Records, 1956-1959.

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Records, 1956-1959.

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Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, and clippings from Museum Information Executive Harold T. I. Shannon's office dealing with administrative plans, publicity, fundraising, and attempts to get Congressional recognition as a national museum. The museum was the idea of railroad historian Carl R. Gray, Jr., and was to be operated by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, but was opened as an independent museum in 1961.

0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6847309

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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National Railroad Museum (Green Bay, Wis.)

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Shannon, Harold T. I.

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State historical society of Wisconsin

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The State Historical Society was founded in 1846, chartered in 1853, and became a trustee of the state in 1855. Chapter 75, Laws of 1967, continued the Society as an independent agency. The Society is charged by statute with the collection, preservation, and dissemination of historical and cultural resources relating to Wisconsin, the Midwest, and the nation. From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145776528 ...

Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955

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