Wirtz, Willard, 1912-
Biography:
Wirtz was a U.S. public official, educator, and lawyer, born in DeKalb, Ill.; B.A. Beloit College 1933, LL.B. Harvard University 1937; admitted to the bar 1939; professor, Northwestern University Law School 1939-42, 1946-54; federal government work during World War II; undersecretary of labor 1961-62; secretary of labor under Presidents Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson 1962-69; stayed in Washington, D.C., to practice law. -- Encyclopedia Britannica
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- CORE--Mississippi Free Press - Newspaper, 1964 Feb. 8-Aug. 1 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 69) (Newsletters)
- Montgomery--Freedom School Workshop - Evaluation, 1965 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 8) (Reports)
- Montgomery--Lucile Montgomery general correspondence, 1964-1966 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 31b) (Correspondence)
- Montgomery--Mississippi Summer Project, Robert Moses, director (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 23) (Correspondence)
- Moore--Correspondence, 1967 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 7) (Correspondence)
- Poor People's Corporation--Correspondence, COFO, 1964, Oct. 15-1964, Dec. 27, undated (Poor People's Corporation records, 1960-1967, Archives Main Stacks, Mss 172, Box 1, Folder 2) (Correspondence)
- Walker--SNCC-COFO essays, 1964-1965 (Samuel Walker papers, 1964-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 655, Box 1, Folder 3) (Reports)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meeting with president John F. Kennedy at the White House, Washington, D.C., 1963 August 28 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meeting with president John F. Kennedy at the White House, Washington, D.C., 1963 August 28 (News)