Letters, 1935-1936.

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Letters, 1935-1936.

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Letters, dated Aug. 4, 1935, and Oct. 21, 1936, from Palmer, Alaska, to Mrs. Howard Baker, Oconomowoc, Wis., describing the countryside, the Matanuska Colony, and farming.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Bailey, Ruth

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Matanuska Valley Colony (Alaska)

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The organization was established in 1935 under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration's program of organizing rural rehabilitation organizations in the United States. It was the administrative agency over the Matanuska Valley Colony in Palmer and was responsible for providing land and houses for the colonists, and for governing the colony. From the description of Photograph album, 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42926795 ...