Audio - Charles Gritzner - Maps: a Way of Organizing Wander, September 13, 2001
South Dakota Art MuseumThis collection is composed of material related to the undertaking of such a trip. Much of the material contained here includes the media surrounding the event. There are numerous clippings and excerpts from radio spots highlighting the event. Some of the correspondence is interesting, as it shows the earliest stages of the trip. Much of the planning material for this event seems to be lost, however.
Cuba Trip (South Dakota State University)Dave Wentzlaff, director of the South Dakota Farmers Union Young Farmers Program discusses House Bill 11-18 which would increase tax on motor oil by three cents. Opposition to this bill states there will be a large economic loss if the bill is passed.
Call to the grassroots farmers of South Dakota to join the South Dakota Farmers Union. Tony Dechant, president of the National Farmers Union thanks volunteers the a membership campaign. He speaks of how the union protects farmers rights and its cooperative work.
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South Dakota Farmers Union Agricultural in Review radio program. Communications director, Dick Ricci, interviews South Dakota Farmers Union President, Ben Radcliffe. They discuss farmers being blamed by politicians for inflation of farm prices, supermarket prices of food, and the influence of politics on farm prices, the Commodity Reserve Bill, and the Food for Freedom Bill.
Man explaining the jobs and responsibilities of the Field Support Committee.
includes audiocassettes and correspondence
Tape T-12
Tape T-6
1 audio cassette
South Dakota State University. Office of the President(Baseball Coach) - Interview (1 cassette tape) SEE Also UA 53.15 John E. Miller Papers UA053_015_AV_0216
UA38-8604 to UA38-8702
South Dakota Art Museum1 audiocassette, 2 VHS videocassettes
South Dakota Farmers Union members are in Washington, D.C. testifying at a Senate agricultural hearing on farm legislation, specifically the reinstatement of the 2% R.E.A. loan program and railroad transportation to grain elevator issues. Testimony by Bob Bubbers of Morristown, South Dakota, Russell Ganford of Clear Lake, South Dakota, can be heard. An interview of David Olson of Hayes, South Dakota, regarding his testimony, primarily concerning issues on the transportation of goods by conducted by South Dakota Farmers Union Communication Director Allan Burke. A South Dakota legislator talking to the group about farm legislation and bills in Congress and their effect on agriculture in South Dakota.