Oral history interview with Virgil L. Dickinsen [sound recording], 1965.

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Oral history interview with Virgil L. Dickinsen [sound recording], 1965.

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Interview, April 5, 1965, with Virgil L. Dickinsen, Augusta, Wisconsin, by Dennis East of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, concerning his experiences as a commissioner and as chairman of the Wisconsin Conservation Commission, 1941-1947.

2 tape recordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Dickinsen, Virgil L.,

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East, Dennis

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Wisconsin. State Conservation Commission

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A State Conservation Commission was first established by Chapter 644, Laws of 1911, as an uncompensated advisory body. The functions of the Board of Forestry (WIHV95-A528), the Fish and Game Warden, the State Park Board (WIHV95-A527), and the Commissioners of Fisheries (WIHV87-A1630) were consolidated and vested in a new State Conservation Commission under Chapter 406, Laws of 1915. Initially, the full-time commissioners exercised responsibility both for policy-making and for the administration ...