History of the State Bank in Slayton; Great Depression; Farm foreclosures; Lake Elsie-Lake Shetek; Prohibition; Farm Holiday Association; Slayton Community Hospital

Life in Wabasso, Minnesota 1890's - present; Breaking the sod, perserving food, country schools, extra-curricular activities, women's roles, animal life, farming operations and prices; Great Depression years in Wabasso; Wabasso's reaction to World War II; Includes photos of band, Kramer family, Kramer interview, Kramer paintings. Press releases, newspaper articles, correspondences, slides, polaroids, and negatives.

Major Subjects Discussed: Banking and the Great Depression in Redwood County. Photos and slides of the interview.

Early history of Southwest Minnesota State College (particularly in the Division of Health and Physical Education). Decisions of what sports conference SMSC would join, criticisms and highpoints of SMSC's early development, impact of Dean Marion Shane's resignation, State College system budget and its effect on SMSC

Early history of the Sears, Roebuck Company in Redwood Falls; Richard W. Sears; Eva Sears; Gold's experiences in World War I; Description of World War I tanks; Farm loans in the 1930's - Mutual Benefit Insurance Company; Farm Holiday Association

Major Subjects Discussed: Farm life in Redwood Falls, Minnesota; National Farmers Organization; Women's Role on the farm; First electricity on Tiffany farm; Rural social events. Six slides and negatives (added to Parker Sanders ACC# 192)

Early Mission of Southwest State College; Serious shortcomings in his role as dean of faculties; Reasoning behind the ideas and flux and human relationships courses; Early situations the college faced; Changes in attitude related to SMSC

Early development in the area of business (accounting) at Southwest Minnesota State College; Two year or four year program; Random access facilities; Ideas in flux classes; Involvement in the budgeting committee at Southwest Minnesota State College College bookstore--early bookkeeping; Charter faculty member Dr. Flanagan is an instructor in Accounting at Southwest State University.

Mrs. J. L. Parsons and Mrs. Olav Austbo, daughters of August C. Bunneister, owner of the Redwood Falls Milling Company, Redwood Falls Electric Light Plant, and president of the First National Bank of Redwood Falls, discuss family history and the development of electricity in Redwood Falls. Includes 10 slides.

Covers Meade's work as County Agricultural Agent of Lyon County (1934-54); Rural Electrification Program (REA); New Deal Farm Programs; Salvage Drives During World War II; Includes photo prints, slides and negatives.