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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loucks, Henry L.angford, 1986-1928

PAPERS, 1916-1934

(bulk dates, 1916-1919)

Quantity .25 linear ft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACQUISITION:                Collection was donated by Dean Brown.

 

ACCESS:                           This collection is open for research without restrictions.

 

PRINTED MATERIAL:    Printed Materials are located in Box1.

 

COPYRIGHT:                    Copyright is held by the University of South Dakota. Permission to reprint material from the papers must be obtained from the Archives and Special Collections of the University of South Dakota.

 

 

PROCESSED BY:             Anne Hinseth, July 2001

History

Henry Langford Loucks was born in Hull, Ontario, Canada on May 24, 1846.  He ran mercantile businesses in Michigan and Missouri before claiming a homestead in Deuel County, Dakota Territory.  Loucks arrived in 1884, at the beginning of an economic depression.  The Farmers’ Alliance (which eventually became the Populist Party) grew out of the economic depression and Loucks became its president.  Loucks was a natural leader and took great interest in agrarian politics.  He established and edited the Dakota Ruralist, a newspaper that promoted the agrarian opinion.  Loucks was the Populist candidate for South Dakota Governor in 1890 and also for United States Senator in 1891.

Loucks was married to Florence McCraney on May 2, 1878.  They had seven children.  Loucks died December 29, 1928.

 

 

 

Scope and Content Note

The Henry Langford Loucks Collections contains four series: Correspondence, Printed Materials, Typescripts and Ephemera.

The Correspondence series contains four outgoing letters to concerning the South Dakota Farmers' Alliance and a letter from John T. Belk secretary of the Farmers Co-Operative Association to the membership of the association.

The Printed Materials includes a large selection of Newspaper Clippings concerning farming and state utilities and several political pamphlets written by Loucks.

The Typescript series contains copies of political writings by Loucks.

The Ephemera series contain handwritten notes, most likely written by Loucks, and a hand drawn political cartoon.

 

 

Subjects:

Agriculture and politics

 

South Dakota – Politics and government

 

 

 

Additional Resources

Dakota Ruralist, Chilson Newspapers, Special Collections, University of South Dakota

 

Henry Langford Loucks Papers, Special Collections, Manuscript Collections, South Dakota State University

 

South Dakota Farmers Alliance Records, Manuscript Collections, Special Collections, South Dakota State University

 

Guarnieri, Thom. H. L.

Loucks and the Dakota Ruralist: Voices of Reform. Thesis (M.S.)--Journalism and Mass Communications Dept., South Dakota State University, 1981

South Dakota State University: Archives/Upper Level LB2385 .G932

 

Loucks, Henry Langford

The great conspiracy of the house of Morgan and how to defeat it.  Watertown, S. D., The author] c1916. 

Chilson Collection and Circulating Collection HG 2481.L7 1916

 

How to restore and maintain our government bonds at par.  Watertown, S.D.: The Author], c1921.

Chilson Collection HJ8117 .L68

 

The mythical gold base: or, Standard of the Federal Reserve System compared with our farmers land loan and sub-treasury plan.  Watertown, S. D.: American Honest Money League, 1922.

Chilson Collection HG297. L68x

Dewey Books - 3rd Fl Southeast 332.42 L925m

 

The new monetary system as advocated by the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union.  The Ruralist Quarterly, v.2, no. 2, March 1895 Edition:  Rev. ed.  [s.l. : s.n.], 1895. 

Chilson Collection HG 529.L68x