MAGNUS WEFALD:

An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For details, please see restrictions.

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	Creator:	Wefald, Magnus, 1900-1991, creator.
	Title:	Magnus Wefald Papers.
	Dates:	1852-1991.
	Abstract:	Personal correspondence, farm records, legal case files, personal and farm accounting records, personal and client tax returns, and legislative files of a country lawyer (1929-1983), farm owner (1938-1969), and state senator (1947-1958) from Hawley (Clay County), Minnesota.
	Quantity:	89.0 cubic feet (90 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Knut Magnus Wefald was born in Hawley, Minnesota (April 21, 1900), the first son of Norwegian immigrants Knud and Sarah Wefald. He graduated from Hawley High School in 1918 and from St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.) in 1923. At St. Olaf he met his future wife, Verna Ellingson, whom he married in 1924.

Wefald served (1923-1927) as secretary to his father, Congressman Knud Wefald, while attending George Washington Law School. When his father was defeated in 1926 Wefald remained in Washington, working as a sales and collection correspondent for the National Radio Institute while finishing law school. Upon his graduation from law school in 1929, Wefald moved his family (now 3 children: Knut, Harold, and Martin) to Hawley and opened his own law practice. His only daughter, Marguerite, was born there in 1934.

Wefald was elected Mayor of Hawley in 1935 and later served as the village attorney (1931-1974). In 1936 he was appointed to the Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners, serving until 1944. In 1938 Wefald bought a farm which later became known as the Wefald Sheep Ranch and Wefald Galloway Farm. Although he seldom participated in the actual farm labor, Wefald took a great interest in its operation, maintaining detailed records on every aspect and keeping abreast of current agricultural trends.

Wefald defeated longtime Clay County attorney James Garrity in 1946 for a state senate seat. During his twelve years in the senate Wefald was chairman of the reapportionment and public institutions committees and a member of the retirement commission, state building commission, and a commission to study the practice of osteopathy. After being defeated in 1958 he returned to his Hawley law practice.

In 1972, former Hawley resident Eva Mackintosh persuaded Wefald and his wife to visit her new home in South Africa. After their trip Wefald composed a detailed diary of the experience.

By the late 1970s Wefald decided to take in a partner at the law firm so the he could gradually ease into retirement. Zenas Baer officially entered into the practice as a partner in 1979, allowing Wefald to retire in 1983. Wefald then devoted his retirement years to preserving his family heritage by financing the publication of his father's poetry and actively campaigning for the construction of the Knud Wefald Memorial in Decorah, Iowa. Wefald died at St. John's Hospital in Fargo (N.D.) on February 9, 1991.

Biographical data was taken from the papers.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Personal correspondence and subject files contain extensive communications with parents, children, other family members, and friends, as well as documenting his involvement in several historical and Norwegian organizations. Materials documenting Wefald's 54-year law practice include daily time sheets (1936-1991), client case files and income tax records, business correspondence, and files relating to his participation in bar associations. The case files cover such topics as divorce, land disputes, guardianship, and income taxes; some span more than 20 years.

Farm records record in detail the operation of Wefald's sheep ranch (1938-1948) and his Galloway cattle farm (1948-1969). They include records of cattle sold, crop acreage maps, correspondence with farm hands and government agencies, and detailed equipment inventories. Accounting records document both law practice and farms and include daybooks, general ledgers, annual balance sheets, and tax returns. Legislative files document his work on the reapportionment and public institutions committees, state retirement commission, state building commission, and an osteopathy study commission. Other files relate to his service (1936-1944) on the State Board of Law Examiners.

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ARRANGEMENT

These records are divided into the following five sections:


		Personal Files
		Wefald Law Firm
		Wefald Farm
		Financial Files
		Legislative Files

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Restrictions:

Client case files from Wefald's law practice, including tax returns, which are less than 75 years old are restricted and require separate written permission. Persons wishing access to those files must, before receiving the donor's written permission, agree not to reveal names or identities of any persons named in the files.

Permission forms governing this restriction are available from the reference staff in the Minnesota Historical Society Research Center.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Magnus Wefald Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 10,337; 13,334; 13,422; 13,778; 13,923; 14,172; 14,225; 14,608

Processing Information:

Processed by: Anne Hennes, August 1993

PALS number: 990017301080104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

PERSONAL FILES

Location

Box

149.F.7.1B

Family History:

This section (boxes 1-2) consists mostly of correspondence and genealogical material collected by Nana Wilson, Wefald's sister. Of particular interest is the copy of "Wefald Family in America," prepared by Wilson. It is a genealogical compilation beginning with Knut Knutson Wefald, grandfather of Magnus Wefald. Also included are photocopies of letters from grandfather Wefald, and letters from Knud Wefald while on a trip to Norway in 1902.

Nana Wefald Wilson. Wefald Family History, 1972-1980. 3 folders.

Homestead Patent: Michael Skree, 1901.

Baptism Certificate: Sarah Skree, 1877.

Death Certificates:

Mikkel Skree, 1886.

Bergette Amundsgaard, 1852.

Jan Wefald Clemens, 1962.

Sarah Wefald, 1966.

Coat of Arms Report: Wefald, Stork, Homme, and Wilson, 1969.

People's History of Clay County, 1975.

Letters, photographs, etc., 1976.

Houston Lutheran Church 100th Anniversary, 1966.

Homme Lutheran Church 50th Anniversary, 1963.

Genealogy (Gamle Klokkaren-Ellig Clausen family), 1980.

Forms, 1977.

Charts.

Knud Wefald:

Biographical Information on Early Life.

Congressional Records.

Estate: Court Papers and Correspondence. 5 folders.

Norway Trip, 1902-1903. 4 folders.

Poetry Publication:

Gullikson, Oyvind, 1984. 6 folders.

Haugen, Einar.

Wefald, Jon.

Location

Box

149.F.7.2F

Knut Wefald [grandfather]:

Correspondence Regarding Letters Written by Him. 7 folders.

Photocopies of Knut Wefald Letters. 96 folders.

Location

149.F.7.3B

Subject Files:

Wefald preserved a large amount of personal correspondence (boxes 3-15), making this collection a fairly complete record of his life. The files in this section are organized into four broad segments: personal subject files (boxes 3-8), files relating to historical and Norwegian organizations in which Wefald was involved (Box 8), family correspondence (boxes 8-14), and political files (box 15). Wefald managed to keep in close contact with his family and friends and, in most cases, two-way communication is present. Wefald dictated the majority of his correspondence and kept the carbons.

The extensive personal subject files document nearly all aspects of Wefald's life, including his personal finances, real property, insurance, and activities and hobbies.

There is a great deal of correspondence relating to Wefald's years spent away from Hawley, first while attending St. Olaf College and, later, while in Washington, D.C. attending law school. Letters to and from his children are very rich in content since they traveled extensively and this was their major form of communication.

Knut, Wefald's oldest son, served in the navy during World War II aboard the destroyer USS Coglan in the South Pacific. He and his family later spent time in Canada (1950s), Germany (early 1960s), and Sweden (mid-1970s) while he worked as an engineer on special assignments for his employer, Honeywell.

Harold, the second son, enlisted in the navy, but was quickly discharged so that he could join the Coast Guard and attend the Coast Guard Academy. He was subsequently discharged from the Coast Guard as well, due to a minor medical anomaly discovered after he had been at the academy for some months. He was later drafted into the army where he spent one and a half years in the army of occupation in Japan. He met his wife Emile, a Chinese student from Shanghai, while attending the University of Minnesota (he also attended the University of New Mexico) when he sought out native Chinese students in order to practice conversation in Chinese, which he was studying on a self-teaching basis. Magnus Wefald himself did not meet Emile for several years after the marriage, but they conversed frequently through letters.

Martin, the youngest son, began a brief career as a merchant seaman when he took a job on a Great Lakes ore boat immediately after graduating from high school. He spent the next ten years alternating between studying mathematics at the University of Minnesota and working as a merchant seaman. Upon graduating from the university, he settled in San Francisco where he married, raised his family, and worked as a software programmer for the U.S. Forest Service.

Marguerite, the youngest of the Wefald children, remained closer to home, briefly attending St. Olaf College and then the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated. She married and settled in Little Falls before moving on to Nebraska and, finally, Arizona. All four children wrote extensively to their parents, exchanging not only personal anecdotes but touching on societal issues as well.

The personal correspondence also reveals Wefald's relationship with his mother, father, and siblings. After his father's death, Wefald assumed a guardianship role, supporting his mother financially while she lived in California with his sisters.

Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1935-1951.

R.C. Barnum Co., 1919-1921. 2 folders.

Report Cards and College Papers.

South Africa Trip, 1971:

Anderson, Carl and Marge, 1972-1981.

Cameron, Grace, 1969-1983.

Dusart, Madge, 1975-1980.

Mackintosh, Eva, 1968-1972. 4 folders.

Mackintosh, Jan and Alastair, 1971-1973.

Miscellaneous Letters. 3 folders.

Diary (typed).

St. Olaf College:

Autobiographical sketch.

Location

Box

149.F.7.4F

Subject Files (miscellaneous):

Barber Shop, 1962-1968.

Books, 1951-1962.

Brown, Tillie: Mortgage, 1929-1934.

City Property: Detroit Lakes, 1963-1973.

Dallum, Severt T. vs. Magnus Wefald, Service Consultants Inc., et al, 1978-1980.

Drangedal Historielag, 1980, 1989.

Dwelling House: Repairs and Remodeling, 1975-1979.

Employees: Law Office, 1953-1973.

Farm:

A.S.C.S.: Newsletters, Survey Maps, Federal Crop Insurance, 1977-1985.

Books: Farm and Law Donations to NDSU, 1977.

Commodity Credit Corporation, 1981, 1987.

Cromwell Farm, 1963-1974, 1977.

Crop Insurance: Gergseid Agency, 1984.

Dwelling House: Repairs and Remodeling, 1981.

Equipment, 1979.

Flooding, 1986.

Giere, Erdmen: Farm Operator, 1977.

Giere, Greg: Farm Operator, 1984.

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149.F.7.5B

Improvement: Fence Posts, Wire, Hay, 1977.

Peters, George H.: Drainage Petition, 1987.

Production Credit Association of Moorhead, 1970-1978.

Rental Property, 1982.

Rental: Farm House to Dale and Lots Johnson, 1985.

Rental: Farm House, 1986.

Rental: Crop Land, 1985-1987.

Ben-Haim, Sandy, 1988.

Residence: Improvements, 1984.

Skree Township: Marcus A. Rodig, Darrell T. Borgan, 1965-1969.

Soil Test Reports Information, 1966-1971.

Spring Prairie Farmland: Sale to Douglas K. Snell.

Wetland-U.S. Non-Drainage Easement and DNR Wetland, 1980.

Wild Rice Electric, 1982.

Wood for Fuel, Etc., 1980.

Wefald Property Sold, 1987.

Federal Land Bank of St. Paul, 1974-1983.

Gate City Building and Loan Association, 1948-1960.

Hawley, Minnesota, 1977-1989.

Plats, 1989.

Historical Society:

Minnesota Historical Society, 1954-1960.

Lists of Files and Papers Sent to Them, 1966-1986.

Lists of Files Taken Down in 1986.

Lists of Files Taken in 1987.

Correspondence, 1987. 2 folders.

Correspondence, 1990.

Northwest Minnesota Historical Center:

Oral History Transcript Discussing Father's Political Career and Magnus Wefald in Hawley Before Senate Days, 1978.

List of Norwegian Books and Poems Sent, 1987.

Red River Valley Heritage Society, 1988.

Home Owners Loan Corporation vs. Wefald: Mortgage on House, 1933-1943.

Insurance, Car: Accident, Chevette Car, 1984.

Insurance, Fire: Extended Coverage, 1949-1957, 1954-1962.

Insurance, Life, 1948-1962, 1963-1966.

Location

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149.F.7.6F

Insurance, Life: Veterans Administration, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1923-1947.

Insurance Policies: Office Building, Residence, Farm, 1973-1976.

Insurance Policies: Old, 1973-1980, 1982, 1984-1985.

Insurance: Moorhead Insurance Agency, 1986.

Land: Office Building Construction File, 1963.

Residence and Office, 1960-1974.

Scambler Farm: Correspondence Regarding Other Land, 1963-1978.

Long Island Lighting Company: Securities Litigation, 1989.

Medicare:

Bar Association: Letters Regarding Policies, 1987.

Clinic and Hospital Claim Form: Fargo Clinic and Hawley Clinic, St. Angars Hospital, 1986-1987.

Correspondence, 1986.

Deafness: Helps For.

Fargo Clinic Pharmacy, 1987.

Medical Bills, 1985-1987.

Optometrist, 1985.

Social Security, 1987-1990.

University of Minnesota: Audiology, 1986.

Nicholas, Joanne: Her Records of Time Spent on Work in Wefald Office, 1985.

Den Norske Credit Bank: Closed, 1988.

Northern Improvement Company: Pit in Spring Prairie Township, 1956-1972.

Northern Improvement vs. Wefald, 1962-1974.

Northern Improvement vs. Wefald, 1974.

Parkinsons Disease, 1990.

Peterson, Belle May: Guardianship, 1981.

Montana Mineral Rights, 1988.

Photographic Companies, 1974, 1979, 1986.

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149.F.7.7B

Pinos Atlas Mining Company, 1947-1952.

Public Employees: Retirement Association, 1956, 1958, 1974.

Ration Board, 1942-1945.

Real Estate:

Ninth Street House and Lots, 1952-1977.

Highway No. 10 Lots, 1962-1979.

Rental Property: Apartments and Farm, 1963-1969.

Rental Property: Apartments and Farm, 1975-1985.

St. Olaf College, 1965-1974.

Social Security, 1937-1951, 1958-1961, 1962-1965, 1966-1970.

Social Security: Withholding Tax, Unemployment Taxes, 1969-1972.

Social Security, 1973-1976.

Stefanson, Landberg, Alm and Pitsenbarger: Moorhead Lawyers, 1971-1979.

Taxes: Real Estate and Personal Property, 1930-1963, 1951-1971.

Taxes, 1984.

Taxes: Withholding, 1984-1985.

Travel:

Agencies: Road, 1978.

Airline, 1984.

Amoco Motor Club, 1980.

California, New Mexico, February 1982.

Minnesota, 1984.

Retired Persons: American Association NRTA/AARP Motoring Plan, 1980.

San Francisco and Phoenix, 1988.

Valelly, Richard: Professor at M.I.T., 1989.

Vesterheim:

Dr. Marion J. Nelson, 1985.

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Box

149.F.7.8F

Norwegian Immigrant Questionnaire, Gerhard B. Naeseth, 1988.

Wefald, Magnus:

Copies of Contract for Deed, Security Agreement, Bills of Sale with Zenas Baer, 1980.

Office Building: Repairs and Maintenance, 1984.

Office Repairs in Basement, 1983-1984.

Wefald and Baer:

Dissolution of Partnership, 1984.

Estate Memoranda, 1980.

Law Student: Summer employee, 1979.

Legal matters referred by Wefald, 1985.

Miscellaneous, 1983-1984.

Westgate Additions, 1972, 1977, 1983.

Will, 1985.

Will: New and Old, 1989.

Historical and Norwegian Associations:

Historical Associations:

Clay County Historical Society, 1962-1982.

Hjemkomst-Viking Ship, 1980-1981.

Heritage-Hjem Komst Center, 1982-1987.

Norlander-Norland Heritage Foundation, Sioux Falls, 1980-1981.

Nordmanns Forbundet, 1976-1987.

Norwegian American Historical Association, 1971-1981.

Red River Valley Heritage Society, 1985-1986.

Sons of Norway, 1971-1981:

Correspondence.

Kringen Lodge, Fargo.

Telelog, National, 1950-1985.

Telesoga-Telelaget of America, 1980.

Norwegian Associations:

Vesterheim:

Norwegian American Museum Decorah, Iowa.

Fellows, 1981-1986.

King Olav V Fund, 1982-1986.

Knud Wefald Memorial, 1977-1987.

Miscellaneous Papers, undated and 1967-1987.

Norwegian Lutheran Church of America: Memorial to Knud Wefald.

Family Correspondence:

Alphabetical by individual.

Anna Marie [sister], 1936-1989.

Emma [aunt], 1936-1940.

Sarah [sister], 1931-1962.

Egil, 1929-1946.

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Box

149.F.7.9B

Egil [brother], 1950-1990. 4 folders.

Elsie [sister], 1930-1989. 4 folders.

Harald [brother], 1918-1975. 4 folders.

Harold E. [son], 1943-1989. 20 folders.

Eric, Susan, Franklin and Verna Jean [grandchildren].

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149.F.7.10F

Karen [sister], 1919-1989. 2 folders.

Knud [father], 1914-1936. 4 folders.

Knut M. [son], 1941-1989. 13 folders.

Roxanne, Julie, Richard, and Shelly [grandchildren].

Martha [sister], 1930-1989. 2 folders.

Martin S., 1945-1950. 3 folders.

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149.F.8.1B

Martin S., 1950-1989. 8 folders.

Martin, James, and Verna [grandchildren].

Nana [sister], 1930-1989. 6 folders.

Marguerite [daughter], 1947-1962. 7 folders.

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149.F.8.2F

Marguerite [daughter], 1963-1989. 8 folders.

Olav [brother], 1921-1988. 4 folders.

Sarah [mother], 1918-1951. 9 folders.

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149.F.8.3B

Sarah [mother], 1951-1967. 4 folders.

Verna [wife]:

Miscellaneous, 1929-1978.

With Family, 1947-1958. 2 folders.

With Ishiki Hayama, 1950-1951.

With Mark and Mildred Ellingson, 1949-1987. 3 folders.

With Tildred Halliser, 1948-1963. 2 folders.

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1918-1988. 6 folders.

Joint Letters to Children, 1984-1989. 5 folders.

Location

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149.F.8.4F

Family and Other Correspondence:

Alphabetical by individual.

Chetney Family: Helen Griffiths, Margrethe Kabesh, and Others, 1975-1980.

Clausen, Clarence, 1929-1987. 11 folders.

Hauge, S. G., 1938.

Jenson, Nile and Ida, 1974.

Mooth, Mrs. Elsie, 1953-1980, 1987-1988. 2 folders.

Mooth, Robert, 1989.

Morland, Henning, 1983-1989. 2 folders.

Morland, Larsk, 1939-1961.

Neuer, Johanna, 1986.

Norway Relatives in General, 1950.

Rushfeldt, Elsie, 1952-1961.

Rushfeldt, Nina, 1968-1979.

Skree, Jim, 1971-1979, 1986-1987, 1989. 3 folders.

Wefald, Dagny, 1932-1986. 6 folders.

Franklin, 1975-1979, 1981-1987. 2 folders.

Haakon, 1932-1949.

Hans Joachim, 1980.

Jon, 1970-1986, 1976-1988, 1989. 3 folders.

Marten, 1938-1984.

Richard, 1978, 1987. 2 folders.

Robert, 1980, 1982-1988. 2 folders.

Ruth, 1947-1953.

Sarah, 1987-1989.

Torlief, 1981-1989.

Verna Jean, 1983-1984.

Verna, 1985.

Zeches, Mrs. Robert, 1978-1980.

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Box

149.F.8.5B

Political Files:

Kvale, Paul John. Correspondence.

Wefald: Speeches and Writing, 1927-1943.

Campaign for County Attorney, 1930.

General Correspondence, 1930-1932, 1939-1945.

Political Matters, 1936.

Political (including speeches), 1938.

Political Miscellaneous, 1939-1941.

Speeches, 1944-1946.

Political, 1946. 2 folders.

Political Correspondence, 1950.

Political Campaign, 1954. 2 folders.

Wefald Campaign Poster for State Senate.

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WEFALD LAW FIRM

Law Practice (Boxes 15-63): the law practice records consist of five main series: daily time sheets, client case files, client income tax returns, village attorney files, and business correspondence. The daily time sheets(1936-1991) provide a detailed calendar of Wefald's movements throughout each day. They were used mostly to keep track of client billing but in later years, especially after his retirement, they serve as a sort of shorthand diary.

Wefald's client case files cover issues of divorce, land disputes, and guardianship and include client correspondence, court documents, and notes by Wefald.

Most of Wefald's clientele were common folk: small merchants and farmers. In addition to the legal case work, Wefald also prepared income tax returns for clients. In some cases, runs of 20 years or more are present, giving a glimpse into economic conditions in Hawley and the surrounding area.

During Wefald's years as Hawley village attorney he dealt with such issues as city ordinances, zoning laws, suits against the city, and easements.

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149.F.8.5B

State Board of Law Examiners:

Bar Examinations and Correspondence.

General Correspondence.

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149.F.8.6F

Daily Time Sheets:

May 1936-December 31, 1943. 15 folders.

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149.F.8.7B

January 1, 1944-December 31, 1951. 16 folders.

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149.F.8.8F

January 1, 1952-December 31, 1959. 16 folders.

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149.F.8.9B

January 1, 1960-June 30, 1967. 15 folders.

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149.F.8.10F

July 1, 1967-December 31, 1974. 15 folders.

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149.F.9.1B

January 1, 1975-December 31, 1980. 12 folders.

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149.F.9.2F

January 1, 1981-September 1, 1986. 15 folders.

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149.F.9.3B

September 1, 1986-July 20, 1990.

Miscellaneous Subject Files:

State of Minnesota in Supreme Court Briefs:

Integration of the Bar in Minnesota, 1942.

E. L. Struble vs. L. Henry Nelson, Arnold H. Nannestad, Edward G. Anderson, H. Kermit Severson, Robert H. Phillips.

Phillips and Amanda G. Nannestad, 1944.

Leonard Eriksson, 1945.

Berglund Oil Co. vs. John Grommesh, Hubert Grommesh, and Harry Collins, 1947.

Theodore and Thale Bjerketuedt vs. Emil Jacobson and Henry Jacobson, 1950.

Marlene Mikkelsen vs. Harold Mikkelson, 1968.

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149.F.9.4F

Bar Associations: 12 folders.

American Bar Association, 1956-1985.

Clay County Bar Association, 1966-1985.

Minnesota State Bar Association, 1966-1986.

Committee on Unlawful Practice, 1931-1943.

Committee on the Integration of the Bar, 1940-1941.

Probate Systems Committee, 1978-1979.

Real Estate Section, 1961-1982.

50-Year Membership Certificate.

Seventh Judicial District, 1966-1983.

Law Library, 1978-1980.

Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., 1930-1967.

Law Students, 1969-1983.

Legal Directories, 1930-1934.

Marcus, Stephen: Legal Assistant, 1967-1976.

Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. 1929-1969.

Village of Hawley: Chamber of Commerce.

Client Files, 1929-1983:

NOTE: 24 boxes containing client estate files were discarded from the original collection due to duplication in county probate records.

All these files (boxes 25-58) are restricted and require special permission for access and use.

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149.F.9.5B

Abr-Aus.

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149.F.9.6F

Axt-Ber.

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149.F.9.7B

Ber-Bur.

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149.F.9.8F

Bur-Col.

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149.F.9.9B

Col-Dol.

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149.F.910F

Dol-Ern.

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149.F.10.1B

Ern-Goo.

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149.F.10.2F

Gra-Han.

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149.F.10.3B

Han-Haw.

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149.F.10.4F

Haw.

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149.F.10.5B

Haw-Hil.

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149.F.10.6F

Hil-Ive.

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149.F.10.7B

Jac-Joh.

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149.F.10.8F

Joh-Knu.

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149.F.10.9B

Knu-Lis.

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149.F.10.10F

Lof-Lys.

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149.F.11.1B

Mac-Mic.

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149.F.11.2F

Mic-Mus.

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149.F.11.3B

Myr-Nor.

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149.F.11.4F

Ogb-Ols.

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149.F.11.5B

Ols-Pet.

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149.F.11.6F

Pet-Rol.

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149.F.11.7B

Rol-Sah.

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149.F.11.8F

Sol-Sim.

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149.F.11.9B

Sim-Sta.

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149.F.11.10F

Sta-Swe.

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149.F.12.1B

Swe-Tho.

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149.F.12.2F

Tho-Vie.

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149.F.12.3B

Vie-Wel.

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149.F.12.4F

Wel-Wal.

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149.F.12.5B

Wol-You.

Client Income Tax Files:

A-B. 6 folders.

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149.F.12.6F

D-L. 16 folders.

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149.F.12.7B

M-R. 12 folders.

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149.F.12.8F

R-W. 8 folders.

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149.F.12.9B

School District No. 150:

Hawley, 1933-1964.

Resale of School Houses.

Bond Issue.

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149.F.12.9B

Village of Hawley:

Files, 1932-1939. 12 folders.

Electric Power.

Criminal Cases, 1933.

vs. Town of Eglon and Town of Skree.

Lake and Part Project.

vs. George H. Peters.

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149.F.12.10F

Files, 1937-1960. 20 folders.

Ordinances, Criminal Matters.

T.B.C. Evans, et al, 1945.

Park Lots: Legislation, 1949, 1965.

Water Main: Bond Issue, 1951.

League of Municipalities, 1954.

Water Improvement and Lighted Ballpark Bonds, 1954.

Public Utilities Commission, 1957.

Electric Revenue Bonds, 1957.

vs. Berthold E. Kroll, et al, 1960.

Assessment Bonds, 1960.

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149.F.13.1B

Files, 1960-1969. 20 folders.

Special Assessment Bond.

League of Minnesota Municipalities, 1961.

Firemen's Relief Association, 1962.

Bond Issues, 1962.

Fire House Bonds, 1962.

Bonds, 1963.

Street Improvement, 1962-1964.

Northern Pacific Railway Co. Deed, 1965.

Street Improvement, 1965.

Street Improvement, 1966.

vs. Jack Schreiner, 1967.

Street, Water-Sewer Improvement, 1967-1968.

Annexation Proceedings, 1969.

Hawley Golf and Country Club, 1969.

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149.F.13.2F

Files, 1969-1971. 21 folders.

Tangen, Village of Hawley, and School District No. 150 vs. George Beck, 1969.

Minutes and Resolutions, 1961-1970.

Easements, 1970.

Municipal Landing Strip, 1970.

Post Office, 1969-1971.

Water and Sewer Improvements, 1970.

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149.F.13.2F

Zoning, 1937-1967.

Ordinances Regarding Liquor and Beer, 1934-1967.

Liquor Store and License, 1969.

Snowmobile Ordinance, 1971.

Ordinance No. 129: Consumption and Display of Intoxicating Liquor, 1971.

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149.F.13.3B

Files, 1971-73. 20 folders.

vs. Mathilda Clemetson, 1973.

Improvements, 1971-1972.

Stephen Ellis vs. Hawley, 1971.

Bills for Legal Service, 1969.

Plats of Westgate Additions.

Reports and Financial Statements, 1962-1978.

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WEFALD FARM

Farm Records (Boxes 64-74): a great amount of detail is found in this section. Although Wefald did not actively participate in farm labor, he did provide the financial backing as well as maintain managerial control. Maps outlining crop acreage, records of cattle breeding, and detailed equipment inventories are included. Also, records of cattle sold, soil conservation practices, cattle performance analyses, and cattle catalogs charting the growth of the herd are present.

Location

Box

149.F.13.4F

Accounts Payable, 1959-1967.

Advertising, 1947-1969. 3 folders.

American Galloways Breeder Association, 1958-1969. 5 folders.

Armstrong, Gayton, 1941-1948. 2 folders.

Books and Bulletins, 1949-1968.

Buildings, 1943-1958. 2 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.13.5B

Cattle:

Breeding, 1965-1967. 3 folders.

Calves, 1960-1965. 6 folders.

Catalogs, 1959-1969. 6 folders.

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1958-1964.

P.R.I. (Performance Registry International), 1965-1968.

Performance: Gain Tests, 1964-1969. 4 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.13.6F

P.R.I. Analysis, 1963-1968. 6 folders.

P.R.I. Miscellaneous, 1968-1969. 3 folders.

Records of Cattle Sold, 1958-1969. 23 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.13.7B

Record of Cattle Sold (Central Livestock to Union Stockyards), 1963-1969. 8 folders.

Central Livestock Association, 1966-1967.

Clay County A.S.C. (Agricultural Stablization and Conservation), 1953-1976. 8 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.13.8F

Clay County Soil Conservation, 1946-1960. 2 folders.

Correspondence: Miscellaneous, A-Z, 1946-1970. 17 folders.

Crops, 1950-1961. 4 folders.

Summary of acreages including maps and yields.

Deeds on Farmland, 1937-1970.

Dispersion and Auction Sales Advertising, 1969.

Location

Box

149.F.13.9B

Dispersion Sale: Watertown, 1969.

Doane Agricultural Service, 1947-1958.

Electrical Services, 1960-1969.

Equipment: Correspondence and Bulletins, 1943-1969. 7 folders.

Farm Bureau Service Association, 1965-1968.

Feed, Seed, Supplies, Etc., 1937-1963. 5 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.13.10F

Feed, Seed, Supplies, Etc., 1964-1969.

Fencing, 1949-1967.

Fertilizer, 1951-1958.

Financial Statements: Summarized Statements of Income, 1943-1955. 3 folders.

Forestry, 1949-1967. 2 folders.

Fuel and Oil, 1961-1967.

Galloway Associations, 1956-1969.

Galloway Cattle Society of Great Britain, 1960-1965.

Galloway Correspondence, 1951-1956.

Galloway Times, 1966-1969.

Grimm Alfalfa Association of North Dakota, 1958-1960.

Hawley Milling Company, 1962.

Hay: Pasture Grasses, Computation of Tonnage, 1941-1969. 3 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.14.1B

Hired Help:

Ferweda, Ivan J., 1944-1951.

Hired Men, General, 1939-1956. 3 folders.

Hogs: Feed Formulas and Sales Slips, 1953-1961.

Insurance, 1953-1967.

Inventory of Equipment, 1939-1964.

Kost Bros. Inc. vs. Magnus Wefald, 1958-1962.

Labor:

Mesker Family, 1957-1967. 3 folders.

Lawrence Newman, 1966-1969.

Miscellaneous Farm Employees: Job Applications, 1953-1968. 2 folders.

Livestock Sanitary Board, 1956-1969. 3 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.14.2F

Maps: Aerial Photographs, 1957.

No photographs included.

McNary Farm Management Company, 1954-1958.

Moorhead Production Credit Association, 1941-1969. 5 folders.

Poultry: Chicken and Geese Eggs Laid and Sold, 1949-1961. 4 folders.

Red River Valley Cooperative Power Association, 1952-1958.

Rental of Land, Pasture, Bulls, 1949-1969. 2 folders.

Renters:

Maresh, Joseph and Frank, vs. Magnus Wefald, 1948-1953.

McCormick, J. R., 1939-1943.

Rehder, Herman C., 1939-1941.

Rexograph (duplicator) Forms, 1948-[196-].

Location

Box

149.F.14.3B

Sale of Land: Inquiries, Newspaper Advertising, 1947-1955.

Seed, 1947-1969. 3 folders.

Sheep:

Care and treatment of, 1943-1946.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Regarding Sales and Purchases, 1937-1946. 8 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.14.4F

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1941-1954. 5 folders.

Soil Conservation: Newspaper Clipping, Chattel Mortgage, 1937-1946. 3 folders.

Spring Prairie Township Board, 1958-1962.

State Bank: Farm Mortgage, 1944-1963.

State Fair: Ribbons and Certificate, 1947-1948.

Supplies: Correspondence, Brochures, 1949-1969.

Triman Farm Account: Year End Financial Summary, 1967-1968.

Trucks and Tractors, 1959-1969.

University of Minnesota, 1955-1969.

Veterinary, 1957-1969.

Wadsworth vs. Wefald, 1940.

Wadsworth: Mt. Haggin Land and Livestock Co. vs. Albert H. Esp, 1940.

Wool Sales: Minnesota Co-operative Wool Growers Association, 1943-1964. 2 folders.

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FINANCIAL FILES

Financial Records (Boxes 75-84): the financial files consist of three main sections: annual balance sheets and income tax returns, account books, and card packets. The balance sheets (1932-1990) consist of yearly income and expense statements as well as inventories and depreciation tables covering the law firm, farm, and personal finances. The account books are primarily chronological in format and show daily expenses and income. The card packets record the same type of information, but are arranged by accounts.

Location

Box

149.F.14.5B

Money owed to Knud Wefald, [1918-1930].

Income Taxes: Losses and Gains on Account of Farm, 1937-1977.

Annual Balance Sheets, 1932-1979. 3 folders.

Income Tax Returns and Worksheets, 1936-1962. 11 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.14.6F

Income Tax Returns and Bookkeeping, 1963-1970. 8 folders.

Financial Statements and Income Tax Returns, 1971-1990. 20 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.14.7B

Volume 1. Ledger, Wefald, 1929-1930.

Volume 2. Cash Journal, Wefald, November 1934-December 1947.

Volume 3. Cash Journal, 1948-1959.

Location

Box

149.F.14.8F

Volume 4. General Journal, Petty Cash, 1960.

Volume 5. Monthly Summary Sheets, December 31, 1937-December 31, 1942.

Volume 6. Monthly Summary Sheets, December 31, 1942-June 30, 1948.

Volume 7. Monthly Summary Sheets, July 31, 1948-December 31, 1958.

Volume 8. Monthly Summary Sheets, December 31, 1958-March 31, 1964.

Volume 11. Daybook, Wefald, January 2, 1934-December 30, 1935.

Volume 12. Daybook: Petty Cash Expenses, January 8, 1932-January 31, 1935.

Office, business, and personal.

Volume 13. Daybook: [Wefald?], January 2, 1936-January 1, 1938.

Volume 14. Daybook: [Wefald?], January 5, 1938-December 31, 1940.

Volume 15. Daybook: Wefald Sheep Ranch, January 13, 1941-May 31, 1944.

Location

Box

149.F.14.9B

Volume 16. Daybook: Wefald Sheep Ranch, January 2, 1945-July 8, 1948.

Volume 17. Daybook: [Wefald?], November 1, 1948-September 30, 1954.

Volume 18. Daybook: [Wefald?], October 1, 1954-December 31, 1959.

Volume 19. Daybook: Wefald, January 2-June 30, 1960.

Volume 20. Note Register, 1920-1923.

Volume 21. Record Book: Sheep Data, [circa 1940]-1944.

Location

Box

149.F.14.10F

Volume 22. Income Tax Record: Farm, 1952-1960.

Volume 23. Diary-Memorandum Book: [Wefald?], 1939-1953.

Volume 24. Diary-Memorandum Book: [Wefald?], 1949-1950.

Volume 25. Diary-Memorandum Book: [Wefald?], 1954.

Volume 26. Diary-Memorandum Book: [Wefald?], 1956-1957.

Volume 27. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1941.

Volume 28. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1942.

Volume 29. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1943.

Volume 30. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1944.

Volume 31. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1945.

Volume 32. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1946.

Volume 33. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1947.

Volume 34. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1948.

Volume 35. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1949.

Volume 36. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1951.

Volume 37. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1952.

Volume 38. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1953.

Volume 39. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1953.

Volume 40. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1954.

Volume 41. Pocket Diary-Memorandum Book, 1955.

Volume 42. Yearbook-Diary, Sheep Ranch, 1941.

Volume 43. Yearbook-Diary, Sheep Ranch, 1942.

Volume 44. Yearbook-Diary, Sheep Ranch, 1943.

Volume 45. Yearbook-Diary, Sheep Ranch, 1944.

Volume 46. Miscellaneous Yearbook, Memoranda and Related Data, 1934.

Volume 47. Miscellaneous Yearbook, Memoranda and Related Data, 1940.

Volume 48. Miscellaneous Yearbook, Memoranda and Related Data, 1940.

Volume 49. Miscellaneous Yearbook, Memoranda and Related Data, 1942.

Volume 50. Miscellaneous Yearbook, Memoranda and Related Data, 1942-1943.

Volume 51. Order Book, Farm, 1944-1945.

Volume 52. Order Book, Farm, 1944.

Volume 53. Order Book, Farm, 1945-1946.

Volume 54. Order Book, Farm, 1945-1948.

Volume 55. Farmer's Pocket Ledger, Wefald Sheep Ranch, [1948?].

Volume 56. Farmer's Pocket Ledger, Wefald Sheep Ranch, [1949?].

Volume 57. Farmer's Pocket Ledger, Wefald Sheep Ranch, [1950?].

Volume 58. Farmer's Pocket Ledger, Wefald Sheep Ranch, [1951?].

Volume 59. Loose Ledger Sheets, Farm, [circa 1956-circa 1963].

In a Gaylord Binder.

Volume 60. Inventories, D-J, [circa 1950s-ca 1970s].

Seems incomplete. Removed from loose leaf notebook and filed in manila folder.

Location

Box

149.F.15.1B

Bookkeeping Card Packets:

General Accounts, 1929-1963. Packets 1-4.

Attorney's Ledgers, A-Z, 1930-[195-]. Packets 5-10.

Farm and Personal, 1961. Packet 11.

Location

Box

149.F.15.2F

Farm and Personal, 1961. Packets 12-14.

Income: Fees, 1961. Packet 15.

Income: Farm, 1961. Packet 16.

Farm Expenses and Inventory, 1960. Packet 17-21.

General Accounts, 1962. Packet 22.

Location

Box

149.F.15.3B

General Accounts, 1962. Packets 23-24.

Income: Fees, 1962. Packet 25.

General Accounts, 1962-1963. Packets 26-30.

Income: Fees and Farm, 1963. Packet 31.

General Accounts, 1963-1964. Packets 32-35.

Location

Box

149.F.15.4F

Firm and Farm Accounts, 1964-1975. Packets 36-47.

Firm Accounts Payable, 1964-1976. Packet 48.

Farm Accounts Payable, 1964-1976. Packet 49.

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LEGISLATIVE FILES:

Legislative Files (Boxes 85-90): the legislative files document Wefald's service in the state senate (1947-1958). Subject files document the committees and issues Wefald was involved in during his three terms including public institutions, aging, retirement, and osteopathy.

Location

Box

149.F.15.5B

A, 1947-1951.

B, 1947-1954. 13 folders.

Accountants' Bill, 1949.

Bills Introduced by Wefald, 1947-1949.

C, 1946-1953. 2 folders.

Clay County Bond Bills, 1951.

D, 1947-1951.

E, 1948-1951.

F, 1947-1951.

Family Court Bill, 1951.

Forestry, 1949-1951.

G, 1946-1954. 2 folders.

H, 1947-1954. 3 folders.

Highway Bill, 1951.

I, 1946-1953.

J, 1947-1952.

L, 1947-1951. 2 folders.

Library Bill, 1951.

M, 1947-1951. 3 folders.

Moorhead, Minnesota:

Off-Sale Liquor Bill, 1951.

Sidewalk Claim, 1949-1956.

State Teachers College, 1947-1954.

Municipal Court bill, 1951.

N, 1947-1952.

O, 1947-1951.

P, 1947-1951. 2 folders.

Location

Box

149.F.15.6F

Potato Bill, 1951.

Q, 1951.

R, 1947-1954. 3 folders.

Real Estate Bill, 1947-1951.

Reapportionment, 1951.

S, 1947-1951. 3 folders.

T, 1947-1953.

U, 1949-1953.

V, 1949.

W, 1947-1952. 2 folders.

XY, 1949-1951.

A, 1952-1955.

Aging, Commission on, 1951-1954. 2 folders.

B, 1951-1956. 3 folders.

Bar Association Bills, 1951-1953.

Breckenridge School Bills, 1953-1955.

Breckenridge Sewer Bonds, 1955.

C, 1953-1957. 2 folders.

Child Delinquency, 1953.

Clay County: Bridge Levy, 1953.

Claim Bills, 1953-1956.

Comstock, Village of, 1955.

D, 1952-1956.

Dilworth Bond Bill, 1955-1956.

E, 1952-1956.

Elections Labor Organizations.

F, 1953-1956.

G, 1952-1956.

Game and Fish, 1952-1955.

Location

Box

149.F.15.7B

H, 1952-1956. 3 folders.

Highway Bills, 1952-1953.

Highways, Commissioner of, 1949-1956.

I, 1953-1956.

J, 1952-1956.

K, 1953-1955.

L, 1952-1956.

M, 1952-1956. 3 folders.

Meetings and Appointments, 1953.

Mental Hospital Survey Committee, 1954.

Minnesota Facts, 1954.

Moorhead, Minnesota:

Bills, 1952-1953.

Garrison Dam Bill, 1955.

Firemen's Pension Bill, 1955.

N, 1952-1955.

O, 1953-1955.

P, 1952-1958. 2 folders.

Post Audit, 1953.

Prison Warden, 1952-1955.

Public Institutions, 1951-1953. 2 folders.

Q, 1951-1955.

R, 1953-1956.

Retirement:

Fountain, 1955.

Game Wardens, 1953-1955.

Bills, 1953-1955.

Rod and Gun Clubs: Clay and Wilkin Counties, 1952-1953.

Location

Box

149.F.15.8F

S, 1952-1956. 4 folders.

School Bills, 1953.

Schools, 1955.

Speeches, Political, 1952.

T, 1952-1956.

Taxes: Forfeiture of Land, 1951-1953.

Teachers' Colleges, 1953-1956.

Trucks: 50-Foot Length, 1952-1955.

U, 1952-1955.

V, 1953-1956.

W, 1953-1956. 2 folders.

Welfare, Public:

Clay County, 1953.

Wilkin County, 1952-1953.

Welfare Board:

Clay County, 1954-1955.

Wilkin County, 1955.

XY, 1953-1956.

A, 1957.

Abstract Bills, 1956-1957.

B, 1956-1957.

Blue Book, 1948-1958.

C, 1956-1957.

Chattel Mortgages, 1955-1958.

Civil Service Bills, 1957.

Claim Bills, 1956-1957.

Clay County: Letters and Bills, 1956-1957.

D, 1957.

E, 1957.

F, 1957.

G. 1956-1957.

Location

Box

149.F.15.9B

Game and Fish, 1957.

Gross Earnings Bill, 1957.

H, 1956-1957.

Highway Bills: Clay County, 1956-1957.

I, 1957.

Information Committee: Senate Conservation Group, 1957-1958. 2 folders.

Institutional Bills, 1956-1957.

Itasca Park, 1956-1957.

J, 1957.

K, 1956-1957.

L, 1957.

M, 1956-1957.

Mental Health, 1957. 2 folders.

Moorhead:

City of: Letters and Bills, 1957.

State College, 1957.

Gladys Johnson, 1958.

N, 1957.

Newsletters, 1957.

O, 1956-1957.

Old-Age Assistance Bills, 1957.

P, 1957.

Post Mortem Examinations, 1957.

Q, 1957.

R, 1957.

Retirement Bills, 1957. 2 folders.

S, 1956-1957.

Location

Box

149.F.15.10F

T, 1955-1957.

Taxes, 1956-1957.

Teachers College, Moorhead, 1956-1957.

U, 1957.

V, 1957.

W, 1956-1957.

Wilkin County: Letters and Bills, 1955-1957.

XYZ, 1956-1957.

Interim Commissions on:

Civil Service, 1953.

Civil Service, 1955.

Legislative procedure, 1957.

Retirement, 1955-1956.

State Building, 1955.

Public Buildings, 1956.

Osteopathic Bill, 1956-1958:

Wefald Handwritten Notes.

Correspondence.

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RELATED MATERIALS

Papers of Wefald's father, Knud Wefald, which contain additional Magnus Wefald materials, are also in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Aging -- Minnesota; Agriculture -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Country lawyers -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Divorce suits -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Farms -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Finances, Personal -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Galloway cattle -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Law -- Cases -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Norwegian Americans -- Minnesota -- Hawley -- Poetry.; Osteopathic medicine -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota; Practice of law -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Public institutions -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.; Sheep -- Minnesota -- Clay County.; Taxation -- Minnesota.

Places:: Clay County (Minn.); Hawley (Minn.).; Moorhead (Minn.).; Northfield (Minn.).; Norway -- Description and travel.; Red River Valley (Minnesota and N.D.-Man.).; South Africa -- Description and travel -- 1951-1980.

Persons:: Bacon, Vera Marguerite Wefald, 1934-.; Clausen, Clarence Arthur, 1896-.; Mackintosh, Eva.; Sandburg, Elsie Wefald, 1910-.; Skree, Jim.; Wefald family.; Wefald, Dagny.; Wefald, Egil, 1902-1985.; Wefald, Harald, 1901-.; Wefald, Harold Ellingson, 1927-.; Wefald, Jon Michael.

Organizations:: American Bar Association.; American Galloway Breeders Association.; Clay County Bar Association.; Minnesota Historical Society.; Minnesota State Bar Association.; Minnesota. Legislature. Senate.; Minnesota. State Board of Law Examiners.; Norwegian-American Historical Association.; Performance Registry International.; Production Credit Association (Moorhead, Minn.).; Sons of Norway (U.S.).; Telesoga-Telelaget of America.; United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.; Wefald Galloway Farms (Hawley, Minn.).; Wefald Sheep Ranch (Hawley, Minn.).

Types of Documentation:: Legal files.; Poems.; Tax returns.

Occupations:: Farmers -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Lawyers -- Minnesota -- Hawley.; Legislators -- Minnesota -- Hawley.

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