BOX 1

A Finding Aid

1 Class Day Exercises - Programme & stationary - Class of `95 - 1895
2 Second Annual Program of the Class of `98 - College Chapel - June 23, 1896
3 Second Annual Class Day Exercises - The Class of `99 - June 21, 1897; Listing of “Exercises” for Commencement Week - June 17 - June 21, 1899
4 Annual Program - Class of `00 [1900] - Agricultural College Chapel - June 20, 1899
5 Invitation to attend the exercises for Commencement Week - June 8-12, 1901; Program, Class of `01 - Agricultural College Chapel - June 11, 1901; Baccalaureate Address, President J. H. Worst, “A Broader Mission for Liberal Education...” - Agricultural College Chapel, June 9, 1901
6 Program - Eighth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College, Order of Exercises, Fargo Opera House, Wednesday, June 11, 1902
7 Invitation to attend exercises for Commencement Week & Program - June 4-9, 1903
8 Request of presence at Class Day and Commencement Exercises, the evenings of June 6th & 7th, 1904; Invitation to attend Commencement Exercises, June 2 – 7, 1904; Tenth Annual Commencement, June 7, 1904
X No information – 1905
X No information – 1906
X No information - 1907
9 Invitations - Commencement Exercises - June 8th & 9th, 1908; orange cardboard type of badge with black ribbon - “1908 Class Day Exercises College Campus 3 P.M., June 8, 1908”; Cordial invitation to attend Commencement Exercises, College Chapel, 1908
10 Commencement Program, June 4-8, 1909 (card); Baccalaureate Service, June 6, 1909; Class Day Program, June 7, 1909; 15th Annual Commencement Program, June 8, 1909;
Senor Preparatory Program, April 16, 1909
11 Sixteenth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College - Class Day Exercises - College Armory - Monday, June 6, 1910; Sixteenth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College - College Armory - Tuesday, June 7, 1910; Senior Preparatory Exercises, Friday, May 27, 1910
12 Program: - Senior Class Play - Seventeenth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College - “The Professor’s Love Story” - College Armory - Monday, June 5, 1911, Program, College Armory - Seventeenth Annual Commencement - June 2-6, 1911 – Also includes information on Morrill Act; history of College, mission of college, faculty listing, and building/facility photographs; Senior Class Play, program, College Armory, June 5, 1911, 8 pm; Commencement Address - President John Henry Worst, “The Emancipation of Agriculture.”
13 Eighteenth Annual Commencement - Program, May 31 – June 4, 1912; Baccalaureate Service, N.D.A.C. Armory, June 2, 1912; Eighteenth Annual Commencement, June 3, 1912 – Class Day Exercises and Senior Class Play, N.D.A.C. Armory
14 Nineteenth Annual Commencement, Baccalaureate Exercises, June 1, 1913; Nineteenth Annual Commencement, Class Day Exercises and Senior Class Play, June 2, 1913.
Second Annual Agricultural and Manual Training High School Commencement - program - May 29-30, 1913.
X No information – 1914 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 1, folder 3)
15 Twenty-First Annual Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 5 - June 8, 1915 - Senior Class Play, June 5th; Commencement Exercises, June 8th ; Baccalaureate Address by John H. Worst, President, “The Stewardship of the Soil”
X No information – NDAC commencement – 1916 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 1, folder 5)
16 Fifth Annual Agricultural and Manual Training High School Commencement - program - June 8-9, 1916
17 Official Program - Twenty-Third Annual Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 9 - June 12, 1917
18 Official Program - Twenty-Fourth Annual Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 8 - June 11, 1918; name card of Anna Marie Kellog - candidate for degree in Home Economics Program; Fourteenth Annual Industrial Course Commencement - March 17- 18, 1918; Seventh Annual Agricultural and Manual Training Model High School Commencement - June 6-7, 1918 Program
19 Honor of your presence at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Commencement, Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 14-17, 1919; Program - Eighth Annual Agricultural and Manual Training Model High School Commencement - June 12-13, 1919
X No information – 1920 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 2, folder 2)
X No information – 1921 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 2, folder 3)
20 Public Programs - Commencement Manual-Season - 1922 - Twenty-Eighth Annual Commencement, North Dakota Agricultural College - June 9-12, 1922 - Official Program
21 Commencement Manual - Twenty-Ninth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - Friday, June 8 - Monday, June 11, 1923; Public Programs - Nineteenth Annual Industrial Commencement - Program - March 12, 1923
22 The Commencement Manual - Thirtieth Annual College Commencement - June 11-16, 1924
X No information – NDAC Commencement – 1924 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 2, folder 5)
23 Public Programs - High School Commencement - Fourteenth Annual Agricultural and Manual Arts High School Commencement - June 17-18, 1925
24 Commencement Concert, College Armory, June 13, 1926; Public Programs - The College Commencement Programs - The Thirty-Second Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 11-14, 1926; Public Programs - The Twenty-Second Annual Industrial Course Commencement - March 21-22, 1926
25 Public Programs - The College Commencement Programs - The Thirty-Third Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 10-13, 1927
26 Public Programs - The College Commencement Programs - The Thirty-Fourth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 8-11, 1928; Commencement Address, John Lee Coulter, President - “The College and The State;” School of Agriculture - Eighteenth Annual Commencement - Tuesday, March 20, 1928
27 Program - The Thirty-Fifth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 6-10, 1929
28 Program - The Thirty-Sixth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 13-16, 1930
29 Program - The Thirty-Seventh Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 12-15, 1931; The Thirty-Seventh Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 15, 1931; Public Programs - The High School Programs - Twentieth Annual Agricultural and Manual Arts High School Commencement - June 11, 1931
30 Program - The Thirty-Eighth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 10-13, 1932; The Thirty-Eighth Annual College Commencement – The Commencement Exercises - June 13, 1932; Public Programs - The High School Programs - Twenty-First Annual Agricultural and Manual Arts High School Commencement - June 9, 1932

BOX 2

1 Program - The Thirty-Ninth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 2-5, 1933; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - June 1, 1933
2 Program - The Fortieth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 2-4, 1934; The Fortieth Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 4, 1934; The Fortieth Annual Commencement - The Baccalaureate Exercises - June 3, 1934; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - May 31, 1934
3 Program - The Forty-First Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - May 31-June 3, 1935; The Forty-First Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 3, 1935; The Fortieth Annual Commencement - The Baccalaureate Exercises - June 2, 1935; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - May 29, 1935
4 Program - The Forty-Second Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - May 29-June 1, 1936; The Forty-First Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 1, 1936; The Fortieth Annual Commencement – The Baccalaureate Exercises - May 31, 1936; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - May 26-27, 1936
5 Program - The Forty-Third Annual College Commencement - June 6-8, 1937 - North Dakota Agricultural College - Commemorating The Seventy- Fifth Anniversary of The Founding of the Land Grant Colleges in America (1 plain green/1 glossy green); Commencement Invitation (Rueben L. Smith’s card), June 6, 7, 8, 1937
6 Program - College Commencement - The Forty-Fourth Annual College Commencement - June 5-6, 1938; Program - Mid-Year Commencement - The Forty-Fifth Annual College
Commencement - December 12, 1938
7 Program - March Commencement - The Forty-Fifth Annual College Commencement, Graduation Convocation sheet - March 10, 1939; Program - June Commencement - The Forty-Fifth Annual College Commencement, Academic Procession Information - June 4- 5, 1939; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement, Academic Procession Information - December 11, 1939
8 Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement, Academic Procession Information - March 14, 1940; Program - Spring Commencement and Fiftieth Anniversary - Golden Jubilee 1890-1940 - June 9-10, 1940; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement, Academic Procession - December 9, 1940
9 Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement - March 14, 1941; Program, Academic Procession Information - The Forty-Seventh Annual Spring Commencement - June 8-9, 1941; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement, Academic Procession Information - December 8, 1941
10 Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement - March 13, 1942; Program - The Forty-Eighth Annual Spring Commencement - May 24-25, 1942; Program - Summer Commencement - July 31, 1942; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement - December 18, 1942
11 Graduation Program - Class #2 - Officer Candidates School #1 - Army Administration Schools - January 6, 1943; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement - March 12, 1943; Program - The Forty-Ninth Annual Spring Commencement; Program of Events - May 23-24,1943; Program - Summer Commencement - July 31, 1943; Program Sheet - Fall Commencement - December 17, 1943
12 Program Sheet - Winter Commencement - March 10, 1944; Program - The Fiftieth Annual Spring Commencement - May 21-22, 1944; Program Sheet - Summer Commencement - July 28, 1944; Program Sheet - Fall Quarter Commencement - December 15, 1944
13 Graduation Exercises - Army Specialized Training Reserve Unit - March 2, 1945; Program Sheet - Winter Quarter Commencement - March 16, 1945; Graduation Invitation
Program - The Fifty-First Spring Commencement; Academic Procession Information - June 10-11, 1945; Program Sheet - Fall Quarter Commencement - December 21, 1945
14 Program - The Fifty-Second Annual Spring Commencement; Academic Procession Information - June 16-17,1946
15 Program - The Fifty-Third Annual Spring Commencement - June 15-16, 1947
16 Program - The Fifty-Fourth Annual Spring Commencement - June 6-5, 1948
17 Program, commencement line-up - The Fifty-Fifth Annual Commencement - June 6, 1949
18 Baccalaureate Service – June 4, 1950; Program - The Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement - June 5, 1950
19 Program - The Fifty-Seventh Annual Commencement - June 4, 1951
20 Program - The Fifty-Eighth Annual Commencement - June 2, 1952
21 Baccalaureate Service – June 7, 1953; Program - The fifty-Ninth Annual Commencement - June 8, 1953
22 Program - The Sixtieth Annual Commencement - June 7, 1954
23 Program - The Sixty-first Annual Commencement - June 6, 1955
24 Program - The Sixty-second Annual Commencement - June 11, 1956 (1 clean copy, Dean Russell’s copy with notes)
25 Program - The Sixty-third Annual Commencement - June 10, 1957
26 Program - The Sixty-fourth Annual Commencement - May 26, 1958; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1958; Clippings
27 Program - The Sixty-fifth Annual Commencement - May 24, 1959 (1 clean copy, Dean Russell’s copy with notes); Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 24, 1959; Clippings
28 Program - The Sixty-sixth Annual Commencement - May 22, 1960; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 22, 1960; Clippings
29 Program - The Sixty-Seventh Annual Commencement - May 21, 1961
30 Program - The Sixty-Eighth Annual Commencement - May 20, 1962; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 20, 1962
31 Program - The Sixty-Ninth Annual Commencement - June 2, 1963; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - June 2, 1963; Clipping
32 Program - The Seventieth Annual Commencement - May 29, 1964; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1964; Commencement Procession - May 29, 1964
33 Program - Commencement - Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of North Dakota State University - May 29, 1965; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1965; Clipping
34 Program - 72nd Annual Commencement - May 28, 1966
35 Program - 73rd Annual Commencement - May 27, 1967; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 26, 1967
36 Program - 74th Annual Commencement - June 1, 1968; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 31, 1968
37 Program - 75th Annual Commencement - May 29, 1969
38 Program & Invitation - 76th Annual Commencement - May 29, 1970; Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1970
39 Program - 77th Annual Commencement - May 28, 1971; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 27, 1971
40 Program - 78th Annual Commencement - May 27, 1972; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 26, 1972
41 Program - 79th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1973; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1973
42 Program - 80th Annual Commencement - May 24, 1974; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 23, 1974; Stage Party Script; Suggestions to Advisors of Ph.D. Candidates
43 Program - 81st Annual Commencement - May 23, 1975; Stage Party Script; Clippings

BOX 3

1 Program - 82nd Annual Commencement - May 26, 1976; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1976; Invitation to Commencement Luncheon - May 26, 1976
2 Program - 83rd Annual Commencement - May 27, 1977; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1977; Letter and return Procession card to faculty; Clippings
3 Program - 84th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1978
4 Program - 85th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1979; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1979
5 Program - 86th Annual Commencement - May 24, 1980; Stage Party Script
6 Program - 87th Annual Commencement - May 23, 1981
7 Program - 88th Annual Commencement - May 29, 1982
8 Program - 89th Annual Commencement - May 21, 1983
9 Program - 90th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1984
10 Program - 91st Annual Commencement - May 25, 1985
11 Program - 92nd Annual Commencement - May 24, 1986
12 Program - 93rd Annual Commencement - May 23, 1987
13 Program - 94th Annual Commencement - May 21, 1988; Flyer - Commencement Procession Request
14 Program - 95th Annual Commencement - May 27, 1989; Flyer - Commencement Procession Request
15 Program - 96th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1990; Procession Roster
16 Program - 97th Annual Commencement - May 25, 1991
17 Program - 98th Annual Commencement - May 23, 1992; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 22, 1992
18 Program - 99th Annual Commencement - May 15, 1993
19 Program - 100th Annual Commencement - May 14, 1994
20 Program - 101st Annual Commencement - May 13, 1995
21 Program - 102nd Annual Commencement - May 11, 1996; Faculty Procession Roster
22 Program - 103rd Annual Commencement - May 10, 1997
23 Program, Procession Roster, Celebration - 104th Annual Commencement - May 9, 1998
24 Program, faculty registration – December Commencement - December 18, 1998

BOX 4

1 Commencement Program, faculty registration - May 8, 1999
2 Commencement Program, faculty registration - December 17, 1999
3 Commencement Program, letter, form for processional, Celebration - May 13, 2000
4 Commencement Program - December 22, 2000
5 Commencement Program - May 12, 2001
6 Commencement Program - December 21, 2001
7 Commencement Program - May 11, 2002
8 Commencement Program - December 20, 2002
9 Commencement Program - May 16, 2003
10 Commencement Program - December 13, 2003
11 Commencement Program - May 15, 2004

BOX 5 (Honorary Degrees)

1 List of Honorary Degree Recipients – 1939-1985
2 Brodshaug, Dr. Melvin, Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa – May 1958
3 Louis, Duke of Vallombrosa, Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa – May 1958
4 Konen, James C., Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa – May 1959
5 Press Release – “NDSU will award honorary degrees to nine at 75th Anniversary Commencement – May 1965: Johnson, Alvin A; Freedman, Samuel; Hudson, Lois Phillips; Welk, Lawrence; Cline, Marlin G.; Finlatson, H. Christine; Phillips. Lyle W.; Tanberg, Lawrence F.; Taylor, Clarice G.
6 Bachman, Harold B., Doctor of Music, Honoris Causa – May 1966
7 Jacobson, Dr. Leon O., Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa – May 1966
8 Johnson, General Harold K, Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa – December 1966
9 Albrecht, Dr. Herbert R., Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa – May 1972
10 Still, Clyfford, Doctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa – May 1972
11 Jensen, Marvin E. – May 1988


SEE ALSO: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs Series - North Dakota Agricultural College Commencement Programs - 1912-15, 1917, 1919-1921, 1923-1926, 1928


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