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Hoan, Daniel Webster Papers Call Number Title: Hoan, Daniel Webster Papers Call Number: Mss-0546 Inclusive Dates: 1889 – 1966 Bulk: 59.6 cubic feet total Location: EW, Sh. 001-018 (38 cu. ft.) EW, Sh. 027 (1.4 cu. ft.) ER, Sh. 206-209 (15.8 cu. ft.) ER, Sh. 210 (4.4 cu. ft.) OS XLG (1 item) OS LG “H” (3 items) OS SM “H” (12 items) Abstract: Daniel Webster Hoan served as Mayor of Milwaukee form 1916 to 1940. He was born on March 31, 1881 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He left school in the sixth grade but worked as a cook to finance his education at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1905. Hoan moved to Chicago after his graduation and attended Kent College, earning his Law degree in 1908. In 1909 he married his first wife, Agnes Bernice Magner. They had two children, Daniel Webster Jr. and Agnes. In 1944, after his first wife’s death, he married Gladys Arthur Townsend. Hoan was recruited by local Socialists to Milwaukee in 1908. Working as a labor lawyer he drafted the nation’s first workmen’s compensation law in 1911. Hoan became city attorney in 1910, and he was reelected in 1914. In 1916, Hoan beat incumbent Mayor Gerhard A. Bading. Daniel Hoan was reelected six times, until in 1940 he was defeated by Carl F. Zeidler. Hoan emphasized his Socialist party alliance, but he was more interested in improving services and government, so-called “sewer socialism”, than political theory. Hoan forged an enviable record, eliminating graft, improving the city’s health and safety, supporting harbor improvement and reducing debt. Hoan supported governmentally subscribed housing, municipal marketing of foodstuffs to combat profiteering during the depression, a minimum wage for city employees and the right to strike. After his defeat in 1940, Hoan left the Socialist party and in 1944 became a Democrat, running unsuccessfully for governor in 1944 and 1946 and for Congress in 1948. After several strokes, Daniel Hoan died on June 11, 1961 at the age of eighty. Scope and Content: The collection covers Hoan’s entire political life, but the majority of the material is between the years 1916 and 1940 when Hoan held office as a Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee. The material is arranged by subject matter and extensively cross referenced with appropriate dates provided. While the collection covers every aspect of Hoan’s life and political career, there are some sections of particular interest. Approximately five cubic feet of material constitutes the general correspondence files which include both professional and personal letters. Campaign material consists of two cubic feet as does material concerning the Socialist Democratic Party of which Hoan was a prominent member. Because of Hoan’s special interest in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, there is a sizable body of material on this subject and related matters, such as the Chicago water diversion controversy. Other areas of particular interest are the U.S. Mayor’s Conference, Housing (especially concerning the Garden Homes project), the Pan American Conferences, the Americans for Democratic Action Society, World War I, and City Attorney’s Office, a position which Hoan held prior to becoming Mayor. The collection also includes correspondence files with such individuals as Victor L. Berger, Thomas Duncan, William T. Evjue, Harold Ickes, Walter Kohler, and the La Follette family. In addition to the manuscript material, there is also a large newspaper clipping file, as well as an extensive collection of pamphlets which Hoan collection, which is filed elsewhere. Related Collections: Hoan Pamphlet Finding Aid Hoan Family Mss-2110 Hoan, Daniel W. Mss-2107 Arrangement Item Box # Folder # Abstracts 1 1 Acknowledgments, Letters of 1938-1940 1 2 Advisory Council to the Mayor, 1916-1918 1 3 Advisory Council to the Mayor, 1930-1933 1 4 Advisory Council to the Mayor, 1934-1935 1 5 Advisory Council to the Mayor, 1934-1941, 1952 1 6 Advisory Council to the Mayor-Regular Meeting/Executive Committee 1 7 Minutes, 1932-1936 Advisory Council to the Mayor-Eligible Membership 1 8 Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1931 1 9 Agriculture, 1917-1946 1 10 Air Pollution, 1937-1938 1 11 Aldermen, ca. 1912-1935 (See also, Common Council) 1 12 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1929-1930 1 13 American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1918-1920, 1931 1 14 American Defense Society, 1920-1921 (See also, Defense) 1 15 American Guardian, 1932-1934 1 16 American Legion, 1919-1940 1 17 American Municipal Association, 1936-1939 1 18 American Red Cross, 1917-1936 1 19 Americans for Democratic Action, 1945-1947 1 20 Americans for Democratic Action, 1947 1 21 Americans for Democratic Action, 1948-1954 1 22 Americans of Polish Descent, 1937-1938 1 23 Amortization Fund, 1919-1939 1 24 Ampco Metal, Inc., 1919-1951 1 25 Annexation-General, 1917-1929 1 26 Annexation-Cudahy, 1931 1 27 Annexation-North Milwaukee, 1919-1936 (See also, North Milwaukee) 1 28 Annexation-Shorewood, 1928 1 29 Annexation-Supervisor Werba, 1926-1940 1 30 Annexation-Wauwatosa, 1925-1927 1 31 Annexation-Whitefish Bay, 1927-1930 1 32 Appointments, Letters of, 1913-1930 (See also Box 37) 2 33 Appointments, Letters of, 1932-1936 2 34 Appraisals, 1920 2 35 Armory, 1934-1936 2 36 Art Institute/Art Commission, 1919-1940 2 37 Assessments & Condemnations, 1926-1931 2 38 Auctioneers, 1929, 1931 2 39 Auditorium-General, 1911-1925 2 40 Auditorium-General, 1926-1939, 1945 2 41 Auditorium-Code, 1938-1940 2 42 Auditorium-Stockholders, 1924-1927 2 43 Autobiography 2 44 Automatic Telephone Systems, 1926-1931 2 45 Aviation & Aeronautics, 1927-1936 2 46 Aviation-Air Craft Warning Service, 1937, 1941 2 47 Aviation-Airlines, 1938-1939 2 48 “Baby” Bonds, 1932-1935 2 49 Banks, 1925-1936 2 50 Bathing Beaches, 1916-1917 2 51 Beer, Return of, 1933-1934 (See also, Volkfest) 2 52 NOTE: Berger, Victor – See Socialist Party Biemiller, Andrew J., 1934 2 53 “Big Ben” Clock, 1925 2 54 Billboards, 1933-1934 2 55 Biographical Information of Mayor Hoan 2 56 Birth Control, 1932 2 57 Board of Appeals, 1920-1928 2 58 Board of Estimates, 1916-1938 2 59 Books and Book Reviews, 1936-1940 2 60 Boost Milwaukee Campaign, 1922-1937 2 61 NOTE: Bowlus, John L. – See Harbor Commission Brannan Plan, 1921, 1949-1950 2 62 Bridges-Cedar & Biddle Streets Bridge & General, 1917-1937 2 63 Bridges-Closing of Milwaukee River, 1916-1930 2 64 Bridges-State Street Bridge, 1917-1927 2 65 NOTE: Bridges: See also, Harbor Commission NOTE: Bruce, William George – See Great Lakes: Delegates Budget, 1922-1923, 1936-1937 2 66 Buer, Edward R. – Police Incidents, 1924-1938 2 67 Buildings and Bridges, 1916, 1927 2 68 Building (i.e. Construction), 1932-1937 2 69 Building – Height & Zoning, 1925-1926 2 70 Building Inspector, 1917-1925 (See also, Housing) 2 71 Building Inspector, 1926-1936 (See also, Housing) 2 72 Building & Loan, 1933-1934 2 73 Bunch, Dr. M. M., 1924 3 74 Bureau of Illumination, 1920-1931 3 75 Bureau of Street Traffic Research, 1940 (See also, Bus Traffic, Highways, 3 76 Paving of Streets, Transportation) Burlesque Theatres, 1927 (See also, Theatre) 3 77 Burns & McDonnell Correspondence re: Municipal Power Plant, 1933-1936 3 78 Bus Traffic & Buses, 1923-1934 3 79 Campaign Material – Miscellaneous, 1902-1909 3 79A Campaign Material, 1911-1913 (Also includes political, legal, & personal 3 80 material) Campaign Material, 1914-1915 (Also includes political, legal, & personal 3 81 material) Campaign Material, 1916 (Letters of Congratulation) 3 82 Campaign Material, 1916 (Letters of Congratulation) 3 83 Campaign Material, 1916 (Also includes political, legal, & personal material) 3 84 Campaign Material, 1917 (Also includes political, legal, & personal material) 3 85 Campaign Material, 1918 (Also includes political, legal, & personal material) 3 86 Campaign Material, 1919 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 87 Campaign Material, 1920, 1922 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 88 Campaign Material – Speeches, 1924 3 89 Campaign Material, 1924 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 90 Campaign Material, 1925-1927 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 91 Campaign Material – Speeches, 1928 3 92 Campaign Material, 1928 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 93 Campaign Material, 1929 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 94 Campaign Material, 1932 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 95 Campaign Material, 1933-1934 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 96 Campaign Material, 1935 (Also includes political & personal material) 3 97 Campaign Material, 1936 3 98 Campaign Material, 1936 3 99 Campaign Material – Letters of Congratulations, 1936 3 100 Campaign Material – Financial, 1936 3 101 Campaign Material – Speeches, 1936 3 102 Campaign Material, 1937-1939 (Includes misc. political material) 4 103 Campaign Material, 1940 4 104 Campaign Material, 1940 4 105 Campaign Material, 1940 4 106 Campaign Material – Speeches by Hoan, 1940 4 107 Campaign Material – Speeches by Earl D. Lillydahl, 1940 4 108 Campaign Material, 1942 4 109 Campaign Material, 1943-1944 (Includes political & personal material) 4 110 Campaign Material, 1945 (Includes misc. political material) 4 111 Campaign Material, 1946 (Includes misc. political material) 4 112 Campaign Material, 1946 (Includes misc. political material) 4 113 Campaign Material, 1946 (Includes misc. political material) 4 114 Campaign Material, 1946 (Includes misc. political material) 4 115 Campaign Material – Press Releases, 1946 4 116 Campaign Material, 1947 4 117 Campaign Material, 1948 (Includes political & personal material) 4 118 Campaign Material, 1949 (Includes misc. political material) 4 119 Campaign Material, 1950 (Includes misc. political material)See also File 496 4 120 and Box 37 Campaign Material, 1950 (Includes misc. political material) 4 121 Campaign Material, 1952, 1955 4 122 Campaign Material – Miscellaneous 4 123 Censorship of Movies, 1915-1921 4 124 Censorship of Movies, 1921-1935 4 125 Census, 1930 4 126 Century of Progress – Chicago, 1932-1933 4 127 Chamber of Commerce, 1917-1932 (Milwaukee Association of Commerce) 5 128 Chamber of Commerce, 1933-1945See also: Milwaukee Association of 5 129 Commerce Chicago Water Diversion, 1916-1945See also: Great Lakes Water; World 5 130 War I-U.S.
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