Gard Archives @ University of Wisconsin

Finding Aid: Major Subject Files

This finding aid was prepared by the Archives & Records Management Services staff at the University of Wisconsin in 2001.

• Clippings including Wisconsin Places and Personalities (Boxes 45 – 48)
• Community Arts Development (Boxes 49 – 52)
• Journals, Anthologies and Books (Box 52)
• Rhinelander School for the Arts (Boxes 52 – 54)
• Theatre and Other Materials – Oversized (Box 55)
• UWEX Arts Administration – General (Boxes 56 – 59)
• Wisconsin Idea Theatre (Boxes 60 – 62)
• Wisconsin Rural Writers Association (Boxes 62 – 65)

Boxes 45- 48: Clippings including Wisconsin Places & Personalities

Box 48: Additional Clippings and Wisconsin Materials (continued)

1. Miscellaneous Clippings
2. Miscellaneous Newspapers and Clippings (3 folders)
3. Reference Materials on Rural Areas
4. Wisconsin Bibliographies
5. Wisconsin Biographies – Miscellaneous
6. Wisconsin Centennial Booklets (3 folders)
7. Wisconsin Clippings (3 folders)
8. Wisconsin Information
9. Wisconsin Materials (2 folders)
10. Wisconsin Materials (3 folders)

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Boxes 49 – 52: Community Arts Development

Box 49: Community Arts Development – General

1. Community Arts Development (3 folders)
2. Community Arts Development Proposals
   Proposal for Development of an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Community Arts Development, 1968
3. Community Arts Development Manuals (2 folders)
4. Community Arts Development Manuals – Drafts
5. Smaller Community and Rural Area Arts Development (SCRAAD) Program, 1966
6. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #1 (Yr 1) July 1 to Oct 1, 1966
7. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #2 (Yr 1) Oct 1, 1966 to Jan 1, 1967
8. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #3 (Yr 1) Feb 1 to April 1, 1967
9. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #4 (Yr 1) June 30, 1967
10. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #1 (Yr 2) July 1 to Sept 31, 1967
11. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #2 (Yr 2) Oct 1 to Dec 31, 1967
12. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #3 (Yr 2) Jan 1 to March 31, 1968
13. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #4 (Yr 2) April 1 to June 30, 1968
14. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #1+2 (Yr 3) July 1, 1968 to Jan 1, 1969
15. SCRAAD Quarterly Report #3 (Yr 3) Jan 1 to April 1, 1969
16. SCRAAD Final Report July 1, 1966 to June 30, 1969
17. The Arts in the Small Community – SCRAAD Final Report, 1969
18. New Arts in the Small Community Conference, Oct 1966
19. The Arts and the Small Community Conference, June 1967 (2 folders)
20. The Arts and the Small Community Conference, June 1967 – Papers (2 folders)
    [see also tapes of the Arts and the Small Community Conference in Boxes 2 – 3]
21. The Arts and the Small Community: A National Plan
22. The Arts and the Small Community: A National Plan – Correspondence

Box 50: Community Arts Development – Subject Files

1. Articles on Wisconsin Idea Theatre
2. Arts Councils
3. Arts Councils around the Country (2 folders)
4. Arts Councils in Wisconsin (2 folders)
5. Arts Education in Milwaukee Public Schools, 1966-67
6. Arts in the Small Community – Program Resources, 1967-68 (3 folders)
7. Cornell Labor / Liberal Arts Program
8. Gard / Warlum / Kohlhoff – Discussion of Problems, Motivations, and Theories of the Arts Developer
9. Hansen, Ed – Regional Theatre – An Introduction, 1971
10. Hansen / Steele – Producing in the Grassroots Theatre, 1971
11. Hartung, Victor (?) – What are the problems of professional theatre?
12. Kohlhoff, Ralph – Articles on the Arts
13. Kohlhoff, Ralph – Address at Arkansas Arts Council Conference, 1969
14. Kreitlow, Burton – Articles on Education in Wisconsin
15. Middle-Sized City Proposal
16. Miscellaneous Articles on the Arts
17. Miscellaneous Papers Relating to the Arts in Wisconsin
18. Music Resources
19. National Conference on the Arts, Dec 1967
20. National Conference on the Arts, 1980
21. Reference Materials on Arts Education (2 folders)
22. Reference Materials on Leadership and Management
23. Reference Materials on Theatre
24. Regional Arts Around the Country
25. Report on Sing to the Land Wisconsin
26. Rural Arts Center Proposal, 1961-62
27. Textile Arts Proposal, 1967-68
28. Warlum, Michael – Articles on the Arts and Correspondence

Box 51: Community Arts Development – Arts Shows and Regional Theatres

Art Shows:

1. Cherryland – Door County, April 18, 1964
2. Eastern – Manitowoc County, April 25, 1964
3. Northwestern – Washburn County, May 16, 1964
4. Chequamegon Bay – Bayfield Host County, July 24-26, 1964
5. Hodag – Oneida Host County, July 25 – Aug 1, 1964
6. South Central – Columbia Host County, Sept 25-26, 1964
7. Western – Dunn Host County, Nov 7-14, 1964
8. Southeastern – Racine Host County, Feb 13, 1965
9. Southwestern – Green Host County, Feb 27, 1965
10. Central – Wood Host County, March 13, 1965
11. Green Bay – Oconto Host County, March 27, 196
12. Land O’ Lakes – Waupaca County, April 3, 1965
13. Eastern – Sheboygan Host County, April 10, 1965
14. North Woods – Florence Host County, April 24, 1965

Regional Theatres:

15. Community Theatres (Wisconsin)
16. Wisconsin Community Theatre Groups No Longer in Existence
17. Wisconsin Theatre Association
18. Amery Community Theatre, Ltd. / Baraboo Theatre Guild
19. Bay Players, Whitefish Bay / Beaver Dam Community Theatre
20. Belfrey Players, Lake Geneva, Williams Bay / Beloit Civic Theatre
21. Bonduel Little Theatre / Brookfield Players
22. Brown Deer Little Theatre / Burlington Haylofters
23. Center Playhouse, Madison / Chippewa Little Theatre
24. Evansville Community Theatre / Fennimore Community Theatre
25. Fond du Lac Community Theatre / Fort Community Theatre, Fort Atkinson
26. Franklin Players, Inc. / Green Bay Community Theatre
27. Hales Corners / Hardscrabble Players, Rice Lake
28. Hawkhill Playhouse, Hartland / Janesville Little Theatre
29. Jewish Center Playhouse / Kenosha Little Theatre
30. Kettle Moraine Players, Delafield / LaCrosse Community Theatre
31. Lake Country Players, Hartland / Lake Mills Little Theatre
32. Lancaster Players / Madison Children’s Theatre
33. Madison Theatre Guild / Manitowoc Masquers
34. Marshfield Theatre Art Association / Menomonie Theatre Guild, Inc.
35. Milwaukee Players / Mime and Man Theatre
36. Monday Night Club, Waupaca / Mounds Players, Fort Atkinson
37. Musical Masquers, West Bend / Musik, Inc., Kenosha
38. Muskego Playhouse, Inc. / Nicolet Theatre Company, Milwaukee
39. Northland College Players, Ashland / Oshkosh Community Players
40. Oshkosh Junior Theatre / Phillips Little Theatre
41. Platteville Little Theatre / Powder Box Theatre Guild, Oconomowoc
42. Racine Community Theatre / Racine Children’s Theatre
43. Richland Center / Riverside Players, Neenah
44. St. James Players, Madison / Schoolhouse Players, Hartland
45. Sheboygan Community Theatre / Shorewood Players, Milwaukee
46. Spearcarrier Company, Manitowoc / Spooner Community Players
47. Suburban Players, Milwaukee Area / Sunset Playhouse, Elm Grove
48. Superior Community Players / Theater North, Hurley
49. Tomah Little Theatre Guild / Tri-Area Little Theatre, Wisconsin Rapids

Box 52: Community Arts Development Regional Theatres (continued); Journals, Anthologies and Books; Rhinelander School for the Arts

1. Twin City Players, Marinette / Two Rivers Community Theatre
2. Village Playhouse, Wauwatosa / Washington Island Players
3. Waterford Footlighters / Watertown Curtain Club
4. Curtain Club Handbook, 1948
5. Waukesha Civic Theatre / Wausau Community Theatre
6. West Allis Players / Y-Playhouse, Milwaukee
7. Out-of-State Theatres

Journals, Anthologies & Books

Box 52 (continued): Journals, Anthologies and Books

8. Anthologies
9. Hawk and Whippoorwill: Poems of Man and Nature
10. Hawk and Whippoorwill Recalled
11. The Laurel Review
12. Poet Lore: A Quarterly of World Literature, Summer 1967
13. Rib Mountain Echoes, Vol. 1, by Wausau Writers Club
14. Spirit: A Magazine of Poetry
15. Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1974
16. A Danish View of British Farming by Jakob E. Lange
17. Doctor Regina by Ann Christine Schaefer
18. Friendship After Forty by James Allen Sparks
19. The Grange: Wisconsin’s Agricultural Heritage, 1871-1971 by LaVerne H. Marquart
20. One Hundred Years: The Wisconsin State Horticultural Society
21. Vince Lombardi: His Life and Times by Robert W. Wells
22. The Journal of Symbolic Logic: On Nonregular Ultrafilters by Jussi Ketonen
23. Gard’s Desk Calendar for 1964

Rhinelander School for the Arts

Box 52 (continued): Rhinelander School for the Arts

24. Creative Writers Workshop – Correspondence, 1964
25. Creative Writers Workshop – Materials Distributed, 1964
26. Creative Writers Workshop – Cancellations, 1964
27. Creative Writers Workshop – Photographs, 1964
28. Creative Writers Workshop – Scholarships, 1964
29. Creative Writers Workshop – Testimonials, 1964
30. Creative Writers Workshop – Inquiries, 1964
31. Creative Writers Workshop – Class Lists, 1964
32. Creative Writers Workshop – Enrollment Lists, 1964
33. Creative Writers Workshop – Questionnaires, 1964
34. Summer Theatre Festival – Correspondence, 1964
35. Summer Theatre Festival – Community Theatre Critique Forms, 1964
36. Creative Writers Workshop – Correspondence, 1965
37. Creative Writers Workshop – Inquiries, 1965
38. Creative Writers Workshop – Class Lists, 1965
39. Creative Writers Workshop – Scholarships, 1965
40. Creative Writers Workshop – Mailings, 1965
41. Creative Writers Workshop – Testimonials, 1965
42. Creative Writers Workshop – Staff, 1965
43. Creative Writers Workshop, 1965
44. Creative Writers Workshop – Dittos, 1965
45. Creative Writers and Art Workshop – Enrollment Lists, 1965
46. Art Workshop, 1965
47. Rhinelander Publicity, 1965
48. Rhinelander – Advertising, 1965
49. Summer Theatre Festival – Ticket Printing Information, 1965
50. Summer Theatre Festival, 1965
51. School of Fine Arts – Scholarships, 1965
52. School of Fine Arts – Material for Bulletin Board, 1965
53. Rhinelander – Publicity, 1966
54. Rhinelander – Donations, 1966
55. Rhinelander – Attendees List Dittos, 1966
56. Art Workshop, 1966
57. Ballet Workshop, 1966
58. School of Fine Arts – Enrollment Lists, 1966

Box 53: Rhinelander School for the Arts (continued)

1. School of Fine Arts – Scholarship Donations, 1966
2. School of Fine Arts – Staff, 1966
3. School of Fine Arts, 1966
4. Creative Writers Workshop, 1966
5. Creative Writers Workshop – Inquiries, 1966
6. Creative Writers Workshop – Scholarship Applicants, 1966
7. Creative Writers Workshop – Registration Materials, 1966
8. Inquiries, 1967
9. Brochures, 1967
10. Clippings, 1967
11. Registration, 1967
12. Rhinelander School of Fine Arts, 1967
13. Correspondence, 1967
14. Housing Information, 1967
15. Mailing Lists, 1967
16. Staff Contacts, 1967
17. Scholarship Donations, 1967
18. Correspondence, 1968
19. Requests for Information, 1968
20. Scholarship Donations, 1968
21. Registration, 1968
22. Staff, 1968
23. Registration: A-C, 1964-68
24. Registration: D-F, 1964-68
25. Registration: G-J, 1964-68
26. Registration: K-L, 1964-68
27. Registration: M-O, 1964-68
28. Registration: P-R, 1964-68

Box 54: Rhinelander School for the Arts (continued)

1. Registration: S-T, 1964-68
2. Registration: U-Z, 1964-68
3. Rhinelander, 1969
4. Correspondence, 1969
5. Registration, 1969
6. Brochures and Mailings, 1969
7. Scholarship Donations, 1969
8. Class Lists, 1969
9. Staff, 1969
10. Rhinelander, 1970
11. Publicity, 1970
12. Staff, 1970
13. Registration, 1970
14. Brochure, 1970
15. Rhinelander, 1971
16. Correspondence, 1971
17. Inquiries, 1971
18. Registration, 1971
19. Creative Writing Class, 1971
20. Correspondence, 1972
21. Instructional Forms, 1972
22. Schedules and Brochures, 1972
23. Scholarship Correspondence, 1972
24. Children’s Theatre, 1972
25. Creative Writing Workshop, 1972
26. Art Workshop, 1972
27. Rhinelander, 1973
28. Staff, 1973
29. Brochure, 1973
30. Correspondence, 1973
31. Student Work, 1973
32. Rhinelander – Student Work, 1973 (?)
33. Rhinelander, 1974-75

Theatre & Other Materials

Box 55: Theatre and Other Materials – Oversized

General Materials – Oversized:

1. Effective Books on Writing
2. Ellin, Mary and Marvin Barrett: TV Drama: New Golden Age of Theatre
3. Holiday Folk Fair Script, 1958
4. Quality Magazine Market List
5. Tips on Article Writing
6. Wingspread Conference Program, 1962

Theatre Materials – Oversized:

7. American Community Theatre Association Mimeos
8. Bibliography of Plays
9. Bibliography of Theatre Reference Books prepared for the Wisconsin Idea Theatre
10. Excerpts from Constitution of the American Education Theatre Association
11. Miscellaneous Mimeos re Wisconsin Idea Theatre and Wisconsin Regional Writers Association
12. Play Direction by Allen Crafton
13. Play List for 4-H Club and Other Rural Life Groups
14. Rural Drama Handbook (Wisconsin Idea Theatre Publication), 1960
15. Screen Settings for Amateur Groups
16. Shifting Events (Wisconsin Idea Theatre Publication), 1961
17. Stage Floor Plan, Little Theatre, Wisconsin State Fair
18. Stage Lighting Simplified, 1962
19. Wisconsin Idea Theatre Conference
20. Wisconsin Idea Theatre Questionnaire, 1957

Plays – Oversized:

21. Coward, Noel – Private Lives
22. Goldsmith – She Stoops to Conquer; Adapted by M.R. McElya
23. Moliere – The Doctor in Spite of Himself
24. Payne, Abbie J. – The Fatal Oak
25. Pharis, Gwen – The Rainmaker
26. Tao-Kim-Hai, Andre M. – Orientals are Stoic
27. Van Kleeck, Martha – Arena Theatre
28. Wilde, Oscar – The Importance of Being Earnest
29. No Author Listed – Echoes of the Sea
30. No Author Listed – Shadow of a Giant
31. No Author Listed – The Sign of Jonah

 

UWEX (University of Wisconsin Extension) Arts Administration:

Box 56: UWEX Arts Administration – General

1. UWEX Annual Reports, 1957-58, 1958-59
2. Administrative Papers, 1961-65
3. Administrative Papers, 1966-69
4. Departmental Rationale Committee, 1967-68
5. Regulations Governing the Arts / University Extension
6. Community and Natural Resource Development Annual Report, 1969
7. Administrative Papers, 1970-74
8. EMIS-SEMIS, 1971-73
9. Administrative Papers, 1975-76
10. UWEX Center System Survey Report, 1975
11. EMIS-SEMIS, 1975-76
12. Budget, 1975-76 (2 folders)
13. EMIS-SEMIS, 1976-77
14. EMIS-SEMIS, 1977-78
15. Administrative Papers, 1977-79
16. EMIS-SEMIS, 1978-79
17. Administrative Papers, Undated
18. Miscellaneous Proposals
19. Funding Information
20. UW Center System Reports
21. UW Newsletters – Miscellaneous

Box 57: UWEX Arts Administration – Subject Files

1. Adult Basic Education, 1970
2. Arts in the Community, 1973
3. Arts and Human Need Conference, 1975
4. Arts in Society, 1973-76
5. Badger Repertory Theatre for Children
6. College of Agriculture, 1963-66 (2 folders)
7. College of Agriculture Questionnaires, 1964
8. Community Programs, 1971
9. Continuing and Vocational Education, 1971-77
10. Cooperative Extension Creative Writing Program, 1971-73
11. County Questionnaires, 1974
12. Creative Arts Grant Proposal
13. Dance Division, 1969-71
14. Department of Art Education
15. Duke Ellington Festival
16. Elementary Music Workshop
17. 4-H
18. Honorary Degrees Committee
19. Individual Project Reports, 1971-72
20. Lowell Hall
21. Madison Public Schools
22. Mailing Lists
23. Music in the Small Church
24. Oneida Extension
25. Provisional Long-Range Plan for Higher Education in Wisconsin, 1967
26. Public Relations Committee
27. Regional Arts Workshop, 1971-72
28. Related Art Department, 1967
29. Requests to U.W. for Facilities
30. Resource Development
31. Richland Center Carnival of Arts, 1974
32. Sax Symposium, 1972
33. State String Development, 1969-75
34. Stratford Children’s Theatre, 1971
35. Wisconsin Community Art Specialist, Status Report, 1973
36. Wisconsin Heritage Project
37. Work Study
38. Working With the Small Businessman, Palmer McCoy

Box 58: UWEX Arts Administration – Instructional Approval Forms and Personnel

1. Instructional Approval Forms, 1962-63
2. Instructional Approval Forms, 1974 (2 folders)
3. Instructional Approval Forms, 1975
4. Personnel – General (2 folders)
5. Personnel – Aderman, Darrell
6. Personnel – Bradley, Joseph
7. Personnel – Chatterton, Grace
8. Personnel – Collins, Jean
9. Personnel – Corso, Emanuele
10. Personnel – Cowan, Karen
11. Personnel – Friou, Ken
12. Personnel – Gard, Robert
13. Personnel – George, Michael
14. Personnel – Grant, Judy
15. Personnel – Hugdahl, Ed
16. Personnel – Johnson, Diane
17. Personnel – Kamarck, Ed
18. Personnel – Kazar, Michael
19. Personnel – Kuemmerlein, Ken
20. Personnel – Michie, Mary
21. Personnel – O’Brien, Helen
22. Personnel – Ostrom, Ann
23. Personnel – Peterson, David
24. Personnel – Putz, Midge
25. Personnel – Rabin, Marvin
26. Personnel – Schinneller, James
27. Personnel – Swan, Robert
28. Personnel – Thompson, Harv

Box 59: UWEX Arts Administration – Budgets and Grants

1. Congress Appropriations
2. Congressional Letters
3. Application for Federal Continuation Grant, P.L. 89-10, Title III
4. Grant Proposal, Budget, and Correspondence, Year 1
5. Grant Proposal, Budget, and Correspondence, Year 2
6. Grant Proposal, Budget, and Correspondence, Year 3
7. New Grant
8. Grant Budget Control (2 folders)
9. Extension Budget Control
10. Budget Projection, 1966-71
11. Extension Budget – Travel Expense Reports, 1966-67
12. Extension Budget, 1967-68
13. Budget for Community Arts Development / Art in the Uplands / Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1968
14. Extension Budget, 1968-69
15. Extension Budget – Community Arts Development, 1968-69
16. Extension Budget – Shell Lake / Spring Green / Strasberg, 1968-69
17. Extension Budget, 1969-70
18. Biennial Budget, 1969-71

 

Wisconsin Idea Theater

Box 60: Wisconsin Idea Theatre

1. Scrapbooks: 1946-48, 1948-49, 1949-51, 1951-53, 1953-55, 1957-58

Box 61: Wisconsin Idea Theatre (continued)

1. Arthurian Drama, 1963-67
2. WIT, 1958-63
3. Membership and Correspondence, 1964
4. WIT Trust Fund, 1964-66
5. Incorporation of Little Theatre Groups
6. Cultural Wisconsin Day, 1965
7. WITC Conference, May 1965 (2 folders)
8. WITC Conference – Registration, May 1965
9. WITC Conference – Handouts, May 1965
10. WITC Conference – Workshops, May 1965
11. WITC Conference – Housing and Meals, 1965
12. WITC Conference – Finances, May 1965
13. WITC Board Meeting, May 1965
14. WIT, 1965
15. Aaron Bohrod Award, 1966
16. WITC Conference, May 1966
17. WITC Conference – Correspondence, 1966-68
18. WIT, Summer 1966
19. WIT, 1966
20. National Theatre Conference Questionnaire, 1967
21. Children’s Theatre, 1967
22. Stadium Starlight Festival, 1967
23. WIT, 1967 (2 folders)
24. WIT Minutes, 1968
25. WITC Conference, 1968
26. WIT, 1968
27. WITC Conference, 1969
28. Applications for Membership, 1969
29. One-Act Play Competition, 1969
30. Dittos, 1969
31. WIT, 1969 (2 folders)
32. Wisconsin Community Theatre Association (WCTA) Conference, Oct 1970
33. Publicity Ideas, 1970
34. Wisconsin Idea Theatre Foundation (WITF), 1970
35. WITF, 1971-73
36. Beaford Centre, 1971-72
37. Spring Green, 1966-72

Box 62: Wisconsin Idea Theatre (continued)

1. WITF, 1976-81
2. Manuscripts on WIT and Arts in the Community
3. WIT T.V. Script
4. Brochure
5. Dittos
6. WIT / WITF – Miscellaneous
7. WIT Clippings

 

Wisconsin Rural Writers Association:

Box 62 (continued): Wisconsin Rural Writers Association

8. WRWA – Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
9. Board of Directors
10. Finances
11. Corporate Records, 1953-60
12. Committees
13. Report of Philosophy Committee
14. Members (3 folders)
15. Minutes, Finances and other Administrative Papers, 1956-66
16. Minutes, Finances and other Administrative Papers, 1966-72
17. Minutes, Finances and other Administrative Papers, 1972-77
18. Newsletter, 1950-60
19. Wisconsin Regional Writer, 1962-72
20. Conferences, 1956-61
21. Conferences, 1964-72
22. Annual Contest Winners, 1950-64
23. Publicity
24. Regional Visits, 1971-73

Box 63: Wisconsin Rural Writers Association (continued)

1. WRWA Anthology, 1965-66
2. High School Writers Conference
3. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
4. International Exchange Project
5. Wisconsin Regional Art Association
6. Round Robin
7. Creative Wisconsin
8. 25th Anniversary
9. Dittos
10. Wisconsin Writing Clubs
11. Wausau Writing Club
12. Mailing Lists
13. History of WRWA
14. WRWA – Miscellaneous
15. Correspondence, 1958-59
16. Correspondence, 1960-61
17. Correspondence, 1962
18. Correspondence, 1963
19. Correspondence, 1964
20. Correspondence, 1965-69
21. Correspondence, 1970-77
22. Undated Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers
23. Correspondence – Betty Anderson
    [see also additional correspondence in Box 25]

Box 64: Wisconsin Rural Writers Association (continued)

1. Scrapbooks: 1949-51, 1952-54, 1958-60

Box 65: Wisconsin Rural Writers Association (continued)

1. Data cards of WRWA members