Summary Information

Title: Melvin H. Wunsch Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1929-1986

Creator:

• Wunsch, Melvin H., 1912-1992

Call Number: Mss 701; PH Mss 701

Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 3 archives boxes), 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 negative box), and 0.4 cubic feet of negatives (2 binder 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 Melvin H. Wunsch, a career officer with the U.S. Social Security Administration (1936-1973), consisting of original documents gathered by Wunsch to illustrate his career and lengthy explanatory notes on agency policy, procedures, and personnel composed by Wunsch between 1973 and 1986. Major topics include the Social Security system; its management, field service, and administration; automation; Medicare; public relations; and staff training and development. Among the notable correspondents are Robert M. Ball and H.L. Mencken, as well as a variety of middle-level federal administrators. A small file of personal papers supplies additional information about Wunsch and illustrates his personal style and political convictions through correspondence with a range of friends and relatives. Also includes photographs and negatives of various subjects, such as: Wunsch's office, vacations, golf outings, and tennis matches.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00701

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