[People - Presidents of RMFU]

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Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

Contains 38 photos:

(1) Left to right: Lt. Governor Mike Callahan; Dave Carter holding Jeffrey Carter and Joanna Carter.

(2) NFU President Jim Patton visiting with Congressman Wayne Aspinall, c. 1960s.

(3) Jim Patton visits the slums of Lima, c. 1960s. The tall man to left of Patton is Harlan Parkinson, director of Great Plains Wheat.

(4) Harvey Solberg, RMFU president, and Jim Patton, NFU president, at a RMFU convention in the early 1950s.

(5) Ceremony honoring Jim Patton at the Farmers Union Education Center in Bailey, Colorado, August 21, 1978. The main building at the center was named the "Jim Patton Building," with this painting of Jim Patton to be displayed there. Left to right: John Stencel, RMFU president; Jim Patton, former NFU president; and Tony Dechant, NFU president.

(6) Left to right: Mike Johnson, Maurice Parker, Jim Patton, Elbert Murphy and Murray Giffin, singing at a RMFU convention at the Plains Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming in the early to mid-1960s. Group singing became a tradition early in RMFU history, earning the organization the nickname of the "Singing Farmers."

(7) Charles Wetzler, Colorado Farmers Union (CFU) president 1913-1916. Photo taken in between 1900-1920.

(8) Roald and Esther Harbo when they served as Director of Organization and Director of Education, respectively. They came from Wolf Point, Montana in the late 1940s and served in their respective positions until the mid-1960s. Esther died in 1965, and Roald served as RMFU president from 1966 to 1968. Photo taken around 1950s.

(9) Solberg, president of RMFU, and McCubbin, manager of the Farmers Union insurance companies, inspect the construction progress of the Triangle Lodge of the Farmers Union Education Center in late 1950s.

(10) RMFU President Harvey Solberg (center) being interviewed on KIMN radio in late 1950s. Photographed by Tom Masamori, Denver.

(11) RMFU President John Stencel speaking to members at a RMFU convention in 1970s, "Farmers are Being Pushed Around by Corporations and Politicians".

(12) John Stencel (center) with Zenchu (Japanese farm cooperative) leaders at Bailey Education Center, c. 1970s.

(13) Mrs. Pappenheim was honored at a RMFU convention for 20 years of service as a RMFU youth leader in Weld County, c. 1970s. Left to right: Gerry Gettman (RMFU education director), Katheryn Pappenheim, and John Stencel.

(14) John Stencel and Clara Price speaking to county leaders at the Bailey Education Center, c. 1970s.

(15) Convention banquet, with RMFU board members at the head table, and RMFU President John Stencel at podium giving a talk, "Farmers Union is People, and that's something to believe in", c.1970s.

(16) John Stencel sledding at Bailey center during a young adult conference organized by the Colorado State University local, January 1974.

(17) Dave Carter at a RMFU convention during the 1990s.

(18) George Lang, 1st president of the Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), undated.

(19) James M. "J.M." Collins, 4th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1910s-1920s.

(20) Emil E. Cronquist, 5th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1920s.

(21) Murray W. Bennett, 6th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1920s.

(22) Joe Plummer, 8th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), member of 28th General Assembly of the Colorado House of Representatives, 1931; c. 1930s.

(23) John Fehringer, from Peetz, Colorado, 7th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1920s-1930s.

(24) John A. Hicks, 9th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), member of the Colorado House of Representatives, 1913-1915; c. 1930s.

(25) Frank A. Safranek, 10th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1930s.

(26) Walter J. Ott, 11th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1930s.

(27) James G. Patton, 12th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1930s.

(28) James G. Patton (with eye patch), 12th president of CFU, also served as president of the National Farmers Union; c. 1950s-1960s.

(29) Harvey R. Solberg, 13th president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU)/RMFU, from 1940-1962; c. 1940s.

(30) Lail W. Schmidt, 14th president of RMFU, c. 1960s.

(31) Roald Harbo, 15th president of RMFU, c. 1960s. Photo taken by Potter Studio, Lamar, Colorado.

(32) Fred Gaylord, 2nd president of Colorado Farmers Union (CFU), c. 1910s. Photo taken by D. Carlton Byers (?), Denver, Colorado.

(33) Roald Harbo, 15th president of RMFU, c. 1960s.

(34) Charles Hanavan, Jr., 16th president of RMFU, c. 1960s-1970s.

(35) Kathleen Sullivan Kelley, 18th and only female president of RMFU; was vice president, and completed the term of John Stencel when he resigned in October 1993; c. 1990s.

(36) Dave Carter, 19th president of RMFU, 1994-2001.

(37) Charles Hanavan, Jr. at groundbreaking, c. 1960s. Left to right: Colorado Agriculture Commissioner, Loren Swenson (Manager of FUMIC), unidentified contractor, Charles Hanavan operating the equipment at the groundbreaking for the RMFU/FUMIC/FUSA building at 4605 Paris Street in Denver.

(38) Dave Carter, president of RMFU 1994-2001, leads a discussion, c. 1990s.

Colorado State University. Libraries

1900s - 1990s

Still Image

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RMFU0186; RMFU0225-229; RMFU0292; RMFU0294-301; RMFU0445; RMFU0552; RMFU0556-575; RMFU0586

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Original: photo; black and white, color; varoius sizes.

Records of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Colorado Agricultural Archive, Archives and Special Collections, Colorado State University; Photographic Prints Series; Subseries IC1: People - Presidents of RMFU. Finding Aid: "http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/agriculture/armf.html"

1900s - 1990s