Edward John Thye papers, 1945-1958

Edward John Thye papers, 1945-1958

P0386

1945-1958

History/Biography:
Born in Frederick, South Dakota, 1896. Thye served in World War I, and returned home to work at the Deere & Webber. Thye held various positions from serving the town council of Sciota and Sciota school board, president of the Dakota County Farm Bureau, director of Twin City Milk Producers Association, and others. Thye was elected the 31st Lieutenant Governor under Harold Stassen in 1942. When Stassen resigned to served the navy, Thye succeeded him as governor. He was reelected until 1947 when he was elected as U.S. Senator – defeating Henrik Shipstead and Theodore Jorgenson.

Scope and Content:
Newsletters, speeches, press releases, clippings, and letters of a Minnesota farmer and a United States senator (1947-1958).

Includes these speeches/addressed by Thye:

• "The One Hundred Anniversary of Minnesota," (1949); "Need for Action on Hoover Commission's Recommendations," (1950)
• "Address before the National Lutheran Educational Conference, Washington D.C.," (1952)
• "Alaska and Hawaii Deserve Statehood," (1952)
• "Norway's Constitutional Day," (1952)
• "Norway's Independence Day," (1954)
• "All Segments of Nation's Economy--Agriculture, Industry, Labor--Must be kept in Balance," (1954)
• "Sen. Thye says Dairy Problems Demand Changes," (1954)
• "Thye Cites need for Research in Fighting Disease," (1954)
• "Sen. Thye Gets Action on Egg Price Hearing," (1954)
• "On Continuing Small Business Administration," (1955)
• "Sen. Thye would Continue Small Business Agency," (1955)
• "Sen. Thye asks Hearings to Clarify Wheat Inspections," (1955)
• "A Stalwart Friend Speaks for Small Business," (1958)
• "Remarks of Introduction by Sen. Thye at St. Olaf College [welcoming Princess Astrid, & Prime Minister Gerhardsen] (1958)
• "Thye Leadership Praised by Colleagues--Remarks by Hon. Karl E. Mundt (South Dakota) and Hon. Styles Bridges (New Hampshire), (1958)
• "Sen. Ed Thye Speaks for the Farmer, remarks by Thye, Andrew F. Schoeppel (Kansas) and George D. Aiken (Vermont), (1958)

2 folders

English

Speeches

Clippings

Correspondence

This collection is open to research.

[Indicate the cited item here]. Edward John Thye Papers. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.