Collection Overview
Title: N. Johanna Kildahl Papers, 1895-1951
ID: OGLMC/0073
Creator: Kildahl, N. Johanna (1868-1967)
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1951
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
1868-1967; Towner County, North Dakota, homesteader, political writer
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The N. Johanna Kildahl Papers largely consist of various writings by Miss Kildahl. Some deal with her life and childhood, but most are about politics. The political writings focus on the League of Nations and international law. Kildahl believed that the League of Nations should have been formed more carefully and composed of as many nations as possible. Each of those nations would then have equal rights within the League.
The essay titled "Selfhelp" details her financial struggles as a student at the University of North Dakota, but also discusses the many benefits she obtained from having a college education. Another essay, "Reminiscences", is a personal history of homestead life on the Dakota prairie of the 1880s. Daily life is described along with significant events of the time. Kildahl's description of this era provides a clear and personal view of life as a farm child.
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Additional material was donated by Dr. Paul Kannowski, UND Biology Department, in 1985 (86-1467).
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source:
N. Johanna Kildahl
Preferred Citation:
(Description of Item). N. Johanna Kildahl Papers. OGLMC 73, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid migrated to Archon in February 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: "Selfhelp" (read in chapel at The University of North Dakota, 1895). 3pp.
- Folder 2: Letter to President Woodrow Wilson, Versailles, France, January 15, 1919 from Maza, ND, typewritten copy, 6pp.
- Folder 3: Letter to the Hon. W. G. Harding, Marion, Ohio, December 30, 1920 from Minneapolis, MN, typewritten copy, 7 pp
- Folder 4: "International Law," 1924, 18 pp.
- Folder 5: "League of Nations," 1924, 14 pp
- Folder 6: "Practical Plan for World Peace," 1924, 17 pp. And "Five Fundamental Slogans for World Peace", 1 p
- Folder 7: "World Court," 1924, 24 pp.
- Folder 8: Newspaper clippings from Minneapolis newspapers regarding Kildahl's League of Nations activities
- Folder 9: Reminiscences, 1936
- Folder 10: Gratitude
- Folder 11: Letter from Kildahl to Mr. Peterson, November 20, 1951