Frank H. DeGroat Papers (S716)

1939-1981

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Frank DeGroat (1916-1989) served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1962-1976, the year he retired from office.  He served in District 10A which occupies Becker, and parts of Otter Tail and Wadena Counties.  In addition to holding public office, Frank was a dairy and grain farmer residing in the rural Lake Park, Minnesota area.

 

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Frank H. DeGroat papers are a legislative collection.  They are arranged topically and chronologically.  The collection consists of agricultural reports, committee minutes, correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, legislative reports, and various related legislative materials.

 
Inventory

 

Box 1

Advertising - Outdoor Laws and Information.  1969-73

Agriculture - Miscellaneous.  1969, 1971, undated

            - Reports.  1971-76

            - Subcommittee

                        - Minutes.  1972

                        - Reports.  1972

            - Wild Rice Crops

                        - Correspondence.  1972-73

                        - Miscellaneous.  1969, undated

Alcohol and Drug Abuse.  1969-75

Bibliographic Information

Biographical Information

Bills, Act, and Summaries of Bills.  1968-79

Bounty and Predator Control.  1959, 1965-75

Campaign Materials.  1968-76, undated

Charitable Organizations.  1973

Communism - Farm Bureau/Union Relationship.  1939-59

            - Miscellaneous.  1947-60, undated

Consumer Laws published by the Office of the Attorney General.  1969

Corrections, Department of.  1972-76

Correspondence.  1963, 1967-71

 

Box 2

Correspondence.  1972-81, undated

Conservation.  1969-76

Directories - Committee and Committee Assignments.  1973, 1975

            - Seating, Telephone.  1971, 1973-75

Education - Lake Park School Advisory Committee.  1978-79

            - Minnesota, Department of.  1973-74

            - Miscellaneous.  1963-75, undated

            - Pine Point Experimental School.  1972-73

            - Ray Brown-Backus School Controversy.  1975

Energy.  1975-78, undated

Family Farm Security.  1971-76

Fergus Falls State Hospital.  1976

Genealogical Information.  1969, 1972, 1975, undated

Gulf Oil - Annual Report.  1978

            - Correspondence/Press Releases.  1978-80

            - Government Advisory Council

                        - Focus (Newsletter).  1978-79

                        - Houston Meeting.  1979

                        - New Orleans Meeting.  1977

            - Miscellaneous.  1977-80, undated

 

Box 3

Highway - Aid and Beautification.  1973, undated

            - Department of.  1966-77

House Bills.  Volume 1 (See Boxes 10 & 11)

Indian Affairs Commission - Correspondence.  1965-73

            - Minutes.  1963-64, 1966-72

            - Reports.  1965-75

Legislative - Reports and Journals.  1968-76

            - Wrap-up Reports.  1976

Minnesota - Bicentennial Commission.  1974-76

            - Commission for the Handicap.  1963-77, undated

            - Farm Bureau.  1955, 1974, 1980-82

            - National Guard Reports.  1954, 1975

            - Public Disclosure Law.  1977-82

Miscellaneous Materials.  1969-76, undated

Native Americans - Hunting and Fishing Rights.  1971-74

            - Legal Information.  1966-72

            - Miscellaneous.  1962-73, undated

News Releases.  1971-76, undated

Newsletters - Miscellaneous.  1972-76, 1979

            - The Session Weekly published by the Minnesota House of Representatives.  1986

Newspaper Clippings.  1967-80, undated

Northwest Area Foundation Report.  1975

An Occupational Profile of Minnesota Women.  1975

Panama Canal Treaty.  1976-77

Personal Notes.  1969-76, undated

Pollution Control Agency.  1973-76

Poverty in Minnesota - Who, Where, and Why published by the Governor’s office of Economic Opportunity.  1972

Public Welfare, Department of.  1974, 1978

Regional Development Act.  1969-71

Resolutions and Petitions.  1969-75

 

Box 4

Senate Bills.  Volume 2

Shore Land Management.  1965, 1970, 1975

Snowmobiles - International Conference Information.  1972-73

            - Manufacturers’/Legislature Minutes.  1973

            - Miscellaneous.  1971-75

            - Rules and Regulations.  1967-73

            - Subcommittee Minutes.  1971-72

Speeches.  1968-76, undated

Taxation - Conference Committee.  1973

            - Homestead Credit.  1972-76

            - Miscellaneous.  1967-79

            - Property.  1973, undated

            - Railroad.  1969-73, undated

            - Real Estate.  1969-76, undated

            - Study Commission.  1973

University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Stations.  1966-67, 1973

The Washington Report.  1977-80

Wetlands - Miscellaneous.  1962-75

            - Preservation.  1970, undated

Wild Rice River Basin.  1968-69, 1972

 

Box 5

Author’s Lists.  1965, 1971, 1973-77

Dairy Herd Record Book.  1944-57

 

The following boxes contain various publications relating to the subject area indicated.

 

Box 6

Daily Planner Books.  1965-77, undated

Agriculture

 

Box 7

Education

Environmental Reports

 

Box 8

Environmental Reports

Land Use Planning

Legislative Bulletins

 

Box 9

Legislative Bulletins

Regional Development Studies and Proposals

Taxation

 

Boxes 10-11

House Bills