Newspaper clipping scrapbooks and reprints, 1945-1967.

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Newspaper clipping scrapbooks and reprints, 1945-1967.

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Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and newspaper clipping reprints produced by the Commission relating to human rights activities in Wisconsin and elsewhere and to local human rights councils, commissions, and groups.

2.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6854403

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. Governor's Commission on Human Rights

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