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Governor
Joseph Jacob Foss
Years in Office: 1955-1959
Birth: April 17, 1915; Sioux Falls,
South Dakota
Death:
January 1, 2003
Governor Foss was a World War II air ace prior to his terms as a State
Representative in 1948 and 1952. While Governor, Foss worked to increase
industry in South Dakota, raise funds to improve buildings at universities,
restructure state departments, and change tax laws.
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Classification Number:
1/30/1
Collection: Governor Joseph Foss
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Message to the Legislature, 1959.
Shelf Location: Box 2247B |
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Classification Number:
1/30/2
Accession Number: 87-192
Collection:
Governor Joseph Foss
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Budget Digest, 1958-1959. Preview of the budget to be presented to the
legislature.
Shelf Location: Box 2314D |
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Classification Number:
1/30/3
Accession Number: H83-12
Collection: Governor Joseph Foss
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Board of Regents and Institutions of Higher Education Records, 1956. This
series includes correspondence and materials relating to state institutions
of higher learning, as well as information relating to the South Dakota
Board of Regents.
Shelf Location:
Box 3601B |
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Classification Number:
1/30/4
Accession Number: H83-12
Collection: Governor Joseph Foss
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Board of Pardons Records, 1955-1956. This series includes the governor’s
copies of the meeting minutes of the State Pardons Board, as well as four
copies of commutation orders issued by Governor Foss.
Shelf Location: Box 3601B |
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Classification Number:
1/30/5
Accession Number: H83-12
Collection: Governor Joseph Foss
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Public Welfare Commission Records, 1955-1957. Collection includes
meeting minutes as well as correspondence relating to Public Welfare.
Shelf Location:
Box 3601B - 3602A |
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Classification Number:
1/30/6
Accession Number: 83-12
Collection:
Governor Joseph Foss
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Legislative Correspondence, 1955. Collection includes correspondence
regarding notification of bill signings to both the House and the Senate.
Shelf Location: Box 3602A |
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Classification Number:
1/30/7
Accession
Number: 96-117
Collection:
Governor Joseph Foss
Series Title
& Inclusive Dates: Report, 1958,
entitled “The
South Dakota Survival Plan”.
Shelf
Location: Box 4316 |
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Accession Number:
H99-217
Collection: Negatives
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Governor Joe Foss and South Dakota State University President John W
Headley, 1952.
Shelf Location: Box 8527 (digital
image) |
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Collection:
Biographical Information
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
1943 Life Magazine Article
Shelf Location:
FB 034
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Accession Number:
96-332
Collection: Governor, Inaugural
Addresses
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Inaugural Message 1955, Message to the Legislature 1957, Message of Retiring
Governor Joe Foss to the Legislature 1959
Shelf Location:
7136C |
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