Title: Glen E. Pommerening Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1961-1965

Creator:

• Pommerening, Glen E., 1927-

Call Number: Mss 58

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Papers of a Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Republican state assemblyman, including constituent correspondence, reports of legislative committees, and reports of legislative commissions, including the Board of Government Operations and the Building Commission. Papers include reports from Pommerening's membership on tax and finance committees.

Language: English

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Glen E. Pommerening was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 27, 1927. In 1950 he received a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin and an LL.D. in 1953. Until his election to the state Assembly in 1954, he practiced law. In the Assembly he represented the 20th District of Milwaukee (City of Wauwatosa) for six terms, through 1967. Currently Mr. Pommerening is serving in the Wisconsin Department of Administration.

While in the Assembly he served on a number of legislative committees, of which the following are some of the more prominent.

1. Board on Government Operations (vice-chm., 1963)
2. Building Commission (vice-chm., 1963, 1965)
3. Joint Committee on Finance (chm., 1963)
4. Legislative Council and Committee of 25 (during the 1963-1965 interim)
5. Tax Compromise Committees (member, 1963, 1965)

The collection consists almost equally of correspondence and the reports of legislative committees and commissions with which Assemblyman Pommerening was involved from 1961 to 1965. More than two-thirds of the correspondence is for the year 1963. Most of the letters are from his Wauwatosa constituents, in which they state their views on such issues as the mental health program and the licensing of T.V. repairmen; there are also requests for copies of the Blue Book, for guided tours through the state capitol, or for help in obtaining admittance to the University of Wisconsin.

Correspondence dealing with certain bills has been filed separately under subject headings. For instance, the papers contain files on some legislative bills of 1963, such as the state Blue Cross-Blue Shield program (131-A), the Minimum Age to Purchase Alcoholic Beverages bill (132-A), the Fair Housing Bill (367-A), the bill to allow redemption of trading stamps for merchandise (543-A), and the Concession Phone Service bill (866-A).

Legislative reports have been broken down into two catagories - legislative committees and legislative commissions. Committee reports include those of such committees as the Tax Compromise Committee, 1963, and the Committee on Elections, 1963. Commission reports include those of such commissions as the Board on Government Operations, 1963-1964, and the Building Commission, 1963-1965.

No personal papers are included in the Pommerening collection. Although replies to constituents were frequently made from Pommerening's office, they seem to be form letters provided by a secretary or an assistant.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Glen E. Pommerening, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, January 21, 1965, via Assemblyman Thomas H. Barland.

Processing Information

Processed by Eleanor Niermann, July 25, 1969.

	Series: Correspondence
	General
Box   1 Folder   1	1962-1963
Box   1 Folder   2	1963
Box   1 Folder   3	1964-1965
Box   1 Folder   4	Billboard and Conservation Bills, 1963
Box   1 Folder   5	Education Bills, 1963
	Legislative Bills
Box   1 Folder   6	131-A, 1963
Box   1 Folder   7	132-A, 1962-1963
Box   1 Folder   8	196-A, 1963
Box   1 Folder   9	367-A, 1963
Box   1 Folder   10	543-A, 1963
Box   1 Folder   11	866-A, 1964
Box   1 Folder   12	Proposed Tax and Budget Bills for 1963-1965 Biennium, 1963
Box   2 Folder   1	Interdepartmental Correspondence and Memoes, 1963-1965
Box   2 Folder   2	Political, 1963-1965
	Series: Legislative Committees and Commissions	⇧
	Subseries: Committees
Box   2 Folder   3	Committee on Elections, 1963
Box   2 Folder   4	Committee of 25, 1963-1964
Box   2 Folder   5	Joint Committee on Legislative Organization and Procedures, 1962-1963
Box   2 Folder   6	Tax Compromise Committee, 1962-1963
Box   2 Folder   7	Sub-Committee on Higher Education, 1962-1963
	Subseries: Commissions	⇧
Box   3 Folder   1	Aeronautics Commission, 1961-1963
Box   3 Folder   2	Board on Government Operations, 1963-1964
Box   3 Folder   3	Building Commission, 1963-1965
Box   3 Folder   4	Claims Commission, 1964
Box   3 Folder   5	Highway Commission, 1963