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Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Series 3: Legal Papers, 1888-1924
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Folder 6: Legal Correspondence
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
Part of Nels A. Tornquist papers
The Doris and Leona Velen Collection contains materials pertaining to the sisters' campaign against the construction of Tuttle Creek Dam near Manhattan, Kansas from approximately 1937 to1962. The women were part of a large campaign of Blue Valley residents who attempted to save their homes from being flooded by the construction of Tuttle Creek Dam. Their efforts produced hundreds of letters, dozens of scrapbooks and pamphlets and numerous magazine and newspaper articles.
Subject files covering a broad range of topics relevant to Tuttle Creek Dam are assembled to complete the second series. Most notable among them are the files relating to the Blue Valley Open House, held October 22, 1955; trips taken by Blue Valley residents to Denver in 1952 and Washington D.C. in 1955 to meet with President Eisenhower; material used in political campaigns to elect anti-dam supporters to Congress; and the Tuttle Creek Story film, created to chronicle the creation of the dam.
The third series consists of speeches given between 1951 and 1955. Speeches were delivered before various groups and commissions in order to gather support in defense of the Blue Valley. The maps in the fourth series range in scope from local to national areas. Maps are used to illustrate how Tuttle Creek Dam relates to the other flood control projects along the Missouri River Basin. Various types of printed material are organized into the fifth series. Included among them are pamphlets and propaganda unique to the movement against Tuttle Creek Dam.
A large portion of this series contains newspaper clippings from various local and regional newspapers as well as an assortment of magazine articles. These articles provide a continuing narrative of the Tuttle Creek project, from its beginnings in the 1940s, through the controversy caused by its construction, and ending with the historic flood of 1993.
Scrapbooks created by Doris and Leona Velen make up the sixth and final series in the collection. The 69 scrapbooks span the years 1951-1962 and contain newspaper and magazine articles and congressional records concerning the Tuttle Creek project. A small number of broadsides, photographs, artifacts, and a 16mm film are listed at the end of the container list.
Velen, Doris and Leona
Folder 3: People, Congress Telegrams
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 10: "Dear Girl" Letters
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 11: Velen, Doris, Congress, Outgoing
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 4: Velen, Leona, Congress, Outgoing
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 9: Velen, Leona, General, Incoming
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 10: Velen, Leona, General, Incoming
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 11: Velen, Leona, General, Incoming
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 15: Velen, Frank and Esther, Congress, Outgoing
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Folder 17: Velen, Frank and Esther
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Part of Doris and Leona Velen papers
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Item 4: Critique of the Union Consumer Credit Code
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Item 6: Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Item 7: Office of Technology Assessment Printings
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Item 6: Federal Policies and the Medical Devices Industry
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Item 1: White House Message of Consumer Interest
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Part of Helen Nelson papers
Item 2: Patricia R. Powers' Doctoral Thesis
Part of Charlotte Churnaman papers
Part of Charlotte Churnaman papers
Part of Charlotte Churnaman papers
Part of Charlotte Churnaman papers
Item 2: Thank you's and Requests
Part of Motor Voter records
Arizona Consumers Council records
The materials within this collection relate mostly with Consumer Financial Archives and Office of Financial Accounts. Within those two categories, the materials include: historical documents, meeting minutes, assembly information, and information on the board of directors, correspondence, committee information and financial records. This information ranges from 1963 to 1983.
Part of Alice C. Nichols papers
Part of Alice C. Nichols papers
Part of Alice C. Nichols papers
Folder 26: D. A. Fay (Carbon), Chapter 1
Part of Alice C. Nichols papers