North Dakota State University Archives

Fargo, ND 58105-5599

(701-231-8914)

 

Alumni association Print Materials

(c.1900s - Present)

 

          The Alumni Association Print Material Series is an artificially created series of           brochures, flyers, form letters, news releases, publications, etc. created by or for           the NDSU Alumni Association.

 

          The Series is broken into the following the following sub-series: I. Reunions,    

          II. Commencement Banquets, III. Quarter Century Club, IV. Alumni Achievement           Awards, V. Homecoming, VI. Harvest Bowl, VII. Promotions, VIII. Bison Hall of           Fame, XI. Alumni Activities -- General, X. Alumni Chapters, XI. Individual Alumni           Information/Profiles, & XII. Publications: Alumni Directories, College and State, The           NDAC Alumni Review, Bison Briefs/Frontiers, Parents Association Newsletter,           Alumni Notes, & various Alumni Chapter Newsletters.

 

BOX 1

 

a.          Finding Aid, history

 

I.          Reunions

 

Folder           Description

 

1          Seventh Annual Alumni Banquet and Reunion - 1908

2          Annual Banquet and Reunion of the Alumni of the North Dakota Agricultural College                   - 1910

3        Reunion of the North Dakota Agricultural College Alumni at their Seventeenth                     Annual Reunion - 1911

4          Fourteenth Annual Reunion of the North Dakota Agricultural College Alumni                                      Association - 1915

5        Letter to Alumni - join us at the “N.D. Agricultural College Alumni Jubilee” - Letter                     opens up with program schedule - May, 1916

6          Fabulous Forties Reunion - April 19-20, 1985

7        50 Year Club Reunion - 1986

8        50 Year Club Reunion - 1987

9        50 Year Club Reunion Programs - 1988, 1991, 1998, 1999

10      `92-`93 Reunion

10A          Fantastic 50’s Reunion, 1950-1959 Reunion Record - June 3-5, 1993,

10B    50 Year Club Reunion (Class of 1935) - 1995

11      25th Year Reunion - Classes `70, `71, `72 - Sept., 1996

 

II.          Commencement Banquets

 

12          Alumni Commencement Banquets - 1972, 1973

13          Alumni Commencement Banquets - 1975, 1977

14          Alumni Commencement Banquets - 1978, 1979

15          Alumni Commencement Banquets - 1980, 1981, 1982

 

III.          Quarter Century Club (Sponsored by North Dakota Farm Bureau

                      from c.1952 - c.1978)

 

16          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Invitations - 1952, 1953, 1955,  1956, 1957,                     1959

17          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Invitations - 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968

18          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Programs - 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968

19          Quarter Century Club Banquet - News Clip - 1960; Invitation letter - 1968

20          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Invitations - 1970-1973, 1975

21          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Inductees - 1970-1973, 1975, 1977, 1978

22          Quarter Century Club Banquet - News Clip - 1970; Invitation letters - 1970, 1971,                     1978

23          Quarter Century Club Members - 1948-1973 - 1973

24          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Invitations - 1980, 1986, 1989

25          Quarter Century Club Membership - 1948-1981 - 1981

26          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Programs - 1982, 1983, 1987

27          Quarter Century Club Awards - 1982 (1 sample/4 blank)

28          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Invitations - 1990-1999

29          Quarter Century Club Banquet - Programs - 1990-1996, 1998

 

IV.          Alumni Achievement Awards

 

30          Statement - Outstanding Achievement Awards at North Dakota Agricultural College                   - 1952

31          Memos & Design for Alumni Achievement Award - 1960

32          Awards to: Forrest M. Swisher (1961); Walter A. Davidson (1962); & Gilmore J.                         Schieldahl (1962) - without seals

33      Award blanks - c.1960s

34          Alumni Achievement Awards Banquet - Programs: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969

35          Alumni Achievement Awards - Memos to faculty & Staff - call for nominees -

1974-1977

36          Alumni Achievement Awards Banquet - Programs: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975

(mock-          up), 1976, 1977, 1979

37               Alumni Recognition Banquet - Invitation - 1982; Programs: 1985, 1987, 1988,                          1989

38               Alumni Recognition Banquet - Program – 1992

38a    NDSU Alumni Honors - 1996

 

39      The Alumni Center - plans, information, purposes, dedication - 1999

40          Publication Awards - Alumni Newsletters - 1961, 1964, 1974, 1975

 

BOX 2

 

V.          Homecoming

 

1          Homecoming Brochures – 1965, 1967

2          Homecoming Flyers/Brochures - 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979

3          Homecoming Flyers/Brochures - 1980,1983,1984,1985 (+Homecoming Information

Booklet),1986, 1988 (Homecoming Information Booklet), 1989, 1994 (Homecoming Show program), 1995 (Homecoming Show Program), 1996 (Homecoming Show program), 1997(+ Homecoming Show Program), 1998, 1999

 

 

VI.          Harvest Bowl

 

4          Agriculture Recognition Day - Harvest Bowl - Memos to faculty and staff - 1975,                     1978, 1979, 1981

5          Agriculturalist Award Recipients - 1980, 1982, 1983

6        “1981 NDSU Harvest Bowl Celebration,” Supplement to The Forum, 10/26/81

7        Award blank - dated October 30, 1982

7A          Programs - 1985-1989, 1992, 1994

 

VII.          Promotions

 

8        Gifts from NDSU - November, 1979

9          Advertisement for “AC/SU” - 1985

10          Advertisement for NDSU watch - 1988

11          Advertisement for NDSU lamp - 1989

12      NDSU Visa Card - 1990, 1993

13          Advertisement for NDSU Alumni Signet Ring - 1992

14          Advertisements - For NDSU Commemorative Plaque - 1992

15      Travel Tours - Swiss Holiday (1979); Bavarian Village or Germany, Liechtenstein,           Switzerland & Austria (1980); USSR (1986, 1989); Romantic Rivers & Castles of

Europe (1986); South Pacific (1986); Virgin Islands (1989); Switzerland & German (1997), Italy and the French Rivera (1997),Heartland of Europe (1999); Highlights of Italy (1999)

                  

VIII.    Bison Hall of Fame (NDSU Alumni Association & NDSU Team Makers)

 

16      Hall of Fame - Recognition-Awards Banquet - Program - 1973

17      Hall of Fame - Recognition-Awards Banquet - Program - 1982

18          Induction Ceremonies - 1990

19          Induction Ceremonies; Notes on the Inductees - 1991

20          Induction Ceremonies; Notes on the Inductees - 1992

21          Induction Ceremony – 1995

21c          Induction Ceremony – 1998

21d          Induction Ceremony - 1999

 

IX.          Alumni Activities--General

 

22      NDAC Alumni Handbook - c.1958

23      NDAC Alumni Membership letters - c.late 1950s

24      Invites - Cass-Clay Alumni Chapter - Dinner Dance - 1962, 1963

25          Solicitation letter - sports programs - c.1963

26      Pecan Bowl - Poster to raise $$$ for game to be shown in area - c.1966

27          Solicitation Letter - Support for building P.E. Building - c.1960s

28      “SU 75” - Call to alumni for help in funding - c.1970

29          Alumni - Friends Picnic - 1971

30          Alumnae of NDSU - National Women’s Committee - Raising funds for Family Life                        Center - Flyer & Blank stationery - c.1973

31          Alumni Night - “Prairie Stage” - 1975, 1976

32      The President’s Whistle Stop Tour & Alumni Chapter Meeting - 1976

33      The Graduate - A handbook  for leaving school - compliments of NDSU Alumni                             Association - 1976

34          Holiday Greetings - 1977

35          Houston Alumni Chapter Meeting - 1977

36      Bob Hope - Music `N’ Fun - 1978

          Alumni Advisory Council - Report - September 30, 1978 [OVERSIZED BOX #8,                           FOLDER #1 ]

37      Bison Fever - get together - Biltmore Motel -  & bumper sticker[Removed to: NDSU                               Ephemera Collection: NDSU-AD.A58] - Sept. 2, 1978

38      Ward Dunkirk Benefit Concert - for proposed Music Education Center - 1978

39      NDSU 50 Year Club & 50 Year Club Biographies - c.1978

40      Young Alumni Council - 1980

41      1st Annual Alumni Art Show - posters, cards - 1981

42      Class type letters - soliciting funds - 1981, 1983

43          Scholarship Establishment - brochure - Alumni/Development - 1982

44      Pro Am Fishing Tournament - 1983

45      Bison Football ... crash course for women - 1983

46          Parents Association: membership, “birthdays to go,” parents weekend - 1985

47          Student Alumni Assoc. - “A Finals Survival Package” - 1986

48          “ByGone” - music & memories - May 14, 1987

49          ASPEN Program - 1992

50          Dedication of Memorial Plaque & Roll of Honor - 1993

51          Invitation - NDSU Alumni - Portland (OR) and Seattle (Mt. Rainier Chapter) Dinners -                 March, 1993

52          Invitation - NDSU Alumni - San Antonio Area - Social & Brunch, Ft. Sam Houston -                            March, 1995

 

X.          Alumni Chapters

 

53      North Central Alumni Chapter (Minot area) - Family Picnic flyer -1987;  2nd Annual                       Golf Tournament flyer - 1994

54      Lone Star Chapter (Houston area) - Invitation to Barbecue and Country Music -                             1995

55      South of the Border Bison (North Texas) - NDSU Bison Football  - NDSU vs UND                       Satellite Party - 1993; Invitation to Annual Dinner - 1995

56      Mt. Rainier Chapter (Seattle area) - Invitation to Dinner and Presentation - 1995;                             4th Annual; Golf Tournament flyer - 1995

 

XI.          Individual Alumni Information / Profiles

 

BOX 3

          Loose-leaf Binder - News Clipping Binders - “Fargo Forum Clippings of students,                former students, and alumni in services.” - W.W. II - indexed - 1942-1944

 

BOX 4

          Loose-leaf Binder - News Clipping Binders - “Fargo Forum Clippings of students,                former students, and alumni in services.” - W.W. II - indexed - 1942-1944

 

BOX 5

 

1        Class History and Biographies of Member of the 1910-1914 Class, North Dakota                              Agricultural College, 1953 

2          Alumni Lists - c.early 1950s

3          Pearson, Robert (Class of 1914) - gift to NDSU of $10,000 in industrial stocks -                            1965

4          Martin, Elsie Stark (Class of 1915) - Alumni Achievement Award recipient - 1965

5        Wiji, Ruel - correspondence to, from T.W. Thordarson, General Secretary of Alumni                             Association requesting Mr. Wiji be one of three alumni to serve on a                                  committee representing Alumni Association with the Budget Board and                        Legislature - 1928

6        Fox, Adrian C. (Class of 1930) - Alumni Achievement Award recipient - 1965

7        Hall, Lawrence B. (Class of 1935) - Alumni Achievement Award recipient - 1965

8          Hegbar, Dr. Howard H. (Class of 1937) - Alumni Achievement Award recipient -                         1965

9        Paris, Jeanne (Class of 1940) - Alumni Achievement Award recipient - 1964

10      Bloch, Col. Orville E. (Class of 1942) - Alumni Achievement Award recipient -                         1965 

11-15          Keithan, J. Wm. Jr. (Army Specialized Training Program - 1943-1944; NDAC

          student 1946-1947)

11          Transcripts & curriculum - Army Specialized Training Program - 1943-1944

12          Correspondence & NDAC Student Admissions acceptance letter - 1946

13          Transcripts - 1946-1947

14          Clipping - election as President of Independent Students; Memorial Convocation                              Program - honor students who gave their lives in World War II - June, 1947;                     WUXTRA! - Vol. 1, No. 1 newsletter from Independent Students Association             - Feb. 3, 1947; copy of the Constitution of the Student Body of NDAC,                             Adopted April 1942; Commencement Program, June, 1948

15      a) Charity Ball - dance card - February, 1948; Handbook of General Information for     

the Guidance of Students - NDAC - September, 1940; The 1947 Military Ball - program & dance card; The Annual Military Ball - ticket & dance card -

1944

          b) Registration Cards: Feb., 1944; Oct., 1946; Jan., 1947; March, 1947;

                    June, 1947, Sept., 1947 

c)    Independent Student Association - Membership Cards: Fall, Winter, Spring,

1947;           National Independent Students’ Association - Membership Cards -

Jan. & April, 1948

          d) NDAC Student Activity Cards - Lyceum Series & Athletic Department: Spring                              Term 1947, Fall Term 1947, Winter Term 1947, Spring Term 1948, Winter                              Term 1948

          e) NDAC - YMCA membership card - 1948; NDAC “Y” Camera Club - 1947;                             Veterans Supply Card - Summer School & Winter Term 1948

          f) Pass Book (Students’ cash deposit fund) - 1943-1944

16      Fay, William T. (Class of 1955) - Speech in F-M area about  plans for 1970 census

- c.1969

17          Schindler, David (Class of 1962) - “The Ten Top Collegians of `62,” Campus                            Illustrated, May-June, 1962, pp. 14-15 (3rd Rhodes Scholar in NDSU’s                            history)

18          Fitzgerald, Eugene - Alumni Achievement Award recipient - 1965

 

XII.          Publications           ( c  =          indicates publications have been cataloged and are also                                        on shelves in the Institute Room)

                                       (&  = indicates cataloged copy ONLY)

 

19          Alumni Directoryc - December, 1915 

20          Alumni Directoryc - 1920-1921 (2) 

21          Alumni Directory - 1923 

22          Alumni Directoryc - 1925 

          Alumni Directoryc - 1979-1980 (2 copies) Loose

          Alumni Directoryc - 1983 (1 copy) Loose

 

BOX 6

 

          Alumni Directory - 1983 (1 copy) Loose

          Alumni Directoryc - 1989-1990 (2 copies) Loose

          Alumni Directoryc - 1995 (1 copy) Loose

         

cCollege and State. Vol. 1, No. 1 (January/February, 1917) - Vol. 16, No. 31 (March/April,           1933) -  - Dean E. S. Keene, in the September, 1921 issue, wrote an article titled, “Introducing College and State.”  Within the first paragraph he stated”…henceforth it will be open to the publication of affairs that have to do with graduates and former students….”  As of December, 1928 - by NDAC & Alumni and Former Student Association

 

1          College and State - January-February, 1918 

2           College and State - June, 1925 

3           College and State - December, 1925 

4           College and State - February, 1926 

5           College and State - May, 1926 

6           College and State - July, 1926 

7           College and State - November, 1926 

8           College and State - December, 1926 

9           College and State - March, 1927 

10           College and State - October, 1928 

11           College and State - December, 1928 

 

BOX 7

 

1           College and State - February, 1929 

2           College and State - April, 1929 

3           College and State - June, 1929 

4           College and State - October, 1929 

5           College and State - December, 1929 

6           College and State -February, 1930 

7           College and State -May, 1930 

8           College and State - October, 1930 

9           College and State - December, 1930 

10           College and State - April, 1931 

11           College and State - June, 1931 

12           College and State - October, 1931 

13           College and State - January, April-May, 1932 

14          College and State - July-August, September-October, 1932

15          College and State - January, March-April, 1933

 

cThe NDAC Alumni Review. Vol. 1., No. 1 (October, 1939) - Vol. 20., No. 10 (May, 1959)

 

          The NDAC Alumni Review - Vol. 1-2, October, 1939 - July, 1941 (Bound)

          The NDAC Alumni Review - Vol. 1-6, October, 1939 - October, 1944 (Bound)

 

16      The NDAC Alumni Review - April, 1944 

17      The NDAC Alumni Review - July, 1944 

18      The NDAC Alumni Review  - April, 1945 

19      The NDAC Alumni Review - October, 1948 

20      The NDAC Alumni Review - March, 1950 

21      The NDAC Alumni Review - May, 1950 

22      The NDAC Alumni Review - August, 1950 

23      The NDAC Alumni Review - October, 1950 

24      The NDAC Alumni Review - February, 1951 

25      The NDAC Alumni Review - September, 1953 

26      The NDAC Alumni Review - October, 1953 

          The NDAC Alumni Review - Bound - Sept., 1951; October, 1951; January, 1952;                     March, 1952; April, 1952; May, 1952; December, 1952; May, 1953

                    [OVERSIZED BOX #8, FOLDER #2]

          The NDAC Alumni Review - March, 1956 [OVERSIZED BOX #8, FOLDER #3]

          The NDAC Alumni Review - Bound - Dec., 1956; Jan., 1957; March, 1957; April,                      1957; May, 1957; August, 1957; Sept., 1957 - May, 1958; Sept., 1958;                     Nov., 1958 - May, 1959 [OVERSIZED BOX #8, FOLDER #4]

 

cBison Briefs: for alumni, parents and friends of students of North Dakota Agricultural           College.  Vol. 1., No. 1 (August, 1959) - Vol. 6, No. 10 (May, 1963) 

cBison Briefs: for alumni, friends, and parents of students of North Dakota State           University.  Vol. 7., No. 1 (October, 1963) - Vol. 29, No. 5 (July, 1990)

cFrontiers. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1990) - Vol. 3., No. 1 (Spring, 1993)

cBison Briefs. Vol. 30, No. 1 (December, 1992) - Present

27          Parents Association Newsletter - Fall, 1985

28          Parents Association Newsletter - Winter, 1985-86

29          Parents Association Newsletter - Spring, 1986

30          Parents Association Newsletter - Fall, 1986

31          Parents Association Newsletter - Spring, 1987

32          Parents Association Newsletter - Fall, 1987

33          Parents Association Newsletter - Winter, 1987-88

34          Parents Association Newsletter - Spring, 1988

35          Parents Association Newsletter - Fall, 1988

36          Parents Association Newsletter - Winter, 1988-89

37          Parents Association Newsletter - Spring, 1989

 

38          Alumni Notes - 1974, 1975, 1976-1979 

 

38A    The Yellow and Green - Newsletter to Chapter Officers of NDSU - January, 1992

The Yellow and Green - March, 1992

The Yellow and Green - May, 1992

The Yellow and Green - September, 1992

The Yellow and Green - December, 1992

         

39      The Voice - Vol. 1, No. 1 - March 15, 1971 - Fargo-Moorhead Alumni 

 

&Alumni News - Twin Cities Chapter - Spring, 1993

 

& Alumni Newsletter - Bismark-Mandan -1991

 

&Windy City Briefs - Alumni Newsletter Chicago -  August, 1992

 

40      NDSU North Texas Alumni News - Vol. 1, No. 1 - May, 1993

          South of the Border Bison News - Vol. 2, No. 1 - April, 1994

          South of the Border Bison News -  Vol. 2, No. 2 - September, 1994

          &South of the Border Bison News - September, 1995

 

&Rocky Mountain Briefs - Alumni Newsletter - Fall, 1995

 

41      North Central Alumni Chapter News - Minot area - Vol. 1, No. 1 - Fall, 1992

          &North Central Alumni Chapter News - Minot area - Fall, 1992

          North Central Alumni Chapter News - Summer, 1994

 

&Capitol Clips - Great Washington Area NDSU Alumni - Spring 1993

 

          &Buffalo Chips - Mt. Rainer Chapter Alumni Association - May, 1991

42          Buffalo Chips - Winter, 1992

          Buffalo Chips - Winter, 1993

          Buffalo Chips - September, 1994

 

&Bluffland Bison Bulletin (Southeastern Minnesota) - September, 1995

  

BOX 8

 

1          Alumni Advisory Council - Report -September 30, 1978

2        The NDAC Alumni Review - Bound - Sept., 1951; October, 1951; January, 1952;                     March, 1952; April, 1952; May, 1952; December, 1952; May, 1953

3        The NDAC Alumni Review - March, 1956

4        The NDAC Alumni Review - Bound - Dec., 1956; Jan., 1957; March, 1957; April,                      1957; May, 1957; August, 1957; Sept., 1957 - May, 1958; Sept., 1958;                     Nov., 1958 - May, 1959

5        News & Views – To NDSU Alumni Chapter Members – Winter, 1997

 

 

 

 

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