gov036 GOVERNOR Olson, Floyd B.: An Inventory of His Gubernatorial Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by state archives staff. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse, December 18, 2001.Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Governor (1931-1936 : Olson). Records of Governor Floyd B. Olson, 1931-1932. General correspondence, subject files on public policy matters, files on state departments and agencies, federal department files, and organizations files. 18.0 cu. ft. (18 boxes). See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

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Topics: Administrative agencies--Minnesota. Associations, institutions, etc.--Minnesota. Federal government--Minnesota. Minnesota state agencies. Places: Minnesota--Executive departments. Minnesota--Politics and government--1918-1945. Persons: Olson, Floyd Bjornstjerne, 1891-1936. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS General Correspondence (File 651a) 111.F.16.10F 129 1931, A-E. 25 folders. 111.F.17.1B 130 1931, F-K. 25 folders. 111.F.17.2F 131 1931, L-P. 25 folders. 111.F.17.3B 132 1931, Q-Wet. 26 folders. 111.F.17.4F 133 1931, Wey-Z. 4 folders. 1932, A-Dell. 22 folders. 111.F.17.5B 134 1932, Delu-I. 24 folders. 111.F.17.6F 135 1932, J-N. 29 folders. 111.F.17.7B 136 1932, 0-T. 21 folders.

(For files U-Z, see Governor: Olson/Peterson/Benson: Executive Letters).

Correspondence Originating in Executive Department (File 651b) 111.F.17.8F 137 1931, A-Z. 27 folders. 1932, A-T. 22 folders.

(For files U-Z, see Governor: Olson/Peterson/Benson: Executive Letters).

Subject Files (File 651c) 111.F.17.9B 138 Aeronautics, 1931 American Country Life Conference, 1931 American Education Week, 1931 Arbor and Bird Day, 1931 Arizona Legislature, 1931 Armistice Day, 1931 Army Day, 1931 Arts and Industries Exposition, 1931 Associated Organizations, Inc., 1931 Banking Legislation, 1931 Better Homes Week, 1931 Biographical Sketches, 1931 Bonner, Brooks Case, 1931 Boxing Commission, 1931 Briefs, 1931 Building Program, 1931 Carnation Day, 1931 Citizens' Alliance of Minneapolis, 1931 Citizens' Military Training, 1931 Columbus, 1931 Common Law Marriage, 1931 Communists, 1931 Community Chest, 1931 Constitution Day, 1931 Conventions, Invitations, Greetings, etc., 1931 Co-operative Oil Companies, 1931 Crippled Children, 1931 Crop Reports, 1931 Dairy Week, 1931 Elevator M Investigation, 1931 Leif Erikson Day, 1931 Farmer-Labor Party, 1931 Fire Prevention, 1931 Flood Control, 1931 Forest Fire Sufferers, 1931 111.F.17.9B 138 German Mottoes, 1931 Good Friday, 1931 Good Will Day, 1931 Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Waterway, 1931. 4 folders Greek Independence, 1931 Hide and Fur Taxes, 1931 Home Missions, 1931 Hospital Day, 1931 Housewives' Council, 1931 Indian Affairs, 1931 Junior Livestock Show, 1931 Knutson Bill, 1931 Law Enforcement Conference, 1931 Lawyer's Bill, 1931 Legislature - Special Session, 1931 McNary - Englebright Bill, 1931 Metropolitan Drainage Bill, 1931 Minnesota Granite, 1931 Minnesota Industrial Exposition, 1931 Minnesota Lord's Day Alliance, 1931 Minnesota State Fair, 1931 Mississippi Nine-Foot Channel, 1931 Narcotics, 1931 National... , 1931 National Conference of Social Work, 1931 National Legislative Air Conference, 1931 National Recreation Conference, 1931 Navy Day, 1931 Near East Relief, 1931 Non-Consumable Commodities, 1931 North American Gasoline Tax Conference, 1931 Northwest Amateur Hockey Tournament, 1931 Northwest Livestock Show, 1931 111.F.17.10F 139 Office Building (contracts, correspondence, etc.), 1931 Old Age Pensions, 1931 Pamphlets, 1931 The Polish, 1931 Poppy Day, 1931 Potato Week, 1931 Presidential Message, 1931 President's Conference Home Building and Home Ownership, 1931 Press Congress, 1931 Prison Investigation, 1931 Prisons and Prison Labor, 1931 Proclamations, 1931 Prohibition, 1931 Psychopathic Hospital, 1931 Pulaski Memorial Day, 1931 Radio Talks, 1931 Re-apportionment, 1931 Betsey Ross Corps, 1931 Safety Council, 1931 Spanish-American War Bonus Bill, 1931 Spanish War Veterans, 1931 Minnesota State Fair, 1931 State Relief Committee, 1931 Superior National Forest Matters, 1931 Tax Conference, 1931 Taxes - Income and Inheritance, 1931 Tri-State Marker, 1931 Unemployment, January - February, 1931 Unemployment, March - October, 1931 Unemployment, November - December, 1931 Upper Mississippi Barge Line, 1931 Veterans' Compensation Act, 1931 Washington Memorial, 1931 World's Fair - Chicago, 1931 World's Dairy Congress, 1931 Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1931 111.F.17.10F 139 Airways, 1932 American Game Conference, 1932 Arbor and Bird Day, 1932 Army Day, 1932 Automobile Accidents, 1932 Birth Control, 1932 Carnation Day, 1932 Child Labor Amendment, 1932 Children's Fund, 1932 Citizens' Military Training, 1932 Citizens' Tax Committee, 1932 Civil Service, 1932 Colonization Project, 1932 Community Chest, 1932 Conservation Week, 1932 Constitution Day, 1932 Conventions, 1932 Co-operative Oil Companies, 1932 County Fairs, 1932 Crop Reports, 1932 111.F.18.1B 140 Debt Problem, 1932 Depression, 1932 Direct Relief, 1932 Drainage Legislation, 1932 Executive Council, 1932 Farm Conference, 1932 Farm Holiday, 1932 ( 4 folders. Farmer-Labor Party, 1932 Farmers' National Congress, 1932 Federal Employees Salary Reduction, 1932 Federal Farm Board, 1932 Federal Seed Loan, 1932 Financial Statistics of State Governments, 1932 A New Financial System, 1932 Fire Prevention Week, 1932 Flag Day, 1932 Forget-Me-Not Day, 1932 Frazier Bill, 1932 111.F.18.1B 140 Gasoline Tax, 1932 Good Citizenship, 1932 Good Will Day, 1932 Governor's Relief Committee, 1932 Grasshopper Relief, 1932 Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Waterway, 1932 Hennepin County Officers - Towns and Villages, 1932 Highway Safety Campaign, 1932 Indians, 1932 Minnesota Industrial Exposition, 1932 Industrial - Female Employment, 1932 Appointment of J.E. Katzmarck Assistant Attorney General, 1932 Land Utilization, 1932 Legislature, Special Session, 1932 Lincoln Portrait, 1932 Lindberg Baby Kidnapping, 1932 Arrest of Ernest McDuffy, 1932 Married Women - Employed, 1932 Minneapolis and Rainy River Railroad vs. Henry N. Benson, Attorney General, 1932 Minnesota Good Roads Committee, 1932 Mississippi Research Commission, 1932 Mooney - Billings Case, 1932 Motion Picture Industry, 1932 Mud Lake Dam, 1932 National Conference on City Planning, 1932 National Conference on State Parks, 1932 National Hospital Day, 1932 National Kindness Day, 1932 National Loyalty Campaign, 1932 National Music Week, 1932 National Nut Tree Planting Project, 1932 National Pharmacy Week, 1932 National Prosperity Day, 1932 National Radio Audition, 1932 National Recreation Congress, 1932 National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1932 National Thrift Week, 1932 111.F.18.1B 140 Navy, 1932 Northern States Turkey Show, 1932 Northwest Aircraft Show, 1932 Northwest Livestock Show Committee, 1932 Office Building, 1932 Old Age Pensions, 1932 Parent-Teachers Congress, 1932 Potato Week, 1932 Prisons and Prison Labor, 1932 Proclamations, 1932 Prohibition, 1932 Public Administrators' News Letters, 1932 Pulaski's Memorial Day, 1932 111.F.18.2F 141 Radio Talks, Assignments and Notices, 1932 Rainy River - International Bridge, 1932 Reapportionment Act, 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, 1932 Resolutions, 1932 Retail Grocers, 1932 Right of Way Deed Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba Railway Company, 1932 Rock County Tornado, 1932 Roll Call, 1932 Unemployment, 1932 Veterans, 1932

(For File W-Z, see Governor: Olson/Peterson/Benson: Executive Letters)

Telegrams, 1931 Telegrams, 1932 State Departments Files (File 651d) 111.F.18.2F 141 State Board of Accountancy, 1931 Adjutant General, 1931 Administration and Finance, 1931 Department of Agriculture, 1931 Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors, 1931 Attorney General, 1931 Auditor, 1931 Banking Department, 1931 State Examining Board of Barbers, 1931 State Board of Examiners in the Basic Sciences, 1931 State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, 1931 Department of Conservation, 1931 Board of Control, 1931 Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, 1931 Board of Dental Examiners, 1931 Department of Drainage and Waters, 1931 Department of Education, 1931 Minnesota Employment Commission, 1931 Executive Council, 1931 Forest Service, 1931 Game and Fish Department, 1931. 8 folders 111.F.18.3B 142 Board of Hairdressing and Beauty Culture Examiners, 1931 Department of Health, 1931. 2 folders. Highway Department, 1931. 11 folders. Minnesota Historical Society, 1931 Hotel Inspection Division, 1931 Industrial Commission, 1931 Insurance Division, 1931 State Board of Law Examiners, 1931 Livestock Sanitary Board, 1931 State Board of Medical Examiners, 1931 State Board of Examiners of Nurses, 1931 Department of Oil Inspection, 1931 State Board of Optometry, 1931 State Parks, 1931 Board of Parole, 1931 Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy, 1931 111.F.18.3B 142 Printing Division, 1931 Public Examiner, 1931 Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1931 State Employees' Retirement Association, 1931 Department of Rural Credit, 1931. 4 folders. 111.F.18.4F 143 Secretary of State, 1931 Securities Commission, 1931 Minnesota Soldiers' Home, 1931 Soldiers' Welfare Agent, 1931 Stallion Registration Board, State Teachers' Colleges, 1931 Surveyor General, 1931 State Treasurer, 1931 Tax Commission, 1931 University of Minnesota, 1931 Veterans' Bureau, 1931 111.F.18.4F 143 Adjutant General, 1932 Administration and Finance Building Program, etc., 1932 Administration and Finance Miscellaneous, 1932 Administration and Finance Salary Cut Data, Letters to Department Heads, April-May 1932 Administration and Finance Salary Cut, June-July, 1932 Administration and Finance - State Printer, 1932 Department of Agriculture, 1932 Board of Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors, 1932 Attorney General, 1932 Auditor, 1932 Banking Department, 1932 Board of Barbers, 1932 Board of Control, 1932 Minnesota State Board of Examiners in the Basic Sciences, 1932 Boxing Commission, 1932 State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, 1932 Compensation Insurance Board, 1932 Conservation Commission, 1932 Conservation Commission (Fire Hazards Relief and Whitewater Project), 1932 Criminal Apprehension Bureau, 1932 Board of Dental Examiners, 1932 Metropolitan Drainage Commission, 1932 111.F.18.4F 143 Board of Education, 1932 Employees' Retirement Association, 1932 Department of Forestry, 1932 111.F.18.5B 144 Game and Fish Department, 1932. 3 folders. Health Department, 1932. 2 folders. Highway Department, 1932. 5 folders. Minnesota Historical Society, 1932 Hotel Inspection, 1932 Industrial Commission, 1932 Insurance Department, 1932 State Librarian, 1932 Livestock Sanitary Board, 1932 State Board of Medical Examiners, 1932 State Board of Examiners of Nurses, 1932 Department of Oil Inspection, 1932 State Board of Optometry, 1932 Pardon Board, 1932 Board of Parole, 1932 Pharmacy Board, 1932 Poor and Hospital Commission, 1932 Poultry Improvement Board, 1932 State Printer, 1932 Public Examiner, 1932 Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1932 Rural Credit Bureau, 1932. 4 folders. Stallion Registration Board, 1932 Tax Commission, 1932 Federal Departments Files 111.F.18.6F 145 Department of Agriculture, 1931 U.S. Civil Service, 1931 Department of Commerce, 1931 Department of the Interior, 1931 House of Representatives, 1931 Interstate Commerce Commission, 1931 Department of Labor, 1931 Treasury Department, 1931 United States Senate, 1931 Department of State, 1931 U.S. Immigration, 1931 War Department, 1931 The White House, 1931 Department of State, 1932 Congress of United States House of Representatives, 1932 Interstate Commerce Commission, 1932 Organizations Files (File 651e) 111.F.18.6F 145 Actors' Memorial Foundation, 1931 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1931 American Automobile Association - American Association for Labor Legislation, 1931 American Legion, 1931 American Legislators' Association, 1931 American Red Cross, 1931 American Welfare League, 1931 Arkansas Society for Crippled Children, 1931 Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., 1931 Automobile Club of St. Paul, 1931 Benefit Association of Railway Employees, 1931 Boy Scouts of America, 1931 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1931 Catholic Order of Foresters, 1931 Central Co-operative Association, 1931 Commonwealth Club of Minnesota, 1931 Consumers' Guild of America, 1931 The Continental Army, 1931 County Attorneys Association, 1931 Crime Crusade Foundation, 1931 Disabled American Veterans of the World War, 1931 Dominion Millers' Association, 1931 Order of Elks, 1931 The John Ericsson League, 1931 Executives' Club of Chicago, 1931 Farmers' Organizations, 1931 Federal Radio Commission, 1931 Fellowship of Faiths, 1931 Good Roads Association, 1931 Good Will League, Inc., 1931 Governors' Conference, 1931 Grand Army of the Republic, 1931 Greater North Dakota Association, 1931 Guidance of Youth Bureau, 1931 111.F.18.6F 145 Insurance Federation of Minnesota, 1931 International Air Legion, 1931 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1931 International Falls Trades and Labor Assembly, 1931 International Labor Defense, 1931 International Labor Organization, 1931 International Magna Carta Day Association, 1931 International Petroleum Association, Inc., 1931 International Sheriffs' and Police Association, 1931 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1931 Jeffersonian Crusaders, 1931 Knights Templar, 1931 League for Independent Political Action, 1931 Committee on Labor Injunctions, 1931 League of Minnesota Municipalities, 1931 Lions International, 1931 Listeners of the Air, 1931 The Loyal Citizens League of America, 1931 Lutheran Brotherhood, 1931 The Maccabees, 1931 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1931 Maternity Center Association, 1931 Minneapolis Building Trades Council, 1931 Minneapolis Central Labor Union, 1931 Minneapolis Church Federation, 1931 Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, 1931 Minneapolis Democratic Club, 1931 Minneapolis Junior Association of Commerce, 1931 Minneapolis Retail Plumbers' Association, 1931 Minnesota Association for Crippled Children, Inc., 1931 Minnesota Creamery Operators and Managers' Association, 1931 Minnesota Eugenics Society, 1931 Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, 1931 Minnesota Federation of Architectural and Engineering Societies, 1931 Minnesota Good Roads Committee, 1931 Minnesota League of Women Voters, 1931 Minnesota Police Association, 1931 Minnesota Public Health Association, 1931 Minnesota Retail Grocers' and General Merchants Association, 1931 Minnesota State Automobile Association, 1931 Minnesota State Fire Prevention Association, 1931 111.F.18.6F 145 Minnesota State Organization for the Blind, Inc., 1931 Minnesota State Nurserymen's Association, 1931 Minneapolis Tidende, 1931 Mississippi Valley Association, 1931 Mothers' Monument Association of America, 1931 National..., 1931 Northern States' Co-operative, 1931 The Pan American Society, 1931 Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia, 1931 Public Accountants' Association of America, 1931 Quarter Century Travelers' Club, 1931 Railroad Employees National Pension Plan Association, 1931 Red River Valley Dairymen's Association, 1931 Sailors' Union of the Great Lakes, 1931 St. Paul Association of Commerce, 1931 St. Paul Musicians' Association, 1931 St. Paul Retail Grocers' Association, 1931 Salvation Army, 1931 Stable Money Association, 1931 State-Wide Association Opposed to Sales Taxes, 1931 Independent Order of Suithiod, 1931 Swedish-American Biographical Society, 1931 111.F.18.7B 146 Taxpayers' League of Koochiching County, Inc., 1931 Ten Thousand Lakes Greater Minnesota Association, 1931 Thirteenth Minnesota Regimental Association, 1931 United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Fitters, 1931 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1931 Veterans' Mothers Hospital Association, 1931 Veterans Prosperity Organization, 1931 Volunteers of America, 1931 Minnesota State Medical Association, 1931 Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association, 1931 World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, 1931 National World Court Committee, 1931 World Biographical Association, 1931 World Association of Detectives, 1931 World Conference for International Peace Through Religion, 1931 111.F.18.7B 146 Workers' Educational Association of Canada, 1931 Woman's Occupational Bureau, 1931 Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, 1931 Woman's Relief Corps, 1931 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1931 Wool Growers' Association, 1931 Albuquerque Woman's Club, 1932 American Commission on Agricultural Organization - The American Vigilantes, 1932 American Federation of Labor, 1932 American Legion, 1932 American Public Health Association, 1932 American Red Cross, 1932 American Workers' Association, 1932 Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., 1932 Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions, 1932 Association of Grand Jurors, 1932 Boy Scouts of America, 1932 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1932 Building and Loan Associations, 1932 Building Trades Council, 1932 Bureau of Commercial Economics, 1932 Buy American, 1932 Camp Fire Girls, 1932 Canadian Workers' Association, 1932 Central Co-Operative Association, 1932 Clean Literature League, 1932 Committee on Labor Injunctions, 1932 Constitution Educational Association, 1932 Consumers' Guild of America, Inc., 1932 The Dan-America Archives Society, 1932 Duluth Architects' Association, 1932 Duluth Council of Agriculture, 1932 The Elks, 1932 Emergency Council of Fraternal Organizations, 1932 The Emmanus [Emmaus?] Mission, 1932 The Engineers' Society, 1932 The Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1932 111.F.18.7B 146 Farmers' Buying Association, 1932 Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America, 1932 Farmers' National Grain Dealers' Association, 1932 Federal Postal Employees' Association, 1932 Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, 1932 Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1932 The Golden Rule Foundation, 1932 The Good Will League, Inc., 1932 Government Associates, 1932 Great Lakes Harbors Association, 1932 Hometown Merchants and Manufacturing Association, 1932 Household Finance Corporation, 1932 Independent Merchants Radio Broadcasting Committee, 1932 India National Congress of America, 1932 Institute for National Recognition of the 30 Hour Week, 1932 Interlachen Park Peace League, 1932 International Labor Defense, 1932 International Association of Machinists, 1932 International Benjamin Franklin Society, 1932 International Magna Carta Day Association, 1932 Independent Bankers' Association, 1932 International Success University, 1932 League for Independent Political Action, 1932 League of Minnesota Municipalities, 1932 The League of National Association, 1932 Long Beach Taxpayers' League, 1932 Loyal Order of Moose, 1932 The Midwest Newspaper Group, 1932 Minneapolis Federation of Men Teachers No. 238, 1932 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1932 Minneapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1932 Minnesota Association of Chiropractors, 1932 Minnesota Association of Commercial Secretaries, 1932 Minnesota Association for Crippled Children, 1932 Minnesota Butter, Egg and Poultry Association, 1932 Minnesota Commercial Men's Association, 1932 Minnesota Co-operative Wool Growers' Association, 1932 111.F.18.7B 146 Minnesota Editorial Association, 1932 Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, 1932 Minnesota Farmers' Union, 1932 Minnesota Federation of County Fairs, 1932 Minnesota Humane Education Society, 1932 Minnesota League of Women Voters, 1932 Minnesota Public Health Association, 1932 Minnesota Retail Hardware Association, 1932 Minnesota State Automobile Association, 1932 Minnesota State Bar Association, 1932 Minnesota State Fair, 1932 Minnesota Taxpayers' Association, 1932 Minnesota Territorial Pioneers, 1932 Mississippi Valley Association, 1932 Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, 1932 Mountain Mission School, Inc., 1932 Municipal Finance Officers' Association, 1932 National, etc., 1932 National Association of Credit Men, 1932 National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers, 1932 National Association of Finance Companies, 1932 National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers, 1932 National Association of State Aviation Officials, 1932 National Automobile Chamber of Congress, 1932 National Civic Federation, 1932 National Committee of Congressional Medal of Honor Portrait Busts, 1932 National Conference of Social Work, 1932 National Economic Alliance, 1932 National Economic League, 1932 National Education Association, 1932 National Educational Monetary Society, 1932 National Federation of Settlements, Inc., 1932 National Federation of Colored Farmers, 1932 National Industrial Conference Board, Inc., 1932 The National Italian - American Civic League, 1932 National League for Economic Stabilization, 1932 National Lutheran Council, 1932 National Probation Association, Inc., 1932 National Research Bureau, 1932 111.F.18.7B 146 National Restaurant Association, 1932 National Safety Council, 1932 National Stabilization of Employment Commission, 1932 National Unemployment League, 1932 National War Veterans Association, Inc., 1932 National Woman's Party, 1932 National World Court Committee, 1932 Northern States Co-operative League, 1932 Northwest Farm Real Estate Association, 1932 Northwestern Industrial Exhibition Association, 1932 Order of B'nai B'rith, 1932 The People's Lobby, 1932 The People's Party, 1932 Public Ownership League of America, 1932 Quetico-Superior Council, 1932 Railroad Credit Corporation, 1932 Red River Valley Dairymen's Association, 1932 Rockne Memorial Association, Inc., 1932 Railroad Brotherhoods' State Legislative Board, 1932 Rock County Farmers Holiday Association, 1932 St. Paul Goodwill Industries, 1932 Twin Cities Restaurant Association, 1932 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, 1932 Women's Committee for Economic and Political Equality, 1932 World Calendar Association, Inc., 1932 World Narcotic Defense Association, 1932 The Zionist Organization, 1932