Biographical data on Lester R. Badger, 1913, 1939-1966.

ArchivalResource

Biographical data on Lester R. Badger, 1913, 1939-1966.

Materials regarding Badger, executive secretary to Minnesota governors Harold E. Stassen and Edward J. Thye as well as mayor of Shorewood, Minnesota, consist of newspaper clippings, friendly letters from Stassen, and a certificate appointing Badger scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, Troop No. 1, North Adams, Massachusetts. The newspaper clippings provide information on his service in the above capacities and on his death in 1966.

8 items in folder.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7323778

Minnesota Historical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Thye, Edward John, 1896-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f19rcn (person)

Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Edward John Thye : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513347 Spanning almost thirty years of public service, the life of Edward John Thye reflected much of Minnesota's heritage and political personality. Thye was born near Frederick, South Dakota, on April 26, 1896, the son of Andrew J. Thye, a Norwegian immigrant farmer. His family moved to a farm near North...

Badger, Lester Robert, 1892-1966.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b37fx3 (person)

Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf0s4z (person)

Lawyer; governor. From the description of Reminiscences of Harold Edward Stassen : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513413 American politician. From the description of Letter, 1945 April 30, San Francisco, to Helen M. Taft, Mendon, Mass. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953452 Stassen was born in Minnesota in 1907. His political career began in 1930 when he was elected as Dakota County at...

Boy Scouts of America

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6844fz4 (corporateBody)

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...