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Walter Jodok Kohler papers

Papers, mainly 1929-1930, of Walter J. Kohler, Sr., a Wisconsin businessman and Republican governor (1929-1931), consisting almost entirely of official gubernatorial papers. The entire collection is also available on microfilm. Included are correspondence, minutes, reports, and clippings regarding judicial and administrative appointments, public appearances, complaints, and the administration of state agencies. Additional correspondence, petitions, and notes concern pending legislation about chain stores, income taxes, park acquisitions, fishing license fees, labor unions, the repeal of the Wisconsin Prohibition Law, and many other topics. There are also subject files on the Wisconsin Citizen's Committee on Unemployment. A few items document electoral politics and the attempt by the La Follette faction of the Republican Party to oust Kohler for alleged campaign violations. A substantial part of the collection documents the ceremonial functions of the office including the issuance of resolutions, proclamations, and official greetings.

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