Summary Information

Title: Clinton Ballard Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1921-1945

Creator:

• Ballard, Clinton, 1860-1946

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 11

Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Wisconsin State Assemblyman (1909-1921) Clinton Ballard, including personal and some official correspondence, 1921-1929, two speeches made by Ballard in his retirement years (1941 and 1945), and miscellaneous printed material, most of it relating to Robert M. La Follette's presidential campaign of 1924. Ballard served in several public capacities including State Treasury Agent (1921-1925) and, by appointment of his life-long friend, Governer Fred R. Zimmerman, Superintendent of Public Property (1926-1928). The official correspondence contained in the papers concerns Ballard's activities in these positions. Correspondents include Zimmerman, La Follette, and Robert M. La Follette, Jr.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0011