Title:
0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 11, 1966
Record Group Number:
RG0001, SG010
Collection:
Governor Robert W. Furnas records
Location:
GR
Box:
Roll 11
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Date:
1966
Description:
Editorial notes regarding the Governor Robert W. Furnas papers microfilm roll 11 created by Nebraska State Historical Society staff in 1966."This roll consists of the out-going correspondence of Furnas and relates to his duties as commander of the Second Nebraska Volunteers, as Indian Agent for the Omaha Indians, as Governor of Nebraska, and as Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. Information regarding Furnas’ participation in the Civil War includes reports of troop movements and descriptions of the Indian Regiment he commanded. Letters concerning his position as Indian Agent pertain to his administrative duties such as the acquisition of supplies for the reservation. Correspondence relating to his term as Governor involves the administration of aid to settlers impoverished by the drought and grasshoppers in the early 1870s, the procurement of arms for the protection of settlers, the redemption of public lands and various legal and financial problems which confronted the state. A number of letters concern his interest and promotion of Nebraska agriculture including his administration of the Nebraska State Fair."An additional access note regarding Roll 11: The outgoing correspondence on Roll 11 has three small groups of press copy letters. The first group consists of letters marked 1 to 65 which were microfilmed; pages 66 to 201 were blank and not filmed. A bound, indexed, volume of letters numbered from 98 to 495, not all inclusive, was also microfilmed. The roll concludes with unbound press copy letters numbered from 1 to 92.
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
Rights:
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File Format:
PDF
Date Digital :
2022-05-23
Identifier:
00_Roll_Notes.pdf
