Richard Beringer Papers, 1964-2002

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Scholarship, 1964-2002

The first series consists of materials related to the professional scholarship of Dr. Richard Beringer.

Sub-Series 1: Books and Monographs

Materials in this sub-series are arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 1

Folder 1: American National Biography: Oxford University Press, 1999

24 total volumes: Beringer wrote entries for "Alexander Robinson Boteler," "Williamson Simpson Oldham," "Winfield Scott," and "William Elliott Simms"

Folder 2: The Anatomy of the Confederate Congress: a Study of the Influences of Member Characteristics on Legislative Voting Behavior, 1861-1865. by Thomas Alexander and Richard Beringer. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1972.

Book Reviews

Folder 3: The Anatomy of the Confederate Congress: a Study of the Influences of Member Characteristics on Legislative Voting Behavior, 1861-1865. by Thomas Alexander and Richard Beringer. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1972.

Awards

Folder 4: Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.

4 volumes; Beringer wrote an entry for "Election of 1863"

Folder 5: Encyclopedia USA: the Encyclopedia of the United States of America Past and Present. Academic International Press, 1994.

Beringer wrote an entry for "Varina Banks Howell Davis (Wide of Jefferson Davis)"

Folder 6: Historical Analysis: Contemporary Approached to Clio's Craft. by Richard Beringer. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1978.

Folder 7: Historical Analysis: Contemporary Approached to Clio's Craft. by Richard Beringer. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1978.

Correspondence, 1978-1981

Folder 8: On the Road to Total War: the American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, 1861-1871. German Historical Institute, 1996.

Beringer wrote a chapter entitled "Confederate Identity and the Will to Fight"

Folder 9: Political Factionalism in the Confederate Congress. by Richard Beringer. Ph.D Dissertation, Northwestern University, 1966.

Folder 10: Why the South Lost the Civil War. by Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

Correspondence, 1979-1983

Folder 11: Why the South Lost the Civil War. by Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

Correspondence, 1984-1985

Folder 12: Why the South Lost the Civil War. by Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

Correspondence, 1986

Folder 13: Why the South Lost the Civil War. by Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

Correspondence, 1987-1992

Folder 14: Why the South Lost the Civil War. by Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

Book Reviews, 1986

Folder 15: Why the South Lost the Civil War. by Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

Book Reviews, 1987

Folder 16: Why the South Lost the Civil War. by Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

Book Reviews, 1988-1994

Sub-Series 2: Journal Articles

Materials in this sub-series are arranged chronologically.

Box 1

Folder 17: "A Profile of the Members of the Confederate Congress." Journal of Southern History, November 1967.

Folder 18: "The Unconscious 'Spirit of Party' in the Confederate Congress." Civil War History, December 1972

Folder 19: "'There is Too Much Talking': the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865." Dakota Quarterly, Spring 1975.

Folder 20: "Immigrant Interviews." News Network Exchange, 1978.

Folder 21: "Jefferson Davis's Pursuit of Ambition: the Attractive Features of Alternative Decisions." Civil War History, March 1992.

Folder 22: "State Rights, Northern Style: the Dilemma of Timothy O. Howe." Unpublished and Undated.

Box 2

Folder 1: Book Reviews Written by Beringer, 1964-1981

Folder 2: Book Reviews Written by Beringer, 1982-1988

Folder 3: Book Review Written by Beringer, "The Battle Cry of Freedom" by James McPherson. New York Review of Books. 1988.

Folder 4: Book Reviews Written by Beringer, 1989-1999

Sub-Series 3: Presentations

Materials in this sub-series are arranged chronologically.

Box 2

Folder 5: "Crisis and Change: the Case of the Confederate Congress." Missouri Valley History Conference. Omaha, Nebraska. March 1972

Folder 6: "Unconscious Party Building in the Confederate Congress." SHA, Miami. November 1972

Folder 7: "Annihilation vs. Exhaustion: the Failure of Confederate Strategy." Missouri Valley History Conference. 1975.

Folder 8: Civil War Music. Thursday Music Club, Grand Forks, February 1978, and Hunter Lecture, NDSU, Fargo, April 1978

Folder 9: "The Confederacy: Psychological Nationalism, with Limits," Roy Roberts Visiting Professor, University of Missouri, Kansas City. November 1978

Folder 10: "Psychological Adjustment to Defeat: Confederates Assess the Cause of the Civil War." American Historical Association. December 1979.

Folder 11: "Psychological Adjustment to Defeat: Some Confederate Ideas on the Cause and Result of the Civil War." Houston Civil War Round Table. January 1980.

Folder 12: "Understanding Jefferson Davis: the Quest for Recognition, Status, and Deference." Civil War Round Table of St. Louis and Kansas City. March 1981.

Folder 13: "North and South in National and International Perspectives." American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch. University of Oregon. August 1981.

Folder 14: "Jefferson Davis: the Formative Years." Northern Great Plains History Conference. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 1981.

Folder 15: "History and Film: FTE and the Box Office - the Civil War/Southern." Northern Great Plains History Conference. 1982.

Folder 16: "The Confederacy on the Couch: the Psychology and Religion of Defeat." Civil War Round Table, Kansas City. April 1983

Folder 17: "The Confederacy on the Couch: the Religion of Defeat." Civil War Round Table of St. Louis and Kansas City, September 1983; Phi Alpha Theta, April 1985; Atlanta Historical Society, November 1986

Folder 18: "Southern Secession, 1861." Commentary. Southern Historical Association, Charleston, South Carolina. November 1983.

Folder 19: "Antislavery Politics and Religion: the Liberty Party." Commentary. Missouri Valley History Conference. Omaha, Nebraska. March 1984

Folder 20: "The Myth of Confederate Nationalism." Northern Great Plains History Conference. Bismarck, North Dakota. September 1984

Folder 21: "American Military Traditions." Commentary. Northern Great Plains History Conference. October 1987

Folder 22: "The Confederacy on the Couch: the Civil War and the Religion of Defeat." UND Faculty Lecture, April 1988;  Hunter Lecture, NDSU, April 1988; Northland Community College, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, October 1988; University of Minnesota-Duluth, April 1989

Folder 23: "From Minie Balls to Micro Chips: Researching and Interpreting the First Minnesota Regiment with Computers." Commentary. Northern Great Plains History Conference. Eveleth, Minnesota. September 1988.

Folder 24: "Understanding Jefferson Davis: the Quest for Recognition, Status, and Deference." History Club Luncheon, University of Minnesota-Duluth. April 1989

Folder 25: "The Status of the DA Program in the University of North Dakota Department of History." The DA at the Crossroads: a National Conference on the Doctor of Arts Degree. Idaho State University. October 1989.

Folder 26: "Jefferson Davis and the Quest for Status." Civil War: Perspectives from 125 Years Conference. University of Arkansas. March 1990

Folder 27: "Jefferson Davis and the Attractive Features of Alternative Decisions." Social Science History Association. University of Minnesota. October 1990

Folder 28: "The Doctor of Arts." Commentary. Northern Great Plains History Conference. 1990

Folder 29: "Varina Davis: Nineteenth Century True Woman." Historical Association of Central Louisiana. March 1991

Folder 30: "Politics and Nationalism in the Confederacy." Commentary. Southern Historical Association. Fort Worth, Texas. November 1991

Folder 31: "Mrs. Jefferson Davis: Nineteenth Century True Woman." Franklin Club, Grand Forks. November 1992

Folder 32: "Grady McWhiney Roast." Southern Historical Association. Society of Civil War Historians. Orlando, Florida. November 1993.

Folder 33: Augsburg Brown Bag, Germany. September 1994

Folder 34: "Faculty Experience in Teaching Across Cultures." Northern Great Plains History Conference. Brandon, Manitoba. September 1995

Folder 35: "Why the South Won the Civil War." Phi Alpha Theta. April 1988.

Folder 36: "Books, Libraries, and Archives: the Challenge of Technology, or, Luddites Versus Nerds." Elwyn B. Robinson Lecture. UND. February 1999

Series 2: Teaching Materials, 1965-2002

This second series contains material from Dr. Beringer's classes, arranged in alphabetical order by course number.

Box 2

Folder 37: History 103: United States History to 1877, 1965-1981

Folder 38: History 103: United States History to 1877 Exams

Folder 39: History 104: United States History Since 1877, 1965-1988

Folder 40: History 104: United States History Since 1877 Exams

Box 3

Folder 1: History 210: United States Military History, 2002

Folder 2: History 240: the Historian's Craft, 1981-1998

Folder 3: History 300: the Civil War/South in Film, 1992

Folder 4: History 405: Age of Jefferson and Jackson, 1966-1998

Folder 5: History 406: U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877, 1966-1997

Folder 6: History 511: Research Seminar in American History, 1972-1993

Folder 7: History 593: Readings in Civil War and Reconstruction, 1971-1997

Folder 8: Course Materials for Augsburg, Germany, 1994

Series 3: Miscellaneous

This small series contains materials regarding Dr. Beringer's academic career at UND, as well as correspondence sent to and from members of Congress.

Box 3

Folder 9: UND Academic Supplements, 1970-1997

Folder 10: Correspondence with Members of Congress, 1976-1995