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| Kyle, John K., 1903-1993 | Title: Oral History Interview with John K. Kyle, 1976-1978
Quantity: 24 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 582A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Jack Kyle concerning his youth on a Rock County, Wisconsin farm, his experiences in the Progressive Party, the La Follettes and other state political leaders, the Wisconsin Labor Relations Board, and his work as executive secretary of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives. Kyle discusses his early background, education, and politics; the role of farmers and other rural people in the Progressive wing of the Republican Party; agricultural leaders such as Erich Lenz; farm organization politics; relationships with the Wisconsin labor movement; his work with Congressman Thomas Amlie, 1928-1932, Senator F. Ryan Duffy, Philip La Follette, Robert La Follette, Jr., and Congressman George Schneider; the Progressive Party, 1937-1946; the primary senate election of 1946; the influence on Kyle of Jerry Voorhis of California; and the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, 1948-1962. |
| Kyle, John K., 1903-1993 | Title: Oral History Interview with John K. Kyle, 1976-1978
Quantity: 24 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 582A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Jack Kyle concerning his youth on a Rock County, Wisconsin farm, his experiences in the Progressive Party, the La Follettes and other state political leaders, the Wisconsin Labor Relations Board, and his work as executive secretary of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives. Kyle discusses his early background, education, and politics; the role of farmers and other rural people in the Progressive wing of the Republican Party; agricultural leaders such as Erich Lenz; farm organization politics; relationships with the Wisconsin labor movement; his work with Congressman Thomas Amlie, 1928-1932, Senator F. Ryan Duffy, Philip La Follette, Robert La Follette, Jr., and Congressman George Schneider; the Progressive Party, 1937-1946; the primary senate election of 1946; the influence on Kyle of Jerry Voorhis of California; and the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, 1948-1962. |
| Kyle, John K., 1903-1993 | Title: John K. Kyle Papers, 1925-1964
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 212 Abstract: Papers of John K. Kyle, a prominent Wisconsin attorney, Progressive Party leader, member of the Board of Regents of Wisconsin State Colleges, and executive secretary of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives. Most of the collection consists of correspondence and records stemming from Kyle's role as campaign manager for Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., in his unsuccessful reelection attempt against Joseph McCarthy in the 1946 Republican primary election. Another group of letters originates from Kyle's presidency of the Board of Regents of Wisconsin State Colleges in 1962 and concerns a controversy over the proposed location of a new University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Wood County. Also included are clippings and pamphlets on various Wisconsin political figures from the 1920s to the 1960s, and scattered correspondence concerning Kyle's public activities in the 1930s and early 1940s. |