Summary Information

Title: Lawrence H. Smith Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1958

Creator:

• Smith, Lawrence H., 1892-1958

Call Number: Parkside Mss 69; PH 3793, PH 3793 (3), PH 3794 (3), and PH 3802 (3); Parkside Micro 16; Micro 1103

Quantity: 8.0 c.f. (20 archives boxes), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and photographs and ephemera

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1954-1958, of Lawrence H. Smith, a Republican congressman (1941-1958) from Racine, Wisconsin, and his wife Eleanor J. Smith (1896-1976) who managed his congressional office. Included is correspondence with constituents and district leaders concerning local issues and problems such as the establishment of the Richard I. Bong Air Base and efforts to improve local employment conditions and district harbors; speeches; legislative files; press material and clippings (some available only on microfilm); extensively illustrated scrapbooks concerning trips to Europe and Latin America made as a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and biographical information. Personal files of Mrs. Smith concern her presidency of the Congressional Club.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pks0069

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