Ody J. Fish Papers, 1960-2005

Container Title
Milwaukee Mss 105
Part 2 (Milwaukee Mss 105, PH Milwaukee Mss 105, Audio 1713A, VHB 811): Additions, 1960-2005
Physical Description: 5.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons, 1 archives box, and 4 flat boxes), 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box), 1 tape recording, and 1 videorecording 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1964-2003, consisting of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, video and audio recordings, documenting Ody Fish's work as both chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party and Republican National Committee. The 1976 Republican National Convention records include committee work, correspondence, photograph albums, and a videorecording of the convention's expositions and presenters' speeches. Correspondence consists of congratulatory letters thanking and praising Fish for his work for the Republican Party including his service for Wisconsin Governors and United States Presidents. Fish's speeches document both his presentations before the Republican committees he chaired and University of Wisconsin commencements at many campuses including Milwaukee while he served on the Board of Regents. A short biography documents the history of Fish's political career and personal life; an audio cassette records a 1984 Fish Fry sponsored by the Wisconsin Executive Committee.
Series: Biographical and Historical Materials
Box   4
Folder   1
1985-1997
Series: Correspondence
Box   4
Folder   2-9
Congratulatory letters, 1963-1977, 1995-2001
Political letters
Box   4
Folder   10
Dreyfus, Lee Sherman, 1982-1985
Box   4
Folder   11
Hickman, Evelyn and Whitman, Jerry, 1967-1985
Box   4
Folder   12
Kasten, Robert, 1977-1986
Box   4
Folder   13-15
Political and personal, 1960-2004
Box   4
Folder   16
Republican National Committee, 1974, 1979
Box   4
Folder   17
Republican Wisconsin Party, 1960-1970
Box   4
Folder   18
United States President, 1969-1987
Box   4
Folder   19
University of Wisconsin Central Administration, 1982-1989
Box   4
Folder   20
Wisconsin Governor, 1970, 1993
Series: Speeches
Box   4
Folder   21
Commencements, 1978-1990
Box   4
Folder   22
Eulogies, 1985-1998
Box   4
Folder   23
National Fluid Power, 1988
Box   4
Folder   24
Organizing a Campaign, 1980s
Box   4
Folder   25
Pewaukee Kiwanis 50th Anniversary, 1987
Box   4
Folder   26
Political Convention, 1968-1969
Box   4
Folder   27-29
Political, 1970s-1980s
Box   4
Folder   30-31
Roasts, 1985
Box   5
Folder   1
Tributes, 1991
Box   5
Folder   2
Speech notes and drafts, 1990s
Series: Wisconsin Files
Box   5
Folder   3
Common Cause Board, 1998
Republican State Convention
Box   5
Folder   4-5
1966
Box   5
Folder   6
1967
Box   5
Folder   7
1968
Box   5
Folder   8
Republican Campaign manuals, 1964, 1966, 1968
Box   5
Folder   9
Republican State Districts and Races, 1984-2003
State Commission on Schools for 21st Century
Box   5
Folder   10-11
1989-1990
Box   5
Folder   12
Finance Committee, 1989-1990
Box   5
Folder   13-15
Implementation Committee, 1991-1992
Box   5
Folder   16-17
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, 1988-1998
Box   5
Folder   18-22
Wisconsin Republican Party, 1965-1980
Box   7
Wisconsin Study of Candidates and Issues, 1967
Series: Republican National Committee Files
Box   5
Folder   23
Republican Arrangement Committees, 1975
Box   5
Folder   24-25
Republican National Convention, 1976
Box   6
Folder   1-6
Subject files, correspondence, and mock interview, 1976, 1980
Box   6
Folder   7-9
Presidential Inaugural Committee, 1969-2005
Box   6
Folder   10
Campaign paraphernalia, 1960s-1970s
Box   6
Folder   11
Republican National Convention, 1980, 1984
Series: Scrapbooks
Box   6
Folder   12
1963-1964
Box   8
1964-1965
Box   9
1967-1969
Box   10
1969-1970
PH Milwaukee Mss 105
Series: Photographs
Box   1
Folder   1
Dinners and speeches, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Governors and Presidents, 1970s-1980s
Box   1
Folder   3
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 1988
Box   1
Folder   4-5
1976 Republican National Convention photograph albums, 1976, 1977
Series: Audio and Video
1713A/1
Fish Fry: audio recording, 1984
VHB 811
Prelude to Victory: Highlights of the Republican National Convention: videorecording, 1984