Summary Information
Wisconsin. Council for Home and Family: Records
1962-1973
- Wisconsin. Council for Home and Family
Series 254
4.4 c.f. (11 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Minutes of council and committee meetings, correspondence, speeches, reports, pamphlets, newsletters, newsclippings, budget material, and legislation relating to laws affecting all aspects of family life.
English
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Biography/History
The State Advisory Council for Home and Family, created under section 245.33 of the Wisconsin Statutes by chapter 569, Laws of 1963, was authorized to study the scope and operation of laws of this state and surrounding states relating to marriage and actions affecting marriage and the support of children and other dependents, and examine recent Supreme Court decisions affecting same; study the causes of family disintegration and the need for programs and services to promote family unity; investigate the effect of divorce on public welfare and make recommendations to improve marital stability thereby reducing potential welfare costs; conduct workshops and public hearings; employ staff necessary to implement duties assigned to it; and appoint consulting committees consisting of nonmembers.
The council was amended by chapter 59, Laws of 1965, which increased the number of members and by chapter 659, Laws of 1965, which repealed section 245.33 of the statutes and recreated the council under section 13.53 of the statutes with a change in name to the Council for Home and Family. Further amendments were made by chapter 20, Laws of 1967 which made minor changes in the terms of the appointees and methods of reporting findings. In addition, the council was authorized to sponsor or participate in conferences for home and family on a local, state, regional, interstate, or national level, coordinate and stimulate activities of county life councils, and receive and use gifts and grants. Due to excessive spending, appropriations for the council were cut off by chapter 125, Laws of 1971, but the council continued to exist on paper until terminated on August 4, 1973 by the repeal of section 13.53 of the statutes.
The council was composed of seventeen members: four were to be chairmen of judiciary and public welfare committees in each legislative house or their designated representatives, and the remainder were to be appointed by the legislature for terms of two years. These thirteen appointive members consisted of three family court judges, three clergymen, two attorneys, one sociologist or college professor, one family court commissioner, one county corporation counsel, one county welfare director, and one voluntary social welfare agency representative.
The most active committee of the Council for Home and Family was the Family Life Education and Marriage Counseling Committee. Originally called the Family Life Education Committee, its name was changed on September 1, 1966 when the committee assumed the duties of counseling teenagers and young adults on premarital sexual relations and marriage. The purpose of the committee was to research and attempt to decrease the number of unwed mothers, illegitimate births, abortions, and divorce. The committee was also given the responsibility of overseeing the committees whose area of concern was closely related, such as alimony, conciliation courts, abandonment, and extradition.
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the records date between 1967 and 1971 and consist of minutes, correspondence, speeches, reports, pamphlets, newsletters, news clippings, budgetary information and legislation. Minutes of the council and committees date from 1964 to 1971 and are arranged by committee. Correspondence is arranged in four files: chronological, 1962-1973, subject, 1965-1971, alphabetical, 1965-1970, and committee, 1965-1971. Legislation, dating from 1967 to 1971 and arranged by bill number, consists of bills that the council researched and sponsored. Speeches, reports, pamphlets, newsletters, news clippings and budget information are all arranged by subject. Since the council existed on paper for almost two years after its appropriations were cut, mail continued to be received, amounting to one cubic foot, although there was no staff to answer or file it. The original filing system was retained or recreated as much as possible.
Contents List
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Series: Minutes
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Council for Home and Family, 1964-1971
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Executive Committee, 1965-1971
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Consulting Committee on Family Life Education and Marriage Counseling, 1966-1970
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Enforcement Committee on Divorce, 1969-1970
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Personnel and Finance Committee, 1968-1970
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Family Law Committee, Feb. 1958-March 1959
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Series: Chronological Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1962, 1964, 1965
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Box
1
Folder
8
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1966
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Box
1
Folder
9
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1967 Jan. - May
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1967 June - Dec.
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1968
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1969 Jan. - July
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1969 Aug. - Dec.
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1970 Jan. - May
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Box
2
Folder
6
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1970 June - Sept.
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1970 Sept. - Dec.
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1971 Jan. - April
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1971 April - July
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Box
3
Folder
4
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1971 Aug. - Oct.
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Box
3
Folder
5
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1971 Oct. - Dec.
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Box
3
Folder
6
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1972
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Box
3
Folder
7
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1973
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Series: Subject Correspondence
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Executive, 1967-1971
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Research on Various Courts and Rulings, 1965-1970
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Drug Study, 1967-1970
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Resolution for White House Conference in 1972, 1970
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Newspapers, Radio, Television, 1969
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Box
4
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6
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Department of Local Affairs and Development, 1969
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Box
4
Folder
7
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President's Crime Commission, 1967
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Consumer Protection Problems, 1966-1970
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Box
4
Folder
9-10
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Official, to and from the Council, 1965-1970
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Series: Alphabetical Correspondence
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Box
5
Folder
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A-B, 1966-1970
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Box
5
Folder
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B-Be, 1965-1970
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Be-Bu, 1965-1969
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Box
5
Folder
4
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C-Da, 1965-1970
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Box
5
Folder
5
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De, 1965-1968
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Box
5
Folder
6
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De-D'A, 1965-1968
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Box
5
Folder
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De, 1967-1969
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Box
6
Folder
1
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De, 1966-1969
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Box
6
Folder
2
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E, 1965-1970
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Box
6
Folder
3
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F, 1965-1970
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Box
6
Folder
4
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G, 1965-1970
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Box
6
Folder
5
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H-Hu, 1965-1970
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Hu-I, 1965-1970
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John Devitt: Temporary Correspondence
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Box
6
Folder
7
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1969-1970
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Box
6
Folder
8
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1969 May-Oct.
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Box
6
Folder
9
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L, 1965-1970
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Box
7
Folder
1
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M, 1966-1970
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Box
7
Folder
2
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N, 1965-1970
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Box
7
Folder
3
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0, 1966-1969
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Box
7
Folder
4
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P, 1968-1970
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Box
7
Folder
5
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R, 1965-1969
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Box
7
Folder
6
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S, 1965-1970
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Box
7
Folder
7
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T, 1965-1969
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Box
7
Folder
8
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U-V, 1965-1968
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Box
7
Folder
9
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W, 1965-1969
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Box
7
Folder
10
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XYZ, 1967-1969
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Series: Committee Correspondence
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Newsletter Material, 1969-1970
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Box
8
Folder
1-4
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Family Life Education and Marriage Counseling, 1966-1970
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Box
8
Folder
5
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White House--Children's Conference, 1970
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Governor's Conference for the Home and Family Council
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Box
8
Folder
6
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1966
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Box
9
Folder
1
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1968
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Box
9
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2
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1970 Jan.- April
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Box
9
Folder
3
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1970 May-Dec.
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Box
9
Folder
4-6
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Divorce and Related Difficulties, 1965-1971
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Divorce and Related Difficulties, continued
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Series: Speeches, Reports, Pamphlets, Newsletters
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Box
10
Folder
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Speeches, 1965-1973
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Box
10
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Reports, 1965-1971
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Box
10
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Proposals, Family Life Committee, 1967, 1971
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Box
10
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Proposals, Made by Council on Divorce, Desertion, Extradition, n.d.
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Box
10
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Positions, Taken by Council on Various Topics, n.d.
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Box
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Pamphlets, Produced by the Council for Home and Family, 1966, 1970
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Box
10
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Newsletters, Produced by the Council for Home and Family, Jan. 1968-July 1970
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Series: News Clippings
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Box
11
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Divorce and Runaway Husbands, 1965-1970
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Box
11
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Abortion, 1965-1970
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Box
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Status of Women, 1966-1967
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Box
11
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Birth Control, Premarital Sex, Sex Education, Marriage, 1965-1970
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Box
11
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University Student Problems, 1966-1970
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Box
11
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Accomplishments and Problems of the Home and Family, 1966-1973
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Box
11
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Drugs and Youth, 1966-1969
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Box
11
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The Family, 1965-1968
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Series: Budgets
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Box
11
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Budget Fact Sheets with Correspondence, 1968-1970
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Box
11
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10
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Encumbrances and Expenditures of the Home and Family Council, 1965-1971
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Box
11
Folder
11
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Home and Family Expenses by the Department of Administration, 1967-1970
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Box
11
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12
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Budgetary Forms of the Council, 1971-1973
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Series: Legislation
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Box
11
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13
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Assembly Bills Sponsored by the Council, 1967-1971
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Box
11
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14
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Senate Bills Investigated by the Council, 1967-1971
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Box
11
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Senate Joint Resolutions Investigated by the Council, 1967-1971
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Box
11
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Assembly Joint Resolutions Investigated by the Council, Mar.-May 1971
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Box
11
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U.S. House of Representatives Bills Dealing with State Home and Family Councils, 1969-1971
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Box
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Bill in the U.S. Senate Dealing with State Home and Family Councils, July 25, 1967
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