Files related to Group Health and other cooperatives, 1925-1966.

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Files related to Group Health and other cooperatives, 1925-1966.

Personal, professional, and business-related papers containing biographical information, correspondence, incorporation documents, reports, minutes, financial records, historical and legislative information, conference materials, project files, news clippings, photographs, and printed materials of Russell K. Lewis, a leader in the cooperative movement in Minnesota, and his associate, George W. Jacobson. Lewis and Jacobson were both employed by Midland Cooperatives in the 1930s until 1942 when both became founding directors of Group Health.

22.0 cu. ft. (22 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8280176

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

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Lewis, Russell King, 1901-

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