Papers, 1933-1954

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Peabody, Raymond A

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Correspondence of a Republican assemblyman who represented Polk County, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1955. Included are exchanges with friends, family, advocacy groups, state agencies, other legislators,...

Correspondence of a Republican assemblyman who represented Polk County, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1955. Included are exchanges with friends, family, advocacy groups, state agencies, other legislators, and ordinary citizens concerning most of the important legislative and political issues of the period. Among the most frequent correspondents are fellow legislators Guy Benson, Selmer Gunderson, Earl Hanson, H.E. Heden, and Warren P. Knowles and Dr. J. Arthur Riegel who became a member of the Conservation Commission. Also included are discussions of the early activities of the Legislative Council, of which he was a charter member and frequent references to his personal banking interests and to his activity in Wisconsin Indianhead County, Inc., an organization to promote tourism.

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