Kenneth W. Hones Papers, 1927-1959
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Title: Kenneth W. Hones Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1927-1959

Creator:
  • Hones, Kenneth W., 1898-1972
Call Number: Mss 361; Tape 645A

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording

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 Kenneth Hones, president, 1933-1959, of the Wisconsin Farmers Union, including organizational records, correspondence, a tape of John Baker II's speech to the 1954 convention, convention and meeting records, financial records, membership lists, and publications of the Union; and correspondence and financial records of William E. Sanderson, WFU secretary-treasurer from 1930-1934, and administrative assistant to Congressman Merlin Hull, 1934-1952. Includes information on the WFU's youth program and Kamp Kenwood; on Communists in the Union, including a legal file concerning National Farmers Union Northeastern Division President Archie Wright, and correspondence from Fred Blair, Wisconsin State Chairman of the Communist Party; and material of the Committee for a Better Wisconsin Farmers Union, which opposed Hones' leadership.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00361
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