[Events - Conventions/Conferences - Participants]

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Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

Consists of 26 photos:

(1) Delegates voting at RMFU convention in late 1980s. Sally Harms, RMFU secretary, at the podium with Chris Wisdom and members of the election committee.

(2) RMFU convention at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, 1956. Long-time RMFU members honored on the platform. Photo taken by Mile High Photo, Denver.

(3) County education directors (youth leaders) at RMFU convention in late 1950s. Esther Harbo was seated in center. Photo taken by Mile High Photo, Denver.

(4) Torchbearers at RMFU convention, 1971.

(5) RMFU insurance agents and managers on a special awards trip in the mid-1970s.

(6) Torchbearers ceremony at RMFU convention, 1974.

(7) John Stencel (right) and Charles Hanavan, Jr. (left) honoring Harvey Solberg and his wife, Jo, for their many years to service to RMFU, c.1972.

(8) The Rev. David Ostendorf of Des Moines tells at the Rural Life Conference in Limon that the church community has an obligation to defend the family farm system of agriculture, 1985. The one-day conference was sponsored by the Colorado Council of Churches. Photo by Dave Carter (RMFU)

(9) Participants at the RMFU-sponsored Rural Action Meeting (RAM) in Fowler in April discuss long-term agricultural policies before writing letters to federal policymakers on the 1985 Farm Bill, 1985. Photo by Dave Carter (RMFU)

(10) John Stencel at podium at a RMFU convention banquet, fall 1982.

(11) Farmers Union alternative energy meeting at the Wright-Ingraham Institute in Elbert County, 1975. "Wright-Ingraham grasslands field day, July, 1975".

(12) Larry Bourrett, Wyoming Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture (left), and district water engineer Bill Long (center) work with Wyoming RMFU members Carl Otto (back to camera), Gene Cranston (second from right) and Raymond Johnson to prepare resolutions on taxation and water at annual Wyoming RMFU conference, August 1972.

(13) Policy committee meeting during RMFU convention at Little America in Cheyenne, Wyoming, November 1971. Charles Hanavan Jr. standing at podium; staff member Medill Barnes standing to his right. Photo by Myron J. Schober, RMFU Director of Communications.

(14) RMFU Convention participants, 1975. Front row: Loren Swenson, Elton Miller, Rosie Naibauer and unidentified young man. RMFU board members at back: Maurice Parker, Jim Brophy, Wes Slater, Wallace Klaseen, and treasurer Vern Bryant.

(15) RMFU convention policy adoption meeting, 1975. Charles Hanavan, Jr. was at podium. Photo by Myron J. Schober, RMFU Director of Communications.

(16) Wyoming RMFU members from Riverton and Torrington working on Wyoming policy at RFMU convention, 1975. Photo by Myron J. Schober, RMFU Director of Communications.

(17) Policy committee meeting prior to convention at RMFU offices on East 45th Avenue, Denver, 1974.

(18) Award reception at RMFU convention, 1974. Photo by Myron J. Schober, RMFU Director of Communications.

(19) Gertrude King from Grand Junction at RMFU convention, 1978.

(20) John Nutt and children at convention session, December 1986. John Nutt, from Pritchett, Colorado, was Baca County RMFU president. The children are Zane and Danielle Anderson, grandchildren of RMFU members Gayle and Wilma Anderson of Sedgwick County. Photo by Dave Carter (RMFU)

(21) RMFU leaders from northern Wyoming and Montana, 1976. Left to right: John Budd Cross, Powell, Wyoming; Lavon Sumption, Billings, Montana; Marie Tibbets, Sheridan, Wyoming; and John Brug, Sheridan.

(22) Congressman Teno Roncalio (center, facing camera, in shirtsleeves and tie) at SOS meeting, Goshen City, Wyoming, 1972.

(23) Shigeko and Frank Yamaguchi of Platteville (left to right) sitting at table at NFU convention in Fort Worth, Texas, 1987.

(24) RMFU convention banquet at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, Denver, Colorado, 1956. Photo by Mile High Photo, Denver.

(25) Demonstrator carries a sign supporting family farms during AFL-CIO march on November 30, 1999 in Seattle, where World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings were held.

(26) Marge and Joe Zavorka, Torrington, Wyoming; and Reed Delley, Rio Blanco County (left to right) at RMFU convention, 1999.

Colorado State University. Libraries

1950s - 1990s

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RMFU0191; RMFU0279-284; RMFU0373-374; RMFU0433; RMFU0448; RMFU0453-454; RMFU0457-458; RMFU0460; RMFU0468; RMFU0471; RMFU0475; RMFU0519; RMFU0521; RMFU0529; RMFU0539; RMFU0545; RMFU0551; RMFU0553

Original: photos; black and white, color; various sizes.

Records of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Colorado Agricultural Archive, Archives and Special Collections, Colorado State University; Photographic Prints Series; Subseries IIA1: Events - Conventions/Conferences - Participants. Finding Aid: "http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/agriculture/armf.html"

1950s - 1990s