Kenneth W. Simons papers, 1933-1951.

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Kenneth W. Simons papers, 1933-1951.

Consists of correspondence, surveys, reports, studies, minutes, news releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the W.P.A., F.E.R.A., C.W.A., R.R.A., North Dakota Water Resources Committee, North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, Tri-State Water Commission, Interstate Conference on the Red River of the North, civil defense, and the North Dakota Reclamation Association. Correspondents include John Moses, Fred Aandahl, William Lemke, William Langer, Usher Burdick, Francis Case, and Milton Young.

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North Dakota. Water Resources Committee

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Langer, William, 1886-1959

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Born at Everest, N.D. Graduate of University of North Dakota and Columbia University. Attorney, married Lydia Cady 1918, nicknamed "Wild Bill." Morton County States Attorney (1914-1916) North Dakota Attorney General (1916-1920), North Dakota Governor (1933-1934, 1937-1938) and U.S. senator (1941-1959). Died in office, buried at Casselton, N.D. From the description of Collection, 1933-1959. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 29179625 Governor and U.S...

United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

North Dakota Reclamation Association

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Simons, Kenneth W., 1898-1948

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Editor of the BISMARCK TRIBUNE. Vice-chairman of the North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission. From the description of Kenneth W. Simons papers, 1933-1951. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998073 ...

Moses, John, 1885-1945

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Born at Strand, Norway, immigrated to the United States in 1905. Graduated University of North Dakota Law School, practiced law until he was first elected governor in 1938. North Dakota governor (1939-1944) and U.S. senator (1945). First Democrat elected by popular vote to represent North Dakota in Congress and served three terms as governor. The family name is from a Scotch ancestor who immigrated to Norway. From the description of Collection, 1939-1945, 1967. (North Dakota State Un...

BISMARCK (N.D.) TRIBUNE.

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Lemke, William, 1878-1950

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U.S. Representative from North Dakota, 1933-1950; North Dakota Attorney General, 1921. From the description of Papers, 1942-1953. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18430444 U.S. Congressman (1933-1940, 1943-1950), North Dakota, active in Nonpartisan League and Republican Party. William F. Lemke was born in Albany, Stearns County, Minnesota on August 13, 1878, moved to North Dakota in 1881, settling in Town...

Young, Milton Ruben, 1897-1983

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Milton R. Young : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122361996 Milton R. Young, native of Berlin-La Moure, N.D., served in the North Dakota Legislature from 1932 until being appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1945. He served there until his retirement in 1981. From the description of Milton R. Young photograph collection [graphic]. [1945-1980] (North Dakota State Un...

North Dakota State Water Commission

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GNDA/SWC liaison to Washington. From the description of Fred Fredrickson records, 1942-1963. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18488379 ...

Tri-State Water Commission

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United States. Federal Civil Works Administration

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The Civil Works Administration was established by EO 6420-B, November 9, 1933, under authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 200), June 16, 1933, to provide relief work for unemployed persons through public work projects. Functioned simultaneously, and to some extent with the same personnel, with Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Liquidated March 1934, and functions and records transferred to the Emergency Relief Program of FERA. From the description...

Burdick, Usher, 1879-1960.

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United States. Resettlement Administration

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Inter-State Conference on the Red River of the North Drainage Basin

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Case, Francis M.

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Aandahl, Fred, 1897-1966.

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