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.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
This document is the text of speech given to the Site Selection Committee in support of the city of Granite Falls and the site of the proposed college in southwestern Minnesota. The unknown speaker questions the validity of newspaper reports on actions of and quotations from members of the Site Selection Committee.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
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.
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Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Citizens Committee for Higher Education in Granite Falls
Date Created:
1963?
Description:
This document, sent to the State Site Selection Committee by the Citizens Committee for Higher Education in Granite Falls, gives facts and information in support of the city of Granite Falls as the site of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
O. Meredith Wilson thanks Arnold E. Paulson for his letter allowing the Site Selection Committee to place materials from the presentation made by the Granite Falls College Committee into the University Archives.
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Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Arnold E. Paulson tells O. Meredith Wilson that he approves keeping materials from the Granite Falls College Committee's presentation for archival purposes.
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Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
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.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
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.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Roy C. Prentis informs Charles F. Mourin, O. Meredith Wilson, Erling O. Johnson and Robert J. Keller that the Granite Falls College Committee has asked for permission to keep a copy of a presentation made by the Granite Falls College Committee to the Site Selection Committee for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Elmer O. Akre wrote that should Lamberton be chosen as the site of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota, Yellow Medicine County would donate their portion of the land.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Arnold Paulson expresses his appreciation to Roy C. Prentis for allowing the Granite Falls College Committee and the City of Montevideo to make presentations to the State College Committee supporting their respective cities as the site of the proposed college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
O. Meredith Wilson tells Mrs. Clyde Korstad that the announcement of the site chosen for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota will come from Mr. Charles Mourin.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
O. Meredith Wilson tells Harold Buhr that the announcement of the site chosen for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota will come from Mr. Charles Mourin.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
O. Meredith Wilson tells Mr. and Mrs. Orton Thorkelson that the announcement of the site chosen for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota will come from Mr. Charles Mourin.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
O. Meredith Wilson tells LeRoy Jacobson that the announcement of the site chosen for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota will come from Mr. Charles Mourin.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
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.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
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.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
O. Meredith Wilson tells Aage O Buhl and Arnold Paulson that the announcement of the site chosen for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota will come from Mr. Charles Mourin.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Mrs. Clyde Korstad write O. Meredith Wilson in support of the city of Granite Falls as the site of a proposed new state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Roy C. Prentis tells Erling O. Johnson, Robert J. Keller and Meredith Wilson he is enclosing materials received from Charles Mourin that were allegedly passed around Granite Falls by the Granite Falls College Committee.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Aage O. Buhl and Arnold Paulson question O. Merideth (sic) Wilson as to whether the Site Selection Committee for a Southwestern State College is following their own guidelines for choosing a site for the proposed state college in Southwestern Minnesota, and they ask when they might make a presentation on behalf of Granite Falls.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
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.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
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.
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Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Letter informs Site Selection Committee member Roy C. Prentis that, should Lamberton be chosen as the site for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota, the un-named committee would donate 160-200 acres of land.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
This report supports the city of Fairmont as the location of a new state college in southwestern Minnesota. It was written by Lyle Barker, Chairman, Citizen's College Committee, Fairmont, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
The photos and text of this photographic essay of the city of Redwood Falls were compiled in support of Redwood Falls as the site of a new state college in southwestern Minnesota.
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Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
These photos and text of the city of Marshall, Minnesota, were compiled by an unnamed source in support of Marshall as the location of a new state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
This illustration shows Granite Falls in the center of two concentric circles that mark the distance to communities with high schools within a 35 mile and within a 50 mile radius.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
This document is a manuscript of the presentation to the State of Minnesota State College Site Selection Committee by the Granite Falls College Committee, presented at 2:30 p.m., Granite Falls Civic Auditorium, 19th of September 1963, supporting the selection of the city of Granite Falls as the site of the proposed college in Southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
This document presents a statistical comparison of Granite Falls' demographics and community information with other cities in southwestern Minnesota, given in support of the City of Granite City as the site for the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
The Worthington, Minnesota, Chamber of Commerce compiled a report filled with photographs and text regarding the city of Worthington, Minnesota, in support of the city of Worthington as the location of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
This document, organized in an outline form, suggests topics for a presentation to be made in support of the city of Marshall for the site of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota. The suggestions were put together by the public relations firm Don Braman and Associates.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Don Braman writes Sandy Sanderson about gathering and presenting information on the City of Marshall that would support the city as the location of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University