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

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

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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.

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.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6843386

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Hull, Merlin, 1870-1953.

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Laird, Melvin R.

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Melvin Robert Laird (b. 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, January 3, 1953 to his resignation on January 21, 1969 to become Secretary of Defense. He served as Secretary of Defense from 1969 until January 29, 1973. He was domestic advisor to President Nixon from 1973 to 1974, and after 1974 he served as senior counsellor for national and international affairs for the Reader's Digest Association. From the description of Laird, Melvin R. (Melvin Robert), 1922- (U.S. Nationa...

Smith, Russell Eugene

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1922 graduate of Ann Arbor (Mich.) High School. From the description of Russell Smith visual materials collection. ca. 1922. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 181340569 ...

National Farmers' Union (U.S.)

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Dechant, Tony.

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Rohde, Gilbert, 1894-1944

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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Hones, Kenneth W., 1898-1972.

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Baker, John Chester, 1909-

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Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967

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United States senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Alexander Wiley : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727713 Alexander Wiley (b. May 26, 1884, Chippewa Falls, Wis.-d. May 26, 1967, Germantown, Pa.), U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin law school. After serving as district attorney of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, he was engaged in non-political pursuits until elected as a ...

Edwards, Gladys Talbott, 1898-

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Strong, Benton.

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Editor, "National Union Farmer", and chairman of the Regional Committee for the Missouri Valley Authority. From the description of Papers, 1944-1952. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53221789 ...

Patton, James G. (James George), 1902-

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Agriculturist. From the description of Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724296 From the description of Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724275 ...

American Dairy Association of Wisconsin

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Johnson, Lester R. (Lester Roland), 1901-1975

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National Farmers' Union (U.S.). Wisconsin Division

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Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives.

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Johnson, Reuben D.

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