Gustavus A. Westphal papers, 1890-1919, 1945.

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Gustavus A. Westphal papers, 1890-1919, 1945.

Correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, memorabilia, and other papers relating primarily to Westphal's activities in agrarian and labor reform movements of the 1890s, especially the Minnesota branch of the Farmers' Alliance and the People's party. A resident of Leonardsville, Traverse County (Minn.), he was a populist candidate for the state legislature in 1896.

0.7 cu. ft. (1 box, incl. 3 v. and 1 v. shelved loose).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6768398

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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