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Month/Day/Year: November 8, 1950
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Milwaukee State Teachers College football team defeats Carroll College during Homecoming. Actor Donald O'Connor attends the game. Footage of the game. See script for names of players.
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 #1.


Month/Day/Year: June 6, 1951
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. 55 students from the Wisconsin State College in Milwaukee receive certificates for completing their studies.  Among the people present are President Edwin Fred, Dr. George Parkinson and Arthur Grede.  See script for names of students and other people in attendance.
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 #17. 


Month/Day/Year: October 29, 1952
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler, Governor Walter Kohler, and Dr. J. Martin Klotsche break ground for a new library and training school at the Wisconsin State College in Milwaukee.
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 #8.


Month/Day/Year: December 17, 1952
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The cornerstone of the million-dollar addition to the Wisconsin State College in Milwaukee is put into place. Board member Gretchen Schoenleber took her turn with the trowel.
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 #9.


Month/Day/Year: January 28, 1953
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. John F. Spacek received the Cudahy Junior Chamber of Commerce 1952 award for his work with veterans' activities. Last year's winner, Arthur McCue, was present. Dr. Edward Parkinson of the Wisconsin State College in Milwaukee was the main speaker.
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 #11.


Month/Day/Year: November 18, 1953
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The women's field hockey team from Wisconsin State College in Milwaukee played a team from St. Louis. Footage of the game. See script for names of players.
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 1, 1954
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Students at the Wisconsin State College in Milwaukee help to transfer about 100,000 library books from Mitchell Hall's old library to the new larger library in Mellencamp Hall.  The transfer will take about a week.
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 #23.


Month/Day/Year: December 15, 1954
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The University of Wisconsin's board decides to recommend a 2 million dollar program for the Wisconsin State College in Milwaukee. Dr. George Parkinson, Regent Chester Wanvig and Board President Matt Werner tour a science lab.
Notes: The film is black and white, negative, and does not have sound; there is a script.  The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #23.


Month/Day/Year: May 12, 1959
Segment Description: Special Assignment. First in a series on the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Footage of students and campus as well as the surrounding area. The script talks about future expansion plans.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: May 13, 1959
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Second in a series on the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Students give their opinions on the purchase of Downer Seminary and future expansion of the University. Students Hal Czajkowski, Jim Rush, Carol Brown, and Barbara Reed are interviewed.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: May 15, 1959
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Third in a series on the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. UWM neighbors, Mrs. Kenneth Gruenwald and Joseph Wendel, express their opinions and feelings about parking and school related issues.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: August 6, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. An experiment, led by University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee scientists, is in progress on the North Side. A chemical is injected into trees affected by Dutch Elm disease. Gordon Raynor talks about the results.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: August 7, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Researchers have found a new way to attack Dutch Elm disease in trees. Dale Norris heads the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee team researching the project. Knowledge has been gained in testing the trees that have the disease.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: December 17, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 1 of 5 part series. An increase in students and their cars has caused parking problems at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Interviews with resident Ronald Padway, Student Government President Bill Mett and Alderman Allen Calhoun.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #72.


Month/Day/Year: December 18, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 2 of 5 part series. Students attending classes at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee at night prefer to park on the streets rather than plug meters in the lots. Interviews with Ronald Padway and Bill Metts about the night parking situation.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #72.


Month/Day/Year: December 19, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 3 of 5 part series. Alternate parking proposals and solutions are discussed by University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Provost J. Martin Klotsche, Bill Metts, and Alderman Allen Calhoun.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #72.


Month/Day/Year: December 20, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 4 of 5 part series on parking problems around the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. A local residents group, Lakeside Community Council, wants a shuttle service put into place. UWM Student Government President Bill Metts presses for more parking lots.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #72.


Month/Day/Year: December 21, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 5 of 5 part series. Alderman Allen Calhoun talks about the city's efforts to alleviate the parking situation around the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. UWM has hired a planning specialist to help deal with the problem.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #72.


Month/Day/Year: September 8, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Professor Frederick Olson of the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee talks about the impact campaign buttons have had on political campaigns in the past and in the present. He shows some of the buttons from the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: July 6, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a groundbreaking ceremony at UWM for the new library.  Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche digs the first shovel of dirt.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #40.


Month/Day/Year: November 23, 1965
Segment Number: 1, 2 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to a sold out crowd at UWM.  He says people get too bogged down in studies and analysis which leads to inaction.  At a press conference, King comments on a number of issues including de facto segregation in Milwaukee schools, economic deprivation, and legislation for fair employment.  He says all people must work together to solve problems.
Notes: The film is black and white; segments one and two have sound; segment seven is silent. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.


Month/Day/Year: December 10, 1965
Segment Number: 1 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the Board of Regents meeting. Fred Harrington talks to the board about UWM's future in the expanding medical profession in Milwaukee.  UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche speaks to the Board about UWM taking the initiative to establish an urban university sports conference with schools in the Milwaukee area.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.


Month/Day/Year: February 4, 1966
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche talks about the recent approvals from the UW Board of Regents to create a School of Architecture and a Library School as well as a few other graduate programs. Footage of the Board of Regents is interspersed with footage of Klotsche.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 9, 1966
Segment Number: 7 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A reporter asks UWM students about the parking situation around campus. All share some displeasure with the lack of availability of street parking near campus. Some tout the bus as a worthy alternative to driving to campus. All but one of the students thinks that a park and ride shuttle bus service to campus would be a good and convenient service to students.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 21, 1966
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the men's basketball game between UWM and Marquette University.  Marquette won the game by a score of 82-64.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 1, 1966
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche talks about plans for the traffic and parking situation at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. The parking resolution that was passed will increase parking spaces from 1,300 to 2,700. Currently, 72% of students commute by car, 8% walk, and 20% take the bus.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 21, 1966
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage.  Footage of an event at UWM sponsored by the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.  A group of female students wear potato sacks with patches while another group of female students play in a pile of hay.  Other activities include a pie eating contest and a leapfrog race.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 1, 1966
Segment Number: 1 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage is shown of the construction of the new library at UWM. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 5, 1966
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage is shown of the commencement ceremony at UWM.  People gather on a large field.  There is a stage under a tent.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 29, 1966
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a meeting of the new city/university co-ordinating committee.  Mayor Henry Maier and a number of other men are present.  A diorama of the UWM campus is shown.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: September 8, 1966
Segment Number: 6 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Fred Harrington says J. Martin Klotsche will still be UWM chancellor while Klotsche is participating in the Brazilian Higher Education Project.  Klotsche will also remain chancellor until he is 65 in order for policy matters to be set up with new deans.  Harrington says some have said they will lose confidence in Klotsche if he is gone from campus but Harrington feels Klotsche's commitment to stay an additional five years should instill confidence.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: September 8, 1966
Segment Number: 7 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Students sit on bleachers at Engelmann Field at UWM.  Fred Harrington speaks to them during the president's convocation for new students.  Approximately 1,000 freshmen and 1,600 other new students attend.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: September 9, 1966
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meet.  They unanimously endorse J. Martin Klotsche's participation in the Brazilian Higher Education Project.  Klotsche will be in Brazil for eighteen months.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 6, 1966
Segment Number: 1 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The State Commander of the American Legion and a representative of UWM debate the right of the Free University of Milwaukee to exist on campus.  The American Legion is against the Free University using tax supported facilities to hold their activities.  He feels, however, that the Free University should have the right to their freedom of speech as long as they meet elsewhere.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 8, 1966
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A representative of the American Legion discusses their disapproval of the Free University being located at UWM.  He says the Legion cannot endorse the study of Marxism.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 10, 1966
Segment Number: 1, 4 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man says the Free University is concerned with studying the nature of Communism considering that in a democratic society, an informed public will be better able to defend its freedoms.  Footage is shown of students entering a classroom in Bolton Hall.  Reporters linger in the hallway.  Sigmund Eisenscher, former chair of the Wisconsin Communist Party, will be lecturing in a student sponsored series.  Ed Hinshaw says the Students for a Democratic Society are sponsoring the first class of the Free University.  He says that tonight's lecture is "The Study of Marxism as a Social Science."
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: November 5, 1966
Segment Number: 4 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the UWM parade down Wisconsin Avenue.  There are floats, a marching band, and cheerleaders.  The theme of this year's parade is "Once Upon a Time."  The mock defeat of the St. Norbert College Knights is played out.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: November 30, 1966
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Peaceniks from UWM set up a table across from Army recruiters.  They hand out literature advocating peace.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #49.


Month/Day/Year: December 4, 1966
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a banquet.  Cornelius L. Golightly is the guest of honor at a testimonial dinner at the Plankinton House.  Golightly is a professor at UWM.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 8, 1966
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Sister Juliana, administrator at St. Mary's Hospital, says student nurses from UWM will use St. Mary's for clinical experience beginning on January 30, 1967.  St. Mary's will be phasing out their three year diploma program.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 9, 1966
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage is shown of a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting.  Models of the proposed residence hall towers and science complex at UWM are shown.  The board approves plans to build the new dorms.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 22, 1967
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the UWM winter graduation ceremony. Silent footage of Governor Warren Knowles speaking. Fred Harrington says UWM is no longer an unknown institution. Arthur De Bardeleben says state government has always supported academic freedom.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 17, 1967
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of people moving books from the old library in Mellencamp Hall to the new library at UWM.  Books are put onto carts which are then loaded onto a truck.  Once at the new library, the carts are unloaded and books are put onto shelves.  The new library is located off of Hartford Avenue and opens on Monday February 20.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 24, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Cynthia Esty and Darlene Beyerl, two University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee students, share their feelings on returning to school and talk about why they decided to go back to school.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: March 1, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of a two part series. Shozo Sato is interviewed. Sato is the instructor for a Japanese dance class offered by the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee's Department of Continuing Education for Women. Footage of Sato dancing.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #66.


Month/Day/Year: March 2, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a two part series. Shozo Sato talks about the ways in which men portray women in traditional Kabuki dances. Sato is teaching a class on Japanese dance offered by the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee's Department of Continuing Education for Women.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #66.


Month/Day/Year: March 9, 1967
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a sold out lecture by Stokely Carmichael at UWM.  About 1,000 students file in to hear him speak and they applaud when he comes on stage.  The crowd is made up of mostly white students.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 7, 1967
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of four unidentified officials touring the new library building at UWM which was completed earlier this year.  Students sit on the floor along the walls studying and working on projects.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 8, 1967
Segment Number: 3 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. In an interview, UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche discusses the parking problem at UWM.  He says that mass transportation is an issue at many urban universities in the United States.  He hopes that by perhaps fixing the problem at UWM, they will set a standard other universities can follow.  Klotsche says the problem is a long range one and that the university is trying to come to grips with it by expanding parking structures on campus.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 10, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of a six part series. The ongoing bus strike has increased the parking problems at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Eric Shenker of the Parking Committee discusses the problem and possible solutions.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: April 11, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a six part series. Residents around the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee have appealed to Alderman Allen Calhoun to restrict student parking in residential neighborhoods. Calhoun comments on the problem. Footage includes aerial views of UWM.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: April 12, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three of a six part series. Professor Eric Shenker reports on the Parking Committee's findings and their solutions for the parking shortage at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: April 13, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part four of a six part series. Professor Eric Shenker gives the details of a mass transit solution proposed to solve the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee's parking shortage. A federal grant is in the works.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: April 13, 1967
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Three men sit at a table in a large classroom in Bolton Hall.  A sign behind them reads "Forensics Union presents Popcorn Forum."  There are two big bags of popcorn on the table and a full audience in attendance.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 14, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part five of a six part series. Students give their opinion of the mass transit proposal for solving the parking problems at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. See script for last names of students.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: April 17, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part six of a six part series. Eric Shenker describes three major advantages students will have from using mass transit rather than parking at or around the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: May 15, 1967
Segment Number: 3 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. In an interview, an unidentified man representing UWM's transportation department talks about the new parking survey.  He says its purpose is to get a mass transit demonstration grant and to lure students onto the buses.  Footage of the surveys being photocopied, sliced, folded, and sorted for distribution.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: May 18, 1967
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of members of UWM's ROTC being reviewed on the campus football field.  Protestors march across the field and sabotage the event.  The protestors then sit in the bleachers and the ceremony continues with an officer presenting an award.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: May 28, 1967
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche discusses his work at a university in Rio De Janiero as part of the Brazilian Higher Education Project.  Besides having a different background, Klotsche says the students in Brazil also have less extracurricular activities which makes them focus more on Brazil's politics.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: May 28, 1967
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The UWM Alumni Awards ceremony is held at the Pfister Hotel.  Milwaukee Journal cartoonist Ross Lewis, Donn Brazier, and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir are presented with distinguished alumni awards.  Aviv Ekrony accepts Maier's award on her behalf.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 4, 1967
Segment Number: 4, 8 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of UWM's graduation ceremony.  Three unidentified men speak.  Students stand in line and step forward after their name is called to receive their diploma.  900 students graduate and 6,000 people attend the event which takes place in a circus tent on Pearse Field.  Segment 10 shows graduation at UWM and at Marquette University.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 24, 1967
Segment Number: 8 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Adolph Suppan, dean of the School of Fine Arts at UWM, says the arts should not just be for adults but for children as well, especially those in the inner city.  He proposes that concerts, dances, and other visual art shows be brought to children in the inner city.  Suppan says a faculty member has already begun an art program in the inner city (see Special Assignments  from March 5-7, 1968).
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: November 16, 1967
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Newsreel.  Footage of the groundbreaking ceremony at UWM for the new Sandburg Hall dormitory.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: November 29, 1967
Segment Number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a protest at UWM against Dow Chemicals holding closed interviews on campus.  People hold signs requesting on campus open job recruitment and protesting the Vietnam War.  Dow is the manufacturer of the napalm used in Vietnam.  Protestors march across campus, in Riverwest and in downtown Milwaukee carrying signs and handing out literature.  Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche says UWM has no intention of changing its interview policy since the state has found it to be a legal process.  He explains why interviews with Dow Chemical were held downtown this year as opposed to on campus.  Students also demonstrate in the union.
Notes: The film is color; segments three and five have sound; segments one, two, four, and six do not have sound.  Segments one through four are in can one of two; segments five and six are in can two of two. Segments 1, 2, 3 have been transferred to videotape; see videotape #69.


Month/Day/Year: December 15, 1967
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents visit the UWM University Extension Community Programs Center.  Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche and an unidentified man speak to the group.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 16, 1967
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of cheerleaders from UWM and three other schools practicing cheers outside on the UWM campus.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 7, 1968
Segment Number: 5, 7 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. David Robinson, Dean of Student Affairs, and District Attorney Hugh O'Connell sit across from each other. O'Connell asked to meet after a survey at UWM revealed that 20% of those asked admitted to using drugs. Dean Robinson says he would tell O'Connell if he had any knowledge of someone selling drugs to UWM students. He would not blow the whistle on a student who may have questions about or has tried marijuana and comes to him for help. Robinson continues by saying that he will meet with O'Connell anytime. He has, and will continue to, give information on drug dealers to authorities. Robinson thinks O'Connell's statement that he is not a good citizen because he won't report students who seek help with drugs is disenchanting.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 9, 1968
Segment Number: 1, 4 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. District Attorney Hugh O'Connell says he and UWM officials have established a basis for communication concerning drug use on campus. Dean David Robinson says he will turn in a "pusher" but not necessarily a user - he is bound by law to keep student confidentiality and will unless there is serious criminal activity involved. O'Connell says he will use any means possible to track down anyone involved with drugs on college campuses. Dean Robinson says faculty and staff are aware of problems of drug use but don't have the staff to actively seek out users and dealers.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. Segments 4 and 7 are in can 1 of 2 and segment 1 is in can 2 of 2 for January 9.


Month/Day/Year: January 16, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche speaks at the Milwaukee Board of Realtors annual luncheon.  He says UWM is currently the largest generator of construction in Milwaukee.  UWM has committed $87 million to buildings and land.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 28, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the UWM winter commencement ceremony.  Students in caps and gowns walk into a hallway where people are sitting.  An orchestra plays and a man speaks at a podium.  The graduates walk across the stage to receive their diplomas.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 16, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the UW Board of Regents meeting.  They are discussing the proposed expansion of the UWM campus.  A man points to and talks about a small scale model of the campus. 
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 26, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a student demonstration inside a UWM building in downtown Milwaukee.  The students are protesting the recruitment of students by Dow Chemicals and the CIA.  Several students from Pi Sigma Epsilon wear placards indicating their support for open job recruiting.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 27, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche meets with twelve student representatives, including Gary Haugen, to discuss the previous day's protest.  Klotsche states that there is a place for protest on campus provided that it does not obstruct or disrupt work and activities on campus.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 5, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of a three part series. UWM Professor Ruth Milofsky talks about bringing art to residents of the Hillside Project. She talks about how the art project got started and the role educators and the community have both played in it. Footage of some of the artwork.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: March 6, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a three part series. UWM Professor Ruth Milofsky explains how people, especially kids, get involved in the art programs at the Hillside Housing Project. She discusses the reaction the program has received from the community. Footage of artwork done by some of the children in the program.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: March 7, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three of a three part series. Several unidentified instructors work with kids. They also talk about the art the kids make and how the program provides a way for the kids to express themselves. Footage of some artwork.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: May 23, 1968
Segment Number: 2 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche says they are planning for land that UWM wants to acquire.  The state Building Commissioner's decision recommends UWM acquires 15 of the 55 acres identified in the immediate future so that staff can determine priorities.  Klotsche says he is pleased by today's decision in Madison because UWM expansion has been on the back burner for years.  He says now the uncertainty is removed and the purchase of land for expansion can occur soon.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 7, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of an outdoor gathering of UWM students.  Some wear "Milwaukee 14" armbands.  The students outside listen to a speaker while students inside listen to a string ensemble.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 10, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of women campaigning for men's votes for the UWM Homecoming court.  Ed Hinshaw looks at taffy apples the cheerleaders are selling.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 15, 1968
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a rally and march in support of the Milwaukee 14 held by UWM students and faculty.  Several people, some of them with their faces painted white, lead the crowd in a chant or song.  A large group is then seen walking outside.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 16, 1968
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the Stowell Activities Center.  UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche says letters were sent to local draft boards by the Milwaukee Organizing Committee (MOC) with the university's address and phone number on them.  An unidentified man says MOC works to educate students about the selective service.  Klotsche says the university will attempt to ascertain whether the MOC used campus facilities illegally.  An unidentified man says Klotsche's actions are unwise and they are being declared guilty until proven innocent.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 17, 1968
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the Delta Tau Delta's lap sitting contest at UWM.  Women pile on top of a man's lap until the pile collapses.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #51.


Month/Day/Year: October 19, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Robert Modrzejewski receiving a plaque from an unidentified man from the UWM Alumni Association.  Diane Modrzejewski looks at the plaque with her husband.  Modrzejewski is a medal of honor winner.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 21, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of a five part series. A number of people are interviewed about the potential for more protests and demonstration at Marquette, UWM, and Madison during the current school year. The consensus is that there will be more. The last names of the people interviewed are given in the script.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: October 22, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a five part series. Adminstrators from Madison, Marquette, and UWM, including Fred Harrington and Father Sheridan, discuss student demonstrations. They feel students have the right to protest as long as the school can function and is not disrupted.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: October 23, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three of a five part series. Students from Madison, Marquette, and UWM comment on the level of communication between the administrations and student groups. Only one feels that the administrators are not honestly trying to communicate and work with students.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: October 24, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part four of a five part series. Students and administrators comment on some of the reasons students are protesting: racism, bad food, the high cost of books, Vietnam, and frustration with the political system.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: October 25, 1968
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part five of a five part series. Students and Father Sheridan talk about student unrest. A student feels they lose respect by conducting violent protests. Another student talks about what Eugene McCarthy supporters will do and another says students will continue to protest for years to come.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there is a script.


Month/Day/Year: October 29, 1968
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of students carving pumpkins outside at UWM.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 7, 1968
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a mock tank made out of plywood placed on top of an ATV driving across the lawn on the UWM campus.  The tank is driven by two men in military clothing.  Signs on the vehicle advertise a performance of Bertolt Brecht's "A Man's A Man."
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 12, 1968
Segment Number: 1 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche says major universities have professional schools, PhD programs, and outstanding undergraduate programs.  He says in order to achieve this, you do not need less space, you need more university.  Klotsche says land costs are a minor part of developing a four year institution and that capital investment is the largest expenditure.  He does not know if the Waukesha proposal will come to fruition but a decision on expansion is needed.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #41.


Month/Day/Year: January 8, 1969
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a meeting of the City Planning Commission and the Common Council's Street, Zoning and Judiciary Committees concerning the proposed expansion of the UWM campus.  An unidentified man talks about acquiring land. A second unidentified man tells a reporter why he opposes the expansion.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 10, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Harry Brockel talks about his new position as lecturer for the UWM Center for Great Lakes Research. He was the director of Milwaukee's port for 25 years. Brockel feels his skills will fit in with the mission of the center.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 11, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Harry Brockel talks about his new career as a lecturer at UWM's Center for Great Lakes Studies. He looks forward to delving into every aspect of the center and is honored to be a part of the new undertaking.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 17, 1969
Segment Number: 4 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche is interviewed by John McCullough. He talks about the funding crisis facing Wisconsin taxpayers because of growing college enrollments. Klotsche says that putting a ceiling on enrollment is unrealistic.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 18, 1969
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Elmer L. Winter, the president of Manpower, the temporary employment service, receives the Frank J. Mellencamp Award. He is seen with two members of the UWM Alumni Association.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: February 25, 1969
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM students hold a "Most Unpopular Person" poll. Students line up to vote on such candidates as Chancellor Klotsche and the Milwaukee 14.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 3, 1969
Segment Number: 4 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM professor Ernest Spaights talks about the possibility of creating a Black Culture Center at UWM. He says that if students do their "inner politicking" they may be able to get what they have asked for.
Notes: The film is color; segment 4 is silent, segment 5 does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 3, 1969
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of UWM students lining up to sign a petition. Signs over the table read "UW-Milwaukee Young Dems" and "Support Bucher."
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 13, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a faculty meeting at UWM. They are discussing the development of an Afro-American Studies department. An unidentified man talks about why several black students walked out of the meeting.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 24, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the snack bar area in the Student Union. A physical altercation between black and white students recently took place there.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 25, 1969
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An African American UWM student makes a statement about the recent violence at the "Panther Pit" in the Student Union. He says the fight was a result of black students sitting in the area frequented by big "Greek letter groups."
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 16, 1969
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM students install a set piece for the modern dance "Cry Mother" which will be performed at UWM's Fine Arts Theatre. The piece, by John Alden Anderson, is a columnar form - a 25,000 cubic foot black polyethylene bag.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #45.


Month/Day/Year: April 23, 1969
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM students take part in a Farm Day sponsored by Tau Kappa Epsilon. Students compete in relay races and a pie eating contest.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: May 2, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM students compete in a tug-o-war contest as part of the University's annual charity event. The tug-o-war is taking place near the Student Union
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #69.


Month/Day/Year: May 19, 1969
Segment Number: 4 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father John Raynor of Marquette University and J. Martin Klotsche of UWM discuss the recent demonstrations on their respective campuses. Raynor talks about the ROTC program at Marquette and Klotsche talks about the issues of African American students.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: May 21, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche appears at a leadership review to honor outstanding cadets in the ROTC program. He talks about the benefits of the program.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #46.


Month/Day/Year: June 8, 1969
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Governor Warren Knowles speaks at the UWM commencement. 1,500 students receive their diplomas.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 23, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche at the groundbreaking for a new addition to the Student Union.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: July 16, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A special meeting of the UW Regents has been called to discuss recent state cuts to the university system budget. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche talks about the repercussions of the cuts. He says that with 1,500 new students in the system, quality will suffer.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: August 13, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Editorial.  Footage of the exterior of a building on the UWM campus at 1908 Downer Avenue as well as footage of the rest of campus including a construction site and Lapham Hall.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: August 14, 1969
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Members of the UWM Symphonic Band prepare to depart on a tour of Germany. They are leaving from the Fine Arts Building. Their first stop will be a brewery in Dortmund. A student is interviewed and then the horn section plays some German music
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: September 12, 1969
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a student art exhibit at the UWM Fine Arts Center. A reporter interviews artist Guy Baldwin who has created a sculpture called "Sweet Chariot." The sculpture is made of various bicycle parts. The reporter takes the piece for a ride.
Notes: The film is color; segment 2 does have sound, segment 3 is silent.


Month/Day/Year: September 19, 1969
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Man on the Street interviews. UWM students share their opinions on President Richard Nixon's proposed draft reform. A student says it will get the "undesirables out of college." Another states that it's a good thing because he doesn't want to go to Vietnam. A third student says that the draft "enslaves people." A fourth student says that people will go into other occupations rather than fill up colleges.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 7, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The segment looks at the preparations for the upcoming Vietnam War Moritorium on the UWM campus. The moritorium is a nationwide anti-war observance. UWM professors and University of Wisconsin President Fred Harrington are interviewed.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: October 9, 1969
Segment Number: 2 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Two unidentified men respond to warnings from the Young Americans for Freedom that there will be violence on the UWM campus during the Vietnam War Moritorium. One of the men says the media has been irresponsible for airing the Y.A.F.'s views. Another unidentified man says that he fears that violence might erupt on campus if police or a tactical squad shows up during the moritorium.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #52.


Month/Day/Year: November 7, 1969
Segment Number: 4 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the UWM Homecoming parade down Wisconsin Avenue. The parade includes a marching band, floats, and a car full of UWM students in drag. Back on campus, students take part in a "lap sitting contest" in the Fireside Lounge. Contestants vie to see who can hold the most co-eds on their lap. Homecoming queen Mrs. Robert Peterson tops the pile which then tumbles down. Students have a sing-a-long.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The films have been transferred to videotape; see videotapes #52 and #69.


Month/Day/Year: November 19, 1969
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A large number of UWM students listen to a member of SDS (Students for Democratic Society). He says SDS wants to do as much as it can to fight the "imperialist U.S." A student asks a question about Communism in Russia and is shouted down. Tempers flare.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: November 22, 1969
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A music professor at UWM plays a harpsichord. UWM purchased the harpsichord from Miss Marlowe who brought it with her during her summer residence at the school. It is becoming more common for music schools to have a harpsichord.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 1, 1969
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of pages of a signed petition. UWM student Dexter Riesch says they have worked through all the proper channels and that the students are willing to pay a $7.00 athletic fee to help support the athletic and recreation programs on campus.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 12, 1969
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the UW Board of Regents meeting. Then UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche talks about the recent gift from the Fromkin Family. The $100,000 gift is the largest gift UWM has received thus far.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 16, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a cave-in at the UWM Union expansion construction site. One man is pulled out and a second man, Hubert McNamer, is pulled out on a stretcher. McNamer was able to breath because the dirt was loosely packed. He was treated for bruises at the hospital and then released.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: December 18, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a ROTC flag raising ceremony outside of Vogel Hall on the UWM campus. The ceremony is to commemorate the 150th anniversary of ROTC in the country.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 8, 1970
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a group of UWM students and others demonstrating in downtown Milwaukee.  They wear gas masks, surgical masks, and hold signs.  Also footage of a meeting in support of Fred Tabak's clean air proposal.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 9, 1970
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of damage caused by a fire at UWM.  Men sift through charred papers.  A damaged typewriter is seen.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 11, 1970
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Members of the UWM Alumni Association meet.  An unidentified man says his committee has been lied to and insulted.  They are upset because Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche wants to end the football program at UWM.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 14, 1970
Segment Number: 4 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche talks about continuing the current level of support for the football program for one year.  He does not support the idea of football at UWM becoming a "big time" program and says having a club football team is an alternative.  Klotsche says football is the most expensive sport and that supporting football for the next 3-4 years could cost a quarter of a million dollars.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 15, 1970
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Unidentified men discuss a proposal to abandon intercollegiate football and other athletics at UWM.  Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche wants a closer examination of any plans with high costs.  He suggests a spending cap of $600,000 and not building any permanent facilities for at least five years.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 16, 1970
Segment Number: 1 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of fire trucks outside of Mitchell Hall.  A message on a wall reads "Goodbye Mitchell Hall and good luck."  This is the second fire in Mitchell Hall in two weeks.  The fire started on the stage of the second floor auditorium and vented itself through windows which led to about $2,000 in damage.  The fire chief says it started around noon and looks suspicious.
Notes: The film is color; segment one does not have sound, segment six does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: January 25, 1970
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the winter graduation ceremony at UWM.  Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche speaks from a podium in Uihlein Hall at the Performing Arts Center.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #47.


Month/Day/Year: February 26, 1970
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of students at Marquette University carrying a small flag draped coffin.  They stop in front of the St. Joan of Arc chapel.  At UWM, students gather in front of the Student Union and burn a flag.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The films have been transferred to videotape; see videotapes #47 and #69.


Month/Day/Year: March 3, 1971
Segment Number: 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a UWM RAP for Student Control of Education meeting. RAP stands for reason, action, and purpose.  Students and others speak about issues facing UWM and talk about the future of the university.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 4, 1971
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a RAP session at UWM.  The three day conference, "RAP for the '70s," continues tomorrow.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 19, 1971
Segment Number: 6 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the School of Architecture at UWM.  There is talk of closing the school.  A representative of the School of Architecture talks about the consequences of not having a professional program.  He says they will lose faculty and students.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: March 25, 1971
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Governor Patrick Lucey visits the UWM campus.  He views a model of the campus.  Lucey says he will cut spending on construction projects in the state and that he will examine every major project.
Notes: The film is color; segment two does not have sound, segment three does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 7, 1971
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man talks about his anti-war experiences at a day long teach-in on the Vietnam War at UWM.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: April 19, 1971
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson speaks to students at UWM. Nelson's speech is part of UWM's Earth Week activities.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: May 7, 1971
Segment Number: 4, 6 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche discusses the possibility of the Wisconsin College of Medicine and UWM jointly offering a medical school.  He believes they have a lot to offer but that with increasing state aid, comes increasing state control.
Notes: The film is color; segments four and six do have sound, segment nine does not have sound.


Month/Day/Year: May 10, 1971
Segment Number: 7 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. UWM student John Bowitz talks about his art exhibit.  Part of the exhibit includes a wall covered with 600 rejection letters he has received from jobs he has applied for.
Notes: The film is color; segment seven does not have sound, segment eight does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 1, 1971
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man from UWM's Center for Great Lakes Studies talks about the programs they have underway.  The programs include inshore and offshore studies of water quality.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.


Month/Day/Year: June 2, 1971
Segment Number: 1 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the Sociology Department office in Bolton Hall at UWM.  Dr. Whitney says the fake bomb was just a project that was turned in for one of his classes in contemporary American society.
Notes: The film is color; segment one does have sound, segment seven does not have sound.

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