Summary Information

Title: Edwin J. Gross Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1902-1956

Creator:

• Gross, Edwin J., 1881-1956

Call Number: Wis Mss QX

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 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:

Papers of Edwin J. Gross, a Progressive politician and lawyer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gross was a supporter of Robert M. La Follette, a political ally and personal friend of Irvine L. Lenroot, and manager of Wendell L. Willkie's Wisconsin campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 1944. The collection includes selected political corrrespondence received by Gross, some speeches made by him prior to 1921, reports and notes on the Republican national conventions of 1916 and 1920, a typescript of his proposed book entitled “A Political Grab-bag,” and four volumes of newspaper clippings relating to his career. Prominent correspondents include Amos Pinchot, Lenroot, and La Follette as well as many other political figures.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000qx

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