La Crosse (Wis.) -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Mayor's Papers - Patrick Zielke
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2005-064
Found in:
La Crosse Public Library Archives
Milo G. Knutson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 116
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...
Dates:
1945-1980
Van Steenwyk Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS G
Abstract
Papers of an early La Crosse, Wisconsin, banker and mayor, and of his family. Gysbert van Steenwyk, Sr. (1814-1902), who founded the Batavian Bank in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was active in state and local politics. Van Steenwyk, a Dutch immigrant, served a term in 1873 as mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin state legislature as assemblyman in 1859 and senator 1879-1880. Other family members represented in the collection include Mariette Nichols van Steenwyk,...
Dates:
1828-1972
Wendell A. Anderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS E
Abstract
Wendell Abraham Anderson (1840-1929) was born in Gray, Maine. He received a medical degree in 1863, served in the Civil War, and moved to La Crosse in 1866, to set up a medical practice. He became involved in public service and politics. He was Chairman of the State Democratic Committee, U.S. Consul General in Montreal, and twice mayor of La Crosse, his first term running from 1899 to 1901, and the second from 1907 to 1909.These materials are from Anderson’s two terms as mayor of...
Dates:
1860-1917