Title: Wisconsin. Governor: Executive Clemency Correspondence and Reports
Inclusive Dates: 1916-1963

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Governor

Call Number: Series 94

Quantity: 10.6 c.f. (27 archives boxes)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Correspondence of the Governor and the Governor's secretary or legal counsel with prisoners; prison officials; and prisoners' families, attorneys, and advocates regarding procedures for pardon and executive clemency and the status of individual applications. Many years are missing from the series coverage.

Language: English

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The most recent files include general correspondence from prisoners about the conditions of their incarceration as well as inquiries about the pardon and executive clemency process. For the Gaylord Nelson and John Reynolds administrations, the files include lengthy narrative summaries of individual applications and recommendations prepared by David Adamany, Horace Wilkie, and other pardon counsels. (Generally, only denied pardon applications are included, as approved requests are included with the pardon case files in Series 98).

For occasional prisoners, parts of the prison case file, court documents and evaluations by prisoner officials are also included. For the years 1939 to 1941 the files include summary sheets about the criminal record of each applicant.

For the Knowles Administration, see Series 2131, Legal Counsels' Executive Clemency Summaries, 1965-1970.

Acquisition Information

Includes former Series 17 and material added from Series 20.

	1916-1927
Box   1	A - Cl
Box   2	Cl - Gn
Box   3	Go - Institutional letters
Box   4	I - L
Box   5	M - O
Box   6	P - S II
Box   7	S III - T I
Box   8 Folder   1-5	T II - Z
	1935-1941
Box   8 Folder   6	A
Box   9	B - J
Box   10	K - R
Box   11 Folder   1-6	S - W
Box   11 Folder   7	Warden's correspondence
Box   11 Folder   8-9	Y-Z
Box   11 Folder   10-11	Miscellaneous, unidentified, and handwritten correspondence
	Prisoner record sheets, 1939-1941
Box   11 Folder   12-13	A-B
Box   12 Folder   1-15	C-Z
	1947
Box   13 Folder   1	1948
	1950
Box   13 Folder   2-13	A - M
Box   14 Folder   1-10	N - Z
	1951-1952
Box   14 Folder   11-13	A - D
Box   15	E - Q
Box   16 Folder   1-6	R - Z
	1953-1956
Box   16 Folder   7-8	A - B
Box   17	C - H
Box   18	I - O
Box   19	P - V
Box   20 Folder   1-3	W - Z
Box   20 Folder   4	Miscellaneous correspondence of Charles Totto, pardon counsel
	1957-1958
Box   20 Folder   5-7	A - K
Box   21 Folder   1-4	L - Z
	1959-1962
	Pardon counsel's recommendations
Box   21 Folder   5-7	1959-1961
Box   22 Folder   1-2	1962
	Prisoner correspondence
Box   22 Folder   3-9	A - D
Box   23	E - K, 1960
Box   24	K, 1961 - P, , 1961
Box   25	P, 1962 - T, , 1961
Box   26 Folder   1-6	T, 1962- Z, Unidentified
	1963
Box   26 Folder   7-10	Pardon counsel's recommendations
Box   27 Folder   1	Corrections' recommendations
Box   27 Folder   2	Hearing record forms