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Talbott, Glen J. (Glen Jefferson), 1900-1976. Collection, 1966-1969.

Title: Collection, 1966-1969.

Letters, bibliography of books in which Glen, C.C. Talbott, and Glen's sister, Gladys Talbott Edwards, are mentioned, pamphlet on his receiving the Distinguished Service to Agriculture award (1966) from the National Farmers Union, and obituary of Velma Talbott.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30104768 View

National Farmers' Union (U.S.). Wisconsin Division. Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America, Wisconsin Division, records, 1924-1969.

Title: Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America, Wisconsin Division, records, 1924-1969.

Records of an group which promoted economic cooperation among farmers, lobbying for agricultural programs, education for members, and youth programs. Some of the services established by the WFU are the Farmers Union Central Exchange (CENEX), the Farmers Grain Terminal Association, the Farmers Union Livestock Association, and the Farmers Union Insurance Corporation. Consisting of correspondence and a subject file, the records document the administration, policies, and political stances of both the national and state organizations. Very few records predate 1942. The materials include copies of records from the national organization such as financial records, minutes, reports, speeches of President James Patton, position papers, and press releases. Information is present on the organization's relationship with the American Dairy Association of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, its lobbying activities, youth programs, charges of communist sympathies within the organization, its service organizations, and other topics. Prominent correspondents include Kenneth W. Hones, Merlin Hull, Lester Johnson, Melvin R. Laird, Joseph R. McCarthy, Gilbert Rohde, Alexander Wiley, John Chester Baker, Tony Dechant, Gladys Talbott Edwards, Reuben Johnson, James G. Patton, Russell Smith, Benton Strong, Vernon Thompson, John Reynolds, and Gaylord Nelson. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

ArchivalResource: 67.2 c.f. (160 archives boxes and 8 flat boxes) and.9 reels of microfilm (35 mm.); plus.additions of 0.4 c.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145776009 View

Long, Jean Stillman, 1891- . Oral history interview with Jean Stillman Long, 1974.

Title: Oral history interview with Jean Stillman Long, 1974.

Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Mrs. Jean Long, Dunn County, Wisconsin, concerning her experiences as a school teacher in Montana in the 1910's, a Wisconsin farm wife in the 1920's, and educational leader of first the Central Cooperative Wholesale then the Wisconsin Farmers Union, 1930's-1960's; with much information on the cooperative movement in Wisconsin, Farmers Union and other farm organization leaders, and the role of the Works Progress Administration. One folder contains publications used by Jean Long in the Farmers Union education program.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and9 tape recordings.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173702355 View