Robert Kastenmeier Papers, 1950-1990 (bulk 1959-1990)

Container Title
M91-001
Part 1 (M91-001): Original Collection, 1976-1990
Physical Description: 49.0 c.f. (49 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers consisting of subject files, press releases, phone message logs, calendars, speeches, and correspondence.
Arrangement of the Materials: The files are arranged roughly in reverse alphabetical order by topic and include materials spanning the years 1976-1990.
Box   1
Taxation
Box   1
Stewardship, 2000
Box   1
TL (Thomas Loftus) file
Box   1
Capital Gains Conference
Box   1
Bottle Bill Legislation
Box   1
Susan's , 1990 Mini-Budget Materials
Box   1
Parole Eligibility
Box   1
Campaign Finance
Box   1
Arts and Tourism
Box   1
BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone) proposal
Box   1
Coalition for Recycling, organization meeting materials
Box   1
Taliesin, Governor's Commission to Study Preservation
Box   1
Tax Incentives
Box   2
Press Releases, 1983-1990
Box   2
Retirement Information, AB 1016
Box   2
Wisconsin Land Conservation Association, Oconomowoc
Box   2
Rogers, Bill
Box   2
Rural Development
Box   2
Schools
Box   2
Seatbelts
Box   2
Shared Revenue
Box   2
Sign Advertising
Box   2
Small Business
Box   2
South Africa
Box   2
Special Elections
Box   2
Sewer Wars, Brewery Workers speech
Box   2
Speakers
Box   3
Reapportionment
Box   3
Radioactive Waste Compacts
Box   3
Questionnaires, Candidate, 1986
Box   3
Prisons
Box   3
Prisons-Menomonee Sale
Box   3
Property Tax Deferral
Box   3
Presidential Candidates, 1988
Box   3
Presidential Electors Convention, 1988
Box   3
Presidential Preference Committees
Box   3
Portage Prison
Box   3
Preserving Agricultural Lands
Box   3
Paternity
Box   3
Per Diem
Box   3
Phosphate Ban
Box   3
Poverty
Box   3
Open Records Law (Brach)
Box   3
Optometrists
Box   3
Open Primaries
Box   3
Obscenity
Box   3
Marital Property
Box   3
Marshall
Box   3
Medical Malpractice
Box   3
Merit
Box   3
Milwaukee Public Schools Lawsuit
Box   3
Milwaukee Public Schools
Box   3
Madison Lakes Study
Box   3
Lottery
Box   4
Democratic State Legislative Leaders Caucus
Box   4
Democratic Party
Box   4
Democratic National Convention, 1982, 1984, 1987-1990, 1992
Box   4
Democratic National Convention Support Responses
Box   4
Democratic Agenda
Box   4
Democratic Legislative Leaders
Box   4
D.C. Office
Box   4
DeForest
Box   4
Dams
Box   4
Drugs
Box   4
Corporate Takeover
Box   4
Custody
Box   4
Crime
Box   4
Constitutional Conventions
Box   6
Lobby Law Articles
Box   6
Investigation
Box   6
Letellier, Marion
Box   6
Legislature Correspondence, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989
Box   6
Legislative Reference Bureau
Box   6
Legislature
Box   6
Legislative Procedures
Box   6
Legislative Council
Box   6
La Follette School
Box   6
Lake Terrace
Box   6
Legislative Compensation
Box   7
KIDS 4
Box   7
Klauser, Jim
Box   7
Kasten, Robert
Box   7
JCOER, Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box   7
Jackamonis, Ed
Box   7
JCLO, 1987 Session
Box   7
ITASCA Seminar
Box   7
Item Veto
Box   7
Industrial Revenue Bonds
Box   7
International Trade
Box   8
Phone Logs, messages for Loftus, 1984-1989
Box   8
Appointment books, 1977-1989
Box   9
Taiwan
Box   9
Staff
Box   9
State Treasurer
Box   9
Speed Limit
Box   9
Stewardship, 2000
Box   9
Successor Employers
Box   9
Lutheran Social Services, MacArthur Street Group Home
Speeches
Box   9
Future of Social Services, Fond du Lac, April 24, 1979
Box   9
Elderly, Waunakee, May 2, 1980
Box   9
Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce, April 3, 1980
Box   9
MGH Management Conference, Future of Area Hospitals, October 17, 1979
Box   9
Madison Rotary Club, Health Care Costs, February 6, 1980
Box   9
Lawrence University, Energy Issues, November 26, 1979
Box   9
Public Health Association, Milwaukee, June 5, 1981
Box   9
DNR Board, Support of Bottle Bill, August 22, 1979
Box   9
Competition Among the States, 1981
Box   9
WHA Wisconsin Issues Form, January 10, 1991
Box   9
Wisconsin Association of County Homes, Future of Long-Term Care, June 19, 1980
Box   9
The Old Difference, 1982
Box   9
Sun Prairie Honor Students, May 23, 1979
Box   9
New Federalism
Box   9
Milwaukee Advertising Club, After the Thinking Business Man's Vote, January 27, 1988
Box   9
Milwaukee Sentinel University of Wisconsin Forum, May 5, 1986
Box   9
Welfare Reform/Child Support
Box   9
Wisconsin Coalition of Aging Groups, August 1, 1985
Box   9
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Adult Education in Wisconsin, January 16, 1980
Box   9
Minority/University of Wisconsin Speech
Box   9
Wisconsin Association of Black State Employees, March 31, 1989
Box   9
Wisconsin in the , 1980s
Box   9
Every Child's Name is Today
Box   9
Senior Health Care, April 19, 1985
Box   9
Technology
Box   9
Tourism
Box   9
Transportation
Box   10
Miscellaneous
Box   10
Parties and Introductions
Box   10
Legislation
Box   10
Health
Box   11
Government
Box   11
General Relief
Box   11
Government/Policy, 1990
Box   11
Economy
Box   11
Education
Box   11
Democrats
Box   11
Miscellaneous Background Information
Box   11
Budget
Box   11
Capital Gains
Box   11
China
Box   11
Speech Ideas
Box   10
Utility Holding Companies
Box   10
Holding Companies
Box   10
Legislature
Box   10
Correspondence, 1979, 1981
Box   10
Unitary Tax
Box   10
Garvey's, DOT Trans 108
Box   10
Targeted Jobs Tax Credits
Travel requests (and other correspondence) from state representatives
Box   12
John Young
Box   12
Bob Travis
Box   12
Don Hanaway
Box   12
Sharon Metz
Box   12
John Manske
Box   12
Bill Kasten
Box   12
Bob Jauch
Box   12
Tom Crawford
Box   12
Sylvester Clements
Box   12
Steve Brist
Box   12
Gus Menos
Box   12
Gervase Hephner
Box   12
Scott McCallum
Box   12
Carl Otte
Box   12
Dan Theno
Box   12
Tim Cullen
Box   12
Sun Prairie
Box   12
Unemployment Compensation, 1987, 1989
Box   12
Self Insurance, Chrysler Corporation
Box   12
Self Insurers Council
Box   12
Transportation
Box   12
Tuesday Club
Box   12
Tuition Remissions
Box   12
Tax Incremental Financing
Box   12
Teaching Assistants
Box   12
Telecommunications
Box   12
Tommy Thompson
Box   12
Taxation
Box   13
Environmental Health Issues, Legislative Council, 1980
Box   13
Environmental Resources Committee
Box   13
Statewide Study of Nursing and Nursing Education
Box   13
Highway 113
Box   13
Small Business Committee
Box   13
Middleton
Box   13
Subcommittee on Welfare Reform, 1979
Box   13
Waunakee
Box   13
Health System Plan (HSP), Comments on
Box   13
Highway 151
Box   13
Mailing Lists, farmers, small business, environmentalists
Box   13
Stoughton
Box   13
Windsor
Box   13
Town of York
Box   14
Health Planning Council (HPC), Excess Beds Committee, 1979
Box   14
Excess Hospital Capacity in Southern Wisconsin
Box   14
2,4,5-T Correspondence
Box   14
Health Conference, New York, 1982
Box   14
Competency Testing, AB 205, Testing Procedures, Education Issues, Press Releases and Correspondence
Cases
Box   15
Lori Fessler v. Wisconsin Assembly
Box   15
State of Wisconsin v. Sharon Beno
Box   15
Victoria Lynn Short v. Wisconsin
Box   15
Debeck Landfill
Box   15
Highway 18 and 151
Box   15
Nursing Recruitment and Retention
Box   15
Subcommittee on Welfare Reform, 1978
Box   15
Middleton Transmission Line
Box   15
Miscellaneous Correspondence, word processing center, 1979-1980
Box   16
School Dropout, Legislative Council
Box   16
Health and Social Services Welfare Subcommittee, 1977
Box   16
Parliamentary Procedure
Box   16
University of Wisconsin VTAE Duplication
Box   16
Subcommittee on Welfare Reform, Committee File
Box   16
Preserving Agricultural and Conservancy Lands
Box   16
Village of Dane
Box   16
Westport
Box   17
Mount Horeb
Box   17
North Madison Transmission Line
Box   17
O'Malley
Box   17
Parking and Van Pool
Box   17
Passive Solar Energy
Box   17
Madison General/St. Mary's Prenatal
Box   17
University of Wisconsin Collective Bargaining
Box   17
Loftus and Jackamonis Editorial Board Swings, 1981
Box   17
Business Survey Results, 1981
Box   17
Liability of State Patients Involuntarily Committed
Box   17
Methodist Hospital and Jackson Clinic
Box   17
University of Wisconsin Student Tuition Form Letters
Box   17
DeForest WASB Form, 1980
Box   17
JCOER Responses, 1981
Box   17
HPC Plan Steering Committee
Box   17
Cuban Refugees
Box   17
Soderbloom v. Manske
Box   18
Indian Gaming
Box   18
Indian Treaty Rights
Box   18
American Indian Study Committee
Box   18
Housing
Box   18
Highway 19
Box   18
Highways
Box   18
Health, SSI
Box   18
Health, Nursing Homes and Nurses
Box   18
Child Support Assurance
Box   18
Health, General Relief
Box   18
Videotape of Anti-Drunk Driving Public Service Announcements
Box   19
South Africa Divestment
Box   19
, 1986 Farmer Survey
Box   19
Select Committee on Future of University of Wisconsin System
Box   19
Nicaragua Diary
Box   19
Master for Nicaragua Diary
Box   19
Nicaragua Transcript Returns
Box   19
Kraus
Box   19
Bill Clinton
Box   19
Towards a New Democratic Party
Box   19
Germany Trip, September 1985
Box   20
General Health, 1980, 1981, 1982
Box   20
Health, Food Stamps
Box   20
Health Care Cost Containment
Box   20
Health, Elderly
Box   20
SHIP Speeches
Box   20
Health Care for the Uninsured
Box   20
Council on the Uninsured, February 1986
Box   20
Handicapped Education Aid
Box   20
Gary Hart
Box   20
Harvard University Ford Foundation Awards Program, 1986
Box   20
Graduation Rate
Box   20
Bud Grant
Box   20
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council
Box   20
Gun Control
Box   20
NRA (National Rifle Association)
Box   20
Gun Control Letter
Box   20
Gasoline Indexing
Box   20
Gas Tax
Box   20
Gambling
Box   20
Gasoline and Fuel, 1979
Box   21
Jack Brach
Box   21
Loftus Newsletters and Candidate Questionnaires, 1978
Box   21
Illinois Education Bonds
Box   21
Child Support Assurance
Box   21
Ethics
Box   21
School Choice
Box   21
Crime Lab
Box   21
Gambling
Box   21
Unemployment Compensation, DILHR
Box   21
Welfare Reform II
Box   22
Capitol Rededication, 1987
Box   22
Campaign Financing
Box   22
Cap and Gown Committee
Box   22
Business Climate
Box   22
Budget, 1981-1983, 1985-1989
Box   22
Budget Vetoes, 1985
Box   22
Bounty
Box   22
Bonding
Box   22
Attorney General
Box   22
Auditing
Box   22
Australia
Box   22
Banking Legislation, Illinois
Box   22
Civil Conservation Corps
Box   23
Do-It-Yourself Wills
Box   23
GOP Caucus Notes
Box   23
Academic Staff Comparable Worth
Box   23
Paternity
Box   23
Chapter 220
Box   23
Child Support
Box   23
Highway 151
Box   23
Highway 151 Letters of Support
Box   23
General Relief
Box   24
Fiber Optics
Box   24
Foreign Policy
Box   24
Fort Howard Paper Company
Box   24
Family Leave
Box   24
Farming
Box   24
Federal Government
Box   24
Federal Publications
Box   24
Faculty Compensation, Stevens Point, August 1984
Box   24
Equal Rights
Box   24
Blue Ribbon Ethics Commission
Box   24
European Office
Box   24
Energy
Box   24
Environmental Resources
Box   24
Employment Relations
Box   24
Employment Disincentives Committee
Box   25
Compensation Study Committee
Box   25
Child Support
Box   25
Census Committee
Box   25
Capital Gains
Box   25
Caucus, 1983-1984
Box   25
Caucus, 1976-1982
Box   26
Administrative Rules
Box   26
Assembly Organization Committee
Box   26
Art and Tourism Proposal, 1989
Box   26
Assembly Office Procedures
Box   26
Agri-Data
Box   26
AMC Chrysler Clippings
Box   26
AMC, 1987
Box   26
Agriculture
Box   26
Appointments
Box   27
Nicaragua Reading Materials
Box   27
Nicaragua Partners/WCCN
Box   27
Nicaragua Office Trip Folder
Box   27
Nicaragua Trip Fund Raising
Box   27
Nicaragua Trip Correspondence
Box   27
Nicaragua Chronicle, Drafts
Box   27
Nicaragua Supreme Court
Box   27
Nicaragua Trip Organization
Box   27
September 1985 Germany Trip, Diary and Itineraries
Box   27
Germany, September 1985
Box   27
Israel Trade Mission, 1988
Box   28
Rutgers
Box   28
Eagleton Institute, 1987, 1988 and 1989
Box   28
Whitewater Class, Reapportionment, Fall 1986
Whitewater
Box   28
Fall 1986
Box   28
Fall 1984
Box   28
Whitewater Class, Vetoes, 1987-1988
Box   28
Taiwan
Box   28
Germany Trip, 1989
Box   29
Education Aid
Box   29
Elections
Box   29
Early Retirement
Box   29
Earl, Tony
Box   29
Earl, Campaign, 1988, U.S. Senate, Confidential
Box   29
Earned Income Tax Credit
Box   29
Dukakis, Mike
Box   29
Dreyfus, Lee
Box   29
Drinking Law
Box   30
Welfare Reform Study Advance Committee
Box   30
PKU
Box   30
University of Wisconsin-Extension Responses
Box   30
, 1985 Farmer Survey
Box   30
2,4,5-T
Box   30
Abortion
Box   31
WCC, Thousand Jobs
Box   31
State Employees Increase, 1990
Box   31
Toxic Freeze
Box   31
Wisconsin Higher Education Corporation Lawsuit
Box   31
Windfall Profits Tax
Box   31
Welfare Reform
Box   31
Voting Records
Box   31
Veto Lawsuit
Box   31
Veterans
Box   31
University of Wisconsin System
Box   31
University of Wisconsin Hospital, Marty Beil
Box   31
University of Wisconsin Extension Audit
Box   31
Unemployment Compensation
Box   31
Wisconsin Idea
Correspondence
Box   32
1977, January - 1978, July
Box   33
1978, August - 1979, December (1979, January - May not included)
Box   34
1980, January - 1981, May
Box   35
1981, June - 1982, June
Box   36
1982, July - 1983, August
Box   37
1983, September - 1984, March
Box   38
1984, April - December
Box   39
1985, January - July
Box   40
1985, August - 1986, June
Box   41
1986, July - 1987, June
Box   42
1987, July - 1988, March
Box   43
1988, April - December
Box   44
1989, January - September
Box   45
1989, October - December
Box   5
1990, January - November
Box   45
Committee Appointments, 1983, 1987, 1989
Box   46
Past Appointments, 1986-1987, 1989
Box   46
Ethics Board Reports and Correspondence
Box   46
LOFTUS/OFFNER , 1980 Democratic
Box   46
Loftus Personal
Box   46
, 1982 Daily Diary
Box   46
Board of Commission of Public Lands
Box   46
Survey Loan Portfolio Sale
Box   46
1987 Session, AB 882
Box   47
Minnesota-Wisconsin Dialogue, 1983-1988
Box   47
Minority Education Conference, Milwaukee, 1987, October 19-20
Box   47
Miscellaneous, 1976-1984
Box   47
Municipal Development Bank, 1987-1989
Box   47
Nabisco takeover, 1988
Box   47
Natural and recreational resources committee, 1984-1989
Box   47
Natural resources, 1982-1989
NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures)
Box   47
Foreign exports task force, 1983-1986
Box   48
General, 1980-1990
Box   47
Human resources committee, 1984-1985
Box   47
Legal center, 1987-1990
Box   47
State-Federal Assembly chairmanship, 1986-1987
Box   47
State-Federal coordinators, 1985-1989
Box   47
New Federalism, 1980-1986
Box   47
Nicaragua (started July 1, 1985), 1985-1988
Box   47
Northeast-Midwest Coalition of States, 1983
Box   48
Newsletters, 1978-1988
Box   48
Norwegian-American Park of Peace, 1984-1987
Box   48
Nuclear Age education, 1984-1986
Box   48
Nursing, 1988
Box   48
Nursing home alternatives committee, 1979-1981
Statements
Box   48
1976-1990
Box   49
1990
Box   49
“Speaker Loftus - Employment Disincentive Material,” 1986, September 18 - 1987, April 8
Box   49
“Treaty Resource Manual - Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission”
Box   49
Press releases, 1979-1982