Papers, 1887-1941.

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Papers, 1887-1941.

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Correspondence and addresses of Theodore Kronshage, a resident of Boscobel, Wis., and Milwaukee, dealing with his services as a member of the Wisconsin Board of Normal School Regents, 1907-1917, of the Board of University Regents, 1921-1927, of the Public Service Commission, 1931-1934, and his connections with business, legal, newspaper, and municipal affairs. Letters on educational matters deal with the establishing of a building program, the erection of the Memorial Union, the agitation over support by endowments, the selection of a president, and general finance and management. Business correspondence shows many details of the management of a mercantile store and of the Central State Bank of Boscobel, as well as of two large Milwaukee stores and of the newspapers the Milwaukee Free Press and the Wisconsin News.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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