Akamatsus), pamphlets, documents relating to the U.S. government's payment of reparations and apology in the late 1980s-1990, and a videocopy of home movies made by Dave Tatsuno during his family's internment and at later reunions.
Call Number: M95-137; M2002-139; M2003-033; Micro 1003
Author: Allen, William F.
Title: Willam F. Allen Family Papers, 1775-1950
Summary: Papers, primarily 1838-1923, of the William F. Allen family, a nineteenth-century academic family. The collection contains journals, correspondence, and writings. Papers are mainly of William Francis Allen and his second wife Margaret Andrews Allen, as well as some papers of their children, Katherine, Andrews, William Ware, and Philip Loring. The writings of William Francis document his personal life and Margaret's papers include articles for and about children. Of particular note are the materials pertaining to the Allen children’s childhood. Margaret and William kept joint diaries about their children, beginning with the birth of Andrews in 1870. A wide variety of unusually sophisticatedly written and pictorial materials produced by the children is also contained in the collection.
Call Number: Mss 384
Author: Blessing, Kenneth R.
Title: Kenneth R. Blessing Papers, 1934-1998
Summary: Papers of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, native who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946 and was stationed in Europe during 1945-1946 as a radio/teletype operator. The collection contains photocopies of three memoirs written by Blessing entitled "Coming of Age in the 1930s," "A Yank on the Homefront, 1943-1945," and "A Yank Abroad, 1945-1946" and the original correspondence, diaries, and typed transcripts from which the memoirs were principally derived. "Coming of Age in the 1930s" documents Blessing's teenage years in Milwaukee, and consists mainly of transcript diaries kept daily by Blessing from 1934 to 1940, containing descriptions of his daily activities and social life, and news stories which interested him (including the outbreak of World War II in 1939).
Call Number: Mss 810
Author: City of Green Bay
Title: Welfare Relief Case Files, ca. 1932-1986
Summary: Individual case files documenting the monetary assistance given from city funds to persons in need. Files include applications for relief, field worker’s report sheets which contain narrative accounts of case background, face sheets containing factual information about the applicant, financial disbursement sheets, correspondence, and related documents. The field workers’ notes provide a detailed picture of family relationships and experiences of children.
Call Number: Brown Series 172
Author: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Title: Northeastern Wisconsin Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Newsletters, 1934-1941
Summary: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a work relief program for unemployed Americans. Wisconsin had a number of camps that housed CCC workers as they labored on trails, bridges, buildings, and other public facilities. Enrollment in the CCC had dwindled by 1940, as young men were drafted into military service. The CCC disbanded officially in 1942, when Congress eliminated the program's funding. Collection consists of newsletters of Wisconsin Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Door, Florence, Marinette, and Oconto counties, documenting primarily social life, recreational and sports activities, staff, personnel, and visitors at the Camps. Includes articles, essays, drawings, and poems by corps members. Work bulletins may also be found in the newsletters.
Call Number: UWGB Mss 14
Author: Dunn, Clarice Chase
Title: Clarice Dunn Chase Papers, 1942-2001
Summary: From 1942-1943, Clarice Chase Dunne was an English teacher at the Heart Mountain (Wyoming) relocation camp school for Japanese Americans. While at Heart Mountain she taught classes including English, social science and civics along with an adult evening class on cooperatives. In 1943 Dunn was sent back home to Washington, D.C., following a battle with chronic bronchitis. Collection consists of scrapbooks and publications pertaining to the Heart Mountain relocation camp as well as subject files pertaining to redress payments for those who were interned.
Call Number: Eau Claire University Historical Collection 268
Author: Federal Writer’s Project
Title: Oneida Culture Oral History Project Records, 1940-1942
Summary: Records of a WPA project to document the history and culture of the Oneida in Wisconsin, conducted through the University of Wisconsin. The records consist primarily of a series of notebooks from oral history interviews that took place between 1941-1942 that were conducted by Oneida tribe members under the direction of UW anthropologists. The interviews concern such topics as Oneida history, family life, childhood, games, religion, economic conditions, education, medicine, hunting and fishing, recreation, traditional stories and jokes.
Call Number: Green Bay Mss 164
Author: Girl Scouts of the United States of America. River Falls Council, Wisconsin.
Title: Girl Scouts River Falls Council Records, 1929-1950, 1965-1976
Summary: Records concerning girl scouting in River Falls, Wisconsin, including scrapbooks, printed materials, individual members' records, and materials documenting merit badge projects and other activities. The records pertaining to activities is comprised of materials generated pertaining to four merit badge projects. Individual Girls’ Records include information about the girl and her scouting activities. Scrapbooks contain details about activities and meetings.
Call Number: River Falls Mss BU
Title: Goska Family Papers
Summary: Collection contains letters from three generations of a family. The letters are primarily between Ann and Clarence, Vernice and Ann (before and after Ann was married) and Barbara and Ronald. There are numerous other cards and letters from various family and friends to Ann and Clarence. Ronald Trinkner, Ann’s brother, is responsible for many of these.
There are a total of approximately 900 letters, spanning the 1920’s to the 1960’s and subjects include births, deaths, baptisms and marriages, farming, jobs and finances, health, time in the service, and holiday visits. Of particular note are the courtship letters between Barb Trinkner and Ronald Goska during their college years. The letters provide a rich glimpse of college life and dating relationships during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Call Number: Unprocessed UWGB Mss collection
Author: Gram, Lawrence C.
Title: Lawrence Gram Papers Relating to World War II
Summary: Papers, 1942-1945, of Lawrence Gram, consisting of five volumes concerning World War II containing letters, news clippings, and Gram's war records compiled and written by Gram and his family in West Allis, Wisconsin. Letters included in the volumes are written between Gram; his wife Isabel; children, Lawrence Jr. and Judy; and his father. Gram's letters to his wife and father discuss his training in mapping and aircraft identification, recreational activities, and his living arrangements. Gram's letters to his children encourage them in their education and future achievement while their letters in return relate their school activities and home life.
Call Number: M2013-115