Melvin R. Laird Papers, 1904-1979 (bulk 1946-1973)

Container Title
Series: Biographical and Personal Material
Subseries: Biographical miscellany
Autographed portraits of associates
Box   121
Folder   2
Photocopied prints
PH 6782 (5)
Original prints
Stevens Point Mss BO
Box   1
Folder   1
Awards
Box   1
Folder   2
Biographical information
Biographical recordings and films
Audio   1359A/10
“Meet the Member” profile of Laird, 1968 September 17
FG 135
Introduction of Laird and other members of Nixon cabinet, 1968 December 11
AD 326
Laird on the Wolf River, 1968 August
Physical Description: 8 mm positive, color, silent, 170 feet (3 minutes) 
Scope and Content Note: Footage shot by William Morris of the NWRPC of Laird viewing the Wolf River.
AD 328
Eisenhower and Laird at a picnic table, undated
Physical Description: 16 mm positive, color, black/white, silent, 75 feet (2 minutes) 
Scope and Content Note: Raw footage of Laird and Eisenhower at a picnic table.
CB 794
“Truth About Labor Racketeering,” with Laird opening and closing, circa 1960
Physical Description: 16 mm positive, black/white, sound, 575 feet (16 minutes) 
Scope and Content Note: Laird opening and closing narration bracketing a non-Laird produced film on the Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform bill. Features congressional testimony on labor racketeering, comments from President Eisenhower, and concludes with Laird calling it a “working man's bill.”
Stevens Point Mss BO
Box   1
Folder   3
Calendar, 1964
Box   1
Folder   4
Christmas cards, 1952-1963
Box   1
Folder   5-11
Clippings (loose), 1957, 1959, 1961-1968, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Distribution of materials with Laird label
Audio   1359A/38
Pledge of Allegiance by Irving Caesar, recorded House, 1956
Note: Formerly Disc 223A/6.
Box   122
Sample flags flown over Capitol to be presented by Laird to constituents (48 and 49 stars)
Box   1
Folder   13
Guest book, 1953-1957
Box   2
Folder   1
House gallery pass record, 1954-1963
Box   2
Folder   2
Memorabilia
Box   2
Folder   3
Miscellany
Box   2
Folder   4
Marshfield Clinic's Laird Room brochure
Box   2
Folder   4A
Oral history transcript, 1979
Photographs
PH SP Mss BO
Original prints
Box   1
Folder   1
Campaign brochure photos
Box   1
Folder   2
Campaigning for self
Box   1
Folder   3
Candids and personal photos
Box   1
Folder   4
Capitol steps
Box   1
Folder   5-6
Congressional duties
Box   1
Folder   7
Family
PH 6782 (5)
Oversize prints
PH SP Mss BO
Box   1
Folder   8
Famous people with Laird
Box   1
Folder   9
Great Britain, Congressional trip, 1954
Box   1
Folder   10
Health organizations
Box   1
Folder   11
Menominees
Box   1
Folder   12
Military appropriations and military personnel
Box   2
Folder   1
Party activities
PH SP Mss BO (3)
, 1968 Republican State of the Union address
PH SP Mss BO
Box   2
Folder   2
Portraits
Box   2
Folder   3
Testimonial, with Richard Nixon, 1959
Box   2
Folder   4
Vietnam trip, 1969
Stevens Point Mss BO
Box   123
Photocopied prints
Box   2
Folder   5
Post-Pentagon writings, 1973
Scrapbooks (unprocessed; to be microfilmed)
Box   2
Folder   6
Speech programs (not in scrapbooks)
Box   2
Folder   7
Telephone list
Box   2
Folder   8-11
Testimonials, 1959, 1964, 1969
Subseries: Personal files
Personal correspondence
Box   2
Folder   12-13
General, 1953-1965
Box   2
Folder   14
Baird & Company, 1957
Box   2
Folder   15
C
Box   3
Folder   1
Carleton College, 1946-1965
Box   3
Folder   2
Central State Bank
Box   3
Folder   3
Connor, Elizabeth, 1953-1956
Box   3
Folder   4-6
Connor, Mary (Mrs. Gordon Connor), 1958-1968
Box   3
Folder   7
Connor, Richard, 1946-1954
Box   3
Folder   8
Connor, Robert
Box   3
Folder   9
Connor, Reuben
Box   3
Folder   10
Connor, W.D., Jr.
Box   3
Folder   11
Crawford, Ray, 1955
Box   3
Folder   12-14
D-F
Box   3
Folder   15
First Wisconsin Trust Company
Box   3
Folder   16-18
G-I
Box   3
Folder   19
Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1950
Box   3
Folder   20
Insurance, 1948, 1955-1956
Box   3
Folder   21-22
J-K
Box   4
Folder   1
Laird, Melvin
Box   4
Folder   2
Laird, Alison
Box   4
Folder   3
Laird, David
Box   4
Folder   4-6
Laird, Helen, 1950-1969, undated
Box   4
Folder   7
Laird, John, 1959-1964
Box   4
Folder   8
Laird, Richard, 1950-1963
Box   4
Folder   9
Laird, William Connor
Box   4
Folder   10
Laird Farm Property
Box   4
Folder   11
Laird Marshfield Property and Residence
Box   4
Folder   12-13
M
Box   4
Folder   14
Miscellaneous financial papers
Box   4
Folder   15
N
Box   4
Folder   16
Naval Reserve
Box   4
Folder   17
O
Box   4
Folder   18
Osborne Estate
Box   4
Folder   19
P
Box   5
Folder   1
Piscatorial and Inside Straight Society, 1957-1963
Box   5
Folder   2
R
Box   5
Folder   3
Regency Enterprises
Box   5
Folder   4-5
S-T
Box   5
Folder   6
Tenants and leases, 1956-1957
Box   5
Folder   7
Empty folder
Box   5
Folder   8
U-W
Box   5
Folder   9
White, Weld & Company, Buy and sell orders
Box   5
Folder   10
Y-Z
Connor Company correspondence
Box   5
Folder   11
General, 1947-1950
Box   5
Folder   12
D-E
Box   5
Folder   13
Expense statements
Box   5
Folder   14-16
F-L
Box   5
Folder   17
Laona Northern Railway Company, 1947-1950
Box   5
Folder   18
M
Box   5
Folder   19
Pallets
Box   5
Folder   20
Poles, Western Cedar
Box   5
Folder   21
Rasmussen, Thomas, 1947-1950
Box   5
Folder   22
Security Insurance Agency, 1947-1950
Box   5
Folder   23
T-Z
Family correspondence
Box   5
Folder   24-25
Connor, W.D., correspondence, 1904-1943
Laird, Melvin R., Sr.
Box   5
Folder   26
Campaign material
Box   5
Folder   28
Cook, Grace, 1938-1939
Box   5
Folder   29
Connor, Mary B., Estate
Box   5
Folder   30
Condolences regarding W.D. Connor Sr., 1944-1945
Box   5
Folder   27
Deeds
Box   6
Folder   1
Dunhams, 1938-1939
Box   6
Folder   2
Laird estate, 1935
Box   6
Folder   3
Laird family, 1939-1944
Box   6
Folder   4
Legislative Memorial, 1946
Box   6
Folder   5
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1917-1944
Box   6
Folder   6
Miscellaneous financial records, 1941-1945
Box   6
Folder   7
Pressley, John, 1938-1940
Box   6
Folder   8
Texada Island, 1941
Box   6
Folder   9
Williams & Williams, 1937