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 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
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
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 study examines the enrollment potential of the area in southwestern Minnesota to answer some questions concerning the possibility of the establishment of a state college in Worthington, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Silent color 16mm film (2 minutes, 58 seconds) of St. Cloud State Teachers College freshmen orientation camp at Lake Koronis, near Paynesville, Minnesota, that shows students square dancing in a cabin. St. Cloud State Teachers College is now St. Cloud 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
Silent color 16mm film (2 minutes, 51 seconds) of St. Cloud State Teachers College homecoming parade through downtown St. Cloud that featured floats, homecoming royalty and other personalities, and marching bands. St. Cloud State Teachers College is now St. Cloud 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
Arnold E. Paulson tells O. Meredith Wilson that he approves keeping materials from the Granite Falls College Committee's presentation for archival purposes.
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
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
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
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
