The James D. Barger, M.D. Papers date from 1918 to 2003 and have been divided into six series as follows:
Series 1: Personal/Family
Series 2: Professional Activities
Series 3: Sporting Events
Series 4: Artifacts
Series 5: Photographs
Series 6: Oversized Materials
Susan Barger donated additional material: July 23, 1997 (Acc.97-2137), August and September 1997 (Acc.91-2147), November 6, 1997 ( Acc.97-2159), May 22, 1998 (Acc.98-2191), November 22, 1999 (Acc.99-2395), May 25, 2000 (Acc.2000-2440), October 6, 2000 (Acc.2001-2486), April 4, 2001 (Acc.2001-2527), June 2002 (Acc.2003-2596), February 18, 2003 (Acc.2003-2620).
Judy Rieke from the UND Library of the Health Sciences donated material in the summer of 2002 (Acc.2003-2596) and July 25, 2003 (Acc.2003-2653).