Title: J. Earl Leverich Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1897-1973

Creator:

• Leverich, J. Earl, 1891-1979

Call Number: La Crosse Mss CV; PH La Crosse Mss CV

Quantity: 14.0 cubic feet (34 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 21 photographs, and 7 negatives

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of J. Earl Leverich, a former Wisconsin legislator elected as both a Progressive and as a Republican (1935-1939 and 1943-1967) who was best known for his opposition to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine in Wisconsin. Also included are papers of his father, James W. Leverich, a prominent fruit farmer and leading figure in the cooperative movement in western Wisconsin. The legislative papers, 1935-1939 and 1943-1967, consist of constituent correspondence and subject files, and they document dairy and agricultural issues, highway construction, aviation, Camp McCoy, education, taxation, and conservation. Correspondence, campaign literature, and financial reports document all of his electoral campaigns. Additional papers document his career as chairman of the Town of Angelo, his interest in aviation, management of the family farm, leadership in the 1931 demonstration that resulted in the passage of strong anti-oleomargarine legislation, membership in Governor Schmedeman's 1933 Dairy Committee, and management of the Sparta Cooperative Creamery. The elder Leverich's papers include some personal correspondence and additional papers concerning the Town of Angelo and the management of the family farm. There are also financial records of the Sparta Fruit Growers Association and the Sparta Produce Exchange. The photographs primarily document Leverich's inspection of the Petenwell Dam as part of a legislative committee in 1949.

Language: English

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State Senator James Earl Leverich, best known for his staunch defense of the oleomargarine tax, was born on December 6, 1891 on the family farm in the Town of Angelo in Monroe County, Wisconsin. His parents were James Woodhull Leverich and Eliza S. Blackman Leverich. James Woodhull ("Woody") Leverich was born in New York on August 15, 1857. In 1871 he migrated to the Town of Angelo with his parents, and this property remained in family hands for over a century.

James W. Leverich was a pioneer berry farmer in Wisconsin and an organizer and president of the Sparta Fruit Growers Association, later the Sparta Produce Exchange. In 1888 he was elected chair of the town board and a member of the Monroe County Board of Supervisors. He chaired the board in 1896-1897 and in 1923. In this capacity Leverich supervised the construction of the main building of the Monroe County Asylum and later held the position of superintendent for two years. A leader in the Good Roads Movement, Leverich also supervised the grading and surfacing of the main roads in the town. He was also a leader in the Angel Union Church. He died on July 15, 1931.

James Earl Leverich was educated at the Sparta High School, a business course at the Capital City Commercial College (later Madison Business College) in 1911, and the Short Course in Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin in 1913. In subsequent years he gradually took over management of the J.W. Leverich Fruit and Dairy Farm, and in 1923 he was promoted to partner and manager. During this period the Leverichs were the largest growers of strawberries in Wisconsin (15 acres). In addition they had 250 acres under cultivation and 50 head of cattle. As a practical dairy farmer and a strawberry grower, Leverich became a public champion of the farmer, and he was chosen as the farmer member of the State Board of Vocational Education, the State Butter Marketing Committee and other statewide committees. He was an active member or organizer of many farm cooperatives, serving as president of the Western Wisconsin Creamery Association, the Sparta Cooperative Creamery Association, and the Sparta Equity Livestock Shipping Association. As president of the Sparta Cooperative Creamery Association, one of the largest in the state, he was able to improve its financial position during the 1920s. Leverich was also vice president of the Wisconsin State Equity Society and president of the State Horticultural Society.

During the 1930s Leverich became active in the agitation that plagued Wisconsin agriculture. In 1931 he was leader in the anti-oleo demonstration in Madison that resulted in the elimination of oleomargarine in Wisconsin. Later he served as a member of Governor Schmedeman's special Dairy Committee. During the same time Leverich became active in the Monroe County Progressive Republican Committee, and in 1934 he successfully ran for a seat in the Senate as a Progressive. During the 1935 session he was a member of the Committee on Education and Public Welfare. During the 1937 session he was a member of the Special Joint Legislative Committee and chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Labor. Leverich was defeated for reelection in 1938 but he successfully ran again in 1942 on the Progressive ticket. He was reelected in 1946 as a Progressive but joined the Republican Party after the Progressive Party dissolved. For many years Leverich served as chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee from which position he was able to prevent the passage of legislation that would have removed the prohibition on oleomargarine in Wisconsin. Leverich was defeated in the primary election in 1966.

James Earl Leverich followed his father's model of local civic involvement. From 1914 to 1931 he was town clerk. After his father's death in 1931 J. Earl Leverich was elected to succeed him on the town board. He continued in this post for 57 years and was succeeded in 1971 by his son Robert C. (Tom) Leverich. Like his father, J. Earl Leverich was a member of the Monroe County Board of Supervisors, continuing in this position from 1931 to 1966. He also served on the Angelo school board and as president of the Angelo Union Church.

Leverich married Ada Birr on September 3, 1919. They were the parents of three children: Robert Leverich, Mary Hicken, and James E. Leverich. James Earl Leverich died on December 27, 1979.

The papers are arranged into two series: the J. EARL LEVERICH PAPERS and the JAMES WOOD LEVERICH PAPERS. The J. EARL LEVERICH PAPERS are further subdivided into General Papers, Town of Angelo Papers, Campaign Papers, and Legislative Papers. The JAMES W. LEVERICH PAPERS are divided into Town of Angelo Papers, Personal and Family Papers, and Farm Records. Taken together, the two series document one family's involvement in agricultural and civic life over a sixty-year period. In addition to the Legislative Papers, which comprise the majority of the collection, the collection includes important documentation about two important Wisconsin dairy and fruit cooperatives and about the upheaval in Wisconsin's dairy industry in the 1930s. Photographs document Leverich's inspection of the Petenwell Dam as part of a legislative committee in 1949. Portraits of Leverich and Mrs. Leverich received with the collection were separated to the Visual Materials Name File.

The General Papers are arranged alphabetically by subject, and they variously include biographical clippings, correspondence, financial records, floor plans and drawings, memorabilia, and speeches. Well documented topics include Leverich's interest in the town airport; his administration of the estate of Cora Allendorf, a farm which may have been owned by Leverich; leadership of the Sparta Cooperative Creamery and participation in the Anti-Oleo Fund in 1931 which grew out of his cooperative activity; management of the family farm; and participation in Governor Schmedeman's 1933 Dairy Committee and the Wisconsin Agricultural Authority. Also filed here are some undated or unidentified materials that date from his legislative career.

The Town of Angelo Records pertain to Leverich's responsibilities as town chairman and county board member. They include fragmentary financial records dating from 1954 to 1967 and materials relating to the relationship of the town with Camp McCoy and various WPA projects at the camp dating from 1934 to 1939. The Monroe County records also include WPA payroll sheets. In addition, correspondence that touches on town matters may be found scattered throughout the Legislative Papers.

The Campaign Papers are arranged chronologically by election year. The files variously consist of campaign literature, correspondence regarding nomination forms, solicitation of endorsements, and papers on general election issues; financial reports and statistics; and occasional items from the state Republican Party.

The Legislative Papers are arranged chronologically by biennial session, 1935-1938 and 1943-1966. The papers for his first and last four-year terms in the Senate are most complete; the files from the 1940s and the early 1950s are less bulky and consequently probably incomplete. Because the number of legislative collections held by the Historical Society that date from the 1930s is limited, the files for Leverich's first term are especially notable. The collection is also unusual because of the legislators with collections at the Historical Society, Leverich was one of the few who served in both the Progressive and Republican parties.

The legislative files were received in great disorder, but it is believed that the earliest files were a simple alphabetical subject file. In 1943 the basic files were arranged alphabetically by correspondent name, although the files also include some subject files. In 1959 the file system became more complex with the introduction of a separate file for correspondence arranged by bill number. Such files are present for the 1959, 1961, and 1965 sessions.

During the course of his career Leverich's legislative interests remained fairly constant. These themes include aviation, Camp McCoy, conservation, dairy and agricultural issues (and especially oleomargarine), education, highway construction, and taxation. Some files of short-term duration are also of interest, particularly the files on the Council of State Government, relief employment during the 1930s, the Sparta Flood of 1943, the Petenwell Dam, and parochial school busing.

The JAMES W. LEVERICH PAPERS document his activities as farmer, town chairman, and leader in the agricultural cooperative movement in western Wisconsin. The papers are arranged as Town of Angelo Papers, Personal and Family Papers, and Farm Papers. The Town of Angelo materials are fragmentary and date from 1908 to 1917. They include information on bridge and road construction, school board matters, and rural electrification. In addition there are a few items relating to the Monroe County Asylum of which Leverich was briefly the superintendent.

Personal and family correspondence in the series dates from 1909 to 1917 and includes correspondence with his son Edward, a fruit grower in Door County, and his son Pierce, an employee of the U.S. Patent Office and the Interstate Commerce Commission. A small portion of this file consists of the correspondence of his wife Elizabeth with her family in Connecticut.

Correspondence and financial records relate to the operation of his fruit, produce, cattle and hog farm from 1904 through the 1920s. Although the financial documentation does not include true accounting records, the collection does include useful correspondence regarding management of the farm and especially its seasonal work force. The collection also includes miscellaneous financial records of the Sparta Fruit Growers Association and the Sparta Produce Exchange.

Acquisition Information

Presented by J. Earl Leverich, August 30, 1979. Accession Number: M79-375

Processing Information

Processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, 2001.

La Crosse Mss CV	Series: J. Earl Leverich Papers
	General Papers
Box   1 Folder   1	Airport, 1937-1942
Box   1 Folder   2	Airport land
Box   1 Folder   3	Aviation, 1947-1958
	Allendorf Farm
Box   1 Folder   4	Accounts-miscellaneous, 1928-1946
Box   1 Folder   5	Ledger and inventory, 1931-1945
Box   1 Folder   6	Allendorf estate, 1951
Box   1 Folder   7-8	Anti-Oleo Fund and campaign, 1931-1933
Box   1 Folder   9	Awards/Citations
Box   35 Folder   1	Oversize items
Box   1 Folder   10	Barn, 1939
Box   1 Folder   11	Biographical clippings
Box   1 Folder   1	Biographical miscellany
Box   2 Folder   2	Herman Birr estate, 1934
Box   2 Folder   3	Clark, Harry A.
Box   2 Folder   4	Cooperatives' annual reports, 1930s
Box   2 Folder   5	Dutton, Walter, settlement, 1931-1935
Box   2 Folder   6-11	Farm accounts and berry books, 1929-1937, undated
Box   35 Folder   3	Oversize items
Box   2 Folder   12-15	Farm correspondence, 1927-1950s, undated
Box   2 Folder   16	Farmers holiday
Box   2 Folder   17	Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Box   2 Folder   18	Floor plans
	General correspondence
Box   2 Folder   19-21	1910-1940s
Box   3 Folder   1-3	1950s-1970s, undated
Box   3 Folder   4	Hanchel job, 1939
Box   3 Folder   5	Horticultural Society
Box   3 Folder   6	Insurance/Repairs, 1952
Box   3 Folder   7	Personal insurance
Box   3 Folder   8	Land O'Lakes
Box   3 Folder   9	Layden Farm, 1946
Box   3 Folder   10	Legislative Miscellany
Box   3 Folder   11	Legislative Reference Bureau data
Box   3 Folder   12	Markets, Department of, 1928
Box   3 Folder   13	Memorabilia
Box   3 Folder   14	Oleomargarine, undated
Box   3 Folder   15	Clippings, 1960s
Box   3 Folder   16	Robert Leverich
	Schmedeman Dairy Committee
Box   3 Folder   17-18	1933-1934
Box   4 Folder   2	1934 (continued)
Box   4 Folder   3	School records, 1910-1912
Box   4 Folder   4	Short Course notes
	Sparta Cooperative Creamery Association
Box   4 Folder   1	Annual reports, 1924-1949
Box   4 Folder   5	Audits, 1931-1943
Box   4 Folder   6	Miscellaneous accounts
Box   4 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1925-1946
Box   4 Folder   8	Miscellaneous records
Box   35 Folder   2	Oversize items
Box   4 Folder   11	Resolutions
Box   4 Folder   9	JEL reports
Box   4 Folder   10	Sparta Cooperative Oil Company, 1932, 1945
Box   4 Folder   12	Sparta Equity Cooperative Shipping Association, 1922-1936
Box   4 Folder   13-14	Sparta Produce Exchange, 1936, 1941-1945
Box   5 Folder   1	Speeches
Box   5 Folder   2	Stassen correspondence, 1946-1948
Box   5 Folder   3-4	Vocational education, 1931-1937
Box   5 Folder   5	Western Wisconsin Cooperative Association
Box   5 Folder   6-7	Wisconsin Agricultural Authority, 1938
	Town of Angelo/Monroe County Papers
	Angelo
Box   5 Folder   8	General, 1939-1945
Box   5 Folder   9	Angelo Bridge, 1949
Box   5 Folder   10	Camp McCoy land acquisition, 1940-1942
Box   5 Folder   11	Camp McCoy road issue, 1938-1939
Box   5 Folder   12	Equalization, 1954-1955
Box   5 Folder   13	Highways, 1938-1953
Box   5 Folder   14	Landfill, 1954-1955
Box   5 Folder   15	Financial statements, 1965-1966
	Reassessment
Box   5 Folder   16-17	1937, 1951-1956
Box   6 Folder   1-3	1964-1967
Box   6 Folder   4	Road projects, 1932-1966
Box   6 Folder   5	Schools, 1937-1957
Box   6 Folder   6	Tax notes, 1931-1932
Box   6 Folder   7	WPA, 1935-1936
	Monroe County Board
Box   6 Folder   11	Board, 1931-1951, undated
Box   6 Folder   8	Garage project, 1953
Box   6 Folder   9	Highways, 1939-1952
Box   6 Folder   10	WPA projects, 1934-1939
Box   6 Folder   12-13	WPA, Camp McCoy
Box   6 Folder   14	Welfare, 1944-1956
	Campaign Papers
	1934
Box   6 Folder   15	General
Box   7 Folder   1	Election returns
Box   7 Folder   2	Literature
Box   7 Folder   3	Finances
Box   7 Folder   4	Scrapbook
Box   7 Folder   5	1938
Box   7 Folder   6	Campaign literature
Box   7 Folder   7	Nomination letters
	1942
Box   7 Folder   8	General
Box   7 Folder   9	Financial statements
Box   7 Folder   10	1946
	1950
Box   7 Folder   11	General
Box   7 Folder   12	Endorsements
Box   7 Folder   13	Finances
Box   7 Folder   14	, 1952: Eisenhower campaign
	1954
Box   7 Folder   15-16	General
Box   7 Folder   17	Endorsements
Box   8 Folder   1	Financial records
Box   8 Folder   2	Nomination petitions
	1958
Box   8 Folder   3	General: Campaign
Box   8 Folder   4	Republican memos
	1962
Box   8 Folder   6	General
Box   8 Folder   5	Nomination petitions
Box   8 Folder   8	Radio advertisements, 1965-1966
	1966
Box   8 Folder   9-10	General
Box   8 Folder   7	Lists
Box   8 Folder   11	Finances
Box   8 Folder   12	Releases
Box   8 Folder   13	Republican organizations
Box   8 Folder   14	Post-Primary
Box   9 Folder   1	Undated campaign material
Box   35 Folder   4	Oversize items
	Legislative Papers
	, 1935-1936 Session
	Subject files
Box   9 Folder   2	Agriculture, 1935
Box   9 Folder   3	Auto licenses, 1935
Box   9 Folder   4	Banks, 1935
Box   9 Folder   4	Bulletins, 1935
Box   9 Folder   6	Businesses, 1935
Box   9 Folder   7	Cashman, John, 1935
Box   9 Folder   8	Conservation, 1935
Box   9 Folder   9	Dairy legislation, 1935
Box   9 Folder   10	Education, 1935
Box   9 Folder   11	Elections, 1935
Box   9 Folder   12-13	Farms and farm
Box   9 Folder   14	Federal departments
Box   9 Folder   15	General, 1935
Box   9 Folder   17	General, 1936
Box   9 Folder   16	Gift to Governor, 1934
Box   9 Folder   18	Governor's Work Bill, 1935
Box   9 Folder   19	Health, 1935
Box   9 Folder   20	Highway 16, 1935-1936
Box   9 Folder   21	Highways, 1935
Box   10 Folder   1	Institutions, 1935
Box   10 Folder   2	Insurance, 1935
Box   10 Folder   3-8	Jobs, 1934-1936
Box   10 Folder   9	Labor, 1935
Box   10 Folder   10	Legislation, General
Box   10 Folder   11	Leverich bills
Box   10 Folder   12	Liquor, 1935
Box   10 Folder   13	Licenses and taxes, 1935
Box   10 Folder   14	Miscellany, 1935
Box   10 Folder   15	Motor vehicles, 1935
Box   10 Folder   16	Newspapers, 1935
Box   10 Folder   17	Oleo information, 1935
Box   11 Folder   1	Relief, 1935
Box   11 Folder   2	Richards Brothers Trucking, 1935
Box   11 Folder   3	Small Loan legislation, 1935
Box   11 Folder   4	State aids, 1935
Box   11 Folder   5	State and local government, 1934
Box   11 Folder   6	Tomah Indian School, 1935
Box   11 Folder   14	University of Wisconsin--Frank, Glenn, 1936
Box   11 Folder   7	Utilities, 1935
Box   11 Folder   8	Veterans, 1935
Box   11 Folder   9-13	Alphabetical correspondence
	, 1937-1938 Session
Box   11 Folder   15	Alphabetical index
	Subject files
Box   11 Folder   16	Administration of State Government Committee, 1937
Box   11 Folder   17	Agriculture-cooperation with other states
Box   11 Folder   18	Agricultural marketing, 1937
Box   11 Folder   19	Business, 1937
Box   11 Folder   20	Banking, 1937
Box   11 Folder   21	Bang's Test, 1937
Box   11 Folder   22	Barber Bill, 1937
Box   11 Folder   23	Camp McCoy
Box   11 Folder   24	Cashman, John, 1938
Box   11 Folder   25	Cheese grading, 1937
Box   11 Folder   26	Civil Service, 1937
Box   12 Folder   1	Correspondence-miscellaneous alphabetical, 1937
Box   12 Folder   2	Conservation, 1937
Box   12 Folder   3	Council of State Governments, 1937
Box   12 Folder   4	Elections, 1937
Box   12 Folder   5	Farm machinery, 1937
Box   12 Folder   6	Farms, 1937
Box   13 Folder   8	General, 1938
Box   12 Folder   7	General, 1937
Box   12 Folder   8	Interstate Commerce/Great Lakes, 1937
Box   12 Folder   9	Highways, 1937
Box   12 Folder   10	Jirschele, J.W., 1937
Box   12 Folder   11-12	Jobs, 1937
Box   14 Folder   1	Jobs, 1938
Box   12 Folder   13	Labor, 1937
Box   12 Folder   14	Leak, August E., 1937
Box   12 Folder   15	Legislation-miscellaneous, 1937
Box   13 Folder   1	Legislation-miscellaneous (continued)
Box   13 Folder   2	Legislation-“Explanation of Bills,” 1937
Box   14 Folder   2	Moe Case, 1938
Box   14 Folder   3	Oleo Information, 1938
Box   13 Folder   3	Personal, 1937
Box   13 Folder   9	Personal, 1938
Box   13 Folder   4	Public Welfare, 1937
Box   13 Folder   5	Taxes, 1937
Box   13 Folder   6	Veterans, 1937
Box   13 Folder   7	UW Regents, 1937
Box   13 Folder   15	Schools, 1937
Box   13 Folder   10	Shorter Session, 1937
Box   13 Folder   11	Stout Institute, 1937
Box   13 Folder   12	Torkelson, M.W., 1937
Box   13 Folder   13	Unicameral legislature, 1937
Box   13 Folder   14	Unintroduced bills, 1937
Box   13 Folder   16	Utilities, 1937
Box   13 Folder   17	Vocational Bill No. 126, 1937
Box   13 Folder   18	Vocational School Grant, 1937
Box   13 Folder   19	WPA-Rural School Beautification
	, 1943-1944 Session
	Correspondence
Box   14 Folder   14	A-F
Box   14 Folder   4-6	G-Z
	Subject files
Box   14 Folder   7	American Legion, 1944
Box   14 Folder   8	Bill 70's gasoline, 1943
Box   14 Folder   9	Legislation-correspondence, 1943
Box   14 Folder   10	Miscellaneous, 1943
Box   14 Folder   11	Oleo, 1943
Box   14 Folder   12	Sparta flood, 1943
Box   14 Folder   13	Taxation, 1943
Box   14 Folder   15	Daylight savings time, 1943
Box   14 Folder   16	Legislation, general
	, 1945-1946 Session
Box   15 Folder   1-6	Alphabetical correspondence, A-Z
	Subject files
Box   15 Folder   7	Aviation, 1945
Box   15 Folder   8	Brucellosis vaccination, 1945
Box   15 Folder   9	Cases, 1945
Box   15 Folder   10	Clippings, 1945
Box   15 Folder   11	18-year-old vote, 1945
Box   15 Folder   12-13	Legislation, 1945
Box   15 Folder   14	Loomis portrait, 1945
Box   15 Folder   15	Post-War Planning Committee, 1945
Box   15 Folder   16	School aid and taxation, 1945
Box   15 Folder   17	Standard time, 1945
	, 1947-1948 Session
Box   16 Folder   1-5	Alphabetical correspondence
	Subject files
Box   16 Folder   6	Academic freedom, 1947
Box   16 Folder   7	Camp McCoy, 1947
Box   16 Folder   8	Agriculture, 1948
Box   16 Folder   9	Camp McCoy issue, 1947
Box   16 Folder   10	Conservation, 1947
Box   16 Folder   11-12	Correspondence-general, 1947-1948
Box   16 Folder   13	Legislative Council-Agriculture Subcommittee, 1948
Box   16 Folder   14	Local taxes, 1947
Box   16 Folder   15	Motor fuel tax refund-personal, 1948
Box   16 Folder   16	Natural gas bill, 1947
Box   16 Folder   17	Public Service Commission, 1947
Box   16 Folder   18	School bills, 1947
Box   16 Folder   19	Taxation, 1948
Box   16 Folder   20	Tractor safety, 1947
Box   16 Folder   21	Unintroduced bills, 1947
	, 1949-1950 Session
Box   17 Folder   1-5	Alphabetical correspondence
	Subject files
Box   17 Folder   6	Cases, 1949
Box   17 Folder   7	Conservation, 1950
Box   17 Folder   8	Correspondence-general, 1950
Box   17 Folder   9	Dairy bill 708A, 1949
Box   17 Folder   10	Ice milk and ice cream, 1949
Box   17 Folder   11	Highways, 1949
Box   17 Folder   12	Legislation, general, 1950
	Petenwell Dam investigation, 1949
Box   17 Folder   13-14	Papers
	Photographs, circa 1949
Box   17 Folder   15	Photocopies, circa 1949
PH La Crosse Mss CV	Original prints and negatives
La Crosse Mss CV Box   17 Folder   16	Public Service Commission, 1949
Box   17 Folder   17	Resolutions/Petitions, 1949
Box   18 Folder   1	UW Regents-Agricultural member, 1949
	, 1951-1952 Session
Box   18 Folder   2-7	Alphabetical correspondence
	Subject files
Box   18 Folder   10	Agriculture, 1952
Box   18 Folder   11	Cases
Box   18 Folder   12	Clippings, 1951
Box   18 Folder   13	Correspondence-general, 1952
Box   18 Folder   14	Cotter claim, 1951
Box   18 Folder   15	Highways, 1952
Box   18 Folder   16	Industrial Commission, 1951
Box   19 Folder   1	Legislative Council-Committee on Agriculture, 1952
Box   18 Folder   9	Legislation, 1950-1951
Box   19 Folder   2	Public Safety Commission, 1951
Box   19 Folder   3	Reapportionment, 1951
Box   18 Folder   8	Sterner case, 1946-1951, undated
Box   19 Folder   4	UW Dairy Barn, 1951
	, 1953-1954 Session
Box   19 Folder   5-10	Alphabetical correspondence
	Subject files
Box   19 Folder   11	Aviation fuel, 1952-1953
Box   19 Folder   12	Camp McCoy, 1953
Box   19 Folder   13	Cases, 1953
Box   19 Folder   14	Conservation Department, 1953
Box   19 Folder   15	Correspondence, 1954
Box   19 Folder   16	County Court bill, 1953
Box   19 Folder   17	Groesbeck case, 1953
Box   19 Folder   18	Highways, 1953
Box   19 Folder   19	Industrial Commission inspection, 1953
Box   19 Folder   20	Job references, 1953
Box   20 Folder   1	Legislation, 1953-1954
Box   20 Folder   2	Oleomargarine, 1953-1954
Box   20 Folder   3	Reapportionment, 1953
Box   20 Folder   4	School reorganization (376S), 1953
Box   20 Folder   5	Taxation, 1953
Box   20 Folder   6	Wisconsin Child Care Center, 1953
	, 1955-1956 Session
Box   20 Folder   7-12	Alphabetical correspondence
	Subject files
Box   20 Folder   13	Agriculture, 1956
Box   20 Folder   14	Branch banking (118S and 215S), 1955
Box   20 Folder   15	Brucellosis (144S), 1955
Box   20 Folder   16	Butterfat Content in Milk (59A), 1955
Box   20 Folder   17	Campaign Finance (419A), 1955
Box   20 Folder   18	Cases, 1955
Box   20 Folder   19	Comic books (132A), 1955
Box   20 Folder   20	Conservation, 1956
Box   20 Folder   21	Correspondence, 1956
Box   20 Folder   22	County Boards (535S), 1955-1956
Box   20 Folder   23	County fair appropriations, 1955
Box   20 Folder   24	Crop land clearance (223A), 1955
Box   20 Folder   25	Dairy industry (300S), 1955
Box   20 Folder   26	Dairy Price Spread Committee, 1955
Box   20 Folder   27	Daylight savings time
Box   20 Folder   28	Diesel fuel tax, 1955
Box   21 Folder   1	Drug sales by grocers (152S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   2	Fox bounty (543A), 1955
Box   21 Folder   3	Free Library Commission, 1955
Box   21 Folder   4	Funeral expenses (248S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   5	Gas tax, 1955
Box   21 Folder   6	Highway Commission, 1955-1956
Box   22 Folder   7	Industrial Commission, 1955
Box   21 Folder   8	Inheritance tax exemption (445S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   9	Integration of state supported institutions (279S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   10	Invitations, 1955
Box   21 Folder   11	Legal holidays for state employees (393A), 1955
Box   21 Folder   12	Legislation, 1955
Box   21 Folder   13	Petenwell Dam, 1956
Box   21 Folder   14	Professional engineering (505S, 688A), 1955
Box   21 Folder   15-17	Public hearings, February-June 1955
Box   21 Folder   18	Railroads (120S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   19	Reports, 1955
Box   21 Folder   20	Resolutions, 1955
Box   21 Folder   21	Safety patrol bill (425S and 426S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   22	State budget, 1955-1957
Box   21 Folder   23	Tax deductions (107S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   24	Tax return preparation (476S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   25	Tobacco (746A), 1955
Box   21 Folder   26	Trapping (102S and 103S), 1955
Box   21 Folder   27	Tomah railroad shops, 1955-1956
Box   21 Folder   28	UW Legislative scholarships, 1955
Box   21 Folder   29	Veteran's bonus (521A), 1955
Box   21 Folder   30	Veterinary School, 1955
Box   21 Folder   31	Watershed management (16A), 1955
Box   22 Folder   1	WHA (466S), 1955
Box   22 Folder   2	Williamson, Ivy, 1956
	, 1957-1958 Session
Box   22 Folder   3-10	Alphabetical correspondence
	Subject files
Box   22 Folder   11	Castle Rock, 1957
Box   22 Folder   12	Banking, 1957
Box   22 Folder   13	Chicago and Northwestern shop, Adams, 1957-1958
Box   23 Folder   1	Claims, 1957
Box   23 Folder   2	Conservation, 1957
Box   23 Folder   3	Correspondence-general, 1958
Box   23 Folder   4-5	Legislation, 1957-1958
Box   23 Folder   6	Legislation-advocacy, 1957
Box   23 Folder   7	Mental Hospital, 1958
Box   23 Folder   8	Monona Terrace, 1957
Box   23 Folder   9	Reflective license plates, 1957
Box   23 Folder   10	Unintroduced bills, 1957
Box   23 Folder   11	University of Wisconsin, 1957
	, 1959-1960 Session
Box   23 Folder   12-16	Alphabetical correspondence
	Bill files
Box   23 Folder   17-18	1-200A, 1959
Box   24 Folder   1-2	200-900A, 1959
Box   24 Folder   3-6	1-700S, 1959
	Subject files
Box   24 Folder   7	Agriculture, 1959
Box   24 Folder   8	Highway Commission, 1959
Box   24 Folder   9	Correspondence, 1960
Box   24 Folder   10	Kickapoo Dam, 1959
Box   24 Folder   11-12	Legislation, 1959
Box   24 Folder   13	Legislation drafts, 1959
Box   24 Folder   14	Oleo legislation, 1959
Box   24 Folder   15	Petitions, 1959
Box   24 Folder   16	Public utility bill, 1959
Box   24 Folder   17	Revolving credit (256A), 1959
Box   24 Folder   18	Schimenz appointment, 1959
Box   24 Folder   19	“Session Book,” 1959
Box   25 Folder   1	State Office Building (JT.25S), 1959
Box   25 Folder   2	Water bill, 1959
Box   25 Folder   3	Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives
	, 1961-1962 Session
Box   25 Folder   4-9	Alphabetical correspondence
	Bill files
Box   25 Folder   10-13	Assembly bills
Box   25 Folder   14-20	Senate bills
Box   25 Folder   21	Joint resolutions, 1961
	Subject files
Box   25 Folder   22	Aeronautics Commission, 1961
Box   25 Folder   23	Annexation of unincorporated land (24S), 1961
Box   25 Folder   24	Arborists bill (299S), 1961
Box   26 Folder   1	Case files, 1961
Box   26 Folder   2	Conservation, 1961
Box   26 Folder   3	Camp McCoy, 1961
Box   26 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1962
Box   26 Folder   5	County teachers colleges (113A, 114A), 1961
Box   26 Folder   6	Highways, 1961
Box   26 Folder   7	Legislation, 1961
Box   26 Folder   8	Legislation-advocacy groups material, 1961
Box   26 Folder   9	Mauston, 1961
Box   26 Folder   10	Meat inspection (280A, 221S), 1961
Box   26 Folder   11	Oleo, 1961-1962
Box   26 Folder   12	Parochial school busing (588A), 1961
Box   26 Folder   13	Retirement system (12S), 1961
Box   26 Folder   14	Rural electric cooperatives (384S, 655S), 1961
Box   26 Folder   15	Wildcat Mountain, 1961
Box   26 Folder   16	Salex tax, 1961
Box   26 Folder   17	School petitions, 1961
Box   26 Folder   18	Thank yous, 1962
Box   26 Folder   19	Unintroduced bills, 1961
	, 1963-1964 Session
	Alphabetical correspondence
Box   26 Folder   20-21	A-H
Box   27 Folder   1-4	J-W
	Subject files
Box   27 Folder   5	Aid to county superintendents, 1963
Box   27 Folder   6	Appointments, 1963
Box   27 Folder   7	Bank tax, 1963
Box   27 Folder   8	Beer-minimum age (62S), 1963
Box   27 Folder   9	Budget, 1963
Box   27 Folder   10	Civil Service-confidential correspondence, 1963
Box   27 Folder   11	Correspondence, 1964
Box   27 Folder   12	Daylight savings (61S), 1963
Box   27 Folder   13	Drainage laws (A1), 1963
Box   27 Folder   14	Food coloring (434A), 1963
Box   27 Folder   15	Gasoline tax, 1963
Box   27 Folder   16-17	Legislation, 1963
Box   27 Folder   18	Livestock cooperative bills (466S, 467S, 468S), 1963
Box   27 Folder   19	Mental health (167S), 1963
Box   27 Folder   20	Milk marketing (500S), 1963
Box   27 Folder   21	Oleo bills (358, 9A), 1963
Box   27 Folder   22	Parochial school busing (Jt. Res. 39A), 1963
Box   27 Folder   23	Reapportionment, 1963
Box   27 Folder   24	Sales tax, 1963
Box   27 Folder   25	Veterans case file, 1963
Box   27 Folder   26	Wisconsin Child Center, 1963
Box   27 Folder   27	Wisconsin Council of Agriculture, 1963
Box   28 Folder   1	School aid (4A, 74S), 1963
Box   28 Folder   2	Sunday closing (362S), 1963
Box   28 Folder   3	Superintendent of Schools (5A, 161A), 1963
Box   28 Folder   4	Trading stamps, 1963
	, 1965-1966 Session
Box   28 Folder   5-10	Alphabetical correspondence
	Bill files
Box   28 Folder   11-13	1-600A, 1965
Box   29 Folder   1-2	601-1000A, 1965
Box   29 Folder   3-6	Senate bills
Box   29 Folder   7	Joint resolutions, general
Box   29 Folder   8	Joint Resolution 22
Box   29 Folder   9	Joint Resolution 80
	Subject files
Box   31 Folder   7	Agriculture Conservation Program, 1965
Box   31 Folder   8	Agriculture Department, 1965
Box   31 Folder   9	Appointments, 1965
Box   29 Folder   10	Beer-minimum age (363A), 1965
Box   29 Folder   11	Bonding (508S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   12	Branch banking (420A), 1965
Box   29 Folder   13	Budget bill (99S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   14	Child care (647S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   15	Child Center, 1965
Box   29 Folder   16	Chiropractors (277A), 1965
Box   29 Folder   17	Conservation Commission (349S, 632A), 1965
Box   29 Folder   18	Contact lenses (368A), 1965
Box   29 Folder   19	Cottage cheese (550S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   20	County judges salary increase (568S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   21	Crossbow hunting (626A), 1965
Box   29 Folder   22	Dairy bonding (508S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   24	Dairy policies, 1966
Box   29 Folder   23	Daylight savings time (33S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   24	Devil's Lake cottages (144S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   25	Electric fences (507S), 1965
Box   29 Folder   26	Fair Housing (310S, 852S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   10	Highway Safety Program, 1965
Box   30 Folder   1	Imported meat (317A), 1965
Box   30 Folder   2	Labor unions (389A), 1965
Box   30 Folder   3	Land annexation in townships (353A), 1965
Box   30 Folder   4	Legislation, 1965
Box   31 Folder   25	Legislative Council, 1966
Box   30 Folder   5	Meat inspection (95, 100S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   11	News releases, 1965-1966
Box   30 Folder   6-7	Oleo issue
Box   31 Folder   27	Oleo issue (continued)
Box   30 Folder   8	Pharmacy internships (314S), 1965
Box   30 Folder   9	Plumbers licenses (221, 434S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   1	Railroad crews (145S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   2	Registers of Deeds fees (312S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   3	Retirement benefits exemptions (47S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   12	Sales tax on haircuts, 1965
Box   31 Folder   4	School aids (43S, 911A), 1965
Box   31 Folder   5	Sheet metal workers (225S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   6	Small claims (304A), 1965
Box   31 Folder   15	State Audit Department (513A), 1965
Box   31 Folder   16	State employees (486, 814A), 1965
Box   31 Folder   17	Taxes (272S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   18	Teacher pensions (170S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   19	Teacher salaries (1028A), 1965
Box   31 Folder   20	Town mutuals (297A), 1965
Box   31 Folder   21	Trading stamps (37S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   22	Truck trailers (425A), 1965
Box   31 Folder   23	Tuberculosis/Public health (159S), 1965
Box   31 Folder   26	Uniform Food Law, 1965
Box   31 Folder   28	Veterans affairs, 1966
Box   31 Folder   13	Wildcat Mountain State Park, 1965
Box   31 Folder   14	Wisconsin County Boards Association, 1965
	Series: James W. Leverich Papers	⇧
	Town of Angelo Papers
Box   32 Folder   1	General, 1911-1917, undated
Box   32 Folder   2	Asylum, 1910-1911, 1925
Box   32 Folder   3-5	Bridge project, 1905, 1908, 1910
Box   32 Folder   6	Delap commitment, 1897
Box   32 Folder   7	Evans Road project, 1911
Box   32 Folder   8	Highway Commission, 1912-1914
Box   32 Folder   9	Roads, 1908-1913
Box   32 Folder   10-11	School Board, 1909-1911
Box   32 Folder   12	Town Board, 909-1910
	Personal and Family Papers
Box   32 Folder   13	Eliza, 1912-1913
Box   32 Folder   14-17	Farm correspondence, 1908-1920
Box   32 Folder   18	Fish, Arthur, 1901-1912
Box   32 Folder   19-22	Leverich, Jesse, 1909-1917, undated
Box   33 Folder   1-2	Leverich, Percy, 1909-1924
	Farm Records
Box   33 Folder   3-5	Berry books, 1900-1910, 1920, 1921-1922
Box   33 Folder   6	Ephemera and “Klondike” strawberry stereocard, 1907-1911
Box   33 Folder   7	“Farmers Record” book (Cattle), 1916-1919
Box   33 Folder   8-9	Financial records, 1908-1918, undated
Box   33 Folder   10	Furnaces/Heating, 1911
Box   33 Folder   11	House building accounts, 1911
Box   33 Folder   12	Ledger, 1921
Box   33 Folder   13	Miscellaneous account books, 1904-1925
Box   34 Folder   1	Newton Farm account, 1918-1922
Box   34 Folder   2	Probate file-JWL Executor, 1924
Box   34 Folder   3	Rental accounts-Farm and house, 1913-1918
Box   34 Folder   4	Silo, 1910
Box   34 Folder   5-6	Farm workers accounts, 1908-1922
Box   34 Folder   7	Farm workers lists
Box   34 Folder   8-10	Sparta Fruit Growers Association/Sparta Produce Exchange, financial records, 1910-1931