0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 8, 1966

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In Folder: Roll 8: Incoming Correspondence, 1892-1897

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0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 8, 1966

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Title: 0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 8, 1966

Record Group Number: RG0001, SG010

Collection: Governor Robert W. Furnas records

Location: GR

Box: Roll 8

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/

Date: 1966

Description: Editorial note regarding roll 8 of the Governor Furnas microfilm records written by Nebraska State Historical Society staff in 1966."The correspondence on this roll pertains to Furnas’ activities as Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture as he manages the Nebraska State Fairs from 1892 to 1897. Silas A. Holcomb, John M. Thurston, J. Sterling Morton, and other prominent Nebraskans write to Furnas about such political developments as the election of 1896, a discussion of free silver, and comments on Populism. Additional Correspondence regards Furnas’ appointment as Director General of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898, as Statistical Agent for the United States Department of Agriculture, and as Nebraska’s commissioner to the Mexican Exposition of 1898."

Language: eng

Source (Names): Furnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905

Source (Temporal): 1960s

Format-Extent: 4 pages

Format-Medium: Descriptive note

Type: Text

Relation: Copy

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File Format: PDF

Date Digital : 2022-06-06

Identifier: 00_Roll_Notes

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