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 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
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
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
Monument of the Wood Lake Battle, located in the Minnesota River Valley near Echo, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
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.
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
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