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Summary Information
Lloyd W. Woodruff Papers
1942-1961
1955-1959
Series 18/5/35/5
Collection includes: handwritten notes; mimeographed paper; typed
reports- 3.25 Linear Feet
- 8 letter document boxes
These materials were collected by Lloyd
W. Woodruff, a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Extension Division Bureau of
Government, and they focus on his research on behalf of the Joint Legislative Council's
Menominee Indian Study Committee (MISC) from 1955-1959. The MISC formed on June 17, 1955 to
study the problems created by the withdrawal of federal recognition of the Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin and to aid the Joint Legislative Council in developing legislation
necessary for the Menominee to transition from federal supervision to local self-government.
The committee researched how the transition would impact taxation, public welfare, local
politics, education, healthcare, highways, forestry, and the criminal justice system. The
bulk of the materials in the collection document the County and Local Government Study Group
and Law and Order Study Committee due to Woodruff's participation in this research. The
collection documents the Menominee Indian Study Committee's (MISC) internal activities and
the perspectives of stakeholders in Shawano, Langdale, and Oconto counties, the Wisconsin
state government, the federal government, and the Menominee Indian Tribe on termination and
the transition to Menominee self-government. The collection includes: meeting minutes of the
MISC, its sub–committees, the Menominee Coordinating and Negotiating Committee, and the
Menominee Advisory Council; bibliographies; field notes; annotated drafts and final reports
of MISC research; correspondence with tribal, state, county, and federal officials;
Woodruff's meeting and interview notes with state and county officials; and Menominee tribal
members, and drafts of state and federal legislation. The University of Wisconsin- Madison
University Archives values the diversity of Indigenous Peoples' cultures and languages and
aspires to address Indigenous people using the terminology the members the community use to
describe themselves.
English .
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