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1-2017 News from the Midwest Midwest Archives Conference

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This News from the Midwest is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in MAC Newsletter by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. News from the Midwest Assistant Editors: Troy Eller English, Wayne State University, and Alison Stankrauff, Indiana University South Bend. Please submit News from the Midwest items for Illinois, Iowa, , Nebraska, North Dakota, and Ohio to Troy at [email protected] and items from Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin to Alison at [email protected]. Submissions must be 150 words or less. Images are welcome!

more than 30,000 digitized postcard Indiana University Bloomington ILLINOIS views available through the Illinois The team of Alyssa Moskwa and Rick Digital Archives at www.idaillinois Brewer is currently undertaking a ma- American College of Surgeons .org. jor digitization project at the Student The American College of Surgeons in Sports and Recreation Center (SRSC) Chicago has a new, easy-to-navigate, INDIANA at Indiana University Bloomington. mobile-friendly archives catalog. Specifically, the project consists of Patrons can browse by subject, creator, Calumet Regional Archives at digitizing a massive collection of or collection; search by keyword and Indiana University Northwest reversal film slides and photographic resource type; and limit their searches The Calumet Regional Archives at prints. A wide variety of activities is to digital objects only. Check it out at Indiana University Northwest has featured within this pool of images, www.facs.org/archivescatalog. uploaded a variety of databases of which includes intermural sports, Newberry Library interest to historians and genealo- aquatics, and general fitness. The ear- gists to the IU ScholarWorks digital liest photos within this collection date The Newberry will become the new repository. Focusing on Lake County, back to the late 1970s, early 1980s. home of the Curt Teich Postcard Indiana, business and government The goal is to create a digital library Archives Collection, widely regarded information, the collection contains to give employees of the SRSC access as the largest public collection of databases of physicians’, nurses’, and to these materials and, perhaps most postcards and related materials in dentists’ licenses/certificates; teachers’ important, to preserve the memory the United States. The 2.5 million records; old-age assistance certificates; of this facility, a centerpiece of the postcards feature a range of subjects criminal cards; and other local gov- campus. and genres: rural vistas and urban ernment information. In addition, skylines, tourist attractions and Indiana University South Bend the collection contains small business emergent industries, domestic scenes partnership certificates, as well as Over the past few years, the Indiana and global conflicts. The collection runs of larger companies’ employee University South Bend Archives has comes to the Newberry from the Lake personnel cards, such as the Gary worked in partnership with the Civil County Discovery Museum, where Screw and Bolt Company Records. Rights Heritage Center and the St. it had been housed since 1982. The One of the more voluminous holdings Joseph County Public Library to original acquisition comprised the comes from the Pullman-Standard digitize local African American, La- industrial archives of the Curt Teich Palace Car Company, detailing tino, and LGBTQ history. This year Company itself, with over 360,000 information on workers at many P-S the LGBTQ content was launched, images related to more than 10,000 factories. To locate more informa- via the local history site Michiana towns and cities in the United States, tion on and to use the databases, Memory (michianamemory.sjcpl Canada, and 115 other countries. The please visit scholarworks.iu.edu/ .org), on October 11, which is Na- collection was expanded with gifts dspace/handle/2022/19734. The tional Coming Out Day. Further of over 35,000 postcards known as Calumet Regional Archives thanks collaborating with the South Bend “Oilettes,” postcards printed by Paul Scott Sandberg, digital scholarship LGBTQ Center and the IU South Finkenrath of Berlin, and Route librarian, and Martha Latko, archives Bend Queer Straight Alliance (QSA), 66 postcards. Public access to the volunteer and genealogist, for creating all partners hosted an informal event materials themselves will be by ap- and uploading these very significant at the LGBTQ Center to share com- pointment only until the collection is sources of genealogical and historical ing out stories in a safe space. Explore fully added to the library’s discovery information and making them acces- the new digitized collection at the web and access systems; however, users sible worldwide. address above. will have uninterrupted access to

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Riley Hospital Historic SCUA will host an exhibit created by tion opens in fall of 2016. The Marlin Preservation Committee HIS 481X Public History students on Fitzwater Papers will be a fascinating Richard L. Schreiner, MD, chairman ISU’s first married veterans housing, resource for students and researchers of the Riley Hospital Historic Pres- Pammel Court. interested in public service journalism ervation Committee (RHPC), was or 1980s and 1990s political history, named a Torch Bearer for the Indiana especially the Gulf War and the col- Bicentennial Torch Relay. lapse of the Soviet Union. To learn more about Fitzwater’s journey and Schreiner, who carried the torch the collection, visit www.lib.k-state. on October 15 in Marion County, edu/magazine or contact libsc@k- was one of only 34 Marion County state.edu. residents who received invitations to be Torch Bearers. He noted, “Car- rying the torch in 2016 also marks HIS 481X students working with SCUA the 100-year anniversary of the pass- department head, Petrina Jackson, ing of James Whitcomb Riley and and conservator Sonya Barron on their discussions leading to creation of the spring 2017 exhibit. Photo credit Dalton James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Gackle, Iowa State History Department. Children.” More than 2,200 Hoosiers carried the torch on a 3,200-mile route through every Indiana county.

IOWA Iowa State University Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) kicked off Ameri- Laura Sullivan, collections archivist, and Dozens of photos from the Fitzwater can Archives Month in October with Becky Jordan, reference specialist, talk to collection were included in Kansas State a lecture by Liz Garst, granddaughter students about treasures on display. Photo University Libraries summer magazine. of famous Iowa farmers and citizen by Rachel Seale, outreach archivist. diplomats Roswell and Elizabeth KENTUCKY Garst. Garst talked about her grand- KANSAS parents and their relationship with Northern Kentucky University Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, Kansas State University Special Collections and University focusing on the visit Krushchev and Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to Archives at Northern Kentucky Uni- his family made to the Garst family both Ronald Reagan and George versity recently hosted the exhibit farm in 1959. SCUA coordinated H. W. Bush, graduated from Kansas When Covington, Kentucky, Executed with the ISU College of Agriculture State University in 1965. Fitzwater an Innocent Man: The Legal Lynching and Life Sciences, Humanities Iowa, donated his personal papers to the of John Montjoy. Created by graduate Silos and Smokestacks, and the Richard L. D. and Marjorie J. Morse student Katie Bramell, the exhibit University’s Committee on Lectures Department of Special Collections. explores injustices surrounding the (funded by Student Government). The Marlin Fitzwater Papers include 1937 execution of John Montjoy, an SCUA ended the month participating press briefings, personal correspon- African American, for the rape of a in ISU Homecoming by putting to- dence, news clippings, photo albums, white woman. Bramell discussed her gether a pop-up exhibit in its adjacent and memorabilia from his profes- research process for the exhibit at classroom. Alumni, students, and sional trips to all 50 states and more Steely Library’s fall Graduate Student university staff dropped by to see the than 65 foreign countries. An exhibit Symposium. The department is treasures on display. In January 2017, featuring highlights from the collec- also pleased to announce the open-

24 MAC Newsletter • January 2017 NEWS FROM THE MIDWEST—Continued Troy Eller English and Alison Stankrauff, Assistant Editors ing of two collections focusing on source analysis, community involve- officially untitled 9-foot-by-20-foot area artists: the Patricia A. Renick ment, and exhibits. The Michigan mural was commissioned in 1937 by Stegowagenvolkssaurus Collection Tech Archives also received a $5,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) West and the Charles J. McLaughlin Fam- Community Dialogues grant from Side Local 174 to commemorate ily Collection. the Michigan Humanities Council, pivotal moments in the UAW’s young allowing archives staff, the univer- history. In 2015, Local 174 donated MICHIGAN sity’s Center for Diversity and Inclu- the mural to Wayne State Univer- sion, and local student organizations sity with the hope that it would be Capital Area District Libraries to continue recording oral histories preserved and made available to the Capital Area District Libraries’ from African American students and public for generations to come. With (CADL) head of Community Out- alumni for the Black Voices project the generous support of members and reach, James MacLean, received this until April 2017. In addition, the retirees from UAW West Side Local year’s State History Award from the department recently received a new 174, the Michigan Labor History So- Historical Society of Michigan in collection of hockey photographs and ciety, the Michigan Council for Arts the Books: Private Printing category original, game-worn hockey sweat- and Cultural Affairs, the National for his in-depth look at the life and ers from Valerie Zimdars, niece of Endowment for the Humanities, productivity of a Lansing-based ar- regional hockey legend Joseph Savini. and private individuals, extensive chitect. Darius B. Moon: The History He won the MacNaughton Cup twice restoration work repaired decades of of a Michigan Architect, 1880–1910 in the 1920s as a star member of the nicotine stains, wear, and damage, draws heavily from the rich real estate, Calumet Hawks and briefly coached including returning the mural to its biographical, and other collections the from original size. The mural is available contained in CADL’s Local History 1935 to 1938. for public viewing in the Reuther Department. MacLean examined Library’s Reading Room. Visit the each year of Moon’s documented Reuther Library website for further work, including a profile and vintage information on the mural and the or recent photographs of every prop- project, as well as a time-lapse video erty he was known to have designed of the three-day installation process or contracted. at reuther.wayne.edu/node/13600. Michigan Technological University The Michigan Technological Univer- sity Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections received a 2016 Historical Society of Michigan State History Award in the Special The WPA-era Walter Speck untitled Programs/Events category for its mural was commissioned in 1937 for Black Voices in the Copper Country UAW Local 174 and depicts scenes from project. University archivist Lindsay the union’s history. Hiltunen, project researcher Martin Hobmeier, and graphic designer Mike Valerie Zimdars holds up her uncle Joseph Stockwell of Cranking Graphics were Savini’s hockey sweater from 1910. MINNESOTA presented with the award at the soci- Wayne State University ety’s annual State History Conference In October, the Walter P. Reuther Li- Libraries in Alpena. The Black Voices project brary and Archives formally unveiled Archives and Special Collections, illustrated the African American ex- a newly restored WPA-era mural by University of Minnesota Libraries was perience in Michigan’s northwestern renowned Detroit artist Walter Speck. Upper Peninsula through historical Known by some as Ford Riot, the (Continued on page 26)

MAC Newsletter • January 2017 25 NEWS FROM THE MIDWEST—Continued Troy Eller English and Alison Stankrauff, Assistant Editors (Continued from page 25) honored for its exhibit, People on the Stoddard, doctoral candidate, Univer- Center and Archives designed state- Move, with the Award of Merit from sity of Southern California, Defining standard-aligned educational ma- the American Association for State Worthiness: California Mental Health, terials and an innovative outreach and Local History (AASLH). The from Uneven Investment to Deinstitu- program which takes primary sources exhibit explored ideas of immigra- tionalization, 1941–1981. into classrooms to enhance students’ tion and race and ethnicity, while development of research and analysis celebrating the 50th anniversary OHIO skills while fostering an appreciation of the libraries’ Immigration His- for history at the local level. The tory Research Center Archives and The Cleveland Museum of Art project has received high praise from its partner, Immigration History With a startup grant from the VRA local educators. The Rock and Roll Research Center, through sharing its Foundation, the Cleveland Museum Hall of Fame Library and Archives own story of creating and developing of Art (CMA) archives has been digi- successfully executed several grant the archives to support a wide variety tizing historic images of the museum. projects for processing and program- of research. The Award of Merit is one Over 10,000 images of the building ming, including Scan Days to engage of the AASLH Leadership in History and its construction, the fine arts local communities and build and Awards and, now in its 71st year, garden, exhibitions, events, people, preserve its collections. The NEO is the most prestigious recognition and views of Cleveland, scanned Sound collection and programming for achievement in the preservation from original glass-plate, nitrate, promotes and fosters the spirit of his- and interpretation of state and local and acetate negatives, are now avail- tory preservation to a large and diverse history. able at digitalarchives.clevelandart audience and is a positive model for .org. The site also includes images repositories looking to build and University of Minnesota–Social promote their collections. Welfare History Archives and from manuscript collections includ- Kautz Family YMCA Archives ing artist John Paul Miller’s views of ghost town Bodie, California; SOUTH DAKOTA The Social Welfare History Archives watercolor views of French villages and Kautz Family YMCA Archives painted by museum benefactor John South Dakota State Historical at the University of Minnesota are Bonebrake; and the Mollie Brudno Records Advisory Board hosting three research fellows with collection of autographed photos of Three state history organizations were assistance from the Clarke Chambers world-renowned musicians, dancers, recently awarded grants through the Fellowship. Established in honor of conductors, and performers who South Dakota State Historical Re- Clarke Chambers, professor emeritus participated in Brudno’s Cleveland cords Advisory Board (SD SHRAB). of history and the founder of the Concert Course sponsored by CMA. The organizations that received Social Welfare History Archives, the The site is keyword searchable across funding this year and the amounts fellowships fund travel to the archives or within collections. Images can of their grants are Deadwood His- for dissertation writers and early be downloaded for research and tory, Inc., in Deadwood: $1,333.33; career scholars. The first fellowship educational use. The site is updated Heritage Hall Museum and Archives was awarded in 1992 and, to date, as images are scanned. in Freeman: $1,333.33; and Mitchell 123 fellows have visited the archives. Area Historical Society in Mitchell: Research fellowships were awarded Ohio Historical Records $1,333.33. The SD SHRAB received this year to Mark Hauser, doctoral Advisory Board a $7,932 grant from the National candidate, Carnegie Mellon Uni- The Ohio Historical Records Advi- Historical Publications and Records versity, Amusing the Millions: World sory Board (OHRAB) Achievement Commission, and $4,000 of the fund- War I and the Growth of American Award recognizes significant accom- ing was set aside for regrant funding. Mass Culture; Margaret Boren Neu- plishments by an Ohio archival insti- The SD SHRAB advocates for the bauer, doctoral candidate, Southern tution in preserving and improving preservation of historical records, Methodist University, American access to historical records. OHRAB educates the public and records Indian Child Welfare, Activism and congratulates the 2016 award win- caretakers about the importance of Sovereignty, 1945–1978; and Angelica ners! The Greene County Records the historical record, and leads the

26 MAC Newsletter • January 2017 NEWS FROM THE MIDWEST—Continued Troy Eller English and Alison Stankrauff, Assistant Editors historical community in preserving Not Be Recognized Oral History Research Center at the University and providing access to the state’s Project Interviews Digital Collection. of Wisconsin–River Falls has a new documentary heritage. For more The digital collection brings together online genealogy index available information, see history.sd.gov/ photographs and oral history record- (www.uwrf.edu/AreaResearchCen- Archives/SHRAB/shrabactivity ings from the exhibit Shall Not Be ter/Index.cfm). The index covers civil .aspx or call the South Dakota State Recognized. The exhibit was created in and criminal case files from Burnett Historical Society-Archives at (605) response to the Wisconsin resolution (1888–1971) and Pierce (1866–1930) 773-3804. passed in 2006, which amended the Counties; birth, death, and marriage state constitution to make it uncon- notices that appeared in the local Archives and Special stitutional for the state to recognize or newspapers (1853–1910); and official Collections at the University of perform same-sex marriages and civil birth, death, and marriage records South Dakota unions. The exhibit was comprised of up to 1907. The records are only The Archives and Special Collections photographic and verbal portraits of for Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and Saint at the University of South Dakota 30 same-sex Milwaukee couples in Croix Counties in northwestern (USD) is pleased to announce that long-term, committed relationships. Wisconsin, plus dribbles from Barron the Oscar Howe papers are open for The digital collection complements and Washburn Counties. New names research. Oscar Howe was an inter- the UWM Libraries LGBT Collec- are being indexed every week day, so nationally noted Native American tion, which documents Milwaukee return often if names sought after are artist who served on the USD faculty LGBT history and culture. not initially found. If a desired name for 25 years. He combined Native is not found, a copy of the record may American traditions with a modernist University of Wisconsin­– be ordered online and paid for with painting style. He is known for paint- River Falls a credit card, or ordered via the US ings with dynamic color, movement, The University Archives and Area Postal Service using a check. and abstraction. The Oscar Howe papers contain materials related to the life and artwork of Oscar Howe. The majority of the materials were collected by John Day, who served as University Art Galleries director and dean of Fine Arts. They include reference materials about Howe’s life, art, and legacy such as news clippings, publications, interviews, and other materials from John Day related to the management of the Oscar Howe Art Center and Howe’s artwork at the university. Please contact Archives and Special Collections for more information about this collection or visit libguides.usd.edu/archives.

WISCONSIN University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee The UW–Milwaukee Archives announces the launch of the Shall Great food awaits you at OMAMAC 2017! Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society.

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