Name/Title
FlyerEntry/Object ID
1.08.82Description
U of M Waseca Visitors Day. Material: paper. Size: 7" W. x 5 1/2" H. Description: white paper - black print on front: "Come to Waseca on Tuesday, July 2nd" - flyer addressed to: "R.E. Hodgson 469 4th Ave NE Waseca, MN 56093" - black print on back: "Visitors' Day University of Minnesota Southern School and Experiment Station at Waseca on Tuesday, July 2, 1968."Context
University of Minnesota. Robert E. Hodgson (1893-1968) was superintendent of the Southern Experiment Station from 1919 to 1960. He promoted modern agricultural methods in Waseca and throughout Minnesota. From 1948 to 1964, Hodgson wrote a column for The Farmer Magazine, and his column “Bob Hodgson Talks” appeared in more than one hundred rural Minnesota newspapers for over 20 years. Hodgson was a member of the Waseca County Historical Society, the Waseca County Horse Thief Detectives, The Boy Scouts and other organizations. Among his many interests were history, nature study and pipe collecting. During World War II, Hodgson wrote a once a month letter to members of Boy Scout Troop 85 who were serving in the armed forces all over the world. The letters were published in the Waseca Journal with separate copies printed and mailed to any Waseca serviceman who wished to receive them. Hodgson’s letters maintained the home contacts, helped men keep up on the locations of friends and provided morale-boosting communications for those far away from home.Cataloged By
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FlyerClass
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Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
April 14, 2008Update Date
November 21, 2024