The Ladd collection is a combination of original and artificially assembled manuscripts and papers documenting the life of Professor Ladd and some members of his family with the greater majority of material artificially assembled.  The correspondence is of course very scattered with the most important item the letterpress book covering the period 1890 to 1895 and including letters to James B. Power and J.H. Bosard concerning the organization of a North Dakota dairymen association. The later correspondence is from family members and others with biographical material on Professor Ladd. The speeches which are by no means complete consist almost exclusively of speeches made by Senator Ladd in the United States Senate. The newspaper clippings and articles have been organized by subject and all contain valuable material. The biographical section contains copies of thesis, and other typed material documenting various aspects of Senator Ladd's life. The most extensive are Alfred Melby's thesis, and H.C. Walster's 114-page work which includes a comprehensive bibliography of the publications of Prof. Ladd. The Subject Files contain various materials including "Abstract of Bulletins Prepared by Members of the Staff of the Department of Agri cul tural Chemi stry f rom 1892-1893" , a short bibliography of biographical material, a campaign brochure from his 1920 Senate race, and miscellaneous department inventories and requisition sheets. Other items include a copy of The Ladd Family and some other genealogical material, some lecture and speech notes possibly of Prof. Ladd, his copy of Procedure in the Senate of the United States, and two historical articles on the Experimental Mill built by Professor Ladd at the N.D.A.C. to find the quality of flour from North Dakota wheat. 
 

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