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Summary Information
Frederic E. Risser Papers
1925-1971
- Risser, Frederic E., 1900-1971
Mss 418
2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of a Madison, Wis., attorney and state senator, consisting of legislative and political papers, legal case and reference files, a subject file, and personal and miscellaneous papers. Also included are a small number of the political, professional, and personal papers of Risser's father-in-law, Ernest N. Warner (1868-1930), who was also a Madison attorney and state assemblyman. Included in the collection are Risser's constituent correspondence files, 1936-1949; notes for and copies of legislation introduced by Risser or considered by committees of which he was a member; correspondence concerning cases Risser handled as Dane County district attorney; and legal papers created while attorney for the Town of Madison. Items in the subject file show the involvement of both Risser and Warner in the Progressive movement in Wisconsin, in the development of parks in Madison and Wisconsin, and their interest in American and Wisconsin history including membership in the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Correspondents include Risser's law partner John Shiels, and the materials make reference to Wisconsin Progressive Robert M. La Follette.
English
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