Summary Information

Title: Milwaukee Turners Foundation Records
Inclusive Dates: 1848-2010

Creator:

• Milwaukee Turners Foundation

Call Numbers: Milwaukee Mss BM; PH Milwaukee Mss BM

Quantity: 17.3 cubic feet (22 archives boxes, 12 volumes, and 1 oversize folder) and 2.1 cubic feet of photographs (5 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries' Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Records of a social and political organization founded as the Socialer Turnverein by German immigrants, embodying their liberal beliefs. Turners' activities consisted of gymnastics, literary contests, drama, and social events such as picnics and band concerts. Collection includes correspondence; minutes, reports, and financial materials; printed histories, including anniversary materials, newsletters, newsclippings, and scrapbooks; member and membership information; records from groups within the organization; ballroom preservation and building renovation and restoration information; and photographs and slides.

Language: English, German

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil000bm

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