BLUM, REV. VIRGIL C., S.J., PAPERS, 1947-1990, 26.3 feet

Papers of a professor of political science at Marquette University who was a leading proponent of educational vouchers for private school students, documenting his role in the founding and leadership of Citizens for Educational Freedom and the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, of which he was the first president.  [Connect to Inventory]

BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS RECORDS, 1848-[ongoing], 527.68 feet [421 reels microfilm] (123.2 feet unprocessed).
The collection includes the records of three organizations: the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, the Commission for Catholic Missions Among the Colored People and the Indians (or Black and Indian Mission Office), and The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board (formerly the Catholic Board for Mission Work Among the Colored People). The Bureau (established, 1874) promotes Catholic evangelization among Native Americans in the United States; the Commission (established, 1884) raises funds for African American and Native American evangelization in the United States; and The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board (established, 1907) also raises funds for African American evangelization. Correspondence, reports, photographs, publications, and government documents comprise the bulk of the collection. [Connect to Inventory] 

CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECORDS, 1929-present, 21.6 feet.

Correspondence, minutes, photographs, press clippings, publications, reports, and other materials documenting the educational and promotional activities of the national association of Catholic libraries, such as Catholic Book Week and the Regina Medal for children's literature. Included are records of officers, committees, sections, and chapters and units. The Presidents and Executive Directors correspondence series contains letters and articles concerning the CLA's refusal to include The Wanderer in its Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. [Connect to Inventory]

CITIZENS FOR EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM (WISCONSIN FEDERATION) RECORDS, 1961-1978, 7.8 feet.

Records of an organization that lobbied for equal treatment of private and public school children in government aid programs, including correspondence, financial records, minutes, publications and reports. [Connect toInventory]

CONCEPTION ABBEY RECORDS, 1876-1980, 0.1 foot [3 reels microfilm].
Conception Abbey Benedictine (Conception, Missouri) records pertaining to Catholic missions and schools in North and South Dakota among the Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan, Hunkpapa, Santee, and Sisseton-Wahpeton Indians. [Connect to Inventory]

CONRAD N. HILTON FUND FOR SISTERS RECORDS, 1986-present, 29.4 feet (42.0 feet unprocessed).

Records of a fund established by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in 1986 to support humanitarian projects directed by Catholic Sisters in impoverished and underdeveloped areas worldwide, including the United States.  Most projects pertain to health care, education, economic development, and welfare. [Connect to Inventory]

DANNER, PETER L., PAPERS, 1961-2002, 3.7 feet.

Papers of a professor of economics at Marquette University who actively supported parochial schooling and parental choice in education. The collection documents his involvement with several educational reform organizations, including Citizens for Economic Freedom (CEF), the Governor's Commission on Education (a.k.a. Kellett Commission), the Milwaukee Archdiocesan Education Foundation, and Partners Advancing Values in Education (PAVE). [Connect to Inventory]

GESU PARISH AND SCHOOL RECORDS, 1826, 1850-present, 30.2 feet (4.0 feet unprocessed).

Records of the parish church on Marquette University's campus (and of St. Gall's and Holy Name parishes which preceded it), including correspondence, financial records, photographs, publications, and reports, but not sacramental records. [Connect to Inventory]

HOLY ROSARY MISSION AND RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL RECORDS, 1868-present, 56.1 feet [35 reels microfilm] (ca. 106 feet unprocessed).

Records from Holy Rosary Indian Mission and Red Cloud Indian School (Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota), which pertain primarily to Oglala Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity. [Connect to Inventory]

MID-AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM PERSONNEL RECORDS, ca. 1975-present, 5.0 feet (unprocessed).

Records of a network of persons seeking to make postsecondary education more accessible to disadvantaged students. It is a regional affiliate of the Council for Opportunity in Education (below).

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ASSOCIATIONS RECORDS, 1974-present, 10.3 feet (unprocessed).

Records of an organization concerned with helping low-income students to enter college and graduate, recently re-named the Council for Opportunity in Education.

NATIONAL INTERFAITH COALITION ON AGING RECORDS, 1971-present, 35.0 feet.

Correspondence, minutes, publications, reports, research papers, tape recordings, and related records documenting the programs and services of the National Interfaith Coalition on Aging (NICA). Included are project files for its Survey on Programs for the Aging Under Religious Auspices and for Project GIST (Gerontology in Seminary Training), which sought to enhance the ability of the religious community to serve the needs of the aging by improving the knowledge and skills of seminary educators. Also documented is NICA's involvement with the White House Conference on Aging, which included sponsorship of the National Intra-Decade Conference on the Spiritual Well-Being of the Elderly (1977) and an official mini-conference of the 1981 WHCOA, the National Symposium on Spiritual and Ethical Value Systems Concerns, which NICA convened in 1980. NICA dissolved as a corporation and reorganized as a constituent unit of the National Council on the Aging, effective 1 January 1991.  [Connect to Inventory]

OSAGE MISSION SCHOOL RECORDS, 1847-1881, 0.4 foot [1 reel microfilm].

Records pertaining to the Osage Mission and the Osage Manual Labor School for Osage Indian students, including a students' attendance and account book, 1847-1866; a students' account book/English-Osage dictionary, ca. 1885; and a students' attendance, accounts and reports, and correspondence book, 1855-1881. The principal correspondent is John Schoenmakers, S.J. [Connect to Inventory]

RYAN, BROTHER LEO V., C.S.V., PAPERS, 1945-present, 61.8 feet (34.2 feet unprocessed).

Papers of a Catholic educator active in business and adult education who has served as a Peace Corps administrator and consultant to numerous schools and religious communities.

ST. JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1991-1995, n.d., 0.5 feet.
Recordings regarding St. Joseph's Indian Industrial School, a Catholic mission school in Wisconsin. Respondents were former students--Menominee and Potawatomi Indians--and teachers--Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. MARY'S MISSION RECORDS, 1851-1871, 0.03 foot [1 reel microfilm].
Baptismal records of St. Mary's Mission and school for Potawatomi Indians, which was administered by Jesuits. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. PAUL'S MISSION COLLECTION, 1867-1989, 0.7 foot.
Primarily photographs pertaining to Yankton Indians and Benedictines in South Dakota. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. STEPHEN'S MISSION RECORDS, 1865, 1886-[ongoing], 4.6 feet [10 reels microfilm].
Records regarding Arapaho and Shoshoni Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Wyoming. [Connect to Inventory]

SISTER FORMATION CONFERENCE/RELIGIOUS FORMATION CONFERENCE RECORDS, 1936-present, 40.3 feet.

Records of an organization, founded in 1954 as the Sister Formation Conference (the name changed in 1976 when men formation personnel were added to its membership), which helped bring about a dramatic change in the status of women religious within the Catholic Church and within American society as a whole, including general correspondence and subject files, minutes of meetings of the national leadership, records of conferences and workshops, and publications issued by the Conference. Personal papers of Ritamary Bradley and Annette Walters concerning their involvement in the Sister Formation movement are also included. The conflict in the early 1960s between the Sister Formation Conference officers and the leadership of the Conference of Major Superiors of women over the restructuring of the SFC to more directly subordinate it to the CMSW is especially well documented in correspondence, memoranda, and reports. Notable correspondents include Ritamary Bradley, Michael Novak, Mary Emil Penet, David Riesman, and Annette Walters. [Connect to Inventory]

TAVARD, REV. GEORGE H., PAPERS,1948-present, 7.2 feet.

Papers of a theologian and Assumptionist priest known for his work on ecumenism. Includes manuscripts for published and unpublished works; professional and personal correspondence; printed and audio recordings of lectures and speeches; published articles and book reviews. Also includes records from his assignment as a "peritus" (expert advisor to the bishops) during the Second Vatican Council, including his involvement in the Pontifical Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity and subsequent bilateral dialogues. [Connect to Inventory]

THOMPSON, TOMMY G., PAPERS, 1957-[ongoing], bulk 1986-2001, 305 feet.

Papers documenting the political career of the Wisconsin Republican who served as State Assemblyman from 1967 to 1986, Governor from 1987 to 2001, and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2001 to 2005. The collection includes speeches, photographs, audio & video cassette recordings, personal correspondence, and memorabilia. The collection includes documentation of Thompson’s role in education and welfare reform, including school choice and Wisconsin Works (W2). [Connect to Inventory]

WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM PERSONNEL RECORDS, ca. 1975-present, 7.0 feet (unprocessed).

Records of a chapter of the Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Program Personnel (see above).

WISCONSIN CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECORDS, 1936-present, 5.0 feet.

Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, press clippings, and other records of the Wisconsin Catholic Library Association, including its sections and committees.

WISCONSIN DIRECTORS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FEDERATION RECORDS, 1978-present, 0.6 foot.

Records of a federation of the five diocesan religious education  leadership organizations in the state of Wisconsin.

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