Summary Information

Title: Robert Thompson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1969-1973

Creator:

• Thompson, Robert, 1927-

Call Number: Mss 993

Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Legislative papers of Robert Thompson, a Democratic state representative who served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1970 to 1972. Known for his advocacy of environmental conservation and support of environmental education, the papers include bill files, subject files concerning various environmental issues, project reports, correspondence, questionnaires, memoranda, notes, and other materials regarding his legislative activities. The papers also include extensive files on public education funding including Assembly Joint Resolution 76, sponsored by Thompson, which proposed transferring the cost of elementary and secondary education from a property tax to a more progressive form of state funding. These files consist of a draft of AJR 76, correspondence, reports for Wisconsin education financing, news clippings, and background material on educational financing and property tax reform in other states.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00993

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