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South Dakota Farmers Alliance records
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COLLECTION SUMMARY Title: South Dakota Farmers Alliance records Dates: 1887, [n.d.] (bulk 1887 December) Creator: South Dakota Farmers Alliance Physical Description: 0.42 linear feet—1 container Collection number: MA 11 Language: Collection material in English. Repository: South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. Abstract: Collection is composed of an address and proceeding from December 1887 convention. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: These files were found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997. There is no indication of where they came from or how they came to be here. Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restriction. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid. It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003) Preferred Citation: [Identification of item]. South Dakota Farmers Alliance records, MA 11, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D. Processing Information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 24 June 1998 with revisions on June 24, 2008 (cjg). SELECTED SEARCH TERMS The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Names:
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BACKGROUND NOTE In Chicago, Milton George, the editor of the Western Rural, had been denouncing railroads as discriminatory and a menace to the nation. He organized what became known as the National Farmers' Alliance. In February 1881, farmers in Yankton County obtained a charter for the first alliance in Dakota Territory. Spurred by a drop in wheat prices in 1884, the number of territorial alliances grew and mass meetings in Clark, Huron, Mellette and Redfield were soon denouncing railroads and demanding their regulation. In January 1885, a territorial railroad commission was created, although vigorous opposition left the new agency without any power to establish freight rates. In February 1885, alliance delegates from 11 counties in Dakota gathered in Huron to form the Dakota Farmers' Alliance, affiliated with the National Farmers' Alliance. The movement grew rapidly and by mid-summer the number of local alliances in the territory had tripled. Related material: Guarnieri, Thom, H.L. Loucks and the Dakota Ruralist: Voices of Reform, Thesis (M.S.)—Journalism and Mass Communications Dept., South Dakota State University, 1981. LB2385.G932 1981 Louck, H. L., Henry Langford Loucks Papers, SDSU Archives & Special Collections, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. MA 23 SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE This collection is composed of an address and proceeding from December 1887 convention. ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS The South Dakota Farmers Alliance Records consists of an address of President Loucks, proceedings from a convention in 1887, and an advertisement for A Book for Farmers. Box 1.
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