Files, 1939-1955.

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Files, 1939-1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173699418

Correspondence, reports to the governor, hearing transcripts, workpapers and notes, statistics, and research materials pertaining to studies of land acquisition by the Conservation Dept., highway construction and maintenance, microwave communications, centralized accounting, and state agencies such as the Aeronautics Commission, Dept. of Agriculture, GAR Veterans Home, Board of Health and its Bureau of Vital Statistics, Motor Vehicle Dept., Poynette Experimental Game Farm, Bureau of Purchases, Public Welfare Dept., and Treasury Dept. Documentation on the Governor's Committee on Highway Safety and the Governor's Committee on Higher Education in the Lake Shore Area pertains to the division's role as policy advisor to the governor.

20.6 c.f. (52 archives boxes),12 films, and1 reel of microfilm (35mm); plusadditions of 0.1 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925034

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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