Conrad Shearer Papers, 1911-1949
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Summary Information
Title: Conrad Shearer Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1911-1949

Creator:
  • Shearer, Conrad, 1874-1948
Call Number: Parkside Mss 33; Parkside Micro 4; Micro 617

Quantity: 11.0 c.f. (23 archives boxes and 5 flat boxes) and 28 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; 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-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Conrad Shearer, Wisconsin Republican state legislator and secretary of Kenosha Industries (later known as the Kenosha Manufacturing Association). Included is correspondence with constituents, other legislators, and many Wisconsin political and business leaders; scrapbooks of clippings; speeches; and miscellany. Among Shearer's correspondents are John W. Byrnes, William T. Evjue, Julius P. Heil, Warren P. Knowles, Walter J. Kohler, Philip F. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., George S. Parker, A. O. Paunack, George S. Whyte, Jessel S. Whyte, and Fred R. Zimmerman. Except for one disordered box of correspondence, 1934-1939, that was added in 2001, this collection is also available on microfilm.

Language: English

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Biography/History

Conrad Shearer, Republican state legislator and secretary of Kenosha Industries, was born in Somers, Wisconsin, on 18 October 1874. Following high school he attended the Kenosha College of Commerce and eventually completed his education in 1905 when he graduated from the State Normal School in Milwaukee. Prior to 1906 he taught in the Kenosha County and the Milwaukee public school systems and at the Kenosha College of Commerce. From 1906-1913 he worked as a postal clerk and a letter carrier with the Kenosha Post Office.

Shearer began his political career in 1913 when he was elected to the Kenosha City Council. He served as an alderman until 1919 when he became a member of the City Park Commission. Then in 1923 he was elected to the state assembly, where he served for five years until his 1928 election to the state senate. He continued to win re-election to that body until his death in 1948. During his quarter century of service in the legislature he served as president pro tem of the senate for three consecutive terms (1941, 1943, 1945) and held many important committee assignments. Among these were positions on the assembly's Labor Committee and Fish and Game Committee and later the senate's Education and Public Welfare Committee and the Agriculture and Labor Committee. He was chairman of this last committee for three sessions in 1943, 1945, and 1947 and was chairman of the state Republican caucus in 1943. During his legislative career Shearer championed numerous bills calling for vocational education and aid for crippled children; he is also credited with bringing about the State Planning Board. While in the senate, he wrote a newspaper column on district and legislative news which appeared in Kenosha and Walworth County papers.

In addition to his political career, Shearer remained active in the business, civic, and fraternal life of the community. In 1907 he became secretary and manager of the central offices of Kenosha Industries, now the Kenosha Manufacturing Association. He served in this capacity for 39 years until his retirement on 1 July 1946. He was also an active member of the Kenosha Hospital Board, member and secretary of the Salvation Army Board, and member and trustee of the First Congregational Church. He actively participated in several fraternal organizations.

Shearer married Mary E. Berglin on 28 August 1911. They had one child, Conrad, Jr. Shearer died of a heart ailment at the age of 73 in the midst of his campaign for re-election to a sixth term to the state senate.

Scope and Content Note

The Conrad Shearer Papers are organized into four series: Correspondence, a Miscellaneous File, Scrapbooks, and Speeches. The collection documents Shearer's activities as a state legislator and as the secretary of Kenosha Industries.

The Correspondence, 1911-1947, comprises the bulk of the collection. Retaining Shearer's filing system, it is arranged by year and alphabetically thereunder either by the name of the sender or by the organization or company name with which the sender was associated. A partial index of some of Shearer's more well-known or regular correspondents follows the container list. Among them are such Wisconsin political and business leaders as Thomas R. Amlie, George W. Blanchard, Stephen Bolles, John W. Byrnes, W. T. Doar, C. A. Dykstra, William T. Evjue, Julius P. Heil, Warren P. Knowles, Walter J. Kohler, Philip F. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., H. J. Mellum, Felix Olkives, George S. Parker, A. O. Paunack, Fred Risser, Lawrence H. Smith, Russel M. Tree, George S. Whyte, Jessel S. Whyte, and Fred R. Zimmerman. To insure the location of all their correspondence, the researcher should consult other dates in addition to those listed in the index.

Correspondence from constituents and Shearer's replies to them register various responses to and opinions on many subjects: the “radical” legislature; proposed changes in the income, gasoline, automobile, and oleomargarine taxes; labor-related legislation, such as instituting the eight-hour work day, shortening work hours for women, and defining disputes and unlawful conduct in labor controversies; the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment; modifications in the Sunday blue laws; the teachers retirement fund law; Governor Philip La Follette's criticism of conservative Republicans for blocking his programs; the legal status of Christian Scientists; Kenosha-area strikes at the Nash and Seamon plants; New Deal legislation; a proposed public relief bill to employ people during the depression; teachers tenure act; the overall state budget and suggested budget cuts at the University of Wisconsin; plans for state reorganization; daylight savings bill; the enforcement of gambling laws; state aid for transportation to parochial schools; the conversion of state teachers colleges to four year liberal arts colleges; and cuts in governmental salaries.

Shearer's correspondence reveals his opposition to legislation which “hamstrings” industry, his desire to stem the tide of radicalism, and his fear of one-sided labor legislation. His letters to members of Kenosha Industries marked “personal” analyze the legislation affecting business in each legislative session. He also discussed the various Wisconsin political coalitions resulting from the Democrat-Republican-Progressive split. The series also contains routine political correspondence, such as recommendations for political appointments, requests for legislative scholarships and Blue Books, invitations to attend or to speak at events, and congratulatory notes to Shearer for his nominations and elections to office. There is also a small amount of personal correspondence with family and friends intermixed with the political and business correspondence.

The Miscellaneous File includes a file of jokes and anecdotes which Shearer used during his speeches, clippings, a proclamation convening the state legislature, a program for a College of Commerce banquet, and a legislative resolution eulogizing Shearer. This is the smallest series in the collection and is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

The Scrapbooks are composed of clippings. Many are Shearer's weekly newspaper column printed in Kenosha and Walworth Counties which recounts district and legislative news. There are also clippings on such topics as Kenosha business activities, the move of the Simmons Company's executive offices from Kenosha, the strike at the Allen-A Company, an investigation of campaign funding and practices, and the death of Walter H. Alford, vice president of Nash Motors Company. Finally, there are announcements and advertisements for Shearer's various political campaigns. Their arrangement is chronological.

The Speeches include Shearer's addresses to church groups, school commencements and reunions, and civic and fraternal organizations. In them he offered his opinions on Wisconsin industry, taxation, socialism, the depression, and other topics. The speeches are arranged chronologically and are identified by title. A few miscellaneous speeches by other persons are also included. These are filed alphabetically by author.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Conrad J. Shearer Jr., Kenosha, Wisconsin, September 3, 1974. Accession Number: M74-443, M2001-096


Processing Information

Processed by J. Pfeil, L. Hyland, and C. Rongone, February 14, 1977.


Contents List
Series: Correspondence
Reel/Frame   1/1-107
Box/Folder   1/1
1911-1922, A-Z
1923,
Reel/Frame   1/108-294
Box/Folder   1/2
A-G
Reel/Frame   1/295-532
Box/Folder   1/3
H-N
Reel/Frame   1/533-735
Box/Folder   1/4
O-S
Reel/Frame   2/1-132
Box/Folder   1/5
T-Z
Reel/Frame   2/133-161
Box/Folder   1/6
1924, A-Z
1925,
Reel/Frame   2/162-323
Box/Folder   1/7
A-J
Reel/Frame   2/324-439
Box/Folder   2/1
K-R
Reel/Frame   2/440-556
Box/Folder   2/2
S-Z
Reel/Frame   2/557-618
Box/Folder   2/3
1926, A-Z
1927,
Reel/Frame   2/619-789
Box/Folder   2/4
A-L
Reel/Frame   2/790-1008
Box/Folder   2/5
M-Z
Reel/Frame   3/1-113
Box/Folder   2/6
1928, A-Z
1929,
Reel/Frame   3/114-238
Box/Folder   2/7
A-B
Reel/Frame   3/239-376
Box/Folder   2/8
C-E
Reel/Frame   3/377-546
Box/Folder   3/1
F-H
Reel/Frame   3/547-727
Box/Folder   3/2
I-L
Reel/Frame   3/728-895
Box/Folder   3/3
M-Q
Reel/Frame   4/1-193
Box/Folder   3/4
R-S
Reel/Frame   4/194-344
Box/Folder   3/5
T-Z
1930,
Reel/Frame   4/345-497
Box/Folder   3/6
A-K
Reel/Frame   4/498-647
Box/Folder   4/1
L-Z
1931,
Reel/Frame   4/648-785
Box/Folder   4/2
A-B
Reel/Frame   5/1-206
Box/Folder   4/3
C-F
Reel/Frame   5/207-399
Box/Folder   4/4
G-H
Reel/Frame   5/400-581
Box/Folder   4/5
I-L
Reel/Frame   5/582-781
Box/Folder   4/6
M-P
Reel/Frame   5/782-985
Box/Folder   5/1
R-S
Reel/Frame   6/1-216
Box/Folder   5/2
T-Z
1932,
Reel/Frame   6/217-374
Box/Folder   5/3
A-G
Reel/Frame   6/375-550
Box/Folder   5/4
H-O
Reel/Frame   6/551-737
Box/Folder   5/5
P-Z
1933,
Reel/Frame   6/738-780
Box/Folder   5/6
A
Reel/Frame   7/1-153
Box/Folder   6/1
B
Reel/Frame   7/154-305
Box/Folder   6/2
C
Reel/Frame   7/306-426
Box/Folder   6/3
D-E
Reel/Frame   7/427-575
Box/Folder   6/4
F-G
Reel/Frame   7/576-787
Box/Folder   6/5
H-J
Reel/Frame   7/788-959
Box/Folder   6/6
K-L
Reel/Frame   8/1-237
Box/Folder   7/1
M-O
Reel/Frame   8/238-401
Box/Folder   7/2
P-R
Reel/Frame   8/402-645
Box/Folder   7/3
S-T
Reel/Frame   8/646-676
Box/Folder   7/4
U-V
Reel/Frame   9/1-258
Box/Folder   7/5
W-Z
Box   28
1934-1939, Disordered Correspondence added in 2001
1934,
Reel/Frame   9/259-418
Box/Folder   7/6
A-F
Reel/Frame   9/419-607
Box/Folder   8/1
G-O
Reel/Frame   9/608-774
Box/Folder   8/2
P-Z
1935,
Reel/Frame   9/775-834
Box/Folder   8/3
A
Reel/Frame   10/1-211
Box/Folder   8/4
B
Reel/Frame   10/212-397
Box/Folder   8/5
C
Reel/Frame   10/398-552
Box/Folder   8/6
D-E
Reel/Frame   10/553-762
Box/Folder   9/1
F-G
Reel/Frame   11/1-247
Box/Folder   9/2
H
Reel/Frame   11/248-318
Box/Folder   10/1
I-J
Reel/Frame   11/319-451
Box/Folder   10/2
K
Reel/Frame   11/452-604
Box/Folder   10/3
L
Reel/Frame   11/605-883
Box/Folder   10/4
M
Reel/Frame   11/605-883
Box/Folder   10/5
M
Reel/Frame   12/1-87
Box/Folder   10/6
N-O
Reel/Frame   12/88-230
Box/Folder   10/7
P
Reel/Frame   12/231-382
Box/Folder   10/8
R
Reel/Frame   12/383-625
Box/Folder   11/1
S
Reel/Frame   12/383-625
Box/Folder   11/2
S
Reel/Frame   12/626-734
Box/Folder   11/3
T-V
Reel/Frame   13/1-289
Box/Folder   11/4
W
Reel/Frame   13/1-289
Box/Folder   11/5
W
Reel/Frame   13/290-332
Box/Folder   11/6
Y-Z
1935 correspondence answered by R.H. Lehner, Shearer's assistant
Reel/Frame   13/333-475
Box/Folder   11/7
A-F
Reel/Frame   13/476-637
Box/Folder   11/8
G-M
Reel/Frame   13/638-799
Box/Folder   12/1
N-Z
1936,
Reel/Frame   14/1-190
Box/Folder   12/2
A-F
Reel/Frame   14/191-383
Box/Folder   12/3
H-L
Reel/Frame   14/384-508
Box/Folder   12/4
M-O
Reel/Frame   14/509-669
Box/Folder   12/5
P-Z
1937,
Reel/Frame   14/670-869
Box/Folder   12/6
A-B
Reel/Frame   15/1-94
Box/Folder   12/7
C
Reel/Frame   15/95-288
Box/Folder   13/1
D-G
Reel/Frame   15/289-523
Box/Folder   13/2
H
Reel/Frame   15/524-722
Box/Folder   13/3
I-L
Reel/Frame   15/723-889
Box/Folder   13/4
M-N
Reel/Frame   16/1-180
Box/Folder   13/5
O-R
Reel/Frame   16/181-308
Box/Folder   13/6
S
Reel/Frame   16/309-529
Box/Folder   14/1
T-Z
1938,
Reel/Frame   16/530-709
Box/Folder   14/2
A-J
Reel/Frame   16/710-858
Box/Folder   14/3
K-R
Reel/Frame   17/1-84
Box/Folder   14/4
S-Z
1939,
Reel/Frame   17/85-151
Box/Folder   14/5
A
Reel/Frame   17/152-381
Box/Folder   14/6
B
Reel/Frame   17/382-527
Box/Folder   15/1
C
Reel/Frame   17/528-764
Box/Folder   15/2
D-F
Reel/Frame   17/765-859
Box/Folder   15/3
G
Reel/Frame   18/1-254
Box/Folder   15/4
H
Reel/Frame   18/255-438
Box/Folder   15/5
I-K
Reel/Frame   18/439-589
Box/Folder   15/6
L
Reel/Frame   18/590-799
Box/Folder   16/1
M
Reel/Frame   19/1-71
Box/Folder   16/2
N-O
Reel/Frame   19/72-248
Box/Folder   16/3
P-Q
Reel/Frame   19/249-364
Box/Folder   16/4
R
Reel/Frame   19/365-534
Box/Folder   16/5
S
Reel/Frame   19/535-665
Box/Folder   16/6
T-V
Reel/Frame   19/666-883
Box/Folder   16/7
W
Reel/Frame   20/1-46
Box/Folder   17/1
Y-Z
1941,
Reel/Frame   20/47-66
Box/Folder   17/2
A
Reel/Frame   20/67-278
Box/Folder   17/3
B
Reel/Frame   20/279-424
Box/Folder   17/4
C-F
Reel/Frame   20/425-597
Box/Folder   17/5
G-J
Reel/Frame   20/598-734
Box/Folder   17/6
K-L
Reel/Frame   20/735-889
Box/Folder   17/7
M-O
Reel/Frame   21/1-98
Box/Folder   17/8
P-R
Reel/Frame   21/99-290
Box/Folder   18/1
S-T
Reel/Frame   21/291-442
Box/Folder   18/2
V-Z
1942,
Reel/Frame   21/443-573
Box/Folder   18/3
A-G
Reel/Frame   21/574-747
Box/Folder   18/4
H-O
Reel/Frame   21/748-924
Box/Folder   18/5
P-Z
1943,
Reel/Frame   22/1-183
Box/Folder   18/6
A-J
Reel/Frame   22/184-401
Box/Folder   19/1
K-P
Reel/Frame   22/402-590
Box/Folder   19/2
R-T
Reel/Frame   22/591-655
Box/Folder   19/3
W-Z
1944,
Reel/Frame   22/656-836
Box/Folder   19/4
A-C
Reel/Frame   23/1-196
Box/Folder   19/5
D-K
Reel/Frame   23/197-432
Box/Folder   19/6
L-R
Reel/Frame   23/433-545
Box/Folder   20/1
S-Z
1945,
Reel/Frame   23/546-747
Box/Folder   20/2
A-H
Reel/Frame   23/748-981
Box/Folder   20/3
I-M
Reel/Frame   24/1-186
Box/Folder   20/4
N-S
Reel/Frame   24/187-332
Box/Folder   20/5
T-W
Reel/Frame   24/333-486
Box/Folder   20/6
1946, A-Z
1947,
Reel/Frame   24/487-670
Box/Folder   20/7
A-C
Reel/Frame   24/671-884
Box/Folder   21/1
D-J
Reel/Frame   25/1-193
Box/Folder   21/2
K-N
Reel/Frame   25/194-404
Box/Folder   21/3
O-T
Reel/Frame   25/405-457
Box/Folder   21/4
V-Z
Series: Miscellaneous File
⇧
Reel/Frame   26/1-39
Box/Folder   21/5
Anecdotes, jokes, etc
Reel/Frame   26/40-70
Box/Folder   21/6
Clippings, 1915; 1931; 1933-1939; 1941; n.d
Reel/Frame   26/71-89
Box/Folder   21/7
Miscellaneous, 1938, n.d
Reel/Frame   26/90-92
Box/Folder   21/8
Proclamation by Governor LaFollette re-convening legislature, 1931, November 16
Reel/Frame   26/93-96
Box/Folder   21/9
Program for College of Commerce Banquet, Class of 1932
Reel/Frame   26/97-103
Box/Folder   21/10
Resolution about the life and public service of Shearer, 1949, February 3
Series: Scrapbooks
⇧
Reel/Frame   26/104-225
Box/Volume   22/1
1916, March - 1930, January
Reel/Frame   26/226-460
Box/Volume   22/2
1929, April - 1931, May
Reel/Frame   26/461-607
Box/Volume   23/1
1931, May - 1933, January
Reel/Frame   26/608-806
Box/Volume   23/2
1933, February - 1935, April
Reel/Frame   27/1-66
Box/Volume   24/1
1935, April-August
Reel/Frame   27/67-215
Box/Volume   24/2
1935, August - 1938, June
1937,
Reel/Frame   27/216-258
Box/Volume   24/3
March-July
Reel/Frame   27/259-290
Box/Volume   24/4
July-October
Reel/Frame   27/291-329
Box/Volume   24/5
1937, October - 1938, December
Reel/Frame   27/330-377
Box/Volume   24/6
1938, June - 1939, September
Reel/Frame   27/378-436
Box/Volume   24/7
1938, December - 1939, May
Reel/Frame   27/437-496
Box/Volume   25/1
1939, May-November
Reel/Frame   27/497-547
Box/Volume   25/2
1939, November - 1941, February
Reel/Frame   27/548-623
Box/Volume   25/3
1941, February - 1942, April
Reel/Frame   27/624-728
Box/Volume   25/4
1942, May - 1943, May
Reel/Frame   27/729-789
Box/Volume   25/5
1943, June - 1945, March
Reel/Frame   28/1-85
Box/Volume   26/1
1945, February - 1947, May
Reel/Frame   28/86-147
Box/Volume   26/2
1947, May - 1948, September
Series: Speeches
⇧
Speeches by Conrad Shearer,
Reel/Frame   28/150-155
Box/Folder   27/1
1911, March 26, Men's League of the M.E. Church
Reel/Frame   28/156-161
Box/Folder   27/1
1912, Kenosha High School Reunion, Class of 1895
Reel/Frame   28/162-166
Box/Folder   27/1
1913?, Knights of Pythias
Reel/Frame   28/167-169
Box/Folder   27/1
1914, Remarks For a Tribute to Matron Sister Milligan
Reel/Frame   28/170-176
Box/Folder   27/1
1915, Acceptance of a Worthy Patron
Reel/Frame   28/177-181
Box/Folder   27/1
1916, Men's Clubs and Good Citizenship
Reel/Frame   28/182-184
Box/Folder   27/1
ca. 1918, Welcome Home Soldiers
Reel/Frame   28/185-189
Box/Folder   27/1
1920, November 9, Frost Foremen
Reel/Frame   28/190-191
Box/Folder   27/1
1920, November 11, Remarks at the End of Term as Executive Officer of League
Reel/Frame   28/192-196
Box/Folder   27/1
1920, Public Schools of Kenosha
Reel/Frame   28/197-204
Box/Folder   27/1
1922, January 4, Installation of Kenosha Commandery #30, Knights Templar
Reel/Frame   28/205-212
Box/Folder   27/1
1927, October 16, Columbus Day
Reel/Frame   28/213-220
Box/Folder   27/1
1929, October 10, Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention at the First Baptist Church
Reel/Frame   28/221-223
Box/Folder   27/1
1929, December 20, Good Fellowship Banquet of the Park Avenue M.E. Church
Reel/Frame   28/224-226
Box/Folder   27/1
1929, Legislation Before the 1929 Legislature
Reel/Frame   28/227-231
Box/Folder   27/1
1930, February 13, Tribute for Brother Walter H. Alford, Kenosha Lodge #750
Reel/Frame   28/232-234
Box/Folder   27/1
1930, June 27, Congregational Church
Reel/Frame   28/235-239
Box/Folder   27/1
post 1930, Tax Situation in Wisconsin
Reel/Frame   28/240-243
Box/Folder   27/1
1931, March 11, Masonic Lodge, Madison
Reel/Frame   28/244-248
Box/Folder   27/1
1931, November 13, Orthopedic School
Reel/Frame   28/249-255
Box/Folder   27/1
ca. 1931, Special Legislative Session, , 1931, February 16
Reel/Frame   28/256-262
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, January, Remarks Before the State Senate
Reel/Frame   28/263-264
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, February 24, Welcome, Meeting of Engineers at the Odd Fellows Temple
Reel/Frame   28/265-268
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, April 29, Craftsmen's Bowling League
Reel/Frame   28/285-291
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, June 10, Commencement, Washington School
Reel/Frame   28/269-284
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, June 29, Commencement, Kenosha College of Commerce
Reel/Frame   28/292-298
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, July 31, Slavic Society, Washington Bowl
Reel/Frame   28/299-303
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, September 11, Simmons Company Leaving Kenosha
Reel/Frame   28/304-307
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, September, First Christian Church
Reel/Frame   28/308-310
Box/Folder   27/1
1932, Lawmaking Process in Madison
Reel/Frame   28/311-317
Box/Folder   27/2
1933, February 22, Salaries of Legislators
Reel/Frame   28/318-336
Box/Folder   27/2
1933, August 28, Lobbying and the Activities of the Legislature
Reel/Frame   28/337-344
Box/Folder   27/2
1933, Value of Vocational Education
Reel/Frame   28/345-357
Box/Folder   27/2
1934, February 21, Address Before College of Commerce
Reel/Frame   28/358-362
Box/Folder   27/2
1934, April 27, Economic Recovery of Kenosha's Industries
Reel/Frame   28/363-364
Box/Folder   27/2
post 1934, July, New Deal (fragment)
Reel/Frame   28/365-372
Box/Folder   27/2
1934, October 10, The Farm
Reel/Frame   28/373-374
Box/Folder   27/2
1934, October 23, The Progressives
Reel/Frame   28/375-386
Box/Folder   27/2
1934, November 2, Vocational Directors of Milwaukee
Reel/Frame   28/387-391
Box/Folder   27/2
ca. 1934, November, Blame for the Depression
Reel/Frame   28/392-396
Box/Folder   27/2
1935, January 6, Rev. Corey
Reel/Frame   28/397-406
Box/Folder   27/2
ca. 1935, August, The Depression
Reel/Frame   28/407-408
Box/Folder   27/2
post 1935, City and County Park System
Reel/Frame   28/409-412
Box/Folder   27/2
post 1935, Taxation
Reel/Frame   28/413-418
Box/Folder   27/2
1936, March 22, Effects of Sunday School
Reel/Frame   28/419-425
Box/Folder   27/2
1936, June 25, Address, College of Commerce
Reel/Frame   28/426-431
Box/Folder   27/2
1936, November, 65th Anniversary of the Simmons Company
Reel/Frame   28/432-440
Box/Folder   27/2
ca. 1936, Government Statistics
Reel/Frame   28/441
Box/Folder   27/2
ca. 1936, Unemployment
Reel/Frame   28/442-455
Box/Folder   27/2
1937, January 20, Politicians
Reel/Frame   28/456-460
Box/Folder   27/2
1938?, Danger of Credit
Reel/Frame   28/461-462
Box/Folder   27/2
1939, February 27, Address to Teachers
Reel/Frame   28/463-467
Box/Folder   27/2
1939, 1939 Legislative Session
Reel/Frame   28/468-471
Box/Folder   27/2
1939?, Bills introduced in the Legislature
Reel/Frame   28/472-473
Box/Folder   27/2
1939?, Growth and Development of State Institutions
Reel/Frame   28/474-475
Box/Folder   27/2
1940, April 11, State Public Welfare Department
Reel/Frame   28/476-480
Box/Folder   27/2
ca. 1940, Introduction, Governor Julius P. Heil
Reel/Frame   28/481-483
Box/Folder   27/2
1942, January 29, Tribute, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lance
Reel/Frame   28/484-487
Box/Folder   27/2
1946, January 20, Tribute, Mrs. Hallett
n.d.,
Reel/Frame   28/488-490
Box/Folder   27/3
Aldermen
Reel/Frame   28/491-498
Box/Folder   27/3
Announcement of Candidacy
Reel/Frame   28/499-501
Box/Folder   27/3
Appreciation
Reel/Frame   28/502-509
Box/Folder   27/3
A Better Kenosha
Reel/Frame   28/510-511
Box/Folder   27/3
Bill 71S
Reel/Frame   28/540-546
Box/Folder   27/3
Brief Remarks at the Men's Club
Reel/Frame   28/547-549
Box/Folder   27/3
Brief Remarks, Municipal Elections
Reel/Frame   28/512-539
Box/Folder   27/3
Brotherly Love
Reel/Frame   28/550-553
Box/Folder   27/3
Characteristics of a True Mason
Reel/Frame   28/554-556
Box/Folder   27/3
The Child and the PTA
Reel/Frame   28/557-563
Box/Folder   27/3
Our City Government and Our Schools
Reel/Frame   28/564-567
Box/Folder   27/3
College of Commerce
Reel/Frame   28/568-572
Box/Folder   27/3
The Coming Inspection
Reel/Frame   28/573-574
Box/Folder   27/3
County Fair
Reel/Frame   28/575-581
Box/Folder   27/3
Experiences Gained Through Employing Help for Kenosha Factories
Reel/Frame   28/582-584
Box/Folder   27/3
Fence or Ambulance
Reel/Frame   28/585
Box/Folder   27/3
Flag
Reel/Frame   28/586-587
Box/Folder   27/3
The Flag
Reel/Frame   28/588-590
Box/Folder   27/4
The Flag, Italian-American Society
Reel/Frame   28/591-594
Box/Folder   27/4
Fraternal, Knights of Pythias
Reel/Frame   28/595-598
Box/Folder   27/4
Gaining Security For All
Reel/Frame   28/599-603
Box/Folder   27/4
How State Laws Are Made
Reel/Frame   28/604-613
Box/Folder   27/4
Industrial Kenosha
Reel/Frame   28/614-617
Box/Folder   27/4
The Influence We Gain Through Doing Good
Reel/Frame   28/618-619
Box/Folder   27/4
Introduction
Reel/Frame   28/620-623
Box/Folder   27/4
Introduction, Kenosha High School Association
Reel/Frame   28/624-625
Box/Folder   27/4
Kenosha Advancement Association
Reel/Frame   28/626-636
Box/Folder   27/4
Legislature
Reel/Frame   28/637-639
Box/Folder   27/4
Loyalty
Reel/Frame   28/640-642
Box/Folder   27/4
Memorial Address
Reel/Frame   28/643-649
Box/Folder   27/4
Memorial Services
Reel/Frame   28/650-651
Box/Folder   27/4
Memorium
Reel/Frame   28/652-654
Box/Folder   27/4
Narrative, Official Duties of Legislator
Reel/Frame   28/655-664
Box/Folder   27/4
Opening, College of Commerce
Reel/Frame   28/665-667
Box/Folder   27/4
Out of Work Insurance
Reel/Frame   28/668-672
Box/Folder   27/4
Past Matron's Night
Reel/Frame   28/673
Box/Folder   27/4
Present Conditions
Reel/Frame   28/674-678
Box/Folder   27/4
The Public Schools
Reel/Frame   28/679-692
Box/Folder   27/4
Red Cross Lodge #83, Knights of Pythias
Reel/Frame   28/693-695
Box/Folder   27/4
Salvation Army
Reel/Frame   28/696
Box/Folder   27/4
School Finances
Reel/Frame   28/697-698
Box/Folder   27/4
Special Session
Reel/Frame   28/699-702
Box/Folder   27/4
Some Things That Retard the Progress of High School Students
Reel/Frame   28/703-705
Box/Folder   27/4
Some Things This Association Can Accomplish
Reel/Frame   28/706-713
Box/Folder   27/4
Sources of Labor
Reel/Frame   28/714-720
Box/Folder   27/4
Taxation
Reel/Frame   28/721-722
Box/Folder   27/4
Teachers
Reel/Frame   28/723
Box/Folder   27/4
Unemployment
Reel/Frame   28/724-728
Box/Folder   27/4
Value of Association
Reel/Frame   28/729-736
Box/Folder   27/4
What the Kenosha High School Did Not Do For Me
Reel/Frame   28/737
Box/Folder   27/4
The Youth of Today -- The Man of Tomorrow
Speeches by other people,
Reel/Frame   28/754-760
Box/Folder   27/5
Allen, Andrew J., Secretary, Associated Employers of Indianapolis, 1931, February 4,Eulogy of the Stars and Stripes
Reel/Frame   28/745-748
Box/Folder   27/5
Cole, Judge C., 1913, June 21, The State of Wisconsin
Reel/Frame   28/761-762
Box/Folder   27/5
James, Ada, 1937, Miss James Criticises (sic) Special Session
Reel/Frame   28/763
Box/Folder   27/5
Hubbard, Elbert, n.d., Don't Be a Knocker
Reel/Frame   28/749-753
Box/Folder   27/5
Utley,_____, president, Michigan Manufacturers' Association, 1930, January 29, Address Before the Milwaukee Employees' Council
Correspondents-Partial Index
Note

Researcher should consult other years in addition to those listed.


  • Albers, J. M., State Planning Board:  1943
  • American Brass Company:  1923, 1924, 1929
  • Amlie, Thomas R., U.S. representative:  1935
  • Belden, E. B., judge, Wisconsin Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit:  1935
  • Beggs, Lyall T., state assemblyman:  1944
  • Blanchard, George W., U.S. representative:  1941
  • Bolles, Stephen, U.S. representative:  1941
  • Bubolz, Gordon A., state senator:  1947
  • Bowles, Chester, administrator, Office of Price Administration:  1944, 1945
  • Bricker, John, governor of Ohio:  1944
  • Brown, Taylor G., state senator:  1944
  • Burke, Edward R., U.S. senator:  1939
  • Busby, Allen J., state senator:  1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
  • Byrnes, John W., state senator:  1941, 1942, 1944
  • Buchen, Gustave W., state senator:  1944
  • Carroll, James H., state senator:  1942
  • Cavanaugh, Richard P., president, Kenosha Chamber of Commerce:  1927, 1935
  • Coakley, Maurice P., state senator:  1939
  • Coopers, Inc.:  1923, 1924, 1927, 1929
  • Davis, Glenn R.:  1947
  • Doar, W. T., attorney:  1941, 1942, 1944
  • Drury, Alfred L., judge, Circuit Court of Kenosha County:  1947
  • Dykstra, C. A., president, University of Wisconsin:  1944
  • Ebert, Charles J., state assemblyman:  1947
  • Evjue, William T., editor, The Capital Times :  1947
  • Fehlhaber, Orville W., state assemblyman:  1942
  • Frost Manufacturing Company:  1923, 1924, 1925, 1929
  • Galbraith, John H.:  1947
  • Gettelman, Bernhard, state senator:  1943
  • Goodland, Walter S., governor:  1943, 1944, 1946
  • Hambrecht, George P., director, State Board of Vocational Education:  1933
  • Hanak, Elmer W., works manager, Simmons Company:  1934, 1935, 1939, 1945
  • Havens, Grace E., personal secretary:  1927, 1931, 1945
  • Heden, E. A., state senator:  1947
  • Heil, Julius P., governor:  1939, 1942
  • Hilker, Edward F., state assemblyman:  1942
  • Hipke, George H., state senator:  1944, 1946
  • Hiss, Alger, secretary general, UN Conference of International Organization:  1945
  • Hones, K. W., president, Wisconsin Farmers Union:  1947
  • Humphrey, H. H., Northern Milling Company:  1931
  • Husband, E. E., state assemblyman:  1931, 1941
  • Ickes, Harold, Solid Fuels Administrator for War:  1945
  • Judd, Clark S., American Brass Company:  1932
  • Keefe, Frank B., U.S. representative:  1941
  • Keeshen, James, James Keeshen Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:  1929, 1930, 1931
  • Kelley, Edward L., chairman, Wisconsin Tax Commission:  1930
  • Knowles, Warren P., state senator:  1941, 1944, 1946, 1947
  • Kohler, Walter J., governor:  1930
  • LaBar, Daniel E., state assemblyman:  1928, 1932, 1934, 1939
  • La Follette, Philip F., governor:  1931, 1932, 1935
  • La Follette, Robert M., Jr., U.S. senator:  1941
  • Laird, Melvin R., state senator:  1944
  • Laughlin, H. C., city manager, Kenosha:  1931, 1939
  • Law, James R., mayor, Madison:  1943
  • Loomis, G. L., superintendent, Kenosha Public Schools:  1923, 1933
  • Luce, Roscoe R., judge, County Court of Walworth:  1933
  • Mack, Mike, state senator:  1941
  • Mellum, H. J., secretary, Nash Motors Co.:  1929, 1931, 1933, 1939, 1941
  • Miller, Jess, state senator:  1946
  • Morris, Oscar H., state senator:  1927, 1931, 1934, 1941
  • Niederprim, John C., clerk, Office of County Clerk, Kenosha:  1934
  • O'Brien, William E., chairman, Wisconsin Highway Commission:  1933
  • Olkives, Felix, Kenosha Manufacturing Association:  1939
  • Olson, Melvin J., state senator:  1944
  • Panzer, Frank E., state senator:  1944
  • Parker, George S., Parker Pen Company:  1934
  • Pauley, H. M., manager, Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co.:  1939
  • Paunack, A. O., president, Commercial State Bank:  1941
  • Peter Pirsch and Sons Co.:  1930
  • Plenzke, O. H., secretary, Wisconsin Teachers Association:  1934
  • Prange, H. Carl:  1947
  • Rennebohm, Oscar:  1944
  • Rice, Ora R., state assemblyman:  1942, 1944
  • Rice, Richard M., state assemblyman:  1944
  • Risser, Fred, state senator:  1943, 1944
  • Schlabach, R. M., state assemblyman:  1941
  • Severson, Herman J., judge, 7th Judicial District:  1944
  • Simmons Co.:  1920, 1923
  • Smith, A. J., principal, Racine-Kenosha Rural Normal School:  1925, 1933
  • Smith, Lawrence H., U.S. congressman:  1941, 1942, 1944
  • Swanton, Milo K., executive secretary, Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives:  1939, 1947
  • Torkelson, M. W., State Planning Board, Director of Regional Planning, Wisconsin:  1939, 1942
  • Tree, Russel M., American Brass Company:  1931, 1933
  • Vincent, W. W., president, Vincent-McCall Company:  1933
  • Wallace, James E., city manager, Kenosha:  1941-44
  • Whyte, George W., president, MacWhyte Company:  1922, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933
  • Whyte, Jessel S., president, MacWhyte Co.:  1939, 1941, 1947
  • Wiley, Alexander:  1946
  • Zimmerman, Fred R., secretary of state, governor:  1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1941