George Hagen Papers (S5034)

1929-1945

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Born in Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota in 1903, George Hagen attended St. Olaf College and studied law at Georgetown University before becoming a member of the Minnesota Bar.  He also spent fourteen months as an FBI agent in Washington D.C.  Hagen served in several public offices during his career, including Polk County Attorney, six years in the Minnesota House of Representatives, and many years as District Judge in Polk County.  In politics, Hagen was part of the Farmer-Labor Party in the 1930s and early 1940s, but in the latter 1940s sought to be elected Lieutenant Governor on the Republican Party ticket.  Hagen died in the late 1970s.

 

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

These papers consist of Hagen’s political and personal correspondence, and numerous files from George Hagen’s law practice, including client files – some of these are restricted by privacy legislation.  In addition, there are political files on the Polk County issues, the Farmer-Labor Party, sessions and legislative activities of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and documents from Hagen’s campaigns for office.  All materials are in excellent condition. 

 

Inventory

 

Box 1

Abandonment

Abductions

Abstracts/Titles

Adoption Proceedings - RESTRICTED

Alcohol Violations/Prohibition

Annulment

Arson

Assault - 1st Degree

            - 2nd Degree

            - Miscellaneous

            - Simple

Bad Checks.  1929-37

Bigamy

Bills of Sale

Borgerson vs. First National Bank of McIntosh 

Car Accidents

Cases - Bill Collections.  1931-43

            - Insurance

- John Doe 

- Juvenile

- Miscellaneous

- Parole

Census.  1940  

Child - Custody

            - Neglect

Citizen’s Monitor, “Letters of the Week.”  1941   

Clearwater Gravel Company, Duluth, Minnesota  

Concealed Weapons 

Contingent Funds  

Contracts - Miscellaneous

            - Personal Property

Correspondence

County - Attorney

- Criminal Report.  1931

- General Report 

                        - Polk County

- Board

Crookston, Minnesota - Aunt Polly’s Slough  

- Centennial.  1979  

- Daily Times. 1954  

            - Daily Times - Miscellaneous  

 

Box 2

Crookston, Minnesota, continued

            - “Days of ‘49” Celebration.  1849      

- Miscellaneous           

            - Photographs/Postcards

- Politics.  1935  

- River Beautification  

- Trinity Lutheran Church  

- United Lutheran Church Merger with 1st English, Swedish Lutheran, Norwegian Lutheran  

Deportation

Disability Compensation

District Court Clerks’ Criminal Reports 

Divorce

Domestic Complaints

Easement

Embezzlement

 

Box 3

Estates

Extradition Proceedings 

False Imprisonment

Farm Reacquisition.  1937

Foreclosure

Forgery - Koorstad

            - Miscellaneous

Fornication

Fraud

Gambling - Miscellaneous

            - Nelson vs. Hiven

Grand Larceny - By False Pretense

            - Miscellaneous

            - Scott


Box 4

Grand Theft Auto

Guardianship 

Hagen, George - Campaign Materials

            - Commissions

            - Date Books

- District Judge

- Governor Consideration.  1942   

- Investors Syndicate    

- Minnesota Legislature

            - Personal Papers. 1941    

- Re-Election.  1941    

- Personal

- Photographs    

- Sartemo vs. Hagen

- Speeches 1937, 1939, 1941    

Hagen, Herald

Highways - State 81, Crookston to Moorhead

- U.S. 75

- Convention, 1940  

- Crookston to Canada   

Hijacking 

Hormel Incorporated

Judges - Municipal Court

Judgeship Race. 1942  

Judgment Reversal

Judiciary Committee  

Labor/Wage Disputes  

Land Purchase/Sale - Guzek, Joseph

- Miscellaneous

- Olson, Ida

- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, re: Sale of Land  

Ledger.  1930-42  

Licensing

Malpractice

Manslaughter

 

Box 5

Maple Lake, Minnesota Project.  1938-39  

Medical Investigations/Licensure

Minnesota  - Legislature

-1936

                                    - Miscellaneous

                                    - Race

- 1937

- Bills, Miscellaneous

- Civil Service Reorganization Bill

- Correspondence

- Hagen

- Notes

- Personal Papers

                                    - Miscellaneous

                                    - Newsletter, Week in the Lawmill 

- University of Minnesota, Northwest School of Agriculture  

                        - 1939

                                    - Bill

                                                - Civil Service Reorganization

                                                - Iron Ore Taxation     

- Miscellaneous

- Small Loan

- State Reorganization   

- Tax Bill 

- Trust Fund Diversion    

- Bribery Investigation   

- Labor Relations Act

- Miscellaneous

- Stassen Budget  

- University of Minnesota, Northwest School of Agriculture  

- 1940

- Freight Rates

- Gambling Bill  

- 1941

                        - Bills

- Cigarette & Tobacco Tax   

- Free Speech

- Civil Service Act  

- Deportation of Non-Resident Poor

- Freight Rates
 

Box 6

Minnesota - Legislature - 1941, continued

- Iron Ore

- Miscellaneous

                        - School Districts

                        - Stassen, Governor’s Inaugural Speech

                        - Trust Fund Raid

- University of Minnesota, Northwest School of Agriculture  

            - Map of Railroad Lines.  1918

            - Miscellaneous

            - Trust Funds

Misappropriation of Public Funds

Misdemeanors

Missing Persons

Mortgages - Chattel

            - Deeds/Papers

            - Hegge v. Northwestern Mutual Life

            - Liens/Redemptions

Murder

Narcotics

National Rivers and Harbors Congress  

Newspaper Articles.  1930-40s; undated

Non-Payment - Goods 

- Rent 

- Service

Nordstrom: Feed Additive for Dairy Cows  

Pamphlets  

Parent-Teachers Association  

Patent Applications  

Paternity - RESTRICTED

 

Box 7

Paternity, continued - RESTRICTED

Personal - Injury

- Property Disputes

Petit Jury and Grand Jury  

Politics - Benson, Governor Elmer

- Communism

            - Democratic Party

- Correspondence, Minnesota

- National Party

- Newspaper Articles

- Election

- Campaign Materials

- Miscellaneous.  1934-38

- Literature.  1934, 1938

- Primary Vote Results.  1930, 1932, 1934

- Repeal.  1937  

- Farmer Labor Association

            - Campaign

- Correspondence

- Materials

                        - Constitution

                        - Miscellaneous

                        - Newspaper

                                    - Articles

                                    - People’s Voice

                       

Box 8

Politics - Farmer Labor Association, continued

- Pamphlets

                        - Photographs

- State Conventions.  1938, 1940, 1941

- Treasurer’ Records 

            - Literature

            - Polk County

                        - Conciliation Commissioner

                        - Correspondence

                        - Haaven, Sheriff

                        - Hagen/Solstad Issue

                        - Newspaper Articles

                        - Primary Vote.  1938

            - Republican Party

                        - Campaign Materials

                        - Investigation   of House File 463

- Merit System

                        - Miscellaneous

                        - Newspaper Articles

                        - Stassen

                                    - Correspondence

                                    - Newspaper Articles

                        - Thye, Ed

            - Rumors

- Speeches/Addresses

- State Finances

Polk County - Option Fight.  1910  

- Superintendent of Schools

Probate

Property Disputes - Carlson vs. Carlson

            - Miscellaneous  

Public Indecency

Rape/Carnal Knowledge - Miscellaneous

            - State vs. Panetti

 

Box 9

Ration Cards.  1947

Real Estate, Minnesota.  1896

Red River Valley Soil Survey.  1939

Roads/Waterways

Robbery/Theft

School Board  Election. 1940  

Sioux Indian War, Narratives and Reminiscences.  1926

Slander 

Sodomy

State Bank of Eldred Buyout

Steenerson Family Memories of Pioneer Days

Taxes - Deadlock 

            - Delinquent

            - Gift and Inheritance 

            - Income Tax   

- Mining

- Miscellaneous

- Money and Credit

- Net Income

- Township

Tenancy Contracts

Townships

- Andover

            - Kertsonville

            - King

            - Queen

            - Tilden

Traffic Violations

Transportation Report by William Makln

Trespassing

Vagrancy

Welfare/Aid Requests - Hassan, Ali

            - Miscellaneous

 

Box 10

Wills

Portrait Litho Blocks of George Hagen