Summary Information

Title: David M. Travis Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1978-1993

Creator:

• Travis, David M., 1948-

Call Number: M95-205

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box)

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 David M. Travis, a Democrat representing Wisconsin’s 81st Assembly district, documenting both the process and politics of rearranging legislative district lines in which Travis played a key role. The collection consists of clippings; correspondence on reapportionment and redistricting; political party analysis by district (1984-1986 and 1988); information on both the ethnic composition of districts and requirements for meeting the voting rights act when redistricting; debates about various redistricting plans; court records of plans disputes (1982, 1984, and 1992); demographic analysis (1992); hearing transcripts (1992); and reapportionment debate transcripts (1992).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m95205

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