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Clyde Duffy Papers, 1911-1973
Collection Overview
Title: Clyde Duffy Papers, 1911-1973
ID: OGLMC0052
Primary Creator: Duffy, F. Clyde (1890-1977)
Extent: 6.75 Linear Feet
Subjects: Politics and Government - North Dakota Governor, Politics and Government - Republican Party, University of North Dakota - Alumni
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Clyde Duffy Papers, 1911-1973, consist mainly of correspondence. Duffy was an active member of the North Dakota Republican Party, and this is reflected in the large amount of political correspondence in the collection. Also included are correspondence, reports, and legal materials related to his service as a Special Investigator appointed by Governor John Moses. Other materials include texts of his speeches, legal documents, and a 1973 autobiography titled “Observations Along the Way.”
The collection was reprocessed in January 2005; materials housed in Boxes 5 and 6 were rearranged and placed into acid-free folders. Researchers should note that some items listed as being in these two boxes were not found when the collection was reprocessed. The items in question consisted mainly of various political pamphlets collected by Duffy.
Several publications were separated and added to the North Dakota Book Collection. These includes four issues of The Red Flame, as well as several publications of the United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. In 1941 and 1942, this committee investigated claims the Langer was not entitled to his Senate seat due to misconduct “as a public officer and as an attorney at law.” The committee ultimately recommended that Langer should not be seated, although the entire Senate voted 52-30 to seat Langer.
Collection Historical Note
F. Clyde Duffy was born March 20, 1890, in Devils Lake, North Dakota. He was the son of Maurice and Margaret (Flood) Duffy. He graduated from Devils Lake High School, before entering the University of North Dakota. While at UND, Duffy was active in the A.D.T. Literary Society, the University Catholic Association, the Varsity Bachelor Club, the Bruce Law Club, and the Debating Board of Control. He also represented the University at two international debates with the University of Manitoba in 1910 and 1911. He graduated from UND with a Bachelor of Laws degree on June 12, 1912.
Duffy acted as city editor of the Grand Forks Herald in 1913, before opening a law firm with Torger Sinness in Minnewaukan, North Dakota. He married Exzelia Beauchamp in Fargo on September 11, 1915. The couple had two daughters: Margaret and Patricia.
Sinness and Duffy moved their law firm to Devils Lake in 1925. He served as Special Assistant Attorney General from 1925 to 1930, and was appointed by North Dakota Governor John Moses in 1939 to investigate irregularities at the State Hospital for the Insane, the Motor Vehicle Registration Department, and the State Mill and Elevator. Duffy also acted as Code Commissioner, 1939-1944, and as the city attorney for Devils Lake for many years.
Duffy was an active member of the Republican party, and served as precinct committee, chair of the Ramsey County Republican Committee, and member of the state Republican Central Committee. He was also a representative to the 1936 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. He was elected to the North Dakota Senate in 1948, serving until 1956. He acted as minority floor leader in 1953 and 1955, before being elected as Lieutenant Governor in 1956. In 1958, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for United States Senator versus the incumbent William Langer.
Duffy was the director of the Otter Tail Power Company, the Ramsey National Bank, and the Northern National Insurance Company. He served as president of the North Dakota Bar Association, in addition to being active with the Kiwanis, the Knights of Columbus, and the Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Duffy retired in 1970, and died December 17, 1977, in Santa Clara, California. He is buried at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Devils Lake.
Subject/Index Terms
Politics and Government - North Dakota Governor
Politics and Government - Republican Party
University of North Dakota - Alumni
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: Donation; The acquisition records are unavailable
Separated Materials:
Several publications were separated and added to the North Dakota Book Collection:
The Red Flame: volume 1, numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5
Hearing Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections, United States Senate, on the Protest by Various Citizens of North Dakota to the Seating of William Langer, as a Senator from the State of North Dakota. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1941.
Report and Memorandum of Information Submitted to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, United States Senate, on the Protest by Various Citizens of North Dakota to the Seating of William Langer, as a Senator from the State of North Dakota. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1941.
Report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections on the Various Citizens of the State of North Dakota to the Seating of William Langer, as a Senator from the State of North Dakota. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1942.
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Clyde Duffy Papers. OGLMC 52, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in April 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
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[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Family Correspondence, undated
- Folder 2: Correspondence - War Effort and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, 1918-1919
- Folder 3: Correspondence - Knights of Columbus, 1928-1941
- Folder 4: Correspondence - Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce, 1932-1938
- Folder 5: Political Correspondence, 1916-1918
- Folder 6: Independent Voters Association (IVA) Organization Lists and Materials, 1920
- Folder 7: Political Correspondence, 1922-1928
- Folder 8: Guaranty Fund Commission correspondence, 1925-1931
- Folder 9: Guaranty Fund Commission, 1925-1931
- Folder 10: Guaranty Fund Commission, 1925-1931
- Folder 11: Guaranty Fund Commission, 1925-1931
- Folder 12: Guaranty Fund Commission, 1925-1931
- Folder 13: Correspondence - M.W. Duffy's Campaign for Secretary of State, 1928
- Folder 14: Political Correspondence - IVA Campaign, 1930
- Folder 15: Political Correspondence - IVA Campaign, 1932
- Folder 16: IVA Campaign, 1930
- Folder 17: Political Correspondence, 1933-1934
- Folder 18: Political Correspondence, 1933-1934
- Folder 19: IVA Campaign - County Reports and Campaign Organization, 1934
- Folder 20: Political Correspondence, 1935-1936
- Folder 21: Correspondence - State Bar Association (Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; Frazier-Lemke Moratorium Act), 1936-1938
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Political Correspondence, 1936
- Folder 2: Political Campaign, 1936
- Folder 3: Welfare Board - Correspondence and Records, 1938
- Folder 4: Political Correspondence, 1938
- Folder 5: North Dakota Code Revision Committee - Briefs, Reports, etc., 1939-1941
- Folder 6: Political Correspondence - Investigations, 1939
- Folder 7: Special Investigator and Workmen's Compensation Case - Correspondence and Briefs, 1939
- Folder 8: Special State Examiner Issuance of County Bonds - Correspondence, etc., 1939
- Folder 9: State Hospital Investigation - Correspondence, 1939
- Folder 10: State Hospital Investigation Report - Travel Expenses and Evidence, 1939
- Folder 11: KFJM - Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1939
- Folder 12: Special State Examiner - Official Records and Correspondence of removal of Jennie Ulsrud and R.A. Kinzer from Board of Administration, 1939
- Folder 13: State Mill and Elevator Investigation (Langer Administration) - Correspondence and Evidence, 1936-1941
- Folder 14: Reports to Governor Moses concerning Fraud in State Administration, 1939
- Folder 15: Special State Examiner - Reports and Evidence, 1939
- Folder 16: Special Investigator of State Highway Department - Correspondence, 1939-1940
- Folder 17: State Highway Department Investigation - Records and Evidence, 1939
- Folder 18: Seating of Senator Langer - Correspondence, 1941
- Folder 19: Special Investigator - Correspondence and Evidence, 1941
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Duffy vs. Erickson - Correspondence and Legal Briefs, 1941
- Folder 2: Moses vs. Thorson - Correspondence as Attorney for Petitioners, 1941
- Folder 3: Moses vs. Thorson - Legal Documents, 1941
- Folder 4: State vs. Anderson - Correspondence and Official Records, 1941-1942
- Folder 5: Removal of Frank Vogel as Bank of North Dakota Manager - Correspondence, 1941-1942
- Folder 6: "Report of the Special Examining Commissioner to the Governor," by A.J. Klaudt - Compilation Notes, 1943
- Folder 7: "Report of the Special Examining Commissioner to the Governor," by A.J. Klaudt - Compilation Notes, 1943
- Folder 8: Action against State Insurance Commissioner Oscar Erickson, 1943-1945
- Folder 9: Political Correspondence, 1940
- Folder 10: Political Correspondence, 1940
- Folder 11: Wilkie-McNary Club of Ramsey County - Membership Information and Campaign Materials, 1940
- Folder 12: Political Correspondence, 1941
- Folder 13: Political Correspondence, 1942
- Folder 14: Graduated Land Tax, 1942
- Folder 15: Political Correspondence, 1943
- Folder 16: Political Correspondence, 1944
- Folder 17: Campaign Materials, 1944
- Folder 18: Political Correspondence, 1945-1946
- Folder 19: Liquor Law and Political Correspondence, 1946-1949
- Folder 20: Political Correspondence, 1950-1952
- Especially for Organization of the Republican Organizing Committee (ROC)
- Folder 21: Campaign Materials and Precinct Data, 1952
- Folder 22: Political Correspondence, 1953-1955
- Folder 23: ROC - Reports and Minutes, 1953-1954
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Legislative Measures - Reports, 1954-1955
- Folder 2: Executive Committee of the Citizens Highway Committee - Reports, 1955-1956
- Folder 3: Peace Gardens, 1953-1955
- Folder 4: Monopolies and Trusts - UND Debates, 1911
- Folder 5: Speeches
- Folder 6: Speeches - Education
- Folder 7: Speeches
- Folder 8: Speeches
- Folder 9: Speeches
- Folder 10: Speeches
- Folder 11: Abraham Lincoln
- Folder 12: Speech materials
- Folder 13: Campaign Speeches
- Folder 14: Correspondence, 1960s
- Folder 15: Miscellaneous
- Folder 16: Miscellaneous
- Box 5
- Folder 1: “Observations Along the Way,” (autobiography), 1973
- Folder 2: “The Building and Loan, Savings and Loan Association and Investment Companies,” (article), North Dakota Banker: July 1930
- Folder 3: “To What Extent Should the Decisions of Administrative Bodies Be Reviewable by the Courts?” (article), American Bar Association Journal: October 1939
- Folder 4: Clyde Duffy Campaign Materials, 1956-1958
- Folder 5: Newspaper Clippings
- Folder 6: Western Surety Company vs. City of Devils Lake, 1931
- Folder 7: State of North Dakota vs. Jennie Ulsrud and R.A. Kinzer, February 23, 1939 (Hearing in the Stutsman County Courthouse, Jamestown)
- Folder 8: State of North Dakota vs. Jennie Ulsrud and R.A. Kinzer, March 6, 1939 (Hearing in the State Capitol Building, Bismarck)
- Folder 9: Special Examiner’s Highway Department Report, 1939
- Folder 10: Special Examiner’s Highway Department Report, 1939
- Folder 11: “Academic Freedom and Tenure,” Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, Spring 1956
- Folder 12: American Bar Association
- Folder 13: Americanism vs. Socialism: A Declaration of Principles, Republican State Campaign Committee, Fargo, 1920
- Folder 14: The “Authority” Issue, by Clifford H. Stone
- Folder 15: Better Roads for North Dakota: Engineering Analysis and Recommendations, North Dakota Legislative Committee, November 1952
- Folder 16: Bountiful North Dakota: Land of Opportunity, Greater North Dakota Association
- Folder 17: Devils Lake and Ramsey County Historical Information
- Folder 18: An Engineering Study of North Dakota’s Roads and Streets and a Plan for the Future, Automotive Safety Foundation with the North Dakota State Highway Department and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, September 1952
- Folder 19: Facts and Figures on North Dakota Issues, Republican Campaign Committee
- Folder 20: The Farmer and the New Farm Bill (Speeches by Gerald Nye in the U.S. Senate), December 1937 and April 1938
- Folder 21: Fourteenth Report Senate Investigating Committee on Education, California Legislature, 1956
- Folder 22: General Information Concerning the Legislative Research Committee, Municipal Government, and the 35th North Dakota Legislative Assembly
- Folder 23: Catholic Action News - Golden Jubilee Edition, 1939
- Folder 24: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs (United States Senate), 1918
- Folder 25: I.V.A. Platform
- Folder 26: Lakota’s 75 Years
- Folder 27: Hearings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections, United States Senate: A Protest to the Seating of William Langer, A Senator from the State of North Dakota, November 1941
- Folder 28: Messages from the President of the United States to the House of Representatives and Senate, 1931
- Folder 29: Message to the Legislature by R.A. Nestos, Governor, 1925
- Folder 30: Montana Bar Association, 1939
- Folder 31: National and International Political Issues - Newspaper Clippings, 1930s-1950s
- Folder 32: Nineteenth and Twentieth Annual Reports of the Board of Administration to the Governor, 1938
- Folder 33: North Dakota Publicity Pamphlet, 1922, 1928, 1932, 1944, 1946, and undated
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission, 1958
- Folder 2: State Tuberculosis Sanitarium Insurance Claim Report by Otto R. Vold, 1944
- Folder 3: North Dakota Water Resources Brochure, ca. 1963
- Folder 4: Directories of North Dakota Officials, 1921-22, 1933, 1934, 1937
- Folder 5: Pembina: North Dakota’s Oldest Settlement, 1957
- Folder 6: Pinkerton Detective Agency Report - Legalization of the Louisiana Lottery in North Dakota, 1890
- Folder 7: Great Life Investment Company Prospectus, May 1959
- Folder 8: IVA Voting Information, 1918-1928
- Folder 9: Remarks of Rep. George M. Young regarding agricultural production controls, 1923
- Folder 10: Biennial Report of the North Dakota Budget Board, 1939-1941
- Folder 11: Report of the North Dakota Legislative Research Committee, 1953
- Folder 12: North Dakota Wheat - Correspondence, etc., 1953-1963
- Folder 13: North Dakota Oil Production - Correspondence, etc., 1952-1955
- Folder 14: Social Science Course, Grade Four, Devils Lake Public Schools, undated
- Folder 15: State Bar Association of North Dakota, 1940-1956
- Folder 16: State Mill and Elevator Audit Report, 1938
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