Records, 1961-1968.

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Records, 1961-1968.

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Records of the Alliance, a group of organizations concerned with conservation and wildlife management; including minutes and materials on goose hunting at Horicon Marsh, water pollution, a tour by Stewart Udall and a banquet for Owen Gromme, and the Sixth District Advisory Committee to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, chaired by John L. Franson, a leader of the Alliance. Photographs are of the Supple Marsh wildlife preserve, circa 1963, originally a refuse dump on Lake Winnebago and the Fond du Lac River. Included are images of the dump, the surrounding shoreline, migratory ducks and geese, observation buildings, and an on-site inspection by Senator Gaylord Nelson. Also included is a photographic reproduction of the Supple Marsh proposal. The processed portion of this collection is summmarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and42 photographs (1 folder); plusadditions of 0.2 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925350

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Nelson, Gaylord Anton, 1916-2005

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Gaylord Nelson was a Senator from Wisconsin. He was governor of Wisconsin (1959-1962) and elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate (1963-1981). He was the founder of Earth Day in 1970....

Franson, John L., 1937-1977.

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Gromme, Owen J.

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Fond du Lac County Conservation Alliance (Wis.)

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National Rivers and Harbors Congress

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Udall, Stewart L.

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U.S. secretary of the interior, lawyer, and author. Born 1920. From the description of Stewart L. Udall papers, 1961-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981747 Lawyer; Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona, 1955-1960; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1961-1968. From the description of Papers, 1950-[ongoing] (bulk 1950-1977). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318942 Stewart L. Udall is a former politician and government official from ...