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Mainly legal, business, and political papers of two River Falls, Wis., lawyers, Ferris M. White and his son Kenneth. Correspondence of Ferris White, 1933-1940, concerns his law partnership with his son, chairmanship of the Board of Bar Examiners, participation in the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, service as city attorney of River Falls, and land and stock investments in Canada, Iowa, Texas, and Montana. Many letters and related papers concern his work, 1933-1935, as county attorney for both Pierce and St. Croix counties for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, an agency to assist home owners enmeshed in debt during the depression. Occasional letters also relate to Ferris White's interest in Democratic politics and state political issues. Among his correspondents were Grover Broadfoot, Edward J. Dempsey, F. Ryan Duffy, and Daniel H. Grady.
Records of Kenneth White include files from his law partnership with John W. Davison, 1941-1946, as well as personal papers of Davison; military correspondence of Kenneth White from his service in World War I and World War II and his membership in the 32nd Division of the Wisconsin National Guard; and political correspondence of Republican White concerning his support for William E. Borah in 1936, his concerns as a legislator (1937-1941) with measures to improve the state college system and support the National Guard. Among White's frequent correspondents were Jim Dan Hill, Merlin Hull, Ralph Immell, Warren P. Knowles, Philip F. La Follette, Oscar Rennebohm, and Alexander Wiley. A few family papers also are in the collection.

Includes 1934 correspondence A-Z, and 1935 correspondence A-Z

Includes 1936 correspondence A-Z and 1937 correspondence A-Z

Includes 1938 correspondence A-Z, 1939 correspondence A-Z, and 1939 miscellaneous correspondence

Includes HOLC 1933 correspondence A-Z and HOLC 1934 correspondence A-G

Includes HOLC 1934 correspondence H-Z

Includes HOLC 1935 correspondence A-Z

Includes correspondence 1930 A-Z

Includes files 1940 A-Z

Includes political correspondence 1936 A-Z and 1937 A-H

Includes political correspondence 1937 A-Z and 1937-1938 A-L

Includes political correspondence 1937-1938 M-Z and 1939-1940 A-Z

Re: settlement of Pierce and Pepin counties' boundaries, 1940. Also includes political correspondence 1945-1946 A-Z

Includes 1936 correspondence A-Z

Subjects included: presidential order, 120th field artillery, miscellaneous, mobilization ser. no. 8, finance officer - Chicago, New Orleans convoy, post exchange, orders and memos, inspection reports, 818th tank destroyer battalion, payroll information, Henry F. Karney Pfc 120 FA, line of duty board, Edward L. Nelson Pvt. 120 FA, Lt. Col. White, battery tests

May have been delivered by K.S. White

Includes legal correspondence 1941 A-Z

Includes legal correspondence 1944 A-Z

Includes legal correspondence 1933 A-Q

Includes legal correspondence 1933 R-Z and 1934 A-Z

Includes legal correspondence 1934 A-Z and 1935 A-L

Includes legal correspondence 1935 A-Z

Includes legal correspondence 1936 A-Z and 1937 A-O

Includes legal correspondence 1937 A-Z and 1938 A-F

Includes legal correspondence 1938 G-Z and 1939 A-S

Includes legal correspondence 1939 T-Z, A-Z and 1940 miscellaneous correspondence

Includes subjects: Helen White, correspondence, and misc. materials