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Volume 1: 1912-1921 Treasurer's book of records; Volume 2: 1921-1928 Treasurer's book of records; Volume 3: 1928-1933 Treasurer's book of records

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Topics discussed: Farm life in Slayton, (late 19th century to present); Great Depression; Farm Holiday Association; Rural Electrification Association

Scope and Contents Experiences on the North Dakota and Minnesota prairies; work experiences in Minneapolis; involvement with farmer cooperatives; farmer resistance around Montevideo during the Depression; March on the state capitol in 1933; discussion of Floyd Olson, John Bosch, Harry Haugland, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Axel Mattson was born March 29, 1886, in Cokato, Wright County, where he lived for twenty years. After teaching country school for two years in North Dakota, he moved to Minneapolis and held...

Scope and Contents Topics of discussion: Growing up in Swift County; Swift County and the Depression; Henry Wallace campaign in 1948; Merging of the Farmer-Labor Party into DFL; Issues in 1948 U.S. Congressional campaign; Political history and dramatic issues in Swift County, 1948; Ethnic backgrounds in Swift County; Reactions to Farm Holiday movement; Functions of independent voters of Minnesota; James Youngdale, born in Central Iowa, lived in Swift County from 1923 to 1967, a conservative Republican family;...

Scope and Contents Abstract of Interview: Farm Holiday activities in Benson area; Farm Bureau and Farmers Union and functions as service organizations for farmers; Benson during Depression years; public reaction to Roosevelt and New Deal legislation; beginnings of Farmer Labor Movement; reaction to Governor Floyd Olson; Years 1933 to 1937, farm drought in the midst of Great Depression, WWI, NFO and activities in southern Minnesota: role of county and federal governments. Biographical information: Orville Tatge...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed: Nonpartisan League and the Farm Holiday movement in the Benson area; Foreclosures; consideration of Floyd Olson as governor; Huey Long and the 1935 Farm Holiday state convention and resolutions drawn from it; Elmer Benson and his relationship to Farm Holiday; Oren Lee Staley and the NFO; Roy Peterson was born in Beardsley, Minnesota, he moved with family to Benson in 1924, where he now resides. Mr. Peterson has been a distributor for Oak Grove Dairy since 1952. Long active...

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Ideas for a college using references from: Mission of the University by Jose Y. Gasset; The Higher learning in America by Robert Maynard Hutchins; Personalism by Emanuel Monet