Summary Information
Timothy F. Cullen Papers
1976-1982
- Cullen, Timothy F., 1944-
Whitewater Mss BC
3.4 c.f.(3 record center cartons and 1 archives box)
UW-Whitewater Library / Whitewater Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Legislative papers of a Democratic State Senator (1974-) from Janesville who served as majority leader (1982-). The papers chiefly consist of files on two committees which Cullen chaired: the Senate Committee on Aging, Business and Financial Institutions, and Transportation and the Legislative Council's Committee on Mining. The former includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, clippings, reports and research material concerning mortgage subsidization plans, raising the drinking age, property tax deferrals for the elderly, the appointment of Owen Ayres to head the Department of Transportation, and other matters considered by the committee. Mining Committee files include similar documentation as well as agenda, summary meeting transcripts, and public hearing statements. Also included are files on several mining subcommittees Cullen headed, most notably the Subcommittee on Uranium Exploration and Safety. Taken together, the Mining Committee files concern taxation and safety issues raised by mining company exploration of northern Wisconsin during the late 1970's and early 1980's
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Biography/History
Democratic legislator Timothy F. Cullen was born February 25, 1944 in Janesville, Wisconsin. After attending the local public schools he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1966 with a degree in political science. The following year he did graduate work at Northern Illinois University.
From 1969 through 1971 Cullen was an insurance agent associated with the Green and MacDonald Agency. He began to put his academic background in political science to practical application in 1970 when he won election to the Janesville City Council. In 1971 he became an ombudsman on the staff of Democratic Congressman Les Aspin. Cullen gave this up in 1974 to run for the Wisconsin Senate from the Fifteenth District. After his election he rapidly rose to become one of the most powerful members of his party in the Legislature. In the 1975 session he was appointed to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Human Services, Labor and Taxation; the Select Committee on Mining Development; and the Legislative Council. In 1977 he was chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Aging, and Labor and vice-chair of Tourism. In 1979 he was chairman of the Committee on Aging, Business and Financial Institutions, and Transportation and the Legislative Council's Mining Committee. He continued to hold both of these posts until 1982 when he resigned as a result of his election as Senate Majority Leader.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Democratic legislator Tim Cullen are primarily comprised of files on two committees which he chaired: the Senate Committee on Aging, Business and Financial Institutions, and Transportation and the Legislative Council's Committee on Mining. The files date from the period 1976 to 1982 and thus predate his election as majority leader; however, even for this period the files do not appear to be a complete record of Cullen's activities. The ABFIT files contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, clippings, reports, and selected research material. The correspondence includes letters from legislative colleagues and staff, state agencies, and constituents. Unlike most state legislators' collections, the letters of the last type are not a major portion of Cullen's papers. In subject, the files cover mortgage subsidization plans which Cullen sponsored to promote home building during a period of high interest rates; raising the minimum drinking age; the appointment of Owen Ayres to head the Department of Transportation; property tax deferrals for the elderly, another concept which Cullen introduced; and other issues which came before the committee for consideration.
In addition to the above mentioned types of documentation, the Mining Committee files include agenda, summary meeting minutes, and statements and testimony for committee hearings. Despite the inclusion of these types of documents and the fact that Cullen chaired the committee, these records cannot be considered the official records of the Mining Committee. This section also includes analogous files on several subcommittees which he chaired, especially the Subcommittee on Uranium Exploration and Safety. Taken together these files provide excellent documentation on various taxation and health and safety issues raised by the exploration of northern Wisconsin by mining companies during the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Among the alphabetically-arranged committee files in the collection are several smaller groups of records. Most notable among these are materials on the Joint Conference Committee on Possession, Consumption and Sale of Alcohol to Minors.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Timothy F. Cullen, Janesville, Wis., January 6 and 31, 1984. Accession Number: M84-15 and M84-28
Processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, April, 1984.
Contents List
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Box
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Folder
1
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Series: Biographical Miscellany, 1977-1978
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Series: Committee Files
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Aging, Business and Financial Institutions, and Transportation
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Adjustable rate mortgages, 1981
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Aging, General clippings, 1977-1981
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Attorney General's opinions, 1979, 1982
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Ayres, Owen, Appointment to DOT, 1981-1982
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Clippings
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Box
1
Folder
6-7
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Correspondence and research files
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Banking
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Box
1
Folder
8
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General correspondence, 1980-1982
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Interest, General correspondence, 1980-1982
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Business issues, Miscellaneous
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Department of Development, 1980-1981
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Department of Transportation
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Cuts proposal, 1980-1981
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Use of consultants, 1982
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Drinking age bills
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Clippings, 1978-1982
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Box
1
Folder
16
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General correspondence, 1981-1982
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Executive session notes and Legislative Council memos, 1979-1981
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Farmland Preservation Act, Clippings, 1978
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Governor's Special Committee on the Transportation Fund, 1979-1980
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Insurance Commission, 1981-1982
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Insurance for elderly, 1981
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Interest ceiling repeal, Clippings, 1979
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Mortgage aid bills
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Clippings, 1980
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Box
1
Folder
24
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General correspondence, 1980
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Clippings, 1980
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Box
1
Folder
26
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General correspondence, 1981
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Clippings, 1982
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Constituent correspondence, 1982
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Box
1
Folder
29
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Working papers, 1982
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Box
1
Folder
30
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Noll, Joseph, Appointment to DILHR, 1979
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Box
1
Folder
31
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NOW accounts, 1980
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Property tax deferral
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Clippings, 1980-1981
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Box
1
Folder
33-34
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Correspondence, 1980-1982
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Hearings, 1980
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Savings and loan institutions
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1980-1982
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Clippings, 1981-1982
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Schneider Transportation Company suit, 1981
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Small business, 1979-1982
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Box
2
Folder
6
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State travel restrictions, 1980
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Subcommittee on Small Business, 1982
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Toll roads proposal, 1982
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Transportation, Miscellaneous clippings 1979-1982
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Usury laws, 1980-1982
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Wisconsin Housing Finance Authority, Jean Broeren raise, Clippings, 1982
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Budget, 1981
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Constituent correspondence
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Box
2
Folder
13-15
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Working papers and miscellany
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Building Commission
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Box
2
Folder
17
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Commissioner of Securities, Advisory Committee on the Disclosure of Commission Rates, 1980
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Conferences, NCSL Transportation Conference, 1980
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Box
2
Folder
19
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Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations, 1982
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Box
2
Folder
20
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Jarchow records suit, Clippings, 1977
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Box
2
Folder
21-22
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Joint Committee on Possession, Consumption, and Sale of Alcohol, 1980
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Mining Committee
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Box
2
Folder
23
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Pre-1977 reorganization papers, 1976-1977
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Box
3
Folder
1-5
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General correspondence, 1978-1981
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Clippings, 1980-1981
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Meeting files
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Box
3
Folder
7
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1979, July 16 Joint hearing with MILIFB
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Box
3
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8
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1979, September 14
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Box
3
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9
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1979, October 19
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Box
3
Folder
10
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1979, December 2-3 (Stevens Point conference)
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Box
3
Folder
11
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1979, December 21
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Box
3
Folder
12
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1980, January 28
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Box
3
Folder
13
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1980, February 4
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Box
3
Folder
14
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1980, March 7
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Box
3
Folder
15
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1980, May 2
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Box
3
Folder
16
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1981, January 9 and 11
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Box
3
Folder
17
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1981, August 19
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Subcommittees
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Box
3
Folder
18
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Subcommittee on Investment and Local Fund Distribution, 1981-1982
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Box
3
Folder
19
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Subcommittee on Longterm Liability, 1979, December 17
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Box
3
Folder
20
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Subcommittee on Mining Taxes, 1980
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Box
3
Folder
21
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Mining conference, 1980, December 15
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Box
3
Folder
22
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Meeting, 1981, May 8
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Box
3
Folder
23
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Correspondence, 1980-1981
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Box
3
Folder
24
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Subcommittee on Reclamation and Nonmetallic Mining, 1979
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Subcommittee on Uranium Exploration and Safety
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Meetings
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Box
3
Folder
25
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1980, May 3
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Box
3
Folder
26
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1980, June 22 and 23
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Box
3
Folder
27
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1980, July 22
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Box
3
Folder
28
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1980, September 5
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Box
3
Folder
29
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1980, November 18
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Box
3
Folder
30
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1981, January 9
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Box
3
Folder
31
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Conference participation
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Box
3
Folder
32-33
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General ccorrespondence and research
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Box
3
Folder
34
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DILHR, 1980
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Box
4
Folder
1
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DNR, 1980-1982
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Groundwater protection, 1981
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Box
4
Folder
3
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HSS, 1980-1981
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Membership
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Mining Investment and Local Impact Fund Board, 1980-1981
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Moratorium
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Correspondence, 1980-1981
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Constituent correspondence, 1980-1981
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Mining company correspondence, 1980
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Uranium monitoring equipment, 1980
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Taxation clippings, 1980-1981
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