Author: McNell, Wakelin
Title: Wakelin McNeel Papers, 1926-1953
Summary: Papers of Wakelin McNeel, a 4-H Club and conservation leader on the staff of the University of Wisconsin Extension Service. Included are correspondence, speeches and writings, and listener mail pertaining to Afield with Ranger Mac, an educational program which McNeel conducted for radio station WHA for 20 years. The Ranger Mac program was aimed at the state’s school children and was concerned with a variety of nature and conservation topics. The “Ranger Mac” correspondence in the collection is between McNeel and his young listeners. Collection also includes a series of articles written by “Ranger Mac.”
Call Number: Mss 150
Author: Mann Valley 4-H Club
Title: Mann Valley 4-H Club Records, 1980-2007
Summary: Records, 1980-2004, consisting of clippings, certificates, photographs and four scrapbooks documenting the events supported and held by the club members. 4-H is an organization of young people across America who learn leadership and life skills while supporting the agricultural sciences. Mann Valley 4-H organized events that help the youth develop skills while participating in activities that teach them healthy living and citizenship. The four scrapbooks consisting of photographs and news clippings capture the club's various annual events including talent show, softball games, and fairs.
Call Number: River Falls Mss FC
Author: New Method Hebrew School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Title: New Method Hebrew School Records, 1924-1964
Summary: Records of a part-time co-educational Hebrew school for Jewish children, headed by Harry Garfinkel; including minutes of the Parent Teacher Association and of three school youth groups: the Hatikva Circle, Jewish Junior Forum, and Young Children of Israel, and scattered correspondence and applications. The minutes record various activities of the youth groups and sometimes list officers. Because the minutes of the student organizations were written by pupils, the quality varies. The remainder of the records give an incomplete picture of the school's organization and activities.
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DC
Title: St. Nicholas Magazine, 1888-1901
Summary: St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular monthly American children’s magazine, founded in 1873. The magazine content included regular departments; short stories; poetry; songs; puzzles; drawings; and essays. The magazine included content for a wide range of ages. There is also content written by children in the form of letters and exchanges.
Call Number: UWGB Rare Books AP201.S3
Author: Schiesser, Linda
Title: Elda and Linda Schiesser Scrapbooks, 1892, 1928-1973
Summary: Scrapbooks of Elda (Strahm) Schiesser and her daughter Linda Schiesser documenting the projects they completed as members of the Green County 4-H. Elda's scrapbooks date from 1928 through 1936 and consist of photographs, sewing and stitching instructions, newspaper clippings, ribbons, and fabric samples for her projects in sewing, canning, baking, interior decorating, gardening, and photography. Also included is Elda's scrapbook documenting her attendance at the National 4-H camp in Washington, D.C. (1936). Linda's scrapbooks document her activities in 4-H between 1957 and 1964 and consist of photographs, fabric samples, paint samples, drawings, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards, State Fair daily programs (1964), Green County 4-H Club programs (1958-1962), ribbons, and other ephemera. Her projects involved food and nutrition, clothing, photography, home furnishing, junior leadership, and house plants. Linda also attended the National 4-H Club Congress in 1964 in Chicago as a nominee for the National Home Economics award. Additionally, there is a scrapbook detailing Linda's activities as a member of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls-Mount Horeb Assembly (1957-1972).
Call Number: M2006-066
Author: Splinter, Gladys
Title: Papers, 1922-1941
Summary: Papers, bulk 1932-1935, consisting of ephemera, an autograph book, and correspondence from Gladys' high school friends, and school records. Letters detail Gladys' time at Edgewood High School (1931-1935) including classes, dances, weekend activities, and relationships among friends. Ephemera includes religious stationary, Christmas, birthday and get well cards she received during a 1940 illness, in addition to her postcard collection. Her school records are comprised of the report cards she received as a graduation gift from her former teacher, Sister McCuslia and the notes she took during her high school years. The notes detail the status of her friendships and her dislike for school. Gladys was a popular student among others and participated in school activities.
Call Number: M2013-076
Author: Stolz, Richard
Title: Richard Stoz Family Papers, 1893-1928
Summary: Collection consists of family letters, primarily those written by Sarah (Sally) (Long) Stolz, 1893-1928. Sarah’s letters are mainly written to her mother, Kate (Foulds) Long and provide vivid descriptions of daily life. Some historical events such as influenza epidemics, earthquakes, and the First World War are mentioned. The letters begin in 1893 when Sarah was ten years old and living with her grandparents while her mother worked as a seamstress for a wealthy family. Letters continue through Sarah’s marriage and move to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1905. Correspondence ends in 1928 while Sarah was on a trip with her husband. Other correspondents include Sarah’s children, her mother, aunt, grandmother, and great-uncles. A small separate set of correspondence is from the Hanchett family for whom Kate (Foulds) Long worked for in Saginaw, Michigan. There are a few photographs, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous materials.
Call Number: Unprocessed UWGB Mss Collection
Title: Waldo-Henderson Family Papers, 1829-1979
Summary: Papers of the Waldo-Hendersons, a prominent family from Green Bay, Wisconsin, primarily documenting the women of that family. Included are original and transcribed copies of diaries, correspondence, clippings, writings, notes, and genealogical material. Among the individuals represented are Morris A. Waldo (1828-1902) and his first wife Ann Eliza Appleton Waldo (1832-1862); her sister Susan Appleton Brown; their daughter Mary Adele Waldo Henderson (1858-1939); and two of her daughters, Anna Laura Henderson Jackson (1881-1957) and Ruth A. Henderson (1890-1980), and her granddaughter Anne Jackson Foster (1911- ). Of note are the d World War II-era correspondence of Laura Henderson Jackson exchanged with her daughter Anne Jackson Foster primarily concerning child care and family matters
Call Number: Green Bay Mss 107
Author: Wisconsin. Division of Family Services
Title: Foster Homes Research Project Records, 1967-1973
Summary: Records of a research project designed to test the value of information obtained in interviews with prospective foster parents in predicting their success in caring for foster children. The series contains the administrative records of the project, including proposals, correspondence, and reports. The bulk of the records contain case files on foster families, including interview transcripts
Call Number: Series 1978
Author: Wisconsin State Fair
Title: State Junior Fair Records, 1942-1969
Summary: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, press releases, and reports of the Junior Fair, a special competition at the State Fair involving 4-H, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Farmers Equity Union Juniors.
Call Number: Series 2029