O. A. STEVENS PAPERS
1909-1956
12 l.f.
O. A. STEVENS PAPERS
1909-1956
12 l.f.
Biography
Professor O. A. Stevens spent his life studying plants, birds, bees, and wasps. During his 67-year career at North Dakota Agricultural College/State University, he focused on finding better ways to understand and live with nature. His pioneer efforts in identification of plants and weeds, the habits of bees and wasps, and banding and monitoring bird migration brought national and worldwide recognition as a naturalist.
O. A. Stevens was born on October 17, 1885 on a farm near Blue Rapids, Kansas. As a young man his interest in nature was stirred when he picked up his older sister's botany textbook. By the time he graduated from high school, he had already established a small herbarium and made numerous observations on birds, bees and wasps. Stevens then enrolled at Kansas State College (now Kansas State University) and received his bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1907. Upon his graduation, he was appointed instructor of botany at his alma matter.
Professor Stevens came to North Dakota in 1909 drawn by the new pure seed and drug law as well as the newly created State Seed Laboratory-a combination that created an opening for a seed analyst. He arrived in North Dakota and began his work as a seed analyst and assistant professor of botany at NDAC on September 1, 1909. During his years as a professor, Stevens built a reputation as the world's leading authority on North Dakota plants. He spent the summers traveling throughout the state and collected an average of 800 plant samples. In 1961, Stevens collected 1000 plants during a summer trip to western North Dakota. His research and study of native plants culminated in The Handbook of North Dakota Plants published in 1950. Handbook described and listed more than 1140 species of plants making it the most complete record to date and the major reference for amateur, professional, and international botanists. Stevens continued to study plants, twice updating his book (1961 and 1972) and building up the NDSU Herbarium until it had nearly 40,000 specimens.
Stevens' renown as a botanist was evident early in his career. In 1917, he was conducting an independent study of weeds introduced to America from Europe. He collected twenty-six specimens of lamb's quarters and sent them to the United States National Herbarium for analysis. Dr. Paul Aellen of Basel, Switzerland was also studying lamb's quarters and requested the samples from the U.S. herbarium. The samples requested by Dr. Aellen contained those collected by Stevens and one species had not yet been cataloged or described. Dr. Aellen named the species Stevensii in Stevens' honor.
His interests expanded into the area of entomology, especially bees and wasps. He amassed a collection of 12,000 bees and wasps, including a dozen species previously unrecorded. Stevens received the honor of having several species named after him including the prosopis stevensi and the dasymntilla stevensi. During an eleven-year period (1909-1920), he collected bees and wasps native to North Dakota and documented the flowers the insects visited. The collection is now housed at the National American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Stevens' studies did not end with botany and entomology, but expanded into ornithology. He served as editor for Inland Bird Banding News and as secretary for eight years of the Inland Bird Banding Association. Stevens also ran a series titled "North Dakota Bird Notes" in the Fargo Forum for ten years and published a set of 250 articles on birds in North and South Dakota Horticulture from 1930 to 1953. His most notable paper on birds and bird banding, titled "The Harris's Sparrow and the study of it by trapping," was co-written with Myron H. Swenk, a fellow bird bander.
Stevens became an associate professor in 1926 and a professor in 1947. In 1951, he was appointed curator and research professor of botany for the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies. After 47 years of teaching and experiment station work, Stevens retired, but maintained his positions with the Institute.
His retirement was, in fact, not a retirement. Stevens continued to come into the office in order to continue his research, writing and correspondence. Colleagues remember him being in the office as early as 5:30 am and usually in at 7:00 am, an hour earlier than everyone else. When his colleagues threw him a surprise 80th birthday party, one colleague went to get him from the greenhouse and Stevens replied, "Can't you see I'm busy, I don't have time for that kind of nonsense."
Stevens was a remarkable person. He continued his education and in 1923, he received his Master's Degree from NDAC and an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1948. A prolific writer, Stevens published more over 200 articles in 40 scholarly journals on topics ranging from the study of plants to the expeditions of Audubon. He also found time to be active in the community and participate in professional societies. He was a merit badge examiner for the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls and spent many summers lecturing on natural history at 4-H summer camps. Stevens' biography appeared in "American Men of Science" every year after 1927. He was a member of Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi; the Botanical Society of America; the Wilson Ornithological Club; the American Ornithological Union; a fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science; charter member of the Ecological Society of America; honorary member of the Association of Official Seed Analysts; and a recipient of the Pioneer Historian Award from the Red River Historical Society. In 1965, he received an honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of North Dakota. One of Stevens' highest honors came in 1968 when the new biological science building was dedicated as Stevens Hall. In 1974, O.A. Stevens Scholarship was created with awards going to freshmen and juniors.
Even more remarkable is that Stevens seldom drove a car when collecting his plant samples. Primarily, he rode his bike or walked from his home to the office. At age 85, he still maintained such a brisk pace that those half his age experienced difficulty in walking with him.
He also had a remarkable family. While at Kansas State he met Julia Anna Monroe, a fellow botany student. The two married on August 24, 1910 at Whiting, Kansas. Mrs. Stevens received her bachelor's degree from Kansas State and spent three years at the University of Chicago doing post-graduate work before returning to Kansas to teach. Upon her move to Fargo, she became very active in the community. Mrs. Stevens served as treasurer and regent of the North Dakota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 10 years as president of the Fargo Council of Welfare Agencies, parliamentarian for the North Dakota Federation of Women's Club, member of the Priscilla club (a club formed by faculty women and wives), and president of the Fargo branch of the American Association of University Women. In March 1967, Mrs. Stevens was named North Dakota Mother of the Year at age 82.
Together the Stevens's raised three children-two boys and a girl. Dudley Stevens graduated from NDSU and was the chief traffic engineer of Sacramento, California. Gerald Stevens was in the Department of Adjudication of the Veterans Administration in Washington and was admitted to the bar in Michigan, North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota in addition to receiving the honor of being allowed to practice before the Supreme Court. Muriel graduated from the University of California and spent time tutoring slow readers and raising her family. Her husband worked as a geophysicist at the University of California radiation laboratory at Livermore.
Stevens remained active at NDSU until he suffered a stroke in 1976. He and his wife moved to California in October 1977 to be closer to their children and to be in a less rigorous climate. Professor Stevens died on January 12, 1979 in Sacramento, California. He was survived by his wife, three children, ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Stevens passed away in September 1980.
Note: Special Thanks to Mr. Gale Monson, NDAC Class of 1934, student, friend and colleague of Dr. Stevens, for the wealth of material he donated, his insights into Dr. Stevens, and his excellent editorial eye.
Scope and Content
The O. A. Stevens Papers document his career as a seed analyst, professor, experiment station worker and scientist. The Papers also reflect Stevens' wide ranging interests in plants, birds and education. The collection is divided into fifteen series: Biography, Birds, Gale Monson Correspondence, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Interesting North Dakota Plants, Botany Newsletter, Radio Talks, Seed Analyst and Seed World, Dakota Farmer, Press Releases, North Dakota Bird Notes, Publications, Handbook of North Dakota Plants, and Subject Files.
The Biography Series contains several lists of Stevens' publications, his honorary Doctor of Science from the University of North Dakota and his Phi Gamma Mu membership certificate. The series also contains a five part series written by Roy P. Johnson, staff writer, in the Fargo Forum in 1951 highlighting Stevens' career as a botanist, ornithologist and entomologist. One of the more interesting items in this series is the correspondence between Stevens and H. L. Bolley regarding the position of seed analyst. Stevens sent a letter of inquiry to Bolley with an informal resume written on the back of the letter. The letters have been photocopied from the H. L. Bolley Papers. One final item is the civil service examinations taken by Stevens for posts ranging from ecologist to assistant park ranger. The examinations show how each candidate would be graded and the necessary marks on each section for passing.
The Birds Series documents Stevens' interests in birds. The series consists of correspondence, bird identification cards and guides, bird banding records, bird censuses and bird migratory charts. The bulk of the correspondence covers the years 1924 to 1939 with a few letters from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The letters and postcards are from observers in the North Dakota towns of Argusville, Minot and Jamestown as well as the South Dakota town of Northville. The observers wrote about unusual sightings, questions about bird banding and the best way to trap birds for banding. The bird censuses were complied by Stevens and his correspondents and were taken in the spring, summer, fall and winter during the first part of the month. The censuses contained information on the amount of time spent observing, weather conditions (i.e. temperature, precipitation, cloud cover), location (often accompanied with a small map) and the species and numbers of birds seen. Stevens made the bird identification cards. They contain the name of the bird, where it was first seen, who "named" the bird and when, and the bird's primary area of habitation.
The Gale Monson Correspondence Series contains correspondence between Gale Monson and Stevens between the years 1924 to 1971 with one folder containing correspondence between Monson and Mrs. Stevens. The correspondence began when Monson was twelve years old and continued throughout during Stevens' lifetime. Monson continued to pursue his interest in birds and wildlife and attended North Dakota Agricultural College. While in college, Monson was editor-in-chief of the Spectrum (the student newspaper), a member of Kappa Sigma Chi, vice president of Gamma Tau Sigma as well as being involved in other campus organizations and activities. He graduated in 1934 with a Bachelors of Science Degree. Monson is now retired from Wildlife Management and resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Correspondence Series is the largest series in the collection spanning the years 1909 to 1975. The years up to 1940 are incomplete due to several large gaps from 1909 to 1915 and limited correspondence during the 1920s and 1930s. The bulk of the correspondence covers the period 1940 to 1958. The correspondence mainly consists of requests for the identification of weeds and other plants. A small number of the letters are inquiries regarding North Dakota seed laws, requests for Extension Service Bulletins and requests from chemical companies to have the Experiment Station test their newest spray. An even smaller number of letters are from universities and colleges inquiring about graduate students needing employment or qualified for graduate study above the Masters level. The correspondence after 1958 is relatively similar to the bulk years, but by the mid 1960s the correspondence becomes requests for editing and bibliographic advice on books, journal articles and papers.
The Manuscript Series contains drafts of papers and articles written by Stevens. The manuscripts cover a wide range of topics from plants to birds. Many contain notations made by Stevens regarding which journal or publication the manuscript was sent. The series contains a manuscript for "Plants of Upper Louisiana," a book written by Stevens in 1936 for a contest sponsored by William and Wilkins Publishing Company. The contest was for the best book on a scientific subject with a cash prize of $1000 for the winning author. It is unclear how Stevens did, but he looked for publishers after the contest was over-none were found.
The Interesting North Dakota Plants Series consists of one to two page essays written by Stevens during the period of January 1960 to May 1971. They give a brief description of the plant, where the plant can be found and what are plant's uses or potential uses. All the essays were published in North Dakota Horticulture, a publication produced by the North Dakota Horticulture Society.
The Botany Newsletter Series is a nearly complete run of newsletters written and edited by Stevens. He produced the Newsletter from 1937 to 1974. The collection is complete from 1937 to 1970. The years 1971 to 1974 are missing several issues. Stevens gave the Newsletters volume and issue numbers, but they are arranged in the collection according to year. The Sunday Pages, inserts for the Newsletter, document Stevens' trips to other states and planting collecting expeditions in North Dakota.
The Radio Talks Series contains the scripts used by Stevens and campus radio during weekly and monthly addresses during the years 1926-1937 and 1948. Most are in essay form except for the address dated 1948, it is in question and answer format. Stevens designed the talks to educate people on weeds, wildflowers and other native plants of North Dakota.
The Seed Analyst and Seed World Series consists of papers, speeches and articles written exclusively for Seed World or the Seed Analyst Convention during the years 1915 to 1930. The first half of the series is manuscripts of articles sent to Seed World and the last half of the series is papers and speeches presented at the Seed Analyst Convention. The manuscripts, papers and speeches all contain notations giving the date, where they were sent/given and if the article was published.
The Dakota Farmer Series contains only a few of the many articles Stevens wrote for the publication during the period 1916 to 1930. The series consists of six articles dating 1916, 1923, 1924, 1926 and 1930. All the articles are in manuscript form with the last two folders containing a copy of the article as printed by Dakota Farmer.
The Press Release Series consists weekly statements issued to the public and university spanning the years 1919 to 1949 with the bulk covering the years 1938-1944. The releases were written by Stevens and then rewritten by someone in the Publications Department. Many are in manuscript form and are either titled "NEWS NOTE" or are untitled. Those with a title were reworked by the Publications Department.
The North Dakota Bird Notes Series contains the weekly articles written by Stevens during the years 1919 to 1939. The articles were written during the months of March and June and contained information on the migratory habits of birds as well as reports from observers throughout the state. Local newspapers in North Dakota; the Dakota Farmer in Aberdeen, South Dakota; and the South St. Paul Reporter in South St. Paul, Minnesota carried the articles.
The Publication Series contains only ninety of Stevens' two hundred plus publications. The series begins with three bound volumes of North and South Dakota Horticulture covering the years 1947 to 1957. Each volume has an index listing Stevens' articles in the respective issues. The remaining publications cover the years 1913, 1917 to 1975 with the bulk covering 1924 to 1950. Many of the publications are on plants or birds, especially those published during the period of 1924 to 1950. Articles, published after 1950, still cover the subject's plants and birds, but there is a greater emphasis on conservation and restoring the prairie.
The Handbook of North Dakota Plants Series documents the process of Stevens writing his only published book. The series begins with letters of encouragement from the president of the College, Dr. Fred Hultz, and others who thought Stevens would be perfect for writing an updated and expanded book on the flora of North Dakota. Next there are four different drafts of Handbook: early draft (complete), later draft (incomplete), carbon of final copy (complete) and printer's copy (complete). The names of the drafts are those given by Stevens. The series does not contain a copy of the 1950 edition but does contain an unbound copy as well as the dust jacket for the 1950 edition. Lastly, the series possesses the two notebooks Stevens used when updating Handbook in 1963 as well as an autographed copy of the 1963 edition.
The Subject Files Series contains a varied collection of papers and material on subjects ranging from science to education. The series contains Stevens' class lectures, assignments and tests believed to be for the class titled Animal Ecology. There are the Experiment Station reports, filed also with the Botany Department, that detail how time was spent during the year (i.e. vacation, teaching, research), outcome/progress of experiments and a list of publications. The meeting minutes for the Institute for Regional Studies dating 1950 to 1954 can also be found in this series. Stevens was one of the founding members and served the Institute in many different capacities over the years. One last item of interest is the folder titled "Corrections for various texts." This reflects Stevens' wish for a common (or uniform) nomenclature of plants.
Separations Record
Forty (40) photographs have been removed from the collection and placed
in the O. A. Stevens Photograph collection.
Donated by O. A. Stevens, 1975 and Gale Monson 2001.
Processed by Kevin Nesemeier, 2001.
Box/Folder Contents
1/1 Finding aid
Biography Series
1/2 Newspaper clippings and press releases
1/3 Correspondence with H. L. Bolley regarding position
as seed analyst
(1909)
1/4 Record of faculty members training and experience
1/5 Record of scholarly and professional activities (1964-1966)
1/6 Request to pursue an advanced degree
1/7 Appointment to position of professor
1/8 Vitae and personal history correspondence
1/9 Family history correspondence
1/10 Lists of publications
1/11 Lists of publications (1914-1971)
1/12 Letters to the editor
1/13 Payroll cards (1909-1963)
1/14 Diary material-1938
1/15 Diary material-1939
1/16 Diary material-1940
1/17 Diary material-1941
1/18 Diary material-1942
1/19 Diary material-1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948
1/20 Diary material-1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956,
1957, 1959, 1966
1/21 Workmen's Compensation Bureau form for broken (?)
arm-1954
1/22 Civil Service examination for investigator in marketing
seeds-1916
1/23 Civil Service examination for junior biologist-1925
1/24 Civil Service examination for assistant biologist-1928
1/25 Civil Service examination for assistant entomologist-1929
1/26 Civil Service examination for associate park naturalist-1931
1/27 Payment for seed analyst duties dispute correspondence-1931
1/28 Inland Bird Banding Association letterhead with Steven's
different
offices
1/29 Phi Gamma Mu membership certificate
1/30 Honorary Doctorate from the University of North Dakota
1/31 Letters of congratulations on the dedication of Stevens
Hall
Birds Series
1/32 How to recognize birds
1/33 Bird identification cards
1/34 Bird identification cards
1/35 Bird identification cards
1/36 Bird identification cards
1/37 Bird sightings 1965-1972
1/38 Bird banding record (No. 1) June 1925 to April 1929
1/39 Bird banding record (No. 4) August 1934 to October
1937
1/40 Bird banding record (No. 6) 1952 to 1964
1/41 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1923
1/42 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1924
1/43 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1925
1/44 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1926
1/45 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1927
1/46 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1928
1/47 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1929
1/48 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1930
1/49 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence January
to June 1931
1/50 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence July
to December 1931
1/51 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1932
2/1 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence January
to May 1933
2/2 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence June
to December 1933
2/3 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1934
2/4 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1935
2/5 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1936
2/6 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1937
2/7 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1938
2/8 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1939
2/9 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1940s
2/10 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1950s
2/11 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence 1960s
and 1970s
2/12 Bird observation and bird banding correspondence Undated
2/13 Bird banding correspondence-concerns and issues on
banding
2/14 Bird banding return slips 1930s and 1960s
2/15 Bird (banded) returns to Fargo, North Dakota 1926-1971
2/16 Bird trapping/banding reports 1925/26 to 1929
2/17 Bird banding reports 1930 to 1936
2/18 Bird banding census 1925 to 1929
2/19 Bird banding census 1930 to 1935
2/20 Bird banding census 1936 to 1939
2/21 Record of banded returns to Fargo 1931
2/22 Bird banding census 1940s
2/23 Bird banding census 1950s
2/24 Bird banding census 1960s
2/25 Bird banding census 1970 and 1974
2/26 Bird observation form
2/27 Bird census-North Dakota birds as found by seven observers
in a one
day's walk 1925
2/28 Bird census near Washburn, North Dakota June 19-23,
1926
2/29 Bird censuses with correspondence 1928
2/30 Bird censuses with correspondence 1929
2/31 Bird censuses with correspondence 1930
2/32 Bird censuses 1931
2/33 Bird censuses with correspondence 1932
2/34 Bird censuses 1934
2/35 Bird censuses 1937 to 1939
2/36 Bird censuses 1952 and 1953
2/37 Bird censuses Undated
2/38 Bird censuses-Sparrows-1927 to 1931
2/39 Bird censuses-Catbirds-1928 to 1949
2/40 Bird censuses-General-1920 to 1970
2/41 Bird migration dates 1921
2/42 Bird migration dates 1910 to 1929
2/43 Spring and fall migration dates 1931 to 1949
2/44 Bird migration date-averages over period covering
1910 to 1949
2/45 Suggested changes in migration dates
2/46 Handwritten notes on bird observation
2/47 Bird observation reports correspondence 1930s
2/48 Bird observation/migration correspondence 1930
2/49 Bird observation/migration correspondence 1931
2/50 Walsh County birdhouse building contest
2/51 North Dakota wild turkey story 1955
3/1 Bird observation report correspondence 1932
3/2 Bird observation report correspondence 1933
3/3 Bird observation report correspondence 1938
3/4 Bird observation report correspondence 1939
Gale Monson Correspondence Series
3/5 Correspondence 1924-1929
3/6 Correspondence 1930-1936
3/7 Correspondence1940-1959
3/8 Correspondence 1960-1971
3/9 Correspondence with Mrs. Stevens 1979
Correspondence Series
3/10 K. Neutson correspondence
3/11 Seed related correspondence 1932-1933
3/12 Boy Scouts of America correspondence
3/13 Bird banding stamp correspondence
3/14 Arnold Arboretum correspondence
3/15 A. D. Whedon correspondence 1954-1965
3/16 Dr. Paul Aellen correspondence
3/17 Dr. Breckle correspondence
3/18 Correspondence 1909
3/19 Correspondence 1915-1919
3/20 Correspondence 1920-1925, 1927-1928
3/21 Correspondence 1931-1933
3/22 Correspondence 1934-1937
3/23 Correspondence 1938-1939
3/24 Correspondence January 5 to June 17 1940
3/25 Correspondence June 17 to July 2, 1940
3/26 Correspondence July 5 to July 22, 1940
3/27 Correspondence July 23 to August 16, 1940
3/28 Correspondence August 16 to September 12, 1940
3/29 Correspondence September 12 to December 18, 1940
3/30 Correspondence January 14 to June 11, 1941
3/31 Correspondence June 11 to July 1, 1941
3/32 Correspondence July 1 to August 4, 1941
3/33 Correspondence August 4 to September 13, 1941
3/34 Correspondence September 13 to December 11, 1941
3/35 Correspondence 1942
3/36 Correspondence January 21 to June 2, 1943
3/37 Correspondence June 17 to July 10, 1943
3/38 Correspondence July 12 to August 7, 1943
4/1 Correspondence August 9 to September 18, 1943
4/2 Correspondence September 21 to December 29, 1943
4/3 Correspondence January 6 to March 23, 1944
4/4 Correspondence March 23 to May 29, 1944
4/5 Correspondence June 1944
4/6 Correspondence July 1 to July 21, 1944
4/7 Correspondence July 22 to August 21, 1944
4/8 Correspondence August 23 to September 25, 1944
4/9 Correspondence September 25 to November 27, 1944
4/10 Correspondence November 27 to December 29, 1944
4/11 Correspondence January 2 to February 28, 1945
4/12 Correspondence March 2 to April 13, 1945
4/13 Correspondence April 16 to May 24, 1945
4/14 Correspondence May 24 to June 29, 1945
4/15 Correspondence July 2 to July 15, 1945
4/16 Correspondence July 16 to August 2, 1945
4/17 Correspondence August 2 to August 29, 1945
4/18 Correspondence August 29 to September 24, 1945
4/19 Correspondence September 26 to November 8, 1945
4/20 Correspondence November 9 to December 29, 1945
4/21 Correspondence January 2 to February 27, 1946
4/22 Correspondence March 1 to April 30, 1946
4/23 Correspondence May 1946
4/24 Correspondence June 1946
4/25 Correspondence September and October 1946
4/26 Correspondence February to June 1947
4/27 Correspondence July 1 to July 15, 1947
4/28 Correspondence July 17 to July 30, 1947
4/29 Correspondence July 31 to August 14, 1947
5/1 Correspondence August 15 to August 22, 1947
5/2 Correspondence August 23 to September 12, 1947
5/3 Correspondence September 13 to September 26, 1947
5/4 Correspondence September 29 to October 24, 1947
5/5 Correspondence October 25 to November 17, 1947
5/6 Correspondence November 20 to December 31, 1947
5/7 Correspondence January 2 to February 12, 1948
5/8 Correspondence February 16 to March 29, 1948
5/9 Correspondence April and May 1948
5/10 Correspondence June 1948
5/11 Correspondence July 1948
5/12 Correspondence August 3 to August 13, 1948
5/13 Correspondence August 16 to September 10, 1948
5/14 Correspondence September 10 to October 12, 1948
5/15 Correspondence October 15 to December 20, 1948
5/16 Correspondence January 3 to February 23, 1949
5/17 Correspondence February 23 to April 12, 1949
5/18 Correspondence April 12 to May 17, 1949
5/19 Correspondence May 17 to June 7, 1949
5/20 Correspondence June 1949
5/21 Correspondence July, November and December 1949
5/22 Correspondence January and February 1950
5/23 Correspondence April, May and June 1950
5/24 Correspondence July 5 to August 31, 1950
5/25 Correspondence August 31 to September 26, 1950
5/26 Correspondence September 26 to October 19, 1950
5/27 Correspondence October 19 to November 13, 1950
5/28 Correspondence November 17 to December 29, 1950
5/29 Correspondence January 2 to February 28, 1951
5/30 Correspondence March 1 to April 13, 1951
5/31 Correspondence April 13 to May 29, 1951
5/32 Correspondence June 1951
5/33 Correspondence July 1951
5/34 Correspondence August 1951
6/1 Correspondence September 1 to September 18, 1951
6/2 Correspondence September 18 to November 6, 1951
6/3 Correspondence November 6 to December 28, 1951
6/4 Correspondence February, April and May 1952
6/5 Correspondence June 1952
6/6 Correspondence July 2 to July 22, 1952
6/7 Correspondence July 22 to July 31, 1952
6/8 Correspondence November 1952
6/9 Correspondence January 2 to February 3, 1953
6/10 Correspondence February 3 to March 3, 1953
6/11 Correspondence March 6 to April 3, 1953
6/12 Correspondence April 9 to May 12, 1953
6/13 Correspondence May 12 to June 3, 1953
6/14 Correspondence June 3 to June 30, 1953
6/15 Correspondence July 1953
6/16 Correspondence August 1953
6/17 Correspondence September 1953
6/18 Correspondence October 1953
6/19 Correspondence November and December 1953
6/20 Correspondence January 6 to April 15, 1954
6/21 Correspondence April 30 to June 25, 1954
6/22 Correspondence June 28 to July 25, 1954
6/23 Correspondence July 26 to August 23, 1954
6/24 Correspondence August 23 to September 21, 1954
6/25 Correspondence September 21 to October 18, 1954
6/26 Correspondence October 18 to November 29, 1954
6/27 Correspondence November 30 to December 31, 1954
6/28 Correspondence January 3 to February 12, 1955
6/29 Correspondence February 16 to March 29, 1955
7/1 Correspondence April 4 to May 3, 1955
7/2 Correspondence May 1955
7/3 Correspondence June 1 to June 17, 1955
7/4 Correspondence June 17 to July 7, 1955
7/5 Correspondence July 8 to July 29, 1955
7/6 Correspondence August 1 to August 23, 1955
7/7 Correspondence August 24 to September 14, 1955
7/8 Correspondence September 16 to October 21, 1955
7/9 Correspondence October 21 to December 29, 1955
7/10 Correspondence November 20 and November 27, 1956
7/11 Correspondence January to May 1957
7/12 Correspondence June 19 and July 1957
7/13 Correspondence August 1957
7/14 Correspondence September 1957
7/15 Correspondence October and November 1957
7/16 Correspondence January 3 to February 28, 1958
7/17 Correspondence March to June 1958
7/18 Correspondence July, August and November 1958
7/19 Correspondence 1959
7/20 Correspondence 1960
7/21 Correspondence 1961
7/22 Correspondence 1962
7/23 Correspondence 1963
7/24 Correspondence January to June 1964
7/25 Correspondence July 3 to September 3, 1964
7/26 Correspondence September 3 to October 16, 1964
7/27 Correspondence October 21 to December 31, 1964
7/28 Correspondence January 5 to March 19, 1965
7/29 Correspondence March 22 to June 30, 1965
7/30 Correspondence July 2 to August 31, 1965
7/31 Correspondence September 1 to October 28, 1965
7/32 Correspondence November and December 1965
7/33 Correspondence January 3 to April 4, 1966
7/34 Correspondence April 5 to June 30, 1966
7/35 Correspondence July 5 to September 14, 1966
7/36 Correspondence September 21 to December 30, 1966
7/37 Correspondence 1967
7/38 Correspondence 1968
7/39 Correspondence 1969
7/40 Correspondence 1970
7/41 Correspondence 1971
7/42 Correspondence 1972
7/43 Correspondence 1973
7/44 Correspondence 1974
7/45 Correspondence 1975
7/46 Correspondence Undated
Manuscript Series
7/47 Untitled article on robins that have been banded
7/48 "Taxonomy in Biology" (1926)
7/49 "Study of Robins"
7/50 "The Crow does his bit for Science" (1932)
7/51 Complied bibliography on birds
7/52 "History of the North Dakota State Herbarium"
7/53 Untitled manuscript circa 1920
7/54 "Brewer Blackbird Nesting at Fargo, North Dakota"
7/55 "Harris Sparrow as a subject for study in Oklahoma
by the trapping
method"
7/56 "Fifteen kinds of Hawks are found in this state"
7/57 "Bird Banding"
7/58 "Birds Observed near Washburn, North Dakota"
7/59 "Spring Migration-Fargo 1924"
7/60 "The problem of the return of young birds"
7/61 "Redpolls and Waxwings" (24 November 1925)
7/62 "Hawks and Eagles"
7/63 "Winter Birds" (1930)
7/64 "Where birds are in winter" (January 1935)
7/65 "Golden eagle valuable to state" (December 1937)
7/66 "Bird migration as a scientific study"
7/67 "Mild fall has not effected migration"
7/68 "Urges protection for golden eagle"
7/69 "Mild winter holds birds"
7/70 "The Mourning Dove"
7/71 "The House Wren"
7/72 "Birds and Clover"
7/73 "Mockingbirds in North Dakota"
7/74 "Hawks and Owls"
7/75 "Birds eating canker worms"
7/76 "Time to welcome winter's birds"
7/77 "A Redwing Census" (sent to Bird Lore 19 September
1924)
8/1 "Winter Birds" (sent to Forum Tribune 3 November 1924)
8/2 "Winter Birds" (published 19 January 1925
8/3 "More about traps and locations" (sent to Western Bird
Banding
Association)
8/4 "Some Bird Travels"
8/5 "The Geography of a Bird Study" (published in American
Midland
Naturalist)
8/6 "Bird life in North Dakota"
8/7 "Birds and how to attract them"
8/8 "Some Secondary Results of Bird Banding" (presented
at Inland Bird
Banding Association Meeting in St. Louis on November 8,
1929)
8/9 "Natural Coats of Mail"
8/10 "Our Parasitic Bees"
8/11 "The Trial of the Scientist"
8/12 "Ornithology in Scientific Literature"
8/13 "Flowering habit of Tamarix"
8/14 "The red-seeded dandelion in North Dakota" (1924)
8/15 "Structure of flowers in relation to insect visitors"
(Bee Keepers
February 2, 1927)
8/16 "Roots and rootstalks" (circa 1924)
8/17 "Native Honeybees" (published in American Bee Journal
March 16, 1923)
8/18 "Flowers of Icelandic Park"
8/19 "Problems in nomenclature of North Dakota Plants"
8/20 "Adventures in the insect world" (1932)
8/21 "Weeds-Past and Present"
8/22 "Bird Neighbors"
8/23 "Plant life in North Dakota"
8/24 Milkweed Study (published 1945)
8/25 "Sow Thistle"
8/26 "Rye"
8/27 "Lists of birds and grasses"
8/28 "State Seed Lab Data"
8/29 "Weed identification county list"
8/30 "Plants of Barnes County"
8/31 "North American birds in South America"
8/32 "The wild onion-allium reticulatum"
8/33 "Bantram's List of Birds of Eastern United States"
8/34 "Conservation of our Natural Resources"
8/35 "Birds and Trees" (for Arbor Day 1925)
8/36 "Some problems of efficiency in seed testing"
8/37 "Notes on the absorption of water by seeds of the
cereals"
8/38 "Some modifications of the vertical air-blast separator"
8/39 "Notes on the work of the 1916-17 at the North Dakota
Seed Laboratory"
8/40 "A study of chaff in grass weed with special reference
to Bromegrass"
8/41 Papers on grasses
8/42 "1925 Corn"
8/43 Articles on seed crops
8/44 "State College Station"
8/45 "Productivity of Weeds"
8/46 "The trees of North Dakota"
8/47 "Early Spring Flowers"
8/48 "Wildflowers of late summer and fall"
8/49 "Wildflowers of autumn"
8/50 "Plants of Richland County"
8/51 Partial articles for the Dakota Farmer
8/52 Weeds bulletin
8/53 "Dodder in Alfalfa"
8/54 "Plants of Clay County"
8/55 "Pictures of North Dakota Cuscutae"
8/56 Miscellaneous abstracts
8/57 "Plants of Upper Louisiana" correspondence
8/58 "Plants of Upper Louisiana" partial manuscript 1936
8/59 "Plants of Upper Louisiana" manuscript 1938
8/60 "North American Flora Index"-final copy-file 1 of
5
8/61 "North American Flora Index"-final copy-file 2 of
5
8/62 "North American Flora Index"-final copy-file 3 of
5
8/63 "North American Flora Index"-final copy-file 4 of
5
8/64 "North American Flora Index"-final copy-file 5 of
5
8/65 "North American Flora" Volume 33, part 4
8/66 "The Vesper Sparrow"
8/67 "The Clay-colored Sparrow"
8/68 "The Chipping Sparrow"
8/69 "The Burrowing Owl"
8/70 "A Mississippi Valley Project"
8/71 "Weed Investigations"
8/72 "Systematic Botany"
8/73 "Weeds"
8/74 "The Problem of the Return of Young Birds"
8/75 "The number of field seeds in a pound"
8/76 "The Pine Grosbeak"
8/77 "The Coot"
8/78 "The Wren"
8/79 "Topography and Geology at Blue Rapids, Kansas"
8/80 Article by Adrian Fox and related correspondence 1952
8/81 "Classifications of Fruit Types"
8/82 "What are Rhizomes"
8/83 "Plant collections"
8/84 "Audubon's Journey up the Missouri River"-notes and
correspondence
8/85 "Some plants of southwestern North Dakota"
8/86 "The Botanist's Return to the Mountain"
8/87 "Super Family Apoidea"
8/88 Untitled paper
8/89 "Grassland Birds"
8/90 "Plant description as to duration"
8/91 "Plant distribution from Forest to Plains at Latitude
47 Degrees"
8/92 "English and Science Courses"
8/93 "Germination of Old Seeds"
8/94 "Methods of flower pollination"
8/95 "A Brief History of the Plants of North Dakota"
8/96 "Working Together"
8/97 "Goddess Maturity"
8/98 Revisions of "Grass Bulletin"
8/99 "Why Band Birds"-Draft
8/100 "Why Band Birds"-Final copy
8/101 Untitled manuscript regarding the use of weeds in
ancient times
8/102 "North Dakota Rusts"
Interesting North Dakota Plants Series
8/103 "Looking for Old and New Plants"-January 1960
8/104 "Willow Herbs"-February 1960
8/105 "Milkworts"-March 1960
8/106 "Horsetails"-April 1960
8/107 "Buttercups"-May 1960
8/108 "Cinquefoils"-June 1960
8/109 "Knotweeds-July 1960
8/110 "Pondweeds"-September 1960
8/111 "Showy Marsh Plants"-October 1960
8/112 "Parasitic Seed Plants"-November 1960
8/113 "Marsh Grasses"-December 1960
8/114 "Sedges and Rushes"-January 1961
8/115 "Identifying Seeds"-February 1961
8/116 "Fossils"-March 1961
8/117 "Pussytoes and Relatives"-April 1961
8/118 "Avens and Torch Flower"-May 1961
8/119 "Fruits of the Rose Family"-June 1961
8/120 "Shrubby Cinquefoil"-July 1961
8/121 "Grasses of Parnassus"-September 1961
8/122 "Gaillardia"-October 1961
8/123 "Sticktights and Beggar's Lice"-November 1961
8/124 "Flags and Reeds"-December 1961
8/125 "Orchids"-January 1962
8/126 "Cedars"-February 1962
8/127 "Trees or Shrubs?"-March 1962
8/128 "Grasses that Are Not Grasses"-April 1962
8/129 "Meadowrue and other Rues"-June 1962
8/130 "Milk-Vetches"-July 1962
8/131 "Docks"-September 1962
8/132 "Goose Foots"-October 1962
8/133 "Saltbrushes"-November 1962
8/134 "Names and More Names"-December 1962
8/135 "Flax, True and False"-January 1963
9/1 "Hyssop"-February 1963
9/2 "Chickweeds"-March 1963
9/3 "Catchflys"-April 1963
9/4 "Anemones"-April 1963
9/5 "Anemones"-May 1963
9/6 "Bedstraws"-June 1963
9/7 "Loco Weeds"-July 1963
9/8 "Cutgrass"-September 1963
9/9 "Hemp, True and Otherwise"-October 1963
9/10 "Wild Rye and Wild Barley"-November 1963
9/11 "Tickle Grasses"-December 1963
9/12 "Spike-rushes"-January 1964
9/13 "Wheatgrasses"-February 1964
9/14 "Lichens"-March 1964
9/15 "Rushes"-April 1964
9/16 "Yellow Cresses"-June 1964
9/17 "White Flowered Cresses"-July 1964
9/18 "Spurges"-September 1964
9/19 "Willows"-October 1964
9/20 "Currants and Gooseberries"-November 1964
9/21 "Grama and Buffalograss"-December 1964
9/22 "Wooly Knees"-January 1965
9/23 "Sages"-February 1965
9/24 "Sandhill Plants"-March 1965
9/25 "Panic Grasses"-May 1965
9/26 "Clovers"-June 1965
9/27 "Lupines"-July 1965
9/28 "Dodder"-September 1965
9/29 "Bindweeds"-October 1965
9/30 "Coneflowers"-November 1965
9/31 "Thistles"-December 1965
9/32 "Wild Lettuce"-January 1966
9/33 "Bluegrass"-February 1966
9/34 "Bromegrasses"-March 1966
9/35 "Ragworts"-April 1966
9/36 "Lilies"-April 1966
9/37 "Daisies"-June 1966
9/38 "Spiderwort"-September 1966
9/39 "Smartweeds"-October 1966
9/40 "Mallows"-November 1966
9/41 "Speedwell (Veronica)"-December 1966
9/42 "Ragweeds"-January 1967
9/43 "Geraniums and Oxalis"-February 1967
9/44 "Phlox"-March 1967
9/45 "Breadroot"-April 1967
9/46 "Four O'clocks"-May 1967
9/47 "Lobelias and Skullcaps"-June 1967
9/48 "Painted Cups"-July 1967
9/49 "Prairie Clover"-October 1967
9/50 "Bluebells"-November 1967
9/51 "Verbenas"-December 1967
9/52 "Cockles"-January 1968
9/53 "Loosestrifes"-February 1968
9/54 "Horehound"-March 1968
9/55 "Wild Indigo"-April 1968
9/56 "Goosefoots"-May 1968
9/57 "Bladderworts"-June 1968
9/58 "Peppergrass"-July 1968
9/59 "Other Dye Plants"-September 1968
9/60 "Pigweeds"-October 1968
9/61 "Blazing Stars"-November 1968
9/62 "Fescues"-December 1968
9/63 "Snake Roots"-January 1969
9/64 "Bittersweet"-February 1969
9/65 "Buckthorns"-March 1969
9/66 "Buckthorn"-April 1969
9/67 "Juneberry"-May 1969
9/68 "Lousewort"-June 1969
9/69 "Gumweed"-July 1969
9/70 "Houndstongue"-September 1969
9/71 "Sunflowers"-October 1969
9/72 "Plantains"-November 1969
9/73 "Hackberry"-December 1969
9/74 "Ground Cherries"-January 1970
9/75 "Basswood"-February 1970
9/76 "American Elm"-March 1970
9/77 "Monkey Flowers"-April 1970
9/78 "Plums and Cherries"-May 1970
9/79 "Arrowhead and Water Plantain"-June 1970
9/80 "Marigolds"-July 1970
9/81 "New Weeds"-September 1970
9/82 "Common Reed"-October 1970
9/83 "Waterleaf"-November 1970
9/84 "More Mints"-December 1970
9/85 "Love Grasses"-January 1971
9/86 "Mullein"-March 1971
9/87 "Mints"-April 1971
9/88 "Boneset"-May 1971
Botany Newsletter Series
9/89 Botany Newsletter 1937-1938
9/90 Botany Newsletter 1939
9/91 Botany Newsletter 1940 (no December issue)
9/92 Botany Newsletter 1941
9/93 Botany Newsletter 1942
9/94 Botany Newsletter 1943
9/95 Botany Newsletter 1944
9/96 Botany Newsletter 1945
9/97 Botany Newsletter 1946
9/98 Botany Newsletter 1947
9/99 Botany Newsletter 1948
9/100 Botany Newsletter 1949
9/101 Botany Newsletter 1950
9/102 Botany Newsletter 1951
9/103 Botany Newsletter 1952
9/104 Botany Newsletter 1953
9/105 Botany Newsletter 1954
9/106 Botany Newsletter 1955
9/107 Botany Newsletter 1956
9/108 Botany Newsletter 1957
9/109 Botany Newsletter 1958
9/110 Botany Newsletter 1959
9/111 Botany Newsletter 1960
9/112 Botany Newsletter 1961
9/113 Botany Newsletter 1962
9/114 Botany Newsletter 1963
9/115 Botany Newsletter 1964
9/116 Botany Newsletter 1965
9/117 Botany Newsletter 1966
9/118 Botany Newsletter 1967
9/119 Botany Newsletter 1968
9/120 Botany Newsletter 1969
9/121 Botany Newsletter 1970
9/122 Botany Newsletter 1971 (incomplete)
9/123 Botany Newsletter 1972 (incomplete)
9/124 Botany Newsletter 1973 (incomplete)
9/125 Botany Newsletter 1974 (incomplete)
9/126 Sunday Pages for Botany Newsletter
Radio Talks Series
9/127 Early History of Turkeys (November 15, 1926)
9/128 Nesting Habits of Birds (April 14, 1927)
9/129 Food Habits of Birds (May 19, 1927)
9/130 Bird Migration in the Fall (October 12, 1927)
9/131 The Productivity of Weeds (November 7, 1928)
9/132 Winter Birds (January 16, 1929)
9/133 Bird Migration in May (April 29, 1929)
9/134 Weeds and Their Habits (May 4, 1929)
9/135 Why Seeds Should Be Tested (October 31, 1929)
9/136 Early Spring Flowers (April 3, 1930)
9/137 Flowers of Late Spring and Early Summer (May 22,
1930)
9/138 Where our bird go in Winter (October 22, 1931)
9/139 Some Ideas on Bird Conservation (December 17, 1931)
9/140 Winter Birds (January 7, 1932)
9/141 The Sleep of Seeds (January 1, 1934)
9/142 Seed Dispersal (May 7, 1934)
9/143 Poisonous Plants (June 25, 1934)
9/144 Educational radio talk (October 10, 1934)
9/145 Educational radio talk (October 18, 1934)
9/146 Great Horned Owl (November 29, 1934)
9/147 Hay and Feeds as a Source for Weeds (January 1935)
9/148 The Towhee (July 11, 1935)
9/149 Miscellaneous (February 18, 1936)
9/150 Migratory Habits of Birds (May 7, 1936)
9/151 Wildflowers of North Dakota (May 14, 1936)
9/152 Untitled (May 1936)
9/153 Flixweed (June 4, 1936)
9/154 Weeds (June 4, 1936)
9/155 Radio talk (April 13, 1937)
9/156 Radio talk (April 25, 1937)
9/157 Native Bees (October 18, 1948)
9/158 The Sow Thistle (December 17)
Seed Analyst and Seed World Series
9/159 Variations in the Results of Seed Testing (Seed World,
March 1918)
9/160 The Testing of Bromegrass and Wheatgrass Seeds (June
21, 1922)
9/161 Sweet Clover Name and Regarding Variations in Seed
Tests (sent to
American Seedsman, September 28, 1922)
9/162 Double Sweet Clover Seeds (Seed World, April 20,
1923)
9/163 Size of Sample to Use For Analysis (Seed World, August
3, 1923)
9/164 Books for a Seed Laboratory Library (Seed World,
November 2, 1923)
9/165 The Training of a Seed Analyst (Seed World, December
7, 1923)
9/166 Allowable Latitude in Germination Tests (Seed World,
November 7, 1924)
9/167 The Second Decimal Idol (Seed World, January 2, 1925)
9/168 Germination of Hulled Timothy (Seed World, February
13, 1925)
9/169 The Reference Seed Collection (September 25, 1927)
9/170 The Determination of Admixtures Especially in Sweet
Clover (Seed
World, February 10, 1928)
9/171 Some Changes in the Rule for Testing
9/172 Hard Seeds in Clover
9/173 Variations Shown by the Referee's Report, Germination
9/174 Uniformity of Botanical Names (Seed Analyst Newsletter)
9/175 Variations in Germination and Purity Tests (Columbus
Meeting December
1915)
9/176 Variations in Analyses in Orchardgrass Seed-Referee's
Sample (Seed
Analyst Meeting 1924-1925)
9/177 Identification of Seeds of White and Yellow Flowered
Sweet Clover
(Seed Analyst Meeting December 1925)
9/178 Some Problems Involved in Attempting to Compare From
European and
American Methods (Seed Analyst 1928 Meeting)
9/179 Variation of Purity Analyses (Seed Analyst Meeting
1930)
9/180 Comments on Proposed Revision of "Rules for Seed
Testing"
Dakota Farmer Series
9/181 Bees and the Alfalfa Seed Crop (1913)
9/182 The Perennial Sow Thistle (June 15, 1923)
9/183 Leafy Spurge (June 15, 1924)
9/184 Weeds and Weed Seeds (June 15, 1926)
9/185 Dodder: A Parasite on Alfalfa (June 15, 1930)
9/186 Hunting for New Plats at Home, Abroad (November 15,
1930)
Press Release Series
9/187 Where our birds go (1919)
9/188 Untitled (1919)
9/189 Untitled (1919)
9/190 News Note (1919)
9/191 Untitled (1920)
9/192 Sunday Bird Walk (1920)
9/193 Bindweeds (April 4, 1922)
9/194 Untitled (September 11, 1922)
9/195 Untitled (September 27, 1922)
9/196 Goats' Beard: A New-Old Weed (1922)
9/197 Untitled (March 7, 1924)
9/198 Untitled (March 7, 1924)
9/199 Untitled (sent to Publications Department March 26,
1924)
9/200 Untitled (July 8, 1924)
9/201 Untitled (July 29, 1924)
9/202 Untitled (October 18, 1924)
9/203 Sprouted Wheat (December 8, 1924)
9/204 Frosted Sweet Clover Seed (November 9, 1925)
9/205 The Service of the Seed Laboratory (January 26, 1926)
9/206 North Dakota Certified Seed (January 26, 1926)
9/207 News Note (June 30, 1926)
9/208 News Note (June 30, 1926)
9/209 News Note (June 30, 1926)
9/210 Uncleaned Seed-Alfalfa (February 8, 1928)
9/211 Uncleaned Sweet Clover Seed (February 8, 1928)
9/212 Danger of Quackgrass in Feed Oats (February 15, 1928)
9/213 Corn Germination: 1927 Crop (February 15, 1928)
9/214 Untitled (March 6, 1929)
9/215 News Note (March 14, 1929)
9/216 News Note (April 3, 1929)
9/217 News Note (April 10, 1929)
9/218 News Note (July 10, 1929)
9/219 News Note (September 3, 1929)
9/220 News Note (November 11, 1929)
9/221 News Note (February 28, 1930)
9/222 Spring Wildflowers are Interesting Study (April 26,
1930)
9/223 Stevens Discusses Flowers of Late Spring and Early
Summer (May 24,
1930)
9/224 Weed Seeds in Feed Oats (December 9, 1930)
9/225 Hard Coated Seeds are Slow to Grow (February 12,
1931)
9/226 Stresses Quality in Sweet Clover and Alfalfa Seeds
(February 19, 1931)
9/227 News Note (February 23, 1931)
9/228 When Ordering Seed Specify Carefully (March 14, 1931)
9/229 News Note (May 23, 1931)
9/230 News Note (May 28, 1931)
9/231 Leafy Spurge may prove Big Pest (May 1931)
9/232 New Menace Faces North Dakota Land Owners (June 27,
1931)
9/233 News Note (August 1, 1933)
9/234 News Note (November 29, 1933)
9/235 News Note (November 29, 1933)
9/236 Untitled (January 25, 1934)
9/237 News Note (April 30, 1935)
9/238 NDAC Scientist Receives Honors (February 4, 1936)
9/239 News Note (May 20, 1936)
9/240 News Note (May 26, 1936)
9/241 News Note (June 11, 1936)
9/242 News Note (June 24, 1936)
9/243 News Note (September 4, 1937)
9/244 News Note (November 23, 1937)
9/245 News Note (March 5, 1938)
9/246 News Note (April 20, 1938)
9/247 Must Cultivate Early to Stop Frenchweeds (May 26,
1938)
9/248 News Note (July 12, 1938)
9/249 News Note (August 16, 1938)
9/250 News Note (August 16, 1938)
9/251 New Source of Plant Poisoning Reported (December
29, 1938)
9/252 News Note (December 29, 1938)
9/253 News Note (June 6, 1939)
9/254 News Note (June 6, 1939)
9/255 Classify Bindweed by Flowers, Leaves (June 17, 1939)
9/256 North Dakota Grasses Under Survey (August 31, 1939)
9/257 Buffalo Bur Weed Described By NDAC (August 10, 1939)
9/258 Nightshade Plant Common In State (August 10, 1939)
9/259 Nightshade Berries Have Little Value (September 14,
1939)
9/260 Poisonous Henbane Found Near Medora (May 25, 1940)
9/261 Woodpeckers Not Harmful to Trees (May 23, 1940)
9/262 Care Urged in Sending Plant Materials to AC (June
6, 1940)
9/263 Stevens Describes Common Weeds (June 20, 1940)
9/264 Mow Wild Lettuce Before Seeds Drop (July 13, 1940)
9/265 Cut-leaved Nightshade Berries Not Poisonous (August
1, 1940)
9/266 Buffalo Bur Weed Easily Destroyed (August 15, 1940)
9/267 New Cockleburs Menace to Stock (May 1, 1941)
9/268 Many Plants Called Sage (May 29, 1941)
9/269 Burning Bush Earliest Weed (April 2, 1942)
9/270 Wild Buckwheat Cuts Grain Market Value (April 9,
1942)
9/271 Late Seeding Will Kill Off Wild Oats (April 16, 1942)
9/272 Untitled (April 24, 1942)
9/273 Pigs Poisoned by Young Cockleburs (May 7, 1942)
9/274 Flixweed Should Be Mowed At Once (June 4, 1942)
9/275 Leafy Spurge In Bloom (June 11, 1942)
9/276 Spot Bindweed at Blossom Time (June 25, 1942)
9/277 North Dakota Has Few Deadly Plants (June 25, 1942)
9/278 Sow Thistle Spread Should Be Checked and Should Not
Let Up In Weeding Garden (July 9, 1942)
9/279 Prickly Lettuce Weed Should Be Cut Early (July 16,
1942)
9/280 Kinghead Weed Should Be Cut (July 23, 1942)
9/281 Ragweed on "Hay Fever" Weed List (July 30, 1942)
9/282 Warns Against Garden Neglect During August (July
30, 1942)
9/283 Weed Grasses Invade Lawns (August 13, 1942)
9/284 New Weeds Brings Queries to NDAC (August 20, 1942)
9/285 Burning Bush Is Weed Pest (August 27, 1942)
9/286 Explains Sweet Clover Puzzle (September 3, 1942)
9/287 Jerusalem Artichoke is Native Sunflower (October
1, 1942)
9/288 Wanted! A Living Russian Thistle! (November 5, 1942)
9/289 Kill Quackgrass by Digging Out Roots (May 20, 1943)
9/290 Remove Crabgrass to Improve Lawns (September 9, 1943)
9/291 Victory Garden Chats (March 30, 1944)
9/292 Untitled (March 1944)
9/293 Untitled (June 19, 1946)
9/294 Beware the Berries Unless You Know Them (September
15, 1949)
9/295 Mourning Dove: Farmers' Friend (September 29, 1949)
9/296 Untitled (January 25)
9/297 News Note (July 2)
9/298 News Note (July 9)
9/299 News Note (July 16)
9/300 News Note (July 23)
9/301 News Note (July 30)
9/302 News Note (August 6)
9/303 News Note (August 13)
9/304 News Note (August 20)
9/305 News Note (August 27)
9/306 Untitled (September 3)
9/307 News Note (September 10)
9/308 News Note (September 17)
9/309 News Note (September 24)
9/310 Untitled (October 1)
9/311 Untitled (April 27-A.M. Release)
9/312 Stevens Give Pointers on Naming of the Birds (May
17)
9/313 Untitled (June 12-A.M. Release)
9/314 Untitled (June 12-P.M. Release)
9/315 Untitled (June 25)
9/316 Breaking Injures Seeds
9/317 Dry Stored Seeds Retain Vitality
9/318 Germination of Old Seeds
9/319 Light Weight Wheat May Be Okay as Seed
9/320 Native Sweet Grass is Cause of Interest
9/321 Number of Field Seeds in a Pound
9/322 Plant Alfalfa on Ground Free From Noxious Weeds
9/323 Summer Fallow Effective to June 1, Says Stevens
9/324 Sweet Clover has no Standard of Dockage
9/325 Use Clean Clover Seeds for Samples
9/326 News Note
9/327 Books and Other Suggestions for Bird Study
10/1 Our Friends the Birds
10/2 Painted Crow Hunt Beckons Nimrod
10/3 The Return of the Birds
10/4 Wildflowers
10/5 Untitled
10/6 Untitled
10/7 Untitled
10/8 Untitled
10/9 Untitled
10/10 Untitled
10/11 Untitled
10/12 Untitled
10/13 Untitled
10/14 Untitled
10/15 Untitled series on weeds
10/16 Clippings from North Dakota newspapers carrying the
press releases
North Dakota Bird Notes Series
10/17 Introduction to O. A. Stevens and North Dakota Bird
Notes
10/18 North Dakota Bird Notes 1919
10/19 North Dakota Bird Notes 1921
10/20 North Dakota Bird Notes 1922
10/21 North Dakota Bird Notes 1924
10/22 North Dakota Bird Notes 1925
10/23 North Dakota Bird Notes 1926
10/24 North Dakota Bird Notes 1927
10/25 North Dakota Bird Notes 1928
10/26 North Dakota Bird Notes 1929
10/27 North Dakota Bird Notes 1930
10/28 North Dakota Bird Notes 1931
10/29 North Dakota Bird Notes 1932
10/30 North Dakota Bird Notes 1933
10/31 North Dakota Bird Notes 1934
10/32 North Dakota Bird Notes 1936
10/33 North Dakota Bird Notes 1937
10/34 North Dakota Bird Notes 1938
10/35 North Dakota Bird Notes 1939
10/36 North Dakota Bird Notes Undated
Publications Series
10/37 North and South Dakota Horticulture, 1947-1949
10/38 North and South Dakota Horticulture, 1950-1952
10/39 North and South Dakota Horticulture, 1953-1957
10/40 Quackgrass (1913)
10/41 Notes on the Distribution and Growth of North Dakota
Cuscutae (1916)
10/42 Plants of Manhattan and Blue Rapid, Kansas with dates
of flowering
(1917)
10/43 Variations in Seed Tests Resulting from Errors in
Sampling (January
1918)
10/44 Sow Thistle and Other Weeds of Similar Habits (March
1919)
10/45 The Geographic Distribution of North Dakota Plants
(June 1920)
10/46 Use of Plants by the Indians (July 30, 1920)
10/47 Plants of Fargo, North Dakota (1921)
10/48 Growth and Reproduction of the Perennial Sow Thistle
(M. S. Thesis,
1923)
10/49 An Amateur Wildflower Bed (January 1923)
10/50 Plants Which Attract Popular Attention (August 1923)
10/51 How to Use the Seed Laboratory (October 1923)
10/52 What Is A Weed (manuscript material)
10/53 What Is A Weed (April 18, 1924)
10/54 Perennial Sow Thistle: Growth and Reproduction (August
1924)
10/55 Meeting Summer Across the Prairie (1924)
10/56 Romance of a Seed Analyst (January 19, 1925)
10/57 Trees Furnish Birds' Homes; Latter Repay by Killing
Bugs; Feathered
Kingdom Needs Help (April 28, 1925)
10/58 North Dakota Honey Plants (May 1925)
10/59 Alfalfa Field Registration and Seed Certification
(March 1926)
10/60 Sweet Clover Seed Studies (May 1926)
10/61 Wasps and Their Ways (Manuscript)
10/62 Wasps and Their Ways (December 1928)
10/63 Seeds Live Forty Years in Deep Soil (Popular Mechanics,
March 1929)
10/64 The Harris Sparrow and the Study of It by Trapping
(September 1929)
10/65 Wildflowers from Northwestern Kansas (1929)
10/66 North Dakota Weeds (December 1930)
10/67 Impurities of North Dakota Bromus Seed (February
1931)
10/68 The Number and Weight of Seeds Produced by Weeds
(November 1932)
10/69 Weed Seed Facts (February 1933)
10/70 Wildflowers of North Dakota (May 1933)
10/71 The Distribution of the Bird Banding Stations (January
1935)
10/72 Viability of Wheat (Daily Digest, 4 April 1935)
10/73 Germination Studies on Aged and Injured Seeds (December
15, 1935)
10/74 Untitled article for Fargo Forum (June 1936)
10/75 The First Description of North American Birds (September
1936)
10/76 North Dakota Flowers and Smoked Glasses (1936)
10/77 The Purple Cactus (1936)
10/78 Banding and Bird Study (April 1937)
10/79 North Dakota Weeds (May 1937)
10/80 Freedom of the Press and the Scientist (manuscript)
10/81 Freedom of the Press and the Scientist (November
26, 1937)
10/82 Field Bindweed in North Dakota (November 1937)
10/83 Making Use of our Birds (May 1938)
10/84 Wildflowers of North Dakota (May 1938)
10/85 Uses and Management of Ponds and Lakes (May 1942)
10/86 Audubon's Visit to South Dakota (March 1943)
10/87 Winter Resorts of North American Birds (January 1943)
10/88 Elmer T. Judd, North Dakota Ornithologist (March
1943)
10/89 Audubon's Farthest West (April 1943)
10/90 Audubon in North Dakota in 1843 (April 1943)
10/91 Audubon's Journey up the Missouri River (April 1943)
10/92 Audubon in the Dakotas in 1843 (April-May 1943)
10/93 Nuttall's Poor-Will (September 1943)
10/94 Fifteen Years of Bird Banding at Fargo, North Dakota
(October 1944)
10/95 Thesium Linophyllon in North Dakota, A First Record
for North America
(December 1944)
10/96 Cultivation of Milkweeds (April 1945)
10/97 Asclephis Syriaca and A. Speciosa, Distribution and
Mass Collection in
North Dakota (September 1945)
10/98 What is Education and What is Dispensable (November
2, 1945)
10/99 How Plants and Animals Get Their Names (November
1945)
10/100 Bird Distribution and Ecological Concepts (September
and December
1945)
10/101 Sociable Ruffed Grouse Eats Baneberry Fruits (Spring
1946)
10/102 Better Titles, More Effective Publication (August
23, 1946)
10/103 New and Unusual North Dakota Trapping Records (January
1948)
10/104 Digestable Nutrients and Metabolizable Energy in
Russian-Thistle Hays
and Silages (February 1948)
10/105 Wildflowers of North Dakota (October 1948)
10/106 North Dakota Birds (October 1948)
10/107 Wild Oat Germination and other Characters (missing
pgs. 5 and 6, 1948)
10/108 Native Bees (1948-1952)
10/109 A Migration List from Fargo, North Dakota (circa
1950)
10/110 Shrubs and Trees to Attract Birds (March 1951)
10/111 Hallogeton: A Sheep Killing Plant (May-June 1951)
10/112 Problems in Indicating Plant Distribution (September
1951)
10/113 Herbarium Mounting Hints (December 1951)
10/114 Bird Banding and Its Educational Value (March 1952)
10/115 What Grows on a Square Yard? (September-October
1952)
10/116 Hungry Little Hymenops (November 1952)
10/117 Untitled (for Grand Forks Herald, March 1953)
10/118 Collecting in Grant County, North Dakota; Plant
Collecting in the
Badlands at Medora, North Dakota (Autumn 1953)
10/119 Some Notes on North Dakota Plants and Where They
Grow (November-
December 1953)
10/120 He Thinks Prohibition Did Work (October 31, 1954)
10/121 40 Year Germination Tests with Alfalfa and Clover
(1954)
10/122 Conservation Values (May 1955)
10/123 Flowering Dates of Weeds in North Dakota (July-August
1956)
10/124 Weights of Seeds and Numbers per Plant (January
1957)
10/125 Fall Migration and Weather, With Special Reference
to Harris' Sparrow
(December 1957)
10/126 Thinner and Better Herbarium Specimens (June 1958)
10/127 Bradbury and Nuttall, Pioneer Dakota Botanists (Fall
1959)
10/128 North American Flora Index (September 23, 1959)
10/129 New Records for North Dakota (1961)
10/130 Spring Wildflowers (January 1962)
10/131 Early Summer Wildflowers (1962)
10/132 Late Summer Flowers (June 1962)
10/133 Weeds and Weed Seeds (March-April 1963)
10/134 Introduction and Spread of Weeds in North Dakota
(April 1964)
10/135 Weed Seeds and Seedlings (November 1964)
10/136 Plants of Bottineau County, North Dakota (1966)
10/137 Rhizomes, Stolons and Roots (1966)
10/138 Wild Plants for Food: Jerusalem Artichoke (January
1966)
10/139 Wild Plants for Food: The Ground Plum (February
1966)
10/140 Common Poisonous Plants of the Northern Plains Dangerous
to Man
(1967)
10/141 Trees: The Original Inhabitants (February 1967)
10/142 Conservation: Science or Attitude? (Summer 1968)
10/143 Some Local Native Plant Loses and Some Salvage (June
1970)
10/144 Notes on Dandelions (1971)
10/145 Notes on Fruit Types (1971)
10/146 Dissent, Disrupt or Revolution?: Comments from One
Over Thirty
(Summer 1971)
10/147 Unique Bibliography (November 1971)
10/148 New Records of North Dakota Plants (1972)
10/149 Dates for First Flowers (March 1973)
10/150 Re-establishment of Prairie in Eastern North Dakota
(May 1975)
10/151 Undated publications
11/1 Flowering Dates in North Dakota
11/2 300 Kinds of Birds Visits North Dakota Each Year (27
April ????)
Handbook of North Dakota Plants Series
11/3 Chronology of Handbook of North Dakota Plants
11/4 Letters encouraging Stevens to publish Handbook of
North Dakota Plants
11/5 Early Draft, 1. (Illustrations, Figures and Maps Lists)
11/6 Early Draft, 2. (E-1 to J-10)
11/7 Early Draft, 3. (Pt. 1 to 7-45)
11/8 Early Draft, 4. (8-1 to 23-2a)
11/9 Early Draft, 5. (24-1 to 33-5)
11/10 Early Draft, 6. (43-3 to 75)
11/11 Early Draft, 7. (76 to 86-11)
11/12 Early Draft, 8. (87 to 97-56)
11/13 Later Draft, 1. (33-6 to 43-9)
11/14 Later Draft, 2. (44-1 to 78-3, some gaps)
11/15 Later Draft, 3. (79-1 to 85-5)
11/16 Later Draft, 4. (86-1 to 97-28, some gaps)
11/17 Miscellaneous revisions
11/18 Rough draft of Handbook of North Dakota Plants
11/19 Carbon of final copy, 1. (C-1 to J-12)
11/20 Carbon of final copy, 2. (Pt-1 to 7-45)
11/21 Carbon of final copy, 3. (8-1 to 23-2a)
11/22 Carbon of final copy, 4. (24-1 to 33-10)
11/23 Carbon of final copy, 5. (34 to 44-22)
11/24 Carbon of final copy, 6. (45-1 to 75)
11/25 Carbon of final copy, 7. (76 to 86-12)
11/26 Carbon of final copy, 8. (87 to 97-52)
11/27 Carbon of final copy, 9. Summary and Glossary
11/28 Carbon of final copy, Glossary of Key Terms
11/29 Glossary of Key Terms-cut lines
11/30 Carbon of final copy, Index
11/31 Flora revised sheets
11/32 Printer's copy, Preface to 7-16
11/33 Printer's copy, 7-16 to 23-2a
11/34 Printer's copy, 24-1 to 42
11/35 Printer's copy, 42-1 to 59-4
11/36 Printer's copy, 60 to 89-4
11/37 Plant drawings and notes
11/38 Unbound copy of Handbook of North Dakota Plants from
1950
11/39 Dust jacket for first edition of Handbook of North
Dakota Plants
11/40 Review copies and notices sent
11/41 Comments (1950)
11/42 Promotional flyer and memorandum
11/43 Reviews and notes on Handbook of North Dakota Plants
11/44 Revisions and editions-notebook one-second printing
1963
11/45 Revisions and editions-notebook two-second printing
1963
11/46 Handbook of North Dakota Plants-1963-signed by Stevens
Subject Files Series
11/47 Notes and biographies on faculty members
11/48 Class lectures, assignments and tests (Animal Ecology
?)
12/1 Institute for Regional Studies-index
12/2 Institute for Regional Studies-history and background
information
12/3 "The North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies,"
by O. A. Stevens
12/4 Institute for Regional Studies-meeting minutes and
memoranda (1950)
12/5 Institute for Regional Studies-meeting minutes and
memoranda (1951)
12/6 Institute for Regional Studies-meeting minutes (1952)
12/7 Institute for Regional Studies-meeting minutes (1953)
12/8 Institute for Regional Studies-meeting minutes (1954)
12/9 Institute for Regional Studies-meeting minutes (1955)
12/10 Institute for Regional Studies-meeting minutes (1956-1957)
12/11 Institute for Regional Studies-correspondence (1950-1954)
12/12 Institute for Regional Studies-reports and projects
12/13 Pin labels for insect collections
12/14 Experiment Station reports (1914-1930)
12/15 Experiment Station research proposals
12/16 Experiment Station projects-lists, budgets and personnel
reports
12/17 Herbarium
12/18 Charts on plants and temperature in North Dakota
12/19 Request for donations to the Greater North Dakota
Association (1925)
12/20 Legume and Bald Hills Data-1979
12/21 Research notes and bibliography on North Dakota bees
12/22 Notes on flowering dates in eastern Kansas and North
Dakota (1905-1924)
12/23 Flowering data and notes on plants (1928)
12/24 Flowering data and notes on plants (1929)
12/25 Flowering record of North Dakota plants
12/26 List of flowering dates (no date)
12/27 Records of first flowering (chart, 1910-1961)
12/28 Records of first flowering (charts, 1910-1961)
12/29 Records of first flowering (graph)
12/30 Beginning flower dates for Kansas, North Dakota and
Manitoba
12/31 First flowering chart for Swift Current, Saskatchewan
12/32 Plant identifications (1930s)
12/33 Herbarium Plant Identification Volume 6
12/34 Lists of corrections for various texts
12/35 Pipestone National Monument
12/36 Bird exhibit cards from Fargo Library (circa 1920)
12/37 Birthday journal of scientists and naturalists
12/38 Weather journal (1930s to 1960s)
12/39 Wildlife stamp album, 1938-1944
12/40 Wildlife stamp album, 1945-1954
12/41 Wildlife stamp album, 1955-1965
12/42 Wildlife stamp album, 1966-1972
12/43 Christmas cards-bird art
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