Roy Wier papers, 1920-1969.

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Roy Wier papers, 1920-1969.

Correspondence, clippings, printed materials, and other papers relating to Wier's career as a U.S. congressman (Democratic-Farmer Labor) from Minnesota's third district (1949-1961). Also includes correspondence, printed materials, and newspaper clippings detailing Wier's career in the labor movement, his election to the Minneapolis School Board, and his campaigns for Congress from 1948 through 1960.

4.0 cu. ft. (6 boxes and 1 oversized box).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314858

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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