Title: Wisconsin. Temporary Commission on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1965-1968

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Temporary Commission on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch

Call Number: Series 2154

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

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

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Abstract:

Records of a commission established to prepare legislative recommendations to consolidate the number of executive departments. Sometimes referred to as the “Kellett Commission” because it was chaired by William R. Kellett, the commission was actually one of three so-named task forces headed by the former paper company executive during the 1960's. Included are meeting minutes; copies of correspondence to Kellett and the commission; memoranda prepared by Wayne F. McGowan of the Department of Administration who served as secretary of the commission; press releases; organizational charts; copies of agency responses to the Kellett proposal; and miscellaneous information concerning the reorganization's effects on various agencies.

Language: English

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The materials in this series constitute the proceedings and activities of the 'Kellett Commission', or rather, the Temporary Commission on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch (the Reorganization Committee), from its inception in 1965 through the completion of its study and recommendations to the Legislature in 1967-1968. The Commission, which grew out of another William Kellett-chaired committee - the Committee on Improved Expenditure Management - was formed by the 1965 Legislature with the support of Governor Warren P. Knowles to overhaul, streamline, and restructure the assorted state agencies, boards and commissions which made up the state's executive branch of government.

Materials include minutes of the Commission, the recommendations of the various Commission subcommittees; press releases; analyses prepared by the Department of Administration's Bureau of Management of the recommendations and agency responses; written notices of approval or disapproval of the Commission's work from state agencies, private organizations, and individuals; documentation detailing the research and work of the Commission; and materials relating to a 1967 case study of the reorganization project, conducted by Sarah Stibbe under the auspices of the Department of Administration.

Acquisition Information

A portion presented by Wayne Hood, La Crosse, Wisconsin, a member of the commission, on August 22, 1968. Accession Number: M68-268; 1973/214 (RDA 66/056-001)

Box   1 Folder   1	Analyses of Proposals by Bureau of Management, 1966-1967
	Documentation
Box   1 Folder   2	Administrative Court, 1966?
Box   1 Folder   3	Agriculture, 1965-1966
Box   1 Folder   4	Aging Commission, 1966-1967
Box   1 Folder   5	Commerce Department, 1966-1967
Box   1 Folder   6	Conservation Dept./Department of Natural Resources, 1966-1967, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   7	Education, 1966
	General
Box   1 Folder   8	September 1965-May 1966
Box   1 Folder   9	June 1966-July 1968
Box   1 Folder   10	Health/Welfare Depts., 1966, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   11	Industrial Relations, 1966
Box   1 Folder   12	Insurance, 1966-1968
Box   1 Folder   13	Miscellaneous, 1966-1967
Box   2 Folder   1	Public Service Commission/Public Utilities, 1965-1967
Box   2 Folder   2	Revenue Department/Taxes, 1965-1967
Box   2 Folder   3	Transportation, 1965-1966
Box   2 Folder   4	Veterans Affairs, 1966-1968
Box   2 Folder   5	Minutes, 1965-1966
Box   2 Folder   6	Organizational Material, 1965-1966, n.d.
Box   2 Folder   7	Press Releases, 1966-1967
Box   2 Folder   8	Recommendations of Subcommittees, 1966
	Responses from Agencies
Box   2 Folder   9	A-E, 1966-1967
Box   2 Folder   10	G-M, 1966
Box   2 Folder   11	N-V, 1966-1967
	Stibbe Case Study of Reorganization
Box   2 Folder   12	Assorted Materials, 1967
Box   2 Folder   13	Correspondence, 1967