Alfred G. Arvold was born at Whitewater, Wisconsin on January 15, 1882, son of Louis and Caroline Arvold.  After graduating from high school he attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison and received a B.A. degree in 1905.  After his graduation he taught school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin until 1907 when he was offered a faculty position at the North Dakota Agricultural College as an instructor in English and Oratory.  In 1914 at the NDAC he founded the Little Country Theater, "a country life laboratory which has become known throughout the world because of its work in country neighborhoods."  Mr. Arvold was the subject of numerous national articles and was himself the author of numerous works, including Alfred ... In Every Man's Life (1957), The Little Country Theater (1923), The Little Country Theater, Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow (n.d.), Neighborhood Activities in Country Communities (1940), and Value of Public Speaking (191-).

The Alfred G. Arvold papers contain an eclectic assortment of items related almost exclusively to his Masonic activities.  The collection has been organized by subject.  In addition to biographical information on his life, there is a small number of letters and his itineraries for several months as Imperial Potentate in 1945. 
 

Personal and Family Papers