Institute for Regional Studies

RG 11.6.3

NORTH DAKOTA INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL STUDIES

Records, 1950-Ongoing
14 l.f.

After arriving on campus in 1949, G. Ernst Giesecke, Dean of the School of Applied Arts and Sciences at North Dakota Agricultural College, began developing the idea for the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies. Giesecke envisioned that such an organization would enable the faculty to do original research focusing on the Upper Great Plains and, in the process, better themselves as teachers. Once the idea received the support a few faculty members, a rough outline of the plan was presented to the President of North Dakota Agricultural College, Fred Hultz, who told them to continue with their plans.

After further planning and being approved by the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education in March 1950, the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies was formally founded later that year. The founders were: Giesecke, O. A. Stevens, H. Dean Stallings, William C. Hunter, E. A. Helgeson, Rudolf Otterson and Kenneth Kuhn. The founders developed four basic principles to serve as guides for the direction of the Institute. First, to stimulate research into the region's resources and culture. Second, to provide a center for research. Third, to encourage artistic expression of life on the plains. Fourth and finally, to assist in disseminating results of significant work.

In order to assist in the dissemination of significant work, the Institute started its own publishing program. The first book was The Handbook of North Dakota Plants written by Professor O.A. Stevens and published in 1950. Dr. Leo Hertel, Professor of Modern Languages, served as the Institute's editor for many years and was succeeded by Dr. Bill Reid, Professor of History, in the 1970s. Originally the publishing program was under the direction of the Institute staff, but over the years the Dean Office's of the College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences assumed more responsibility and now has assumed full control over the publishing program.

The Institute provided a center for research through the creation of its archives. The Institute received its first donation of historical documents in 1950 and shortly after Dr. Hunter received release time from teaching to manage the archives. Dr. Leonard Sackett, Professor of English and Chairman of the Committee for the Preservation of Historical Documents, became responsible for acquiring further records. The Institute began to collect bonanza farm records in 1953 and Dr. Sackett collected many business records as well as photographs relating to the bonanza farm era. The Institute's effort in collecting bonanza farm records led to a good librarianship award from the Mountain Plains Library Association.

The Institute has remained focused on collecting all aspects of the state's past, but has been especially successful in collecting records focused on agriculture, literary figures, the pioneer era, women, and social history resources. With the continued expansion of the archives and the retirement of Dr. Hunter, Dr. Reid was appointed University and Institute archivist in 1971 while maintaining his teaching duties. In 1975, John E. Bye was appointed the first full time archivist marking a significant change in the operation of the Institute archives. Also at this time the NDSU Library assumed complete responsibility for the Institute archive function.

The aggressive collecting campaign began by the founders, to obtain personal and business records, books, and other materials relating to North Dakota, has been continued with great success. Presently the Institute has obtained just over 2600 donations of records and other material. The Institute possesses the records of the Amenia-Sharon Land Company, one of the most detailed accounts of an operational bonanza farm. The Institute's manuscript collection also contains the papers and records of local and state politicians, farmers, schools, businesses, local government, and many other individuals and organizations. Along with the manuscript collection, the Institute houses an impressive collection of photographs dealing with North Dakota. The collection contains over 50,000 prints and negatives covering such topics as North Dakota towns and the bonanza era.

The Institute founder's also attempted to stimulate interest in the region through a variety of activities. One of the first attempts was a train that traveled throughout the state bringing the history and the ideas behind the Institute to the people. After using the train, they held art shows to display the talents of North Dakota artists, one of the first being Elmer Halvorsen in 1952. Einar Olstad followed Halvorsen two years later. Olstad's paintings focused on the everyday life of a rancher. The Institute also held Local History Day, which was an attempt to teach people how to preserve documents and an attempt to aid people in the writing of local history. The Institute, with the aid of a monetary gift, created the Young Memorial Scholarship that was rewarded to students who researched and wrote exceptional papers on regional interests and topics.

In 1995 the Institute created a website, the first of any North Dakota archives, and revamped it in 1998. Also, the entire Institute's archival and many of its photograph collections are part of a national catalog database.

The administrative structure today includes the Dean of the College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Director of Libraries as co-directors. Responsible to the co-directors are the archives staff, the director of the Center for Social Research, the director of the Germans from Russian Heritage Collection, and the presiding scholar for Great Books of the Great Plains. The Institute publication staff is now composed of a production editor, a monograph editor and an acquisitions editor.

The Institute's records consist of correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, and Institute publications. The majority of the collection consists of unpublished and published manuscripts. The collection is broken down into nine series: History, Organization/Committee, Executive Secretary/Director, Memoranda and Meeting Minutes, Projects, Archives Annual Reports, Archives, Unpublished Manuscripts, and Publications.

The History Series spans the years 1950 to 2000. Included are newspaper clippings from the Fargo Forum, Spectrum, and other newspapers documenting the Institute's progression. There are several items of interest. The first is a term paper written by an NDSU history graduate student documenting the Institute's first twenty years of operation. The second item is the draft memo and completed memo written by Dean Archer Jones, Director of the Institute and Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences, in the mid 1970s. Jones called for the liquidation of the Institute and for its various collection to be divided up between the University of North Dakota, Concordia College, and Moorehead State University. One final item is the grant the Institute received to partake in the Library of Congress American Memory web project. The project involved placing photographs on the Institute's website as well as the Library of Congress' website. The Institute received the grant along with schools such as Yale and other Ivy League institutions.

The Organization/Committee Series covers the early development of the Institute. The organization files cover how the planners structured the committees and determined their tax status. The committee files illustrate how the Institute planned to best meet the needs of the public and scholars and planned to best continue its expansion. The established committees ranged from scholarship to foundations to Institute Development to manuscript acquisitions.

The Executive Secretary/Director Series consists of correspondence and covers the years 1951 to 1975 with the bulk covering the early 1950s. Dean Giesecke served as the executive secretary when the Institute was first founded and much of the correspondence in this series comes from him. The earlier correspondence illustrates the attempts of the founders to build the Institute along the lines of similar archives and research centers. There is correspondence with Harvard, Stanford, and other institutions asking for newsletters and pamphlets they had regarding their archives and centers. The early correspondence also contains several letters to other Great Plains universities notifying them of the Institute's creation and purposes. The founders also marketed the Institute to Harvard through a letter of inquiry by asking if their master and doctoral candidates were required to write theses and dissertations and, if so, the Institute had records relating to the marketing of agricultural products.

The Memoranda and Meeting Minutes Series primarily covers the first ten years of the Institute with a few scattered records dating from the 1960s and 1970s. The most inclusive minutes cover the years 1950 to 1959 when the Board of Directors met quite frequently. There is another good run of meeting minutes in the mid 1970s. The memoranda best cover the early years when the Institute was forming its various committees. The memoranda consist mainly of requests to professors to serve on different committees and meeting announcements.

The Project Series is the second largest series and covers the early years of the Institute when it was attempting to build its collection and attempting to expand peoples' understanding of North Dakota. The records in this series document the founders' attempts to start a press, to promote the Institute in scholarly journals and through projects that would attract public attention, to find additional funds through monetary gifts, and to stimulate research in North Dakota topics by awarding scholarships. The Institute sponsored several gallery exhibitions of North Dakota artists, one of the first being Elmer Halvorson. Another project involved school children gathering oral histories for pioneers and early settlers with prizes going to the top three in their respective grades. Projects also included authors the Institute worked with as the acquisition committee attempted to obtain the authors' research notes and other personal papers.

The Archives Annual Reports Series begins with the first report issued in 1972 and continues up to 1990. After 1990 there are gaps in the reports with donations of non-manuscript items receiving the best coverage. The reports contain information on the number of donations received by the Institute, number of collections processed, number of visitors each month, and the number of requests for photographs and other materials.

The Archives Series consists of documents that relate directly to the operation of the Institute archives. The series contains a manual with the proper procedures for processing a manuscript collection and the Institute's loan agreement with other archives concerning the lending of manuscripts and other collections. Also included in this series are the Institute's accession book that documents when the collection was donated, what the collection consists of, and who donated the collection.

The Unpublished Manuscript Series consists of correspondence and several book drafts. The majority of the correspondence is from the 1950s when the Institute first offered publishing services for researchers. Many letters are requests to have manuscripts reviewed for publication by the Institute editorial staff. The most complete collection of an unpublished manuscript is that of "A Life in Garnet" which was later published by a different organization under the title Vikings of the Prairie: Three North Dakota Settlers Reminisce by N.C. Hagen.

The Publications Series contains the books, monographs and reports published by the Institute. The series begins with Institute's first publication the Handbook of North Dakota Plants by Professor O. A. Stevens published in 1950 and continues with each subsequent publication. The series contains correspondence between the author and the Institute, the Institute and the publisher, the various drafts of the manuscript, and the book as it was published. Unfortunately, not all the books and monographs are accompanied by correspondence and the different drafts, especially those published from the mid 1970s to the present. Finally, there are gaps in the series where a copy of the book is not available, but an empty folder is included in anticipation of finding a copy.

The oversized flat box, at the end of the records, contains copies of Unwanted Bread: The Challenge of Farming and Ranching, 2000, by Green, Sheldon & James Coomber and The Promise of Water, 2002 by Gudmundson, Wayne (photographs) & Robert Silberman (Essay), due to their size. In addition, also due to size are the following items: Hudson, Lois Philip. Conscious. Poem. Broadside Number Three – 1995; Lamar, Howard R. Persistent Frontier. Broadside Number 4 – 1995; a laserdisc titled: From the northern prairies : guide to the visual collections of the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1991, North Dakota State University Libraries by John E. Bye; Drache. “The Naked Prairie” – book cover painting. n.d.; Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains, 1965. Hoag, Donald G. – mock-up; The Valley Comes of Age: A History of Agriculture in the Valley of the Red River of the North, 1812-1920. 1967. Murray, Stanely Norman. Map sheets for book.; and Scanning the Land: Poems in North Dakota, 1980. Lyons, Richard. Book Jacket preliminary mock-up.

Processed by Kevin Nesemeier (July, 2000), rev. 2006, rev. MJR - 2008

1/2       Institute mission statement
1/3       North Dakota Agricultural College catalog-Institute for Regional Studies
1/4       Institute history
1/5       Newspaper clippings, 1950-2000
1/6       Institute informational pamphlets
1/7       Twentieth anniversary
1/8       Twentieth anniversary invitation
1/9       Twentieth anniversary program brochures
1/10     Twentieth anniversary guest book
1/11     Twentieth anniversary tapes and speakers
1/12     Giesecke's address at Twentieth anniversary celebration
1/13     "An idea, experiment, and success: A History of the Institute for Regional
            Studies"
1/14     Testimonials regarding the Institute for Fiftieth anniversary
1/15     Fiftieth anniversary invitation
1/16     Institute Newsletter (Spring 2000)-Fiftieth anniversary
1/17     Founders Room dedication-October 14, 1975
1/18     Institute liquidation proposal-January 8, 1974
1/19     Reflections on Dean Jones' proposed liquidation of the Institute
1/20     "The North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies: A Critical Review"
1/21     "60 Years of Service: Newly Established Institute for Regional Studies"
1/22     Potential endowment, 1987
1/23     Reorganization, 1988
1/24     John Bye interview, n.d
1/25     Non-circulating Institute publications
1/26     List of Institute collection, 1972
1/27     Institute letterhead, circa 1991
1/28     Institute book order form, 1999
1/29     Institute book publications brochure, April 1997
1/30     List of Institute publications
1/31     Library of Congress/Ameritech Digital Competition-Hulstrand and
           Pazendek-1996-1998
1/32     Institute Web, March 1996
1/33     Institute Web-American Memory-Hulstrand and Pazendak, 1999
1/34     Finding aid list for web
1/35     Dr. Reid's appointment
1/36     Friends of the Institute

1/37     Organization plan-March 9, 1951
1/38     Organization meeting-April 17, 1951
1/39     Organization-Board of Directors
1/40     Organization-Committee structure
1/41     Organization-Incorporation
1/42     Organization-Tax status
1/43     Committees-Standing
1/44     Committees-Scholarships
1/45     Committees-Research projects
1/46     Committees-Constitutional
1/47     Committees-Editorial
1/48     Committees-Exhibitions
1/49     Committees-Foundations and Funds
1/50     Committees-Interviews
1/51     Committees-Preservation of historical documents, biographical sketch
           and form letter D
1/52     Committees-Preservation of historical documents correspondence
1/53     Committees-Research
1/54     Committees-Miscellaneous
1/55     Committees-Manuscript acquisition
1/56     Committees-Advisory council
1/57     Committees-Institute Centennial
1/58     Committees-Institute development
1/59     Committees-Institute Board of Publications

1/60     Giesecke speeches
1/61     Executive secretary job description
1/62     Executive secretary-North Dakota State Historical Society
           correspondence
1/63     Executive secretary-National Geographical Society correspondence
1/64     Executive secretary-American Council of Learned Society
           correspondence
1/65     Executive secretary-American Council on Education correspondence
1/66     Executive secretary-Plains Wide Cooperation correspondence
1/67     Executive secretary-G.B. Gunlogson correspondence
1/68     Executive secretary-Public agencies correspondence
1/69     Executive secretary-Miscellaneous correspondence
1/70     Executive secretary-Committee on Southern Regional Studies and
           E.D.U.C. (similar projects)
1/71     Executive secretary-Friends of the Middle Border (similar projects)
1/72     Executive secretary-Great Plains Agricultural Council (similar
           projects)
1/73     Executive secretary-Great Plains Foundation (similar projects)
1/74     Executive secretary-International Great Plains Conference of
           Entomologists (similar projects)
1/75     Executive secretary-Kansas State College (similar projects)
1/76     Executive secretary-Libby Foundation (similar projects)
1/77     Executive secretary-Institute for Research in Social Science (similar
           projects)
1/78     Executive secretary-Mid-America Foundation of Parsons College
           (similar projects)
1/79     Executive secretary-miscellaneous similar projects
1/80     Executive secretary-Montana Institute of the Arts (similar project)
1/81     Executive secretary-School of Natural Resources, Michigan (similar
           projects)
1/82     Executive secretary-Regional Teaching, Mount Holyoke (similar
           projects)
1/83     Executive secretary-Research Foundation, Oklahoma A&M (similar
           projects)
1/84     Executive secretary-Theodore Roosevelt Nature and Historical
           Association (similar projects)
1/85     Executive secretary-Resources Research Committee (similar projects)
1/86     Executive secretary-Regional Association, Cleveland (similar projects)
1/87     Executive secretary-South Dakota Historical Society (similar projects)
1/88     Executive secretary-Southwest Research Institute (similar projects)
1/89     Executive secretary-Stanford Research Institute (similar projects)
1/90     Executive secretary-University of Oregon (similar projects)
1/91     Executive secretary-Urban Life Research Institute, Tulane (similar
           projects)
1/92     Executive secretary-North Dakota Research Foundation (similar
           projects)
1/93     Executive secretary-North Dakota Wildlife Federation (similar projects)
1/94     Executive secretary-Foundations-Hill Foundation
1/95     Executive secretary-Foundations-Rockefeller Foundation
1/96     Executive secretary-Foundations-Social Science Research Council
1/97     Executive secretary-Foundations-Miscellaneous
1/98     Executive secretary-Foundations-Carnegie Corporation
2/1       Executive secretary-Foundations-Carnegie for Advancement of
            Teaching
2/2       Executive secretary-Foundations-Ford Foundation
2/3       Executive secretary-speech engagement correspondence
2/4       Executive secretary-Regional Clubs-North Dakota Federation of
           Women's Clubs
2/5       Executive secretary-Regional clubs and organizations
2/6       Executive secretary-Colleges and Universities-University of Minnesota
2/7       Executive secretary-Colleges and Universities-Montana State
2/8       Executive secretary-Colleges and Universities-Harvard Graduate
            School of Business Administration
2/9       Executive secretary-Colleges and Universities-University of Manitoba
2/10     Director-correspondence
2/11     Director-general correspondence, 1971
2/12     Director-general correspondence, January to June 1972
2/13     Director-general correspondence, July to December 1972
2/14     Director-general correspondence, 1973
2/15     Director-general correspondence, September 1974 to January 1975
2/16     Director-Institute correspondence
2/17     Director-miscellaneous correspondence
2/18     Kenneth Kuhn-notes and correspondence
2/19     Dean Archer Jones-memos and correspondence

2/20     Memoranda, 1950, 1952-1956, 1964, 1965
2/21     Minutes-early minutes to April 1951
2/22     Minutes-Board of Directors, 1951-1959
2/23     Minutes-current business
2/24     Institute staff meeting minutes
2/25     Institute board minutes
2/26     Institute meetings with Dean
2/27     Memoranda, 1970s
2/28     Memoranda, miscellaneous

2/29     Publisher-miscellaneous
2/30     Publisher-editorial policies
2/31     Publisher-Webb Publishing Company
2/32     Publisher-University of Denver Press
2/33     Publisher-Johnston Publishing Company
2/34     Publisher-University of Oklahoma Press
2/35     Publisher-University of Minnesota Press
2/36     Publisher-Lund Press, Inc.
2/37     North Dakota Writers and Poets
2/38     North Dakota Agricultural College authors list
2/39     Promotional-early logos
2/40     Promotional-Spectrum, 1950-1952
2/41     Promotional-press releases
2/42     Promotional-Fargo Forum (1951), O.A. Stevens stories
2/43     Promotional-winter exhibit train
2/44     Promotional-O.A. Stevens
2/45     Promotional-School and Society
2/46     Promotional-Phi Kappa Phi Journal
2/47     Promotional-North Dakota Library Association
2/48     Promotional-first brochure
2/49     Promotional-North Dakota Education Association
2/50     Promotional-miscellaneous newspapers
2/51     Promotional-Great Falls Public Library
2/52     Promotional-Higher Education
2/53     Promotional-Farmer's Union
2/54     Promotional-county agents
2/55     Promotional-Bi-monthly Bulletin
2/56     Promotional-Alumni Review
2/57     Promotional-The Divide County Journal
2/58     Promotional-Fargo Forum
2/59     Promotional-Fargo Forum, Roy Johnson
2/60     Promotional-Minot Daily News
2/61     Projects-North Dakota authors
2/62     Projects-Anthology of North Dakota Authors project statement
2/63     Projects-A bibliographic note on North Dakota authors
2/64     Projects-North Dakota authors, Edna LaMoore Waldo
2/65     Projects-North Dakota Authors, Zdena Trinka
2/66     Projects-North Dakota Authors, Prudence Greary Sand
2/67     Projects-North Dakota Authors, Erling Rolfsrud
2/68     Projects-North Dakota Authors, Penwomen of Williston
2/69     Projects-North Dakota Authors, Rosanna Gutterud Johnsrud
2/70     Projects-North Dakota artists
2/71     Projects-North Dakota artists, potential exhibits and local artists
2/72     Projects-North Dakota artists, Irene Truli
2/73     Projects-North Dakota artists, art ideas
2/74     Projects-North Dakota artists, Art Talk in North Dakota
2/75     Projects-North Dakota artists, Bismarck exhibit
2/76     Projects-North Dakota artists, Paul Barr
2/77     Projects-North Dakota artists, Olstad Exhibition
2/78     Projects-North Dakota artists, Index of American Design
2/79     Projects-North Dakota artists, manuscript letters
2/80     Projects-North Dakota artists, Mrs. Roy M. Wells
2/81     Projects-North Dakota artists, Willis Nelson exhibition
2/82     Projects-North Dakota artists, Frank Sampson
2/83     Projects-Roosevelt statue
2/84     Projects-G.B. Gunlogson, birds
2/85     Projects-G.B. Gunlogson, pageant
2/86     Projects-"Handbook of Municipal Government"
2/87     Projects-history of North Dakota Agricultural College
2/88     Projects-music
2/89     Projects-insurance contracts
2/90     Projects-North Dakota artists, correspondence
2/91     Projects-North Dakota geology
2/92     Projects-North Dakota journalism
2/93     Projects-North Dakota Press Association history
2/94     Projects-North Dakota soil survey
2/95     Projects-oil of North Dakota
2/96     Projects-population study with Experiment Station
2/97     Projects-Miss Aagot Raaen
2/98     Projects-regional bibliographic center
2/99     Projects-reading survey
2/100   Projects-religion
2/101   Projects-projects in progress
3/1       Projects-bonanza farming
3/2       Projects-calendar
3/3       Projects-exhibits, seminars and symposiums, 1950s-1980s
3/4       Projects-North Dakota Biography Index
3/5       Projects-Roy W. Simpson
3/6       Projects-conferences sponsored
3/7       Projects-Fort Seward
3/8       Projects-journal series
3/9       Projects-research center
3/10     Projects-J. Clayton Russell
3/11     Projects-Dean Walster
3/12     Projects-Mrs. C.J. Whemper (Fort Abercrombie)
3/13     Projects-Paul Barr Exhibit
3/14     Projects-C.B. Cleland
3/15     Projects-Non-Partisan League
3/16     Projects-map printing
3/17     Projects-Hiram Drache
3/18     Projects-Mrs. Pearl Frazer
3/19     Projects-Biological and ecological
3/20     Projects-North Dakota Atlas
3/21     Projects-annual craftsman fair
3/22     Projects-Casselton film preservation
3/23     Projects-conservation brochures
3/24     Projects-local history preservation
3/25     Projects-North American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Bicentennial Project Application, 1975
3/26     Halvorson Art Show
3/27     Olstad Art Show
3/28     Projects-North Dakota local history day
3/29     Projects-Graduate Teaching Assistants manuscript publications
3/30     Projects-Linguistic Atlas of Upper Midwest
3/31     Projects-resources
3/32     Projects-craftsmen
3/33     Projects-bonanza farming
3/34     Projects-history of the cattle industry
3/35     Projects-conservancy
3/36     Projects-Dakota imprints
3/37     Projects-farmers and oil
3/38     Projects-farmers' reading habits
3/39     Projects-printing/publishing
3/40     Projects-folklore contest
3/41     Projects-industrialization
3/42     Projects-Anthology of North Dakota Writers
3/43     Projects-Anthology-permissions
3/44     Projects-Anthology-permissions
3/45     Projects-art survey
3/46     Projects-Governor George A. and Jane Sinner donation and exhibit
3/46a   Projects-Small grants program, 1999
3/46b   Projects-"College Training for Participation in Politics," November            20 and 21, 1953
3/47     Projects-North Dakota Bar Association
3/48     Gifts-J.C. Ellickson
3/49     Gifts-botanical collection
3/50     Gifts-Blue Key
3/51     Scholarships-project proposals and requests for funds
3/52     Scholarships-Young Memorial Award
3/53     Scholarships-general
3/54     Scholarships-"The North Dakota Budgeting Process"-Young Memorial            Award winner
3/55     Scholarships-scholar requests for funding from Institute
3/56     Scholarships-possible topics for regional history papers
3/57     Scholarships-student research in social science
3/58     Scholarships-grant proposal for processing and collecting Ladd's papers
3/59     Scholarships-Institute research project guidelines
3/60     Scholarships-Institute proposals, 1969-1971
3/61     Scholarships-Institute proposals, 1972
3/62     Scholarships-Institute proposals, 1973
3/63     Scholarships-Institute proposals, 1973-1974
3/64     Scholarships-Institute proposals, 1974-1975

3/65     "Your Archives Working for You: First Annual Report of the Archives
            Function of the Institute for Regional Studies," July 1971-July 1972
3/66     "Your Archives Working for You: Second Annual Report of the Archives
            Function of the Institute for Regional Studies," July 1972-June 1973
3/67     Annual Reports, 1975-1976 to 1984-1985
3/68     Annual Reports, 1985-1986 to 1986-1987
3/69     Annual Reports, 1987-1988 to 1989-1990
3/70     Annual Reports: Donations of Non-manuscript items, 1990-1991 to
           1994-1995
3/71     Reports on Institute activities to K.L.J. and Dean Jones
3/72     Progress reports submitted to John Beecher
3/73     Institute financial reports, 1951, 1956-1960, 1971-1973

3/74     Manual for Processing of Institute for Regional Studies Archival and Manuscript Materials
3/75     Loan agreement for documents and manuscripts
3/76     NUCMC
3/77     Accessions, manuscripts, 1-799
3/78     Accessions, manuscripts, 801-1883
3/79     Accessions, 1884-2470
3/80     Accessions, books and pamphlets, 1950-1956
3/81     Accessions, pictures and maps (including atlases)
4/1      Original, handwritten accession listing of Institute holdings
4/2      North Dakota Biography Index: finding aid for card index
4/2a     Institute for Regional Studies Newsletter-Spring 2000
4/2b     Institute for Regional Studies Newsletter-Fall 2001

4/3       Manuscripts received and reviewed correspondence, 1951-April 1954
4/4       Manuscripts received and reviewed correspondence, May 1954-1981
4/5       Lund Publishing correspondence regarding potential publishing projects
4/6       Book binding specifications
4/7       Institute Reprint Series
4/8       Institute Annual correspondence
4/9       Institute Annual fiction section
4/10     Institute Annual articles and documents sections
4/11     Institute Annual possible material
4/12     A Life in Garnet correspondence
4/13     A Life in Garnet-first draft-pages 1-243
4/14     A Life in Garnet-first draft-pages 244-403
4/15     A Life in Garnet-first draft-pages 404-557
4/16     A Life in Garnet-second draft-pages 1-191
4/17     A Life in Garnet-second draft-pages 192-430
4/18     A Life in Garnet-second draft-pages 431-634
4/19     A Life in Garnet-unrevised chapters 16-18
4/20     A Life in Garnet-third draft-pages 1-100
4/21     A Life in Garnet-third draft-pages 101-200
4/22     A Life in Garnet-third draft-pages 201-259
4/23     A Life in Garnet-final draft-pages 1-100
4/24     A Life in Garnet-final draft-pages 101-200
4/25     A Life in Garnet-final draft-pages 201-238
4/26     Hawks and Eagles-Lund Publishing correspondence
4/27     Hawks and Eagles-first draft
4/28     Hawks and Eagles-suggested corrections
4/29     North Dakota Anthology
4/30     Old Four Eyes
4/31     Trail West
4/32     The North Dakota Oil and Gas Severance Tax
4/33     North Dakota Rural Life Poll
4/34     Correspondence regarding promotion of Institute publications

4/35 Institute's publishing contract
4/36 Institute book sales, January 1973, June 1975, March 1976

    Handbook of North Dakota Plants, 1950. Stevens, Orin Alva
4/37     Handbook of North Dakota Plants chronology
4/38     Handbook of North Dakota Plants copyright
4/39     Handbook of North Dakota Plants printing cost correspondence
4/40     Handbook of North Dakota Plants front piece
4/41     Handbook of North Dakota Plants advertising
4/42     Handbook of North Dakota Plants distribution
4/43     Handbook of North Dakota Plants reviews
4/44     Handbook of North Dakota Plants copyright
4/45     Handbook of North Dakota Plants corrected manuscript
13/1     Drawings used in Handbook of North Dakota Plants
4/45a   Handbook of North Dakota Plants-First Edition 1951 with dust jacket (publication copy)
4/46     Handbook of North Dakota Plants-Second Edition 1963 no dust jacket (publication copy)

4/47 "Call Back Yesterday: How to Preserve and Write the Record of Our
Regional Heritage," n.d., Sackett, Leonard

    Stackers of Wheat, 1951. Lyons, Richard & Sand, Prudence Greary
4/48     Stackers of Wheat correspondence
4/49     Stackers of Wheat (publication copy)

    Measure of My Days, 1953. Raaen, Aagot
4/50     Measure of My Days correspondence
4/51     Measure of My Days copyright and contract
4/52     Measure of My Days publishing costs
5/1       Measure of My Days advertising and promotion
5/2       Measure of My Days reviews
5/3       Measure of My Days drafts
5/4       Measure of My Days distribution
5/5       Measure of My Days (publication copy)

    Modern Sagas: The Story of the Icelanders in North America, 1953.
    Walters, Thorstina (Jackson)
5/6       Modern Sagas correspondence 1952 to June 1953
5/7       Modern Sagas correspondence July to December 1953
5/8       Modern Sagas correspondence 1954-1956, 1957, 1958, 1971
5/9       Modern Sagas Lund Publishing correspondence
5/10     Modern Sagas contract
5/11     Modern Sagas promotion
5/12     Modern Sagas distribution of complimentary copies
5/13     Modern Sagas expenses
5/14     Modern Sagas finance
5/15     Modern Sagas request for review copies and reviews
5/16     Modern Sagas book jacket drafts
5/17     Modern Sagas drafts of table of contents and introduction
5/18     Modern Sagas-typewritten manuscript-pages 1-77
5/19     Modern Sagas-typewritten manuscript-pages 78-154
5/20     Modern Sagas-typewritten manuscript-pages 155-231
5/21     Modern Sagas-typewritten manuscript-pages 232-Appendix B
5/22     Modern Sagas-galley proof
5/23     Modern Sagas corrected galley proof
5/24     Modern Sagas (publication copy)

    Waterfowl of North Dakota, 1953. Johnsgard, Paul A.
5/25     Waterfowl of North Dakota correspondence
5/26     Waterfowl of North Dakota copyright
5/27     Waterfowl of North Dakota first draft
5/28     Waterfowl of North Dakota second draft
5/29     Waterfowl of North Dakota third draft
5/30     Waterfowl of North Dakota fourth draft
5/31     Waterfowl of North Dakota partial final draft
5/32     Waterfowl of North Dakota rough outline of booklet
5/33     Waterfowl of North Dakota proof copy
5/34     Waterfowl of North Dakota (publication copy)

    An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy, 1954. Gunlogson, G. B.
5/35     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy correspondence
5/36     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy distribution list
5/37     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy first draft
5/38     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy second draft
5/39     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy third draft
5/40     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy final draft
5/41     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy galley proof
5/42     An Appraisal of Conservation Purpose and Policy (publication copy)

    Sutland and Yoland in North Dakota, 1955. Social Science Report
    Number 1. Cleland, Courtney B.
6/1      Sutland and Yoland first draft
6/2      Sutland and Yoland second draft
6/3      Sutland and Yoland third draft
6/4      Sutland and Yoland in North Dakota (publication copy)

6/5 Newspaper Advertising and Publicity Pamphlets, 1955. Social
Science Policy Number 2. Press, O. Charles

    North Dakota: A Human and Economic Geography. 1956. Kazeck,
    Melvin E.
6/6       Geography of North Dakota correspondence
6/7       Geography of North Dakota Lund Publishing correspondence
6/8       Geography of North Dakota contract
6/9       Geography of North Dakota reviews
6/10     Geography of North Dakota distribution list
6/11     Geography of North Dakota promotion
6/12     Geography of North Dakota expenses
6/13     Geography of North Dakota title page draft and comments
6/14     Geography of North Dakota first draft
6/15     Geography of North Dakota corrections and suggestions for first draft
6/16     Geography of North Dakota additions and bibliography
6/17     Geography of North Dakota comments
6/18     Geography of North Dakota-second draft-pages 1-100
6/19     Geography of North Dakota-second draft-pages 101-200
6/20     Geography of North Dakota-second draft-pages 201-320
6/21     Geography of North Dakota-third draft-pages 1-100
6/22     Geography of North Dakota-third draft-pages 101-200
6/23     Geography of North Dakota-third draft-pages 201-300
6/24     Geography of North Dakota-third draft-pages 301-383
6/25     Geography of North Dakota-final draft-pages 1-100
6/26     Geography of North Dakota-final draft-pages 101-200
6/27     Geography of North Dakota-final draft-pages 201-300
6/28     Geography of North Dakota-final draft-pages 301-320
6/29     Geography of North Dakota galley proof
6/30     Geography of North Dakota-unbound copy-pages 1-100
6/31     Geography of North Dakota-unbound copy-pages 101-200
6/32     Geography of North Dakota-unbound copy-pages 201-258
6/33     North Dakota: A Human and Economic Geography (publication copy)

6/34 "Changes in Rural Population on the Plains: Eight Research Hypotheses"
1957. Social Science Report Number 3. Cleland, Courtney B.

    Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines, 1958. Christians, Charles J.
6/35     Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines general correspondence
6/36     Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines publisher correspondence
6/37     Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines copyright
6/38     Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines promotion and reviews
6/39     Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines first draft
6/40     Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines final draft
6/41     Aberdeen Angus Bloodlines (publication copy)

    Assessment of Residential Property for Tax Purposes in Fargo, North
    Dakota, 1958. Social Science Report Number 4. Fisher, Glenn W. &
    Pederson, Wayne
6/42     Assessment of Residential Property for Tax Purposes in Fargo, North
           Dakota first draft
6/43    "Assessment of Residential Property for Tax Purposes in Fargo" (publication copy)

6/44 "Income in North Dakota, 1929-1956," 1958. Social Science Monograph,
Number 1. Fisher, Glenn W.

    One Squeaking Straw, Eclogues, 1958. Lyons Richard
6/45     One Squeaking Straw publishing costs
6/46     One Squeaking Straw (publication copy)

    Our Page, 1882-1957, 1958. The Page Community
6/47     Our Page correspondence
6/48     Our Page Lund Publishing correspondence
6/49     Our Page-draft-pages forward-100
6/50     Our Page-draft-pages 101-200
7/1       Our Page-draft-pages 201-300
7/2       Our Page-draft-pages 301-Appendix I

    God Giveth the Increase: The History of the Episcopal Church in North
    Dakota, 1959. Wilkins, Robert P. & Wilkins, Wynona H.
7/3       God Giveth the Increase correspondence
7/4       God Giveth the Increase Lund Publishing correspondence
7/5       God Giveth the Increase book jacket and illustration drafts
7/6       God Giveth the Increase galley proofs
7/7       God Giveth the Increase draft-pages Introduction-100
7/8       God Giveth the Increase-draft-pages 101-200
7/9       God Giveth the Increase-draft-pages 201-249, footnotes, bibliography
7/10     God Giveth the Increase reviews and promotion
7/11     God Giveth the Increase (publication copy)

7/12 "A Study of the Collection of Delinquent Personal Property Taxes in
North Dakota," 1960. Bond, John A.

    Beacon Across the Prairie, 1961. Hunter, William C.
7/13     Beacon Across the Prairie correspondence
7/14     Beacon Across the Prairie Lund Publishing correspondence
7/15     Beacon Across the Prairie letters of congratulations and thanks
7/16     Beacon Across the Prairie promotion and reviews
7/17     Beacon Across the Prairie galley proof
7/18     Beacon Across the Prairie research notes
7/19     Beacon Across the Prairie-first draft-pages 1-100
7/20     Beacon Across the Prairie-first draft-pages 101-200
7/21     Beacon Across the Prairie-first draft-pages 201-300
7/22     Beacon Across the Prairie-first draft-pages 301-400
7/23     Beacon Across the Prairie-first draft-pages 401-465 and bibliography
7/24     Beacon Across the Prairie-second draft-Chapters 1-6
7/25     Beacon Across the Prairie-second draft-Chapters 7-11
7/26     Beacon Across the Prairie-second draft-Chapter 12 and Appendices
7/27     Beacon Across the Prairie-third draft-Chapter 1-5
7/28     Beacon Across the Prairie-third draft-Chapter 6-9
8/1       Beacon Across the Prairie-third draft-Chapter 10-13
8/2       Beacon Across the Prairie-third draft-Chapter 14-15
8/3       Beacon Across the Prairie-suggested revisions for Chapters 1-5
8/4       Beacon Across the Prairie-suggested revisions for Chapters 6-10
8/5       Beacon Across the Prairie-suggested revisions for Chapters 11-15
8/6       Beacon Across the Prairie-final draft-introduction-Chapter 5
8/7       Beacon Across the Prairie-final draft-Chapters 6-10
8/8       Beacon Across the Prairie-final draft-Chapters 11-15
8/9       Beacon Across the Prairie-final draft-appendices-bibliography
8/10     Courtney B. Cleland's comments on Beacon Across the Prairie
8/11     President Hultz's comments on Beacon Across the Prairie
8/12     Miscellaneous comments on Beacon Across the Prairie
8/13     Beacon Across the Prairie (publication copy)

    Conservation of Natural Resources in North Dakota, 1962. Edited by
    Irvine T. Dietrich & Hove, John
8/14     Conservation of Natural Resources in North Dakota-request for an
           exchange copy
8/15     Conservation of Natural Resources in North Dakota (publication copy)

8/16 "Great Plains Sociology: A Symposium," 1962. Social Science Report
Number 7. Cleland, Courtney B.

8/17 "State and Local Taxes in the Northern Plains," 1962. Social Science
Report Number 6. Gardner, Waylon

    The Loving Hawk [poems], 1962. Milton, John R.
8/18     The Loving Hawk-correspondence
8/19     The Loving Hawk-manuscript
8/20     The Loving Hawk

8/21 "What's the Future for the Country Town and Countryside," 1963.
Gunlogson, G. B.

    The Day of the Bonanza: A History of Bonanza Farming in the Red River
    Valley of the North, 1964. Drache, Hiram M.
8/22     Day of the Bonanza-correspondence
8/23     Day of the Bonanza-correspondence regarding further publication
8/24     Day of the Bonanza-Lund Publishing correspondence
8/25     Day of the Bonanza-reviews and promotion
8/26     Day of the Bonanza-financial statement
8/27     Day of the Bonanza-galley proof
8/28     Day of the Bonanza-corrections and additions
8/29     Day of the Bonanza-table of contents, list of illustrations, footnotes, and
           index
8/30     Day of the Bonanza-manuscript-pages 1-77
8/31     Day of the Bonanza (publication copy)

    Paintings in Taxicabs: Characteristics of Certain Art Consumers, 1965.
    Lyons, Richard
8/32     Paintings in Taxicabs-copyright
8/33     Paintings in Taxicabs: Characteristics of Certain Art Consumers (publication copy)

    The Trial of Louis Riel [play], 1965. Walsh, Frederick G.
8/34     Trial of Louis Riel-correspondence
8/35     The Trial of Louis Riel (publication copy)

    Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains, 1965. Hoag, Donald G.
8/36     Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-correspondence
8/37     Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-Lund and Webb Publishing
           correspondence
8/38     Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-reviews and promotion
8/39     Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-proofs of book jackets
8/40     Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-galley proof-pages 1-114
8/41     Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-galley proof-pages 115-235
9/1       Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-galley proof-pages 236-364
9/2       Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains-partial manuscript
9/3       Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains (publication copy)

    Common Poisonous Plants of the Northern Plains Dangerous to Man, 1967.
    Prepared by Schermeister, Leo J., et. al.
9/6      Common Poisonous Plants of the Northern Plains to Man-correspondence
9/7      Common Poisonous Plants of the Northern Plains to Man-copyright
9/8      Common Poisonous Plants of the Northern Plains to Man (publication copy)

    Symposium on the Great Plains of North America, 1967. Edited by
    Zimmerman, Carle C. & Russell, Seth
9/9       Symposium of the Great Plains of North America-copyright
9/10     "Symposium of the Great Plains of North America"

    The Valley Comes of Age: A History of Agriculture in the Valley of the Red
    River of the North, 1812-1920. 1967. Murray, Stanely Norman
9/11     The Valley Comes of Age-correspondence
9/12     The Valley Comes of Age-reviews
9/13     The Valley Comes of Age-galley proof
9/14     The Valley Comes of Age (publication copy)

    Woody Plants of the Gunlogson Arboretum: Icelandic State Park, North
    Dakota, 1968. Burgess, Robert L.
9/15     Woody Plants of the Gunlogson Arboretum-correspondence
9/16     Woody Plants of the Gunlogson Arboretum-manuscript
9/17     Woody Plants of the Gunlogson Arboretum (publication copy)

9/18 Poetry North: Five Poets of North Dakota, 1970. Lyons, Richard (complier) [empty]

    The Challenge of the Prairie: Life and Times of Red River Pioneers, 1970.
    Drache, Hiram M.
9/19     The Challenge of the Prairie-correspondence
9/20     The Challenge of the Prairie-Lund and Webb Publishing correspondence
9/21     The Challenge of the Prairie-reviews and promotion
9/22     The Challenge of the Prairie-book jacket drafts
9/23     The Challenge of the Prairie-galley proof
9/24     The Challenge of the Prairie-manuscript-pages 1-100
9/25     The Challenge of the Prairie-manuscript-pages 101-200
9/26     The Challenge of the Prairie-manuscript-pages 201-300
9/27     The Challenge of the Prairie-manuscript-pages 301-400
9/28     The Challenge of the Prairie-manuscript-pages 401-463
9/29     The Challenge of the Prairie (publication copy)

    The Marquis de Mores: Dakota Capitalist, French Nationalist, 1972.
    Tweton, D. Jerome
9/30     Marquis de Mores-correspondence
9/31     Marquis de Mores-reviews and promotion
9/32     Marquis de Mores-Chapter One-draft one
9/33     Marquis de Mores-Chapter One-draft two
9/34     Marquis de Mores-Chapter Two
9/35     Marquis de Mores-Chapter Four
9/36     Marquis de Mores-Chapter Five-draft one
9/37     Marquis de Mores-Chapter Five-draft two
9/38     Marquis de Mores: Dakota Capitalist, French Nationalist (publication copy)

         Russian-German Settlers in the United States, 1974. Sallet, Richard
9/39     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-correspondence
9/40     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-Lund Publishing correspondence
9/41     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-reviews
9/42     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-tentative arrangement and titles
9/43     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-first draft-pages 1-86
10/1     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-first draft-pages 87-163
10/2     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-final draft-pages 1-77
10/3     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-final draft-pages 78-156
10/4     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-corrections and additions for the final draft
10/5     Russian-German Settlements in the United States-additions not contained in the original text
10/6     Russian-German Settlements in the United States (publication copy)

10/7 In Sights and Double Vision: Poems in North Dakota, 1975. Lyons, Richard (empty)

10/8 "North Dakota Lawyers: Mapping the Socio-political Dimensions," 1975.
Melone, Albert P., Loren J. Braud & Bruce R. Ough

10/9 North Dakota: The Heritage of a People, 1976. Tweton, D. Jerome & Theodore B. Jelliff

10/10 Guide to the Small Collection Manuscripts of the North Dakota
Institute for Regional Studies, 1978. Bye, John E. (compiler)

10/10a "Publications on the Geography of Mexico by United States Geographers," 1979. Bibliographic Report Number 4.
Kress, Warren D.

    Union List of North Dakota Newspapers, 1864-1964. 1981. Kolar, Carol
    Koehmstedt (compiler)
10/13     Union List of North Dakota Newspapers, 1864-1964-correspondence
10/14     Union List of North Dakota Newspapers, 1864-1964-publishing costs
10/15     Union List of North Dakota Newspapers, 1864-1964 (publication copy)

10/16     Dakotah Territory: A Ten-Year Anthology, 1982. Edited by Vinz, Mark and Grayce Ray
10/17     Prairie Mosaic: An Ethnic Atlas of Rural North Dakota, 1983. Sherman,
             William C.
10/18     Home River, 1984. Rodney Nelson

10/19 Wall of Flames: The Minnesota Forest Fire of 1894, 1984. Larsen,
Lawrence, H.

    AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and North
    Dakota State University in Photographs, 1985. Chenoweth, Richard and
    Mark Strand
10/20     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-research notes
10/21     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Early Draft of Timeline of Events-1883-1936, 1948-1960
10/22     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Second Draft of Timeline of Events-1883-1977
10/23     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Draft of Timeline-"Early Years, 1890-1920"
10/24     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Second Draft of Timeline-"Early Years, 1890-1920"
10/25     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Second Draft of Timeline-"Middle Years, 1921-1948"
10/26     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Handwritten Draft of Timeline-"A University on the
             Move, 1949-1985"
10/27     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Second Draft of Timeline-"A University on the Move,
             1949-1985"
10/28     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Early Draft of "Early Years, 1890-1920"
10/29     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Final Draft of "Early Years, 1890-1920"
10/30     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-First Draft of "The Middle Years, 1921-1948" (with photo
             text)
10/31     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Second Draft of "The Middle Years, 1921-1948"
10/32     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Revised Second Draft of "The Middle Years, 1921-1948"
10/33     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Original Typescript of photograph text for "The Middle
             Years, 1921-1948"
10/34     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Third Draft of photograph text for "The Middle Years,
             1921-1948"
10/35     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Corrected proof of "The Middle Years, 1921-1948"
10/36     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Final proof of "The Middle Years, 1921-1948"
10/37     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-First Draft of "A University on the Move, 1949-1985"
10/38     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Second Draft of "A University on the Move, 1949-1985"
10/39     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Photograph text layout of "A University on the Move,
             1949-1985" (taken from galley proof)
10/40     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-First Draft of "The Campus" (not in book)
10/41     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Revised first draft of "The Campus"
10/42     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University-Notes regarding corrections and typesetting for final
             Printing
10/43     AC/SU: A History of the North Dakota Agricultural College and
             University (publication copy)

10/44 North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies Guide to Manuscripts
and Archives, 1985. Bye, John E. (compiler)

10/45 I'm Thinking it Over: Spectator Columns from the Forum, 1985.
Baccus, Jim

11/1 Citizens as Soldiers: A History of the North Dakota National Guard
1986. Cooper, Jerry M.

11/2 A Long Way to See: Images and Voices of North Dakota, 1987.
Gudmundson, Wayne (photographs) & Michael Moos (poems)

11/3 Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic History, 1988. Edited by William C.
Sherman

11/6 Our Purpose is to Serve: The First Century of North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1990.

11/7 A Conflict of Three Cultures: Germans from Russia in America, 1991.
Roemmich, Herman

11/8 From the Northern Prairies: Guide to the Visual Collections of the North
Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1991. Bye, John E. (compiler) {removed to oversized flat box}

    Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota, 1991.
    Lindgren, H. Elaine
11/9       Land in Her Own Name-progression
11/10     Land in Her Own Name-example of handwork draft notes
11/11     Land in Her Own Name-example of editing handwork draft notes
11/12     Land in Her Own Name-basic questionnaire sent out to women
             homesteaders not personally interviewed
11/13     Land in Her Own Name-cover samples
11/14     Land in Her Own Name-letter of thanks
11/15     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 1
11/16     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 2
11/17     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 3
11/18     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 4
11/19     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 5
11/20     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 6
11/21     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 7
11/22     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 8
11/23     Land in Her Own Name-early draft-chapter 9
11/24     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-preface-contents
11/25     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter one
11/26     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter two
11/27     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter three
11/28     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter four
11/29     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter five
11/30     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter six
11/31     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter seven
11/32     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-chapter eight
11/33     Land in Her Own Name-sixth draft-endnotes-appendix
11/34     Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota (publication copy)

11/35 Where Seldom Was Heard a Discouraging Word: Bill Guy Remembers,
1992. Guy, William L.

11/36 Riding Point: A Centennial History of the Kansas Livestock Association, 1994. Hoy, Jim
11/37 Riding Point – correspondence - 1994

BOX 12

Crossings: A Photographic Document of Fargo, North Dakota, 1995. Arnston, Dave, et. al. (photographs) & Cathy McMullen (essay)
Crossings – production information, review - 1995

History of North Dakota, 1995. Robinson, Elwyn B. (North Dakota reprint of 1996 edition) \
History of North Dakota – correspondence, memos, emails – 1994-1996

Dakota Territory 1861-1889: A Study of Frontier Politics, 1997. Lamar, Howard Robert. (reprint of 1956 edition)
Dakota Teritory -1861-1889 – photos, emails, correspondence – 1996-1997

Lil’s Courage, 1997. Foell, Lillian Agnew (edited by Bonnie Foell Olson)
Lil’s Courage – correspondence, draft – 1996-1998

Magnificent Churches of the Prairies, 1996. Coomber, James & Sheldon Green
Magnificent Churches on the Praries – reviews, production information – 1996-1997

“Refugees in the Fargo Community: A Research Agenda” 1996. Slobin, Kathleen & Daniel J. Klenow

Common Waters: A Story of Life Along the Red River of the North, 1997. Arntson, Gretchen (photographs), Silberman, Rob, Dille Roland & Ahlin, Jane (essays)
Common Waters – production/promo material - 1997

History and the Writing of Fiction, 1997. Lyceum of the Liberal Arts. Lecture in Regional Studies

Roots of Success: History of the Red River Sugarbeet Growers, 1997. Shoptaugh, Terry L.
Roots of Success – photos, production material – 1996-1997

Bowesmont: A Community History, 1998. Humann, Juile & Isern Thomas D.

Historic Architectural Survey of Bowman County, 1998. Isern, Thomas D., Lotte Isern & Tricia Velure

“Journey to a Place of Work: A Poet in the World of Business” 1998. Kosser, Ted

The Pearson Girls: A Family Memoir of the Dakota Plains, 1998. Plotkin, Kathy L.
The Pearson Girls – production material, photos – 1998-1999

Voices on the Prairies: Bring Speech and Theatre to North Dakota, 1998. Littlefield, Robert S.
Voices on the Prairie – production material, review - 1998

Aristocrat of the West: The Story of Harold Schafer, 2000. Woiwode, Larry
Aristocrat of the West – production material, review – 2000-2001

BOX 13

Dakota Circle: Excursions on the True Plains, 2000. Isern, Thomas D.
Dakota Circle- production material - 2000

Unwanted Bread: The Challenge of Farming and Ranching, 2000. Green, Sheldon & James Coomber [Oversized - removed to Oversized Flat Box]

Science and Policy: Interbasin Water Transfer of Aquatic Biota, 2001. Leitch, Jay A. & Mariah J. Tenamoc (compiler and editor)

Prairie Populist: The Life and Times of Usher L. Burdick, 2001. Blackorby, Edward C.
Prairie Populist – floppys, cds, production material - 2001

Darkhouse Spearfishing Across North America, 2001. Leitch, Jay A.
Darkhouse Spearfishing – production material – 2001
Darkhouse Spearfishing – production material – 1999-2001

The Promise of Water, 2002. Gudmundson, Wayne (photographs) & Robert Silberman (Essay) [Oversized - removed to Oversized Flat Box]
The Promise of Water – production material - 2001

Tori and the Sleigh of Midnight Blue, 2002. Sorenson, Margo. Illustrated by Brian R. Austin.

Bitter Harvest, 2005. Corcoran, James. [reprint]

Greetings from North Dakota: An Address and Date Book, 2006. Postcards: Aasen, Lawrence and Ronald Olin. Text: Bye, John and John Hallberg.

The Last Buffalo, Roseland, Bruce – reviewers comments – June 2005
The Last Buffalo – drafts and comments – June/July 2005
The Last Buffalo – mock-up
The Last Buffalo, 2006. poems by Bruce Roseland.

From the Banat to North Dakota, 2006. Dreyer, David & Josette S. Hatter.

BOX 14

The Nature of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology, 2006. Severson, Keith E. & Carolyn Hull Sieg.
The Nature of eastern North Dakota – correspondence/drafts/revisions – 2003-2005
Draft (working title): Bison, Birds and Bluestem: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology of Eastern North Dakota. (The Nature of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology, 2006.)

Quentin Burdick: The Gentle Warrior, 2007. Rylance, Dan.
Quentin Burdick: The Gentle Warrior – 3 CDs
Quentin Burdick: The Gentle Warrior – Emails – Dan Rylance
Quentin Burdick: The Gentle Warrior – manuscript draft – n.d.
Quentin Burdick: The Gentle Warrior – manuscript draft – n.d. (3 folders)
Quentin Burdick: The Gentle Warrior - images

Space and Motion: A View of the Northern Great Plains, 2007. Wunderlich, Gene.
Space and Motion – correspondence and draft - 2006

OVERSIZED FLAT BOX
Unwanted Bread: The Challenge of Farming and Ranching, 2000. Green, Sheldon & James Coomber

The Promise of Water, 2002. Gudmundson, Wayne (photographs) & Robert Silberman (Essay)

Hudson, Lois Philip. Conscious. Poem. Broadside Number Three – 1995

Lamar, Howard R. Persistent Frontier. Broadside Number 4 – 1995

From the northern prairies : guide to the visual collections of the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo / by John E. Bye. Fargo. The Institute, c. 1991

Drache. “The Naked Prairie” – book cover painting. N.d.

Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Plains, 1965. Hoag, Donald G. – mock-up

The Valley Comes of Age: A History of Agriculture in the Valley of the Red River of the North, 1812-1920. 1967. Murray, Stanely Norman. Map sheets for book.

Scanning the Land: Poems in North Dakota, 1980. Lyons, Richard. Book Jacket preliminary mock-up