Abstract Professional and personal papers of a La Crosse school administrator who later held two-terms in the Wisconsin Assembly as a Republican from Trempealeau County, and personal papers of his family. Materials in the collection include a family history and lineage of both the Wiley and Arnold families, correspondence, photographs, materials from the National Council of Presbyterian Men, newspaper clippings and a scrapbook, materials from Wiley's political career (1949-1954). Also included are...

Scope and Contents Personal Materials include copies of awards, campaign materials (1955-1974), correspondence (1955-1965), photographs (circa 1960s-1970s) and speeches undated; 1946; 1950-1975). The speeches were hand written on rapidly aging yellow legal sized notebook paper and were thus photocopied onto acid neutral paper for preservation reasons.Newspaper Clippings (undated; 1945-1980) were mainly from the La Crosse Tribune newspaper and the bulk were clipped during Knutson's tenure as mayor...