Summary Information

Title: William A. Steiger Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1979

Creator:

• Steiger, William A., 1938-1978

Call Number: Oshkosh Mss DB; PH Oshkosh Mss DB; Micro 970; Audio 1064A; AC 271; CC 657; VBA 507; VBA 509; VBB 190; M89-298

Quantity: 93.2 cubic feet (28 archives boxes and 83 records center cartons), 13 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 0.4 cubic feet of photographs, 117 tape recordings, 2 reels of film (16 mm), and 3 videorecordings; plus additions of 8 reels of film

Repository:

Housed at the Oshkosh Area Research Center and the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of William Albert Steiger of Oshkosh, a congressional representative from Wisconsin's Sixth Congressional District (1967-1978), who gained national attention for his work on capital gains and safety in the workplace. Files contain correspondence, correspondent indexes, legislation working files, grants and projects, case files, press material and publicity including audio recordings of radio messages, reference materials, as well as a small amount of personal papers. Subjects covered in the collection include files on the Williams-Steiger Bill establishing OSHA; the Steiger Amendment reducing the capital gains tax; the Manpower Act; legal services for the poor; services to the elderly; voluntary military service; clear lakes bill establishing protection of the Great Lakes; abortion; Watergate; Vietnam and Vietnamese immigration and orphans; and secondary education. The collection contains a small amount of campaign material. Also includes films from the 1960 Rose Bowl and Parade between the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-osh00db