OVERVIEW
Minnesota Historical Society
Freeman, Orville
L.
Orville L. Freeman
papers.
[ca. 1903]-1919, 1941-2003
(bulk 1946-1998).
Correspondence and other papers of a
Minneapolis attorney who served as a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Governor of
Minnesota (1955-1961) and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1961-1969), worked for
a research and counseling company specializing in economic, social, and
political issues (1970-1984), and was a member of a Washington, D.C. law firm
specializing in international law (1985-1995).
55.05 cu. ft. (50
boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) section for shelf
locations.
BIOGRAPHY OF ORVILLE L.
FREEMAN
Orville Lothrop Freeman was born in Minneapolis on May 9, 1918. He
received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1940. During World
War II he served in the South Pacific with the United States Marines, attaining
the rank of Major. Freeman earned his LL.B. degree from the University of
Minnesota Law School in 1946, was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1947, and
was a member of the Larson, Loevinger, Lindquist and Freeman law firm from 1947
to 1955.
Freeman worked as an administrative assistant to Minneapolis mayor
Hubert Humphrey (1945-1949), where he was in charge of veterans affairs. He was
secretary (1946-1948) and chairman (1948-1950) of the Minnesota
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), and was an unsuccessful candidate for
Minnesota attorney general (1950) and governor of Minnesota (1952). Freeman
went on to serve as governor of Minnesota from 1955 to 1961 and as United
States secretary of agriculture from 1961 to 1969.
Returning to private life, Freeman was president of E.D.P. Technology
International, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based computer software and systems
design company (1969-1970). He later was president and CEO (1970-1981) and
chairman (1981-1984) of Business International Corp., New York City, a
research, publishing, and advisory firm that helped companies manage their
worldwide operations for maximum profit and growth. Following that he was a
senior partner in the international law firm of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich &
Kaufman, Ltd. (Washington, D.C.) (1985-1995). Freeman was a visiting scholar at
the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of
Minnesota from 1995 to 1997.
Freeman married Jane C. Shields on May 2, 1942 in Washington, D.C.,
while he was stationed at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Virginia. Jane
Freeman was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on May 25, 1921. She
graduated from Marshall High School, Minneapolis, and earned a bachelor's
degree in political science from the University of Minnesota. The Freemans have
two children: Constance Jane (b.1943) and Michael Orville (b.1948). Michael
Freeman served as a Minnesota state senator and as Hennepin County Attorney; in
1998 he was a candidate for governor of Minnesota.
Orville Freeman died February 20, 2003 of complication from
Alzheimer's disease.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection is organized into several chronologically-ordered
record series, paralleling Orville Freeman's career in government service and
in the private sector. It includes subject files, correspondence and memoranda,
newspaper clippings, printed materials, photographs, speeches, official
diaries, scrapbooks, campaign literature, and other papers documenting
Freeman's activities as a political candidate, governor of Minnesota, secretary
of agriculture, leader in the DFL Party, business executive, and attorney.
Earlier files relate to public policy; state, national, and world
affairs, including the Vietnamese Conflict (1961-1975) and the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy (1963); politics and politicians, political
conventions and campaigns, elections, and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party;
agriculture and agricultural policy in the United States and abroad;
congressional investigations involving Billie Sol Estes and the United States
Department of Agriculture (1962); and Freeman's travels as governor and as
secretary of agriculture. Later files focus largely on international trade and
economic relations and on international business, documenting Freeman's work as
an executive of E.D.P. Technology International, Inc. and Business
International Corp., and as a member of the Popham, Haik, Schnobrich &
Kaufman law firm (Washington, D.C.). Correspondents include Orville and Jane
Freeman, presidents Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, senators and members of
congress, Freeman's staff at the USDA, Dorothy Jacobson, academic Willard W.
Cochrane, and politicians and government officials.
There are some files of Freeman's long-time assistant, Dorothy
Jacobson, and papers of his wife Jane. Personal materials include family
scrapbooks (27 volumes, 1948-1966), and postcards and Christmas cards of
members of the Josiah Lothrop family, a farm family of rural Zumbrota,
Minnesota, to whom Freeman was related on his mother's side (ca.1903-1919).
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
- Early Years (1946-1954)
- Gubernatorial Years (1955-1961)
- Secretary of Agriculture Years (1961-1969)
- Private Sector Years (1969-)
- Dorothy Jacobson Files
- Political and Campaign Files
- Personal and Family Papers
- Sound and Visual Materials
- Jane Freeman Papers
RELATED MATERIALS
There is a variety of material related to Orville and Jane Freeman
in other Minnesota Historical Society collections, including transcripts and
audio tapes of speeches, oral history interviews, museum artifacts, and
official records of the Governor's office during Freeman's tenure. Consult the
catalog for the location of these materials.
Records of the Office of Secretary of Agriculture are located at the
National Archives in Washington, D.C.
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
Agriculture--United States.
Economic policy.
Elections.
International business enterprises.
International economic relations.
International law.
International trade.
Political campaigns.
Political conventions.
Presidents--United
States--Assassination.
Public policy.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
Persons:
Cochrane, Willard
Wesley, 1914-.
Estes, Billie Sol.
Freeman,
Jane.
Freeman, Michael O., 1948-.
Freeman family.
Humphrey, Hubert H.
(Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
Jacobson, Dorothy
Houston.
Johnson, Lyndon B.
(Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Kennedy, John F.
(John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Lothrop family.
MacKinnon, George E.,
1906-1995.
Mondale, Walter F., 1928-.
Nelsen, Ancher,
1904-1933.
Toynbee, Arnold
Joseph, 1889-1975.
Truman, Harry S.,
1884-1972.
Wallace, Henry Agard,
1888-1965.
Organizations:
Americans for Democratic
Action.
Business International Corporation.
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Party.
E.D.P. Technology International, Inc. (Washington,
D.C.).
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd.
United States. Dept. of
Agriculture.
Places:
Minnesota--Politics and government.
United States--Politics and
government.
Document Types:
Diaries.
Editorial cartoons.
Motion pictures.
Photographs.
Postcards.
Speeches.
Occupations:
Cabinet officers.
Governors--Minnesota.
Lawyers--Minnesota.
Politicians--Minnesota.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Orville L. Freeman Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 8932; 8945; 8969; 9505; 9855; 10,919; 10,932;
11,059; 11,117; 11,266; 11,280; 11,286; 11,436; 13,661; 13,860; 15,255; 15,682;
15,793; 15,931
Processing Information:
Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, December 1987; reprocessed with
additions by David B. Peterson, December 1997 and November 2002
Catalog ID number: 09-00038464
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Early Years (1946-1954)
144.K.7.3B
1
Biographical material,
[ca.1946]-1968.
Miscellaneous papers,
1941-1966.
1946:
Veterans affairs,
[ca.1946].
1947:
Cooperatives,
1947-1951.
Americans for Democratic Action,
1947-1948.
Henry Wallace,
[ca.1947]-1948.
Miscellaneous papers,
1947-1960.
2 folders.
1948:
Humphrey correspondence,
1948-1950.
1949:
William C. Simms correspondence,
1949.
Personal correspondence,
1949-1950.
2 folders.
1950:
Campaign correspondence by district,
1950.
9 folders.
Campaign finance,
1950.
2 folders.
Post-campaign correspondence,
1950.
Miscellaneous equipment brochures,
[ca.1950]-1957.
1951:
Correspondence,
1951.
Correspondence: Political-personal,
1950-1951.
Freeman: Personal analysis,
1951.
144.K.7.4F
2
Political appointments,
1951-1953.
2 folders.
1952:
Correspondence: Political-personal,
1952.
Campaign: Radio: Correspondence and miscellaneous
papers,
1952.
Campaign: Radio speeches,
1952.
1953:
Correspondence: Political-personal,
1953.
1954:
Campaign: Conventions,
1954.
Campaign materials,
1954.
Senatorial campaign: Bjornson clippings,
[ca.June 1954].
Radio and TV speeches,
1954.
4 folders.
Hubert Humphrey: Correspondence and miscellaneous
papers,
1954-1960.
2 folders.
Gubernatorial Years (1955-1961)
144.K.7.4F
2
Chronological
files:
1955:
Legislative session,
1955.
Correspondence: Personal,
1955.
4 folders.
"Viking Tour" to Scandinavia,
July 1955.
Viking Tour: Norway, Sweden, Turkey,
1955.
2 folders.
Viking Tour: Denmark, Finland, England, France,
Germany,
1955.
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3
Viking Tour: Domestic correspondence,
1955.
3 folders.
Report of the study group on state investment funds,
[1955?].
Speeches,
1955-1956.
4 folders.
1956:
Administrative memos,
1956.
Governor's weekly radio reports,
1956.
2 folders.
Campaign: Plans,
1956.
Campaign: Finance,
1956.
Campaign: "Jane's materials on campaign issue,"
1956.
Campaign: Radio scripts,
1956.
Campaign: Radio scripts (miscellaneous),
1956.
Campaign: TV scripts,
1956.
2 folders.
Campaign: Film scripts,
1956.
Campaign: News releases,
1956.
Campaign: DFL state office candidates,
1956.
Campaign: Ancher Nelsen materials,
1956.
2 folders.
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4
Campaign: Tours,
1956.
2 folders.
Campaign: Summary report,
1956.
2 folders.
Correspondence: Personal,
1956.
Bismarck Schifferes: Newspaper clippings and
correspondence,
1956-1958.
1957:
Legislative materials,
1957.
Miscellaneous printed material,
[ca.April-June 1957].
Speeches,
1957.
3 folders.
Miscellaneous subject files,
[1957?]-1960.
2 folders.
Minnesota Highway Department,
1957-1959.
2 folders.
Orient tour,
[ca.November 1957].
News reports: Minnesota orient trade tour,
Nov. 2-22, 1957.
Orient trade tour,
1957.
6 folders.
144.K.7.7B
5
1958:
Administrative memos,
1958-1959.
Campaign "Horrors,"
1958.
Campaign: Literature samples,
1958.
3 folders.
Campaign: News releases: Candidates,
1958.
4 folders.
Campaign: News releases: Executive,
1958.
Campaign: Voting records,
1958.
Campaign: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers,
1958.
5 folders.
Campaign: George MacKinnon materials,
1958.
Campaign: Labor debate and related materials,
1958.
Campaign: Radio addresses and miscellaneous papers,
1958.
Campaign: Radio speeches,
1958.
Campaign: Miscellaneous speeches,
1958.
2 folders.
Campaign: Speech material,
1958.
Campaign lists,
1958.
Campaign: TV scripts,
1958.
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6
Campaign: Tours,
1958.
2 folders.
Campaign: Summary report,
1958.
5 folders.
Speeches,
1958.
5 folders.
Correspondence: Personal,
1958.
2 folders.
Truman, Harry: Miscellaneous material,
1958-1959.
1959:
Special session: Working papers,
1959.
3 folders.
Legislature,
1959.
2 folders.
144.K.8.1B
7
Miscellaneous,
August-November 1959.
Report on voluntary committees,
1959.
Budget,
1959.
2 folders.
Speeches,
1959.
4 folders.
1960:
Democratic National Convention,
July 1960.
Report of the first Governor's Conference on
Rehabilitation: Second draft,
1960.
Campaign: Miscellaneous papers,
1960.
3 folders.
Campaign: Television,
1960.
2 folders.
Campaign: Tours,
1960.
Campaign: Schedules,
1960.
Campaign: Radio,
1960.
Campaign: News releases,
1960.
2 folders.
Campaign: Finances,
1960.
Campaign: Debate material,
1960.
Voting records,
1960.
2 folders.
144.K.8.2F
8
Campaign: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers,
1960.
3 folders.
Speeches: By subject,
1960.
4 folders.
Campaign: Thank-yous,
1960.
Campaign: Minnesota poll,
1960.
Campaign: "Religion and Politics" telecast: Letter
reaction,
1960.
Campaign: Memos,
1960.
Campaign: News stories,
1960.
Campaign: Finances,
1960.
2 folders.
Campaign: Literature,
1960.
Campaign: Students for Freeman,
1960.
Campaign: Voting patterns,
1960.
South American tour,
1960.
3 folders.
Speeches,
1960.
2 folders.
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9
Speeches,
1960.
2 folders.
Miscellaneous memos,
1960.
Campaign: Miscellaneous papers,
1960.
List of friendly contacts: By county,
1960.
Administrative memos,
1960.
Letters received,
Dec. 1960-Jan. 1961.
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16
Clippings:
[General],
1955, 1958.
4 folders.
Orient trip,
November 1957.
Scandinavian trip,
1955.
General
correspondence:
Alabama-New Mexico,
[ca.1954]-1960.
14 folders.
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17
New York-Wyoming,
[ca.1954]-1960.
14 folders.
Foreign,
[ca.1954]-1960.
2 folders.
Canada,
1955-1960.
Accolades received,
1955-1959.
Letters of appreciation received by Governor Freeman,
1960.
Post-election letters received from
Minnesotans,
1960.
Post-election letters received from non-Minnesotans,
1960.
145.C.5.1B
44
Press releases,
1955-1959.
Most of the press releases date from January-October 1955.
Trade delegation tour to the Far East,
1957.
2 folders.
This is a disassembled scrapbook that includes some photographs.
The group visited Japan, Formosa, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, Nov. 2-22,
1957.
Speeches:
1955:
May 23: Address to White House Conference on
Education.
Nov. 12: Address to American Veterans' Committee
annual convention.
Nov. 17: Minnesota Resources in a Changing World
(address to Minnesota Resources Conference).
This speech was apparently also given on April 24, 1958.
Dec. 2: Opportunities in Minnesota (address to
securities analysts).
1956:
Jan. 10: Address to Independent Voters of
Illinois.
May 17: Speech on constitution revision for League
of Women Voters.
June 14: Address to League of Minnesota
Municipalities convention.
July 16: Citizen Participation in Government
(address to Council of State Governments regional conference).
Sept.: Ethics in Government.
This speech was apparently also given June 19, 1958.
1957:
Feb. 12: Address to National Conference on
International Economic and Social Development.
This speech was apparently also given on several other dates
in 1957, 1958, and 1959.
March 9: Dedication of new Group Health building.
May 2: Democracy is Worth Paying For (address to
National Association of Compensation Claimants Attorneys).
May 10: Volunteer Services Recognition Banquet.
This speech was apparently also given on July 10, 1957 and
April 23, 1958.
Sept. 27: Government Employees are Important
(address to State of Minnesota employees).
Oct. 23: P.T.A./Education speech.
Oct. 30: Citizens Plan State Health and Welfare
Services (address to annual conference of Missouri Association of Social
Welfare).
Dec. 14: Human Relations in the United States
(address to B'nai B'rith dinner).
1958:
The Conquest of New Frontiers.
Growing Pains of Government (address to League of
Minnesota Municipalities).
New Horizons with Freedom (commencement address).
Feb. 10: The Midwest Looks at World Problems
(foreign policy address to the Overseas Press Club).
April 27: Israel's Tenth Anniversary Celebration
(speech given at the University of Minnesota).
April 30: Forestry in Minnesota's Future (address to
Keep Minnesota Green dinner).
This speech was apparently also given on May 1, 1959.
May [?]: Human Relations and the Law.
May 22: Greetings to the National Assembly of the
United World Federalists.
May 26: Greetings to the Tenth Anniversary
Celebration of the World Health Organization.
Aug. 30: Inter-Racial Justice: An Urgent Goal
(address to the National Catholic Conference for Inter-Racial Justice).
Sept. 9: The Cooperative Movement and Problems of
Government (address to the Cooperative League of the U.S.A.).
Oct. 2: Freeman radio speech on agriculture
(Rochester, Minn.).
Oct. 7: United Nations Day.
This speech was apparently also given on Oct. 19, 1958.
Oct. 28: Financing the Services of State Government
(radio address to all Minnesotans).
Nov. 24: Responsibilities of Democracy (address to
Midland annual meeting).
This speech was apparently also given on Dec. 3, 1958.
Dec. 2: Address to American Medical Association.
1959:
May 9: New Jersey Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner
address.
Aug. 4: Federal income tax credit address to
Governors Conference in Puerto Rico.
Aug. 15: The Challenge of Plenty (address to
National Association of Compensation Claimants Attorneys).
Aug. 17: Address to the national convention of the
American Federation of Teachers.
Nov. 18: Managed Abundance in Food and Agriculture.
Nov. 23: The Real Meaning of Parity (address to the
annual convention of the Minnesota Farmers Union).
Nov. 30: Economic Growth: A Common Bond (address to
the Paul Bunyan Dinner, New Orleans).
1960:
Address to Americans for Democratic
Action.
April 7: Consumer Representation in Government
(address to the Council on Consumer Information).
May 9: A Summary of Governor Freeman's Keynote
Address to the 1960 Conference on Children and Youth.
May 12: Science and Politics (address to the
American Institute of Chemists).
June 4: The Liberal Arts Tradition and Our Goals for
the Future (address to Gustavus Adolphus College alumni banquet).
June 21: Welcoming address to the annual convention
of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (meeting in
St. Paul).
[Miscellaneous speeches], 1950-1959.
Aging,
1956-1960.
Gubernatorial addresses and messages,
1955-1959.
145.C.5.2F
45
Labor,
1954-1958.
Mental health,
1957-1960.
Rehabilitation,
1956-1959.
Statements and articles
(chronologically-ordered):
1954: Taxes.
1955: Appointment of Governor's Advisory Committee on
the Employment of the Physically Handicapped.
1955: Minnesota White House Conference Defines
Problems in Education (article by Freeman).
1956-1960: Statements for the Minnesota Journal of Education.
1956: Freeman testimony before the United States
Senate Committee on Agriculture.
1958: The Plague(Guideposts article by Freeman).
1959: Civil rights.
1959: Strengthening the state tax base.
1959: Freedom and Opportunity (article by Freeman in
Faith and Workmagazine).
1959: Depressed areas in Northeastern Minnesota
hearing (testimony by Freeman before the McCarthy Special Committee on
Unemployment Problems, meeting in Hibbing, Minn.).
1959, Nov. 20: Freeman testimony before McCarthy
Special Committee on Unemployment Problems.
1960: Milk congressional testimony.
Miscellaneous papers,
1955-1960.
Secretary of Agriculture Years (1961-1969)
144.K.8.3B
9
Chronological Files:
1961:
Transition,
1960-1961.
USDA notebook,
1961.
6 folders.
The USDA notebooks (1961-1968) contain memos and other
communications with the president, congress, Secretary Freeman's staff, and
USDA agencies.
Willard W. Cochrane memoranda,
1961.
5 folders.
Briefing material for Colorado trip,
[ca.1961?].
Travel,
1961.
1962:
USDA notebook,
1962.
4 folders.
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10
Willard W. Cochrane memoranda,
1962.
Billie Sol Estes case,
1962.
4 folders.
USDA bride's kit,
[ca.June 1962].
Travel,
1962.
1963:
USDA notebook,
1963.
8 folders.
Willard W. Cochrane memoranda,
1963.
2 folders.
Jack McDonald's notes on agriculture in Soviet bloc
countries,
1963.
2 folders.
Travel,
1963.
1964:
USDA notebook,
1964.
3 folders.
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USDA notebook,
1964.
3 folders.
Willard W. Cochrane memoranda,
1964.
2 folders.
Travel,
1964.
1965:
USDA notebook,
1965.
9 folders.
Travel,
1965.
1966:
USDA notebook,
1966.
5 folders.
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12
USDA notebook,
1966.
3 folders.
Travel,
1966.
Miscellaneous speeches and reports,
1966-1969.
2 folders.
Fairleigh Dickinson University Commencement,
June 1966.
1967:
USDA notebook,
1967.
14 folders.
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13
USDA notebook,
1967.
3 folders.
Travel,
1967.
2 folders.
1968:
USDA notebook,
1968.
14 folders.
New England trip: Newspaper clippings,
February 1968.
Humphrey material,
1968.
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Travel,
1968-January 1969.
2 folders.
Diaries:
Secretary Freeman's official diaries, photocopies of originals
held by the National Archives, contain information about national and world
affairs from the perspective of a cabinet official. They include information
about the Secretary's travels abroad, the assassination of President Kennedy
(1963), Freeman's attendance at Lyndon Johnson's inauguration (1965), the 1968
Democratic National Convention and rioting in the streets of Chicago, and
Freeman's candid observations on the 1968 presidential campaign of Hubert
Humphrey.
144.K.8.8F
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Volume 1.
July 1960-Oct. 27, 1962.
Volume 2.
Nov. 22, 1962-Nov. 18, 1963.
Volume 3.
Nov. 1963-May 25, 1964.
Volume 4.
May 29-Dec. 28, 1964.
Volume 5.
Jan. 2-Aug. 28, 1965.
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Volume 6.
Aug. 28, 1965-May 17, 1966.
Volume 7.
May 25, 1966-May 25, 1967.
Volume 8.
June 6, 1967-March 29, 1968.
Volume 9.
March 31-Oct. 19, 1968.
Trip through Eastern Europe and the USSR,
July 13-Aug. 13, 1963.
Scrapbooks:
These are twenty-seven scrapbooks containing mainly newspaper
clippings relating to Freeman's travels and other activities as secretary of
agriculture (1960-1969).
148.E.2.4F
24
Volume 1.
Dec. 15, 1960-Feb. 27, 1961.
Volume 2.
Feb. 27, 1961-May 31, 1961.
Volume 3.
June 1-Aug. 31, 1961.
Volume 4.
Sept. 1-Nov. 30, 1961.
Volume 5.
Nov. 30, 1961-Feb. 28, 1962.
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Volume 6.
Feb. 28-May 31, 1962.
Volume 7.
June 1-July 29, 1962.
Volume 8.
Aug. 1-Sept. 30, 1962.
Volume 9.
Oct. 1, 1962-March 31, 1963.
Volume 10.
April 1-July 31, 1963.
148.E.2.6F
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Volume 11.
August-October 1963.
Volume 12.
November 1963.
Volume 13.
December 1963-June 1964.
Volume 14.
July-October 1964.
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Volume 15.
November 1964-April 1965.
Volume 16.
May-Sept. 1965.
Volume 17.
October 1965-April 1966.
Volume 18.
May-August 1966.
Volume 19.
September 1966-February 1967.
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Volume 20.
March-August 1967.
Volume 21.
September 1967-February 1968.
Volume 22.
March-April 1968.
Volume 23.
May-July 1968.
Volume 24.
August-September 1968.
Volume 25.
October 1968-January 1969.
148.E.3.1B-1
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Periodical articles and interviews of the Honorable
Orville L. Freeman,
1961-1969.
This volume consists of photocopies of news articles pasted
into a scrapbook.
Res. 49
36
Secretary of Agriculture: Original political cartoon
artwork (editorial page caricatures),
undated and 1960-1967.
This disassembled scrapbook also includes some other
miscellaneous items. See also Personal and Family Papers for similar
material.
145.C.5.2F
45
Subject Files:
Agricultural issues and 1968 presidential
campaign,
1967-1968.
This file includes Freeman speeches to the 1968 annual
convention of the Farmers Union Central Exchange (CENEX), St. Paul, and to the
Executives Club of Chicago, and an exchange of letters between Freeman and the
Nixon for President Committee regarding a political attack apparently made on
Freeman by Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon.
AID-USDA struggle,
1963-1967.
2 folders.
Billie Sol Estes case: Senate hearings,
June-July 1962.
This is a published transcript of hearings before the
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government
Operations, United States Senate (Part 1). Freeman's testimony begins on page
140.
Civil rights: Rights and the
Negro Farmer, etc.,
undated and 1965-1969.
Clippings:
Agriculture secretary Freeman,
1960-1968.
1 volume.
Miscellaneous clippings,
1961.
Community development programs,
1967-1968.
Correspondence: Foreign (Book 2: Indonesia to
Yugoslavia),
1961-1969.
3 folders.
Food and hunger: Miscellaneous papers,
1968-1969.
Food for Freedom,
1961-1967.
Food issues,
1966-1967.
Freeman reports to President Johnson,
1965-1969.
Freeman reports to President Kennedy on agriculture
and foreign economic problems,
1961-1963.
Freeman's activities as secretary of agriculture,
1961-1969.
2 folders.
Freeman's analysis of years as USDA secretary,
etc.,
1965-1969.
Handwritten notes,
undated and 1962-1966.
India:
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers,
1965-1966.
2 folders.
History,
1966-1968.
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Sequence,
1965-1966, 1970.
2 folders.
India relations: Protein
Malnutrition in India,
1965.
Letter to President Kennedy regarding the Child
Nutrition Act,
1962.
Policy and function of USDA,
1962-1964.
2 folders.
President's second annual Farm Policy and Rural Life
Conference,
1968.
Program planning and budgeting,
1966-1967.
Public Law 87-5: Special Program for Field Grains,
1961.
Public Law 87-128: An Act to Improve and Protect Farm
Prices and Income,
1961.
Public Law 87-703: An Act to Improve and Protect Farm
Income,
1962.
Public Law 88-26: An Act to Extend the Feed Grain
Program,
1963.
Rural Electrification Administration,
1962-1969.
Rural housing testimony,
1968.
Speeches:
1963.
Commencement address delivered at Farleigh Dickinson
University,
1966.
New Frontiers and Wider Horizons,
1961.
145.C.5.4F
47
Public Addresses:
1961-1965 and index volume.
6 volumes.
145.C.5.5B
48
1966-Jan. 1969 and index volume.
7 volumes.
145.C.5.3B
46
Sustaining the Values of the Family Farm (address to
Farmers Union Central Exchange, St. Paul),
1962.
Urban-Rural balance,
undated and 1967-1969.
4 folders.
Trip to Russia and Eastern Europe,
1963.
3 folders.
USDA Position re: Food Aid to
India,
1965.
Visit to Spain,
[ca.Nov. 1965].
World agriculture,
1967-1969.
World food situation,
1967.
Private Sector Years (1969- )
This material centers on Orville Freeman's business and other
interests and activities apart from and generally following his years of
service as governor of Minnesota and secretary of agriculture. Most of these
files were generated in the course of his affiliation with E.D.P. Technology
International, Business International Corp., and the Popham, Haik, Schnobrich
& Kaufman law firm.
151.F.14.6F
32
Administration: Techniques,
1955-1957, 1960.
African diary,
Summer 1974.
Agency for International Development,
1985-1993.
Agriculture Council of
America:
1996-1998.
Agency for International Development
speech,
1985.
Agriculture initiative luncheon,
1985.
American agricultural policy,
1985-1990.
Annual conference,
1987.
Annual meeting,
1987.
Freeman agricultural initiative,
1985-1987.
General information,
1986-1989.
Joint statement on agricultural policy by former
secretaries of agriculture,
1985.
Policy seminar co-sponsored with the International
Food Policy Research Institute,
1987.
Agriculture:
Agriculture crisis conferences at University of
Minnesota,
1999.
Agriculture supply, control, and
conservation/Glickman, Espy, USDA,
1993-1998.
Egypt: Heifers, etc.,
1986-1989.
Export conference,
1984.
Farm,
1952-1965.
Farm Bill (1985),
1980-1993.
2 folders.
Food and agricultural policies,
1982-1984.
Green revolution and employment,
1970.
Green revolution and systems,
1969-1970.
Husker feed grain and soybean conference: Sustaining
World Agriculture (audiocassette),
1989.
International: Work with co-ops,
1980-1983.
International Fund for Agricultural
Research,
1994.
Japan-U.S. Economic Council,
1982-1984.
Joint Agricultural Consultative Committee on
Nigeria,
1980-1986.
2 folders.
Minnesota and the world,
1993-1999.
Philip Morris address concerning the small farmer
(Rome, Italy),
1983.
Robert Lewis/Farmers Union,
1988-1992.
Speaking file,
1981-1983.
Speeches,
1965-1992.
3 folders.
145.C.2.1B
38
Speeches,
undated and 1974-1990.
2 folders.
Speeches, reports, articles (miscellaneous),
undated and 1974-[1988].
Speeches on agriculture and multi-nationals,
1967-1976.
Systems approach to agriculture, green revolution,
LCDs,
1969.
The Family Farm: A Success Story
with Global Implications,
1983, 1989.
United States-Japan Foundation and Business Advisory
Council,
1979-1990.
Albert Lea (Minn.): Packing plant strike (1959),
undated and 1959-1960, 1997.
Alliance for Food Aid/Worldwatch Institute,
1994.
AmClyde Engineered Products, Inc.:
[General file], 1983, 1991-1992.
S. Viswanathan,
undated and 1990.
Andreas, Dwayne O. (Archer-Daniels-Midland
Co.),
1984-1996.
Appointment books,
1985-1994, 1996.
11 folders.
Beebe, Bruce E. and Business International,
1991-1997.
Biographical information,
1995-1997.
Business International Corporation:
[General file], 1970.
Hubert H. Humphrey correspondence, etc.,
1968-1975.
Labor and multi-national companies,
1971-1973.
Printeds, Orville L. Freeman speeches,
etc.,
1979-1990.
Public policy speeches,
1970-1978.
2 folders.
Publications, Orville L. Freeman speeches,
etc.,
1970-1975.
Speeches,
1971-1988.
Working papers/Orville L. Freeman's notes,
1972-1975.
145.C.2.2F
39
CARE Small Business Assistance Corporation
(CARESBAC),
1990-1995.
Carter, Jimmy,
1975-1988.
China:
Trade relations,
1996-2000.
Trip report,
1978.
Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs,
1987-1998.
Civil defense,
1955-1958.
Cleveland, Harlan,
1995-1997.
Clinton record,
1989-2000.
Clinton-Gore campaign,
undated and 1992.
CLUSA Institute for Cooperative Development,
1995.
Commencement addresses, drafts, and related materials,
1955-1959, 1970.
Cooperative Hall of Fame: Induction ceremony for Orville
Freeman,
1993.
See VHS videocassette of the event in Sound and Visual
Materials, below.
Correspondence:
Humphrey, Hubert H.: Special letters received,
1948-1972.
Letters from VIPs,
1958-1996.
Letters concerning Freeman's USDA days,
1961-1988.
This file contains letters from people mainly connected with
government and politics during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations,
including U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Interior Secretary
Stewart Udall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture John
Baker, Mississippi Senator John Stennis, and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.
Special letters of appreciation received,
1969-1994.
Miscellaneous,
1995.
Drucker, Peter,
1983-1994.
Cotton legislation,
1961-1969.
Economic development in Minnesota,
1949-1960.
2 folders.
Education,
1955-1960.
Foreign trade: Minnesota,
1955-1958.
Freeman Center for International
Economic Policy:
The Freeman Center was apparently affiliated with the Hubert H.
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Activities,
1991-1994.
Contribution from Alfred Checchi,
1989-1992.
Contribution from Carl Pohlad,
1989-1992.
Contribution from Yohei Sasakawa,
1989-1990.
Correspondence and memoranda, etc.,
1989-1992.
Fund raising,
1990-1993.
Reports,
1995-1998.
Schuh appointment to Freeman Chair,
1997-1998.
Statements of purpose, etc.,
undated.
Freeman papers and records at the Minnesota Historical
Society, etc.,
1997.
Freeman recollections:
Billie Sol Estes case (1962),
undated and 1962-1968.
Democratic National Convention (1960),
undated.
Freeman nominated John F. Kennedy for president at this
convention.
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, etc.,
1969.
Freeman's notes on his last meeting with President
Kennedy (Nov. 20, 1963),
1963.
Galbraith, John Kenneth,
1993.
Globalization musings,
1974-1979.
Gordon, Mitchell: Research materials for book on
Freeman,
1997.
This file includes correspondence, resource listings, drafts and
handwritten notes for an Orville Freeman biography undertaken by Mitchell
Gordon. The biography was not completed. Copies of the unfinished manuscript
are said to be in the possession of Steve Sandell [of the Humphrey Forum?] and
with Jane Freeman.
Governor's record (clippings),
1995-1998.
Haynes, Elliott: Parkinson's Disease research needs,
1997.
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of
Public Affairs:
Advisory board,
1992-1999.
Brandl, John: Interim dean,
1997.
Freeman as visiting scholar,
1995-1998.
Legacy exhibit,
1986-1990.
Mission and plans,
1987-1998.
Schuh, G. Edward: Freeman Chair,
1995-1998.
Strategic plan,
1996-1998.
United States action plan on food security,
1997-1998.
Humphrey, Skip (Hubert H. Humphrey III),
1987.
Hunger and poverty,
1969.
145.C.4.2F
40
India:
Abid Hussain: India: Creating a
New Economy in the World's Largest Democracy,
1992.
1 audiocassette.
Businesses and Minnesota companies,
1986-1995.
Freeman's activities,
1990-1995.
Freeman's efforts to develop joint ventures,
1988-1994.
India Looks to the
Future(statement by Freeman),
1994.
India-U.S. Business Council conference,
1986.
People and contacts,
1985-1997.
Speeches,
1982-1994.
U.S.-India Business Council,
1995-1996.
U.S.-India joint private sector working
group,
1995-1996.
Visit of Ambassador Abid Hussain, etc.,
1990-1994.
Miscellany,
undated and 1990-1994.
Interview with Freeman conducted by Dan Olson of
Minnesota Public Radio,
April 17, 1997.
This file includes a transcript and two audiocassettes.
Inteview with Freeman conducted by Lyndon B. Johnson
Presidential Library staff (1988),
1971-1992.
Interview with Freeman conducted by Russell Fridley,
January 29, 1996.
4 folders.
Fridley, formerly director of the Minnesota Historical Society,
was in 1996 a consultant for and/or affiliated with the Minnesota Labor
Interpretive Center, Saint Paul. The interview covers the early years of the
DFL Party; Freeman's campaigns for elective office; his governorship; the
Kennedy campaign for the presidency; Freeman's years of service as secretary of
agriculture; his subsequent career in global business; the rise of the DFL
Party; and Freeman's observations on contemporary politics.
Ioanes, Raymond A.: Freeman as Secretary of
Agriculture,
1997.
Japan: Freeman correspondence with Kojiro
Yamada,
1998.
John F. Kennedy funeral,
1963.
Joseph, Burton: Kazakistan project,
1993-1995.
Kennedy assassination and days following: Freeman
narrative,
1963.
This consists of copies of handwritten notes (and typed
transcriptions of notes) made by Freeman upon learning of the assassination
while in the air over the Pacific with other cabinet members en route to Tokyo.
Included also are copies of Freeman's account of the Kennedy funeral and of the
days following in Washington, D.C.
Khurum Sunlight Lodge No. 112 (Masonic Lodge, Edina,
Minn.),
1997.
Labor,
1952-1959.
Leonard, Jane,
1996.
Leonard, Rod: Community Nutrition Institute,
1997.
Lewis, Robert G.: Farm Bill, etc.,
1990-1998.
Lowenfeld, Andreas F.:The USA, the
EEC, and the GATT: The Road Not Taken,
1996.
Lyndon B. Johnson inauguration,
1965.
Minnesota Trade Office: Freeman's work,
1987-1990.
Mondale, Walter F.,
1981-1984.
Munger, Willard,
1996.
Munnich, Lee: Partnership Minnesota conference,
1997.
Nicollet Mall (Minneapolis): Visit by Lady Bird Johnson,
1967.
Nutrition,
1969-1970.
2 folders.
Peterson, John (president of Western Ag-Resources, Inc.,
Kenniweck, Wash.),
1993-1996.
Philippine American Foundation,
1982-1991.
Poland: University of Minnesota Center for Nations in
Transition,
1996.
Popham, Haik law
firm:
Clients,
1985-1995.
Freeman's international work for Popham,
Haik,
1993.
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41
Rausing, Hans:
1989-1992.
Russian agriculture project,
1990-1992.
Rural-urban balance,
1967-1970.
Russia: Mendeleyev University (Moscow),
1992-1995.
Schedules,
1966-1970.
Sherman, Norman (Pennyfield Publications),
1990-1991.
Speeches:
Computer technology, etc.,
1969-1970.
Future World Dyarchy: The International Institution
and the International Corporation.
1 audiocassette.
Global conferences and speeches,
1979-1981.
3 folders.
NAAMA,
[ca.1969?].
1 7-inch reel of audio tape.
National Milk Producers Federation
symposium,
1976.
Miscellaneous speeches,
1995-1998.
Speeches and articles,
Sept. 1970-1977.
9 folders.
145.C.4.5B
42
Speeches and articles,
1978-1985.
9 folders.
Square D management meeting (Marro Beach Hotel and
Villas),
1980.
1 audiocassette.
Symposium on science and foreign affairs: The "Green
Revolution,"
1969.
Towards a National Policy on
Balanced Communities,
1969.
United States Department of Agriculture,
undated and 1995.
United States Trade: Chicken War with EEC,
1989.
University of Minnesota:
Dome Club visits the University of Minnesota,
1959.
Yudof, Mark G. (president),
1997.
Urban-rural balance,
1967-1970.
Vietnam,
1966-1969.
Voices of Minnesota: Freeman/Vessey,
1997.
1 audiocassette.
This is apparently an audio recording of a Minnesota Public
Radio "Midday" program which aired on August 1, 1997.
World food concerns,
1970.
World Food Congress,
1963.
2 folders.
World Resource Foundation,
1995-1996.
World Without Hunger
(Frederick A. Praeger),
1968-1969.
Worldwatch Institute:
[General file], 1975-1996.
Brown, Lester R. (president),
1992-1994.
Miscellany,
1955-1968.
Dorothy Jacobson Files
This record series consists of miscellaneous correspondence and
subject files, speeches and statements, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Jacobson served as an administrative aide to and speech writer for Governor
Freeman (1955-1961) and later (ca.1964) became Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture for International Affairs. Most of this material dates from the
gubernatorial years and includes information about such issues as aging,
consumer credit, and business and industry.
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Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
for International Affairs:
Appointment: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and
miscellany,
March-April 1964.
Correspondence,
1962-1968.
Newspaper clippings,
undated and 1964.
Speeches filed by event,
1964-1965.
3 folders.
Gubernatorial
files:
Aging, including older workers,
1957-1960.
2 folders.
Business and industry, Minnesota,
1958.
Civil and human rights,
1955-1960.
Civil service: Salaries,
1958.
Consumer interests, including credit unions, credit
policies, loan interest, and related matters,
undated and 1955-1960.
5 folders.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers,
undated and 1955-1960.
2 folders.
Ethics in government,
undated and 1957-1960.
Governor: Tours 1958; Vocational Rehabilitation
Committee,
1959; Conferences,
1960.
Labor legislation,
1958-1960.
Newspaper clippings,
undated and 1955.
Small Loan Act,
1954-1959.
Speeches, articles, and statements,
undated and 1955-1957.
2 folders.
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Speeches, articles, and statements,
1957-1959.
Tax policies,
undated and 1955-1960.
Weekly reports from the governor,
Feb. 4, 1955-Nov. 15, 1960.
5 folders.
Miscellaneous subjects: Fair trade - Small business,
1954-1960.
Political files:
Speeches: Drafts, transcripts, notes,
1955-1960.
2 folders.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers,
1948-1960.
2 folders.
Miscellaneous personal papers,
undated and 1953-1966, 1988.
Political and Campaign Files
151.F.14.4F
30
Anderson, Wendell,
1974.
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),
1955-1967.
Erdahl, Arlen,
1980.
Freeman as vice presidential candidate,
1964.
Gubernatorial campaign (1952),
1952.
Gubernatorial campaign (1954),
1955.
Gubernatorial campaign (1956),
1956.
Gubernatorial campaign (1958),
1958.
Gubernatorial campaign
(1960):
Advertising, general.
Andersen, Elmer L.,
1960-1961.
Bids and quotations for campaign
literature.
Campaign staff: Correspondence and memos,
May-November.
Citizens for Humphrey.
Correspondence by name: A-Z.
Contributor letters: A-Z.
Editors for Freeman.
Events and appearances: Aug. 22-Nov. 8.
Finances.
Freeman dinner,
June 23, 1960.
Freeman dinner,
Sept. 20, 1960.
Freeman lunch,
Aug. 22, 1960.
Freeman reception,
May 18, 1960.
Freeman Executive Campaign Committee.
Fund raising (unions).
GOP advertising.
Governor's achievements.
Governor's recommendations.
Heaney, Gerald.
Kennedy and Johnson material.
Lawyers for Freeman.
Letters to editors.
Lists.
Literature distribution.
Matthews for Congress (5th District).
Media, general,
1960.
5 folders.
151.F.14.5B
31
Meetings attended by Charles Lee.
Minnesota Taxpayers' Association.
Office equipment.
Outstate tours by district.
6 folders.
These files consists of material related to visits to the
first, second, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth congressional districts.
Periodicals and publicity.
Plant gate schedules.
Polls.
Press party,
August 16.
Purchase orders.
Retailers for Freeman.
Scheduling.
Senate bills.
Speeches,
May-Dec. 1960.
Speeches; radio and TV programs.
Survad telephone service.
Tax equity letters.
Veterans for Freeman.
Volunteers.
Winkel, Adrian.
Miscellaneous papers.
Humphrey presidential campaign
(1968):
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers,
1968.
Rural-urban balance papers,
1968.
Letters to President-elect Kennedy recommending Freeman
for a position in his administration,
November 1960.
Mike Freeman for Governor
campaign:
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers,
1996-1998.
Orville L. Freeman involvement,
1993-1994.
Naftalin, Arthur: Recollections of 1954 campaign,
undated.
Newspaper clippings:
Gubernatorial campaign,
1952.
2 folders.
Miscellaneous clippings,
1954-1957.
6 folders.
Gubernatorial campaign clippings, etc.,
1955-1960, 2001.
Convention and campaign,
1956.
2 folders.
145.C.4.6F
43
Democratic National Convention,
1956.
Gubernatorial and Stevenson campaigns,
1956.
Miscellaneous clippings,
April-June 1957.
Clippings scrapbook (disassembled) and inaugural
booklets,
1958-1962.
Miscellaneous clippings,
August-December 1958.
4 folders.
Freeman inauguration,
1959.
Democratic National Convention,
July 1960.
2 folders.
Campaign,
1960.
2 folders.
Post-election clippings,
November 1960.
142.D.16.2
37
Trip to India,
1966.
Presidential campaign
(1968):
Campaign notebook #1,
1968.
145.C.5.1B
44
Campaign notebook #2,
1968.
Memoranda,
1968.
Sabo, Martin O.,
[ca.1975].
Sikorski, Gerry,
1978.
Stevenson primary,
1956.
Miscellaneous campaigns,
1954-1961.
Miscellany,
1958.
This file includes information about Congressman Eugene
McCarthy's campaign for the United States Senate.
Personal and Family Papers
148.E.1.8F
20
Freeman family
scrapbooks:
Volume 1.
1948-1950.
Volume 2.
November 1954.
Volume 3.
November 1954-December 1955.
Volume 4.
January-December 1956.
Volume 5.
[ca.1956]-1960.
This scrapbook was presented to Governor Freeman in
recognition of his dedication to children and youth.
148.E.2.1B
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Volume 6.
January-December 1957.
Volume 7.
January-August 1958.
Volume 8.
August-December 1958.
Volume 9.
January-May 1959.
Volume 10.
January-May 1959.
Volume 11.
May-December 1959.
Volume 12.
June-December 1959.
148.E.2.2F
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Volume 13.
January 1-June 22, 1960.
Volume 14.
January 1-July 2, 1960.
Volume 15.
June 14-July 31, 1960.
Volume 16.
August 1-September 13, 1960.
Volume 17.
September 13-October 11, 1960.
Volume 18.
October 12-November 4, 1960.
Volume 19.
November 2-10, 1960.
Volume 20.
November 10, 1960-January 3,
1961.
148.E.2.3B
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Volume 21.
January 1-31, 1961.
Volume 22.
February 12-December 31, 1961.
Volume 23.
Visit to Rosebud, Texas,
May 26, 1961.
Volume 24.
January-October 29, 1962.
Volume 25.
January-December 1963.
Volume 26.
January-December 1964.
Scrapbook: The Legend of John F. Kennedy (compiled by
Frank Allen),
1966.
147.I.17.5B
19
Freeman's 50th class reunion (University of Minnesota),
1990.
Newspaper stories about Freeman at the time of his
death,
2003.
Postcards and Christmas
cards:
These Christmas cards and picture postcards from the Lothrop and
Freeman families are contained in a small gray archival box. The Lothrops lived
at Zumbrota, Minnesota; Mrs. Josiah Lothrop was an aunt of Orville Freeman.
Lothrop postcards,
[ca.1903-1919].
Freeman family Christmas cards and miscellany,
[ca.1949]-1960.
142.D.16.2
37
Original political cartoon artwork,
[1950s?].
This file contains two cartoons and one photograph of an
election campaign billboard advertisement transferred into the Orville Freeman
Papers collection from the George E. MacKinnon Papers, accession 11,059.
Miscellany,
1964-1986.
This file includes a pen-and-ink drawing of the Department of
Agriculture Building (?) inscribed by Robert F. Kennedy (1964) and a
Certificate of Appreciation presented to Orville L. Freeman by the National
Association of Cuban American Women of the U.S.A., April 21, 1986.
Sound and Visual Materials
144.K.9.2F
18
Photographs:
Freeman, Jane:
Family group photographs, etc.,
undated [1950s-1960s?].
Official portraits,
undated [ca.1959?].
"Research on Parade" style show,
July 17, 1962.
Miscellaneous photographs,
1954-1955.
Freeman, Orville,
1943, 1954-1967.
Jacobson, George and Dorothy,
undated and 1964.
These photographs depict George and Dorothy Jacobson's
personal and public activities. Included are photos of the Jacobson home,
George Jacobson's cooperative activities, Dorothy Jacobson's work as assistant
secretary of agriculture, portraits of Dorothy Jacobson and Orville Freeman,
and photos of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Minnesota trade mission trip to the Far East (Japan,
Korea),
1957.
Numbered photographs,
undated and 1948-1993.
Scandinavian tour,
July 23-Aug. 4, 1955.
Selling Minnesota in California tour,
May 1967.
Miscellaneous print photographs,
undated and 1956-1995.
Photograph albums:
Asheville, North Carolina trip,
September 1961.
Includes a photograph of the Biltmore Estate.
Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and Japan
trips,
1966.
California trip [?],
1962.
Cascade Mountains, Washington and Alaska trip,
August 1966.
Fargo Forum/Moorhead Daily News
feature story on Governnor Freeman,
1958.
Freeman receives honorary doctorate from Fairleigh
Dickinson University,
undated [1960s?].
Freeman recognition dinner,
Nov. 2, 1963.
Freeman visit to University of Illinois Farm and Home
Festival,
1961.
Governor Freeman and Minnesota National Guard,
1955-1957.
Inaugural ball and other festivities,
1955.
Inauguration as governor of Minnesota,
January 1955.
India and Indonesia trip,
Oct. 1961.
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (New Delhi,
India),
July 15, 1966.
Jane Freeman visit to United States Forest Service
maple sap research project at Essex, Vermont,
Feb. 23, 1968.
Minneapolis Federation of "Y" [YMCA] Indian Guides,
[ca.1960].
"Minnesota Viking Tour,"
1955.
2 folders.
These photographs feature the Freemans and other Minnesotans
on a tour of Scandinavia.
New Delhi, India,
July 15, 1966.
South Korea trip,
1957.
Trade delegation tour to the Far East,
1957.
142.D.16.2
37
USDA Meat Miracle Exhibit,
1962.
This album features photographs of Jane Freeman cutting the
ribbon and touring the opening of the exhibit in Washington, D.C.
147.B.14.3B
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Visit to East Pakistan,
1961.
World Food Congress,
1963.
2 folders.
Yugoslavia,
August 1963.
Miscellaneous photographs,
1961-1969.
2 folders.
Slide presentation: CARE,
1994.
This presentation was from the 1994 Minnesota International
Humanitarian Awards program of the CARE Foundation.
142.D.16.2
37
Oversize print photographs:
Gubernatorial years,
1955-1960.
Secretary of Agriculture years,
undated and 1961-1966.
Miscellaneous photographs,
undated and 1984/1985.
Res. 49
36
Reserve collection
photographs:
Cabinet days,
1963-1968.
Cabinet meeting,
1961.
Democratic National Convention,
Aug. 1968.
Lyndon B. Johnson,
undated and 1960s-1971.
142.G.14.3B-2
50
Moving images:
Films:
Family,
undated.
Campaign piece and information about Governor Freeman's
family life, with Orville and Jane Freeman; sound wavers.
"Freeman and Kennedy" 60-second black-and-white TV
campaign spot,
[1960?].
Freeman in front of Minnesota state capitol
discussing freeway rebuilding plans,
undated.
Reluctant Death of National
Sovereignty: A Discussion with Professor Arnold J. Toynbee,
[ca.1970?].
16mm color motion picture.
This film features Freeman and two other business executives
engaging in a discussion about international business. It was sponsored by
Business International, of which Freeman was then president.
Statement on signing tax bill,
July 1, 1959.
VHS videocassettes:
Cooperative Hall of Fame: Induction ceremony for
Orville Freeman,
April 28, 1993.
See paper file about this event in Private Sector Years
(1969-), above.
Governor Freeman nominates John Kennedy for
president at the Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jane Freeman interview,
May 1995.
Audio materials:
Audio tape
reels:
Freeman for Governor campaign ads, 1958.
2 audio reels.
"Russian Wheat, Women, and Wee Ones,"
Nov. 14, 1963.
2 audio reels.
Jane Freeman talks about her recent trip to Russia, its
social and economic conditions, and other matters to the Women's National
Democratic Club in Washington, D.C.
Phonodiscs:
"Election Reforms" speech,
undated.
"Development of Natural Resources" speech,
undated [ca.1952?].
"Rehabilitation" speech,
undated.
Jane Freeman Papers
147.I.17.6F
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American Freedom from Hunger Foundation,
1963-1965.
Beautification:
Garden clubs,
1966-1967.
Schools,
1966-1968.
Beautification program and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson,
1964-1968.
2 folders.
Biographical information, etc.,
1995-1998.
Charity, contributions, and donations requested,
1961-1968.
Cherry Blossom Festival,
1965.
Children: Connie's letters from Germany,
1963-1964.
Christmas letters (outgoing and incoming),
1961-1965.
2 folders.
Correspondence,
1956-1957.
2 folders.
Correspondence,
1961-1969.
4 folders.
Democratic correspondence,
1962-1968.
2 folders.
Democratic political file,
1964-1969.
4 folders.
Entertainment,
1965.
Family vacation itinerary,
June-July 1959.
Gifts file: VIP weddings,
1967-1968.
Humphrey/Muskie press kit,
1968.
Interviews,
1963-1967.
Williamsburg/North Carolina/Washington, D.C. trip,
1957.
This trip was apparently made in connection with the 49th annual
Governors' Conference, which was held at Williamsburg, Virginia, June 23-26,
1957.