ROD SEARLE AND FAMILY:
An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical
Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Searle, Rod, creator.
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| Title: | Rodney N. Searle and family
papers. |
| Dates: | 1847-2005. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, legislative files, Republican Party and
campaign files, book research files, speeches, photographs, family correspondence
and diaries, and biographical materials of an Independent-Republican state
legislator from Waseca County in southeastern Minnesota who served in the Minnesota
House of Representatives (District 30B) from 1956 to 1980. |
| Quantity: | 31 cubic feet (31 boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for
shelf locations. |
Rodney N. Searle was born in Camden, New Jersey on July 17, 1920. His father, William
A. Searle, was a newspaper editor and his mother, Ruby Marie Barrus Searle, was a
nurse. Searle married Janette E. Christie on May 17, 1941. During World War II,
Searle worked for Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and attended
Rutgers University, but soon after left a corporate career and relocated to
Minnesota in May 1947 to farm with his wife's brother.
Searle was elected by Waseca County in 1956 to the 16th district House seat vacated
by Omar Dahle. During his first term Searle was appointed to the committees on
Appropriations, Education, Game and Fish, Reapportionment, and State and County
Fairs. Throughout the course of his 24-year tenure Searle served 16 years on the
Education Committee (1957-1972), eight years on the Higher Education Committee
(1969-1976), 20 years on the Appropriations Committee (1957-1960 and 1963-1978), and
chaired the education division of the Appropriations Committee for ten years.
Searle also served as assistant minority leader from 1975 until 1979 when
representation in the House was evenly divided between the two major political
parties. Lengthy negotiations between the two parties resulted in the adoption of
temporary rules for the first session of the 71st legislature. Searle served as
Speaker of the House under those rules while Irv Anderson chaired the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration. After the DFL won a majority of House seats in
1980, Searle then led the Independent-Republican Caucus.
Searle retired from the Legislature following the close of the 1980 legislative
session and was replaced by Jerry Schoenfeld who had campaigned against Searle in
the 1978 election. Following his retirement Searle served as president of the
Minnesota State University Board until 1991 when he was named chairman of the
Minnesota College Merger Board.
Biographical information was taken from the collection.
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The files contain background information on legislative subject areas; correspondence
between Searle and other legislators, interest groups, state agency officers, local
officials, and private citizens concerning proposed legislation; reports; printed
material; speeches; and news clippings. There is a strong focus on the University of
Minnesota, and higher education in general, in earlier (1956-1972) files.
The papers also contain background information for Searle's book on the 1979
legislature, which was split 67-67 between Republicans and Democrats. Searle shared
the role of speaker of the house with Irv Anderson, a Democrat.
Also included are files (1963-1980) of Arv Johnson, a government and politics
correspondent for WCCO radio. The files contain his correspondence, notes, and radio
scripts.
Family correspondence and diaries are also included for members of the Searle and
Christie families.
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These documents are organized into the following sections:
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| Correspondence, 1847-2004 |
| | Personal and professional correspondence |
| | Family correspondence |
| Family Diaries, Property Records, and Miscellaneous, 1867-1960s |
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| Legislative Files, 1959-1991 (bulk 1961-1980) |
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| Arv Johnson Files, 1963-1980 |
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| Republican Party and Campaign Files, 1957-1980 |
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| Book Research Files, 1979-1989 |
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| Biographical Materials, undated, 1959, 1978, 2001, 2005 |
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| Speeches, undated, 1958-1992 |
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| Photographs, undated, 1957-2005 |
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Rodney
N. Searle and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 12,782; 14,060; 15,353; 16,376; 16,898; 16,805; 16,833;
16,898; 17,923
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC).
Processed by: Bonnie Beatson Palmquist, December 1989; Monica Manny Ralston, June
2005; Jennifer Huebscher, May 2011; David B. Peterson, November 2013; and Leif
Kopietz, October 2023.
Catalog ID number: 990017148530104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.4F | 1 | 1943-1964. 50 folders. |
| | | Includes one folder of biographical information (1969-1978). |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.5B | 2 | 1965-1971. 28 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.6F | 3 | 1972-April
1975. 29 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.7B | 4 | May
1975-January 1979. 36 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.8F | 5 | February
1979-1983. 19 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 153.I.6.4F | 28 | 1984-2004. 17 folders. |
| | State, 1967-1969. 3 folders. |
| | Association of Governing Board award letters, 1990. |
| | Presidential evaluations, 1988-1991. |
| | University of Minnesota, 1963-1965, 1967-1968. 5 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 153.I.6.5B | 29 | University of Minnesota, 1969-1972, 1974. 5 folders. |
| | Personal and local correspondence: |
| | | 1957-1965. 9 folders. |
| | | 1968-1969. 2 folders. |
| | | 1977-1983. 7 folders. |
| | Alton Press letters, 1976, 1978, 1989-1990. |
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| Family correspondence between members and associates of the Rod Searle
family (1847-2001). The major part of the correspondence is between Rod
Searle (1920-2014) and his parents, brothers and his wife Jane Christie
Searle (1917-2000). |
| There are letters from Rod Searle’s great-great grandfather Samuel Searl
(1796-1874), great grandmother Mary Ann Searl Currier (1826-1918), his
grandfather Herman Searle (1848-1928) and grandmother Ella Newell Searle
(1870-1917). These letters cover the family’s emigration from western
New York to central Wisconsin before and during the Civil War; Herman
Searle’s Army letters during construction of the Union Pacific Railroad
(1866-1869), his failed attempt to establish a silver mining company in
Arizona (1884-86), and Ella Searle’s letters from Arizona (1889), and
her life as a socially active civic leader in Rochester, New York
(1896-1914). |
| Letters from William A. Searle (1911-1961) predominantly regard his
experiences as an unemployed business executive between 1930 and
1942. |
| The bulk consists of Rod Searle's letters regarding his formative years
during the Great Depression, prep school, and work during World War II
at Johnson & Johnson, and his decision to leave corporate life after
the war and take up farming in Minnesota with his brother-in-law, Robert
Christie III (1928-1947). A set of "farm letters" (1947-1949, 1957)
cover the period he worked on the family farm and lead into the start of
his twelve-term legislative career, beginning in 1957. The remaining
correspondence (1957-2001) covers Rod's legislative years. |
| Additional letters are related to Jane Searle, which include: letters
from her grandfather John Livemore as an infantry captain who fought in
the first battle of Bull Run (1861); letters from her mother Elizabeth
Jennison Christie (1935-1936); letters from Jane’s father Robert
Christie, Jr. (1936-1939, 1958-1962); and her brother, Robert Christie
III (1943-1946). |
| Location | Box |
| 154.L.5.13B | 30 | Herman Searle, 1866-1869, 1884-1886, 1910-1922. 4 folders. |
| | Arizona South Mining Company, 1881. |
| | | Photocopies. |
| | Mary Ann Currier, 1847-1918. 2 folders. |
| | To: Ella Searle, 1894-1914. |
| | Ella Searle, 1889. |
| | Samuel Searl, 1847-1886. |
| | Miscellaneous family letters, undated, 1847, 1859-1860, 1890, 1911. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.L.5.14F | 31 | To: William Searle, 1911-1916. |
| | William Searle, 1913-1951, 1955-1961. 6 folders. |
| | Rodney N. Searle correspondence, 1928-1947. 19 folders. |
| | Farm letters, 1947-1949, 1955. 2 folders. |
| | Rodney N. Searle correspondence, 1957-2001. |
| | John Livemore, 1861. |
| | Beth Christie, 1935-1936. |
| | Robert Christie, Jr., 1936-1939, 1958-1962. 2 folders. |
| | Robert Christie III, 1943-1946. |
| | Photographs of principal correspondents. |
| | | The envelope lists the following names and life span dates: Samuel
Searl (1796-1874); William A. Searle (1884-1970); Mary Ann Harris
Searl Currier (1826-1918); Herman S. Searle (1848-1928); Ella
Rosetta Newell Searle (1850-1917); Rodney N. Searle (1920-2014); and
Janette E. Christie Searle (1917-2000). |
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Includes diaries and related materials of Rod Searle's parents William and
Ruby Searle, his grandmother Ella Rosetta Newell Searle, and Rod's own
diaries. Also included are property records regarding the family farm
property in Minnesota.
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| Location | Box |
| 154.L.5.13B | 30 | William A. Searle diaries, 1901, 1903. 2 volumes. |
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| | Ella Newell Searle diaries, 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1908-1909, 1910-1918. 16 volumes. |
| | | Grandmother of Rodney Searle. |
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| | Letterbook, Ella Rosetta Newell Searle, 1867-1904. 1 volume. |
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| | Ella Newell letters and report cards, undated, 1860-1861. |
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| | Ella Rosetta Newell composition book, 1866-1901. |
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| | Rodney Searle diaries, 1939-1947. 5 volumes. |
| | | The diaries cover his life from his high school senior year, and his
worries about the coming war to the end of his first year as a farmer in
Minnesota. |
| | | One of the diaries is a multi-year diary (1939-1943), and confined to one
volume. |
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| | Ruby Searle, five year diary, 1931-1935. 1 volume. |
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| | Deeds and abstracts - River farm: Christie and Searle
families, 1870s-1960s. |
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| | Rochester Alumni review, 1927 April-May. |
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| | War ration books, war bonds, and House of Representatives members
pass: William and Ruby Searle, 1940s. |
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| Location | Box |
| 153.I.6.5B | 29 | 62nd legislative session, 1961-1962: |
| | | Mental health. |
| | | State college: Master's degree bill. |
| | | University of Minnesota. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 63rd legislative session, 1963-1964: |
| | | Education Subcommittee on Appropriations (interim
subcommittee). |
| | | Higher education. |
| | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | Appropriations summary. |
| | | | Enrollment and miscellaneous. |
| | | | Legislative request. |
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| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.9B | 6 | 64th legislative session, 1965-1966: |
| | | Education Subcommittee of Appropriations. 2 folders. |
| | | Engineering education. |
| | | Future of higher education (Minnesota Liaison and Facilities
Commission). |
| | | Higher education. |
| | | Higher education enrollments. |
| | | Junior College Board: Appropriation summary. |
| | | Nurses scholarship. |
| | | School bus bill. |
| | | State aid bill. |
| | | State College Board: Appropriation summary. |
| | | State college retirement. |
| | | State colleges. |
| | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | Appropriation summary. |
| | | | Lankamer, Richard A. |
| | | | | Includes correspondence and news clippings regarding faculty
suspected of belonging to the Communist Party. |
| | | | Legislative request. |
| | | | Miscellaneous. |
| | | | Regents. |
| | | Upper Midwest research and development. |
| | | Vocational schools. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 65th legislative session, 1967-1968: |
| | | Bemidji State College. |
| | | Department of Education reviews and
recommendations. |
| | | Education: |
| | | | Correspondence. |
| | | | News clippings. |
| | | Education Commission of the States. |
| | | Elementary, secondary and area vocational-technical
education. |
| | | Higher education. |
| | | Junior College Board: Appropriation summary. |
| | | Junior colleges. |
| | | Medical education. |
| | | Miscellaneous. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.10F | 7 | | National Conference of State Legislative Leaders. |
| | | State College Board: Appropriation summary. |
| | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | Appropriation summary. |
| | | | Hospitals legislative request. |
| | | | Legislative request. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 66th legislative session, 1969-1970: |
| | | Abortion bill. |
| | | Agriculture. |
| | | Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. 2 folders. |
| | | Area vocational schools. 2 folders. |
| | | Bills authored. |
| | | Board of Regents. |
| | | Claims. |
| | | Conservation. |
| | | Constituent problems. |
| | | Corporate farming. |
| | | Education. 2 folders. |
| | | Education Commission of the States. |
| | | Elementary and secondary education. |
| | | Enrollment. |
| | | Financial institutions. |
| | | Freeborn County. |
| | | Higher education. |
| | | Higher Education Coordinating Committee. 2 folders. |
| | | Highways. |
| | | Insurance. |
| | | Interim legislative work (Appropriations). |
| | | Junior colleges. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.11B | 8 | | Legislative Building Commission. |
| | | Legislative election, 1970. |
| | | Medical subcommittee. |
| | | Minnesota Intercollegiate Faculty Conferences. |
| | | Minnesota School Boards Association. |
| | | Miscellaneous. |
| | | National Conference of State Legislative Leaders. 1 volume. |
| | | Newsletters. |
| | | Questionnaire. |
| | | Reorganization (Government). |
| | | Republican Party. |
| | | Split liquor. |
| | | Southern School and Experiment Station (Waseca,
Minn.). |
| | | Southern School of Agriculture. |
| | | State colleges. 3 folders. |
| | | State College Board: Appropriation summary. |
| | | State college system: Biennial budget request. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.12F | 9 | | Teachers Retirement Association. |
| | | Township affairs. |
| | | University. |
| | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | Appropriations summary. |
| | | | Legislative request. |
| | | Veterans affairs. |
| | | Waseca County. |
| | | Weekly legislative reports. |
| | | News clippings. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 67th legislative session, 1971-1972: |
| | | Abortions. |
| | | Area vocational schools. |
| | | Banking. |
| | | Bills authored. 2 folders. |
| | | Board of Regents. |
| | | Commitments (Speaking engagements and
appointments). |
| | | Computer Subcommittee. |
| | | Congratulations. |
| | | Conservation. |
| | | Constituent problems. 2 folders. |
| | | Corporate farming. |
| | | Data processing. |
| | | Education Commission of the States. 1 folder and 1 notebook. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.13B | 10 | | Education Division. Appropriations. 3 folders and 1 notebook. |
| | | Elementary and secondary education. |
| | | Enrollment. |
| | | Financial institutions. |
| | | Follow-up. |
| | | Freeborn County. |
| | | Gas tax. |
| | | Gifted and exceptional children. |
| | | Higher education. |
| | | Higher Education Coordinating Commission. 2 folders. |
| | | Highways. |
| | | Inaugural address of Governor Wendell Anderson. |
| | | Judges salaries. |
| | | Junior colleges. |
| | | League of Women Voters. |
| | | Legislative election, 1972. 2 folders. |
| | | Legislative research. |
| | | Lobbyists. |
| | | Mankato State College. |
| | | Medical education. |
| | | Mental health. |
| | | Minnesota Metropolitan State College. |
| | | Minnesota School Boards Association. |
| | | Miscellaneous. 2 folders. |
| | | Moorhead State College. |
| | | MPIRG (Minnesota Public Interest Research Group). |
| | | Newsletters. |
| | | No fault insurance. |
| | | Nursing. |
| | | Parimutuel betting bill. |
| | | Party designation. |
| | | Personal (Rod Searle). |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.14F | 11 | | Political bills (Roll call vote). |
| | | Pollution (Solid waste). |
| | | Private College Council. |
| | | Private colleges. |
| | | Profit sharing. |
| | | Reapportionment. |
| | | Regional government. |
| | | Reorganization (Government). |
| | | Republican Party. |
| | | Retirements. |
| | | School district assessed vales. |
| | | Senate Journal (DFL attempt). |
| | | Social sciences and humanities. |
| | | Soil conservation. |
| | | Southwest State College. |
| | | State college system biennial budget request. |
| | | State college students. |
| | | States colleges. |
| | | Taxes. |
| | | Taxes: Nonprofit organizations. |
| | | Teacher certification. |
| | | Teacher "Meet and Confer." |
| | | Teachers Retirement Association. |
| | | Tours. |
| | | Township affairs. |
| | | University. 4 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.15B | 12 | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | Crookston Technical College. |
| | | | Duluth. |
| | | | Health sciences. |
| | | | Legislative requests. 1 folder and 1 notebook. |
| | | | Long range development plan. 1 volume. |
| | | | Medical services. |
| | | | Morris. |
| | | | Pension plans. 1 notebook. |
| | | | Reports. 2 folders. |
| | | | Responses for information requested by legislators. 1 notebook. |
| | | | Staffing and salaries. 2 notebooks. |
| | | | Waseca Technical College. 3 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.B.19.16F | 13 | | University Study Commission. 2 folders. |
| | | Utilities (R.E.A.). |
| | | Veterans affairs. |
| | | Vietnam war resolution. |
| | | Vocational education. |
| | | Voyageurs National Park. |
| | | Waseca County. |
| | | Welfare. |
| | | Zoo. |
| | | Weekly releases and radio. |
| | | News clippings. 1 folder and 1 scrapbook. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 68th legislative session, 1973-1974: |
| | | Appropriations Committee. |
| | | Appropriations: Agriculture. |
| | | Bargaining bill. |
| | | Bills. |
| | | Searle bills. |
| | | Correspondence regarding bills. |
| | | Board of Regents. |
| | | Conference Committee. |
| | | Council of State Governments. 2 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.1B | 14 | | Education: |
| | | | Administration. |
| | | | Appropriations Committee: Higher Education Division. 3 folders. |
| | | | Area vocational technical education. |
| | | | Curriculum Subcommittee. |
| | | | Elementary-Secondary. |
| | | | Enrollment. |
| | | | Gifted. 2 folders. |
| | | | Higher education: |
| | | | | General. |
| | | | | Agricultural education. |
| | | | | Committee. |
| | | | | Coordinating Commission. 2 folders and 2 volumes. |
| | | | | State College. |
| | | | | University of Minnesota. |
| | | | Nurse education. |
| | | | Southwest State College. |
| | | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | | Law School. |
| | | | | Legislative requests. |
| | | | | Vice president for agriculture. |
| | | | Waseca County Vocational Center. |
| | | | Waseca Technical College. |
| | | Environmental Resource Committee. |
| | | Health care. |
| | | Highway 14 Corp. |
| | | Homestead tax. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.2F | 15 | | Lateral 2 (Steele County). |
| | | Legislative Audit Commission. 3 folders. |
| | | Legislative Building Commission. |
| | | Legislative election, 1974. 2 folders. |
| | | Lobbyists. |
| | | Miscellaneous. 2 folders. |
| | | Minnesota Horizons. |
| | | Minority research. 3 folders. |
| | | No fault insurance. |
| | | Partisan politics. |
| | | Private College Council. |
| | | Questionnaire. |
| | | Recycling. |
| | | Rules Committee. |
| | | School aid bill. |
| | | State office building remodeling. |
| | | Steering Committee. |
| | | Student constituents. |
| | | Tax bill. |
| | | Turtle Creek water problem. |
| | | Unicameral. |
| | | Watershed bill. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.3B | 16 | | Weekly news reports. 2 folders. |
| | | News clippings. 2 folders. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 69th legislative session, 1975-1976: |
| | | Anatomical gifts (H.F. 837, S.F. 156). |
| | | Appropriations Committee. |
| | | Appropriations Committee: Education Division. |
| | | Audit Commission. |
| | | Auto inspection. |
| | | A.V.T.I. (Area Vocational Technical Institutes). |
| | | Ban-the-Can. |
| | | Banking. |
| | | Bicentennial Commission. |
| | | Bills authored. |
| | | Board of Regents. |
| | | Bridges. |
| | | Budget. |
| | | Catastrophic health insurance. |
| | | Caucus. |
| | | Caucus personnel. |
| | | Caucus public relations. |
| | | Community colleges. |
| | | Conservation. |
| | | Constituent's problems. |
| | | Copper-nickel regional environmental impact statement work
plan. |
| | | Corrections. |
| | | Courts. |
| | | DFL questionable dealings. |
| | | Dinner, 1973-1974 graduates. |
| | | Domed stadium. |
| | | Drainage. 2 folders. |
| | | Drinking age (age of adulthood). |
| | | Drugs. |
| | | Education. |
| | | Education (elementary and secondary). |
| | | Ellendale. |
| | | Energy. |
| | | Environment and Natural Resources Committee. |
| | | Environmental Quality Council. |
| | | ERA (Equal Rights Amendment). |
| | | Ethics. |
| | | Ethics Commission. |
| | | Faculty salaries. |
| | | Family Farm Security Act. |
| | | Foreign student day. |
| | | Freeborn County. |
| | | Gas tax. |
| | | Gay rights. |
| | | Governor's State of the State. |
| | | Gun control. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.4F | 17 | | Health care facilities. |
| | | Helmet law. |
| | | Higher education |
| | | Higher Education Coordinating Commission. |
| | | Highways. |
| | | Individual sewage disposal systems. |
| | | Inheritance tax. |
| | | Insurance. |
| | | Jessen, Vicki Marie (New Richmond). |
| | | Jobs (Minnesota Association of Commerce and
Industry). |
| | | Joint Commission on Space Needs. |
| | | Labor. |
| | | Laetrile. |
| | | Lake Itasca Seminar. 1 notebook. |
| | | Lake Restoration: |
| | | | Albert Lea. |
| | | | Waseca County. |
| | | Land use planning grant bill (H.F. 1026, S.F.
804). |
| | | Legislative election, 1976. 3 folders. |
| | | Libraries. |
| | | Liquor. |
| | | Liquor control. |
| | | McIntire, Nancy (intern). |
| | | Mankato State College and Wilson Campus. |
| | | Marijuana. |
| | | MECC (Minnesota Educational Computer Council). |
| | | Minnesota Education Council. |
| | | Minnesota Resources Commission. |
| | | Minnesota State Horticultural Society. |
| | | Miscellaneous. |
| | | Natural Resources Department. 2 folders. |
| | | Newton, Anthony, M.P. |
| | | Normandale Junior College. |
| | | Nuclear power plant insurance. |
| | | Nursing home rates evaluation. |
| | | Nursing. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.5B | 18 | | Optometry. |
| | | Parks. |
| | | Personal (Rod Searle). |
| | | Planned Parenthood. |
| | | Pollution control. |
| | | Power line. |
| | | Power line siting. |
| | | Private colleges. |
| | | Private school aid. |
| | | Rack-pricing bill. |
| | | Raccoon bill (H.F. 570, S.F. 458). |
| | | Regents. 2 folders. |
| | | Retired teachers. |
| | | Retirement. |
| | | Schools: Legislative districts. |
| | | Senior citizens. |
| | | Staff and space. |
| | | Snowmobile (Waseca County). |
| | | Southern Minnesota Rivers Basin Commission. |
| | | Southwest State College. 2 folders. |
| | | State colleges. |
| | | State University Board. |
| | | Steele County. |
| | | Super board. |
| | | Taxes. |
| | | Transportation. |
| | | Tuition freeze. |
| | | Unemployment compensation. |
| | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | General. 2 folders. |
| | | | Backstrom, Charles (film). |
| | | | Financial Aid Review Committee. |
| | | | Waseca Technical College. |
| | | Upper Great Lakes Regional Council. |
| | | Usury. |
| | | Veterans. |
| | | Vocational education. |
| | | Vocational rehabilitation. |
| | | Waseca (City and county). |
| | | Waseca County. |
| | | Waseca County Republicans. |
| | | Welfare Department. |
| | | Wilson campus. |
| | | Wine bill. |
| | | Youngren, Rod. 2 folders. |
| | | Zoo. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.6F | 19 | | Weekly news reports. 2 folders. |
| | | News clippings, news releases, and weekly legislative
reports. 4 folders. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 70th legislative session, 1977-1978: |
| | | Ag Interpretive Center (Waseca). |
| | | Allocations: Education Conference Committee. |
| | | Appropriations Committee: Education Division. 4 folders. |
| | | Audit Commission. |
| | | A.V.T.I. (Area Vocational Technical Institute). |
| | | Ban-the-Can. |
| | | Banking. |
| | | Bills authored. |
| | | Bridges. |
| | | Budget. 1 folder and 1 volume. |
| | | Boundary Waters Canoe Area. |
| | | Capitol building annex. |
| | | Capital improvements (1978 legislative request). |
| | | Caucus personnel. |
| | | Column materials. |
| | | Community education. |
| | | Conservation. |
| | | Continental Telephone Company. |
| | | Determinate sentencing. |
| | | Domed stadium. |
| | | Drainage. |
| | | Dreissen, Vincent (House Page, 1977 session). |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.7B | 20 | | Education. |
| | | Election judges bill. |
| | | Energy. |
| | | Energy emergency (Fuel). |
| | | Environment and Natural Resources Committee. |
| | | Farm Bureau newsletters. |
| | | Foundation school aids. |
| | | Fuzz busters. |
| | | Gas lines. |
| | | Gay rights. |
| | | Gifted. |
| | | Grain Alcohol Fuel Board (H.F. 2117). |
| | | Gun control. |
| | | Higher education. |
| | | Higher education scholarships and grants-in-aid. |
| | | House scholarship fund. |
| | | Independent-Republican Party. |
| | | Institute of Technology Advisory Council. |
| | | Insurances. |
| | | Janesville. |
| | | Lake restoration: Waseca County. |
| | | Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. |
| | | Legislative election, 1978. |
| | | Libraries. |
| | | MASA (Minnesota Association of School
Administrators). |
| | | Mental health and special education. |
| | | Minnesota Educational Computer Consortium. |
| | | Miscellaneous. 4 folders. |
| | | National Conference of State Legislators. |
| | | Natural Resources Department. |
| | | Natural Resources Department: Commissioner Nye, February
meeting. |
| | | Normandale Junior College. |
| | | Nurse education. |
| | | Nursing homes. |
| | | Personal (Rod Searle). 2 folders. |
| | | Penny, Senator Tim. |
| | | Power line siting. 3 folders. |
| | | Precinct caucuses. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.8F | 21 | | Press Council. |
| | | Public waters inventory. |
| | | Questionnaire. 2 folders. |
| | | Railroad abandonment (Albert Lea to St. Clair). |
| | | Regents. |
| | | Regional government. |
| | | Reserve Mining: Milepost 7. |
| | | Retirement. |
| | | Rules. |
| | | School consolidation (Senator Jerry Anderson). |
| | | School reorganization bill. |
| | | Schools: Legislative districts. |
| | | Shoreline zoning ordinance. |
| | | Southern Minnesota River Basin Committee. |
| | | Speeches. 1 notebook. |
| | | State colleges. |
| | | Student aids. |
| | | Successor bill. |
| | | Sweden trip. |
| | | Taxes. |
| | | Township government. |
| | | Transportation. |
| | | Unemployment compensation. |
| | | University of Minnesota: |
| | | | General. |
| | | | Alm, Dr. Kent G. |
| | | | Duluth. |
| | | | Financial Aid Review Committee. |
| | | | Legislative request. 1 volume. |
| | | | Technology (Herbert Johnson). |
| | | | Waseca. |
| | | Usury. |
| | | Veterans. |
| | | Vocational education. |
| | | Waseca County and City. |
| | | Waseca County. |
| | | Waseca County claim. |
| | | Waseca County mental health services program. |
| | | Water resources. |
| | | Watkins Lake Dam. |
| | | Welfare Department. |
| | | Weekly news reports. 4 folders. |
| | | News clippings. 5 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.9B | 22 | 71st legislative session, 1979-1980: |
| | | Ag Interpretive Center (Waseca). |
| | | Appointments. 2 folders. |
| | | Appointments and speaking engagements. 2 folders. |
| | | Bills authored. |
| | | Blitzes (freshmen). 2 folders. |
| | | Blooming Prairie. |
| | | Canadian ambassador. |
| | | Clarks Grove (State aid formula). |
| | | Community colleges. 2 folders. |
| | | Constituent letter. |
| | | Constituents: |
| | | | Beyer, Pamela J. (social worker). |
| | | | Bishman, Dale L. (Owatonna). |
| | | | Blashack, Joe (Waldorf). |
| | | | Brown, Laurie. |
| | | | Ferber, Dan. |
| | | | Fogarty, Marian (Minnesota Family Farm
Project). |
| | | | Garness, Steve (Blooming Prairie). |
| | | | Jeddeloh, Terry. |
| | | | Krucko, Eugene. |
| | | | Metejcek, Mrs. Ray (Richland Plastics, New
Richland). |
| | | | Mitau, Charlotte (National Practice
Institute). |
| | | | Olson, Emil (Albert Lea). |
| | | | Sjoquist, Dan. |
| | | | Slama Brothers (Waseca). |
| | | | Smith, Robert A. |
| | | | Swearington, Roger (Ellendale). |
| | | | Wold, Cliff. |
| | | Daily schedule. |
| | | Ditch (John Kriessel). |
| | | Divided legislature. |
| | | Drainage. |
| | | Duncan, Merlin G. (Tuscaloosa, Alabama). |
| | | Education bill (K-3). |
| | | Election: District 30B, 1980. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.18.10F | 23 | | Energy. |
| | | Energy negotiations. |
| | | Energy special session. |
| | | Expenses and per diem. |
| | | Fellowship of Christian Legislators. |
| | | Freeborn County. |
| | | Fundraising. 2 folders. |
| | | Goose Lake matter (Waseca County). |
| | | Governor: Appointments. |
| | | Governor's Task Force on Executive and Judicial
Compensation. |
| | | Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
| | | Historical Society. |
| | | House employee salaries. |
| | | House finance office. |
| | | House Independent-Republican Caucus. 8 folders. |
| | | House organization and reorganization. 4 folders. |
| | | International trade seminar. |
| | | Irish delegation. |
| | | Juvenile court services (Waseca County). |
| | | Lake Okoboji (Iowa conference, June 27-29, 1979). |
| | | Lake Shore Inn Nursing Home. |
| | | Legislative Commission on Minnesota resources. |
| | | Meetings with governor. |
| | | Meetings with Irv Anderson. |
| | | Memorial Stadium. |
| | | Metropolitan State University. |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.19.1B | 24 | | Minnesota Daily. |
| | | Minnesota Magazine
article. |
| | | Minnesota State Tree Farm Committee. |
| | | Miscellaneous. |
| | | Official directory of the Minnesota
Legislature, 1979. |
| | | Parachuting. |
| | | Parliamentary procedures (Edward A. Burdick, Chief
Clerk). |
| | | Pavlak, Bob. |
| | | Personal (Rod Searle). |
| | | Policy Board. |
| | | Questionnaire. |
| | | Railroad problem (Waseca). |
| | | Retirement announced. |
| | | Rotary Club: Gambling. |
| | | RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program). |
| | | Rules. |
| | | Scholarships: School District 30B. |
| | | Special session. |
| | | Speeches. 3 folders. |
| | | State convention (Duluth), May 29-31,
1980. |
| | | State University Board. |
| | | Symposium: Rockstore 80 Conference (Stockholm, Sweden). 2 folders. |
| | | Teamster letter. |
| | | Underground Space Advisory Committee. 2 folders. |
| | | University of Minnesota: Waseca. |
| | | Voting rights for certain persons under guardianship (H.F.
250). |
| | | Waseca County. 2 folders. |
| | | Waseca housing proposal. |
| | | Waseca public schools. |
| | | Waseca WATS calls. 3 folders. |
| | | Waldorf-Pemberton railroad line. |
| | | Washington trip: Inflation meeting, December 13,
1978. |
| | | WCCO: "Nobody Ever Asked Me." |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.19.2F | 25 | | Weekly news reports. |
| | | News releases. 2 folders. |
| | | News clippings. 12 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 154.J.19.2F | 25 | Arv Johnson files, 1963-1980. 11 folders. |
| | | Includes correspondence, notes, radio broadcast scripts, and
miscellaneous material created by Arv Johnson, government and political
reporter for WCCO radio. Three folders contain materials collected by
Searle regarding Johnson's retirement and memorial service. These
include a sound recording of the May 3, 1979 House session that was
declared Arv Johnson Day. |
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| Location | Box |
| 154.J.19.2F | 25 | Young Men of Minnesota, 1957-1960. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative information, 1959-1963. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican Party, 1959-1968. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Location | Box |
| 152.F.13.14F | 26 | Campaign manual, 1960. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Politics and campaigns (Elmer L. Andersen), 1960. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative campaigns, 1962,
1964. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative races, 1965-1967. 2 folders. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican Party (polls, editorials, etc.), 1966. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1968 campaign: Jessen, 1968. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative campaign, 1968. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican platform, 1968. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Appreciation dinner, 1969. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative campaign, 1972. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative campaign fundraiser dinner, 1972. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative record: Representative Rod Searle, 1973-1974. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican politics, 1974. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative campaign, 1976. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Legislative campaign, 1978. 2 folders. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Platform Committee, Republican Convention, 1980. |
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| Location | Box |
| 152.F.14.1B | 27 | Background materials for book. 4 folders. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | John Helland interview with Rod Searle, 1980. 1 folder and 1 sound cassette. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | House negotiations, 1978. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Minnesota Historical Society oral history project, 1980. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Recollections of other legislators and background material, 1979-1986. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Reviewer's comments, 1989. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Original manuscript copy. 3 folders. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Location | Box |
| 154.J.19.2F | 25 | A. I. Johnson scholarship program, 1987. 1 videocassette (VHS). |
| | | Features Searle speaking about his experiences in the Minnesota
legislature and about former speaker of the House Alfred I. Johnson at a
forum held at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs moderated by
Walter F. Mondale. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | An Insider's View: Minnesota Political
History, April 10,
1991. 1 videocassette (VHS). |
| | | Features Searle speaking at Mankato State University about the 1979
legislature. |
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| Location | Box |
| 152.F.14.1B | 27 | Printed materials. |
| | | Includes packet by Jon Bjornson and materials from the Legislative
Reference Library. |
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| | Little League politics, circa 1959. Typescript. |
| | | Autobiographical manuscript regarding Searle's entry into politics, his
1956 campaign, and the 1957 state legislature. |
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| | Little League politics drafts, undated. |
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| | Winona State University, degree of doctor of humane letters,
Rodney N. Searle, May 4, 2001. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Conservation farming guide, Rod Searle, 1954. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nomination for 1978 Minnesota Tree Farmer Contest of the
Year, 1978. |
| | | Rodney Searle was nominated by the District Forester Les Miller. A couple
of short histories regarding the Searle family tree farm are also
included. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rodney N. Searle, resume, approximately 2001. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Video oral history, October 12, 2005. 1 video disc (DVD). |
| | | Presumably done by the Minnesota State University System, the oral
history features Searle, in his Waseca County home, discussing his early
life, how he got established in farming, politics, and the legislature's
role in combining various higher education systems into the Minnesota
State University System. |
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| Location | Box |
| 154.L.5.13B | 30 | Birth certificate, property records, vital records, obituary,
college transcripts, and clippings of Rod N. Searle, 1920-2014. |
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| Location | Box |
| 152.F.14.1B | 27 | Undated, 1958-1992. 5 folders. |
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Assorted campaign, committee, and formal and candid photographs. Most are
identified.
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| Location | Box |
| 152.F.14.1B | 27 | Undated, 1957-2005. 3 folders. |
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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:
- Legislative bodies -- Presiding officers.
- Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation --
Minnesota.
- Higher education and state -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Johnson, Arv (Verner Arvid),
1916-1980, author.
- Searle, William A., author.
- Searl, Samuel, author.
- Currier, Mary Ann Harris Searl,
author.
- Searle, Herman S., author.
- Searle, Ella Rosetta Newell,
author.
- Searle, Janette E. Christie,
author.
- Searle family.
- Christie family.
- Organizations:
- Independent-Republicans of
Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Legislature. House of
Representatives.
- Republican Party (Minn.).
- University of Minnesota.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980.
- Waseca County (Minn.) -- Politics and government --
1945-1980.
- Document Types:
- Bills (legislative records).
- Photographs.
- Radio scripts.
- Speeches.
- Video recordings.
- DVDs.
- Videocassettes.
- Occupations:
- Legislators -- Minnesota.
- Titles:
- Minnesota standoff.
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