Summary Information

Title: John A. Volk Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1983-1990

Creator:

• Volk, John A., 1915-2008

Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AX

Quantity: 7.2 cubic feet (19 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Legislative papers, mainly 1985-1990, of John A. Volk, a former Democratic representative (1983-1990) from Wabena, Wisconsin. Included are constituent correspondence, speeches, newsletters, clippings about Volk's legislative activities, and subject files about legislation concerning a variety of statewide and district topics such as the lumber industry and Menominee Indian treaty rights. Additional files relate to his co-chairmanship of the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems (JSCRS) and the Retirement Research Committee (RRC), 1985-1988. About his JSCRS responsibilities there are handwritten notes; memoranda prepared by Blair Testin, director of the RRC; testimony and information on bills that dealt with early retirement of teachers and public employees and divestment of state holdings in South Africa; and correspondence with State Taxpayers Outraged about Pensions (STOP) and other opponents and proponents of legislation concerning retirement benefits.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-stpt00ax

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