Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Governor (1963-1965: Reynolds): Records
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1964

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Governor (1963-1965: Reynolds)

Call Number: Series 21; Audio 1172A; PH 3684; AC 435-438; CB 028-031; DD 642-643

Quantity: 30.6 c.f. (44 archives boxes, 15 record center cartons, 1 flat box, 8 card file boxes), 7 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 8 tape recordings, 175 photographs, 6 negatives, and 10 films

Repository:

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.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Gubernatorial papers of John William Reynolds Jr., a former Democratic governor (1963-1965), also including some miscellaneous papers pertaining to his tenure as attorney general (1959-1963) and some files pertaining to his political activities and electoral campaigns from 1954 through 1964. Subject correspondence includes extensive files on Reynolds' deadlock with the Republican legislature over the budget and the form of taxation to be enacted, the impact of drought on farmers, and the strike of the National Farmers Organization. Legal and appointment files document another of Reynolds' conflicts with the legislature and the ensuing court tests of the governor's appointment powers. Political files partially document his relations with party leaders such as John A. Gronouski, John F. Kennedy, Patrick J. Lucey, Gaylord Nelson, and William Proxmire. Reynolds' entry in the 1964 Wisconsin presidential primary against George C. Wallace is extensively documented with correspondence from both Wisconsin and Alabama, as is his vocal opposition to the Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00021

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