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Summary Information
John P. Otis Church Histories Collection
1967-2002
UWM Manuscript Collection 8
18.6 cubic ft. (23 boxes and 20 photograph albums)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
The collection consists of John P. Otis's photographs, slides,
and compiled histories of about 5,000 Wisconsin churches and a few synagogues, acquired over
a twenty-year period. Most photographs are 3" x 3" color exterior images of the buildings,
housed in twenty albums. The photographs are indexed by "history" cards, arranged by
locality. The collection includes four boxes of negatives, in no apparent order; and
seventy-two maps showing the routes Otis traveled and the location of many of the churches
he photographed.
Otis compiled the history of the churches through a standard form
which requested the year the church was founded, the first pastor, and denomination or sect.
A number of the respondents provided additional historical information. The forms are
maintained in files, arranged by locality and/or county, which also contain histories of the
churches, and newsclippings. The collection includes Otis' correspondence (1968-1979)
concerning the acquisition of materials; the development of the project; miscellaneous faith
and denomination histories; newsclippings; solicitation of funds; and efforts to donate the
collection.
The collection also includes a videocassette of news reports and a
TV Workshop featuring John Otis.
English
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