Republican Party of Wisconsin Records, 1900-1974

Summary Information

Title: Republican Party of Wisconsin Records
Inclusive Dates: 1900-1974

Creator:
  • Republican Party (Wis.)
Call Number: Mss 649

Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 9 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of the Republican Party of Wisconsin consisting of printed constitutions, minutes of executive committee meetings, records of annual conventions, and executive directors' correspondence. The collection mainly documents the period 1946-1970. In addition to correspondence, lists, platforms, and resolutions, the convention records include full secretarial transcriptions of proceedings. For several conventions, speeches and remarks of John Byrnes, Thomas Coleman, Glenn Davis, Everett Dirksen, Gerald Ford, Barry Goldwater, Charles Halleck, Warren Knowles, Melvin Laird, Joseph McCarthy, William Miller, Thruston Morton, Richard Nixon, Donald Nutter, Oscar Rennebohm, and Alexander Wiley are included. The executive directors' correspondence consists primarily of the correspondence of George Greeley (1960-1970), although a few scattered items pertain to other individuals who held that post. These files concern fund raising events and party finances, inaugural planning, and monitoring of Republican and Democratic politicians. Of the state chairmen of the period, only Ody J. Fish is extensively represented, although there are small files for the majority of the leading Republican office holders of the era. The national convention files include recollections of delegates to the 1960 and 1964 national conventions.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00649
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