Governor Nils A. Boe
Years in Office: 1965-1969

Birth: September 10, 1913; Baltic, South Dakota
Death: July 30, 1992

Governor Boe created the Planning Commission, Building Authority, and the Higher Education Fund. He worked for property tax relief and industrial development. Governor Boe closely monitored the activities of state government. He was appointed Director of Intergovernmental Relations, Washington D.C. by President Nixon. He served until 1971 when he was appointed Chief Judge of the United States Customs Court, New York City, from which he retired in 1984.

Classification Number: 1/33/1
Accession Number: 75-042
Collection Name:
Governor Nils A. Boe
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Agency Files, 1965-1968. This collection consists of Governor Boe’s files on various state agencies, committees, offices, universities, and boards.  These files are arranged chronologically and thereunder alphabetically, they date from 1965-1968.
Shelf Location:
Box 7-9

Classification Number: 1/33/2
Accession Number: 75-042
Collection Name:
Governor Nils A. Boe
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Audit Reports and Fact Sheets, 1967-1968.  This collection includes audit reports for: the Desmet Public Library, Lincoln County, Spink County, the Legislative Research Council, South Dakota State University, the State Board of Regents, and Kingsbury County.  Also contained within the collection is a book containing Fact Sheets and other data associated with Conservancy sub-districts.
Shelf Location:
Box 8

Classification Number: 1/33/3
Accession Number:
75-231
Collection Name: Governor Nils A. Boe
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Records relating to the Black Hills Flood of 1965.
Shelf Location: Box 3544A

Classification Number: 1/33/4
Accession Number: 75-231
Collection Name: Governor Nils A. Boe
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Records relating to the March 1, 1966 Blizzard; 1966-1967.
Shelf Location: Box 3544A

Accession Number: H97-30
Collection Name:
Alice Kundert
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Nils A. Boe Scrapbook and Papers, 1963-1995.  This collection consists of 20 scrapbooks, a photo album, and a paper entitled “The Philosophical Legacy of a Man Named Boe”.
Shelf Location:
Box 6807-6813

Accession Number: 96-332
Collection:
Governor, Inaugural Addresses
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Message to Legislature 1965, Message to Legislature 1966, Message to Legislature 1967, Message to Legislature 1968, Message of Retiring Governor Nils A. Boe 1969.
Shelf Location:
7136C

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