Elections--Wisconsin
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Arnold Gilberts Papers, 1930-1934
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss C
Summary
Papers of Gilberts, president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Farmers' Holiday Association, which was started in Iowa during the Depression by Milo Reno as an “organized refusal to deliver the products of the farm at less than production costs.” Correspondence and minutes of meetings and conferences, 1932-1933, are mainly concerned with the farmers' strike in October and November of 1933 and with Gilberts' 1932 primary campaign on the Progressive ticket as candidate for the U.S. House of...
Dates:
1930-1934
Donald O. Peterson Papers, 1947-1980
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BB - Eau Claire Micro 23
Summary
Papers, mainly 1967-1972, of Donald O. Peterson, a liberal leader of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. The papers document Peterson's work in state and national Democratic party politics and reform initiatives. Major subjects include Peterson's leadership of Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign in Wisconsin (available only on microfilm); his participation in the New Democratic Coalition (1968-1973), the Commission on Rules of the Democratic National Committee (1969-1972), and the...
Dates:
1947-1980; Majority of material found within 1967-1972
Interview with Donald Peterson, 1993
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 321
Summary
An oral history with a liberal leader in the Wisconsin Democratic Party during the 1960s-1970s, opposed to U.S. involvement in Vietnam, Donald Oliver Peterson. Topics covered are the presidential candidacy of Eugene McCarthy in 1969 and Peterson’s role in the Wisconsin primary, the Democratic National Convention, and the election.
Dates:
1993
North Western Lumber Company Records, 1870-1955
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss A
Summary
Records of North Western Lumber Company, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin company, organized in 1873, which engaged in lumbering in northwestern Wisconsin until the depletion of timber supplies halted operations in about 1920. Correspondence relates primarily to the management and gradual liquidation of the company's assets after 1920. Most of the letters were written by George W. Hipke of Stanley, an officer of the company. Among these are many which pertain to his campaigns for the state...
Dates:
1870-1955
Roy P. Wilcox Papers, 1890-1925
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AV
Summary
Papers of Roy P. Wilcox, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, attorney, Republican state senator from 1917 to 1920, and unsuccessful primary candidate for governor in 1918 and 1920 and for senator in 1925. The papers consist of materials from his political campaigns and his State Senate term, speeches, and a small subject file concerning the city commission form of government and workmen's compensation legislation. The political materials include lists of supporters, campaign literature, a few financial...
Dates:
1890-1925