Papers, 1837-1887, 1903-1944.

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Papers, 1837-1887, 1903-1944.

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Papers of Harry W. Bolens, a Wisconsin manufacturer, inventor, newspaper editor, and politician. The collection consists mainly of two types of materials: papers related to the Gilson Manufacturing Company in Port Washington, and letters and speeches from the period of Bolens' service in the state senate. The business papers of Bolens' manufacturing enterprises cover the period 1903-1944. Included are profit and loss statements, patent agreements, 3 reports of a labor detective, 1919, and general business correspondence of the Gilson Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of gasoline engines, garden tractors, and chair irons; also similar materials for the Bolens-Enders Printing Company and the Plymouth Phonograph Company. The photographs include images of products from the Gilson Company and images of members of the Bolens family and their friends. Materials relating to Bolens' political activities include letters and speeches opposing the state income tax in 1912, when he was the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. Bolens served in the state senate from 1933 to 1940 as a conservative Democrat, and the papers for these years contain information on the coalition of conservative Democrats and Republicans against Philip La Follette's Progressives. Some of Bolens' speeches, several drafts of bills and amendments, and a manuscript of his study of the University of Wisconsin's finances are also included. His opposition to organized labor, a higher corporate tax, and University president Glenn Frank is clearly reflected in the collection. Among his regular correspondents were Congressman M. K. Reilly and Senator F. Ryan Duffy; and there are also occasional letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, James A. Farley, and Henry A. Wallace.

1.6 c.f. (8 archives boxes),115 photographs (3 folders and 1 album) and3 negatives (3 envelopes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6926127

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Bolens-Enders Printing Company.

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Duffy, F. Ryan, 1888-1979.

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Reilly, Michael K.

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Bolens, Harry W.

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Plymouth Phonograph Company.

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Gilson Manufacturing Company.

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Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976

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