Title: William R. Merriam Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1958-1966

Creator:

• Merriam, William R., 1894-

Call Number: Whitewater Mss BE

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

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

Abstract:

Papers, 1958-1964, of William R. Merriam, a Janesville, Wisconsin farmer and former Republican Assemblyman (1957-1964), primarily consisting of correspondence from constituents, legislators, and political leaders concerning the 1961 and 1963 legislative sessions. Also included is correspondence concerning his membership in the Midwestern Agriculture Committee of the Council of State Governments and two international goodwill tours in which he participated. Primary correspondents include Wayne Hood, Claude Jasper, Warren Knowles, Philip Kuehn, Melvin Laird, Gaylord Nelson, Wilbur Renk, Robert Spitzer, Carl Steiger, and Henry Schadeberg.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-whit00be

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Acquisition Information

Presented by William R. Merriam, Janesville, Wisconsin, April 15, 1968. Accession Number: M68-87

Processing Information

Processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, 1986.

Whitewater Mss BE Box   1 Folder   1	Biographical material, political speeches, campaign literature, 1961-1964
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   2	1960
Box   1 Folder   3-7	1961-1962
	1963-1964
Box   1 Folder   8-10	A-S
Box   2 Folder   1	T-Z
Box   2 Folder   2	Midwestern Agriculture Committee of the Council of State Governments, 1959-1964
Box   2 Folder   3	Goodwill tours, 1958-1966