Oscar Lunseth Papers, 1917-1972

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Water Materials

This series consists of correspondence, minutes, hearing reports, newsletters and related materials concerning various water-related agencies both public and private. Materials from the North Dakota Water Conservation Commission comprise the bulk of this series. The materials are arranged alphabetically by agency and date from 1940 to 1974.

Box 1

Folder 1: Congressional Bills - water-related

Folder 2: Eastern ND Water Development Association - correspondence

Folder 3: Eastern ND Water Development Association - reports, etc.

Folder 4: Garrison Dam - reports, etc.

Folder 5: Garrison Diversion Conservancy District - correspondence

Folder 6: Garrison Diversion Conservancy District - minutes and resolutions

Folder 7: Garrison Diversion Conservancy District - reports, etc., 1960-1974

Folder 8: Garrison Diversion Conservancy District - reports, etc., 1957-1959

Folder 9: Garrison Diversion Conservancy District - reports, etc., 1952-1956

Folder 10: Grand Forks Dike - correspondence

Folder 11: Grand Forks Dike - reports, etc.

Folder 12: Greater ND Association - correspondence

Folder 13: Greater ND Association - reports, etc.

Folder 14: Hydroelectric resources

Folder 15: Jamestown Dam - reports, etc.

Folder 16: Minnesota - miscellaneous

Folder 17: Miscellaneous materials from Illinois, Idaho, Montana, and Saskatchewan

Box 2

Folder 1: Miscellaneous water-related materials, 1955-1966

Folder 2: Miscellaneous water-related materials, 1946-1954

Folder 3: Miscellaneous water-related materials, 1944-1945

Folder 4: Miscellaneous water-related materials, 1940 and undated

Folder 5: Mississippi Valley Association - miscellaneous

Folder 6: Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee - reports, etc.

Folder 7: Missouri-Souris Projects Association - correspondence

Folder 8: Missouri-Souris Projects Association - minutes and resolutions

Folder 9: Missouri-Souris Projects Association - reports, etc., 1953-1958

Folder 10: Missouri-Souris Projects Association - reports, etc., 1946-1952

Folder 11: National Reclamation Association (Bureau of Reclamation) - correspondence, etc.

Folder 12: National Reclamation Association - reports, etc., 1955-1961

Folder 13: National Reclamation Association - reports, etc., 1947-1953

Folder 14: National Reclamation Association - reports, etc., 1944-1946 and undated

Box 3

Folder 1: National Water Conservation Conference - newsletters, etc., 1955-1958

Folder 2: National Water Conservation Conference - newsletters, etc., 1953-1955

Folder 3: National Water Conservation Conference - newsletters, etc., 1944-1953

Folder 4: North Dakota Reclamation Association - correspondence

Folder 5: North Dakota Reclamation Association - meetings and resolutions

Folder 6: North Dakota Reclamation Association - reports and information

Folder 7: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, 1964-1968

Folder 8: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, 1962-1963

Folder 9: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, 1960-1961

Folder 10: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, 1958-1959

Folder 11: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, January-December 1957

Folder 12: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, January-December 1956

Folder 13: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, January-December 1954

Folder 14: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, 1945-1953

Folder 15: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, undated

Folder 16: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, August 5, 1964

Folder 17: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - memos, undated

Folder 18: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - agenda, 1964-1965

Box 4

Folder 1: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - minutes of meetings- agenda Jan. 1963-Dec. 1963

Folder 2: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Jan. 1962-Dec. 1962

Folder 3: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Feb. 1962-Dec. 1961

Folder 4: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Jan. 1960-Dec. 1960

Folder 5: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Jan. 1958-Oct. 1959

Folder 6: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Jan. 1957-Dec. 1957

Folder 7: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Jan. 1956-Dec. 1956

Folder 8: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Jan. 1955-Nov. 1955

Folder 9: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda Jan. 1953-Dec. 1954

Folder 10: North Dakota State Water Conservation agenda May 1951-Dec. 1952

Folder 11: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission of appropriations Jan. 1962- April 1965

Folder 12: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission of appropriations Jan. 1960- Dec. 1961

Folder 13: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission of appropriations Feb. 1956- Dec. 1959

Folder 14: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission of appropriations April 1951-Dec. 1955

Box 5

Folder 1: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - news bulletins, Aug. 1952- Feb. 1971

Folder 2: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - news bulletins, 1950-1951

Folder 3: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - news bulletins, undated

Folder 4: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - reports, bills, information 1964-1966

Folder 5: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - reports, bills, information 1963

Folder 6: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - reports, bills, information 1959-1962

Folder 7: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - reports, bills, information 1955-1958

Folder 8: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - reports, bills, information Nov. 1942-Jan. 1955

Folder 9: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - reports, bills, information undated.

Folder 10: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - resolutions, April 1945- April 1965

Folder 11: North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission - resolutions, April 1945- April 1965

Folder 12: North Dakota State Water Conservation statements

Folder 13: North Dakota State Water Conservation water-rights material

Box 6

Folder 1: North Dakota Water Users Association - correspondence

Folder 2: North Dakota Water Users Association - minutes, resolutions, budgets

Folder 3: North Dakota Water Users Association - reports and information, 1964-1971

Folder 4: North Dakota Water Users Association - reports and information, 1958-1963

Folder 5: Pembina River Flood Control Association - correspondence

Folder 6: Pembina River Flood Control Association - reports and information

Folder 7: Red Lake River Development Association - correspondence

Folder 8: Red Lake River Development Association - minutes, resolutions

Folder 9: Red Lake River Development Association - reports and information

Folder 10: Red River Basin Planning Committee - correspondence

Folder 11: Red River Basin Planning Committee - minutes, resolutions

Folder 12: Red River Basin Planning Committee - reports and information

Folder 13: South Dakota Coordinating Committee for Missouri Basin Development - minutes and reports, 1952-1954

Folder 14: Upper Colorado River Commission - miscellaneous

Folder 15: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - statements, information

Series 2: Grand Forks City Materials

This series contains correspondence, proceedings of the City Council, reports, city ordinances, and department files from Oscar Lunseth's tenure as a Grand Forks city official. The files are arranged alphabetically and cover 1934-1975.

Box 7

Folder 1: Grand Forks Air Force Base - miscellaneous

Folder 2: Grand Forks International Airport, 1957-1959

Folder 3: Airport - miscellaneous, 1943-1956

Folder 4: Armory Auditorium, 1937-1958

Folder 5: Attorney - correspondence, 1946-1960

Folder 6: Auditor, 1940-1975

Folder 7: Bacon vs. City

Folder 8: Board of City Commissioners - committees (see also City Council Committees)

Folder 9: Bridges, Highways, and New Airport - reports, etc., 1956-1962

Folder 10: Bridges, Highways, and New Airport - reports, etc., 1956-1962

Folder 11: Budgets, 1955-1959

Folder 12: Budgets, 1934-1955

Folder 13: Chamber of Commerce - miscellaneous

Folder 14: City Civil Service and Pensions

Folder 15: City Council Committees - correspondence

Folder 16: City Council Committee materials - salary committee and miscellaneous

Folder 17: City Council - miscellaneous

Folder 18: City Council - Revised Ordinances of 1948

Folder 19: City Council - ordinances

Folder 20: City Council - ordinances

Box 8

Folder 1: City Council proceedings, Jan. 4, 1960-April 18, 1960

Folder 2: City Council proceedings, July 6, 1959-Dec. 21, 1959

Folder 3: City Council proceedings, Jan. 5, 1959-June 30, 1959

Folder 4: City Council proceedings, Jan. 6, 1958-Dec. 15, 1958

Folder 5: City Council proceedings, March 4, 1957-Dec. 18, 1957

Folder 6: City Council proceedings, Jan. 3, 1955-May, 1956

Folder 7: City Council proceedings, Feb. 4, 1952-Feb. 23, 1953

Folder 8: City Council proceedings, Jan. 5, 1942-Oct. 18, 1943

Folder 9: City Council proceedings, July 8, 1940-Dec. 15, 1941

Folder 10: City Council - reports on examination June 30, 1955 and June 30, 1957

Folder 11: City Council - reports on examination June 30, 1958 and June 30, 1959

Folder 12: Dakota Plumbing and Heating annual reports, 1924-1934

Folder 13: Engineering Department, 1940-1959

Folder 14: Fire Department, 1940-1960

Folder 15: Health Department

Box 9

Folder 1: League of North Dakota Municipalities bulletins, 1956-1959

Folder 2: League of North Dakota Municipalities bulletins, 1952-1953

Folder 3: League of North Dakota Municipalities - correspondence, etc.

Folder 4: League of North Dakota Municipalities - municipal officers conference and taxes 1952, 1958, and 1960

Folder 5: City Manager correspondence, April 25, 1953-Dec. 4, 1962

Folder 6: City Manager - “Monday's News”, July 16, 1954-Dept. 15, 1958

Folder 7: City Manager, undated

Folder 8: Mayor's Office - correspondence, 1958-1960

Folder 9: Mayor's Office - correspondence, 1956-1957

Folder 10: Mayor's Office - correspondence, 1954-1955

Folder 11: Mayor's Office - correspondence, 1940-1953 and undated

Folder 12: Mayor's Office - date books, 1954-1958

Folder 13: Mayor's Office - proclamations

Folder 14: Mayor and City Council - voucher lists

Folder 15: Miscellaneous, 1954-1972

Folder 16: Miscellaneous, 1939-1953

Folder 17: Miscellaneous, undated

Box 10

Folder 1: Parking, 1954-1961

Folder 2: Petitions to change Government

Folder 3: Planning Commission, 1958-1960

Folder 4: Planning Commission, 1948-1957

Folder 5: Police Department, 1943-1960

Folder 6: Recognition Night - correspondence, etc.

Folder 7: Sewage Department - correspondence, etc., 1959-1960

Folder 8: Sewage Department - correspondence, etc., 1956-1958

Folder 9: Sewage Department - correspondence, etc., 1940-1942

Folder 10: Sewage Department - undated

Folder 11: Sewage Treatment Plant statements, 1940-1944

Folder 12: Street Department, 1957-1959

Folder 13: Street Lighting Systems

Folder 14: Tax Proposals and Information - Mill Levies

Folder 15: Township and Zoning Commission (see also Planning Commission)

Folder 16: Treasurer, 1941-1959 (see also Auditor)

Folder 17: University of North Dakota, 1953-1971

Folder 18: Waterworks/Water Department - correspondence, etc., 1957-1960

Folder 19: Waterworks/Water Department - correspondence, etc., 1955-1956

Folder 20: Waterworks/Water Department - engineering reports, 1956

Folder 21: Waterworks/Water Department - contracts, 1956

Folder 22: Waterworks/Water Department - correspondence, etc., 1939-1954

Folder 23: Waterworks/Water Department - monthly reports, 1940

Folder 24: Waterworks/Water Department, undated

Folder 25: Welfare Tickets, 1933-1935

Series 3: Personal Materials

This series consists of correspondence, personal files, and financial and business materials relating to Oscar Lunseth. The materials are arranged alphabetically and range from 1934 to 1963.

Box 11

Folder 1: American Legion

Folder 2: Personal Correspondence, 1961-1975

Folder 3: Personal Correspondence, 1951-1960

Folder 4: Personal Correspondence, 1934-1950

Folder 5: Personal Correspondence, undated

Folder 6: Financial Materials, 1952-1974

Folder 7: Financial Materials, 1917-1950

Folder 8: Freemasonry

Folder 9: Membership Cards

Folder 10: Miscellaneous

Folder 11: North Dakota Association - soil conservation districts, Resources Council, and Industrial Development

Folder 12: North Dakota State and County Fair Association - correspondence

Folder 13: North Dakota State and County Fair Association - minutes, resolutions, and court cases

Folder 14: North Dakota State and County Fair - reports and information

Folder 15: Plumbing and Heating Company - information, reports, and licenses

Folder 16: Plumbing and Heating Company - correspondence and meetings

Folder 17: Religion

Folder 18: Rotary Club - correspondence, etc.

Folder 19: Rotary Club - weekly bulletins, 1961-1963

Folder 20: Rotary Club - weekly bulletins, 1954-1961

Folder 21: American Scandinavian Foundation

Folder 22: Sons of Norway, etc.

Folder 23: University of North Dakota

Series 4: Newspapers and Miscellaneous

This series contains newspaper clippings about the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, water-related subjects, and personal events. Also included are files containing general miscellaneous materials (1942-1960).

Box 12

Folder 1: Grand Forks articles

Folder 2: Grand Forks articles

Folder 3: Grand Forks articles

Folder 4: Grand Forks articles

Folder 5: North Dakota articles

Folder 6: Personal articles

Folder 7: Water articles

Folder 8: Miscellaneous, 1955-1960

Folder 9: Miscellaneous, 1942-1954 and undated

Series 5: Photographs

The photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Photograph 1: Unidentified, undated musical at UND (three copies)

Photograph 2: Intake pipe at Water Works, August 28, 1910 (three copies)

Photograph 3: Red River, Grand Forks North Dakota: undated (three copies)

Photograph 4: North Dakota officials meeting with Senator Milton Young and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Fred Aandahl, undated

Photograph 5: Unidentified group

Photograph 6: Monument: "North Dakota's Oldest Concrete Pavement"

Photograph 7: Gordon Caldis, Marlin Obie, Bill Micklin, Leonard Egstrom, Dale Cox, Lyle Anderson, Oscar Lunseth, March 14, 1962

Photograph 8: Unidentified Grand Forks street scene

Photograph 9: Grand Forks Builders & Traders - Old Timers Night, May 2, 1972 (group picture)

Photograph 10: First State Plumbing Board (L.G. Hanson, J.B. Rapaport, Rasmus Lunseth, Bernard Thompson), July 1, 1941

Photograph 11: Lunseth Plumbing and Heating, undated group picture

Photograph 12: Autographed picture of Senator Mark Andrews, undated

Photograph 13: Oscar Lunseth, undated (four copies)

Photograph 14: Oscar Lunseth and Northwest Airlines Flight Attendant, undated

Photograph 15: Oscar Lunseth and other Grand Forks city officials, undated

Photograph 16: Oscar Lunseth and other Grand Forks city officials, undated

Photograph 17: Oscar Lunseth playing checkers, February 1951

Photograph 18: Oscar Lunseth at the unveiling of the "North Dakota's Oldest Concrete Pavement" monument

Photograph 19: Oscar Lunseth and unidentified, undated

Oversize Folder 1: Oversized photographs

Separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinets.

Photograph 1: "Henry Roeder Rig" (farm machinery), September 1915

Photograph 2: Bjarne Male Chorus

Photograph 3: Bjarne Male Chorus

Photograph 4: Master Plumbers of North Dakota Convention in Minot, 1926

Photograph 5: Aaker's Business College

Photograph 6: Unidentified group (possibly the Sons of Norway)

Photograph 7: Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, May 1931

Photograph 8: Bjarne Male Chorus

Photograph 9: Unidentified group (possibly the Bjarne Male Chorus)