Title: Harold S. Tuttle Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1953-1983

Creator:

• Tuttle, Harold S.

Call Number: Northland Mss 13; Tape 1349A

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor 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.

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Tuttle, a conservative political and community leader from Eagle River (Wis.) consisting of his subject files on his participation and leadership of a chapter of the John Birch Society; correspondence with Joseph McCarthy; and records from his leadership of the Vilas County (Wis.) Republican Party in the late 1950s. Also documented is the controversy at Eagle River High School over the introduction of conservative books in the school library and attempts to censor liberal pamphlets and periodicals. The tape recording is of a speech given by Robert Welch in which he warns of communist intent to create divisions in the United States.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-nort0013

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Harold S. Tuttle is an engineer, political and community leader, and conservative from Eagle River, Wisconsin. He served as the chair of the Vilas County Republican Party in the 1950s and was an active member and organizer of the John Birch Society in northern Wisconsin. He was also a member and the president of the Eagle River School Board. The collection consists of Tuttle's subject files on his participation and leadership of a Wisconsin chapter of the John Birch Society; his correspondence with and interest in Joseph McCarthy; and his leadership of the Vilas County Republican Party in the late 1950s. His papers also document the controversy at the Eagle River High School in 1962 over the introduction of conservative books in the school library and the attempts to censor liberal pamphlets and periodicals. Included in the collection is assorted correspondence and clippings from right-wing groups and individuals throughout the country demonstrating Tuttle's interest in anti-communism, isolationism, and anti-United Nations sentiment.

The collection is richest in its coverage of American right-wing politics in the 1950s and 1960s, although there is some material from the 1970s and the very early 1980s. Prominent correspondents include Senator Joseph McCarthy and his wife, Jean McCarthy; Walter Trohan, the Chicago Tribune columnist; Alvin O'Konski, a Wisconsin congressman; William Proxmire, Senator from Wisconsin; and Robert Welch of the John Birch Society. His correspondence with William Proxmire and other congressmen is particularly revealing in his opposition to the United Nations, the Genocide Treaty, the Nuclear Test Ban, and UNESCO.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Elizabeth Tuttle, 1997.

Processing Information

Processed by Victoria Allred and Donna Sereda, 1999.

Northland Mss 13	Series: General Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1	Commander Carr, William Guy, 1957-1960
Box   1 Folder   2	Jokolsky, George, 1961
Box   1 Folder   3	McCarthy, Joseph and Jean, 1956-1961
Box   1 Folder   4	Miscellaneous
Box   1 Folder   5	Mullins, Eustace, 1959-1983
Box   1 Folder   6	Various Politicians, 1960-1970
Box   1 Folder   7	Proxmire, William, 1958-1974
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
Box   1 Folder   8	America's Promise, 1972-1981
Box   1 Folder   9	Anti- United Nations Material, 1961-1972
Box   1 Folder   10	Clippings: Foreign Policy, Anti- Communism, 1961-1966
Box   1 Folder   11	Eagle River Centennial, 1957
Box   1 Folder   12	Eagle River School Board Business, 1957-1963
Box   1 Folder   13	Elizabeth Dilling Foundation Bulletin, 1965-1966
	High School Library Controversy, 1962-1963
Box   1 Folder   14	American Legion Resolution
Box   1 Folder   15	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   16	Library Investigation Report
Box   1 Folder   17	Impeach Earl Warren, 1961
Box   1 Folder   18	John Birch Society, 1960-1967
Box   1 Folder   19	Radio Programs, 1966-1967
Box   1 Folder   20	Local Land Disputes and Politics, 1928, 1960-1966
Box   1 Folder   21	McCarthy, Joseph, 1953-1963
Box   2 Folder   1	Clippings re: Death, 1957
Box   2 Folder   2	Militias, 1966-1984
Box   2 Folder   3	National Education Association, 1961-1963
Box   2 Folder   4	Political and Religious Miscellany, 1960-1974
Box   2 Folder   5	Raihle, Don, The Wanderer, 1961-1963
Box   2 Folder   6	“Super Patriots,” 1961-1962
Box   2 Folder   7	Trohan, Walter, Chicago Tribune, 1959-1971
Box   2 Folder   8	Welch, Robert, Conference at River Falls State College, 1962
	Vilas County Republican Party
Box   2 Folder   9	1954-1956
Box   2 Folder   10	1957-1965
Tape 1349A	Series: Welch, Robert, Speech	⇧