A.C. Townley Speeches and Related Materials, 1917-1959

Collection Overview

Title: A.C. Townley Speeches and Related Materials, 1917-1959

ID: OGLMC/502

Creator: Townley, A.C. (Arthur Charles) (1880-1959)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1978

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of copies of various speeches delivered by A. C. Townley, as well as newspaper and journal articles concerning Townley and the Nonpartisan League. The material dates from 1917-1959, and was used by Alice Poehls in her Master of Arts thesis, "An Analysis of Selected Speeches of A.C. Townley, 1915-1921." The thesis was completed at the University of North Dakota in December 1978.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additional material was donated by Robin Carter, Corpus Christi, Texas, on September 12, 2004 (Acc.#2004-2722).

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

Acquisition Source: Alice Poehls

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc. #78-536

Related Materials: A.C. Townley Papers, OGLMC 47

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). A.C. Townley Speeches and Related Materials. OGLMC 1572, 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 December 2013.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Speeches by Townley

Item 1: Jamestown, North Dakota: June 1917
Item 2: Opening of the Great Producers and Consumers' Conference at St. Paul, Minnesota: September 18, 1917
Item 3: Litchfield, Minnesota: October 9, 1917
Item 4: Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor at Buffalo, New York: November 16, 1917
Item 5: Blackfoot, Idaho: January 16, 1918
Item 6: Forman, North Dakota: May 28, 1919

Folder 2: Articles on Townley

Item 1: "North Dakota's Farmer Revolt," Literary Digest, January 20, 1917, pp. 115-116.
Item 2: "A. C. Townley, a Bankrupt," Litchfield Independent, October 10, 1917.
Item 3: "Townley as a Boy," North Dakota Leader, June 15, 1917.
Item 4: Richter, Dan F. Weed. An Exposition of Arthur C Townley, President of the Nonpartisan League: A Sower of Wind, A Reaper of Weeds. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Loyal Voters Association, 1919.
Item 5: Currie, Barton W. "A Great Upheaval: The Man Behind the Movement." The Country Gentleman [exact date unknown]
Item 6: McKaig. Ray. "The Nonpartisan Champion."
Item 7: "Townley Dies Political Exile." Minot Daily News, November 9, 1959, p. 1.
Item 8: "Townley Speaks." Minor Daily News, November 9, 1959. p. 11.
Item 9: "NPL Founder, 79, Victim of Car-Truck Collision In Ward."
Item 10: "Townley Once A Potent Factor in N. D. Politics."
Item 11: Remele, Larry. "Political Charisma in North Dakota." The Onlooker, December 23, 1976.

Folder 3: Articles on the Non-Partisan League

Item 1: Saloutos, Theodore. "The Rise of the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota, 1915-1972 Agricultural History. January 1946, pp.43-61.
Item 2: Davenport. Frederick V. "The Farmers' Revolution in North Dakota." The Outlook, October 11, 1916. pp.325-327.
Item 3: "In Cahoots With Socialists." Litchfield Independent, October 10, 1917.
Item 4: Currie, Baron W. "A Great Upheaval: The Cyclonic Development of the Farmers' Nonpartisan League and Its Broadening Sweep," The Country Gentleman, 82 (April 7, 1917): 675-676.
Item 5: Currie, Baron W. "A Great Upheaval: The War Crisis and the Farmers Nonpartisan League." The Country Gentleman [exact date unknown]
Item 6: Currie, Baron W. "A Great Upheaval: The Backsliding of Justice Robinson After His Election as the Farmers League Candidate." The Country Gentleman [exact dare unknown]
Item 7: Pickett, John E. "A Prairie Fire: The Nonpartisan League is Spreading Throughout the Old Great Plains Region." The Country Gentleman, 82 (May 18, 1918): 3-4.
Item 8: Pickett, John E. "A Prairie Fire: The Leagues' Seed-Bond Act Scares Timid Capital From North Dakota." The Country Gentleman, 83 (May 25, 1918): 13-15.
Item 9: Pickett, John E. "A Prairie Fire: The Loyalty of League Leaders is the issue in Minnesota." The Country Gentleman 83 (June 1, 1918): 13-14.
Item 10: Pickett, John E. "A Prairie Fire: Introducing J. D. Bacon of Grand Forks, Chief Opponent of the League." The Country Gentleman, 83 (June 8, 1913): 13-14
Item 11: Pickett, John E. "A Prairie Fire: Fanning the Nonpartisan League Flames in the Old Populist States." The Country Gentleman, 83 (June, 15, 1918): 13-14.
Item 12: Pickett, John E. "A Prairie Fire: Competing Farmers' Organizations Among the League's Most Powerful Opponents." The Country Gentleman 83 (June 22, 1918): 13-14.
Item 13: "Nonpartisan Organizers Trained To Be Scientific Salesmen." September 20, 1919 [from unknown newspaper]

Folder 4: Accounts and Review of Non-Partisan League Meetings

Item 1: Russell, Charles Edward. The Story of the Nonpartisan League. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1920.
Item 2: "President Townley Denies Reputed 'Treasonous Speeches' Delivered By Him At Recent League Meetings Before Monster Crowd Here Saturday." Jamestown Capital, June 15, 1917.
Item 3: "A Real Labor Day Meeting," North Dakota Leader, September 13, 1917.
Item 4: "Conference Ends in Cheers," North Dakota Leader, September 27, 1917.
Item 5: "Townley Meeting Frowned Upon," Litchfield Review, October 13, 1917.
Item 6: "Really Patriotic," Litchfield Independent, October 11, 1917.
Item 7: "The East Learns the Truth,"' North Dakota Leader, December 17, 1917.

Folder 5: Miscellaneous Materials

Item 1: Bibliography including citations on the Nonpartisan League
Item 2: Copy of Letter by A.C. Townley to Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor: April 13, 1917
Item 3: Copy of unsigned letter to Townley: April 13, 1917
Item 4: Interview by Alice Poehls With Ruthie Hennagir, Townley's niece: August 1978
Item 5: "The League Organization Work"
Item 6: Pamphlet on "Northern Lights"
Item 7: "Net Profits of American Industrial Corporations, "LaFollete's Magazine, August 1917

Folder 6: "Did Townley Have a Fair Trial?: A Straight Forward Statement Worth Considering", 1919

Statement read by Judge Ezra C. Dean at Townley's 1919 sedition trial in Jackson, Minnesota