Summary Information

Title: Frederick P. Kessler Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1958-1992

Creator:

• Kessler, Frederick P., 1940-

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 211

Quantity: 11.6 c.f. (30 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:

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

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

Abstract:

Papers of Frederick P. Kessler, Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (District 10, 1960-62, 1964-72; District 12, 2004-present), and circuit and reserve circuit judge in Milwaukee County, Wis. (1973-2003). Documented subjects include Kessler's involvement with Wisconsin's legislative reapportionment in the 1970s and 1990s, Milwaukee County's court-system reorganization in the late-1970s, his involvement with the American Bar Association, Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union (WCLU). Also documented are Kessler's legislative and judicial campaigns, and his interactions with staff, colleagues, and constituents around numerous topics and issues with which he was involved throughout his career, including judicial reform, the environment, civil rights, and the Wisconsin state constitution. Significant correspondents include William Proxmire, Edmund S. Muskie, Gaylord Nelson, George Berdes, William J. Johnson, Paul McCormack, Henry S. Reuss, and August C. Backus. The documents consist primarily of correspondence and subject files, some published materials, scattered newsprint, bill drafts, reports, and a few speeches.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00211

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