Title: Dennis J. Conta Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1969-1976

Creator:

• Conta, Dennis J., 1940-

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EQ

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the 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.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Subject files of Conta, a Democratic assemblyman representing the 25th District (north Milwaukee) in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Includes correspondence, notes, reference files, and reports, documenting Conta's special interests in social welfare, children, special education, mass transit, the city of Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil000eq

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Dennis J. Conta, Democratic assemblyman representing the 25th District (North Milwaukee), was born in Milwaukee, March 24, 1940. After completing his education at Ripon College (B.A., 1962), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (M.S.W., 1966), and Harvard University (M.P.A., 1968), Conta was employed by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce as an urban affairs consultant. In addition, he was a project director for the Peace Corps, and a lecturer in business administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 1968 Conta was elected to his first term in the Assembly, and he has been reelected every two years since. He has served on public welfare and finance committees, councils on drug abuse and the Milwaukee public school system, and advisory committees on health planning and policy and on no-fault insurance.

The collection consists of Conta's legislative subject files, which include reference materials, reports, notes and a small amount of correspondence. In addition to containing items of routine legislative business, the files document Conta's special interests -- social welfare, children, special education, mass transit, the city of Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Dennis J. Conta, Milwaukee, 1976. Accession Number: M76-305

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd, October 11, 1978.

Box   1 Folder   1	Bankruptcy bill, 1972-1973
Box   1 Folder   2	Beer drinking, 1972-1973
Box   1 Folder   3	Blood transfusions, liability for, bill 342-S, 1973
Box   1 Folder   4	Building codes, 1974-1975
Box   1 Folder   5	Child support - Title XX, 1974-1975
Box   1 Folder   6	Comprehensive drug abuse act, 1973-1975
Box   1 Folder   7	Division of Corrections, 1973-1974
Box   1 Folder   8	Early childhood development, 1974
Box   1 Folder   9	Education, 1975
Box   1 Folder   10	Emergency rules, 1974-1975
Box   1 Folder   11	Encephalitis, 1975
Box   1 Folder   12	Energy and utilities, 1974
Box   1 Folder   13	Energy policy, 1976
Box   1 Folder   14	Escalator clause, 1974
Box   1 Folder   15	Ethics and State Ethics Board, 1974-1975
Box   2 Folder   1	Faculty collective bargaining, 1976
Box   2 Folder   2	Financing higher education, 1971-1974
Box   2 Folder   3	Fuel disconnections, 1974
Box   2 Folder   4	Governor's Advocacy Committee for Children and Youth, 1975
Box   2 Folder   5	Group homes, 1974 - 1976
Box   2 Folder   6	Homestead tax credit, 1974
Box   2 Folder   7	Housing for the elderly, 1973-1974
Box   2 Folder   8	Income tax exemptions for Federal employees, 1975
Box   2 Folder   9	Judicial reform legislation, 1974
Box   2 Folder   10	Legislative reform, c. 1971
Box   2 Folder   11	Legislative scholarships, 1969-1976
Box   2 Folder   12	Mass transit, 1974
Box   2 Folder   13	Medical Education Review Council, 1974-1975
	Milwaukee, city of
Box   2 Folder   14	Bus service, 1973-1974
Box   2 Folder   15	Street lighting, 1973
Box   2 Folder   16	Milwaukee County Children's Home Study, 1975
Box   3 Folder   1	Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Council, 1975
Box   3 Folder   2	Milwaukee County jail, 1973
Box   3 Folder   3	Milwaukee County probation programs, 1974
Box   3 Folder   4	Milwaukee police, 1974-1975
Box   3 Folder   5	Mineral taxation, 1976
Box   3 Folder   6	Minorities, 1973
Box   3 Folder   7	Miscellaneous, 1974
Box   3 Folder   8	National health insurance, c. 1974
Box   3 Folder   9-11	No-fault insurance, 1972-1973
Box   4 Folder   1-2	Nursing home reimbursement formula, 1973-1975
Box   4 Folder   3	Patients' bill of rights, 1974
Box   4 Folder   4	Planning-Programming Budgeting System (PPBS), 1971
Box   4 Folder   5	Pre-school programs, 1975-1976
Box   4 Folder   6	Reciprocity agreements, 1975
Box   4 Folder   7-8	Special Educational Needs Program, 1973-1975
Box   4 Folder   9	Statewide Network of Information for Development and Evaluation (SNIDE), 1974
Box   4 Folder   10	Telecommunications study, 1974
Box   4 Folder   11	Textbook bill, 1972-1973
Box   4 Folder   12	Title VII and Chapter 190 programs, 1975
Box   4 Folder   13	University of Wisconsin budget, 1975
	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Box   4 Folder   14	Credit union, 1973
Box   5 Folder   1	Law school, 1972-1974
Box   5 Folder   2	Miscellaneous, 1974-1975
Box   5 Folder   3	Project Blue Hole, 1974
Box   5 Folder   4	Urban outreach, 1973
Box   5 Folder   5	Vocational Technical and Adult Education (VTAE) reform, 1973-1974
Box   5 Folder   6	Vocational Technical and Adult Education (VTAE) Skill Center, Milwaukee, 1973
Box   5 Folder   7	Wisconsin Environmental Finance Authority, 1973