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Franz Rickaby Papers, 1918-2012

Collection Overview

Title: Franz Rickaby Papers, 1918-2012

ID: OGLMC/698

Creator: Rickaby, Franz L. (1889-1925)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 12/07/1981

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

Materials pertaining to a former English professor at the University of North Dakota.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Rickaby Papers are a small collection of materials regarding his work at the University of North Dakota and his legacy. Among the local materials are selected articles from the Grand Forks Herald (1918-1923) and a tribute after his premature death from The Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota (1925). In addition, the collection contains a typescript of his play The Christmas Spirit: A Poetic Fantasy in Two Acts and another typescript about the Dacotah/Dakota Playmakers. Lastly, there are published articles about the life of Rickaby from the Journal of American Folklore (1968) and from California History (2011).

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additional materials were deposited in 1983 (83-1218) and by Rickaby's granddaughter, Gretchen Dykstra

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Original materials were part of the UND biographical file

Acquisition Method: Donation (81-868)

Related Materials:

OGLMC 175: Olger B. Burtness Papers

OGLMC 685: Frederick H. Koch Papers

OGLMC 1155: Sara Edna Hesketh Papers

Franz Rickaby Collection at the Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Related Publications:

Rickaby, Franz, and Lillian Rickaby. The Christmas Spirit: A Poetic Fantasy in Two Acts. Grand Forks, ND: The Normanden Publishing Company, 1921.

Rickaby, Franz, and Lillian Rickaby. Waiting at the Church: A Farce in One Act. Boston, MA: Walter H. Baker Company, 1923.

Rickaby, Franz. Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1926.

Rickaby, Franz, Gretchen Dykstra, and James P. Leary. Pinery Boys: Songs and Songcatching in the Lumberjack Era. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2017.

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Franz Rickaby Papers. OGLMC 698. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Newspaper articles, 1918-1925Add to your cart.
Includes Grand Forks Herald articles (1918-1923) and a biography from The Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota 15 (No. 4, May 1925): 374-376.
Folder 2: Typescripts/publications, 1918-1919Add to your cart.

Typescript of The Christmas Spirit: A Poetic Fantasy in Two Acts (ca. 1920)

Typescript of Playmakers of Dakota (copy; May 1918)

Rickaby, Franz. "The Splendid Animal." The Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota 9 (No. 4, July 1919): 376-384.

Folder 3: Publications about Rickaby, 1968-1969 and 2011-2012Add to your cart.

Greene, Daniel W. "Fiddle and I: The Story of Franz Rickaby." Journal of American Folklore 81 (No. 322, October-December 1968): 316-336 (two copies - one signed by Greene for J. Duane Squires, UND).

Correspondence by J. Duane Squires to Daniel W. Greene and Mrs. Clarence A. Dykstra, 21 February 1969

Dykstra, Gretchen. "Boes in Facultate: The Short, Creative Life of Franz Rickaby." California History 88 (No. 3, 2011): 6-21.

Dykstra, Gretchen. "When Women Invaded the Caddyshack." The Huffington Post (11 April 2012). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ (accessed  April 12, 2012).

Folder 4: PhotographAdd to your cart.
698-1: Portrait of Rickaby, undated
Microfilm Reel 1: Rickaby materials from the University of Wisconsin-MadisonAdd to your cart.