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Acknowledgments
The editing of this volume was supported principally by grants from
the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Substantial aid was provided
by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Evjue Foundation,
the E. Gordon Fox Fund, the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation, and the
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Financial support has also
been received from Frederick H. Campbell, Handy Bruce Fant, the
Honorable Paul C. Gartzke, Mrs. Peter D. Humleker, Jr., and Jack
McManus.
We extend our thanks to Gerald W. George, Roger A. Bruns, Nancy
Sahli, and Richard N. Sheldon of the NHPRC; Margaret Scrymser and
Douglas M. Arnold of the NEH; Michael S. Joyce and Hillel G. Fradkin
of the Bradley Foundation; William H. Young of the Rennebohm
Foundation; and Frederick W. Miller and David A. Zweifel of the Evjue
Foundation.
A continuing debt of gratitude is owed to the administration, faculty,
and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, especially Chancellor
David Ward; Dean John D. Wiley and Associate Dean W. Charles Read
of the Graduate School; Dean Phillip R. Certain and former Acting
Dean M. Crawford Young of the College of Letters and Science, and
Margaret M. Sullivan and Donna C. Jahnke of the College's office of
Personnel and Research Services; Arthur 0. Hove of the office of the
vice chancellor for academic affairs; Chair Kenneth S. Sacks, Vice Chair
Jeanne Boydston, Sabrina L. Braaten, Sandra Heitzkey, Patricia L.
Hepner, Mary L. Moffatt, Michelle Oddo-Marohn, and Kris Ann Ward
of the Department of History; and Cheryl E. Gest, August P. Hackbart,
Barbara M. Henn, Robert H. Perkl, Monya M. Schulenberg, and Mary
Ann Stefonek of Research Administration. For aid in fund raising, we
are indebted to these individuals from the University of Wisconsin
Foundation: President Andrew A. Wilcox, Vice Presidents John W.
Feldt and Martha A. Taylor, Director of Development Robert G.
Lange, and Jennifer Kidon-DeKrey; and to Angela Lieurance formerly
of the Foundation.
The staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, our primary
research library and our publisher, continues its invaluable support.
In particular, we thank Director H. Nicholas Muller III, Associate
Director Robert B. Thomasgard, Jr., James P. Danky, Michael Ed-
monds, James L. Hansen, Laura Hemming, Harold L. Miller, Sue
Mueller, R. David Myers, and Geraldine E. Strey. The staffs of the
Memorial and Law libraries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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