Glen Sherwood Papers

Cote

S-1947

Nom et localisation du dépôt

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Titre

Glen Sherwood Papers

Date(s)

  • 1972-1980 (Création/Production)

Importance matérielle

2.52 linear feet

Nom du producteur

(1934-)

Notice biographique

Glen Sherwood was born May 7, 1934, in Tracy, Minnesota. He was married to Joann in 1955, they had two sons. He attended the University of North Dakota, where he received a Bachelor of Philosophy in History and Natural Science in 1956. He then attended Utah State University in 1959, where he received a Master of Science, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Biology in 1966.

Glen Sherwood was an outdoor writer, realtor, lay preacher, and a Representative of District 4B. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1962-1970. He was a member of the Audubon Society, Wildlife Society, and Wilderness Society. He has received the American Motor Conservation Award in 1970 and the North Dakota Conservationist of the Year in 1969.

As a representative, he was a three-term DFLer from 1972-1976. In 1978, he switched to the Independent-Republican Party. Sherwood served as a representative from 1973-1982.  He has served on various committees: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, Environment and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Government Operations, and Transportation. Later, he ran unsuccessfully for the Independent Republican Party endorsement for the gubernatorial nomination in 1982.

Portée et contenu

The Sherwood Papers contain mainly correspondence, legislation materials, government pamphlets and reports, and newspaper clippings. The majority of the items date between 1972 and 1980. This collection is organized into two series, Constituent Correspondence and Legislative Subject Files. The constituent correspondence are the letters between Sherwood and the voting members within his district. The second series, Legislative subject files consists the topics of alcohol, drinking and driving, raising the drinking age, and fish sounder and finder legislation.

Mode de classement

Series 1: Constituent Correspondence

Records are arranged chronologically. In the years that contain a lot of correspondence the various folders are arranged alphabetically by the authors, and then in each folder the correspondence is subdivided chronologically.

Series 2: Legislative Subject Files

The folders are arranged by topic and arranged chronologically within the boxes.

Records are located at 36.1d-3a.

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There are no access restrictions.

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Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.

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      These records were reprocessed by Hannah Plachecki in October 2014.

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