Administrative subject files, 1944-1999.

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Administrative subject files, 1944-1999.

Subject files including memoranda, speeches, and correspondence regarding state boards, agencies, and councils. There is also material related to important cases and legal issues. Materials relate to such subjects as abortion, extending voting privileges to 18-year-olds, pollution, consumer protection, inmate issues, and drugs. Many accessions also include case files which contain correspondence, court documents, and background information. Also of note are files related to Father James Groppi and the Dow Chemical demonstrations.

167.2 c.f. and3 tape recordings.

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Wisconsin. Attorney General's Dept.

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The Wisconsin Constitution, adopted in 1848, provides for an elected Attorney General (Article VI, Section 1). The Office of Attorney General also existed under the Territorial administrations. The Attorney General's Department was often called the Attorney General's Office (ca. 1848-1879, 1895), the Law Department (ca. 1879-1893), or simply Attorney General. In 1967 the Attorney General's Department became the Department of Justice (WIHV85-A890) (Chap. 75, Laws of 1967), under the ...

Wisconsin. Dept. of Justice. Division of Legal Services.

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