Flakne, Joseph T., 1900-1999

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Joseph T. Flakne (1900-1999) was known as a conservationalist, environmentalist, and activist for women's rights. Born and raised in Minnesota, he arrived in Alaska in 1929. There he attended the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska Fairbanks). Majoring in business administration and agriculture, he graduated in 1934. In his long career of public service he was district agricultural agent and superintendant of the college's farm (1934-1937), Alaska director of the U.S. Employment Service in Juneau (1937-1943), Alaska specialist for the War Manpower Commission in Seattle (1943-1944), Tec/3 Sergeant in the U.S. Army (1944-1945), chief of the Alaska Division, Office of Territories, U.S. Department of the Interior (1946-1953), programming director for the Artic Institute of North America (1953-1958), labor relations officer for the Army Corps of Engineers in Anchorage, Alaska (1958-1961), and special assistant to the High Commissioner for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, U.S. Department of the Interior (1962-1964). After retirement, he long served as conservation consultant to the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District, and became its associate director in 1986. He received wide recognition for his work on behalf of conservation and the environment, including an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993.

From the guide to the Flakne, Joseph T. Papers, 1926-1999, (University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives)

Conservationist, environmentalist, civic and women's rights activist.

From the description of Papers, 1953-1990 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823048

Joseph T. Flakne was born and raised in Minnnesota. He attended the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, graduating in 1934. In his long career of public service he was district agricultural agent and superintendent of the college's farm (1934-1937), Alaska director of the U.S. Employment Service in Juneau (1937-1943), Alaska specialist for the War Manpower Commission in Seattle (1943-1944), Tec/3 Sergeant in the U.S. Army (1944-1945), Chief of the Alaska Division, Office of Territories, U.S. Department of the Interior (1946-1953), programming director for the Arctic Institute of North America (1953-1958), labor relations officer for the Army Corps of Engineers in Anchorage (1958-1961), and special assistant to the High Commissioner for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1962-1964). After retirement, he received wide recognition for his activities in support of conservation and women's rights, including an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993.

From the description of Joseph T. Flakne Papers, 1926-1999 (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 77008495

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creatorOf Flakne, Joseph T. Papers, 1926-1999 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives
creatorOf Flakne, Joseph T. Papers [manuscript] 1970-1991. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Flakne, Joseph T., 1900-1999. Joseph T. Flakne Papers, 1926-1999 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
creatorOf Flakne, Joseph T. Papers of Joseph T. Flakne [manuscript], 1900-1990. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Flakne, Joseph, 1900-. Papers, 1954-19 [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Flakne, Joseph, 1900-. Papers, 1953-1990 [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Flakne, Joseph T., 1900-1999. Joseph T. Flakne Papers, 1926-1999 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
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associatedWith Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station. Matanuska Station. corporateBody
associatedWith Alaska Development Board. corporateBody
associatedWith Arctic Institute of North America. corporateBody
associatedWith Bartlett, Edward Lewis, 1904-1968. person
associatedWith Flakne, Joseph T. person
associatedWith Matanuska Valley Colony (Alaska) corporateBody
associatedWith Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Division of Territories and Island Possessions. corporateBody
associatedWith United States Employment Service. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. War Manpower Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Alaska (College) corporateBody
associatedWith Voice of America (Organization) corporateBody
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Virginia
Fairbanks (Alaska)
Micronesia
Fairbanks (Alaska)
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Agriculture
Alaska
Conservation of natural resources
Labor unions
Parks
Scandinavian Americans
Territorial Government
Women
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Birth 1900

Death 1999

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