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Wisconsin -- Politics and government.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander A. Meggett Papers, 1839-1947

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss Q
Summary Papers of Meggett, Eau Claire, Wisconsin's first lawyer, including correspondence, articles and speeches, biographical data, clippings, and mercantile business account books kept by him and his father, Alexander Meggett, in Chickopee Falls, Mass., in 1839. Correspondence include family letters and exchanges with Wisconsin political figures Jeremiah Rusk and Elisha Keyes. Also included is a biography of Henry Cousins of Eau Claire, and a pamphlet concerning an 1870 railroad celebration at Eau...
Dates: 1839-1947
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Arthur L. Padrutt Papers, 1941-1981

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CS
Summary

Papers of Padrutt, a former Republican legislator (1941-1956) from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and member of the Public Service Commission (1956-1975), consisting primarily of chronologically arranged constituent correspondence. Some of the correspondence concerns legislation requiring that stray animals be turned over to medical laboratories for research. The speeches document both his legislative career and his tenure on the PSC.

Dates: 1941-1981
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Frank L. Nikolay Papers, 1959-1978

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AZ
Summary Papers of an assemblyman from Clark County (1958-1966; 1968-1970) who served in a leadership capacity both on the floor of the Legislature and within the Democratic Party. Alphabetical subject files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, speeches, press releases, committee records, and printed matter. Best are the files on various committee memberships including the Building Commission, Interstate Cooperation Committee, Judiciary Committee, Special Committee on Town...
Dates: 1959-1978
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

John M. Lavine Papers, 1937-1993 (bulk 1960s-1980s)

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss DD-PH Eau Claire Mss DD
Summary Papers, 1937-1993 (mainly from the 1960s through the 1980s), of John M. Lavine, a journalism educator and the publisher-owner of the Wisconsin-based Lavine Newspaper Group (LNG). The collection documents operations of four newspapers (the Chippewa Herald-Telegram of Chippewa Falls, Portage Daily Register, Baraboo News Republic, and the Shawano Evening Leader), as well as his service as a member...
Dates: 1937-1993 (bulk 1960s-1980s)
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Larry Leventhal Lac Courte Oreilles-Northern States Power Legal Papers, 1920-1986

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 335
Summary

Larry Leventhal was one of the legal representatives of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin during a series of legal proceedings between the tribe and the Northern States Power Company (NSP) during the 1970s and 1980s. The series includes Leventhal’s own files as well as federal and state records pertaining to the trials.

Dates: 1920-1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Marshall Cousins Papers, 1837-1947

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss I
Summary Papers of Marshall Cousins, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and notebooks containing information transcribed from published and other sources, and a small collection of papers of his father, Henry Cousins, an East Troy attorney, including letters written by John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin congressman. The Potter letters, 1857-1869, contain caustic characterizations of...
Dates: 1837-1947
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Peter J. Smith Papers, 1920-1928

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss U
Summary

Papers of Smith, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Republican Party leader, consisting almost entirely of correspondence with Wisconsin progressives and with members of the Scandinavian-American Fraternity. Correspondents include Robert M. La Follette, John J. Blaine, James A. Frear, and C.N. Saugen.

Dates: 1920-1928
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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