Summary Information

Title: Wilhelmine D. La Budde Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1924-1959

Creator:

• La Budde, Wilhelmine D. (Wilhelmine Diefenthaeler), 1880-1955

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BC

Quantity: 8.8 cubic feet (22 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of Wilhelmine D. La Budde, a Milwaukee clubwoman and conservationist, including articles, speeches, radio scripts, reports of the Conservation Committee of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, and clippings on conservation subjects and correspondence. La Budde campaigned for compulsory conservation education, the restoration of Horicon Marsh, a resident fishing license bill, preservation of tracts of virgin timber and reforestation, and improved Native American welfare. Letters include correspondence with members of the Wisconsin legislature, with congressmen from most Wisconsin districts, with Wisconsin senators and governors, and with other conservationists such as Charles Broughton, Louis Radke, and Haskell Noyes.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil000bc