Olin and Emma Swenson collection, 1965-1982 1980-1982.

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Olin and Emma Swenson collection, 1965-1982 1980-1982.

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This small collection contains newspaper clippings on the activities of Olin Swenson, letters from friends and family sharing their recollections of the couple, correspondence, family photographs, a family history, Olin Swenson's eulogy, and interviews with Olin and Emma Swenson on cassette tapes.

0.1 linear feet (2 folders and one cassette tape)

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, McIntyre Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7097565

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Friends of Olin and Emma Swenson (Eau Claire, Wis.)

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Olin and Emma Swenson were prominent activists in the fight for socialist causes throughout Chippewa County. As a young man living near Holcombe, Wis., Olin Swenson organized lectures and debates concerning issues such as women's suffrage and prohibition. In the early 1920s he founded a cooperative creamery on his farm. He later moved to Chippewa Falls, Wis., where he spent the majority of his life. Olin Swenson was involved with Northern Thunder to protest the construction of a nuclear plant in...

Swenson, Emma.

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Chippewa Farmers Union Cooperative (Chippewa County, Wis.)

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Swenson, Olin.

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