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This Week in North Dakota History Collection, 1980-1981

Collection Overview

Title: This Week in North Dakota History Collection, 1980-1981

ID: OGLMC/747

Creator: Rylance, Dan

Extent: 0.75 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 03/00/1982

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains correspondence, financial records, and newspaper articles concerning a series of stories relating to North Dakota history, which were published in various state newspapers under the column heading "This Week in North Dakota History." The articles appeared weekly from December 1979 until November 1981 and were written by Dan Rylance and D. Jerome Tweton of the University of North Dakota. The North Dakota Committee for the Humanities and Public Issues funded the project.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Dan Rylance, Chester Fritz Library

Acquisition Method: Donation (82-969)

Related Materials: OGLMC 507: This Date in North Dakota History Collection

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). This Week in North Dakota History Collection. OGLMC 747, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in January 2020.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Newspaper ArticlesAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: March 2 - John Moses: Governor and SenatorAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: March 9 - 1941 Killer BlizzardAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: March 16 - Republican Organizing CommitteeAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: March 23 - Carl Ben EielsonAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: March 30 - Marquis de Mores and the Founding of MedoraAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: April 6 - Sitting Bull ControversyAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: April 13 - 1894 Railroad StrikeAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: April 20 - Louis B. Hanna: Congressman and SenatorAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: April 27 - Bismarck Tribune's Pulitzer PrizeAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: May 4 - Senator Asle J. GronnaAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: May 11 - Joseph Rollette, Jr.Add to your cart.
Folder 12: May 18 - Radio Arrives: WDAYAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: May 25 - William LemkeAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: June 1 - Northern Pacific Reaches the MissouriAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: June 8 - Theodore Roosevelt's 1884 Return to the BadlandsAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: June 15 - William Lemke and the Union PartyAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: June 22 - Alexander McKenzie: the BossAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: June 29 - 1889 Constitutional ConventionAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: July 6 - 121 Degree and Parity for FarmersAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: July 13 - William Langer and the Case of Four Governors in Seven MonthsAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: July 20 - Killdeer Mountain CampaignAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: July 27 - Pierre Bottineau: North Dakota's Daniel BooneAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: August 3 - Television Comes to North DakotaAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: August 10 - Reservation SystemAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: August 17 - Usher Burdick: Progressive RepublicanAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: August 24 - Fort AbercrombieAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: August 31 - Battle of Whitestone HillAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: September 7 - Telephone Arrives in North DakotaAdd to your cart.
Folder 29: September 14 - Chester FritzAdd to your cart.
Folder 30: September 21 - Great Bonanza FarmsAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: September 28 - Elizabeth Preston AndersonAdd to your cart.
Folder 32: October 5 - Hudson's Bay CompanyAdd to your cart.
Folder 33: October 12 - Lewis and Clark and SakakaweaAdd to your cart.
Folder 34: October 19 - Oil in North DakotaAdd to your cart.
Folder 35: October 26 - 1921 Recall ElectionAdd to your cart.
Folder 36: November 2 - 1944: the Defeat of Gerald P. NyeAdd to your cart.
Folder 37: November 9 - John M. Gillette: Sociologist and ReformerAdd to your cart.
Folder 38: November 16 - Edith Hoppe: a Victim of WW1 HysteriaAdd to your cart.
Folder 39: November 23 - Steamboating on the Upper MissouriAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: November 30 - North Dakota: a Land of AdjustmentAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: December 7 - Steamboating on the Red RiverAdd to your cart.
Folder 42: December 14 - James Grassick: Pioneer PhysicianAdd to your cart.
Folder 43: December 21 - Bishop John ShanleyAdd to your cart.
Folder 44: December 28 - New Year's Eve 1899Add to your cart.
Folder 45: January 4 - Traditions of the Small TownAdd to your cart.
Folder 46: January 11 - Legacy of the Country SchoolAdd to your cart.
Folder 47: January 18 - North Dakota in 1895: a Californian's View (Part 1)Add to your cart.
Folder 48: January 25 - North Dakota in 1895: a Californian's View (Part 1)Add to your cart.
Series 2: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Article Inventory, 1980-1981Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Correspondence, 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Budget, 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 52: PhotographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 1: Sakakawea StatueAdd to your cart.
Photograph 2: John McKay Threshing Company, Milton, North Dakota, 1898Add to your cart.
Photograph 3: Adams, North Dakota, Railroad DepotAdd to your cart.
Photograph 4: Anti-Labor Union ProtestAdd to your cart.
Photograph 5: Lois HudsonAdd to your cart.
Photograph 6: "Founders of State Fed" ? (from back of photograph)Add to your cart.
Photograph 7: Parshall School ChildrenAdd to your cart.
Photograph 8: Neil C. MacdonaldAdd to your cart.