Title: Wisconsin. Government Records Division: Legislative Briefs
Inclusive Dates: 1955-1984

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Division of Elections and Records

Call Number: Series 178; Disc 169A

Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 4 record center cartons) and 1 disc recording

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

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Abstract:

Written and printed statements or communications distributed to legislators concerning bills before the Legislature or other issues. Section 13.70 of the statutes requires the filing of three copies of all such communications from lobbyists, advocacy groups, and others in the office of the Secretary of State.

Language: English

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Files for 1955-1982 by year and thereunder by bill number and by subject headings. Generally the subject headings have been applied by the Secretary of State's office; where they were absent, the Archives has supplied them. In some cases very small subject categories have been combined. Frequently there are subject categories for organization names. Files for 1983-1984 are arranged by year and thereunder alphabetically by keyword in organization names.

Series 178	1955-1956
Box   1 Folder   1	Assembly bills
Box   1 Folder   2	Senate bills
Box   1 Folder   3	Joint resolutions
Box   1 Folder   4	Agriculture
Box   1 Folder   5	Banking
Box   1 Folder   6	Budget bill
Box   1 Folder   7	Cigarette tax
Box   1 Folder   8	Civil Service salaries
Box   1 Folder   9	Conservation
Box   1 Folder   10	Education and public welfare
Box   1 Folder   11	Highways
Box   1 Folder   12	Milwaukee bulletins
Box   1 Folder   13	Miscellany
Box   1 Folder   14	Motor vehicles
Box   1 Folder   15	Municipalities
Box   1 Folder   16	Nursing
Box   1 Folder   17	Petroleum
Box   1 Folder   18	Pollution
Box   1 Folder   19	Public housing
Box   1 Folder   20	Retirement
Box   1 Folder   21	Stevens Point Chamber of Commerce
Box   1 Folder   22	Taxation
Box   1 Folder   23	Trading stamps
Box   1 Folder   24	Transportation
Box   1 Folder   25	Wisconsin Towns Association
	1957-1959
Box   1 Folder   26	Assembly bills
Box   2 Folder   1	Assembly bills, continued
Box   2 Folder   2	Senate bills
Box   2 Folder   3	Joint resolutions
Box   2 Folder   4	Aeronautics
Box   2 Folder   5	Agriculture
Box   2 Folder   6	Banking
Box   2 Folder   7	Budget bill
Box   2 Folder   8	Conservation
Box   2 Folder   9	Daylight Savings Time
Box   2 Folder   10	Education and public welfare
Box   2 Folder   11	Greater Beloit Association of Commerce
Box   2 Folder   12	Highway safety
Box   2 Folder   13	Judicial reorganization
Box   2 Folder   14	Labor
Box   2 Folder   15	League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Box   2 Folder   16	Milwaukee
Box   2 Folder   16	Miscellany
Box   2 Folder   17	Motor vehicles
Box   2 Folder   18	Retirement
Box   2 Folder   19	Stevens Point Chamber of Commerce
Box   2 Folder   20	Teachers retirement
Box   2 Folder   21	Unemployment benefits
Box   2 Folder   22	Urban renewal
Box   2 Folder   23	Water code
	1959-1960
Box   2 Folder   24-25	Assembly bills
Box   3 Folder   1	Senate bills
Box   3 Folder   2	Joint resolutions
Box   3 Folder   3	Aeronautics
Box   3 Folder   4	Agriculture
Box   3 Folder   5	Annexations
Box   3 Folder   6	Banking
Box   3 Folder   7	Budget bill
Box   3 Folder   8	Chiropractic
Box   3 Folder   9	Civil defense
Box   3 Folder   10	Court reorganization
Box   3 Folder   11	Education
Box   3 Folder   12	Highways
Box   3 Folder   13	Hospitals and insurance
Box   3 Folder   14	League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Box   3 Folder   15	Margarine
Box   3 Folder   16	Menominee Indian Tribe
Box   3 Folder   17	Metzner Law
Box   3 Folder   18	Milwaukee
Box   3 Folder   19	Miscellany
Box   3 Folder   20	Municipal employees
Box   3 Folder   21	Optometry
Box   3 Folder   22	Outdoor advertising
Box   3 Folder   23	Public welfare
Box   3 Folder   24	Railroads
Box   3 Folder   25	Residence laws
Box   3 Folder   26	Stevens Point Chamber of Commerce
Box   3 Folder   27	Taxation
Box   3 Folder   28	Water laws
Box   3 Folder   29	Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Box   3 Folder   30	X-Ray unit, Mobile
	1961-1962
Box   4 Folder   1	Assembly bills
Box   4 Folder   2	Senate bills
Box   4 Folder   3	Joint resolutions
Box   4 Folder   4	Alcoholism
Box   4 Folder   5	Budget bill
Box   4 Folder   6	Conservation
Box   4 Folder   7	Court reorganization
Box   4 Folder   8	Elections
Box   4 Folder   9	Housing laws
Box   4 Folder   10	Milk Marketing Control Board
Box   4 Folder   11	Milwaukee
Box   4 Folder   12	Miscellany
Box   4 Folder   13	Motor vehicles
Box   4 Folder   14	Newspaper publications
Box   4 Folder   15	Podiatry
Box   4 Folder   16	Railroads
Box   4 Folder   17	Reapportionment
Box   4 Folder   18	Sales tax
Box   4 Folder   19	Schools
Box   4 Folder   20	Sunday closing legislation
Box   4 Folder   21	Taxation
Box   4 Folder   22	Television
Box   4 Folder   23	Trading stamps
Box   4 Folder   24	Traffic/State Patrol
Box   4 Folder   25	Unamerican activities
	1963-1964
Box   4 Folder   26	Assembly bills
Box   4 Folder   27	Senate bills
Box   4 Folder   28	Accounting licenses
Box   5 Folder   1	Alcohol
Box   5 Folder   2	American Red Cross
Box   5 Folder   3	Apportionment
Box   5 Folder   4	Civil rights
Box   5 Folder   5	Cooperative Education Service Agency (AB 254)
Box   5 Folder   6	Dairy industry
Box   5 Folder   7	Detergents/Water pollution
Box   5 Folder   8	Fair housing
Box   5 Folder   9	Firefighters associations
Box   5 Folder   10	Labor
Box   5 Folder   11	Milwaukee
Box   5 Folder   12	Miscellany
Box   5 Folder   13	Motor Carrier News
Box   5 Folder   14	Natural resources
Box   5 Folder   15	Nurses
Box   5 Folder   16	Project 66
Box   5 Folder   17	Railroad consolidation
Box   5 Folder   18	Safety
Box   5 Folder   19	Stevens Point Chamber of Commerce
Box   5 Folder   20	Sunday closing law
Box   5 Folder   21	Taxation
Box   5 Folder   22	Trading stamps
Box   5 Folder   23	Transportation
Box   5 Folder   24	Veterans
Box   5 Folder   25	Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
Box   5 Folder   26	Wisconsin Municipalities
Box   5 Folder   27	Wisconsin State Employment Service
Box   5 Folder   28	Women's clubs
	1965-1966
Box   5 Folder   29	Attorney General
Box   5 Folder   30	Banking
Box   5 Folder   31	Big Brothers
Box   5 Folder   32	Churches
Box   5 Folder   33	Credit unions
Box   5 Folder   34	Dairy industry
Box   5 Folder   35	Education
Box   5 Folder   36	Highways
Box   5 Folder   37	Insurance
Box   5 Folder   38	League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Box   5 Folder   39	League of Women Voters
Box   5 Folder   40	Liquor
Box   5 Folder   41	Medical issues
Box   5 Folder   42	Mental health
Box   5 Folder   43	Milwaukee
Box   5 Folder   44	Miscellany
Box   5 Folder   45	NAACP
Box   5 Folder   46	Northern States Power Company
Box   5 Folder   47	Oleomargarine
Box   5 Folder   48	Optometry
Box   5 Folder   49	Petroleum
Box   5 Folder   50	Public employees
Box   5 Folder   51	Railroads
Box   5 Folder   52	Red Cross
Box   5 Folder   53	Retirement
Box   5 Folder   54	Shoplifting
Box   5 Folder   55	State Advisory Council for Home and Family
Box   5 Folder   56	State Crime Laboratory
Box   5 Folder   57	State Medical Society of Wisconsin
Box   5 Folder   58	Stevens Point Chamber of Commerce
Box   5 Folder   59	Sweepstakes
Box   5 Folder   60	Taxation
Box   5 Folder   61	Trading stamps
Box   5 Folder   62	Veterans
Box   5 Folder   63	Walsh, Gladys
Box   5 Folder   64	Water pollution
Box   5 Folder   65	Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Box   5 Folder   66	Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs
Box   5 Folder   67	Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
Box   5 Folder   68	Wisconsin Realtors Association
Box   5 Folder   69	Wisconsin Resources Development and Conservation Council
	1967-1968
Box   5 Folder   70	Civil Awareness of Wisconsin/Reverence for Life of Wisconsin
Box   5 Folder   71	Communism
Box   5 Folder   72	Conservation
Box   5 Folder   73	Consumer protection
Box   5 Folder   74	County banks
Box   5 Folder   75	County and municipal employees
Box   5 Folder   76	Credit cards
Box   5 Folder   77	Economic development, State
Box   5 Folder   78	Engineers
Box   5 Folder   79	Family and home/Child abuse
Box   5 Folder   80	Family planning bills
Box   5 Folder   81	Firemen
Box   5 Folder   82	Food and drugs
Box   5 Folder   83	Highway safety and construction
Box   5 Folder   84	Insurance
Box   5 Folder   85	Kellett bill
Box   5 Folder   86	Liquor
Box   5 Folder   87	Medical issues
Box   5 Folder   88	Mental health
Box   5 Folder   89	Motor vehicles
Box   5 Folder   90	Police
Box   5 Folder   91	Public utilities
Box   5 Folder   92	Public welfare
Box   5 Folder   93	Senate bills, Miscellaneous
Box   5 Folder   94	Stevens Point Chamber of Commerce
Box   5 Folder   95	Students, Schools, University
Box   6 Folder   1	Supplies
Box   6 Folder   2	Taxation
Box   6 Folder   3	Tires and rubber
Box   6 Folder   4	Trading stamps
Box   6 Folder   5	Veterans
	1971-1972
Box   6 Folder   6	Automobiles and transportation
Box   6 Folder   7	Education
Box   6 Folder   8	Family planning
Box   6 Folder   9	Federal legislation
Box   6 Folder   10	Invitations
Box   6 Folder   11	Labor
Box   6 Folder   12	Land boundaries
Box   6 Folder   13	Loans
Box   6 Folder   14	Medical issues
Box   6 Folder   15	Taxation
Box   6 Folder   16	United Nations (Wisconsin Legislative and Research Committee)
Box   6 Folder   17	University of Wisconsin
Box   6 Folder   18	Voting
Box   6 Folder   19-20	Miscellany
Disc 169A	“Theme Song,” a protest song about the land condemnation policies of the DNR sponsored by the Landowners' Rights Citizens Committee, Eagle, Wisconsin, ca. 1971.
Series 178	1973-1974
Box   6 Folder   21	Agriculture
Box   6 Folder   22	Alcohol
Box   6 Folder   23	Animal protection
Box   6 Folder   24	Annexations
Box   6 Folder   25	Birth control
Box   6 Folder   26	Cable TV
Box   6 Folder   27	Childrens' rights
Box   6 Folder   28	Consumer act
Box   6 Folder   29	County government
Box   6 Folder   30	Education
Box   6 Folder   31	Elections
Box   6 Folder   32	Entertainment
Box   6 Folder   33	Equal rights
Box   6 Folder   34	Federal government
Box   6 Folder   35	Franchise legislations
Box   6 Folder   36	Gasoline and oil industry
Box   6 Folder   37	Insurance
Box   6 Folder   38	Labor and employment issues
Box   6 Folder   39	Medical issues
Box   6 Folder   40	Miscellany
Box   6 Folder   41	Press
Box   6 Folder   42	Prisons
Box   7 Folder   1	Retirement
Box   7 Folder   2	Savings and loans
Box   7 Folder   3	Sports and hunting
Box   7 Folder   4	State government
Box   7 Folder   5	Taxes
Box   7 Folder   6	Trading stamps
Box   7 Folder   7	Transportation
Box   7 Folder   8	University of Wisconsin
Box   7 Folder   9	Veterans
	1975-1976
Box   7 Folder   10	Environmental issues
Box   7 Folder   11	Health care
Box   7 Folder   12	Nuclear power
Box   7 Folder   13	Public Service Commission
Box   7 Folder   14	Tourism
Box   7 Folder   15	Transportation
Box   7 Folder   16	University of Wisconsin
Box   7 Folder   17	Veterans
Box   7 Folder   18	Wisconsin Education Association Council
Box   7 Folder   19-21	Assembly bills
Box   7 Folder   22-24	Senate bills
Box   7 Folder   25-26	Unsorted distributions
	1977-1978
Box   7 Folder   27	Abortion
Box   7 Folder   28	Alcohol and beer
Box   7 Folder   29	Animals
Box   7 Folder   30	Banks and savings and loans
Box   7 Folder   31	Bills, Miscellaneous
Box   7 Folder   32	Broadcasting
Box   7 Folder   33	Child abuse and child care
Box   7 Folder   34	Cities and towns
Box   7 Folder   35	Commerce
Box   7 Folder   36	Common Cause
Box   7 Folder   37	Consumer affairs
Box   7 Folder   38	Cooperatives
Box   7 Folder   39	Counties
Box   7 Folder   40	Courts
Box   7 Folder   41	Divorce
Box   7 Folder   42	Education
Box   7 Folder   43	Employee issues
Box   7 Folder   44	Environmental issues and conservation
Box   7 Folder   45	Family planning
Box   8 Folder   1	Health care
Box   8 Folder   2	Health and Social Services, Department of
Box   8 Folder   3	Housing and real estate
Box   8 Folder   4	Initiatives
Box   8 Folder   5	Insurance
Box   8 Folder   6	Law enforcement and corrections
Box   8 Folder   7	League of Women Voters
Box   8 Folder   8	Mental health
Box   8 Folder   9	Press
Box   8 Folder   10	Safety
Box   8 Folder   11	Smoking
Box   8 Folder   12	Taxation
Box   8 Folder   13	Tourism and recreation
Box   8 Folder   14	Transportation
Box   8 Folder   15	University of Wisconsin
Box   8 Folder   16	Utilities
Box   8 Folder   17	Veterans
Box   8 Folder   18	Wisconsin Association for Retarded Citizens
Box   8 Folder   19	Wisconsin Association of Homes for the Aging
Box   8 Folder   20	Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women
Box   8 Folder   21	Wisconsin Education Association Council
Box   8 Folder   22	Wisconsin Optometric Association
Box   8 Folder   23	Women's issues
Box   8 Folder   24	Miscellaneous distributions
	1979-1980
Box   8 Folder   25	Agriculture
Box   8 Folder   26	Banking
Box   8 Folder   27	Consumer affairs
Box   8 Folder   28	Counties and municipalities
Box   8 Folder   29	Courts and procedures
Box   8 Folder   30	Criminal penalties
Box   8 Folder   31	Education
Box   8 Folder   32	Elections
Box   8 Folder   33	Family
Box   8 Folder   34	Food and drugs
Box   8 Folder   35	Health care
Box   8 Folder   36	Human rights
Box   8 Folder   37	Industry
Box   8 Folder   38	Insurance
Box   8 Folder   39	Miscellany
Box   8 Folder   40	Property rights
Box   8 Folder   41	Public domain and environment
Box   8 Folder   42	Regulation and licensing
Box   8 Folder   43	State government
Box   8 Folder   44	Taxation
Box   8 Folder   45	Trade and commerce
Box   8 Folder   46	Transportation
Box   8 Folder   47	Unionization/employee issues
Box   8 Folder   48	Veterans
	1981-1982
	Assembly bills
Box   8 Folder   49-50	1-699
Box   9 Folder   1	700-1137
Box   9 Folder   2-3	Senate bills
Box   9 Folder   4	Banking
Box   9 Folder   5	Commerce
Box   9 Folder   6	Labor
Box   9 Folder   7	League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Box   9 Folder   8	Miscellany
Box   9 Folder   9	State Bar of Wisconsin
Box   9 Folder   10	Transportation
Box   9 Folder   11	Wisconsin County Boards Association
	1983-1984
Box   10 Folder   1	Advertising
Box   10 Folder   1	AFL-CIO
Box   10 Folder   1	Agriculture
Box   10 Folder   1	Automobiles
Box   10 Folder   2	Blaney Institute
Box   10 Folder   2	Builders
Box   10 Folder   2	Counties Association
Box   10 Folder   2	Coalitions
Box   10 Folder   3	Department of Justice
Box   10 Folder   3	Governor Dreyfus
Box   10 Folder   3	Environment
Box   10 Folder   3	Equity
Box   10 Folder   3	Information Service
Box   10 Folder   3	Independent businessmen
Box   10 Folder   4	Education
Box   10 Folder   5	Fair liquidation of wastes
Box   10 Folder   5	Forerunner
Box   10 Folder   6	Law firms
Box   10 Folder   6	Local government
Box   10 Folder   6	Manufacturers
Box   10 Folder   6	Municipalities
Box   10 Folder   6	Media
Box   10 Folder   6	Mental illness
Box   10 Folder   6	Muir View
Box   10 Folder   7	Nurses
Box   10 Folder   7	Paper Council
Box   10 Folder   7	Parents Association
Box   10 Folder   8	Physicians
Box   10 Folder   9	Power & Light
Box   10 Folder   9	Public representation
Box   10 Folder   9	Realtors
Box   10 Folder   9	Retirement
Box   10 Folder   9	Strong America
Box   10 Folder   9	Taxpayers
Box   10 Folder   9	Thoracic Society
Box   10 Folder   10	Sales tax opposition
Box   10 Folder   10	Savings and loan
Box   10 Folder   10	State Bar
Box   10 Folder   10	Tavern League
Box   10 Folder   10	Transportation
Box   10 Folder   11	US Army
Box   10 Folder   11	USDA
Box   10 Folder   11	Veterans
Box   10 Folder   11	Vocational schools
Box   10 Folder   11	Wisconsin Assembly
Box   10 Folder   11	Warehouse Association
Box   10 Folder   11	Women
Box   10 Folder   11	YARC