Lawrence Llewellyn Farrell Papers: 1935-1971

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• Works Projects Administration, 1935-19371940-1943
• Office of Price Administration, 1943-1947
• Other Papers
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Summary Information

Title: Lawrence Llewellyn Farrell Papers
Creator: Farrell, Lawrence Llewellyn, 1903-1971
Inclusive dates: 1935-1971
Extent: 3.5 linear feet
Extent: 1 oversize folder
Abstract:

Works Projects Administration district manager, official in the Office of Price Administration and executive secretary to Governor G. Mennen Williams. Materials concerning Michigan Democratic politics, particularly the elections of 1948 and 1952, his work for the W.P.A. and O.P.A. and his with the Michigan Children's Aid Society.

Call number: 851301 Aa 2; UAm
Language: The material is in English
Repository: Bentley Historical Library

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Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The collection was the gift of Mrs. Farrell (donor no. 5171) and came to the library in 1971.

Access Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

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Copyright:

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Preferred Citation:

[item], folder, box, Lawrence Llewellyn Farrell Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Biography

Lawrence L. Farrell was born in Hardwood in Dickinson County, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1926, then went to work for the National Cash Register Co. In 1933, he joined the State Highway Department office in Escanaba as engineering assistant. From 1935 to 1937, Farrell was an employment supervisor for the Works Progress Administration also in Escanaba. In 1937, he returned to the Highway Department as supervisor of the maintenance division of the Upper Peninsula. In 1940, he returned to the WPA as district manager in the Marquette office. In 1943, he was named district OPA director for the Upper Peninsula, later moving to Saginaw to head that OPA district. He became state director in 1946 where G. Mennen Williams was his deputy. In 1948, Governor-elect William selected Farrell to be his executive secretary where he served until 1959. During the campaign, Farrell served as Williams' out-state campaign manager. After leaving the Williams administration, he became administrator of the state retirement system. He was also on the board of the Michigan Children's Aid Society, Ingham County Branch. He died July 27, 1971.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The Farrell collection is arranged into the following series: Correspondence, Political Papers, Works Projects Administration, Office of Price Administration, and Other Papers.

Subject Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

• Elections -- Michigan -- 1948.
• Elections -- Michigan -- 1952.
• Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1939-1945.
• Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1946-1960.
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953.
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
• Governors -- Michigan.
• Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.
• Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1951-
• Gladstone (Mich.)
• Golf.
• Harbors.
• Offices -- Michigan -- Escanaba.
• Political elections.
• Roads -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula.
• Ships -- Great Lakes.
• Upper Peninsula (Mich.)
• Photographs.
• Democratic Party (Mich.)
• Michigan Children's Aid Society.
• United States. Office of Price Administration.
• United States. Work Projects Administration.
• Democratic Party (Mich.)
• Ford, John, 1894-1973.
• Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
• United States. Work Projects Administration.
• Van Wagoner, Murray Delos, 1898-
• Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988.
• Bennett, John B. (John Bonifas), 1905-1964.
• Bradley, Frederick Van Ness, 1898-1947.
• Brown, Prentiss M. (Prentiss Marsh), 1889-1973.
• Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976.
• Hook, Frank Eugene, 1893-1982.
• Staebler, Neil, 1905-2000.
• Van Wagoner, Murray Delos, 1898-
• Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988.

Contents List

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RequestClear	Container / Location		Title
			Correspondence [series]
	Box   1		1935-1958 (30 folders)
			Political papers [series]
	Box   1		Undated, 1936-1950 (3 folders)
	Box   2		1951-1958 (8 folders)
	Box   2		Directory of Democratic Party workers 1940
	Box   2		Election recount papers 1952 (2 folders)
			Works Projects Administration 1935-1937, 1940-1943 [series]
	Box   2		LLF personnel file
	Box   2		Correspondence
	Box   2		Travel vouchers (3 folders)
			Office of Price Administration 1943-1947 [series]
	Box   2		Papers undated, 1943-1946 (3 folders)
	Box   2		Move of the district office to Escanaba 1943
	Box   2		Wayne County claim 1943-1946
	Box   2		LLF personnel file 1943-1947
	Box   3		Published material; scrapbook of "memory bonds" from Detroit District Office to LLF
	Box   3		Radio talks for the O.P.A. 1946 (2 folders)
	Box   3		Travel vouchers 1943-1947 (2 folders)
	Box   3		Scrapbook 1943
	Box   3		Scrapbook 1943-1945
	Box   3		Scrapbook 1945
	Box   3		Scrapbook 1946-1947
			Other Papers [series]
	Box   4		Michigan Children's Aid Society, Ingham County Branch 1966-1971 (5 folders)
	Box   4		Mackinac Bridge miscellanea 1956-1957
	Box   4		Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers (2 folders)
			Photographs
	Box   4		WPA Projects
	Box   4		WPA officials and functions
	Box   4		G. Mennen Williams and the Williams administration
	Box   4		Miscellaneous: include John Ford and Murray D. Van Wagoner; Upper Peninsula campaign headquarters and photo of Farrell with Adlai Stevenson 1940
	Box   4		Metal artifact: image of a laughing donkey with the inscription "The Will of a Free People: 46 to 2" circa 1940

Additional Descriptive Data

Selective Index to Correspondents

Bennett, John B. (John Bonifas), 1905-1964

• 1944

Bradley, Frederick Van Ness, 1898-1947.

• 1944-1946

Brown, Prentiss Marsh, 1889-1973.

• 1941-1943

Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976

• October 10, 1950, February 28, 1952

Hook, Frank Eugene, 1893-1982.

• November 14, 1944, 1945, 1946

Staebler, Neil, 1905-

• November 10, 1949, May 15, 1950, December 29, 1950, May 16, 1951, 1952, September 30, 1955

Van Wagoner, Murray Delos, 1898-

• 1937, 1938, 1940

Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-

• 1947, 1948, January 2, 1950, March 22, 1952, March 31, 1952