League of Wisconsin Municipalities Records, 1909-1957, 1972-1981

Scope and Content Note

The records include correspondence of the executive secretary with individual Wisconsin communities, the American Municipal Association, and legal counsel Robert J. Cunningham; field reports and correspondence of the legal counsel with local communities seeking legal opinions; mimeographed manuals, reports, press releases, model ordinances, form letters, and publicity; publications; surveys of municipal payrolls and other topics; minutes of the Executive Committee (1932-1944) and other committees; and subject files on the League's role in drafting state legislation (1932-1947) on taxation and other topics that affected municipal government.