Title: Wisconsin Federation of Conservation Clubs Records
Inclusive Dates: 1948-1957

Creator:

• Wisconsin Federation of Conservation Clubs

Call Number: Micro 399

Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Records of an organization of local groups devoted to promotion of conservation at the state level, including minutes, membership lists, and meeting materials, but consisting primarily of the correspondence of WFCC official Les Woerpel with state conservation officials and elected officials. Correspondents include Glenn R. Davis, Frank N. Graass, Lester Johnson, Walter J. Kohler, Melvin Laird, Joseph R. McCarthy, Reid F. Murray, Henry Reuss, Oscar Rennebohm, and Alexander Wiley. Letters concern water pollution, hunting and fishing seasons, game wardens, and protection of scenic areas among other topics.

Language: English

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The Wisconsin Federation of Conservation Clubs was founded in 1959 in an effort to unify the efforts of various local groups in promoting the cause of conservation at the state level. This film contains the Federation correspondence and miscellaneous other conservation papers of Les Woerpel, one of the founders and leaders of the Federation. He served as the first president of the organization, and later as executive secretary. He also edited several publications issued by the Federation.

Woerpel's correspondence reflects various conservations issues current in Wisconsin during the 1950's, including water pollution, hunting and fishing season policies, wage increases for game wardens, protection of scenic areas, and many others. He corresponded widely with other conservation leaders in the state and nation, with officials of the Conservation Department and the Conservation Commission, and with various elected officials. Included in the latter group are letters from the following:

Davis, Glenn R.	1953: July 6, August 4
Graass, Frank N.	1951: February 19
	1953: June 4, 15; 1955, January 3
Johnson, Lester	1955: April 18, 20; May 3, 4, 23, 24
Kohler, Walter J.	June 2, 1952: September 10
	1954: November 16
	1955: January 22
Laird, Melvin	1951: February 26
	1953: April 30, August 7
	1955: February 15, 21
McCarthy, Joseph R.	1950: March 25
Murray, Reid F.	1949: August 2, October 18
	1950: March 22
Reuss, Henry R.	1956: May 3
Rennebohin, Oscar	1948: October 16
	1949: February 15
Wiley, Alexander	1949: April 14
	1950: March 25, June 22
	1952: March 7
	1954: August 7, 18, 27
	1955: February 3, 11, 17, 25, March 10, 14, 26; April 12, 19, May 23

Acquisition Information

Originals loaned for microfilming by Les Woerpel, Stevens point, Wisconsin, June 24, 1965.

Processing Information

Processed by Emily Al-Khazraji, August 2, 1965.

	Correspondence (arranged chronologically by months)
Reel   1 Segment   1	1948-1952
Reel   2 Segment   1	1953-1956 January
Reel   3 Segment   1	1956 January-1957
	Wisconsin Federation of Conservation Clubs (WFCC)
Reel   3 Segment   2	Annual Meetings: minutes, speeches, programs, reports, lists of delegates, and miscellany, 1949, 1950, 1953, and 1955
Reel   3 Segment   3	Board of Directors: minutes, 1949-1955 (scattered)
Reel   3 Segment   4	Constitution and Articles of Incorporation
Reel   3 Segment   5	Membership lists
	Wisconsin Conservation Department (WCD)
Reel   3 Segment   6	Meetings of the Upland Game Committee of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, 1949-1950 (scattered)
Reel   3 Segment   7	Sportsman's Conference at Eagle River, September, 1957 (miscellaneous speeches, reports, programs)
Reel   3 Segment   8	Miscellany, including several reports and minutes of special committees of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Reel   3 Segment   9	National Wildlife Federation - Miscellaneous mimeographed materials, circa 1950-1957
Reel   3 Segment   10	Miscellany Scope and Content Note: Materials on conservation in other states, a speech on Wetlands and Wildlife by Robert McCabe of the University of Wisconsin, and other items.