Title: George H. Klicka Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1967-1982

Creator:

• Klicka, George H., 1934-

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 100

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Legislative papers of George Klicka, a conservative Republican who represented Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in the Assembly from 1966 through 1982. The collection consists of alphabetical subject files containing constituent correspondence, reference material, newsletters, and questionnaires. Topics which are well documented include abortion, aid to private schools, sex education, and Wauwatosa. The collection also contains Distributions, conservative reprints and publications, which Klicka circulated with his personal endorsement.

Language: English

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Conservative assemblyman George H. Klicka, who served in the Legislature from 1966 through 1982, was born in Milwaukee on December 23, 1934. After graduating from Washington High School, he attended Marquette University from 1955 to 1956. During the Berlin crisis in 1960 he served as a medic with the Wisconsin National Guard.

Klicka was employed as a salesman of life insurance, telephone intercom systems, and printing ink. Later he became an art and antiques dealer and a title insurance agent. His local activities included the Cancer Crusade, the American Czech Civic Council, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Police Reserve, the American Legion, Eagles, and Sertoma.

Klicka became involved in conservative Republican politics in the early 1960s and was active in the Goldwater-Miller campaign in 1964. In 1966 he was elected to the Assembly from Wauwatosa, a conservative Milwaukee suburb, and he continued to serve without interruption until 1982. As a legislator Klicka was best known for his membership in the John Birch Society and for his espousal of Birch-supported legislation. At the time, he was one of two avowed members of the organization in the Legislature. Other conservative organizations to which Klicka belonged included the Liberty Lobby and the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade. Issues with which he was particularly identified include abortion, capital punishment, gun control, subversives at the University of Wisconsin, controls on welfare recipients, mandatory prison sentencing for felonies, tax reduction, and limitation of government. Klicka was defeated in an attempt at reelection in 1982 by Peggy Rosenzweig.

The George H. Klicka Papers are a relatively small collection of legislative papers. With the exception of a few scattered items, the majority of the documentation dates from the second half of Klicka's tenure in office. There are no personal files and no campaign material.

The collection is arranged as a single alphabetical GENERAL FILE consisting of correspondence, reference material, and lobbying material. The collection has been extensively weeded to remove secondary material available elsewhere, and as a result many of the individual files are quite slim. Also present here is a file of newsletters and questionnaires distributed by the assemblyman. Topics which are well documented include abortion, aid to private schools, sex education, and Wauwatosa.

The collection also includes one box of DISTRIBUTIONS, conservative reprints and publications, which Klicka distributed with his personal endorsement.

Acquisition Information

Presented by George H. Klicka, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, November 11, 1982. Accession Number: M82-427

Processing Information

Processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, April 1985.

	Series: General Files
Box   1 Folder   1	Abortion, 1973-1979
Box   1 Folder   2	Accounting, 1981
Box   1 Folder   3	Accrual accounting, 1976
Box   1 Folder   4	[Empty]
Box   1 Folder   5	Alcohol, 1971-1911
Box   1 Folder   6	Aldermen, 1982
Box   1 Folder   7	Amato, Nino, mayoral campaign, 1977
Box   1 Folder   8	American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), 1979
Box   1 Folder   9	Architects, 1974-1979
Box   1 Folder   10	Assembly, 1971-1977
Box   1 Folder   11	Automobiles, 1978-1982
Box   1 Folder   12	Balanced budget, 1979-1980
Box   1 Folder   13	Banks, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   14	Barbers, 1981
Box   1 Folder   15	Behavior modification, 1977
Box   1 Folder   16	Bingo, 1977-1980
Box   1 Folder   17	Black Panther Party, undated
Box   1 Folder   18	Bonding, 1980-1982
Box   1 Folder   19	Bottle legislation, 1975-1981
Box   1 Folder   20	Budget bills, 1980-1983
Box   1 Folder   21	Busing, 1975
Box   1 Folder   22	CETA, 1978
Box   1 Folder   23	CUB, 1981
Box   1 Folder   24	Canners and Freezers Association, 1976-1977
Box   1 Folder   25	Capital gains tax, 1979-1981
Box   1 Folder   26	Capsule report (Froehlich), 1968
Box   1 Folder   27	Cardinal, 1975-1976
Box   1 Folder   28	Charge accounts, 1982
Box   1 Folder   29	Child abuse, 1977
Box   1 Folder   30	Children's Code, 1980-1981
Box   1 Folder   31	Chiropractors, 1975-1982
Box   1 Folder   32	Chymopapain, undated
Box   1 Folder   33	Collective bargaining, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   34	Communism, 1971-1976
Box   1 Folder   35	Congratulatory letters, 1982
Box   1 Folder   36	Consenting adults bill, 1980-1981
Box   1 Folder   37	[Empty]
Box   1 Folder   38-39	Constituent problems, 1978-1982
Box   1 Folder   40	Courts, 1979-1981
Box   1 Folder   41	Cox, Kimberly, 1977
Box   1 Folder   42	Crime, 1975-1982
Box   1 Folder   43	DILHR, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   44	DNR, 1979
Box   1 Folder   45	Democrats, 1971-1982
Box   1 Folder   46	Discrimination, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   47	Dog fighting, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   48	Domestic violence, 1977
Box   1 Folder   49	Drinking age, 1977-1982
Box   1 Folder   50	Driver's licenses, 1981
Box   1 Folder   51	Earth Day, 1969-1980,
	Education
Box   1 Folder   52	General, 1975-1976
Box   1 Folder   53-55	Aid to private schools, 1969-1973
Box   1 Folder   56	El Salvador, 1981
Box   1 Folder   57	Election laws and fraud, 1977-1981
Box   1 Folder   58	Employees-Right-to-Know bill, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   59	Energy, 1973-1981
Box   1 Folder   60	Environment, 1976-1981
Box   1 Folder   61	Examining boards, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   62	FCC license, 1975
Box   1 Folder   63	Fair Park Ice Arena, 1981
Box   1 Folder   64	Family planning, 1967-1979
Box   1 Folder   65	Federal legislation, 1977-1980
Box   1 Folder   66	Fire codes, 1981
Box   1 Folder   67	Fleet cars, 1977-1980
Box   1 Folder   68	Foreign affairs, 1977-1980
Box   1 Folder   69	Full crew train law, 1969-1972
Box   1 Folder   70	Fusion, 1979
Box   1 Folder   71	Gambling, 1976-1982
Box   1 Folder   72	Gasahol, 1977-1980
Box   2 Folder   1	Gasoline, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   2	Genocide treaty, 1970
Box   2 Folder   3	Guns, 1969-1981
Box   2 Folder   4	Hansen, George, 1979
Box   2 Folder   5	Hart Park, 1976
Box   2 Folder   6	Hazardous wastes, 1980-1981
Box   2 Folder   7	Health and Social Services, Department of, 1979-1982
Box   2 Folder   8	Historical Society, 1975-1982
Box   2 Folder   9	Homestead tax, 1973-1980
Box   2 Folder   10	Homosexuals, 1975-1981
Box   2 Folder   11	Hospitals, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   12	Human Life Amendments, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   13	Hunting, 1971-1981
Box   2 Folder   14	IRA accounts, 1982
Box   2 Folder   15	Indians, 1975-1976
Box   2 Folder   16	Immunization, 1979
Box   2 Folder   17	Inflation, 1977-1981
Box   2 Folder   18	Inheritance taxes, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   19	Insurance, 1980-1982
Box   2 Folder   20	Insurance (Personal), 1977-1980
Box   2 Folder   20a	Interest rates, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   21	Kessler, Fred, undated
Box   2 Folder   22	King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1975
Box   2 Folder   23	Labor, 1968-1982
Box   2 Folder   24	Labor Party, 1977-1980
Box   2 Folder   25	Lacy, Ernest, 1981
Box   2 Folder   26	Laetrile, 1973-1977
Box   2 Folder   27	Land use, undated
Box   2 Folder   28	Lawyers, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   29	League of Women Voters, 1969-1980
Box   2 Folder   30	Legislative Hotline, 1979
Box   2 Folder   31	License fees, 1979-1982
Box   2 Folder   32	Licensing boards, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   33	Liebner Packing, 1969
Box   2 Folder   34	Limited term employees, 1979
Box   2 Folder   35	Lobbying, 1981
Box   2 Folder   36	Logrolling, 1981
Box   2 Folder   37	Local Affairs and Development, Department of, 1969
Box   2 Folder   38	MATC, 1980-1981
Box   2 Folder   39	Majority, Age of, 1971-1972
Box   2 Folder   40	Marital property reform, 1979-1982
Box   2 Folder   41	Medical issues, 1973-1981
Box   2 Folder   42	Mentally ill, 1981-1982
Box   2 Folder   43	Milwaukee (City), 1981
Box   2 Folder   44	Milwaukee (County), 1980-1982
Box   2 Folder   45	Mining, 1977-1981
Box   2 Folder   46	Minorities, undated
Box   2 Folder   47	Miscellaneous, 1977-1982
Box   2 Folder   48	Mopeds, 1978-1981
Box   2 Folder   49	NAACP, 1968
Box   2 Folder   50	National Guard, 1977-1980
Box   2 Folder   51	Newsletters, questionnaires, and mailings, 1972-1980
Box   2 Folder   52	Newsletter reference file, 1971-1980
Box   2 Folder   53	Nomination papers samples, 1974-1980
Box   2 Folder   54	Nuclear power, 1972-1978
Box   2 Folder   55	Nursing, 1977-1981
Box   2 Folder   56	Nursing homes, 1971-1982
Box   2 Folder   57	OSHA, 1975
Box   2 Folder   58	PTA, 1971-1979
Box   2 Folder   59	Panama Canal, 1977-1978
Box   2 Folder   60	Parole, 1977
Box   2 Folder   61	Personnel, 1971-1980
Box   2 Folder   62	Pharmacists, 1979
Box   2 Folder   63	Pheasant propagation facilities, 1982
Box   2 Folder   64	Picketing, 1967
Box   2 Folder   65	Pledge of allegiance, 1979
Box   2 Folder   66-68	Police, 1968-1982
Box   2 Folder   69	Pollution, 1977
Box   2 Folder   70	Pornography, 1977-1982
Box   3 Folder   1	Printing, 1967-1980
Box   3 Folder   2	Prisons, 1971-1981
Box   3 Folder   3	Product liability, 1975-1977
Box   3 Folder   4	Project ELF, 1978-1982
Box   3 Folder   5	Public Records Board, 1982
Box   3 Folder   6	Public Service Commission, 1979-1980
Box   3 Folder   7	Questionnaire correspondence, 1980
Box   3 Folder   8	Radar detectors, 1981
Box   3 Folder   9	Reapportionment, 1981
Box   3 Folder   10	Rebates, 1981
Box   3 Folder   11	Recretion, 1975
Box   3 Folder   12	Regulation and Licensing, Department of, 1980-1982
Box   3 Folder   13	Republican Assembly Committee on Disruptions, 1971
Box   3 Folder   14	Republicans, 1967-1975
Box   3 Folder   15	Residency, 1980-1981
Box   3 Folder   16	Retirement, 1980-1981
Box   3 Folder   17	Revenue sharing, 1976
Box   3 Folder   18	Right-to-Life, 1981-1982
Box   3 Folder   19	Right-to-Work, 1979-1980
Box   3 Folder   20	Robedeaux, Clifford A., undated
Box   3 Folder   21	Rock fests, 1970-1971
Box   3 Folder   22	Roth, Toby, 1980
Box   3 Folder   23	SALT, 1979
Box   3 Folder   24	Sales tax, 1982
Box   3 Folder   25	Savings and loans, 1974-1980
Box   3 Folder   26	School board, 1971-1982
Box   3 Folder   27	Selective Service, 1981
Box   3 Folder   28	Senators, 1971-1981
Box   3 Folder   29	Senior citizens, 1975-1976
Box   3 Folder   30	Sewage (Milwaukee Metro), 1979-1982
Box   3 Folder   31	Sex education, 1969-1971
Box   3 Folder   32	Sexual assault and abuse, 1975-1981
Box   3 Folder   33	Shared revenue, 1981
Box   3 Folder   34	Small business, 1973-1982
Box   3 Folder   35	Solidarity, 1981-1982
Box   3 Folder   36	Speech material, 1972-1976
Box   3 Folder   37	State Capitol parking, 1979
Box   3 Folder   38	State Life Fund, 1978-1981
Box   3 Folder   39	Students, 1967-1973
Box   3 Folder   40	Students' loans, 1967-1975
Box   3 Folder   41	Sunburst Youth Homes, 1978
Box   3 Folder   42	Sunset legislation, 1976-1977
Box   3 Folder   43	Smoking, 1981-1982
Box   3 Folder   44	Social workers, 1979
Box   3 Folder   46	Tax changes, 1979-1982
Box   3 Folder   47	Taylor, Robert, 1967-1969
Box   3 Folder   48	Teachers, 1976-1981
Box   3 Folder   49	Telephone, 1974-1982
Box   3 Folder   50	Television and radio, 1977-1979
Box   3 Folder   51	Tenant-landlord legislation, 1977-1979
Box   3 Folder   52	Tito, 1971
Box   3 Folder   53	Transportation, 1975-1982
Box   3 Folder   54	Unemployment compensation, 1975-1982
Box   3 Folder   55	Unfair Sales Act, 1981
Box   3 Folder   56	Unions (Fair share), 1967-1982
Box   3 Folder   57	University of Wisconsin, 1970-1981
Box   3 Folder   58	University campus police, 1969-1970
Box   3 Folder   59	Veterans, 1967-1982
Box   3 Folder   60	Vietnam, 1975
Box   3 Folder   61	Voting, 1980
Box   3 Folder   62	Walker's Point, 1980
Box   3 Folder   63	Warehouse, 1978-1981
Box   3 Folder   64	Washington, D.C. voting rights, 1968-1982
Box   3 Folder   65-66	Wauwatosa, 1967-1981
Box   3 Folder   67	Common Council, 1967-1981
Box   3 Folder   68	Police, 1967-1979
Box   3 Folder   69	Schools, 1971-1982
Box   3 Folder   70	Wauwatosa News-Times, 1978-1979
Box   3 Folder   71-72	Welfare, 1969-1973
Box   3 Folder   73	Wetlands, 1979-1981
Box   3 Folder   74	Women's issues, 1979-1981
Box   3 Folder   75	Word Processing Center (form letters), 1979-1981
Box   3 Folder   76	Yugoslavia, 1979
Box   3 Folder   77	Zablocki, Clement, 1974-1976
Box   4	Series: Literature Distributions	⇧