Summary Information

Title: William H. Spohn Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1918-1952

Creator:

• Spohn, William H., 1889-

Call Number: M96-219; M97-147; M2000-003

Quantity: 10.6 c.f.

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of William H. Spohn, a Madison, Wisconsin attorney active in the field of labor relations and prominent in state and local civic affairs. The collection documents his various professional and personal activities in association with the law firm of Spohn, Ross, Stevens, and Lamb; the National War Labor Board; the Heil Company; the Jean Nicolet Memorial Commission; the Wisconsin Society for Mental Health; the National Recovery Administration’s State Adjustment Board; and the Madison Citizens Committee for Displaced Persons. The collection consists of materials which provide insight into labor history, public welfare development, and wartime conditions on the homefront, and includes correspondence, referee decisions, transcripts or notes of testimony and meetings, reports, clippings, legal briefs, copies of relevant policies and procedures manuals, and speeches.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m96219