Reminiscences of Samuel Weiler Witwer : oral history, 1969.

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Reminiscences of Samuel Weiler Witwer : oral history, 1969.

Adlai Stevenson as governor of Illinois; development of constitutional reform in Illinois under Stevenson.

Transcript: 49 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Chicago, Ill. lawyer with the firm of Witwer, Muran and Burlage and president of the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention. Had worked for years for an new constitution and prominent in the passing of the 1950 "Gateway Amendment". Ran for U.S. Senate, on the Republican ticket, unsuccessfully in 1960. Involved in Chicago Urban League, Citizens for a Greater Chicago and the Chicago Union League Club. From the description of Papers, 1946-1977. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). W...