Summary Information

Title: Melvin R. Laird Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1904-1979 (bulk 1946-1973)

Creator:

• Laird, Melvin R.

Call Number: Stevens Point Mss BO; Stevens Point Micro 31; Micro 666; Audio 1359A; PH Stevens Point BO; PH 6782 (5); M2004-042; M2006-071; M2009-092

Quantity: 78.0 cubic feet (67 records center cartons, 54 archives boxes, 1 card box, 2 flat boxes), 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 31 tape recordings, 7 disc recordings, 552 photographs, and 217 film reels; plus additions of 84 reels of microfilm (16 mm), 12 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1.9 cubic feet

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections and 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)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1946-1973, of Melvin Laird, former Wisconsin state legislator (1947-1953), Seventh District congressman (1953-1969), and U.S. Secretary of Defense (1969-1973) documenting his political career. Also present are brief papers of Melvin R. Laird Sr. (1877-1946), also a Wisconsin legislator, and grandfather William D. Connor (died 1944), a former lieutenant governor and state Republican Party leader. Photographs received with the collection consist primarily of publicity shots of Laird, his family, office visitors, and state and national leaders (including Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon), as well as visual documentation of his interest in military and health care issues.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-stpt00bo

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