Summary Information
Robert W. Dean Papers
1958-1963
Mss 75
2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of a Wisconsin state senator, lawyer, and judge, Robert Dean, including legislative subject files which are primarily routine but include reports of the Conservation Commission and Highway Committee on which Dean served, and one folder concerning Menominee Indian termination proceedings. Correspondence is primarily from his constituents.
English
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Biography/History
Robert W. Dean was born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1923. He was a student at the University of Wisconsin from 1941 until his enlistment in the U. S. Army Air Force in 1943. He returned to school in 1946 and received his L1.D. in 1950. Until his election to the State Senate in 1959, he practiced law, presenting cases before the U. S. Treasury Department and the U. S. District Court of the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. In the Wisconsin Senate he represented the 29th District, which includes Marathon, Menominee, and Shawano Counties. He served on the Highway Commission, the Retirement Research Council, and as vice-chairman of the Legislative Council's Water Resources Commission.
Scope and Content Note
The Dean collection consists of correspondence and a subject file including reports on the legislative committees and commissions on which Dean served from 1959 to 1963. The correspondence, concentrated in the years 1959 and 1961, consists primarily of letters from his constituents in the 29th District, in which they expressed their views on such issues as state life insurance expansion, the reorganization of the court system, the University of Wisconsin budget, reapportionment, and various welfare bills.
The legislative subject file consists of the reports of the commissions upon which Dean served, especially those of Water Resources and Highways. It also includes an alphabetical file on certain bills in 1959 and 1961; these include bills on religious training, municipal annexation, tax simplification, pesticides, public transportation for public and parochial school students, and reorganization of state government.
List of Prominent Correspondents
- Hubert H. Humphrey - 1959, December 2
- John F. Kennedy - 1959, October 29
- Gaylord Nelson - 1959, January 8, April 30; 1962, March 16, July 24
- William Proxmire - 1963, January 31
- John W. Reynolds - 1960, January 4; 1963, August 15
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Robert W. Dean, Wausau, Wisconsin, August 28, 1969.
Processed by Eleanor Niermann and Carolyn Mattern, March 16, 1970.
Contents List
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
1
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1958, Nov. - 1959, Feb.
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1959, March
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1959, April
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1959, April
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Box
1
Folder
5
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1959, May
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Box
1
Folder
6
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1959, May
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1959, June
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1959, June
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1959, July
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1959, July - September
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1959, October-December
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1960, Jan.-Dec.
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Box
2
Folder
6
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1961, Jan.-Feb.
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Box
2
Folder
7
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1961, March
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Box
2
Folder
8
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1961, March
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1961, April
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1961, April
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1961, May
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Box
3
Folder
4
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1961, June-October
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Box
3
Folder
5
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1961, Nov.-Dec.
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Box
3
Folder
6
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1962, Jan.-July
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Box
3
Folder
7
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1962, July - 1963, August
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Series: Legislative Subject File
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Blue Book Requests, 1961, April-Nov. 1962, June-July
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Campaign Mail, 1962, Oct.
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Clippings, 1958, Nov., 1959, March-July
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Conservation Commission, 1958, Jan. - 1959, June, 1961, March-May
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Family Code, 1959, June - 1961, May
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Highway Advisory, 1961, June
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Highway Committee, 1957, Nov. 1960, Oct. - 1961, May
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Industrial Development, 1958, May - 1959, April
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Joint Resolution, 18A, Agriculture, 1959, April-May
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Legislation Prepared, 1961, Jan.-April
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Legislative Bills
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Minimum Wage, 1961, Jan.
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Religious Training, 1959, Jan.-March
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Municipal Annexation, 1961, March-May
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Governor's Disability, 1959, Sept. - 1961, Feb.
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Box
4
Folder
15
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106A, Amendment to 1959 Budget 1959, May
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Box
4
Folder
16
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157S, Safety Courses on Point System, 1959, April, 1961, Oct., 1961, Jan.
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Box
4
Folder
17
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213S Deer Hunting Party Permits, 1961, Jan.-March
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Box
4
Folder
18
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302S, Trading Stamps, 1961, April
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Box
4
Folder
19
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314S, Egg Bill, 1959, Feb.-April
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Box
4
Folder
20
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430S, Alcoholism
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Box
4
Folder
21
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470S & 474S, Tax Simplification, 1960, June-Dec., 1961, Jan-August
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Box
4
Folder
22
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557S Pesticides, 1959, Jan.-May, 1959, May- Nov.
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Box
4
Folder
23
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588A Public Transportation for Public and Parochial School, 1961, May-June
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Box
4
Folder
24
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621S Tax Simplification, 1959, Feb.-July, 1960, April-October
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Box
4
Folder
25
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623S Reorganization of State Government, 1959, May-June
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Box
5
Folder
1
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685A, Billboard Legislation, 1959, April-Nov.
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Box
5
Folder
2
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707S, Tax Reform, 1961, July, 1959-1961
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Box
5
Folder
3
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810A, Farm Marketing Bill
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Box
5
Folder
4
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817S, Reapportionment, 1962, June
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Menominee Indians, 1959-1961
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Box
5
Folder
6
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National Federation of Indian Business, 1959-1961
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Post Office Patronage, 1960-1963
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Press Releases, 1959-1961
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Box
5
Folder
9
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Sales Tax, 1961, April-July
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Senate Candidates, 1962, August
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Box
5
Folder
11
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State Bar Association, 1961, April-May
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Traffic Safety Study
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Box
5
Folder
12
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1959-1961
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Correspondence & Questionnaires, 1961, Jan.-June
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Box
5
Folder
14
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University Salary Increases, 1961, April-May
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Wausau Chamber of Commerce Opinions on Pending Legislation, 1961, Jan.-May
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Box
5
Folder
16
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Witholding Tax Plan, 1959, Feb. - 1960, May
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Box
5
Folder
17
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John Wyngaard's Column, n.d.
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Box
5
Folder
18
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Youth Honor Day, 1959, Feb.
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