Elwyn F. Chandler Papers, 1868-1946

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Personal Materials

The first series contains notes, mementos and clippings relating to Chandler's personal life. Included are papers he received from Ripon College, notes of auto trips, estate papers, notes from Mrs. Anna Chandler, Christmas cards and postcards, and autobiographical materials, including a personal account of his Spastic Paraplegia.

Box 1

Folder 1: Diplomas, licenses, awards, etc.

Folder 2: Ripon College mementos

Folder 3: Personal notebooks from Ripon College

Folder 4: Lineage, handwritten

Folder 5: Notes on automobile and trips

Folder 6: Personal clippings, notes, letters, and Christmas cards

Folder 7: Notes by Mrs. Chandler

Folder 8: Miscellaneous autobiographical notes

Folder 9: En memoriam note

Box 11

Folder 8: Biographical Information, 1940-1945

Series 2: Collected Materials

The second series concerns Chandler's work as a civil engineer. It includes notes and material on testimony before the U.S. Supreme Court in the North Dakota vs. Minnesota watershed case of Bois de Sioux, miscellaneous newspaper clippings and collected pamphlets from the United States, the State of North Dakota, and UND, dating 1914-1917.

Box 1

Folder 10: Bois de Sioux testimony and notes

Folder 11: Bois de Sioux correspondence

Folder 12: Boy’s Working Reserve Correspondence, 1917-1918

Folder 13: Minnesota and North Dakota intercollegiate conference notes and correspondence, 1908-1928

Folder 14: Grand Forks Street and Railway reports and corres­pondence

Folder 15: North Dakota State Engineers records

Box 2

Folder 1: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings

Folder 2: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings

Folder 3: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings

Folder 4: Miscellaneous collected pamphlets and notes

Folder 5: Miscellaneous collected pamphlets and notes

Folder 6: North Dakota Society of Engineers publications, 1914-1917

Folder 7: North Dakota Society of Engineers publications, 1917-1921

Folder 8: Miscellaneous North Dakota publications, 1900-1903

Folder 9: Miscellaneous North Dakota publications, 1904-1907

Folder 10: Miscellaneous North Dakota publications, 1908-1926

Folder 11: Miscellaneous North Dakota publications, 1927-1937

Folder 12: Miscellaneous North Dakota publications, 1938-1940

Box 3

Folder 1: Miscellaneous U. S. Government publications, 1899-1919

Folder 2: Miscellaneous U. S. Government publications, 1920-1922

Folder 3: Miscellaneous U. S. Government publications, 1922-1939

Folder 4: Miscellaneous UND publications, small, 1913-1942

Folder 5: Miscellaneous UND commencement programs, 1926-1944

Folder 6: Miscellaneous UND originated publications and pamphlets, large, 1928-1943

Folder 7: Miscellaneous commercial originated publications, 1896-1947

Series 3: Personal Research

Personal research composes the third series of material. Dating from 1904 to 1946, it includes notes, speech manuscripts, materials published in books and journals, and published monographs.

Box 3

Folder 8: Personal research, published matter, and speeches, 1904-1910

Folder 9: Personal research, published matter, and speeches, 1911-1919

Folder 10: Personal research, published matter, and speeches, 1920-1929

Folder 11: Personal research, published matter, and speeches, 1930-1939

Folder 12: Personal research, published matter, and speeches, 1939-1946

Folder 13: Personal research, published matter, and speeches, undated

Box 4

Folder 1: Notes and clippings of material published in papers, magazines, etc.

Folder 2: Monograph copies and notes

Folder 3: Commercial Club correspondence and notes

Folder 4: Fortnightly Club manuscripts, 1900-1912

Series 4: Published Book, New Ipswich

The fourth series includes various versions of the book New Ipswich, a history begun by Charles H. Chandler, and completed by Elwyn. This material includes handwritten manuscripts, typed copies, and galley proofs.

Box 4

Folder 5: C. H. Chandler papers

Folder 6: C. H. Chandler account book, 1868-1875

Folder 7: C. H. Chandler account book, 1875-1894

Folder 8: C. H. Chandler estate, administration accounts

Folder 9: New Ipswich, handwritten manuscript, chapter VI

Folder 10: New Ipswich, typed copy of Chapter I

Folder 11: Map of New Ipswich area, New Hampshire

Folder 12: New Ipswich, typed copy for printers

Folder 13: New Ipswich, typed copy of Chapter IX

Folder 14: New Ipswich, typed section

Folder 15: New Ipswich, duplicate typed copy, pp. 650-875

Folder 16: New Ipswich, duplicate typed copy. pp. 876-1025

Box 5

Folder 1: New Ipswich, duplicate typed copy, pp. 1026-Index 104

Folder 2: New Ipswich, rough draft, typed

Folder 3: New Ipswich, rough draft, typed

Folder 4: New Ipswich, galley proof

Series 5: University of North Dakota History

The fifth series contains notes and drafts of Chandler 's history of the University of North Dakota. Histories of the buildings, faculty, maintenance staff, and student activities are included.

Box 1

Folder 16: Materials on First UND Commencement

Box 5

Folder 5: UND History, rough notes pertaining to

Folder 6: UND History, buildings, notes

Folder 7: UND History, buildings, carbon copy

Folder 8: UND History, buildings, carbon copy

Folder 9: UND History, buildings, carbon copy

Folder 10: UND History, buildings, facsimile copy

Box 6

Folder 1: UND History, faculty roster, notes

Folder 2: UND History, faculty roster, draft with revisions

Folder 3: UND History, faculty roster, preliminary draft

Folder 4: UND History, faculty roster, preliminary draft

Folder 5: UND History, faculty roster

Folder 6: UND History, faculty roster

Folder 7: UND History, faculty roster

Folder 8: UND History, library

Folder 9: UND History, summary, compiled, and duplicates

Folder 10: UND History, summary, compiled, and duplicates

Folder 11: UND History, third revision

Folder 12: UND History, summary, compiled, and duplicates

Series 6: University Work

The sixth series is comprised of works related to Chandler's professorship at UND. Included are an index of his university work, grade books, records of his office material, students' workbooks, and schedules for events sponsored by the North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Box 6

Folder 13: Index of University Work, 1915-1928

Folder 14: UND, teaching and office notes

Folder 15: UND, teaching and office notes

Folder 16: C. A. A. ground school notes, 1939-1942

Folder 17: North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference material

Box 7

Folder 1: UND Campus field workbooks for student work

Folder 2: UND Campus field workbooks for student work

Folder 3: Student grade books

Series 7: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and U.S. Geological Survey

The seventh series is made up of field notebooks, notes, instructions and correspondence relating to Chandler's work with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey, 1903-1935.

Box 7

Folder 4: U.S. Geological Survey, miscellaneous notes

Folder 5: U.S. Geological Survey, correspondence

Folder 6: U.S. Geological Survey, instructions

Folder 7: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, lists of publications

Folder 8: U.S. Geological Survey, forms

Folder 9: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 10: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 11: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Box 8

Folder 1: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 2: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 3: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 4: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 5: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 6: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, bench mark reports

Folder 7: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, field notebooks

Folder 8: U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, field notebooks

Folder 9: USGS, rating table workbook, 1903-1904

Folder 10: USGS, river cross-section workbook, 1903-1904

Folder 11: USGS, rating table workbook, 1905-1906

Folder 12: USGS, river cross-section workbook, 1905-1906

Box 9

Folder 1: USGS, level party reports, 1934

Folder 2: USGS, level party reports, 1934

Series 8: Maps

Contour maps, base maps, and other maps relating to Chandler's geological work make up the eighth series. These are filed by area.

Box 9

Folder 3: Mustinka and Bois de Sioux River maps

Folder 4: Station rating curves

Folder 5: Temperature curve maps and computations

Folder 6: Devil's Lake maps and trip, 1905

Folder 7: North Dakota contour maps

Folder 8: Grand Forks County contour maps

Folder 9: Minnesota base and contour maps

Folder 10: Montana contour maps

Box 10

Folder 1: Western States and South Dakota base and contour maps

Folder 2: Wisconsin contour maps

Folder 3: New England contour maps

Folder 4: Miscellaneous maps

Folder 5: Geodetic grid maps and computations

Folder 6: Geodetic computation forms

Box 11

Folder 6: Misc. Data on River Flows in North Dakota

Folder 7: Station Rating Curves

Series 9: Correspondence

This series has Chandler's correspondence arranged in chronological order from 1901 to 1946. All of his collected correspondence is in this series except for some postcards in series 1 and some business correspondence in series 2.

Box 10

Folder 7: Correspondence, incoming, updated

Folder 8: Correspondence, incoming, 1901- 1909

Folder 9: Correspondence, incoming, 1910- 1914

Folder 10: Correspondence, incoming, 1915- 1919

Folder 11: Correspondence, incoming, 1920- 1924

Folder 12: Correspondence, incoming, 1925- 1929

Folder 13: Correspondence, incoming, 1930- 1934

Folder 14: Correspondence, incoming, 1935- 1937

Folder 15: Correspondence, incoming, 1939- 1940

Folder 16: Correspondence, incoming, 1941- 1943

Folder 17: Correspondence, incoming, 1944- 1946

Folder 18: Correspondence, outgoing, 1903- 1913

Folder 19: Correspondence, outgoing, 1916- 1924

Folder 20: Correspondence, outgoing, 1925-1934

Box 11

Folder 1: Correspondence, outgoing, 1935- 1937

Folder 2: Correspondence, outgoing, 1938- 1940

Folder 3: Correspondence, outgoing, 1941- 1942

Folder 4: Correspondence, outgoing, 1943- 1944

Folder 5: Correspondence, outgoing, 1945-1946

Series 10: Photographs

A total of 818 photographs were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection. One scrapbook has photographs of geological, architectural, and cultural sights from the Midwest and northwest U.S. Another scrapbook has photographs of North Dakota river stations with technical descriptions in the margins. The remaining loose photographs depict various subjects including, but not limited to, images of Chandler, UND campus life, geological and geographical scenes, and postcards.