Victor Christgau papers. 1894-1991.

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Victor Christgau papers. 1894-1991.

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Correspondence, campaign materials, speeches, work diaries,and clippings documenting the personal and professional life (1920s-1960s) of apopulist politician, legislator, and government administrator fromMinnesota.

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Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946

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Christgau, O. G. (Oscar Gottlieb), 1884-1978

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Olson, Floyd Björnstjerne, 1891-1936

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Benson, Elmer Austin, 1895-1985

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Victor Laurence August Christgau was born on September 20, 1894, in Dexter Township (Mower County), Minnesota, to Frederick and Adeline Vanselow Christgau. He graduated from the University of Minnesota's School of Agriculture in 1917, and then served eleven months (1917-1918) with the U.S. Army's 33rd Engineer Corps in France during World War I. Following the war Christgau returned to the University of Minnesota and graduated from the College of Agriculture in 1923. He remained at t...

Rasmussen, Harry E.

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Christgau family.

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