Title: Gary K. Johnson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1970-1984

Creator:

• Johnson, Gary K., 1939-

Call Number: Whitewater Mss BM

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (1 record center carton and 3 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, mainly 1980-1984, of a former Democratic legislator (Assembly, 1971-1984) and Assembly Majority Leader (1981-1984) from Beloit, Wisconsin. Included is correspondence with constituents, press releases and statements, subject and bill files, speeches and testimony, and records from his committee work from the Joint Committee on Finance (1977-1981) and the Legislative Council (1974-1984).

Language: English

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Gary K. Johnson was born September 14, 1939 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He attended Beloit, Wisconsin public schools and graduated from Beloit College in 1963. He was a teacher in the Beloit school system from 1963 to 1971. Johnson was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in November 1970 as representative of the 45th District. He served on the Joint Committee on Finance and was co-chair of the committee, served on the Joint Committee on Employment Relations, the Legislative Council, and numerous other committees. He as chose Assembly Majority Leader in January 1981. In 1984, Johnson retired to become a District Manager for Public Affairs with Wisconsin Bell.

The Gary K. Johnson papers are drawn primarily from the later years of his tenure in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1970-1984) and are only a small part of the documentation that once existed. The papers document mainly the years 1980 to 1984, the years during which Johnson served as Assembly Majority Leader. The collection is arranged into BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, CORRESPONDENCE, SUBJECT FILES, and BILL FILES.

The biographical information and campaign material includes candidate questionnaires distributed by the press and brochures detailing Johnson's background and service as assemblyman. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically, and further by month. Prominent correspondents include the Beloit Corporation, Wisconsin Power and Light, the Wisconsin Education Association, and the Wisconsin Hospital Association. Subject files, arranged alphabetically, concern Johnson's committee work; community concerns of the Beloit/Janesville, Wisconsin area; the University of Wisconsin system; dealings with state agencies; and the “open meetings” dispute and lawsuits. The subject files include, in chronological order, speeches, press releases and statements, and hearing testimony. The bill files cover twelve bills about which Mr. Johnson received specific correspondence. These cover the years 1978-1984. (Mention of various bills, however, is common throughout the correspondence.)

Acquisition Information

Presented by Gary K. Johnson, Beloit, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M84-318

Processing Information

Processed by Andrew Murphy and Ann Hokanson, 1990.

Box   1 Folder   1	Series: Biographical Information
Box   1 Folder   2-33	Series: Correspondence, A-Z, 1970-1984	⇧
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
Box   1 Folder   34	Assembly Democratic Caucus, 1980
Box   1 Folder   35	Beloit, 1971-1984
Box   1 Folder   36	Beloit College, 1979-1983
Box   1 Folder   37	Bill summaries and highlights, 1983
Box   1 Folder   37a	Campaign materials, 1972-1984
Box   1 Folder   38	Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, 1983
Box   1 Folder   39	Clippings, 1971-1982
Box   1 Folder   40	Computer crime, 1983
Box   1 Folder   41	Correspondence/Memoranda, 1977-1984
Box   1 Folder   42	Developmentally disabled, 1979-1983
Box   1 Folder   43	Dreyfus, Lee Sherman, 1979
Box   1 Folder   44	Drinking age, 1979-1984
Box   1 Folder   45	Earl, Anthony, 1983-1984
Box   1 Folder   46	Exxon Minerals Company, 1983
Box   1 Folder   47	Funding requests, 1979-1981
Box   1 Folder   48	Janesville, 1983-1984
Box   1 Folder   49	Joint city/county school districts, 1976-1982
Box   1 Folder   50	Joint Committee on Employment Relations, 1980-1984
Box   1 Folder   51	Joint Committee on Finance, 1977-1981
Box   1 Folder   52	Legislative Council Staff Memoranda, 1973-1984
Box   1 Folder   53	Legislative Council study requests, 1984
Box   2 Folder   1	Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 1977-1984
Box   2 Folder   2	Legislative Reference Bureau, 1980-1982
Box   2 Folder   3	Letters to editor, 1978-1980
Box   2 Folder   4	Loftus, Tom, 1983-1984
Box   2 Folder   5	Melaas information, 1976
Box   2 Folder   6	National Conference of State Legislatures Report, 1984
Box   2 Folder   7	Newsletters, 1980, 1984
Box   2 Folder   8	Notes, miscellaneous, 1979, 1983
Box   2 Folder   9	Olson, Ron, 1980
Box   2 Folder   10	Open meetings case, 1975
Box   2 Folder   11-12	Press releases and statements, 1972-1984, undated
Box   2 Folder   13	Preserve Our Public Schools, 1977-1983
Box   2 Folder   14	Retired Seniors Volunteer Program, 1978-1979
Box   2 Folder   15	Revenue estimates, 1983
Box   2 Folder   16	Reverse mortgage study program, 1979
Box   2 Folder   17	Rock County, 1977-1983
	Speeches and testimony
Box   2 Folder   18	1975-1980
Box   3 Folder   1-2	1982-1984, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Taiwan trade mission, 1980
Box   3 Folder   4	Tax Reform Commission testimony and working papers, 1978
Box   3 Folder   5	Tuition tax credits, 1978
Box   3 Folder   6	Union correspondence, 1983
	University of Wisconsin
Box   3 Folder   7	Collective bargaining proposals, 1977-1984
Box   3 Folder   8	La Crosse, 1983
Box   3 Folder   9	Madison, 1977-1984
Box   3 Folder   10	University of Wisconsin system, 1979-1984
Box   3 Folder   11	Whitewater, 1978-1983
	State of Wisconsin
Box   3 Folder   12	Department of Administration, 1977-1980
Box   3 Folder   13	Department of Development, 1981-1983
Box   3 Folder   14	Elections Board, 1984
Box   3 Folder   15	Department of Health and Social Services, 1976-1984
Box   3 Folder   16	Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations, 1977-1983
Box   3 Folder   17	Department of Justice, 1976-1983
Box   3 Folder   18	Department of Natural Resources, 1977-1980
Box   3 Folder   19	Department of Public Instruction, 1973-1984
Box   3 Folder   20	Department of Revenue, 1976-1984
Box   4 Folder   1	Department of Transportation, 1976-1983
Box   4 Folder   2	Department of Veterans Affairs, 1972-1978
Box   4 Folder   3	Various state agencies, 1978-1984
Box   4 Folder   4	Wisconsin Housing Finance Authority, 1981-1983
	Series: Bill Files	⇧
	1977-1978
Box   4 Folder   5	SB 477
	1979-1980
Box   4 Folder   6	SB 371, 1979 (radar detectors)
	1981-1982
Box   4 Folder   7	SB 281 (cosmetology)
Box   4 Folder   9	SB 300 (fireworks)
Box   4 Folder   8	AB 351
	1983-1984
Box   4 Folder   11	ATR 61
Box   4 Folder   13	SB 80
Box   4 Folder   12	AJR 82
Box   4 Folder   10	AB 136
Box   4 Folder   14	SB 182
Box   4 Folder   16	SB 299
Box   4 Folder   15	AB 300