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Titre
Date(s)
- 1967-1974 (Création/Production)
Extent
2.94 linear feet
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Don Samuelson was born on August 23, 1932 in Brainerd, Minnesota. He attended the Brainerd High School and became a bricklayer. Mr. Samuelson served as the DFL Crow Wing County Chairman from 1962 to 1968, when he ran for State Representative. He has since been re-elected every term to serve in District 13A. Other positions have included the Vice-President for the Minnesota AFL-CIO for four years, Bricklayers Union, Elks Club Member, and St. Joseph Hospital Director. He has served on the Appropriations and Veterans Affairs committee in the State House.
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Portée et contenu
The Don Samuelson Papers mainly contain correspondence, government reports and pamphlets, news releases, and the Representative’s documents from his time in office. Samuelson served in the Minnesota House of Representatves from 1969-1982 and in the Minnesota Senate from 1983-2002. The majority of the items date between 1968 and 1972. The collection consist of two series: Constituents Correspondence and Legislative Materials. In series 1, the correspondences between Samuelson and his constituents regarding an array of topics from abortion, gun control, and fluoridation legislation. In Series 2, the legislative materials from topics such as education, health, welfare, etc., concerning the Representative’s actions while elected.
System of arrangement
Boxes 1 and 2:
Records are arranged chronologically
Box 3:
Records are arranged by subject matter alphabetically
Box 4 and 5:
Records arranged alphabetically
Box 6 and 7:
Record arranged by subject matter of importance alphabetically
Records are located at 36B.7a-f and 36C.1a.
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There are no access restrictions except for the constituent correspondence. That material is closed to access.
Accès physique
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.
Languages of the material
- anglais
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Archivist's note
These records were reprocessed by Hannah Plachecki in September 2014.