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Series 15	Part 2 (Series 15): Governor's General Correspondence, 1956-1958 Physical Description: 19.0 cubic feet (19 records center cartons) Scope and Content Note: This series comprises the bulk of Thomson's correspondence during his tenure as governor of Wisconsin (1957-1958). The series is arranged as it was in Thomson's office as an alphabetical subject file with the files arranged first into broad general categories and then subdivided into more detailed subjects. Within these categories researchers will find material of many different kinds. While there are many letters concerning policy and issues from legislators, leaders in politics and business, and departmental administrators, one can also find extensive correspondence from ordinary citizens concerning various problems with state government and copies of replies drafted for the governor by agency personnel. Such files are most extensive for the Department of Public Welfare, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and for a category entitled legal problems. Administrative files concerning speaking engagements, invitations, requests, etc. have been extensively weeded to remove routine material. There is little of a personal or political nature in the series, although there are many letters from citizens concerning the vacancy created by the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and some material on Thomson's support of Robert Taft in 1952. Topics which are particularly well documented include the economic development of the state, highway safety, conservation and the environment, the state budget and the prospect of a sales tax, and the St. Lawrence Seaway and Wisconsin's participation in the Great Lakes Compact Commission.
Box 1 Folder 1-3	File guide list of correspondence received
	Aeronautics
Box 1 Folder 4-6	Aeronautics Commission
Box 1 Folder 7	North Central Airlines application
	Agriculture
Box 1 Folder 8-9	Agriculture, Department of
Box 1 Folder 10	Cheese
Box 1 Folder 11	Dairy price support
Box 1 Folder 12	Data
Box 1 Folder 13-14	General
Box 1 Folder 15	Tobacco
Box 1 Folder 16	Wisconsin State Fair and county fairs
	Appointments
Box 1 Folder 17	General correspondence
Box 1 Folder 18	Accountancy, Board of
Box 1 Folder 19	Aeronautics Commission
Box 1 Folder 20	Agriculture, Board of
Box 1 Folder 21	Athletic Commission
Box 1 Folder 22	Banking Review Board
Box 1 Folder 23	Basic Sciences Board
Box 1 Folder 24	Chiropractic Board
Box 1 Folder 29	Circuit court judges
Box 1 Folder 25	Civil court judges
Box 1 Folder 26	Civil Defense Council
Box 1 Folder 27	Civil Service Advisory Commission
Box 1 Folder 28	Civil War Centennial Commission
Box 1 Folder 30	Conservation Commission
Box 2 Folder 1	Conservation Commission (continued)
Box 2 Folder 2	Coordinating Council for Higher Education
Box 2 Folder 3	Coroners, County
Box 2 Folder 4-7	County judges
Box 2 Folder 8	Credit Union Review Board
Box 2 Folder 9	Crime Laboratory Board
Box 2 Folder 10	Dental Examiners Board
Box 2 Folder 11	District attorneys
Box 2 Folder 12	District courts
Box 2 Folder 13	Educational Advisory Committee
Box 2 Folder 14	Employment Relations Board
Box 2 Folder 15	Expressway Commission - Milwaukee County
Box 2 Folder 16	Fair Employment Advisory Committee
Box 2 Folder 17	Federal appointments
Box 2 Folder 18	Fine Arts Committee
Box 2 Folder 19	Firemen's Training Advisory Committee
Box 2 Folder 20	Food Standards Advisory Committee
Box 2 Folder 21	General
Box 2 Folder 22	Grain and Warehouse Commission
Box 2 Folder 23	Group Life Insurance Board
Box 2 Folder 24	Great Lakes Compact Commission
Box 2 Folder 25	Health, Board of
Box 2 Folder 26	Highway Commission
Box 2 Folder 27	Highway Condemnation and Land Acquisition Committee
Box 2 Folder 28	Highway Safety Committee
Box 2 Folder 29	Human Rights Commission
Box 2 Folder 30	Humane officers
Box 2 Folder 31	Governor's Committee on Income Tax Simplification
Box 2 Folder 32	Industrial Commission
Box 2 Folder 33	Industrial Development Committee
Box 2 Folder 34	Insurance Commission
Box 2 Folder 35	Institutions, Standards for County Welfare
Box 2 Folder 36	Interstate Bridge Commission
Box 2 Folder 37	Judicial Council
Box 2 Folder 38	Medical Examiners, Board of
Box 2 Folder 39	Metropolitan Sewage Commission
Box 2 Folder 40	Metropolitan Study Commission
Box 2 Folder 41	Municipal judges
Box 3 Folder 1	Nautical Committee
Box 3 Folder 2	Northern Great Lakes Council
Box 3 Folder 3	Nurses Department
Box 3 Folder 4	Optometry Board
Box 3 Folder 5	Personnel Board
Box 3 Folder 6	Personnel director
Box 3 Folder 7	Pharmacy, Board of
Box 3 Folder 8	Physically Handicapped, Governor's Committee for the Employment of the
Box 3 Folder 9	Public Service Commission
Box 3 Folder 10	Radio Council
Box 3 Folder 11	Railroad Passenger Service Committee
Box 3 Folder 12	Real Estate Brokers, Board of
Box 3 Folder 13	Registers of Deeds
Box 3 Folder 14	Retirement Fund
Box 3 Folder 15	Retirement Study Commission
Box 3 Folder 16	Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on
Box 3 Folder 17	Savings and Loan Advisory Committee
Box 3 Folder 18	Sheriffs, County
Box 3 Folder 19	Soil Conservation Committee
Box 3 Folder 20-21	State Colleges, Board of Regents of
Box 3 Folder 22	State Treasurer
Box 3 Folder 23-24	Supreme Court
Box 3 Folder 25	Tax Appeals Board
Box 3 Folder 26	Turnpike Commission
Box 3 Folder 27	Uniform State Laws, Commission on
Box 3 Folder 28	University Board of Regents
Box 3 Folder 29	University Board of Visitors
Box 3 Folder 30	Urban Expansion Committee
Box 3 Folder 31	Veterans Advisory Committee
Box 3 Folder 32	Veterans Affairs Department
Box 3 Folder 33	Vocational and Adult Education, Board on
Box 3 Folder 34	Watchmakers Examining Board
Box 3 Folder 35	Water Resources Committee
Box 3 Folder 35a	Welfare Board
Box 3 Folder 36	Welfare, Children and Youth Division
Box 3 Folder 37	Wisconsin Memorial Commission
Box 3 Folder 38	Athletic Commission
	Attorney General (Stewart Honeck)
Box 3 Folder 39-40	1957
Box 4 Folder 1-2	1958 Scope and Content Note: Includes Honeck's report on taconite mining for Committee Awards for the development of Mineral Resources, ex Series 858
Box 4 Folder 3	Governor's Service Awards
Box 4 Folder 4	Miscellaneous awards
Box 4 Folder 5	Bonds, United States
Box 4 Folder 6-10	Books, magazines, and articles sent to Governor
	Buildings, Construction, and Maintenance, State
Box 4 Folder 11	Capitol parking
Box 4 Folder 12	Engineering, Bureau of
Box 4 Folder 13	Space needs
Box 4 Folder 14	State Building Commission
Box 4 Folder 15	Sites for District IV office building
Box 4 Folder 16	Green Bay office building site
	Conferences
Box 4 Folder 17	Aging needs
Box 4 Folder 18	Anti-litter Committee
Box 4 Folder 19-20	Children and youth
Box 4 Folder 21	Education beyond high school
Box 5 Folder 1-3	Education beyond high school (continued)
Box 5 Folder 4	General
Box 5 Folder 5-6	Governors' conferences
Box 5 Folder 7	President's Conference on Higher Education
Box 5 Folder 8	Youth Fitness Council
Box 5 Folder 9-10	Congratulatory letters from the Governor
	Conservation
Box 5 Folder 11-14	Conservation Commission
Box 5 Folder 15	Fire prevention
Box 5 Folder 16	Fishing
Box 5 Folder 17	General
Box 5 Folder 18	Hunting
Box 5 Folder 19	Natural Resources Committee
Box 5 Folder 20	Soil Conservation Committee
Box 5 Folder 21	Watershed Coordinating Committee
Box 6 Folder 1	Contributions, Donations
	Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 2	Children's letters
Box 6 Folder 3-6	General
Box 6 Folder 7	Mrs. Thomson
Box 6 Folder 8	Unusual letters
Box 6 Folder 9	Deaths
	Department Heads
Box 6 Folder 10	Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 11	Meetings
	Education
Box 6 Folder 12	Coordinating Council for Higher Education
Box 6 Folder 13	Educational Advisory Committee
Box 6 Folder 14-15	General
Box 6 Folder 16-17	Public Instruction, Department of
Box 6 Folder 18	Warren-Gratiot District
	Universities
Box 6 Folder 19	Integration (Merger) of
Box 6 Folder 22	Milwaukee
Box 6 Folder 20	State Colleges, Board of Regents of
Box 6 Folder 23	Stevens Point
Box 6 Folder 21	Stout
Box 6 Folder 24	Superior
Box 6 Folder 25	University of Wisconsin
Box 7 Folder 1	Vocational and adult education
	Emergencies
Box 7 Folder 3-4	Civil Defense
Box 7 Folder 2	Emergency board
Box 7 Folder 5	General
Box 7 Folder 6	Tornado, 1958 June
	Employment, Correspondence regarding State
Box 7 Folder 7	General
Box 7 Folder 8	State salaries
	Examining boards
Box 7 Folder 9	General
Box 7 Folder 10	Medical Examiners, Board of
Box 7 Folder 11	Pharmacy, Board of
Box 7 Folder 12	Real Estate Brokers, Board of
	Executive Office
Box 7 Folder 13	Brussels World's Fair
Box 7 Folder 15	Business in Washington, D.C.
Box 7 Folder 14	County seats office hours
Box 7 Folder 16-17	Federal government
Box 7 Folder 17-18	General
Box 7 Folder 19	Midwest Universities Research Association
Box 7 Folder 20	Pending
Box 7 Folder 21	Personnel
	Finances, State and Local
Box 7 Folder 22	Audit, State Department of
Box 7 Folder 23	Beverage Tax Division
Box 7 Folder 24	Budget and Accounts
Box 7 Folder 25	Investment Board
Box 8 Folder 1-2	Sales tax
Box 8 Folder 3-4	Taxation Department
Box 8 Folder 5-8	Taxes - General
Box 8 Folder 9	Treasurer
	Financial Institutions, Regulation of
Box 8 Folder 10	Banking Commission
Box 8 Folder 11	Banking Review Board
Box 8 Folder 12	Insurance, Department of
Box 8 Folder 13	Insurance, Group
Box 8 Folder 14	Savings and Loan Associations, Department of
Box 8 Folder 15	Securities
Box 8 Folder 16	Foreign Assistance, Organizations for Fuel
Box 8 Folder 17	General
Box 8 Folder 18	Natural gas
	Gifts
Box 8 Folder 19	Gifts for the Governor
Box 8 Folder 20	Gifts from the Governor
	Governor
Box 8 Folder 21	Honorary memberships, etc.
Box 8 Folder 21a	Biographical information
Box 8 Folder 22	Invitations extended by the Governor Note: See also general subject category Invitations
Box 9 Folder 1	Photographs, Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 9 Folder 2	Visitors, Future
Box 9 Folder 3-7	Visitors, Past
Box 9 Folder 8	Grain and Warehouse Commission
Box 9 Folder 9-11	Greetings
	Health
Box 9 Folder 12	General
Box 9 Folder 13-14	Health, State Board of
Box 9 Folder 15	University Hospital
Box 9 Folder 16	Water Pollution Committee
	Highways
Box 9 Folder 17-19	Highway Commission
Box 10 Folder 1-7	Highway Commission (continued)
Box 10 Folder 8	Highway Land Acquisition Committee
Box 10 Folder 9-16	Highway safety
Box 10 Folder 17	Highway Safety Commission
Box 11 Folder 1	Highway Safety Coordinating Committee
Box 11 Folder 2	Subcommittee on Enforcement
Box 10 Folder 18	Turnpike Commission
Box 11 Folder 3	Historical Markers Committee
Box 11 Folder 4	Housing
Box 11 Folder 5	Human Rights Commission
Box 11 Folder 6	Humane Societies
Box 11 Folder 7	Inauguration, National
	Indian Affairs
Box 11 Folder 8	General
Box 11 Folder 9	Menominee Indians
	Industry
Box 11 Folder 10	Badger Ordnance Works
Box 11 Folder 11-12	Industrial Development Committee
Box 11 Folder 13-14	Industrial Development Division
Box 11 Folder 15	Iron Ore Committee
Box 11 Folder 16	Plywood
Box 11 Folder 17	Private industry
	Interstate Cooperation
Box 11 Folder 18	Council of State Governments
Box 11 Folder 19	Northern Great Lakes Area Council
Box 11 Folder 20	Intoxicants
Box 11 Folder 21	Introduction, Letters of
	Invitations, Accepted
Box 11 Folder 22-25	1957
Box 12 Folder 1-6	1958
Box 12 Folder 7	Invitations, Declined (weeded)
Box 12 Folder 8	Judicial - Court reorganization
	Labor
Box 12 Folder 9	Catlin Act
Box 12 Folder 10	Employment relations
Box 12 Folder 11	General
Box 12 Folder 12-13	Industrial Commission
Box 12 Folder 14	Committee for the Physically Handicapped
Box 12 Folder 15	Labor relations
Box 12 Folder 16	Kohler strike
Box 12 Folder 17	Migratory labor
Box 12 Folder 18	Physically handicapped
Box 12 Folder 19	Right-to-work
Box 12 Folder 20	Unemployment
Box 12 Folder 21	Workmen's compensation
Box 12 Folder 22	Land Purchase and Sale, State
	Law Enforcement, State and Local
Box 12 Folder 23	Crime Laboratory Board
Box 12 Folder 24	District attorneys
Box 12 Folder 25	Gambling
Box 12 Folder 26	General
	Legal problems
	1957
Box 12 Folder 27-28	A-L
Box 13 Folder 1-2	M-Z
Box 13 Folder 3-8	1958
Box 13 Folder 9	Narcotics
Box 13 Folder 10	Sheriffs' correspondence
Box 13 Folder 11	Artley Skenandore hearing
	Legislation
Box 13 Folder 12	Federal
	Governor's program
Box 13 Folder 13	General
Box 13 Folder 14-16	Budget
Box 13 Folder 17	Conservation
Box 13 Folder 18	University
	Legislation
Box 13 Folder 19	Wisconsin
Box 14 Folder 1-2	Wisconsin (continued)
Box 14 Folder 3	Proposed
Box 14 Folder 4	Daylight Savings Time
Box 14 Folder 5	Lobbying
Box 14 Folder 6	September Session
Box 14 Folder 7	Veto messages
Box 14 Folder 8	Legislative Council
	Libraries and Museums
Box 14 Folder 9	Free Library Commission
Box 14 Folder 10	Historical Society
Box 14 Folder 11	Legislative Reference Library
	Military Affairs
Box 14 Folder 12	Adjutant General
Box 14 Folder 13	General
Box 14 Folder 14	National Guard
Box 14 Folder 15	Selective Service
	Motor Vehicles
Box 14 Folder 16-20	Motor Vehicle Department
Box 14 Folder 21-22	State Traffic Patrol
Box 15 Folder 1	Nautical Commission
Box 15 Folder 2	Nurses, Department of
Box 15 Folder 3-6	Office Hours
	Organizations
Box 15 Folder 7	Civil War Commission
Box 15 Folder 8	General
Box 15 Folder 9	Girl and Boy Scouts
Box 15 Folder 10	Pardons
Box 15 Folder 11-12	Personnel Board
	Politics
Box 15 Folder 13-16	McCarthy special election correspondence
	Press Relations Note: See also Radio and Television
Box 15 Folder 17-18	Editors' correspondence
Box 15 Folder 19	General
	Proclamations (Alphabetical, by subject)
Box 15 Folder 20-22	1957
	1958
Box 15 Folder 23	A-D
Box 16 Folder 1-5	E-Z
Box 16 Folder 6	Refused
Box 16 Folder 7-9	Public Service Commission
	Publicity - State
Box 16 Folder 10	Advertising and promotion ideas
Box 16 Folder 11	Stebbings ideas
	Purchasing
Box 16 Folder 12	Purchasing, State Department of
Box 16 Folder 13	American Motors correspondence
	Radio and Television
Box 16 Folder 14	Governor Reports
Box 16 Folder 15	Radio
Box 16 Folder 16	Radio Council
Box 16 Folder 17	Television
Box 16 Folder 18	Reapportionment
Box 16 Folder 19	Recreation
	Releases
Box 16 Folder 20	Governor-elect, 1956
Box 16 Folder 21	Highways
Box 16 Folder 22	1957 January-March
Box 17 Folder 1-3	1957 April-December
Box 17 Folder 4	1958 May-June
Box 17 Folder 5	Resolutions
	Retirement
Box 17 Folder 6	General
Box 17 Folder 7	Retirement Fund
Box 17 Folder 8	Teachers' retirement
	Seaway
Box 17 Folder 9	Governor's Committee for the St. Lawrence Seaway
Box 17 Folder 10-11	Great Lakes Compact Commission
Box 17 Folder 12	Harbor development
Box 17 Folder 13	St. Lawrence Seaway
Box 17 Folder 14	Secretary of State
Box 17 Folder 15	Songs and Poetry
	Speeches
Box 17 Folder 16-17	Correspondence regarding speeches
Box 17 Folder 18-19	Articles and statements for publication
Box 17 Folder 20	Transportation, Public
Box 17 Folder 21	Unemployment compensation
Box 17 Folder 21	1957
Box 18 Folder 1-2	1958
	Veterans
Box 18 Folder 3	General
Box 18 Folder 4	Grand Army Home for Veterans
Box 18 Folder 5	Veterans Administration
Box 18 Folder 6-7	Veterans Affairs Department
Box 18 Folder 8	Veterans bonus
	Welfare
Box 18 Folder 9	Aged
Box 18 Folder 10-12	General
Box 18 Folder 13	Juvenile delinquency
Box 18 Folder 14	Lake Tomahawk State Camp
Box 18 Folder 15-18	Mental health
Box 18 Folder 19	Old age assistance
	Public Welfare, Department of
Box 18 Folder 20-22	1957
Box 19 Folder 1-2	1957 (continued)
Box 19 Folder 3-6	1958
	School for Boys
Box 19 Folder 7	Proposed
Box 19 Folder 8	Waukesha
	Social Security
Box 19 Folder 9	General
Box 19 Folder 10	Teachers
Box 19 Folder 11	Youth Service Commission
	Wisconsin
Box 19 Folder 12	Information on state
Box 19 Folder 13-15	Milwaukee
Box 19 Folder 16	Municipalities
Box 19 Folder 17	Wisconsin
	Miscellaneous chronological file
Box 19 Folder 18	1957 January-1958 September
Box 19 Folder 19	1958 October-November
Box 19 Folder 20-22	1958 December