The Wisconsin State Law Library and the Wisconsin Historical Society manage print archival collections for the Wisconsin Judicial Council.
Wisconsin State Law Library
Contact the State Law Library for help researching the collection. An item-level listing of committee contents is online.
The library is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30-4:30 p.m. Contact the library for help researching this collection in person, or to request scans by email.
- Meeting minutes of the Judicial Council are available from 1951 through 2016 in print, and from 2007 to present in digital format.
- Committee records and proceedings are available from 1970-1995, on a variety of topics. Committees examine issues and make recommendations to the Judicial Council on a variety of initiatives. Researching committee records may be part of legislative history research. Committee files can include correspondence, drafts, memos, notes, and other items related to a committee's work. An item-level listing of committee contents is online. Select committee records through 2017 not included in the current index are available to researchers upon request. Ask a librarian for help with your research.
- Correspondence for the Council is available, from 1962-2017.
- Biennial reports from 1953-1969.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Contact the Historical Society Archives for help researching the collection. Use the collection links below for a summary of what is contained in each set of records.
The Archives are open Monday through Friday, from 8:00-5:00 p.m., and Saturday from 9:00-4:00 p.m. Contact the Archives for help researching this collection.
- Correspondence for the Council is available, from 1952-1967.
- Court reorganization files from 1911-1977 for the Wisconsin Court System includes records of the Wisconsin Bar Association's Committee on Uniformity of Courts and the Legislative Committee on the Investigation and Organization of Courts.
- Related collections:
- Administrative Subject Files is a related collection, with files concerning the administrative responsibilities of the Chief Justice. Records in this collection are available from 1955-1974 (State Series 1949).
- Chief Justice Hallow's correspondence, 1962-1974 (State Series 1948) is a related collection, with files concerning E. Harold Hallows, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice from 1958-1974.
- For a thorough search of Judicial Council related archives, the Historical Society Archives also includes court-administration-related files from the 1950s-1970s across several state and manuscript collections. Ask a librarian for help with your research.