The See­ley G. Mudd Man­u­script Library has recently com­pleted an 18-month project to process the papers of for­mer Sen­a­tor George S. McGov­ern. The col­lec­tion is espe­cially note­wor­thy for its com­pre­hen­sive doc­u­men­ta­tion of George McGovern’s life­long work on food and nutri­tion issues.

Bumper Sticker from George McGovern’s 1974 re-election cam­paign to the U.S. Senate.

McGov­ern served as the United States Rep­re­sen­ta­tive for the First Dis­trict of South Dakota from 1956–1960 and was a mem­ber of the House Com­mit­tee on Agri­cul­ture, where he advo­cated strongly for issues that would char­ac­ter­ize his entire polit­i­cal career, includ­ing rural devel­op­ment, food stamp leg­is­la­tion, and for­eign food aid.