Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #1-99
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South Dakota Farmers Union Records
The records are comprised of correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, oral history interviews, audio-visual materials, and the records of local unions.
South Dakota Farmers Union
Local Unions: Charter Records: County Local Unions
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #100-200
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #201-300
Local Unions: Hardscrabble Local 238, Treasurers ledger
Local Unions: Charter Records : Local Union #301-400
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #401-500
Local Unions: Farmer's Service Local #447 Sanborn County
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #501-600
Minutes 11th-15th Annual Convention
Local Unions: Dry Run Local #574 Hughes County
Local Unions: Hardscrabble Local 238, Minutes (ledger)
Local Unions: Phillip, South Dakota Farmer's Union
Local Unions: Haakon County Farmers Union Midway Local 414
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #601-700
Local Unions: Hardscrabble Local 238, Minutes (ledger)
Local Unions: Sinai Local #680 Brookings County
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #701-800
Minutes 16th-20th Annual Convention
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #801-899
Collected material: Introducing Kagawa
Collected material: Cooperative League Yearbook
Minutes 23rd-26th Annual Convention
Photographs: Annual Convention Programs 23rd-30th
Publications: South Dakota Union Farmer
Local Unions: Hardscrabble Local 238, records
Local Unions: Preston Local #677 Brookings County
Publications: South Dakota Union Farmer
The film was created to promote the youth education program of the Farmers Union of North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. It consists of footage from camps at each states' Farmers Union Junior Camps where children age 6-21 learn more about the Farmers Union and have fun. Activities depicted in the film include boating, swimming, games, crafts, manual labor, creating a camp newsletter, and listening to lectures about farming and the Farmers Union. South Dakota campers stay in the Black Hills and visit Mt. Rushmore. The film is narrated by Fred Simonton, director of television for North Dakota Farmers Union. Color film. Sound.
South Dakota Farmers Union Educational Department Film
South Dakota Farmers Union Educational Department film clips of the Huron Ladies Camp, the leaders' incentive trip to St. Paul, Minnesota, the South St. Paul stockyards, and market day in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for member of 4-H, Future Farmers of America, and Farmers Union Juniors. Footage includes clips of camp activities, travel stops, and stock yard footage. Color film. No sound.
South Dakota Farmers Union Tours Western South Dakota
South Dakota Farmers Union visiting sites such as Mt. Rushmore and the Dinosaur Park in the Black Hills, and Wall Drug and the Badlands in western South Dakota. Included is footage of camping, swimming, hiking, golfing, baseball, horseshoes, crafts, and a trail ride. Color film. No sound.
Teens at the Farmers Union All-State Camp at Camp Judson in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Highlights include the Badlands, flag raising, Badger Clark visit, national board members visit, and a puppet theater. The students participate in crafts, croquet, archery, swimming, folk dancing, sightseeing, and a picnic. Included is footage of the Needles and Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, and Mt. Rushmore under construction. Color film. No sound.
Minutes 27th-31st Annual Convention
Publications: South Dakota Union Farmer
Local Unions: Clarno Local #875 Lake County
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #900-999
Collected material: Agriculture in the Service of Mankind
Collected material: Farmers Union National Convention, 1946 March 3-5
Local Unions: Charter Records: Local Union #1000-1100
Annual Convention Programs 31st-35th
Publications: South Dakota Union Farmer
Local Unions: Long Lake Local #277 Jerauld County
Collected material: How to Put Traction in Farmers Union Action, 1947 November
Collected material: Monopoly in Action! Mandan Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company (pamphlet0
Merrell Q. Sharpe Radio Address
South Dakota Farmers Union president, Paul Opsahl, introduces Merrell Q. Sharpe, former governor of South Dakota, who gives a radio address about the consumer power districts bill before the South Dakota Legislature. He supports the equal distribution of power to all South Dakotans at the lowest possible rates. Private power companies are against consumer power districts. A man is speaking at a conference about price supports. He is for the restoration of storage capacities for farm commodities across the U.S. He also talks about parity and farmers cooperatives. He also states that he feels that the American farmer has done the most to fight communism. A man is speaking at a conference about the Standard Oil monopoly. The recording ends in the middle of his speech.
South Dakota Farmers Union president, Paul Opsahl, introduces Merrell Q. Sharpe, former governor of South Dakota, who gives a radio address about the consumer power districts bill before the South Dakota Legislature. He supports the equal distribution of power to all South Dakotans at the lowest possible rates. Private power companies are against consumer power districts. A man is speaking at a conference about price supports. He is for the restoration of storage capacities for farm commodities across the U.S. He also talks about parity and farmers cooperatives. He also states that he feels that the American farmer has done the most to fight communism. A man is speaking at a conference about the Standard Oil monopoly. The recording ends in the middle of his speech.
Publications: South Dakota Union Farmer
Films: State Camp Activities, Tours, Picnics, and Parades
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Brown County Quartet and Corsica
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Ferney
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Mitchell
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Unidentified (only photographs and negatives)
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Wessington
Collected material: One World, All States Annual
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Aberdeen
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Alexandria
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Emery
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Nunda
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Platte
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Redfield
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Salem
Photographs: Harold Colseth President 1958-61 Vice President 1947-58
South Dakota Farmers Union Ladies Camp
Film footage of the South Dakota Farmers Union activities during 1948. The scenes included are from a workshop in Mitchell, South Dakota; District Two Camp in Forestburg; District One Camp; Hutchinson County Picnic; and Youth Roundup in Aberdeen. The footage also includes youth members talking at a radio station, walking, and playing volleyball, The film has scenes from parades in Aberdeen and Watertown featuring members from around the state and promoting CO-OPs.
The film footage is in black and white, in color, and is silent with text segment titles.
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Bridgewater
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Doland
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Howard
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Oldham
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Pukwana
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Stickney
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Wessington Springs
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: White Lake
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Woonsocket (only photographs and negatives)
Publications: South Dakota Union Farmer
Catalog Cards of South Dakota Farmers Union Films of youth camps (silent)
National Farmers Union Publications (brochures, etc.)
Local Unions: DeGrey Local #578 Hughes County
Four-State Cooperative Clinic (program)
Third District Farmers Union Convention
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Kennebec
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Lake Preston
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Letcher
Local Unions: Chapter Reports: Warner
Collected material: Public Power for South Dakota from the Missouri River
Handbook: By-laws and Proceedings 33rd-38th Annual Convention
Publications: South Dakota Union Farmer
South Dakota Farmers Union 1949 Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C.
Farmers Union members travel to Washington, D.C. where they toured the National Farmers Union headquarters, the U.S. Capitol, and other sites. Midway through the recording there is footage of members boarding busses. One bus has a banner on its side that reads: Farmers Educational & Co-Operative Union of America South Dakota Division. The film includes scenes from cities on the way to Washington, D.C. Included is footage of military aircraft fly-over and a U. S. Navy blimp. Color film. No sound.
Catalog Cards of South Dakota Farmers Union Films of a convention and a bus trip (silent)