Collections correspondence, 1948-2001.

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Collections correspondence, 1948-2001.

Correspondence with donors and potential donors relating to the acquisition of manuscript materials, photographs, artifacts, and printed materials. The processed portion of this series is summarized above and dates 1948-1969. Additional accessions are described below, 1955-2001.

16.4 c.f. (41 archives boxes); plusadditions of 47.6 c.f.

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State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Library-Archives Division.

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The Division of Archives and Manuscripts at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (WIHV85-A216) was formed on January 1, 1962, by combining the former Archives Division with the Manuscripts Library, the McCormick Collection, and the Mass Communications History Center. In 1983 the division was joined with the Editorial and Research Divisions and the Library and designated the Research Services Division, which in 1986, when the Library returned to the status of a separate division...

State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Field Services Division.

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The Field Services Division was established in 1967 as the collecting arm of the State Historical Society. Its staff traveled in and outside the state to encourage, inspect, and acquire gifts and kept records on all donors and prospective donors of artifacts, photographs, manuscripts, and publications. In 1982 the field services function was split and absorbed within the archives (see WIHV86-A1191), library (see WIHV86-A1853), and museum (see WIHV86-A2049) divisions. ...

State historical society of Wisconsin

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The State Historical Society was founded in 1846, chartered in 1853, and became a trustee of the state in 1855. Chapter 75, Laws of 1967, continued the Society as an independent agency. The Society is charged by statute with the collection, preservation, and dissemination of historical and cultural resources relating to Wisconsin, the Midwest, and the nation. From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145776528 ...