Vernice Aldrich Papers, 1902-1959

Vernice Aldrich Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Vernice Aldrich Papers, 1902-1959

Predominant Dates:1923-1947

ID: OGLMC0027

Primary Creator: Aldrich, Vernice (1901-1959)

Extent: 2.5 Linear Feet

Subjects: Agriculture, University of North Dakota - Alumni, University of North Dakota - Wesley College, Women's History - Women's Organizations

Languages: English

Abstract

1901-1959; Editor, <cite>Wheat Grower,</cite> Wesley College Registrar

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Vernice Aldrich Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, programs, pamphlets, minutes, reports, articles, manuscripts, periodicals, newspaper clippings, and photographs, primarily dating from 1923 to 1947, and arranged chronologically.

General correspondence (1923-1947) concerns the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association and Wesley College, but also includes personal matters. Chi Omega correspondence (1922-1945) concerns the Psi Gamma Chapter of Chi Omega and includes Sigma Alpha Iota Yearbook, 1924-1926.

Army Air Force Program folders include syllabi and other materials pertaining to its Geography curriculum. Agricultural Bulletins and Reports (1920-1945) include: U.S. Department of Commerce publications (bulk from 1928); newspaper clippings from Wheat Grower; Pooling for Profits (North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, July 1928); Merchandise!: You, too, can solve your Marketing Problems by Commodity Cooperative Marketing (North Dakota – Montana Wheat Growers Association, Sept. 15, 1929); Cooperative Marketing (1920) by Aaron Sapiro; notes on Gov. Frank O. Lowden’s speech at Crookston, MN on Feb. 10, 1926.

Personal papers (1923-1959) include photographs and Christmas cards. Articles, manuscripts, and poetry by Vernice Aldrich (1926-1929) concern North Dakota history, agriculture, and cooperatives. Articles, manuscripts, and papers by others (1920-1923) include J. Elmer Switzer, The Geography of North Dakota (Ph.D. diss., Clark University, June 1923).

Brochures, booklets, and newspapers include: materials published by the National Geographic Society and various Protestant churches; a cloth map of the U.S. (1935); James Montgomery, Nothing but the Truth: A Comedy in Three Acts (New York: Samuel French, 1920). Isis E. Campbell’s folder contains his school papers and newspaper clippings. Other folders pertaining to U.N.D. and Wesley College include materials on Panhellenic, the Philymnian Club, and the University Club. Presidential Campaign and Inauguration Material (1928-1929) include pamphlets and flyers on the campaigns of Frank O. Lowden and Herbert Hoover, and press releases issued by Vernice, who covered the 1929 Washington, D.C. inauguration. The record, stock, ledger, and transfer book for the Aldrich Elevator Company (Kempton, N.D.) contains stock certificates and records (1902-1903).

Collection Historical Note

Born July 27, 1901 on a farm near Kempton, North Dakota, Vernice Aldrich was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Aldrich. Vernice’s parents farmed and owned the Aldrich Elevator Company in Kempton, where they were pioneers. Vernice attended Central High School in Grand Forks and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1923 with a B.A. in English. She earned an M.A. in Geography from U.N.D. in 1924, and a diploma in voice from Wesley College in 1935. While at U.N.D., she was affiliated with Chi Omega, a social sorority, and with the following academic societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Pi Zeta, and Mortar Board. From 1925 to 1930, she served as editor of Wheat Grower, the monthly periodical of the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association. In 1931 she became the registrar for Wesley College, and was a faculty member at U.N.D. during World War II. Vernice authored numerous articles about North Dakota politics, agriculture, and history. She was active in several Grand Forks clubs: Business and Professional Women’s Club, Quota Club, the Y.W.C.A., and the Thursday Music Club, for which she served as President. She was also active in local Democratic politics. She died in a Grand Forks hospital on January 25, 1959.

Subject/Index Terms

Agriculture
University of North Dakota - Alumni
University of North Dakota - Wesley College
Women's History - Women's Organizations

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

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

Acquisition Method: Donation; the acquisition records are unavailable.

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Vernice Aldrich Papers. OGLMC 27, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in January 2014.

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Folder 1: General Correspondence (July 21, 1923 – June 30, 1927). Bulk pertains to North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, includes issues of The Co-operator: Better Grain Marketing (Minneapolis, MN); February 1, 1926 (vol. 1: no. 25),April 1, 1926 (vol. 1: no. 28).
Folder 2: General Correspondence (June 30, 1927 – March 20, 1930). Includes materials from the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, December 6-11, 1929, and minutes from the Northwest Grain Association meeting, Grand Forks, March 20, 1930
Folder 3: General Correspondence (March 21, 1930 – December 31, 1930). Includes article written by Vernice, “The Co-operative Farmer and the Federal Farm Board” and a transcript of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, pertaining to “Investigates [sic] and Answers [to] Charges Made by F. W. Copeland and Associates” (Grand Forks, N.D., October 18-20, 1927)
Folder 4: General Correspondence (January 2, 1931 – January 30, 1935). Includes correspondence pertaining to Wesley College
Folder 5: General Correspondence (February 3, 1935 – March 15, 1938). Includes correspondence pertaining to Wesley College
Folder 6: General Correspondence (April 8, 1938 – March 20, 1940). Includes correspondence pertaining to Wesley College
Folder 7: General Correspondence (March 20, 1940 – November 3, 1941). Includes correspondence pertaining to Wesley College
Folder 8: General Correspondence (November 4, 1941 – April 23, 1947). Includes correspondence pertaining to Wesley College
Folder 9: Chi Omega Correspondence (1922-1932). Includes correspondence pertaining to the Psi Gamma Chapter of Chi Omega and the national organization, and Sigma Alpha Iota Yearbook, 1924-1926 (Ann Arbor Press).
Folder 10: Chi Omega Correspondence (1933-1937).
Folder 11: Chi Omega Correspondence (1938-1939).
Folder 12: Chi Omega Correspondence (1940-1945).
Folder 13: Chi Omega - financial records, bills, receipts, budgets, and plans (1922-1945). Folder partially removed to University Publications (September 25, 1981).
Folder 14: Chi Omega – By-laws, meetings, minutes, exams, alumni list. Folder partially removed to University Publications (September 25, 1981). Includes Chi Omega examinations (1932, 1938) and “By-Laws of the Gamma Psi House Association of the Chi Omega Fraternity.”
Folder 15: Army Air Forces Program at U.N.D. – Geography Correspondence(1942-1946).
Folder 16: Army Air Forces Program at U.N.D. – Syllabi and Geography Misc.(1942-1946).
Folder 17: Undated Correspondence.
Folder 18: Administrative Committee Minutes. Folder removed to University Publications (September 25, 1981).
Folder 19: Agricultural Bulletins and Reports (1921 – 1945). Bulk is Department of Commerce publications (1928). Also includes newspaper clippings from Wheat Grower (Grand Forks, N.D.), and copies of Pooling for Profits (North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, July 1928) and Merchandise!: You, too, can solve your Marketing Problem by Commodity Cooperative Marketing(North Dakota – Montana Wheat Growers Association, September 15, 1929).
Folder 20: Agricultural Bulletins and Reports (1920 – 1935). Includes Aaron Sapiro, Cooperative Marketing (1920) and “Notes on Governor Frank O. Lowden’s Speech at Crookston, Feb. 10, 1926.”

Box 2

Folder 1: Aldrich, Vernice. Personal and Miscellaneous (1923-1959). Includes photographs, Christmas cards, and obituary.
Folder 2: Articles, Manuscripts, and Poetry by Vernice Aldrich (1926-1929). Concerns North Dakota history, agriculture, and cooperatives.
Folder 3: Articles, Manuscripts, and Poetry by Vernice Aldrich (1926-1929). Concerns North Dakota history, agriculture, and cooperatives.
Folder 4: Articles, Manuscripts, and Papers by others (1920-1923). Includes J. Elmer Switzer, The Geography of North Dakota (Ph.D. diss., Clark University, June 1923), p. 1-101.
Folder 5: Articles, Manuscripts, and Papers by others (1923). Includes J. Elmer Switzer, The Geography of North Dakota (Ph.D. diss., Clark University, June 1923), p. 102-197.
Folder 6: Brochures, Booklets, and Newspapers. Includes materials published by the National Geographic Society and various Protestant churches; a cloth map of the U.S. (1935); James Montgomery, Nothing but the Truth: A Comedy in Three Acts (New York: Samuel French, 1920).
Folder 7: Isis E. Campbell (School work, 1943-1944); Newspaper Clippings.
Folder 8: Farmers & Mechanics Land Bank, Farm & Home Financial Records (1921-1947).
Folder 9: Government Statistics by Counties and States (1925-1928).
Folder 10: Mathematical Statistic Notebook Material, McNary-Haugen Bill Comment, Music Survey. Includes pamphlets and newspaper clipping relating to agriculture, primarily from 1927 North Dakota newspapers.
Folder 11: Panhellenic (1929); Philymnian Club of Wesley College (Voice Department members). Folder partially removed to University Publications (September 29, 1981).
Folder 12: Presidential Campaign and Inauguration Material (1928-1929). Includes campaign pamphlets, flyers, ribbons, etc. relating to presidential candidates Frank O. Lowden and Herbert Hoover. Inaugural materials include two press releases authored by Vernice, who attended the event in Washington, D.C. in February and March, 1929.
Folder 13: University Club (1943); University-Faculty Grades (1942-1945). Folder partially removed to University Publications (September 29, 1981).
Folder 14: University Miscellaneous (1924-1940). Folder partially removed to University Publications (September 29, 1981). Includes pamphlets and programs from U.N.D. events, and miscellaneous materials from other universities.
Folder 15: Wesley College (1929-1941); North Dakota Wheat Growers Association. Folder partially removed to University Publications (September 29, 1981). Includes programs and pamphlets from Wesley College, and Articles of Incorporation and Constitution and By-Laws of the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, Incorporated and Wheat Grower 8:3 (Grand Forks, N.D., October 1, 1930).
Folder 16: Record, Stock, Ledger, & transfer Book for Aldrich Elevator Company (1902-1903). Edgar M. Aldrich, Vernice’s father, was President of the Aldrich Elevator Company, located at Kempton, North Dakota.

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