Mordecai Lee Papers, 1976-2001

Summary Information

Title: Mordecai Lee Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1976-2001

Creator:
  • Lee, Mordecai, 1948-
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 199, Micro 1176; Milwaukee Micro 63; Audio 1920A, M2002-015

Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) and 5 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 23 tape recordings and 33 videorecordings

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers documenting the career of Mordecai Lee, a Milwaukee Democratic legislator, Jewish community leader, and political professor. The vast majority of these papers relate to Lee’s political career in the Assembly and Senate (1976-1989), his tenure as the Executive Director of the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations (1990-1997), and his tenure as an Assistant Professor of Government Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1997- ). These papers contain campaign literature Lee drafted, correspondence on legislation with which he was involved, newspaper clippings pertaining to legal and cultural issues central to Milwaukee and Judaism, and scholarly articles published by Lee on public administration policy.

Note:

Portions of this collection are available only on microfilm.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr1176
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