The Victor C. Wallin papers, 1937-(1950-1976), are arranged by subject in a single file, substantially as they were received from the donor. They consist primarily of Wallin's correspondence but also include a few published articles and some reference materials. Among the latter are newspaper clippings, drafts of legislation, and pamphlets. The collection includes scattered correspondence with Warren Knowles and Vernon Thomson.
There is very little in the collection about Wallin's local government work except for his interest, in the 1940's, in a joint County and Town Board preventive health care plan (box 4, folder 9) and his service as a County Rest Home trustee (box 1, folder 5). Conservation is the best documented subject in the collection and information about it appears in many files. In addition to general materials in the folders labelled “conservation” (box 1, folders 18-19; box 2, folders 1-2), there is a great deal of information about Wallin's interest in watershed protection, particularly his efforts as a legislator to secure a coordinated state agency approach to watershed management (box 4, folders 18-22). The collection also includes files on three Bayfield County areas with environmental problems (box 1, folder 8; box 2, folder 11; box 5, folder 2); on federal actions to create an Apostle Islands National Park and to preserve wild rivers (box 1, folder 1; box 5, folder 3); and Wallin's assistance in organizing a Northland Environment Committee in 1971 (box 4, folder 5). A portion of the papers consists of correspondence with constituents concerning such matters as civil service employment and veterans' home loan programs (box 1, folder 10; box 4, folder 17) and with individuals and organizations interested in specific matters before the Legislature. The files on state and federal constitutional amendments reflect Wallin's conservative political views on many issues (box 2, folders 4-5). Only two folders of materials concern Wallin's personal life and political activities (box 3, folders 10-11).
