Title: Eugene Dorff Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1974-1982

Creator:

• Dorff, Eugene, 1930-

Call Number: Parkside Mss 72

Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (1 records center carton and 2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1979-1982, of a former Democratic legislator, (Assembly, 1971-1982) from Kenosha, Wisconsin. Included is correspondence with constituents, press releases, subject and bill files, correspondence of the Excise and Fees Committee (1975-1982), and correspondence pertaining to the recodification of alcoholic beverage laws (1977).

Language: English

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Former Democratic state legislator Eugene Dorff was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on February 25, 1930. A sheet metal worker with American Motors, he was elected alderman in 1964. Dorff served on the Kenosha City Council until 1970. In that year, after a previously unsuccessful attempt in 1968, he won a seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Kenosha's 65th District.

During his time in the Assembly, Dorff's main assignment was on the Excise and Fees Committee, of which he was a member from 1973 and which he chaired from 1975-1982. In association with these duties, he chaired the Legislative Council Special Committee on Recodification of Alcoholic Beverage Laws in 1977. Other significant appointments include the Labor and Transportation committees, in which he had a role during much of the 1970's. In 1982, Dorff declined to run for re-election, citing his desire to spend more time with his family. Upon his return to Kenosha, he was elected once again to the City Council, later becoming its president. Dorff was elected by the City Council to the post of interim mayor in 1987, after then-Mayor John Bilotti resigned to take a position with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. In 1988, Dorff ran unsuccessfully for mayor in the general election.

The Eugene Dorff papers are drawn primarily from the later years of his tenure in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1970-1982) and are only a small portion of the documentation that once existed, documenting mainly the years 1979 to 1982. The collection is arranged into CORRESPONDENCE, PRESS RELEASES, SUBJECT FILES, and BILL FILES.

Correspondence with constituents covering a broad range of issues, topics, and views on proposed legislation is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. A complete set of press releases issued by Dorff's office is included; most of the releases are undated and have been kept in their original order. Separate subject and bill files deal with many different aspects of Dorff's career, and cover the entire span of his time in Madison. Among them are the Excise and Fees correspondence, matters relating to the city and county of Kenosha, governmental correspondence with various state agencies, and issues of concern to the people of Kenosha and the southeastern Wisconsin area.

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No copyright information is available.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Eugene Dorff, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M82-326.

Processing Information

Processed by Andrew Murphy and Ann Hokanson, 1990.

	Series: Correspondence, 1979-1982
Box   1 Folder   1	A-C
Box   1 Folder   2	D-I
Box   1 Folder   3	J-M
Box   1 Folder   4	N-S
Box   1 Folder   5	T-Z
Box   1 Folder   6-7	Series: Press Releases, in original order	⇧
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
Box   1 Folder   8	Bong recreation area, 1974-1979
Box   1 Folder   9	Budget, 1979-1982
Box   1 Folder   10	Cosmetology
Box   1 Folder   11	Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1976-1977
Box   1 Folder   12	Developmentally Disabled, 1981
Box   1 Folder   13	Dram shop opinions, 1969, 1977, 1979
Box   1 Folder   14	Drinking water, 1974-1975
	Excise and Fees Committee correspondence
Box   1 Folder   15	1976-1979
Box   1 Folder   16	1980-1982; n.d.
Box   1 Folder   17	Federal liquor laws, 1976-1977
Box   1 Folder   18	Film distribution, 1978
Box   1 Folder   19	Highway 158, 1975
Box   1 Folder   20	Initiative and Referendum, 1976
	Kenosha (city)
Box   1 Folder   21	1973-1977
Box   1 Folder   22	1979
Box   1 Folder   23	1980
Box   1 Folder   24	1981
Box   1 Folder   25	1982; n.d.
	Kenosha County
Box   2 Folder   1	1973-1975
Box   2 Folder   2	1977-1980
Box   2 Folder   3	1981-1982
Box   2 Folder   4	M and E exemptions, 1977-1978
Box   2 Folder   5	Measured phone rates, 1979-1980
Box   2 Folder   6	Medicaid, WHA position paper, 1980
Box   2 Folder   7	Parkside, University of Wisconsin, 1973-1975
Box   2 Folder   8	Pleasant Park utility, 1976
Box   2 Folder   9	Pleasant Prairie power plant, 1976-1980
Box   2 Folder   10	Podiatry, 1975
Box   2 Folder   11	Probate reform
Box   2 Folder   12	Questionnaires, 1975; 1978
Box   2 Folder   13	Racine County, 1978
Box   2 Folder   14	Radiation therapy, Southeast Wisconsin Health Systems Association, 1978
Box   2 Folder   15	River Basin authorities, 1974
Box   2 Folder   16	St. Catherine's Hospital, 1977-1981
Box   2 Folder   17	St. Joseph's Home, 1978
Box   2 Folder   18	Smoking legislation, 1978
Box   2 Folder   19	Special education, 1981
Box   2 Folder   20	Veterans Department, 1978-1979
Box   3 Folder   1	Vocational Rehabilitation (LPN program), 1978
Box   3 Folder   2	Jill Wilson, 1975-1979
	Wisconsin
Box   3 Folder   3	Department of Health and Human Services, 1978-1981
Box   3 Folder   4	Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations, 1974-1980
Box   3 Folder   5	Department of Justice, 1978-1981
Box   3 Folder   6	Legislative Council Staff memoranda, 1979-1981
Box   3 Folder   7	Memoranda/Correspondence, 1979-1981
Box   3 Folder   8	Department of Natural Resources, 1974-1980
Box   3 Folder   9	Department of Revenue, 1978-1979
Box   3 Folder   10	Department of Transportation, 1976-1979
Box   3 Folder   11	University of Wisconsin-Madison TAA strike, 1980
	Various Wisconsin agencies
Box   3 Folder   12	1979-1980
Box   3 Folder   13	1981-1982
Box   3 Folder   14	Veto messages, n.d.; 1981
Box   3 Folder   15	Miscellaneous
	Series: Bill Files	⇧
Box   3 Folder   16	1975, AB 123
Box   3 Folder   17	1977, AB 323
Box   3 Folder   18	1979, AB 162