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| January 2008--Just in time for election season, Marquette University’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives has completed processing collections from three Wisconsin politicians: Governor Tommy G. Thompson and U.S. Congressmen Clement J. Zablocki and Charles J. Kersten. | |
The Thompson Collection documents the public career of Wisconsin’s longest-serving governor (1987-2001) and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001-2005). Containing more than 300 cubic feet of records, the collection includes photographs, memorabilia, audiovisual materials, and textual records – both paper and electronic – that detail Thompson’s participation in many state and national issues. The collection offers a significant amount of information about welfare reform, health care, and the politics of gubernatorial campaigns. Selected photographic images depicting Thompson's public career may be viewed in the Tommy G. Thompson Digital Collection. Archival processing and digitization of the Thompson Collection was made possible by a grant from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. |
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| The Zablocki Papers document the political career of the U.S. representative (Dem.) from the 4th Congressional District of Wisconsin (1949-1983), who was the primary author of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and chaired the House Committee on International Relations/Foreign Affairs from 1977 until his death. Included are constituent correspondence, newsletters, press releases, and speech files, as well as records relating to politics and elections, legislative activities, and service on committees, particularly Foreign Affairs. |  |
| The Kersten Papers provide insight into the political career of the U.S. representative (Rep.) from the former 5th Congressional District of Wisconsin (1947-1948, 1951-1954). Kersten was a staunch anti-communist, publicly denounced by the Soviets as an “international criminal.” The collection includes speeches, correspondence, and legislative files pertaining to his major achievements: authoring the Kersten Amendment (1951) that supported resistance behind the Iron Curtain, and chairing the Kersten Committee (1953-1954) that investigated communist rule in Eastern Europe. Among the files is a significant amount of correspondence with Richard M. Nixon. |  |
For more information about these collections, please contact Bill Fliss,
Project Archivist,
at (414) 288-5906 or william.fliss@marquette.edu
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