Ceramics Department Records, 1911-1999

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1989

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence - Margaret Kelly Cable

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1911-1915

Folder 3: Correspondence, 1916-1919

Folder 4: Correspondence, 1920-1921

Folder 5: Correspondence, 1922

Folder 6: Correspondence, January-June 1923

Folder 7: Correspondence, August-December 1923

Folder 8: Correspondence, January-May 1924

Folder 9: Correspondence, June-December 1924

Folder 10: Correspondence, 1925

Folder 11: Correspondence, 1926

Folder 12: Correspondence, January-February 1927

Folder 13: Correspondence, March-April 1927

Folder 14: Correspondence, May-June 1927

Folder 15: Correspondence, July-October 1927

Folder 16: Correspondence, November-December 1927

Folder 17: Correspondence, January-March 1928

Folder 18: Correspondence, April-July 1928

Folder 19: Correspondence, August-December 1928

Folder 20: Correspondence, January-September 1929

Folder 21: Correspondence, October-December 1929

Folder 22: Correspondence, January-May 1930

Box 2

Folder 1: Correspondence, June-December 1930

Folder 2: Correspondence, January-May 1931

Folder 3: Correspondence, June-October 1931

Folder 4: Correspondence, November-December 1931

Folder 5: Correspondence, January-May 1932

Folder 6: Correspondence, June-December 1932

Folder 7: Correspondence, January-April 1933

Folder 8: Correspondence, May-September 1933

Folder 9: Correspondence, October 1933

Folder 10: Correspondence, November-December 1933

Folder 11: Correspondence - Century of Progress, 1933

Folder 12: Correspondence, January-March 1934

Folder 13: Correspondence, April-May 1934

Folder 14: Correspondence, June-October 1934

Folder 15: Correspondence, November-December 1934

Folder 16: Correspondence, January-March 1935

Folder 17: Correspondence, April-May 1935

Folder 18: Correspondence, June-July 1935

Folder 19: Correspondence, August-October 1935

Folder 20: Correspondence, November-December 1935

Folder 21: Correspondence, January-February 1936

Box 3

Folder 1: Correspondence, March-April 1936

Folder 2: Correspondence, May-June 1936

Folder 3: Correspondence, July-August 1936

Folder 4: Correspondence, September-October 1936

Folder 5: Correspondence, November-December 1936

Folder 6: Correspondence, January-March 1937

Folder 7: Correspondence, April-July 1937

Folder 8: Correspondence, August-December 1937

Folder 9: Correspondence, January-March 1938

Folder 10: Correspondence, April-July 1938

Folder 11: Correspondence, August-December 1938

Folder 12: Correspondence, January-April 1939

Folder 13: Correspondence, May-December 1939

Folder 14: Correspondence, January-June 1940

Folder 15: Correspondence, July-December 1940

Folder 16: Correspondence, 1941

Folder 17: Correspondence, 1942

Folder 18: Correspondence, 1943

Box 4

Folder 1: Correspondence, January-May 1944

Folder 2: Correspondence, June-December 1944

Folder 3: Correspondence, 1945

Folder 4: Correspondence, 1946

Folder 5: Correspondence, 1947

Folder 6: Correspondence, 1948

Folder 7: Correspondence, 1949-1950

Folder 8: Correspondence, 1951

Folder 9: Correspondence, 1962-1967

Folder 10: Correspondence regarding origins of pottery pieces, 1966-1989

Folder 11: Correspondence, 1970-1973

Series 2: Sales Records, 1912-1973

Box 4

Folder 12: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1922-1934

Folder 13: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1935-1937

Folder 14: Invoices, receipts and sales, January-May 1938

Folder 15: Invoices, receipts and sales, June-December 1938

Folder 16: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1939-1940

Folder 17: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1941-1942

Folder 18: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1943-1944

Folder 19: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1945-1951

Folder 20: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1952-1960

Box 5

Folder 1: Exhibits sent out, 1926-1930

Folder 2: Orders for trophies, 1927-1940

Folder 3: Christmas Gifts to Board Members, 1943-1948

Folder 4: Pottery sales and monthly sales reports (1912-1933); Panama Pacific Exposition list (1915)

Folder 5: Pottery sales and monthly sales reports, 1934-1939

Ledger 1: Pottery record book, #50 - #348, 1918-1923

Ledger 2: Pottery record book, #349 - #729, 1924-1927

Ledger 3: Pottery record book, #1 - #1300, 1927-1931

Ledger 4: Pottery record book, #1301 - #2099, 1931-1932

Ledger 5: Pottery record book, #2100 - #3294, 1930-1934

Box 6

Ledger 1: Pottery record book, #3295 - #5056, 1934-1937

Ledger 2: "Mr. Spencer" Record Book: #1 - #50, 1938-1939

Pottery made for Mr. Spencer was sold on commission throughout North Dakota, as well as neighboring states

Ledger 3: "Mr. Spencer" Record Book: #51 - #132, 1939-1942

Pottery made for Mr. Spencer was sold on commission throughout North Dakota, as well as neighboring states

Ledger 4: "Mr. Spencer" Record Book: #133 - #248, 1942-1948

Pottery made for Mr. Spencer was sold on commission throughout North Dakota, as well as neighboring states

Ledger 5: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #1 - #497, 1927-1929

Ledger 6: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #498 - #999, 1930-1937

Ledger 7: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #1000 - #1299, 1937-1939

Ledger 8: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #1300 - #1370, 1938

Ledger 9: Julia Mattson Record Book: #1 - #133, 1940-1942

Folder 1: Laura Taylor Record Book: #1 - #100, 1932-1933

Folder 2: Laura Taylor Record Book: #101 - #209, 1933

Box 7

Folder 1: Items

Ledger 1: Pottery Sales, 1926-1928

Ledger 2: Day Record Pottery Sales, 1926-1928

Folder 2: Items

Ledger 3: Cash Book, 1926-1930

Ledger 4: Pottery Sales, 1928-1930

Folder 3: Items

Ledger 5: Day Record Pottery Sales, 1927-1930

Ledger 6: Day Book, 1930-1932

Folder 4: Items

Ledger 7: Cash Sales, 1930-1935

Ledger 8: Pottery Sales, 1930-1932

Folder 5: Items

Ledger 9: Pottery Sold, 1932-1934

Ledger 10: Day Book, 1932-1934

Folder 6: Items

Ledger 11: Day Book, 1934-1935

Ledger 12: Pottery Records, 1934-1936

Folder 7: Items

Ledger 13: Day Book, 1935-1936

Ledger 14: Day Book, 1937-1938

Folder 8: Item

Ledger 15: Pottery Sales, 1937-1943

Folder 9: Items

Ledger 16: Pottery Sales, 1939-1943

Ledger 17: Pottery Sales, 1937-1941

Folder 10: Item

Ledger 18: Spencer Orders, 1938-1942

Pottery made for Spencer was sold on commission throughout North Dakota, as well as neighboring states

Folder 11: Items

Ledger 19: Pottery Sales, 1944-1949

Box 8

Folder 1: Items

Ledger 1: Sales Book, 1941-1948

Ledger 2: Cash Book, 1944-1950

Folder 2: Items

Ledger 3: Sales Book, 1948-1949

Ledger 4: Visitors, 1930-1941

Folder 3: Exhibit Books

Item 1: "Exhibit Book," 1929-1930 and undated

Item 2: "Exhibits Sent Out," 1925-1926

Item 3: "Shop Report," 1934

Item 4: "Shops," 1936-1938

Folder 4: Cash Data (Supplies and Equipment), 1930s

Folder 5: Miscellaneous Orders

Folder 6: Pottery Sales Fund, 1927-1933 and 1946-1973

Folder 7: Miscellaneous Pottery Sales

Item 1: Ledger Book, 1952-1965

Series 3: Glazes, 1913-1960

Box 8

Folder 8: Correspondence-Glazing

Folder 9: Inventory of Glaze Material (1922-1933) and Slip Cards (1924-1958)

Folder 10: Instructional Material

Folder 11: Book of Glazes, 1913-1917

Folder 12: Book of Glazes, 1917-1921

Folder 13: Glaze Records, 1922-1925

Folder 14: Glaze Records, 1926

Folder 15: Glaze Records, 1927-1928

Folder 16: Glaze Records, 1929-1930

Folder 17: Book of Glazes, 1934-1936

Box 9

Folder 1: Book of Glazes, 1921-1935

Folder 2: Glaze Records, 1932-1937

Folder 3: Glaze Records, 1938

Folder 4: Book of Glazes, 1936-1939

Folder 5: Glaze Records, 1939

Folder 6: Glaze Records, 1942-1944

Folder 7: Book of Glazes, 1960

Folder 8: "Old Record" Book of Glazes, 1914-1923

Folder 9: "Old Record" Book of Glazes, 1919-1923

Item 1: "Old Record" Book of Glazes, 1923-1934

Folder 10: Book of Glazes (3 ring binder), 1939-1949

Folder 11: Cost Data on Glazes

Folder 12: Glazes

Folder 13: Miscellaneous

Folder 14: "Glazes" 3 Ring Binder

Donated by Minnie Grantier, Mandan, North Dakota.  Her husband, Charles Grantier, was a designer of Dickota Pottery.

Series 4: Kiln Records, 1913-1952

Box 10

Folder 1: Tests, 1913-1916

Folder 2: Tests, 1936-1939

Folder 3: Tests, 1937

Folder 4: Kiln Records, 1927-1929

Folder 5: Kiln Records, 1932-1936

Folder 6: Kiln Records, 1934-1938

Folder 7: Kiln Records, 1938-1939

Folder 8: Kiln Records, 1942-1945

Folder 9: Kiln Records, 1946-1948

Folder 10: Kiln Records, 1947-1948

Folder 11: Kiln Records, 1948-1952

Series 5: Student Records, 1911-1961

Box 10

Folder 12: Professor Margaret Kelly Cable Class Records, 1911-1920

Folder 13: Professor Margaret Kelly Cable Class Records, 1920-1930

Folder 14: Professor Margaret Kelly Cable Class Records, 1930-1946

Folder 15: Professor Julia Mattson Class Records, 1945-1956

Folder 16: Professor Margaret Pachl Class Records, 1949-1961

Box 11

Folder 1: Class Records, 1945-1951

Folder 2: List of Special Ceramics Students, 1935-1952, undated

Series 6: Faculty Records, 1911-1950

Box 11

Folder 3: Budge, William E.

Item 1: "Fuller's Earth in the Pembina Mts," paper for the North Dakota Academy of Science

Item 2: "The Bentonites of North Dakota"

Item 3: "Ceramics in North Dakota," North Dakota Engineer, May 1936

Item 4: "Ceramics in North Dakota," North Dakota Engineer, May 1938

Folder 4: Cable, Margaret Kelly - Faculty Directory Cards

Folder 5: Cable, Margaret Kelly - Articles

Item 1: "The Development of Ceramic Work at the University of North Dakota," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1922

Item 2: "Pots and Pines, a Decorative Problem for the Artist Potter," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1925

Item 3: "Pottery from North Dakota Clays," UND Division of Mines Circular, 1926

Item 4: "Featuring North Dakota Industries: Advantage Being Taken at University of North Dakota of State's Remarkable Natural Resources," Great Northern Semaphore, 1927

Item 5: "Post-War Ceramic Opportunities in North Dakota," North Dakota Engineer, 1945

Folder 6: Cable, Margaret Kelly - "Instruction sheets for making and firing of simple unglazed primitive pottery suitable for rural schools, high schools, camp and club projects"

Folder 7: Hammers, Freida

Item 1: Faculty Directory Card

Item 2: "Bentonite in Ceramic Decoration," Abstract of Presentation at an Academy of Science meeting in Fargo, 1932

Folder 8: Mattson, Julia

Item 1: Faculty Directory Cards

Item 2: "Bentonite" handout for Building and Modeling course

Folder 9: Pachl, Margaret - Exhibition List, Carrington, North Dakota, 1950

Folder 10: Miscellaneous Biographical Data on Departmental Faculty

Folder 11: Class Handouts

Folder 12: Class Handout - "Handbuilding and Modeling - Beginners" (3 ring binder)

Donated by Jane Fredlund, daughter of Helen Fredlund, class of 1936

Folder 13: "Old Talks for Club Women"

"The contents of this package, listed below, is the property of the Ceramics Department, School of Mines, University of North Dakota. Kindly check carefully upon receipt and before sending on."

Photographs and hand-outs for public presentations by faculty

Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1927-1999

Box 11

Folder 14: "From North Dakota Clay" by M. Beatrice Johnstone, The Independent Woman, June 1927

Folder 15: "Nodak Clay Valuable for Pottery" by M. Beatrice Johnstone, UND Alumni Magazine, July 1927

Folder 16: "The Clay Resources of North Dakota" by William McKinney, 1952

Folder 17: "Clay Research at the University of North Dakota" by Oscar Manz, North Dakota Engineer, January 1954

Folder 18: "University of North Dakota Pottery" by Darlene Dommel, Spinning Wheel, June 1973

Folder 19: "North Dakota School of Mines," Kovel's Collector's Guide to American Art Pottery, 1974

Folder 20: University of North Dakota Pottery: the Cable Years by Margaret Libby Barr, Donald Miller, and Robert Barr, 1977

Folder 21: "Permanent Pottery Collection Enhanced by Donation of Early UND Pieces," UND Alumni Magazine, June 1984

Folder 22: "Prairie Pottery," Grand Forks Herald, May 21, 1999

Folder 23: "The Origin of Clay," 4th State Geological Survey Report by C.H. Clapp

Folder 24: American Ceramics Society (1917-1932); American Federation of Arts (1931-1932); American Art Week (1946-1947)

Folder 25: "Clay Testing Laboratory"

Folder 26: Pine Ridge

Folder 27: WPA

Box 12

Item 1: Glass Plate Negatives - "Coal Production"

Item 2: Glass Plate Negatives - "Mixed Cultural Glass Slides"

Item 3: Glass Plate Negatives - "Ceramics/Pottery Glass Slides. about 1926 or 1927"

Item 4: Note Cards Holder - "Pottery and Illustrative Material in Ceramic Dept."

Folder 1: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery Displays"

Folder 2: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery Displays"

Folder 3: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery with Margaret Cable"

Folder 4: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery Displays"

Box 13

Item 1: 3 ring binder of miscellaneous pottery shape and surface designs

Item 2: 3 ring binder of miscellaneous pottery shape and surface designs