Title: Brian D. Rude Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1981-2006

Creator:

• Rude, Brian D.

Call Number: La Crosse Mss DN; PH La Crosse Mss DN; Audio 1714A

Quantity: 4.2 cubic feet (4 records center cartons and 1 archives box), 65 photographs and 44 transparencies (1 archives box), and 4 tape recordings

Repository:

Housed in part at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of Brian Rude, a Republican state legislator from Vernon County, Wisconsin, serving the 32nd District from 1982 to 2000, consisting of subject files, public relations, and campaign materials. The subject files include the Asian Trade Mission, Bicentennial Committee Commission, correspondence, case files, and speech files. The public relations material includes news releases and columns. Campaign materials include ads, brochures, questionnaires, memorabilia, postcards, financial reports, correspondence, contributions, political issues, speeches/interviews, and voting records/poll results. Also included are photographs of Rude and others and audio recordings of campaign appearances from 1984 and 1992 and his 1984 swearing-in ceremony.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx00dn

Brian D. Rude, a Westby native, was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin on August 25, 1955. Rude graduated from Westby High School and earned a B.A. in history and political science from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1977. While at Luther College, Rude met his wife, Karen Ann Thulin. They were married on October 24, 1981, at First English Lutheran Church in Platteville, Wisconsin and have two sons. Prior to being elected to the Wisconsin Legislature, Rude worked as a researcher in the Iowa Senate and an administrative assistant in the Wisconsin Senate. When Rude ran for the Wisconsin Assembly in 1982, he was a communications specialist at The Trane Company.

He was elected Representative from Vernon, Crawford, and part of Grant County and in 1984, in a special election, Rude was elected to the Wisconsin Senate representing the 32nd Senate District where he served until 2000. While in public service, Rude earned a M.A. in public administration and public policy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994.

Rude was chosen President of the Wisconsin Senate in April 1993; he held the post of Senate President until 1996 and again in 1998. He served on several committees including: Health and Human Services and Aging; State Historical Society of Wisconsin Board of Curators; Joint Committee on Legislative Organization (co-chairperson 1993, 1996, 1998); Joint Legislative Council (co-chairperson 1998); Labor, Business, Insurance, Revenue and Economic Development; Legislative Advisory Committee to the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Committee; Legislative County Committee on Historic Building Code (chairperson 1997); Senate Organization; State Strategies for Economic Development (co-chairperson 1997); and State of Wisconsin Building Committee and Veterans and Military Affairs. His community organization memberships include: the Sons of Norway; Kickapoo Valley Association; Lions; Norwegian-American Historical Association (executive board); National Trust for Historic Preservation (board of advisors); Moose; Friends of Norskedalen; Friends of Villa Louis; Viterbo College (board of advisors); and the E.L.C.A. National Church Council.

Rude resigned from the Senate on May 25, 2000 when he accepted the position of Vice-President, External and Member Relations at Dairyland Power Cooperative. In January 2003, Rude was appointed by Governor Jim Doyle to the Wisconsin Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Relations Board. Rude is still active in community organizations including acting as former Chair of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce, and Ex-Officio of the Foundation Board and President-Elect of the Board of Curators at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Brian D. Rude, 1987 and 2014. Accession Number: M87-454, M2014-060

La Crosse Mss DN	Series: Subject Files
Box   1 Folder   1	Asian trade mission, 1988-1989
Box   1 Folder   2	Bice, Raymond, 1986-1996
	Bicentennial Committee Commission
Box   1 Folder   3	Agenda, 1985-1986
Box   1 Folder   4	Bar bulletins, column, newsletter, press release, 1986-1987
Box   1 Folder   5	Capitol rededication, 1965, 1985-1987
Box   1 Folder   6	Exhibit, 1986
Box   1 Folder   7	Humanities Commission, 1985-1986
Box   1 Folder   8	Members, 1986
Box   1 Folder   9	Minutes, 1986
Box   1 Folder   10-12	Northwest Ordinance Commission, 1984-1986
Box   1 Folder   13	Peg's projects, 1988
Box   1 Folder   14	Projects, 1986-1987
Box   1 Folder   15	Kaminski Project (“Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights”), 1985-1986
Box   1 Folder   16	Rededication Project, 1983, 1986
Box   1 Folder   17	Resolution, 1986
Box   1 Folder   18	Sub-Committee, 1986
Box   1 Folder   19	Cleary, Russell G., President and Chairman of the Board, Heileman Brewing Company, 1988-1992, 1994
Box   1 Folder   20-21	Correspondence, 1983-1987
Box   1 Folder   22	Leean Plan, 1989-1993, 2001
Box   1 Folder   23-24	Line-item veto, 1977-2000
Box   1 Folder   25-26	Meyer, George, 1987- 2001
Box   1 Folder   27	Norwegian correspondence, 1996
Box   1 Folder   28	Offner, Paul, 1981-2003
Box   1 Folder   29	Ringier Riot, 1983, 1993
Box   1 Folder   30-31	Speech file, 1982-2006
Box   2 Folder   1	Speech file, 1982-2006 (continued)
Box   2 Folder   2	Stadium issue, 2001
Box   2 Folder   3	Trane, 1986-1991, 1993, 1995, 1997
	Series: Public Relations	⇧
Box   2 Folder   4-20	News columns and news releases, 1983-1991
Box   3 Folder   1-12	News columns and news releases, 1991-1997
	Series: Campaign Materials	⇧
	1982
Box   3 Folder   13	Ads (info, copy)
Box   3 Folder   14	Brochure information
Box   3 Folder   15	Correspondence
Box   3 Folder   16	Expenses/Receipts
Box   3 Folder   17	Form letters
Box   3 Folder   18	Hendrickson, Henry
Box   3 Folder   19	Letters of congratulation
Box   3 Folder   20	Maps/District
Box   5 Folder   1	Memorabilia
Box   3 Folder   21	News releases
Box   3 Folder   22	Opposition
Box   3 Folder   23	Postcards
Box   3 Folder   24	Questionnaires
Box   3 Folder   25	Registration forms
	1984
Box   3 Folder   26	Ads
Box   5 Folder   2	Brochures
Box   3 Folder   27-29	Constituent correspondence
Box   3 Folder   30	Endorsements
Box   5 Folder   3	Memorabilia
Box   4 Folder   1	Direct mail
Box   4 Folder   2	Elections Board and voting record
Box   4 Folder   3	Political issues, speeches
Box   4 Folder   4	Press releases
Box   4 Folder   5	Questionnaires
	1988
Box   4 Folder   6	Ads, Publicity
Box   4 Folder   7	Budget/Plan
Box   4 Folder   8	Clements, Sylvester
Box   4 Folder   9	Contributions
Box   4 Folder   10	Constituent correspondence
Box   4 Folder   11	Direct mail/Media buys
Box   4 Folder   12	Endorsements
Box   4 Folder   13	Linder, John
Box   5 Folder   4	Memorabilia
Box   4 Folder   14	Press releases
Box   4 Folder   15	Questionnaires
Box   4 Folder   16	Volunteers
Box   4 Folder   17	Voting records/Poll results
	1992
Box   4 Folder   18	Ad agency/Media
Box   4 Folder   19	Budget
Box   4 Folder   20	Constituent correspondence
Box   4 Folder   21	Endorsements/Ratings
Box   4 Folder   22	Fundraising
Box   4 Folder   23	Press releases
Box   4 Folder   24-25	Questionnaires
Box   4 Folder   26	Snyder, Diane
	1996
Box   4 Folder   27	Ads, Media
Box   4 Folder   28	Capitol restoration
Box   4 Folder   29	Correspondence
Box   5 Folder   5	Memorabilia
Box   4 Folder   30	Petak recall
Box   4 Folder   31	Planning
Box   4 Folder   32	Press releases
Box   4 Folder   33	Political issues
Box   4 Folder   34-35	Questionnaires
Box   4 Folder   36	Speeches/Interviews
Box   4 Folder   37	Wulf, David
Box   4 Folder   38-40	Campaign finance reports, 1984-1992
Box   4 Folder   41	Contributions, 1989-1994
PH La Crosse Mss DN	Series: Visual Materials	⇧
	Photographs
Box   1 Folder   1	Brian Rude, State Representative, 1982
Box   1 Folder   2	Identified and unidentified
	Transparencies
Box   1 Folder   3	Brian Rude and unidentified, 1988
Audio 1714A	Series: Audio Recordings	⇧
1714A/1	Senator Rude Swearing-in Ceremony, 1984 April 24
1714A/2	Brian Rude Campaign 1992 Radio, 1992
1714A/3	Brian Rude, 1992 October 29
1714A/4	Brian Rude for State Senate, 1984 February 4