Title: Wisconsin. Department of Transportation: Mississippi River Parkway Commission Records
Inclusive Dates: 1934-1980

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Department of Transportation

Call Number: Series 2340

Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

Repository:

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

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Abstract:

Minutes, correspondence, clippings, and planning materials concerning Wisconsin's participation in the international organization established in 1939 to construct and beautify the scenic Great River Road from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02340

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M.W. Torkelson, director of regional planning for the Wisconsin State Planning Board, was the first Wisconsin representative to the international committee. In 1961 the state committee became statutory by Chapter 482, Laws of 1961; in 1967 it was renamed a commission. Membership was changed again by Chapter 39, Laws of 1975. At this time the Wisconsin commission was composed of a secretary appointed by the Governor (generally an employee of the Department of Transportation) and ten members appointed by the county boards of the eight Wisconsin counties bordering the Mississippi River.

Box   1 Folder   1	By-laws, 1974-1975, n.d.
	General papers
Box   1 Folder   2-8	1934, 1938-1954
Box   2	1955-1972
Box   3	1973-1977
Box   4	1977, continued-1979
Box   5 Folder   1	Proposed Great River Road Program for Wisconsin, 1979
Box   5 Folder   2	Wisconsin Technical Committee, 1977-1980
Box   5 Folder   3	River Rats, 1970