Robert P. Knowles Papers, 1906-1985
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Summary Information

Title: Robert P. Knowles Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1906-1985

Creator:
  • Knowles, Robert P., 1916-1985
Call Number: River Falls Mss EF; Tape 1233A; PH River Falls Mss EF; River Falls Micro 169; Micro 2081

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (7 archives boxes), 2 tape recordings, 2 reels of microfilm (35mm), 282 photographs, 26 negatives, and 26 pieces of ephemera

Repository:
Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers, mainly 1935-1976, of Knowles, a Wisconsin state legislator and Republican Party leader, together with some personal papers of his brother, Warren P. Knowles III, governor of Wisconsin, 1965-1971. About Robert Knowles there are biographical clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and an oral history interview conducted by Tim Ericson of the River Falls ARC; correspondence, orders, logs, a Normandy Invasion notebook, and training materials concerning experiences as an Army Air Force bomber pilot during World War II; speeches and press materials issued as a state legislator; records pertaining to his 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 election campaigns; papers concerning his leadership in organizations concerned with improved legislative operations such as the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures; and contracts and correspondence about his work as manager of National Republican conventions in 1960, 1968, 1972, and 1976. Among the prominent correspondents are Ray C. Bliss, Ody Fish, Ernest Keppler, and Stanley York. The Warren P. Knowles papers in this collection primarily relate to research on the Knowles, Nichols, and Blakeney families. Also included are some miscellaneous financial papers of Warren P. Knowles III and of Judge Warren Knowles, father of Robert and Warren. The personal and gubernatorial papers of Warren Knowles are separately catalogued.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rf00ef
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