UW-Milwaukee Urban Research Center records, 1973-1997.

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UW-Milwaukee Urban Research Center records, 1973-1997.

Publications and miscellaneous records of the Urban Research Center (URC) from 1973 to 1997. The research publications document health, economy, violence, ecology, development, and other urban issues most often using Milwaukee as the area of study. The collection also contains papers delivered at URC-sponsored conferences, including The Crisis of Authority: Citizen Boards and the Governance of Public and Private Agencies (1980), Lethal Aspects of Urban Violence (1977), Milwaukee's Economy: Federal Programs, Local Resources and Community Action (1977), and Public Agency Accountability in an Urban Society (1977). The collection also contains quarterly reports from the study Building Capacity in Milwaukee's Inner City (1994-1997). There is some correspondence dealing with the events leading up to the center's formation and organization, and progress reports and newsletter publications which further document the center's development.

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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...

Lethal Aspects of Urban Violence (1977 : Milwaukee, Wis.)

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Urban Research Center

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Public Agency Accountability in an Urban Society (1977 : Milwaukee, Wis.)

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