College Founding
Second speech given to College Site Selection Committee (in support of the city of Granite Falls, Minnesota)
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1963 (year uncertain)
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This is a transcript of a speech given as a followup to an earlier speech given in Granite in support of the city of Granite Falls as the site of the proposed college in southwestern Minnesota.
Suggestions and ideas how the people of our community can assist Granite Falls, Minnesota, in obtaining our college
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1963 (year uncertain)
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The first page of this document has a numbered list of ways people can support the effort to have the proposed state college built in Granite Falls. The second page, titled "Look what we could lose," lists community advantages that would not happen should the proposed state college be located elsewhere.
Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Orton Thorkelson, Granite Falls, Minnesota, to Meredith Wilson, St. Paul, Minnesota
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1963-09-05
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Mr. and Mrs. Orton Thorkelson wrote Meredith Wilson in support of Granite Falls as the site of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Memo from Sherwood O. Berg, Lamberton, Minnesota, to O. Meredith Wilson, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1963-08-21
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The memo from Sherwood O. Berg informs O. Meredith Wilson of a letter Berg received regarding how the Southwest Experiment Station in Lamberton might impact the site selection for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Letter from Mr. LeRoy Jacobson, Granite Falls, Minnesota, to Meredith Wilson, St. Paul, Minnesota
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1963-09-30
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LeRoy Jacobson wrote Meredith Wilson in support of Granite Falls as the site of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Letter from T.E. Kuehl, Lamberton, Minnesota, to O. Meredith Wilson, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1963-10-17
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T.E. Kuehl thanks O. Meredith Wilson and the Site Selection Committee for allowing Lamberton citizens to make a presentation in support of their city as the site for the proposed college in southwestern Minnesota.
Letter from Wallace W. Nelson, Lamberton, Minnesota, to Sherwood O. Berg, St. Paul, Minnesota
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1963-08-19
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Wallace W. Nelson reports to Sherwood O. Berg that the Site Selection Committee for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota visited Lamberton and toured the Southwest Experiment Station.
Letter from O. Meredith Wilson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Elmer Vollmer, Lamberton, Minnesota
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1963-09-13
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O. Meredith Wilson tells Elmer Vollmer that the announcement of the site chosen for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota will come from Mr. Charles Mourin.
Letter from O. Meredith Wilson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Arnold Paulson, Granite Falls, Minnesota
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1963-10-18
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O. Meredith Wilson tells Elmer Vollmer that the materials presented by Granite Falls to the Site Selection Committee are part of the historical record and that Wilson has asked that they be deposited in the University Archives.
Letter from O. Meredith Wilson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to E.T. Messer, Granite Falls, Minnesota
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1963-09-13
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O. Meredith Wilson tells E.T. Messer that the announcement of the site chosen for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota will come from Mr. Charles Mourin.