Herbert Wheaton and family papers, 1888-1954 (bulk 1930-1952).

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Herbert Wheaton and family papers, 1888-1954 (bulk 1930-1952).

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Papers of the publisher (1912-1952) of a small-town weekly newspaper (Hokah, Houston County, Minn.) documenting his political and social opinions, Republican politics in Minnesota, the operation of the Hokah Chief newspaper, and incidentally, his teaching career (1898-1910) and his local insurance agency. Papers include correspondence, newspaper opinion pieces and other articles (1931-1954), poems submitted to the newspaper (undated, 1942, 1949), a diary 1894-1896) of Wheaton's father Hudson, and a Hokah public school principal's pupil record (1906, 1910).

1.75 cubic feet (3 boxes).

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