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Mss 292
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Part 1 (Mss 292, Audio 254A): Original Collection, 1903-19593.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording The John S. Bordner Papers contain both personal and professional materials including correspondence; subject files relating to Bordner's many interests and activities; copies and drafts of essays, articles and pamphlets; research notes and data; news clippings; magazine clippings; financial and tax records; reminiscences and biographical material; press releases; religious and church materials; maps and tables; various programs and notebooks; birth, marriage, and school records; and miscellaneous materials. The papers are organized into two main series, PERSONAL PAPERS and PROFESSIONAL PAPERS. The PERSONAL PAPERS are divided into seven subseries; the PROFESSIONAL PAPERS into fifteen. The PERSONAL PAPERS contain reminiscences and biographical material; incoming correspondence; financial and tax records; family records; and church and religious materials. In addition there are copies of Bordner's Ph.D. thesis and miscellaneous materials. The personal history materials include news clippings about Bordner's retirement and his obituary. There are also reminiscences written by Bordner in 1956-1957, described by him as “the story of my life in short episodes and not as a chronological narration.” Incoming personal correspondence, the second subseries, constitutes about half of the personal papers. It is organized by subject and chronologically thereunder. The majority of the correspondence is composed of letters and cards from Bordner's daughter Jean to her family during the period 1936-1948. Most of the other correspondence deals with the mortgage on and condition of Bordner's farm land in Rusk County between 1939 and 1947. There is also a small folder of incoming correspondence for Bordner's wife and some miscellaneous correspondence. Included in the financial records subseries are real estate receipts for Bordner's property in Dane and Rusk Counties. There are also copies of his income tax returns for the late 1930s and early 1940s and some miscellaneous receipts. The family records include retirement records, Bordner's birth certificate and marriage record, and a 1926 grade school transcript for Jean Bordner. The church affairs/religious materials contain some correspondence and a financial report about the First Congregational Church of Madison, of which Bordner was a member. There are also various study guides, Christmas messages from the Bordner family, notes, and miscellaneous items. The thesis subseries contains original drafts of Bordner's 1908 Ph.D. thesis as well as a reprint of it. The miscellaneous papers include programs, a partially completed daily calendar for 1950, a humorous “arrest” warrant, and an original poem by Jean Bordner (circa 1925). The PROFESSIONAL PAPERS contain general correspondence and other subseries on Bordner's activities and interests. The subseries which follow the correspondence are filed in a more or less chronological order, beginning with material on Bordner's days as a county agricultural agent in Indiana. Subsequent subseries contain materials on the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory; the Wisconsin Cooperative Housing Association; Wisconsin cooperatives; national/ out of state cooperatives; the 1935 state religious conference on the cooperative way of living; Kagawa day in Madison (1936); various other seminars/conventions on cooperatives; educational materials on cooperatives; the Tennessee Valley Authority; the sun and the weather; philosophical essays written after Bordner's retirement; general economic developments; and miscellaneous materials. The general correspondence covers the period 1934-52, with a few scattered items from 1929, 1954 and 1958. There is no correspondence for the years 1948 and 1953. The largest segment of the correspondence is for the period 1935-39. The correspondence is organized chronologically and alphabetically thereunder. The materials dealing with Bordner's days as an Indiana county agricultural agent include news clippings, a field notebook of sketches and agricultural information and a pamphlet on rural life compiled by Bordner. The Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory subseries includes a variety of articles, papers and speeches by Bordner. There are also materials indicating the general purposes of the Land Economic Inventory, subject files on various topics ranging from cranberry marshes to assistance to veterans, some correspondence regarding an agricultural bulletin (organized chronologically), county maps, statistics relative to Wisconsin, and miscellaneous materials. The Wisconsin Cooperative Housing Association subseries contains general correspondence for 1936-38, 1940, 1945-46 (organized chronologically); materials relating to the establishment, organization and history of the Association and its Crestwood project; financial records and audits. In addition there are maps and directories of Crestwood, various subject files, some directors' newsletters and reports, general information on cooperative housing in the United States and Europe, and miscellaneous items. Included in the Wisconsin cooperatives subseries are materials on six different Wisconsin cooperatives. There is also general information about the Rural Electrification Administration in Wisconsin as well as reports on farm and oil cooperatives in the state and a 1935 mailing list of Wisconsin cooperatives. The national/out-of-state cooperatives subseries contains scattered material on two national cooperatives and three state or local cooperative organizations. The subseries dealing with the 1935 state religious conference on the cooperative way of living contains correspondence (organized chronologically) and files on planning, the conference program, and mailing lists. The Kagawa Day subseries is organized similarly to that on the 1935 state religious conference and, in addition, contains materials on Toyohiko Kagawa and his teachings and maps of Japan. The subseries on other cooperative seminars/conventions includes files on eight such conventions or seminars, most of which took place in the middle or late 1930s. Half of these conferences were held in Wisconsin. The educational materials subseries contains general educational materials on cooperatives, lesson plans, bibliographies of cooperative literature and published articles by Bordner. In addition there are notes on cooperatives, handbooks on Wisconsin cooperatives, information on overseas cooperatives and news clippings describing opposition to cooperatives. The TVA subseries contains pamphlets giving general information on the project and describing its accomplishments. There are also press releases and speeches and articles by TVA director Arthur Morgan. The sun and weather subseries includes numerous article drafts, drafts of and a copy of Bordner's 1949 pamphlet Sun, Energy and Weather, tables, charts, and maps. It also contains two folders of the correspondence of State Forester Williams Morris on sunspots and the forest fire hazard, scientific news clippings, a folder on planetary behavior, a manuscript on radiant energy and animal ecology, and miscellaneous materials. The philosophical essays subseries contains copies of two general papers written by Bordner after his retirement. The subseries dealing with general economic developments contains reports, news clippings, and magazine articles on economic trends and problems in the U.S. and other countries. The miscellaneous subseries includes scattered information on a wide variety of subjects covering the period 1934-1957.
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Series: Personal Papers
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Subseries: Personal History
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Box
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1
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Biographical information, obituary, 1947, 1959
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Box
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1
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Drafts of reminiscences, 1956-1957
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Audio 254A
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Reminiscences, March 2, 1956: Available online. : Concerning his experiences with the farm movement in Wisconsin in the early 1900s.
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Mss 292
Box
8
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Transcription of recorded reminiscences
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Subseries: Personal Correspondence
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Letters and cards from daughter Jean
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Box
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2
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1926 February 1 item
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Box
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3
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1936 October-December
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Box
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4
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1937
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Box
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5
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1938
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Box
1
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6
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1939
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1940
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Box
1
Folder
8
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1941
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Box
1
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9
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1942 January-July
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Box
1
Folder
10
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1943 September-December
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Box
1
Folder
11
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1944
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Box
1
Folder
12
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1945 January-November
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Box
1
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13
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1946
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Box
1
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14
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1947
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Box
1
Folder
15
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1948 January 1 item
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Box
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16
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Incoming correspondence, mortgage on Rusk County farm land, 1939-1946
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Letters - from Mrs. Vern Davis on Rusk County farm land, 1943-1947
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Box
1
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18
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Incoming correspondence, Mrs. Bordner, 1937, 1940-1941, 1948
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Miscellaneous incoming correspondence, 1928, 1937-1938, 1940-1941, 1944, 1947, 1954, undated
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Subseries: Financial Records
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Rusk County farm property, deeds, circulars, 1936-1937, 1940, 1945, undated
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Real estate tax receipts and statements, 1940-1946
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Wisconsin income tax returns, 1938-1939, 1941-1946, 1948
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Federal income tax returns, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947-1948
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Box
2
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2
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Miscellaneous receipts and statements, 1941, 1944, 1947
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Subseries: Family Records
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Birth certificate, marriage record, 1946 Photostats
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Box
2
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4
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Grade school transcript, Jean Bordner, 1926
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Retirement papers, 1947
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Subseries: Church Affairs/Religious Materials
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Correspondence, First Congregational Church of Madison, 1935
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Cooperative economics, 1935
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Missions seminar, 1955
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Box
2
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9
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Financial report, First Congregational Church, 1956
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Christmas messages, 1953
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Study leaflets, China, Puerto Rico, Mexico, 1948-1950
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Box
2
Folder
12
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World peace, 1950-1952, undated
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Christian social action, 1957-1958, undated
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Study guides, Stewardship, World Task, Worship, 1955, 1958, undated
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Evangelism, spiritual life, 1956, 1958-1959, undated
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Notes
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Box
2
Folder
17
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Miscellaneous
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Subseries: Thesis: drafts and reprint of Ph.D. thesis, 1908
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Subseries: Miscellaneous
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Box
2
Folder
19
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Original poem, Jean Bordner, circa 1925
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Box
2
Folder
20
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Programs, brochures, 1903, 1936, 1940, 1943-1944
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Box
2
Folder
21
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Humorous “arrest warrant,” 1944
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Box
2
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22
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Daily calendar, 1950
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Series: Professional Papers
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Subseries: General Correspondence
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Box
2
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23
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1929-1934 2 items
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1935-1939
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Box
2
Folder
24
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Alanne-Crews
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Box
2
Folder
25
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Edwards-Halonen
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Box
2
Folder
26
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Hammerschmidt-Knapp
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Box
2
Folder
27
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Ladwig-Voltz
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Warbasse-Wood
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1940-1944, Bird-Warbasse
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1945-1947, Black-Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives
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Box
3
Folder
4
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1949-1952, Derlinger-Munch
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Box
3
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5
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1954, 1958 2 items
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Box
3
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6
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Undated general correspondence
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Subseries: St. Joseph County, Indiana, Agricultural Agent
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Field notebook, 1913-1919
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Box
3
Folder
8
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“Rural Life Progress Report,” pamphlet, compiled by Bordner, 1918
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Subseries: Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory
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Box
3
Folder
9
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General purposes, 1938, undated
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Box
3
Folder
10
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“And Where Do We Go From Here,” 1928
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Box
3
Folder
11
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“Evaluation of Land In Terms of Human Utilization,” 1930
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Box
3
Folder
12
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“Land Utilization Based on a Land Inventory,” 1930
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Box
3
Folder
13
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“The Use of Wisconsin Land,” 1935
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Box
3
Folder
14
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“Why Soil Erosion,” 1938
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Box
3
Folder
15
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“Theory of Land Use and Taxation,” 1938
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Box
3
Folder
16
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“Rural Change,” 1939
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Box
3
Folder
17
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“Land and Population,” 1939
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Box
3
Folder
18
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“Inventory of Wisconsin Lands,” 1940
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Box
3
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19
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“Trends in Wisconsin Land Use,” 1940, 1942, undated
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Box
3
Folder
20
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“Schools in Northern Counties,” undated
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Box
3
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21
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“When Is a Wilderness Despoiled,” undated
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Box
3
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“Land, Its Use and Appraisal,” undated
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Box
3
Folder
23
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Tenancy and the rural church, 1937
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Box
3
Folder
24
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Cut-over area of Wisconsin, 1939, undated
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Box
3
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25
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Roadside Development Council, 1940
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Farm size, 1940, undated
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Assistance to veterans, 1946, undated
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Correspondence regarding bulletin #238, December 1943-May 1944
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Cranberry marshes, 1947, undated
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Box
4
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5
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Postwar food supplies, 1947, undated
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Press releases, 1947
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Box
4
Folder
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Recreation in Wisconsin, 1937, 1951, undated
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Box
4
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8
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Forage crops, pasture lands, undated
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Box
4
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9
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Rural planning, undated
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Box
4
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10
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Trees and erosion, undated
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Box
4
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11
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WPA Land Mapping Project, undated
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Wisconsin area and population statistics, undated
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Box
4
Folder
13
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County maps, undated
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Miscellaneous materials, 1947, undated
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Subseries: Wisconsin Cooperative Housing Association
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General correspondence
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Box
4
Folder
15
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1936-1938
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Box
4
Folder
16
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1940, 1945-1946 2 items
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Establishment, organization, 1936, undated
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Box
4
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18
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History, 1939, undated
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Financial records, audits, annual statements, 1937-1942, 1946-1947, 1951, undated
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Box
4
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19
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Newsletters, 1937, 1938, undated
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Box
4
Folder
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Federal Housing Administration, 1936-1937, undated
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Box
4
Folder
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Building construction, Crestwood, 1937, undated
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Box
4
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Utility installation, Crestwood, undated
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Box
4
Folder
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Layout maps, Crestwood, 1937, undated
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Surveyor's map of Crestwood subdivision, 1937
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Box
4
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24
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Crestwood Christmases, 1938, 1941
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Box
4
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25
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Stockholders meeting, 1941
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Box
4
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26
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Crestwood directories, 1947, undated
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Box
4
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27
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Parks and recreation, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1953-1955
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Box
4
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28
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Board of Directors report, 1951
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Box
4
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29
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Glen Oaks, 1951
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Box
4
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Cooperative housing, United States, Europe, 1937, undated
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Box
4
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31
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Miscellaneous, 1936-1938, 1950-1951, undated
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Subseries: Wisconsin Cooperatives
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Rural Electrification Administration, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1947, undated
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Oil cooperatives in Wisconsin, 1933-1935
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Farmer cooperatives in Wisconsin, 1941
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Mailing list of Wisconsin cooperatives, 1935
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Box
5
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5
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Waukegan Cooperative Trading Company, circa 1935
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Box
5
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6
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Central Cooperative Wholesale, 1936-1937, undated
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Box
5
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Insurance Cooperative Agency, 1937, 1945-1946, 1949, 1953, undated
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Box
5
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Madison Consumers Cooperative, 1942, undated
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Box
5
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9
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Dairyland Power Cooperative, 1947, 1953, undated
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Box
5
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10
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Madison Consumers League, constitution and bylaws, undated
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Subseries: National/Out-of-State Cooperatives
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Box
5
Folder
11
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The Cooperative League of the U.S.A., 1935
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Box
5
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12
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Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, 1935
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Westchester Federation of Consumers Clubs, 1939
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Box
5
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14
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Farmers Union programs, Louisiana, North Dakota, 1939
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Box
5
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15
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Cooperative Health Federation of America, undated
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Subseries: , 1935 state religious conference on the Cooperative Way of Living
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Box
5
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16
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General correspondence, 1935
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Box
5
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17
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Planning, 1935
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Box
5
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18
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Program, 1935
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Box
5
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19
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Mailing lists, 1935
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Subseries: Kagawa Day in Madison, 1936
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Box
5
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General correspondence, 1936
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Box
5
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Planning and publicity, 1936
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Box
5
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Program, 1936
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Box
5
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23
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Mailing lists, 1936
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Box
5
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24
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Federal Council of Churches and Kagawa, 1936, 1938
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Box
5
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25
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Kagawa teachings, 1936, 1938, undated
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Box
5
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26
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Japan, maps, undated
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Subseries: Seminars/Conventions on Cooperatives
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Box
5
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27
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Northern League Convention, 1935
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Box
5
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28
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Indiana seminar on consumers cooperation, 1935-1936
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Box
5
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29
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Economics of Brotherhood conference, 1935
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Box
5
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30
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Wisconsin Cooperative Club, 1935
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Box
5
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31
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Wisconsin Institute of Cooperative Economics, 1935-1936
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Box
6
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Anders Hedberg program on cooperation, 1935
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Box
6
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2
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School of Living Conference, 1937
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Box
6
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3
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Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, 1956
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Subseries: Educational Materials on Cooperatives
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Box
6
Folder
4
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General educational materials, 1933, 1935-1937, 1946, undated
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Box
6
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5
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Lesson plans and instructional materials, 1936, 1941, 1946, undated
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Box
6
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6
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Handbooks on cooperatives and cooperation, undated
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Box
6
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7
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Articles by Bordner on cooperation, 1936, undated
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Box
6
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8
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Bibliographies of cooperative literature, 1935, undated
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Box
6
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9
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Notes on cooperatives, undated
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Box
6
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10
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Opposition to cooperatives, 1936, undated
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Box
6
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11
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Cooperatives overseas, undated
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Subseries: Tennessee Valley Authority
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Box
6
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12
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General information, 1933-1934, undated
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Box
6
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13
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Accomplishments, 1934-1935, 1941, 1947, undated
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Box
6
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14
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Press releases, 1933-1934, 1939, 1940
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Box
6
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15
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Arthur Morgan, speeches, articles, 1933-1934
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Subseries: The Sun and the Weather
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Box
6
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16
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Drafts of Sun, Energy and Weather, 1949
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Box
6
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17
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Sunspots and crops, article drafts, notes, 1948, undated
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Box
6
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Sunspots and climatic conditions, article drafts, 1947, undated
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Box
7
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General correspondence of William Morris (forester of Land Economic Inventory) on sunspots, 1945-1948
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Box
7
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Correspondence of William Morris regarding article on forest fires and the sunspot cycle, 1946-1947
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Box
7
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3
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Sunspot cycle charts, 1834-1944
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Box
7
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Precipitation tables for Wisconsin, 1837-1950
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Box
7
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Runoff tables for Wisconsin, 1914-1948
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Box
7
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Tables, sunspots, temperature, and rainfall, 1914-1948
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Box
7
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Water level discharge tables, 1946-4198
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Box
7
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Ionospheric data, 1949
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Box
7
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Daily solar indices tables, 1957-1959
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Box
7
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10
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Zurich sunspot numbers, 1951-1952, 1958
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Box
7
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11
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Isochrone map, undated
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Box
7
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12
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Manuscript, “The Role of Radiant Energy in Animal Ecology,” circa 1947
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Box
7
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13
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Clement Wragge, undated
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Box
7
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14
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Planetary behavior, 1949
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Box
7
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15
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Miscellaneous clippings on scientific subjects, 1946-1954, undated
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Subseries: Philosophical Essays
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Box
7
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16
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“The Philosopher's Job,” 1945
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Box
7
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“The World of Tomorrow Through Democratic Gradualism,” 1951
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Subseries: General Economic Developments
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Box
7
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18
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America and postwar economic conditions, 1942, undated
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Box
7
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Overseas economic developments, 1946-1947, 1950-1951, 1953-1954, undated
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Box
7
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20
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Foundation for the Study of Cycles, 1949
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Subseries: Miscellaneous
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Box
7
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Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Act, 1934
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Box
7
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22
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Social Science Research Council, 1935
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Box
7
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23
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American Society of Planning Officials, 1935
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Box
7
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24
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Teaching methods, 1936-1938
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Box
7
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25
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Abraham Lincoln, 1943
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Box
7
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26
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World government, 1946-1947
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Box
7
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27
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Atomic bomb control, 1945, 1947
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Box
7
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28
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Traffic safety, 1951
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Box
7
Folder
29
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George Washington Carver, undated
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Box
7
Folder
30
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Clippings and miscellaneous, 1938, 1941, 1947, 1957, undated
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