Container
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Title
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Series 15
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Part 2 (Series 15): Governor's General Correspondence, 1956-1958 19.0 cubic feet (19 records center cartons) : This series comprises the bulk of Thomson's correspondence during his tenure as governor of Wisconsin (1957-1958). The series is arranged as it was in Thomson's office as an alphabetical subject file with the files arranged first into broad general categories and then subdivided into more detailed subjects. Within these categories researchers will find material of many different kinds. While there are many letters concerning policy and issues from legislators, leaders in politics and business, and departmental administrators, one can also find extensive correspondence from ordinary citizens concerning various problems with state government and copies of replies drafted for the governor by agency personnel. Such files are most extensive for the Department of Public Welfare, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and for a category entitled legal problems. Administrative files concerning speaking engagements, invitations, requests, etc. have been extensively weeded to remove routine material. There is little of a personal or political nature in the series, although there are many letters from citizens concerning the vacancy created by the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and some material on Thomson's support of Robert Taft in 1952. Topics which are particularly well documented include the economic development of the state, highway safety, conservation and the environment, the state budget and the prospect of a sales tax, and the St. Lawrence Seaway and Wisconsin's participation in the Great Lakes Compact Commission.
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Box
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Folder
1-3
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File guide list of correspondence received
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Aeronautics
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Box
1
Folder
4-6
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Aeronautics Commission
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Box
1
Folder
7
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North Central Airlines application
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Agriculture
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Box
1
Folder
8-9
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Agriculture, Department of
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Cheese
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Dairy price support
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Data
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Box
1
Folder
13-14
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General
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Tobacco
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Wisconsin State Fair and county fairs
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Appointments
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Box
1
Folder
17
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General correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Accountancy, Board of
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Aeronautics Commission
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Agriculture, Board of
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Athletic Commission
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Banking Review Board
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Basic Sciences Board
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Chiropractic Board
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Box
1
Folder
29
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Circuit court judges
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Civil court judges
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Box
1
Folder
26
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Civil Defense Council
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Civil Service Advisory Commission
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Civil War Centennial Commission
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Box
1
Folder
30
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Conservation Commission
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Conservation Commission (continued)
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Coordinating Council for Higher Education
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Coroners, County
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Box
2
Folder
4-7
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County judges
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Credit Union Review Board
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Crime Laboratory Board
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Dental Examiners Board
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Box
2
Folder
11
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District attorneys
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Box
2
Folder
12
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District courts
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Educational Advisory Committee
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Employment Relations Board
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Expressway Commission - Milwaukee County
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Fair Employment Advisory Committee
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Box
2
Folder
17
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Federal appointments
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Fine Arts Committee
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Box
2
Folder
19
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Firemen's Training Advisory Committee
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Box
2
Folder
20
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Food Standards Advisory Committee
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Box
2
Folder
21
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General
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Box
2
Folder
22
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Grain and Warehouse Commission
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Box
2
Folder
23
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Group Life Insurance Board
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Box
2
Folder
24
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Great Lakes Compact Commission
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Box
2
Folder
25
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Health, Board of
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Box
2
Folder
26
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Highway Commission
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Box
2
Folder
27
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Highway Condemnation and Land Acquisition Committee
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Box
2
Folder
28
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Highway Safety Committee
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Box
2
Folder
29
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Human Rights Commission
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Box
2
Folder
30
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Humane officers
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Box
2
Folder
31
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Governor's Committee on Income Tax Simplification
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Box
2
Folder
32
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Industrial Commission
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Box
2
Folder
33
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Industrial Development Committee
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Box
2
Folder
34
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Insurance Commission
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Box
2
Folder
35
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Institutions, Standards for County Welfare
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Box
2
Folder
36
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Interstate Bridge Commission
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Box
2
Folder
37
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Judicial Council
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Box
2
Folder
38
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Medical Examiners, Board of
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Box
2
Folder
39
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Metropolitan Sewage Commission
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Box
2
Folder
40
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Metropolitan Study Commission
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Box
2
Folder
41
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Municipal judges
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Nautical Committee
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Northern Great Lakes Council
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Nurses Department
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Optometry Board
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Personnel Board
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Personnel director
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Pharmacy, Board of
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Physically Handicapped, Governor's Committee for the Employment of the
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Public Service Commission
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Radio Council
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Railroad Passenger Service Committee
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Real Estate Brokers, Board of
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Registers of Deeds
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Retirement Fund
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Box
3
Folder
15
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Retirement Study Commission
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Box
3
Folder
16
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Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on
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Box
3
Folder
17
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Savings and Loan Advisory Committee
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Box
3
Folder
18
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Sheriffs, County
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Box
3
Folder
19
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Soil Conservation Committee
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Box
3
Folder
20-21
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State Colleges, Board of Regents of
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Box
3
Folder
22
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State Treasurer
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Box
3
Folder
23-24
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Supreme Court
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Box
3
Folder
25
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Tax Appeals Board
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Box
3
Folder
26
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Turnpike Commission
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Box
3
Folder
27
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Uniform State Laws, Commission on
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Box
3
Folder
28
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University Board of Regents
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Box
3
Folder
29
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University Board of Visitors
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Box
3
Folder
30
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Urban Expansion Committee
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Box
3
Folder
31
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Veterans Advisory Committee
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Box
3
Folder
32
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Box
3
Folder
33
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Vocational and Adult Education, Board on
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Box
3
Folder
34
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Watchmakers Examining Board
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Box
3
Folder
35
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Water Resources Committee
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Box
3
Folder
35a
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Welfare Board
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Box
3
Folder
36
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Welfare, Children and Youth Division
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Box
3
Folder
37
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Wisconsin Memorial Commission
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Box
3
Folder
38
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Athletic Commission
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Attorney General (Stewart Honeck)
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Box
3
Folder
39-40
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1957
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Box
4
Folder
1-2
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1958 : Includes Honeck's report on taconite mining for Committee Awards for the development of Mineral Resources, ex Series 858
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Governor's Service Awards
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous awards
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Bonds, United States
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Box
4
Folder
6-10
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Books, magazines, and articles sent to Governor
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Buildings, Construction, and Maintenance, State
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Capitol parking
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Engineering, Bureau of
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Space needs
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Box
4
Folder
14
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State Building Commission
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Sites for District IV office building
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Box
4
Folder
16
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Green Bay office building site
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Conferences
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Aging needs
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Box
4
Folder
18
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Anti-litter Committee
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Box
4
Folder
19-20
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Children and youth
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Box
4
Folder
21
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Education beyond high school
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Box
5
Folder
1-3
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Education beyond high school (continued)
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Box
5
Folder
4
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General
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Box
5
Folder
5-6
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Governors' conferences
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Box
5
Folder
7
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President's Conference on Higher Education
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Youth Fitness Council
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Box
5
Folder
9-10
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Congratulatory letters from the Governor
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Conservation
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Box
5
Folder
11-14
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Conservation Commission
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Fire prevention
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Box
5
Folder
16
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Fishing
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Box
5
Folder
17
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General
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Box
5
Folder
18
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Hunting
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Box
5
Folder
19
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Natural Resources Committee
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Box
5
Folder
20
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Soil Conservation Committee
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Box
5
Folder
21
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Watershed Coordinating Committee
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Contributions, Donations
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Correspondence
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Children's letters
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Box
6
Folder
3-6
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General
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Mrs. Thomson
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Unusual letters
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Deaths
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Department Heads
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Correspondence
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Meetings
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Education
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Coordinating Council for Higher Education
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Educational Advisory Committee
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Box
6
Folder
14-15
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General
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Box
6
Folder
16-17
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Public Instruction, Department of
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Box
6
Folder
18
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Warren-Gratiot District
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Universities
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Box
6
Folder
19
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Integration (Merger) of
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Box
6
Folder
22
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Milwaukee
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Box
6
Folder
20
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State Colleges, Board of Regents of
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Box
6
Folder
23
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Stevens Point
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Box
6
Folder
21
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Stout
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Box
6
Folder
24
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Superior
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Box
6
Folder
25
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University of Wisconsin
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Vocational and adult education
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Emergencies
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Box
7
Folder
3-4
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Civil Defense
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Emergency board
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Box
7
Folder
5
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General
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Tornado, 1958 June
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Employment, Correspondence regarding State
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Box
7
Folder
7
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General
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Box
7
Folder
8
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State salaries
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Examining boards
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Box
7
Folder
9
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General
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Medical Examiners, Board of
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Pharmacy, Board of
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Box
7
Folder
12
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Real Estate Brokers, Board of
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Executive Office
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Box
7
Folder
13
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Brussels World's Fair
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Box
7
Folder
15
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Business in Washington, D.C.
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Box
7
Folder
14
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County seats office hours
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Box
7
Folder
16-17
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Federal government
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Box
7
Folder
17-18
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General
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Box
7
Folder
19
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Midwest Universities Research Association
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Box
7
Folder
20
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Pending
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Box
7
Folder
21
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Personnel
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Finances, State and Local
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Box
7
Folder
22
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Audit, State Department of
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Box
7
Folder
23
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Beverage Tax Division
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Box
7
Folder
24
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Budget and Accounts
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Box
7
Folder
25
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Investment Board
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Box
8
Folder
1-2
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Sales tax
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Box
8
Folder
3-4
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Taxation Department
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Box
8
Folder
5-8
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Taxes - General
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Box
8
Folder
9
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Treasurer
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Financial Institutions, Regulation of
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Banking Commission
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Box
8
Folder
11
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Banking Review Board
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Insurance, Department of
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Box
8
Folder
13
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Insurance, Group
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Box
8
Folder
14
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Savings and Loan Associations, Department of
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Box
8
Folder
15
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Securities
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Box
8
Folder
16
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Foreign Assistance, Organizations for Fuel
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Box
8
Folder
17
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General
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Box
8
Folder
18
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Natural gas
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Gifts
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Box
8
Folder
19
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Gifts for the Governor
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Box
8
Folder
20
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Gifts from the Governor
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Governor
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Box
8
Folder
21
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Honorary memberships, etc.
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Box
8
Folder
21a
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Biographical information
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Box
8
Folder
22
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Invitations extended by the Governor
: See also general subject category Invitations
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Photographs, Miscellaneous correspondence
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Visitors, Future
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Box
9
Folder
3-7
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Visitors, Past
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Grain and Warehouse Commission
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Box
9
Folder
9-11
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Greetings
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Health
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Box
9
Folder
12
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General
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Box
9
Folder
13-14
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Health, State Board of
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Box
9
Folder
15
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University Hospital
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Water Pollution Committee
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Highways
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Box
9
Folder
17-19
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Highway Commission
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Box
10
Folder
1-7
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Highway Commission (continued)
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Highway Land Acquisition Committee
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Box
10
Folder
9-16
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Highway safety
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Box
10
Folder
17
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Highway Safety Commission
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Highway Safety Coordinating Committee
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Subcommittee on Enforcement
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Box
10
Folder
18
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Turnpike Commission
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Historical Markers Committee
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Housing
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Human Rights Commission
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Humane Societies
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Inauguration, National
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Indian Affairs
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Box
11
Folder
8
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General
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Box
11
Folder
9
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Menominee Indians
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Industry
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Box
11
Folder
10
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Badger Ordnance Works
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Box
11
Folder
11-12
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Industrial Development Committee
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Box
11
Folder
13-14
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Industrial Development Division
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Box
11
Folder
15
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Iron Ore Committee
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Box
11
Folder
16
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Plywood
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Box
11
Folder
17
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Private industry
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Interstate Cooperation
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Box
11
Folder
18
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Council of State Governments
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Box
11
Folder
19
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Northern Great Lakes Area Council
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Box
11
Folder
20
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Intoxicants
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Box
11
Folder
21
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Introduction, Letters of
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Invitations, Accepted
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Box
11
Folder
22-25
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1957
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Box
12
Folder
1-6
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1958
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Invitations, Declined (weeded)
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Judicial - Court reorganization
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Labor
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Catlin Act
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Employment relations
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Box
12
Folder
11
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General
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Box
12
Folder
12-13
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Industrial Commission
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Box
12
Folder
14
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Committee for the Physically Handicapped
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Box
12
Folder
15
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Labor relations
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Box
12
Folder
16
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Kohler strike
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Box
12
Folder
17
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Migratory labor
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Box
12
Folder
18
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Physically handicapped
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Box
12
Folder
19
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Right-to-work
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Box
12
Folder
20
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Unemployment
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Box
12
Folder
21
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Workmen's compensation
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Box
12
Folder
22
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Land Purchase and Sale, State
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Law Enforcement, State and Local
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Box
12
Folder
23
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Crime Laboratory Board
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Box
12
Folder
24
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District attorneys
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Box
12
Folder
25
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Gambling
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Box
12
Folder
26
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General
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Legal problems
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1957
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Box
12
Folder
27-28
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A-L
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Box
13
Folder
1-2
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M-Z
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Box
13
Folder
3-8
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1958
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Narcotics
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Sheriffs' correspondence
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Box
13
Folder
11
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Artley Skenandore hearing
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Legislation
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Box
13
Folder
12
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Federal
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Governor's program
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Box
13
Folder
13
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General
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Box
13
Folder
14-16
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Budget
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Box
13
Folder
17
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Conservation
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Box
13
Folder
18
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University
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Legislation
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Box
13
Folder
19
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Wisconsin
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Box
14
Folder
1-2
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Wisconsin (continued)
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Proposed
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Daylight Savings Time
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Box
14
Folder
5
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Lobbying
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Box
14
Folder
6
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September Session
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Veto messages
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Box
14
Folder
8
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Legislative Council
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Libraries and Museums
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Box
14
Folder
9
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Free Library Commission
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Historical Society
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Box
14
Folder
11
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Legislative Reference Library
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Military Affairs
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Box
14
Folder
12
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Adjutant General
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Box
14
Folder
13
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General
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Box
14
Folder
14
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National Guard
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Box
14
Folder
15
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Selective Service
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Motor Vehicles
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Box
14
Folder
16-20
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Motor Vehicle Department
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Box
14
Folder
21-22
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State Traffic Patrol
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Nautical Commission
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Nurses, Department of
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Box
15
Folder
3-6
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Office Hours
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Organizations
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Civil War Commission
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Box
15
Folder
8
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General
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Girl and Boy Scouts
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Box
15
Folder
10
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Pardons
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Box
15
Folder
11-12
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Personnel Board
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Politics
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Box
15
Folder
13-16
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McCarthy special election correspondence
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Press Relations
: See also Radio and Television
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Box
15
Folder
17-18
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Editors' correspondence
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Box
15
Folder
19
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General
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Proclamations (Alphabetical, by subject)
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Box
15
Folder
20-22
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1957
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1958
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Box
15
Folder
23
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A-D
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Box
16
Folder
1-5
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E-Z
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Refused
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Box
16
Folder
7-9
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Public Service Commission
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Publicity - State
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Box
16
Folder
10
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Advertising and promotion ideas
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Box
16
Folder
11
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Stebbings ideas
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Purchasing
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Box
16
Folder
12
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Purchasing, State Department of
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Box
16
Folder
13
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American Motors correspondence
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Radio and Television
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Box
16
Folder
14
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Governor Reports
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Box
16
Folder
15
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Radio
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Box
16
Folder
16
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Radio Council
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Box
16
Folder
17
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Television
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Box
16
Folder
18
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Reapportionment
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Box
16
Folder
19
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Recreation
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Releases
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Box
16
Folder
20
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Governor-elect, 1956
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Box
16
Folder
21
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Highways
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Box
16
Folder
22
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1957 January-March
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Box
17
Folder
1-3
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1957 April-December
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Box
17
Folder
4
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1958 May-June
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Box
17
Folder
5
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Resolutions
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Retirement
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Box
17
Folder
6
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General
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Box
17
Folder
7
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Retirement Fund
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Box
17
Folder
8
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Teachers' retirement
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Seaway
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Box
17
Folder
9
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Governor's Committee for the St. Lawrence Seaway
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Box
17
Folder
10-11
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Great Lakes Compact Commission
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Box
17
Folder
12
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Harbor development
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Box
17
Folder
13
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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Box
17
Folder
14
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Secretary of State
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Box
17
Folder
15
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Songs and Poetry
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Speeches
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Box
17
Folder
16-17
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Correspondence regarding speeches
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Box
17
Folder
18-19
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Articles and statements for publication
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Box
17
Folder
20
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Transportation, Public
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Box
17
Folder
21
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Unemployment compensation
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Box
17
Folder
21
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1957
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Box
18
Folder
1-2
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1958
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Veterans
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Box
18
Folder
3
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General
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Grand Army Home for Veterans
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Box
18
Folder
5
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Veterans Administration
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Box
18
Folder
6-7
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Box
18
Folder
8
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Veterans bonus
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Welfare
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Box
18
Folder
9
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Aged
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Box
18
Folder
10-12
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General
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Box
18
Folder
13
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Juvenile delinquency
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Box
18
Folder
14
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Lake Tomahawk State Camp
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Box
18
Folder
15-18
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Mental health
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Box
18
Folder
19
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Old age assistance
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Public Welfare, Department of
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Box
18
Folder
20-22
|
1957
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Box
19
Folder
1-2
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1957 (continued)
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Box
19
Folder
3-6
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1958
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School for Boys
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Box
19
Folder
7
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Proposed
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Box
19
Folder
8
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Waukesha
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Social Security
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Box
19
Folder
9
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General
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Teachers
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Box
19
Folder
11
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Youth Service Commission
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Wisconsin
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Box
19
Folder
12
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Information on state
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Box
19
Folder
13-15
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Milwaukee
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Box
19
Folder
16
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Municipalities
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Box
19
Folder
17
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Wisconsin
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Miscellaneous chronological file
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Box
19
Folder
18
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1957 January-1958 September
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Box
19
Folder
19
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1958 October-November
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Box
19
Folder
20-22
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1958 December
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