Title: Wisconsin Veterans Council Records
Inclusive Dates: 1947-1955

Creator:

• Wisconsin Veterans Council

Call Number: Mss 241

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Records of the Wisconsin Veterans Council, a lobbying organization for veterans in Wisconsin, including a history of the organization, constitution, correspondence, minutes, and resolutions. Member organizations included the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Army and Navy Union, the Disabled American Veterans, and the American Legion.

Language: English

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The Wisconsin Veterans Council was organized in Milwaukee in 1934-35 to act as a lobby for all legislation relating to veterans and their dependents in Wisconsin. Any organization in the state that represented veterans was eligible to belong; early members were the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Army and Navy Union, the Disabled American Veterans, and the American Legion. Since no action of the Council was final without the affirmative vote of all member organizations, it was especially effective during World War II when there was unanimity among the member organizations. In 1943 the Wisconsin legislature enacted almost 75 bills that related to veterans or their families.

The records of the Wisconsin Veterans Council include historical information about the organization, a constitution, general correspondence, correspondence relating to specific attempts to influence legislation under consideration in Madison, minutes, and resolutions passed by the Council. The general correspondence includes requests to amend the minutes, requests for information about meetings and the membership, and a printed copy of a 1953 departmental commander's message to the United Spanish War Veterans.

These records document the Council's activities only from 1947 to 1955, but they adequately record the range of its interests and influence.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Wisconsin Veterans Council, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 29, 1959. Accession Number: M59-80

Processing Information

Processed by Eleanor Niermann, October 5, 1972.

Box   1 Folder   1	History, 1954, Dec. 10-1955, Jan. 10
Box   1 Folder   2	Constitution, 1954
Box   1 Folder   3	Correspondence, General, 1953, June 29-1954, Dec. 23
Box   1 Folder   4	Correspondence, Madison File, 1952, March 25-1953, Oct. 23
Box   1 Folder   5	Minutes, 1947, July 16-1953, Dec. 8
Box   1 Folder   6	Resolutions, 1952, June 6-Nov. 28; 1953, Oct. 27