UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Urban Affairs records, 1956-1984.

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UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Urban Affairs records, 1956-1984.

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Description: Miscellaneous documents from the Department of Urban Affairs dating from 1956-1984. Although the Department of Urban Affairs was not established until 1963, the collection includes documents from the Urban Research Committee's proposals for an urban studies program (1956), and an outline of a proposed 5-10 year urban studies department program (1958). Also included are course proposals within the History Department (1961) and proposals for a graduate program in urban studies (1959-1962). A large portion of the collection is comprised of records regarding the Ford Foundation which awarded a research grant in December 1959. The collection also contains correspondence from the College of Letters & Science to department chairmen Bloomberg, Rose and Schmandt (1967-1974), the Ford Foundation (1959-1961), and other various departments and committees. Documents pertain to the proposal for a department and program for undergraduates (1961-1970), a doctoral degree program (1972-1973), a joint degree program with the School of Education (1970), and a Master's of Public Administration program (1979-1980). Also included are minutes from the Department of Urban Affairs (1963-1982) which consist of various memos and announcements relating to courses, staffing, budgets and other departmental functions. The collection also contains program brochures (1978-1980), several issues of the "Intrapost" (1961), "Urban Affair" newspaper (1968-1975) and "USI News" (1980-1981). Finding aid available in the Archives.

1.4 cubic ft.

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7287124

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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The WPA + 35 Exhibition, January 4-30, 1970, presented by the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee was a tribute to the crafts and quality of design which came of the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The Project began in the Fall of 1935. It was one of the more unusual and diverse of the handicraft projects in its philosophy and its goals. Its "Project 1170" was a specially created project for women who needed work, interested in becoming self-supporting. Milwaukee County and...

Bloomberg, Warner

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Ford foundation

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Philanthropic organization established in 1936 by Henry and Edsel Ford from profits of the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Grant files, [ca. 1936-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532303 ...

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of Urban Affairs.

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Schmandt, Henry J.

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Rose, Harold M.

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