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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
H.L. Loucks
papers
Dates:
1914-1916
Creator:
H. L.
(Henry Langford) Loucks
Physical
Description:
0.42 linear feet—1 container
Collection number:
MA
23
Language:
Collection
material in English, German, and Spanish.
Repository:
South
Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota
State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
Collection
is composed of correspondence between Loucks and Richard F. Pettigrew
during 1914-1916. The content is mainly political in nature, dealing
with issues of the progressive movement in the United States in the
early 1900s.
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
Provenance:
This collection was donated by George L. Brown, Louck's grandson, in
February 1998.
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]. H.L. Loucks papers, MA 23, South Dakota
State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings,
S.D.
Processing
Information:
This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on November 19,
1998 with revisions on July 8, 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.
Persons:
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Loucks, Henry
Langford, 1846-1928.
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Pettigrew, Richard
F. (Richard Franklin), 1848-1926.
Subjects:
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Agriculture and
politics.
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Dakota Ruralist.
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Progressive Party
(Founded 1912)
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Progressivism
(United States politics)
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South
Dakota—Politics and government.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Henry Langford Loucks
was born at Hull, Ontario, Canada, May 24, 1846 to William J. and Anna
(York) Loucks. He was educated in the Canadian common schools. He
married Florence Isabel McCraney at Oakville, Ontario, Canada, May 22,
1878. They had seven children, four of whom grew to maturity: Perry,
Anna, Elizabeth, and Daniel. Loucks came to the United States and
conducted a mercantile business in Michigan and later in Missouri. In
1884, he settled on a government homestead in Deuel County, Dakota
Territory, near Clear Lake (S.D.). His settlement came as the great
boom was subsiding. He experienced almost at once the hardships which
were common to the farmers of the region and he took up their cause by
organizing a "farmer's club" which soon became the Territorial
Alliance. In 1885, this group affiliated with the National Farmer's
Alliance. Loucks became the leader and president of the Territorial
Alliance and assisted in organizing a number of cooperative business
ventures, including fire and hail insurance and merchandising. He also
established the Dakota Ruralist as the exponent of his economic views
and published it for nearly twenty years.
At first, he and his
associates, who generally affiliated with the Republican Party, hoped to
accomplish their objectives through the existing parties. But in 1890,
at a joint convention of the Knights of Labor and the state Farmers'
Alliance, of which he was then president, Loucks was named as candidate
for governor. He was defeated, but succeeded in consolidating a large
section of the farmers into a separate political party in 1891, at first
known as the Independent, later identified with the People's of Populist
Party. In 1892, he presided over the first Populist Party national
convention. In the same year he was elected president of the National
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. He fought for the adoption of
the initiative and referendum in South Dakota in 1898 and its success
was conceded to have resulted from his efforts.
Loucks published
several works, the titles of which indicate the direction of this
thought. Some of the titles include: The New Monetary System (1893);
Government Ownership of Railroad and Telegraphs (1894); and the Great
Conspiracy of the House of Morgan and How to Defeat It (1916).
While his home for
many years was Watertown, South Dakota, his death occurred at Clear
Lake, South Dakota, December 29, 1928.
Bibliography:
Addresses,
[Watertown?, S.D. : s.n., between 1910 and 1930].
S561.5 .L68
Government ownership
of railroads and telegraph, as advocated by the National Farmers'
Alliance and industrial union,
Huron, S.D. : s.n., 1893. HE1081.L6
The great conspiracy
of the house of Morgan and how to defeat it,
[Watertown, S.D. : H. L. Loucks] c1916.
HG2481.L6g
The great conspiracy
of the house of Morgan exposed and how to defeat it,
[Watertown, S.D. : The Author], c1916. HG2481.L6g2
How to restore and
maintain our government bonds at par,
[Watertown, S.D. : The Author], c1921.
HJ8117.L84
The mythical gold base
: or, Standard of the Federal Reserve System compared with our farmers
land loan and sub-treasury plan,
[Watertown, S.D. : American Honest Money League, 1922].
HG2565.L6
The new monetary
system as advocated by the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
Union,
[Aberdeen, S.D.], Ruralist Quarterly, 1895.
HG529.L6 1895
"Our daily bread" must
be freed from the greed of private monopoly,
[Watertown, S.D. : The Author] c1919. HD9036.L7
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
South Dakota Farmers’
Alliance Records,
South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, S.D. MA 11
SCOPE and CONTENTS
NOTE
This collection is
composed of correspondence between Loucks and Richard F. Pettigrew
during 1914-1916. The content is mainly political in nature, dealing
with issues of the progressive movement in the United States in the
early 1900s.
ARRANGEMENT of the
RECORDS
This collection is
composed of correspondence between Henry Langford Loucks and Richard F.
Pettigrew during the years 1914-1916. The content of the letters is
mainly political in nature, dealing with issues of the progressive
movement in the United States in the early 1900's.
Folders are arranged
in alphabetical order and thereunder chronologically.
Box 1.
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Correspondence: H. L. Loucks to R. F. Pettigrew,
1914 November
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Correspondence: H. L. Loucks to R. F. Pettigrew ,
915 January-December
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Correspondence: H. L. Loucks to R. F. Pettigrew ,
1916 January-July
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Correspondence: R. F. Pettigrew to H. L. Loucks,
[n.d.]
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Correspondence: R. F. Pettigrew to H. L. Loucks ,
1914 November
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Correspondence: R. F. Pettigrew to H. L. Loucks,
1915 March-November
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Correspondence: R. F. Pettigrew to H. L. Loucks ,
1916 February-May
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Photocopies of photographs, [n.d.]
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