Collection Overview
Title: John Burke Papers, 1906-1963
ID: OGLMC/001
Creator: Burke, John (1859-1937)
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet
Arrangement: The John Burke Papers are grouped into three series detailing biographical information, correspondence and research notes.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1952
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
Governor of North Dakota (1907-1913), United States Treasurer (1913-1921), North Dakota Supreme Court (1924-1937)
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The John Burke Papers are grouped into three series.
Series One consists of biographical materials, including typescript copy of articles regarding Burke published in various newspapers and magazines as well as a selection from Lewis Crawford's History of North Dakota. Also included are newspaper clippings, mementos and posthumous honors, including the launching of Liberty Ship "John Burke" in 1942 and the unveiling of a statue of Burke in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in 1963.
Series Two consists of Burke's correspondence and writings. Correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, is mostly complete for 1916, but is quite limited in other years. Also included is a file containing 125 letters of congratulation received by Burke upon his first election to the governorship in 1906, and correspondence with Usher Burdick from 1930-1932.
Series Three is comprised of research notes and correspondence by the Catholic Historical Society of St. Paul from a project conducted after Burke's death in May 1937. Correspondence files include numerous detailed personal reminiscences of Burke's life by friends and colleagues.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source:
Thomas Burke
Acquisition Method:
Donation
Related Publications:
Acceptance of the statue of John Burke presented by the State of North Dakota: proceedings in the Congress and in the Rotunda, United States Capitol, June 27, 1963. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963.
Preferred Citation:
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 August 2012.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Biographical Materials
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biography: Personal and family
- Folder 2: Biography: Public life
- Folder 3: Honors and mementos, 1912-1937
- Folder 4: Newspaper clippings following death in May 1937
- Folder 5: Posthumous honors, 1942, 1963
- Series 2: Correspondence and Writings
- Box 1
- Folder 6: Congratulatory letters received upon election as North Dakota governor, 1906
- Folder 7: Correspondence with Usher L. Burdick, 1930-1932
- Folder 8: Letters received by Burke, 1916-1936
- Folder 9: Carbons of outgoing correspondence, 1915-1937
- Folder 10: Text of speech delivered to National Credit Men's Association, 21 June 1918
- Folder 11: North Dakota Supreme Court Briefs, 1935, undated
- Series 3: Posthumous Biographical Research Project by the Catholic Historical Society of St. Paul, Minnesota
- Box 1
- Folder 12: Correspondence, Reverend James Connolly, 1937-1938
- Folder 13: Correspondence, Sister Helen Angela Hurley, 1937
- Folder 14: Research notes of Rev. Connolly and Sister Hurley, Part 1
- Folder 15: Research notes of Rev. Connolly and Sister Hurley, Part 2