Summary Information

Title: Robert F. Froehlke Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1968-1974

Creator:

• Froehlke, Robert F.

Call Number: M2002-164

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Robert Froehlke, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin law school and executive for Sentry Insurance Company who served as assistant Secretary of Defense (1969-1971) and Secretary of the Army (1971-1973). The papers document his time in Washington, D.C. (1969-1973) and his views on contemporary issues including the Vietnam War, the Nixon administration, and amnesty for draft evaders, a position which he supported in Congressional testimony in 1974.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2002164

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