Lawrence Yetka papers, 1921, 1950-1970, 1993.

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Lawrence Yetka papers, 1921, 1950-1970, 1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313832981

Correspondence, minutes, speeches and radio addresses, legislative files, political campaign materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs created by Yetka, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor state legislator (54th legislative district, 1951-1961), a Minnesota Supreme Court justice (1973-1993), and lawyer from northern Minnesota. The papers document his participation in DFL politics, particularly in the Eighth Congressional District (1962-1970), the 1959 legislative session, and his service on a number of commissions and committees.

2.5 cu. ft. (3 boxes)

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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