Wisconsin Council on Human Concerns Records, 1919-1982

Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin Council on Human Concerns Records
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1982

Creator:
  • Wisconsin Council on Human Concerns
Call Number: Mss 735; Micro 791; Tape 1191A

Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (14 archives boxes), 17 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 5 tape recordings

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of an organization of professional social workers and citizens originally formed in 1881 as the Wisconsin Conference of Charities and Corrections in order to improve social welfare programs in the state. As its functions evolved, the council operated as the Wisconsin Conference of Social Work (1918-1941) and the Wisconsin Welfare Council (1941-1973), before reincorporating under its current name in 1973. Archival records document council history after 1918 (although published minutes and proceedings for earlier years are available in the Historical Society Library). The records consist of administrative correspondence of the board and the executive director; a nearly complete run of Board of Directors minutes and related agenda materials; planning materials and speeches (a few in recorded form) for state and local conferences; committee files pertaining to the council's monitoring of revisions in the Children's Code and other social welfare legislation, its interest in the conditions of migrant workers, and other activities; reports and studies; histories; and financial records and related material documenting the council and its long relation with United Way, the United Defense Fund, and Wisconsin Community Chests and Councils. Portions of the records (1922-1973, but mainly 1950-1956) are available only on microfilm.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00735
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