Knud Wefald and family papers, 1817-1987.

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Knud Wefald and family papers, 1817-1987.

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Correspondence, legislation, speeches, articles, reports, clippings, and other materials largely relating to Wefald's service as Minnesota state legislator (1913, 1915), U.S. congressman (Farmer-Labor) from the ninth district (1923-1927), executive secretary to the administration and finance committee during Governor Floyd B. Olson's administration (1932), and member of the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission (1933-1936). Included also is information on Wefald's operation of a retail lumberyard at Hawley, Clay County (1896-1923), and his editorship of Normanden, a Norwegian-Danish newspaper published in Fargo, North Dakota (1926-1931).

26.75 cu. ft. (44 boxes, and 1 v. shelved loose; 8 boxes and 1 oversize item in partial box).

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