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Finding Aid of the Milwaukee Journal Stations Records > Subject Guide

Marquette University—Campus

1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1965 | 1966 | 1969

Month/Day/Year: May 9, 1951

Segment Number: 15

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Marquette University broke ground for its new million-dollar student union building.  University President Father Edward O'Donnell turned the first shovel of dirt.  Alumni Association President Richard Gogin and Dr. George Parkinson of UW-Milwaukee were present.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #5.

Month/Day/Year: October 31, 1951

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Marquette University dedicated its new Business Administration Building during Homecoming.  President Father Edward O'Donnell is seen with Dean Father Thomas Devine and Raymond Glos of Miami University.  See script for other names.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.  The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #20. 

Month/Day/Year: May 28, 1952

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Marquette University broke new ground for the new medical school building.  Marquette President Father Edward O'Donnell did the honor of turning the first shovel.  Others present were Father Clarence Ryan, Dr. Max Fox, Dr. Edgar Habeck, and Dr. John Hirschboeck.  

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.

Month/Day/Year: April 15, 1953

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The formel dedication of Marquette University's new student union named for the University's late president, Father Peter Brooks.  Footage of the interior.  Others in attendance include Father Edward J. O'Donnell, Charles Cobeen, and Helen Brooks.  

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #12.

Month/Day/Year: December 2, 1953

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The new Memorial Library at Marquette University is dedicated.  Mary K. Dempsey, Director of Libraries, gives Thomas Luettgen and Joseph Gagliano a tour.  She shows the carrells reserved for faculty.  Footage of the interior of the library.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.

Month/Day/Year: December 9, 1953

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Atomic Energy Commissioner Thomas Murray was in town for the dedication of the new library at Marquette University.  He talked with Marquette Graduate School Dean Father Edward J. Drummond and Harry S. Pease of the Milwaukee Journal.  

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.

Month/Day/Year: January 27, 1954

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The murals inside Marquette University's Brooks Memorial Union were dedicated.  They were commissioned by Gimbel's.  Bruce Gimbel and Charles Zadok viewed the main lobby mural.  Art expert James Johnson Sweeny and Father Edward O'Donnell also participated.  

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #15.

Month/Day/Year: February 11, 1965

Segment Description: Special Assignment.  C. Frederick Wehr, also known as Todd Wehr, returned to Milwaukee to donate 2.25 million dollars to Marquette University.  Wehr and University President Father William F. Kelley talk about the buildings that will be built with the money.  

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. 

Month/Day/Year: January 10, 1966

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of unidentified men doing restoration work on the Joan of Arc Chapel at Marquette University. The men put some broken stone pieces back together.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. 

Month/Day/Year: January 26, 1966

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the dedication of a new dormitory on the Marquette University campus. Marquette President Father John Raynor shakes hands and applies cement to a brick. Footage of construction vehicles.

Notes: The film is in color and does not have sound. 

Month/Day/Year: September 22, 1969

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the aftermath of a fire at Marquette University's Teatro Maria Theatre located at 1210 W. Michigan St. The area is largely destroyed. A burned piano sits in the debris.

Notes: The film is in color and does not have sound. 

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