Charles and Viola Liessman papers, 1909-1961.

North Dakota. Dept. of State.

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of North Dakota

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Organized in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is the oldest, continuous dues-paying woman's organization in existence. The WCTU of Dakota was organized in 1882 at Canton, SD, prior to which local unions had been organized in a number of towns. On September 14, 1889 the WCTU of Dakota divided into separate state organizations for North Dakota and South Dakota. The WCTU of North Dakota campaigned for women's suffrage and against gambling and the use of alcohol, tobac...

Bismarck-Mandan (N.D.) Garden Club.

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Boy Scouts of America

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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...

North Dakota. Board of Administration

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Women's Community Council.

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United States. National Youth Administration

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North Dakota Farmers Union

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Jamestown, North Dakota. From the description of North Dakota Farmers Union records, 1914-1995. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17949580 ...

State Bar Association of North Dakota

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United Spanish War Veterans. Dept. of North Dakota.

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Liessman, Charles, 1878-1963

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Charles Liessman was an attorney, farmer, organizer of the North Dakota Farmer's Educational and Cooperative Union in 1916, and Deputy Secretary of State. Viola Liessman was a businesswoman, active in the women's suffrage movement, a member of the W.C.T.U., an organizer of the Bismarck-Mandan Garden Club, the Art Club, and the Women's Community Council. From the description of Charles and Viola Liessman papers, 1909-1961. (State Historical Society of North Da...

National Nonpartisan League

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The Farmers' Nonpartisan Political League was organized in North Dakota in 1915 by Arthur C. Townley and other North Dakota Socialist Party members. Members sought to bring about reforms in farming-related business and governmental practices through non-partisan political activity. In 1917 the organizaation's name was changed to the National Nonpartisan Political League, and by 1921 branches were established in an additional fifteen midwestern and northwestern states. While the League was most s...

Liessman, Viola (1869-1969)

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United States. Farm Security Administration

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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established within the United States Department of Agriculture to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. The agency also took over certain functions of its predecessor, the Resettlement Administration (RA). The FSA made available and administered long-term loans to tenants and sharecroppers, loaned funds to rural cooperatives, and operated camps for migrant farm workers. The FSA was abolished in 1946; the Farmers Home Adminis...