ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND BROADCASTING

ANDREWS, FRANK, MUSIC COLLECTION, 1956-1972, n.d., 0.6 foot.
Audio recordings of approximately 17 hours of American Indian songs in native languages. Most were recorded in Montana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota at festivals or private homes. [Connect to Inventory]

BELLOC, HILAIRE, COLLECTION, 1905-1938, n.d., 0.4 foot.
A collection of 35 brief letters and 3 typescript articles by Belloc, purchased from a rare book dealer.

BEST, MARY, PAPERS, 1927-1987, 2.4 feet.
Papers documenting the professional theatrical career of a Marquette University graduate, including playbills and programs, press clippings, photographs, and a limited amount of correspondence. [Connect to Inventory]

CATHOLIC BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION RECORDS, 1947, 1955-1972, n.d., 5.2 feet.
Records of an association of Catholic radio and television professionals that preceded Unda-USA. Correspondence, publications, photographs, and proceedings of general assemblies and Gabriel awards banquets comprise the bulk of the collection. [Connect to Inventory]

CATHOLIC FILMS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS COLLECTION, 1952-1953, 1955, 1959, n.d .
A collection of films from the 1950s relating to the Catholic faith, including Christopher Programs with James Cagney, Danny Thomas, and Robert Young; a Catholic Hour program on corrupt practices in US politics; and a film of a Midnight Pontifical
High Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

CHESTERTON, GILBERT K., COLLECTION, 1910-1949, n.d., 4.2 feet.
A collection of items by and about Chesterton, including 6 literary manuscripts (5 in his hand), several letters, articles and pamphlets, and a run of G.K.'s Weekly.

GLASS SLIDE COLLECTION, ca. 1900-ca. 1930, 35.5 feet.
Slides from the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, Campion High School (Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin), and the Marquette University Lecture Bureau, largely relating to art, geography, and the Catholic Church.

HILDEGARDE (LORETTA SELL) PAPERS, 1921-1982, 7.8 feet.
Correspondence, photographs, press clippings, programs, and ephemera documenting the career of internationally celebrated cabaret and cafe singer/pianist Hildegarde Loretta Sell (known professionally as "The Incomparable Hildegarde"), a native of Adell, Wisconsin who attended the Marquette University School of Music in 1924-1925. Most of the documents are contained in 49 scrapbooks. [Connect to Inventory]

HOUGHTON, ELIZABETH WHITCOMB, COLLECTION, 1900-1945, 2.8 feet.
Letters and manuscripts of 30 American and English authors, including Lascelles Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke, Walter De La Mare, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, A.E. Housman, Joyce Kilmer, T.E. Lawrence, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Siegfried Sassoon. Many of the letters were written to John Drinkwater. [Connect to Inventory]

JANDA, JAMES PAPERS, n.d. (0.6 foot unprocessed).
Primarily poetry, plays, and children's stories. Most notable is "The Hanbelachia Collection," which pertains to Native Americans and Catholic evangelization by Jesuits in western South Dakota. This collection is closed.

KENNEBECK, EDWIN, PAPERS, ca. 1942-1996, 5.7 feet.
Papers of a writer and editor for Viking Press, consisting largely of manuscripts of unpublished novels, short stories, and plays. Also included are diaries, journals, scattered correspondence, book reviews and other published writings, and background material for Kennebeck's book on the trial of 13 Black Panthers (1970), for which he served as a juror. [Connect to Inventory]

KILMER, JOYCE /CAMPION COLLEGE COLLECTION, 1908-1975, 0.8 foot.
Materials relating to the poet and his relationship with Campion College of the Sacred Heart, a high school for boys operated by the Society of Jesus in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Included are letters from Kilmer to James Daly, S.J., letters from literary figures to Kilmer, handwritten drafts of five poems, and typescript drafts of two essays and a talk. Notable correspondents include Edna Ferber, Susan Glaspell, and Gene Stratton-Porter. [Connect to Inventory]

MARASCO, FRANK J., CARTOON COLLECTION, ca. 1930-ca. 1962, 3.0 feet.
The collection consists of 774 original drawings by a long-time cartoonist for the Milwaukee Sentinel, largely concerning politics and sports (especially baseball). Many of the sports cartoons depict the Milwaukee Braves. [Connect to Inventory]

McGUIRE, AL, FILM AND VIDEOTAPE COLLECTION, 1953-present, 39.0 feet.
A collection of audio, video and 16 mm film relating primarily to McGuire's second career in broadcasting. A large portion of the gift collection consists of master videotape interviews with prominent college basketball coaches and players. Highlights include McGuire's own interview with WTMJ the day he was hired by Marquette (4/11/64) and 15-minute half-time (NBC) shows with Digger Phelps, Bobby Knight, and Michael Jordan. The collection also documents McGuire's civic contributions with many reels of "Al's Run" for Children's Hospital. [Connect to Inventory]

McNEILL, DONALD T., COLLECTION, 1928-1969, 72.7 feet (6.0 feet unprocessed).
Records of the long-running ABC Network radio program The Breakfast Club (1933-1968) and Don McNeill's TV Club (1950-1951), and related personal papers of their host, Don McNeill. Included are program scripts and outlines; publicity and advertising material; photographs; clippings and scrapbooks; films of Breakfast Club simulcasts, TV Club programs, and other television programs featuring McNeill; audiotape and phonograph recordings of Breakfast Club programs from the 1940s and 1950s; and master audiotapes for the last seven months of The Breakfast Club, 30 May-27 December 1968.

NEW, GEORGE E., PAPERS, 1905-1992, 6.7 feet.
Papers of a Milwaukee artist who created etchings of Milwaukee buildings and area colleges and universities, as well as portraits of prominent Milwaukeeans and commercial art for Miller Brewing Company. New was also an adjunct professor at Mount Mary College and Marquette University. Included are correspondence, photographs, appointment calendars and notebooks, lecture notes, etching plates, and newspaper clippings documenting the artist's life and work in Milwaukee. [Connect to Inventory]

OLSZYK, ARTHUR L., PAPERS, 1946-1996, 8.2 feet.
Papers of a pioneer in local news in Milwaukee, who served as news editor of WTMJ-TV from 1963 to 1980, including correspondence, office memoranda, photographs, press clippings, and publications. [Connect to Inventory]

POWERS, JESSICA, PAPERS, ca. 1920-1989, 4.0 feet.
Papers of a poet and Discalced Carmelite nun (Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, 1905-1988) including correspondence (mostly letters received), handwritten and typescript drafts of poems, scrapbooks of her poetry and other writings, copies of her books, and writings about her. Notable correspondents include August Derleth, Raymond E. F. Larsson, Robert F. Morneau, and Regina Siegfried.

PRIEBE, KARL J., PAPERS, 1900-1978, 13.7 feet.
Papers of a Milwaukee artist (1914-1976), including letters and postcards sent to Priebe, literary manuscripts, sketchbooks, original drawings, exhibition catalogs, memorabilia, clippings, photos, slides, and other papers, reflecting Priebe's interests in art, bird watching, jazz, and black culture. Includes 4,000 photos by Carl Van Vechten. Correspondents include Gertrude Abercrombie, Carol Blanchard, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jackie Cain, Morton Da Costa, Owen Dodson, Edward Harris Heth, Langston Hughes, Roy Kral, Willard Motley, Charles Sebree, Carl Van Vechten, and John Wilde. [Connect to Inventory]

SHEEN, FULTON J., RESEARCH COLLECTION, 1913-2000, 3.9 feet.
Research files of Thomas C. Reeves for his biography, America's Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen (2001). The records include interview transcripts, photographs, press clippings, publications by and about Sheen, and subject files. [Connect to Inventory]

SHEET MUSIC COLLECTION, 1846-1963, n.d., 56.7 feet.
A collection of music for string and wind instruments and voice, including many manuscript and printed compositions and arrangements by Christoph Bach and Hugo Kaun. [Connect to Inventory]

SUTTON, LEE WHITEHORSE, COLLECTION, 1962-1964, n.d., 1.4 feet (1.0 foot unprocessed).
Audio recordings of approximately 40 traditional American Indian songs in native languages with English language commentaries. Most songs were recorded for instructional purposes by Sutton in Chicago as master recordings under his label, "Chunksa-Uha Sings." Most songs originated in North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, which reflects the tribal diversity of Chicago in the 1960s. [Connect to Inventory]

TOLKIEN, JOHN RONALD REUEL, COLLECTION, 1911-present, 126 feet (3.0 feet unprocessed).
Published and unpublished materials relating to the life and fantasy writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, including the original manuscripts for three of his most celebrated books - "The Hobbit" (1937), "Farmer Giles of Ham" (1949), and "The Lord of the Rings" (1954-55) - as well as the original handwritten and illustrated copy of the children's book "Mr. Bliss" (published in facsimile form in 1982). Books by and about Tolkien, and periodicals produced by Tolkien enthusiasts, are cataloged separately. Other literature consists of auction sale notices, book reviews, conference announcements and programs, exhibit catalogs, journal and anthology articles, obituaries, and unpublished scholarly papers and essays. Also included are calendars, dramatizations, games and puzzles, poems and songs, sketches and paintings, and teaching materials, in addition to audio recordings of readings and radio adaptations and video recordings of movie adaptations and commemorative documentaries. Also includes a film treatment of "The Lord of the Rings," written in 1957 by Morton Grady Zimmerman and annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien. [Connect to Inventory]

UNDA-USA RECORDS, 1947, 1973-present, 5.2 feet. (11 feet unprocessed)
Records of an association of Catholic radio and television professionals. Unda-USA succeeded the Catholic Broadcasters Association and was succeeded by the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals. Correspondence, publications, photographs, and proceedings of general assemblies and Gabriel awards banquets comprise the bulk of the collection. [Connect to Inventory]

WISN-TV: FILMS OF MILWAUKEE AREA NEWS EVENTS, 1956-1963, n.d., 8.0 feet.
A collection comprised of 16mm black and white film of Milwaukee area news events produced by an outside contractor employed by WISN-TV (Channel 12).

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