Title: George B. Belting Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1952-1970

Creator:

• Belting, George B., 1914-

Call Number: Whitewater Mss AZ; Whitewater Micro 14; Micro 977

Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; 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-Whitewater Library / Whitewater Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Legislative papers of a conservative Republican assemblyman (1956-1970) from Beloit, Wisconsin. Included are subject and campaign files, microfilmed clipping scrapbooks, constituent correspondence, press releases, and speeches. Chronologically-arranged correspondence touching upon a host of constituent concerns comprises the bulk of the collection. Fragmentary subject files contain statements and notes of the legislator, as well as some background information. The microfilmed scrapbooks contain clippings, advertisements, and literature distributed during his campaigns. Also pertaining to political concerns are files of press releases and speeches.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-whit00az

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Conservative Republican assemblyman George B. Belting was born in DeSoto, Wisconsin, on July 15, 1914. After graduating from Janesville High School, he attended the University of Wisconsin where he was active in student politics. He graduated with a degree in economics in 1936. Two years later he completed his law degree at the same institution.

During World War II Belting served in the Navy in the Pacific. After the cessation of hostilities he worked as a legal officer, returning to Wisconsin in 1946 to establish a law practice in Beloit. In addition to his legal work Belting was active in many civic organizations including the Beloit Historical Society, the American Legion, Izaak Walton League, Taxpayers League, Boy Scouts of America, and the Better Business Bureau. He began his political career by serving three terms on the Rock County Board. In 1956 he won his first term in the Assembly from the county's Third District. He then served continuously until his defeat in 1970. His committee assignments included vice-chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee and memberships on Municipalities, Joint Revisions, and Taxation.

The George B. Belting Papers relate almost entirely to his career in the Assembly. Included are subject and political campaign files, microfilmed clipping scrapbooks, press releases, speeches, and constituent correspondence. Correspondence, which is chronologically-arranged by year, comprises the bulk of the collection (five boxes). The letters touch on a host of constituent and legislative concerns, but, unfortunately, the collection offers no subject or bill number access. The subject files contain notes, floor statements, and background information. Material of a purely informational character has been weeded, and as a result many of the remaining files are quite fragmentary. Most extensive is the file on Belting's involvement in the effort to improve Highway 15. The political campaign files include microfilmed clipping scrapbooks, which provide quite extensive coverage of both his campaigns and his work in the legislature; press releases; and speeches. The sole non-legislative material in the collection is a receipt book from his law practice.

Acquisition Information

Presented by George B. Belting, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1971. Accession Number: M71-171

Processing Information

Processed by S. Pomales (FGH intern) and Carolyn J. Mattern, February 1984.

	Series: Personal Miscellany
Box   1 Folder   1	Legislative achievements, 1955-1969
Box   1 Folder   2	Law practice receipts, 1968-1969
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
Box   1 Folder   3	Assembly name change, 1968-1969
Box   1 Folder   4	Blue laws, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   5	Budget objections, 1969
Box   1 Folder   6	City government, 1968-1969
Box   1 Folder   7	Civil rights, 1969
Box   1 Folder   8	Consumer Council, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   9	Double bottom trucks, 1967
Box   1 Folder   10	Education, 1969-1969
Box   1 Folder   11	Elderly, 1964
Box   1 Folder   12	Fair housing, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   13	Gambling, 1959-1964
Box   1 Folder   14	Growth, 1958-1959
Box   1 Folder   15	Highway 15 Committee, 1964-1968
Box   1 Folder   16	Highway transportation, 1950-1964
Box   1 Folder   17	Inflation, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   18	Judiciary Committee, 1969
Box   1 Folder   19	Juveniles, 1965
Box   1 Folder   20	Labor, 1956-1969
Box   1 Folder   21	Lobbyists, 1967-1968
Box   1 Folder   22	Organized crime, 1969
Box   1 Folder   23	ORAP referendum, 1969-1970
Box   1 Folder   24	Parochial schools, 1969-1970
Box   1 Folder   25	Parks, 1959-1967
Box   1 Folder   26	Pornography, 1965
Box   1 Folder   27	Roll call analyses, 1965-1967
Box   1 Folder   28	Tarr Committee tax revisions, 1969
Box   1 Folder   29-30	Taxation and state aids, 1967-1968
Box   1 Folder   31	Tourist information, 1965
Box   1 Folder   32	Traffic safety, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   33	University tuition, 1958-1961
Box   1 Folder   34	Water pollution, 1964-1966
Box   1 Folder   35	Welfare, 1967-1969
Box   1 Folder   36	Controversial issues to be considered by the 1971 Legislature
	Series: Correspondence	⇧
Box   1 Folder   37	Letters to the editor, 1964-1969
	Constituent correspondence
Box   2 Folder   1-5	1956-1959
Box   3 Folder   1-6	1959-1961
Box   4 Folder   1-7	1961, 1963-1965
Box   5 Folder   1-5	1965, 1967
Box   6	1969-1970
	Series: Political Files	⇧
Box   7 Folder   1-3	News releases, 1956-1970
	Speeches,
Box   7 Folder   4	Talks, 1958
Box   7 Folder   5	Summary reports, 1967-1968
Box   7 Folder   6	Statements, n.d.
Box   7 Folder   7	Spots, 1964
Box   7 Folder   8	Timetable, 1970
Box   7 Folder   9	Republican Party platform, 1970
Box   7 Folder   10	Campaign working files, 1958-1968
Box   7 Folder   11	Advertising records, 1964-1969
Box   7 Folder   12	Election returns, 1952-1969
Box   7 Folder   13	Belting for Assembly Committee, 1964-1966
Box   7 Folder   14	GOP Women, 1958
Whitewater Micro 14/Micro 977 Reel   1	Clipping scrapbook, 1956-1970