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Summary Information
Walter J. Kohler Sr., Papers
1920-1931 (bulk 1929-1930)
- Kohler, Walter J. (Walter Jodok), 1875-1940
Mss 870; Micro 2089
18.2 c.f. (43 archives boxes, 4 card boxes, and 1 oversize folder) and 47 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1929-1930, of Walter J. Kohler Sr., a Wisconsin businessman and Republican governor (1929-1931), consisting almost entirely of official gubernatorial papers. The entire collection is also available on microfilm. Included are correspondence, minutes, reports, and clippings regarding judicial and administrative appointments, public appearances, complaints, and the administration of the Conservation Commission, the Board of Control, the Highway Commission, the Industrial Commission, the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Board of Public Affairs, the Railroad Commission, the Tax Commission, and other state agencies. Additional correspondence, petitions, and notes concern pending legislation about chain stores, income taxes, park acquisitions, fishing license fees, labor unions, the repeal of the Wisconsin Prohibition Law, and many other topics. There are also subject files on the Wisconsin Citizen's Committee on Unemployment. A few items document electoral politics and the attempt by the La Follette faction of the Republican Party to oust Kohler for alleged campaign violations. A substantial part of the collection documents the ceremonial functions of the office including the issuance of resolutions, proclamations, and official greetings. Prominent correspondents include John E. Alexander, Louis Allis, Thomas Amlie, Emil Baensch, Levi Bancroft, Meta Berger, John Blaine, A.M. Brayton, W.H. Bridgeman, Charles E. Broughton, William G. Bruce, Richard E. Byrd, W.J. Campbell, John B. Chapple, W.D. Connor, Calvin Coolidge, Theodore Dammann, Thomas Duncan, F. Ryan Duffy, D.C. Everest, Edward T. Fairchild, Harold S. Falk, Wilbur B. Foshay, Chester A. Fowler, Oscar M. Fritz, Gustave Gehrz, George Gilkey, Bernard Gettelman, Walter S. Goodland, Henry Graass, Halbert Hoard, Daniel Hoan, Merlin Hull, Ralph Immell, J.W. Jackson, J.C. Kleczka, Irvine Lenroot, Don Lescohier, Orland Loomis, Frank O. Lowden, Francis McGovern, Oscar Morris, Morgan Murphy, George B. Nelson, John M. Nelson, John S. Owen, Joseph A. Padway, George S. Parker, Gifford Pinchot, F.J. Sensenbrenner, Conrad Shearer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, W.A. Titus, Ellis B. Usher, George Vits, Lawrence C. Whittet, John D. Wickhem, Aubrey Williams, and C.C. Younggreen. Portions of the collection are indexed by name.
English
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