Summary Information
Jack D. Steinhilber Papers 1967-1974
- Steinhilber, Jack D., 1931-
Oshkosh Mss BN; Tape 1096A
12.2 c.f. (31 archives boxes and 1 reel of tape)
UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of a Republican legislator from Oshkosh who served in the State Senate and Assembly, 1966-1974. Included are legislative bill files, constituent correspondence, subject files, and documentation on committee assignments such as the Senate Urban Affairs Committee and the Legislative Council's Advisory Committee on Court Reorganization and its Special Committee on Criminal Penalties. The urban affairs files include minutes, agendas, and memoranda of the Wisconsin Housing Finance Authority collected by Steinhilber as an authority member for his investigation in the propriety of the agency's financial activities. An audio recording of the public hearing held as part of this investigation is included with the collection. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-osh00bn
Biography/History
Republican legislator and attorney Jack D. Steinhilber was born in Oshkosh on September 14, 1931. After graduating from local schools he attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, receiving a B.S. from the latter institution in 1953 and an LL.B. in 1955. As a youth, Steinhilber was active in the Young Republicans, and he won his first partisan election in 1957 when he was elected Winnebago County district attorney. In 1964 his career experienced a momentary setback with his defeat in the primary in a bid for a seat in Congress. Two years later, however, he was successful, this time winning William Steiger's former Assembly seat. Thereafter Steinhilber's political rise was rapid. Reelected in 1968, he was selected as head of the majority caucus when the Legislature convened in 1969. In 1970 he successfully made the switch to the State Senate and after only two years was selected as assistant majority leader.
In the Assembly Steinhilber was chairman of the Municipalities Committee (1969) and the Legislative Council's Local Government Committee (1969) and vice-chairman of the Joint Committee on Revisions, Repeals and Uniform Laws (1967). Leadership posts in the Senate included membership on the Joint Committee on Finance (1971), chairmanship of the Urban Affairs Committee (1973), and vice-chairmanships of the Legislative Council's Advisory Committee on Court Reorganization (1971) and Special Committee on Criminal Penalties (1971). Other positions are listed in biennial editions of the Blue Book.
Well known for his fiscal conservatism and his belief in a limited role for government, Steinhilber was generally regarded as a potential candidate for statewide elective office. In January 1974, however, he surprised political observers when he announced that he would not seek reelection. Since leaving the Legislature, Steinhilber has returned to his private law practice in Oshkosh, although he has continued his involvement in Republican politics.
Scope and Content Note
The Jack D. Steinhilber Papers consist of constituent correspondence about issues and pending legislation, subject files, and material on several committee assignments. The LEGISLATIVE BILL FILES contain copies of bills, related correspondence, and notes arranged by session and by bill number. The SUBJECT FILE consists of reference material, constituent correspondence, and notes related to a variety of subjects of state interest. Many of the files pertain to financial concerns such as the state budget, taxes, and tax sharing. These are arranged by session and alphabetically thereunder.
The COMMITTEE FILES, unlike the above material, are of uncertain provenance, having been transferred to the Archives in 1977 with the papers of F. James Sensenbrenner. It is conjectured that the papers of the two senators may have been in storage in the Capitol, and that they were inadvertently confused by legislative staff prior to transfer to the Society. Included are files on several Senate committee assignments. Best are the files on the Legislative Council's Advisory Committee on Court Reorganization which includes summary minutes, correspondence, research memoranda, unintroduced bills, and public statements on the election of federal judges made by Steinhilber. The files on the Special Committee on Criminal Penalties are similar in kind although smaller in volume. The Urban Affairs Committee files include testimony, correspondence, and clippings regarding the proposed closing of the reformatory at Green Bay.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Jack D. Steinhilber, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 1974. Second accession of unknown provenance, presented with the papers of F. James Sensenbrenner, February 1, 1977. Third accession presented with the papers of Walter John Chilsen, November 21, 1978. Deed of gift subsequently signed by Steinhilber. Accession Number: M74-547; M77-32; M78-578
Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, 1978; additions processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, 1984 and 1985.
Contents List
Oshkosh Mss BN
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Series: Legislative Bill Files
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1971-1972 Session
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Assembly bills
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Box
1
Folder
1-26
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14-A - 259-A
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Box
2
Folder
1-16
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291-A - 482-A
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Box
3
Folder
1-27
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492-A - 1057-A
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Box
4
Folder
1-20
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1057-A - 1610-A
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Box
5
Folder
1-3
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Assembly Joint Resolutions 14, 34, 80
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Senate bills
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Box
5
Folder
4-25
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1-S - 138-S
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Box
6
Folder
1-34
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138-S - 422-S
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Box
7
Folder
1-17
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432-S - 647-S
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Box
8
Folder
1-7
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656-S - 914-S
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Box
8
Folder
8-12
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Senate Joint Resolutions 5, 22, 26, 67, 119
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1973-1974 Session
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Assembly bills
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Box
8
Folder
13-17
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3-A - 33-A
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Box
9
Folder
1-22
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106-A - 538-A
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Box
10
Folder
1-20
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569-A - 927-A
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Box
11
Folder
1-21
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934-A - 1480-A
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Assembly Joint Resolutions
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Box
11
Folder
22-24
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5, 21, 31
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Box
12
Folder
1-2
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85, 106
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Senate bills
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Box
12
Folder
3-27
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9-S - 226-S
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Box
13
Folder
1-24
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227-S - 503-S
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Box
14
Folder
1-26
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512-S - 837-S
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Box
15
Folder
1-4
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840-S - 889-S
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Box
15
Folder
5-8
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Senate Joint Resolutions 1, 4, 69, 111
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Special Session, 1974
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Box
15
Folder
9-10
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2-A, 4-A
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Box
15
Folder
11
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4-S
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Series: Subject File
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Box
15
Folder
12
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Highway safety, 1967-1968
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Box
15
Folder
13
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Miscellaneous, 1967-1968
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1969-1970 Session
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Box
15
Folder
14
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Ambulance service
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Box
15
Folder
15
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Beer age
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Box
15
Folder
16
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Budget and taxes
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Box
15
Folder
17
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Conservation
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Box
15
Folder
18
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Cosmetology and barbers
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Box
15
Folder
19
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Dirksen amendment
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Box
15
Folder
20
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Double trailer trucks
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Box
15
Folder
21
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Family planning and abortion
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Box
15
Folder
22
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Highway safety
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Box
15
Folder
23
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Ideas for bills
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Box
15
Folder
24
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Implied consent
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Box
16
Folder
1
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Insurance
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Box
16
Folder
2
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The judiciary
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Juries
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Box
16
Folder
4
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Labor bills
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Box
16
Folder
5
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Medical
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Medical schools
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Box
16
Folder
7-10
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Miscellaneous
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Box
16
Folder
11
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Mob damage
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Box
16
Folder
12
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Oshkosh, city of
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Box
16
Folder
13
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Pay increases for state employees
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Box
16
Folder
14
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Press releases
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Box
16
Folder
15
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Psychologists, licensing of
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Box
16
Folder
16
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Sales tax
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Box
16
Folder
17-18
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School aids
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Box
17
Folder
1
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Sex education
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Steiger, William A.
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Box
17
Folder
3
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Vocational education
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Box
17
Folder
4
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Voting age
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Box
17
Folder
5
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Welfare
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Box
17
Folder
6
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WHA radio
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Box
17
Folder
7
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Winnebago County
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1971-1972 Session
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Box
17
Folder
8
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Abortion
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Box
17
Folder
9
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Administrative Procedures Act
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Box
17
Folder
10
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Annexation bills
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Box
17
Folder
11
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Appointments
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Box
17
Folder
12
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Beer bars
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Box
17
Folder
13
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Buckstaff Company
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Box
17
Folder
14-17
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Budget bill
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Box
18
Folder
1-3
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Budget bill
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Budget bill - GOP working papers
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Box
18
Folder
5-6
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Budget bill - Welfare
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Budget Conference Committee
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Budget review bill
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Budget - University of Wisconsin
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Box
19
Folder
3
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Charles A. Nichols vs. General Telephone Company of Wisconsin
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Chiropractors
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Committee on Committees
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Box
19
Folder
6
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Court reporters
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Box
19
Folder
7-8
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Criminal penalties
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Box
19
Folder
9
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Criminal penalties - County jails
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Department of Natural Resources - district headquarters
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Box
19
Folder
11
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Drugs
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Box
19
Folder
12
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Dyke, William D.
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Box
19
Folder
13
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Education
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Box
19
Folder
14
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Environmental quality
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Box
19
Folder
15
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Faculty salaries
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Box
19
Folder
16
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Family planning
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Box
19
Folder
17
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Fiscal, tax, and budget data
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Box
20
Folder
1
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Groppi case
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Box
20
Folder
2
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Gun control
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Health care
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Box
20
Folder
4
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Highway safety
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Box
20
Folder
5
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Highways
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Box
20
Folder
6
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Ideas for bills
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Box
20
Folder
7
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Industry, Labor and Human Relations, Department of
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Box
20
Folder
8
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Insurance
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Box
20
Folder
9
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Joint Finance Committee
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Box
20
Folder
10
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Junkyards and junk cars
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Box
20
Folder
11
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Labor and unions
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Box
20
Folder
12-15
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Miscellaneous
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Box
21
Folder
1
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Natural resources
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Box
21
Folder
2
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Neenah-Menasha
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Box
21
Folder
3
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Newsletters
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Box
21
Folder
4
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No-fault insurance
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Box
21
Folder
5
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Nursing homes
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Box
21
Folder
6
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Offender rehabilitation
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Box
21
Folder
7
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Oshkosh, city of
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Box
21
Folder
8
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Oshkosh, town of
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Box
21
Folder
9
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Outagamie County airport
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Box
21
Folder
10-11
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Parochial school aids
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Box
22
Folder
1
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Press releases
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Box
22
Folder
2
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Property tax assessment
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Box
22
Folder
3-4
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Reapportionment
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Box
22
Folder
5
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Salaries
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Box
22
Folder
6
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Sales tax
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Box
22
Folder
7
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Scholarships
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Box
22
Folder
8
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School aids
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Box
22
Folder
9-10
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School psychologists
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Box
22
Folder
11
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Self-service gas stations
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Box
22
Folder
12
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Steiger, William A.
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Box
22
Folder
13-14
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Tax sharing
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Box
23
Folder
1-2
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Tax sharing
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Box
23
Folder
3
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Tax sharing - effects on municipalities
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Box
23
Folder
4
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Taxes
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Box
23
Folder
5
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United Nations
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Box
23
Folder
6
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University of Wisconsin
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Box
23
Folder
7
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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Box
23
Folder
8
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University of Wisconsin economic development
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Box
23
Folder
9
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University Young Republicans
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Box
23
Folder
10
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Utilities tax sharing
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Box
23
Folder
11
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Veterans
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Box
23
Folder
12
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Viet Nam
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Box
23
Folder
13
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Voter registration and elections
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Box
24
Folder
1
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Voting age
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Box
24
Folder
2
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Wallace, Irving
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Box
24
Folder
3
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Welfare
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Box
24
Folder
4
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Helen White vs. Real Estate Board
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Box
24
Folder
5
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Winnebago County
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1973-1974 Session
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Box
24
Folder
6
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Abortion
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Box
24
Folder
7
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Administrative reorganization
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Box
24
Folder
8-10
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Administrative rules, Joint Committee on
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Box
24
Folder
11
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Administrative rules, Joint Committee on - Motor Vehicle Chapter 24
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Box
24
Folder
12
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Administrative rules, Joint Committee on - Seat belt rule
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Box
24
Folder
13
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Affirmative action
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Box
24
Folder
14
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Ambulance service
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Box
25
Folder
1
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Appointments
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Box
25
Folder
2
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Budget correspondence
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Box
25
Folder
3
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Budget review
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Box
25
Folder
4
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Business Development, department of
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Box
25
Folder
5-7
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Criminal penalties
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Box
25
Folder
8
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Double trailer trucks
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Box
25
Folder
9
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Education
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Box
26
Folder
1
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Energy office
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Box
26
Folder
2
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Equal rights
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Box
26
Folder
3
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Family planning
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Box
26
Folder
4
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Fond du Lac County
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Box
26
Folder
5
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Highway safety
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Box
26
Folder
6
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Highways
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Box
26
Folder
7
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Hunting and fishing licenses
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Box
26
Folder
8
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Industry, Labor and Human Relations, department of
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Box
26
Folder
9-10
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Industry, Labor, Taxation and Banking Committee
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Box
26
Folder
11
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Invitations
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Box
26
Folder
12
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Measles immunization program
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Box
26
Folder
13
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Medical
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Box
26
Folder
14
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Migrant worker center, Walworth County
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Box
26
Folder
15
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Miscellaneous
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Box
27
Folder
1-3
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Miscellaneous
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Box
27
Folder
4
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Motor Vehicle Department rules
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Box
27
Folder
5
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Neenah-Menasha
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Box
27
Folder
6
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Newsletters
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Box
27
Folder
7
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Oshkosh, city of
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Box
27
Folder
8
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Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
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Box
27
Folder
9
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Price controls
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Box
27
Folder
10
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Probate
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Box
27
Folder
11
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Public employee strikes
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Box
27
Folder
12
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Public instruction
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Box
27
Folder
13
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Scholarships
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Box
27
Folder
14
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School aids
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Box
27
Folder
15
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Snowmobiles
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Box
27
Folder
16
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Space Study Committee
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Box
27
Folder
17
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State Capitol and Executive Residence Board
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Box
27
Folder
18
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State Properties Visiting Committee report
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Box
27
Folder
19
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Steiger, William A.
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Box
28
Folder
1
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Taxes
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Box
28
Folder
2
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Threatening letters
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Box
28
Folder
3
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Transportation, department of
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Box
28
Folder
4
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University of Wisconsin
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Box
28
Folder
5-6
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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Box
28
Folder
7
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Urban Affairs Committee
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Box
28
Folder
8
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Veterans
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Box
28
Folder
9
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Winnebago County
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Box
28
Folder
10
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Wisconsin Housing Finance Authority
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Box
30
Folder
1
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Correspondence about Urban Affairs Committee investigation, 1973-1974
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Tape 1096A
No.
1
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Committee hearing testimony, September 18, 1973
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Oshkosh Mss BN
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WHFA distributions
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Box
30
Folder
2
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Rules, annual reports, by-laws, 1972-1973
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Minutes, agendas, and agenda items
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Box
30
Folder
3-5
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1972, November-1974, April
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Box
31
Folder
1
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1974, May-November
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Box
31
Folder
2-4
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Memoranda and other authority distributions, 1972-1974
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Box
31
Folder
5
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Memoranda re DLAD, 1972-1974
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Series: Committee Files
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Court Reorganization, Advisory Committee on (Legislative Council)
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Box
29
Folder
1
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Correspondence, 1970-1974
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Box
29
Folder
2
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Minutes, 1971-1972
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Box
29
Folder
3
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Memoranda, 1970-1972
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Box
29
Folder
4
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Federal judges, Election of, 1970-01973
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Box
29
Folder
5
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Unintroduced bills, 1971
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Box
29
Folder
6
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Criminal Penalties, Special Committee on (Legislative Council)
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Urban Affairs Committee (Senate)
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Box
29
Folder
7
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Boundary review, 1973
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Box
29
Folder
8
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Green Bay, 1973
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Miscellany
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Box
29
Folder
9
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Certain term sentencing, 1974
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Box
29
Folder
10
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Health Care Task Force, 1973
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Box
29
Folder
11
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Mental health, 1972-1973
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Box
29
Folder
12
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Traffic court procedure, 1968-1969
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