Governor Frank M. Byrne
Years in Office: 1913-1917

Birth: October 23, 1858;
Volney, Iowa
Death: December 24, 1928; San Francisco, California

Governor Frank M. Byrne created the State Tax Commission, agencies and commissions to regulate banking, insurance companies and railroads. He also campaigned for better highways.

Classification Number: 1/18/1
Accession Number:
88-18
Collection:
Governor Frank M. Byrne
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Thanksgiving Day Proclamations, 1914-1916.
Shelf Location:
Box 3255B

Accession Number: H74-190
Collection:
Frank M. Byrne Papers
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Governor's Series, 1913-1916.  Included in this collection are correspondence and proclamations relating to military affairs, especially to service on the Mexican Border.
Shelf Location:
Box 3529A

Accession Number: H92-9
Collection:
Frank M. Byrne Family Papers
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Personal Papers, 1922-1924, 1949.  This collection consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings.  The news clippings relate to the election of 1912.  The correspondence relates to real estate dealings; congratulations; Senator Hiram W. Johnson’s campaign for the Presidential nomination; Faulk County politics; prohibition; and Republican party strategy in South Dakota.
Shelf Location:
Box 4563B

Accession Number: H92-10
Collection:
Frank M. Byrne Family Papers
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Photographs, 1900-1950.  This collection consists of 61 images, one of which is unidentified.  These photographs relate to the Byrne family as well as Governor Byrne’s time in office.
Shelf Location:
Box 4563B

Accession Number: H92-98
Collection:
Frank M. Byrne Family Papers
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Manuscripts & Photographic Negatives, 1885-1970.  This collection consists of newspaper clippings which include Governor Byrne’s obituary; miscellaneous correspondence; as well as several photographs.  The photographs include the following topics; Clark, S.D.; Deadwood, S.D.; Hot Springs, S.D.; as well as Byrne family members.
Shelf Location:
Box 5483B

Accession Number: 96-332
Collection:
Governor, Inaugural Addresses
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Retirement Message to the Fifteenth Legislature, Message to the Special Session of Legislature, Biennial Message to the Fourteenth Legislature, Inaugural Address to the Thirteenth Legislature, 1913-1917.
Shelf Location:
7136A

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