Abstract: Records retained by the Division of Administrative Services, pertaining to state legislation and documenting DER's findings and position on legislation; included are background notes, in-house correspondence and memos, analysis (description of legislation, policy/administrative effects, fiscal effects), position papers, and summary and recommendations.

Abstract: Papers of William Osborne Hart, a prominent Wisconsin socialist known for his numerous campaigns for elective office. Included are correspondence; biographical clippings; records from thirteen of his 25 unsuccessful election campaigns and the 1976 Presidential campaign of Frank Zeidler; subject files; photographs; transcripts of radio commentaries broadcast by WHA and WBOO and other speeches and writings; and records about Hart's leadership of the Socialist Party of Wisconsin and the Labor and Farm Party. Records of the LFP include minutes, platforms, and correspondence. Socialist records include correspondence and incidental administrative documents, with the majority dating from 1978, the year in which Hart resigned from the Socialist Party-USA. Prominent correspondents include Dennis Boyer, Virgil Vogel, and Frank Zeidler. Correspondence from Norman Thomas includes a recording of a 1964 greeting to Wisconsin socialists.

Abstract: Professional and personal papers and films documenting the life and career of independent producer Ted Hope. The collection primarily documents the business aspects and films produced by the distribution companies, Good Machine and This is That, co-owned by Hope in the 1990s and 2000s. The personal papers include college material, film projects from the 1980s and early 1990s, notes for seminars given by Hope and other professional activities.