PLANNING AGENCY: OFFICE OF LOCAL AND URBAN AFFAIRS:
An Inventory of Its Governor's Rural Development Conference Proceedings and Summary Report at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota State Planning Agency. Office of Local and Urban Affairs. | |
| Title: | Governor's Rural Development Conference Proceedings and Summary Report. | |
| Dates: | 1972-1973. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Summary report (February 1973), conference proceedings (audio recordings), and a twenty-seven minute highlight audio recording, of this one day conference convened December 13, 1972 at Moorhead State College, Moorhead, Minnesota, to highlight the potential of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (Pubic Law 92-419). Sponsored by senators Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota, and Herman Talmadge, Georgia, the act was signed into law in August 1972. Its primary purpose was to provide jobs and increase income in rural areas by encouraging rural industrialization and commercial activity. It also improved the amount and types of farm credit available from the Farmers Home Credit Administration, and dealt with rural environmental protection, housing, fire protection and rural development research and education. | |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (1 folder in partial box), 11 master audio files: WAV (4 GB), and 11 user audio files: MP3 (696 MB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
During its morning session, the conference, attended by more than 1400 persons, featured speeches by Governor Wendell R. Anderson, Senator Humphrey, Congressman Bob Bergland, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development William Erwin and Farmers Home Administration Administrator James V. Smith. The afternoon was given to smaller discussion groups which examined various sections of the act which pertained to farmers, private business, loans and grants for community needs, rural housing, rural fire protection, rural research and education, and government program coordination. The State Planning Agency's Office of Local and Urban Affairs was involved in the conference's implementation.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota State Planning Agency. Office of Local and Urban Affairs. Governor's Rural Development Conference Proceedings and Summary Report. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 974-28
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the audio reels are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audio reels were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav files.
Processing Information:
Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, February 2, 2022.
Digital audio transferred from the master audio reels by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, (February 2022).
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 990017039080104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 154.J.12.5B | Summary report, February 1973. 1 folder. | ||||||||||
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| Conference proceedings, 1972. 11 audio recordings: | |||||||||||
| Conference convened to highlight the Rural Development Act of 1972. | |||||||||||
| Tape 1, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (55 minutes, 47 seconds): WAV (281 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (52 MB). | |||||||||||
| Speakers include Moorehead state college president Roland Dille, congressman Bob Bergland, and United States Department of Agriculture's Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development William Erwin. | |||||||||||
| Intermittent sound bleeding in the background from separate audio track of Minnesota milestones. | |||||||||||
| Related material: Minnesota milestones is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society sound and visual collection. | |||||||||||
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| Tape 2, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (52 minutes, 22 seconds): WAV (264 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (37.7 MB). | |||||||||||
| Speakers include Farmers Home Administration Administrator James V. Smith, congressman Bob Bergland, staff member from congressman John Zwach's office, former Gov. Norman Arthur Erbe of Iowa, and Senator Hubert Humphrey. | |||||||||||
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| Tape 3, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (56 minutes, 54 seconds): WAV (286 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (49.7 MB). | |||||||||||
| Main speech by Senator Humphrey. | |||||||||||
| Sound occasionally goes out, followed by a loud buzz. Additionally, Intermittent sound bleeding in the background from separate audio track of Minnesota milestones. | |||||||||||
| Related material: Minnesota milestone is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society sound and visual collection. | |||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||
| Tape 4, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 52 minutes): WAV (569 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (96.3 MB). | |||||||||||
| Discussion group 1: Farmers and the act. | |||||||||||
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| Tape 5, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 14 minutes): WAV (374 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (62 MB). | |||||||||||
| Discussion group 2: Aids to private business. | |||||||||||
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| Tape 6, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 50 minutes): WAV (555 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (101 MB). | |||||||||||
| Discussion group 3: Boxcar shortage. | |||||||||||
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| Tape 7, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 16 minutes): WAV (387 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (51 MB). | |||||||||||
| Discussion group 4: Rural housing. | |||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||
| Tape 8, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 36 minutes): WAV (391 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (78.5 MB). | |||||||||||
| Discussion group 5: Rural fire protection. | |||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||
| Tape 9, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 17 minutes): WAV (391 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (68 MB). | |||||||||||
| Discussion group 6: Rural research and education | |||||||||||
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| Tape 10, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 25 minutes): WAV (432 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (74.1 MB). | |||||||||||
| Discussion group 7: Program coordination. | |||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||
| Tape 11, Rural development conference, December 13, 1972. 1 master audio file (25 minutes, 44 seconds): WAV (129 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (24.6 MB). | |||||||||||
| Conference recap by the Community Service Clearinghouse of Moorehead State College with speech excerpts from Governor Anderson and Senator Humphrey. | |||||||||||
| Container note: Moorehead State College Audiovisual Center | |||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||
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:
- Agricultural laws and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Agriculture -- Research -- Minnesota.
- Agriculture and state -- Minnesota.
- Education, Rural -- Minnesota.
- Farmers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Minnesota.
- Fire prevention -- Minnesota.
- Housing, Rural -- Minnesota.
- Rural credit -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Rural development -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Rural industries -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Anderson, Wendell Richard, 1933-2016.
- Bergland, Bob Selmer, 1928-
- Erwin, William Walter, 1925-
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
- Smith, James V.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Governor's Rural Development Conference.
- Moorhead State University.
- United States. Farmers Home Administration.
- United States. -- Rural Development Act of 1972
- Functions:
- Planning.
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