Donald C. Macdonald Papers, 1892-1969

Collection Overview

Abstract

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Political Materials

This series contains materials relating to D.C. Macdonald's role in North Dakota politics.

Sub-Series A: Political Correspondence

Sub-Series A contains political correspondence from 1923 to 1966; when available it has been categorized by correspondent.

Box 1

Folder 1: January 12, 1952-November 10, 1966

Folder 2: January 8, 1949-July 20, 1951

Folder 3: January 6, 1945-April 14, 1948

Folder 4: January 4, 1944-December 4, 1944

Folder 5: October 6, 1942-August 31, 1943

Folder 6: January 5, 1942-September 21, 1942

Folder 7: January 16, 1941-November 16, 1941

Folder 8: January 5, 1940-December 16, 1940

Folder 9: January 26, 1939-December 30, 1939

Folder 10: January 18, 1938-December 21, 1938

Folder 11: September 11, 1936-October 22, 1936

Folder 12: March 31, 1935-August 22, 1936

Folder 13: May 2, 1933-November 23, 1934

Folder 14: January 26, 1924-April 24, 1933

Folder 15: Quentin N. Burdick, October 14, 1942-January 6, 1961

Folder 16: Lynn J. Frazier, February 4, 1939-February 1, 1941

Folder 17: Lynn J. Frazier, October 16, 1923-April 21, 1938

Folder 18: William Langer, April 1, 1955-August 31 1959

Folder 19: William Langer, June 30, 1941-August 26, 1954

Folder 20: William Langer, January 1, 1933-November 14, 1940

Folder 21: William Langer, May 2, 1932-December 20, 1932

Folder 22: William Lemke, July 29, 1932-December 26, 1945

Folder 23: Nonpartisan League, February 24, 1932-November 19, 1937

Folder 24: Gerald P. Nye, August 30, 1944-February 1, 1946

Folder 25: Gerald P. Nye, January 18, 1944-June 26, 1944

Folder 26: Gerald P. Nye, January 14, 1943-December 31, 1943

Folder 27: Gerald P. Nye, January 14, 1942-December 21, 1942

Folder 28: Gerald P. Nye, July 7, 1932-December 16, 1943

Folder 29: John Nystul, June 11, 1932-December 10, 1932

Folder 30: Republican Organizing Committee, August 2, 1944-June 8, 1952

Folder 31: Charles Robertson, April 4, 1940-October 21, 1942

Folder 32: James Sinclair, January 29, 1932-January 25, 1934

Folder 33: Milton R. Young, October 7, 1940-June 25, 1959

Folder 34: Political Correspondence, undated

Sub-Series B: Political Materials

Sub-Series B is comprised of miscellaneous political and campaign materials from 1932 to 1968.

Box 2

Folder 1: Name Lists, June 16, 1944-1964

Folder 2: Name Lists, 1938-1942

Folder 3: Name Lists, 1934-July 9, 1936

Folder 4: Name Lists, undated

Folder 5: Political material, November 15, 1947-1958

Folder 6: Political material, 1944-July 8, 1946

Folder 7: Political material, June 9, 1942-May 1943

Folder 8: Political material, February 18, 1941-October 27, 1941

Folder 9: Political material, February 7, 1939-November 30, 1940

Folder 10: Political material, February 15, 1936-November 8, 1938

Folder 11: Political material, March 15, 1933-November 15, 1934

Folder 12: Political material, undated

Folder 13: Political Campaign material, 1932-1938

Folder 14: Political Campaign material, 1940-1942

Folder 15: Political Campaign material, 1944-1946

Folder 16: Political Campaign material, 1948-1950

Folder 17: Political Campaign material, 1951-1952

Folder 18: Political Campaign material, 1958-1968

Folder 19: Miscellaneous material

Sub-Series C: Deputy Inspector's Reports and Correspondence

Sub-Series C contains correspondence, reports and miscellaneous material from D.C. Macdonald's role as Deputy Inspector for the Attorney General's office.

Box 3

Folder 1: Deputy Inspector correspondence, January 9, 1968-May 15, 1969

Folder 2: Deputy Inspector correspondence, January 7, 1966-December, 22, 1967

Folder 3: Deputy Inspector correspondence, January 26, 1965-December 12, 1965

Folder 4: Deputy Inspector correspondence, January 24, 1964-November 27, 1964

Folder 5: Deputy Inspector correspondence, January 7, 1963-December 10, 1963

Folder 6: Deputy Inspector correspondence, January 17, 1962-December 20, 1962

Folder 7: Deputy Inspector correspondence, January 21, 1961-December 7, 1961

Folder 8: Deputy Inspector correspondence, February 3, 1952-November 26, 1960

Folder 9: Deputy Inspector correspondence, March 6, 1956-December 30, 1957

Folder 10: Deputy Inspector correspondence, February 17, 1948-December 21, 1955

Folder 11: Deputy Inspector correspondence, March 15, 1933-May 1, 1936

Folder 12: Deputy Inspector correspondence, undated

Folder 13: Deputy Inspector lists, 1954-June 30, 1968

Folder 14: Deputy Inspector lists, undated

Folder 15: Licensing Dept. Inspector's Reports, January 2, 1965-December, 3, 1966

Folder 16: Licensing Dept. Inspector's Reports, February 9, 1957-December 19, 1964

Folder 17: Licensing Dept. Inspector's Reports, January 7, 1955-December 1, 1956

Folder 18: Licensing Dept. Inspector's Reports, January 3, 1953-December 31, 1954

Folder 19: Licensing Dept. Inspector's Reports, April 28, 1951-December 20, 1952

Folder 20: Licensing Dept. Inspector's Reports, undated

Folder 21: Licensing Dept. miscellaneous, November 12, 1964-May 14, 1969

Folder 22: Licensing Dept. miscellaneous, January 3, 1964-May 28, 1964

Folder 23: Licensing Dept. miscellaneous, 1948-February 11, 1964

Folder 24: Licensing Dept. miscellaneous, undated

Sub-Series D: America First Committee

Sub-Series D is comprised of material from the America First Committee around the beginning of World War II. Arranged in reverse chronological order within each sub-series, this series covers the years 1923-1969.

Box 4

Folder 1: America First Committee "Did You Hear" and "Did You Know," July 5-September 23, 1941

Folder 2: America First Committee "Did You Hear" and "Did You Know," October 13-November 7, 1941

Folder 3: America First Committee, correspondence Grand Forks Chapter, December 6, 1941-January 20, 1942

Folder 4: America First Committee, correspondence Grand Forks Chapter, April 19-July 28, 1941

Folder 5: America First Committee, Grand Forks Chapter, undated

Folder 6: America First Committee, List of members and contributors for North Dakota and Minnesota, September 2, 1941

Folder 7: America First Committee, reproductions of flyers and advertisements

Folder 8: List of Political expenditures including America First Committee, 1936-1944

Folder 9: Bulletins 14 - 97, January 21-March 5, 1941

Folder 10: Bulletins 104 - 196, March 5-April 14, 1941

Folder 11: Bulletins 202 - 249, April 16-May 9, 1941

Folder 12: Bulletins 250 - 296, May 12-June 5, 1941

Folder 13: Bulletins 301 - 349, June 7-23, 1941

Folder 14: Bulletins 353 - 399, June 24-July 8, 1941

Folder 15: Bulletins 400 - 449, July 9-30, 1941

Folder 16: Bulletins 450 - 499, July 30-August 18, 1941

Folder 17: Bulletins 501 - 549, August 19-September 1, 1941

Folder 18: Bulletins 551 - 598, September 11-October 4, 1941

Folder 19: Bulletins 600 - 649, October 4-22, 1941

Folder 20: Bulletins 650 - 700, October 23-December 4, 1941

Folder 21: America First Committee, National Office Material, January 5-June 23, 1941

Folder 22: America First Committee, National Office Material, July 12-September 15, 1941

Folder 23: America First Committee, National Office Material, October 6-December 1, 1941

Folder 24: America First Committee, National Office Material, undated

Folder 25: Newspaper articles, January-July 1942

Folder 26: Newspaper articles, September-December 1941

Folder 27: Newspaper articles, January-August 1941

Folder 28: Newspaper articles, 1936-40

Folder 29: Newspaper articles, undated

Series 2: Personal Materials

Series 2 contains materials relating to the personal lives and interests of D.C. Macdonald and his family. It has been further subdivided into three sub-series: personal correspondence, materials relating to Neil C. Macdonald, and items pertaining to D.C. Macdonald's interest in chess. Arranged in reverse chronological order within each sub-series, this series covers the years 1892-1969.

Sub-Series A: Personal Correspondence

Box 5

Folder 1: 1969

Folder 2: 1968

Folder 3: May-December 1967

Folder 4: January-March 1967

Folder 5: 1966

Folder 6: 1965

Folder 7: 1964

Folder 8: January 2-December 18, 1963

Folder 9: April 2-December 13, 1962

Folder 10: January 2-March 30, 1962

Folder 11: September 3, 1961-December 19, 1961

Folder 12: June 5-August 17, 1961

Folder 13: March 1-May 31, 1961

Folder 14: January 10-February 28, 1961

Folder 15: October 2-December 30, 1960

Folder 16: June 1-September 27, 1960

Folder 17: March 2-May 30, 1960

Folder 18: January 6-February 29, 1960

Folder 19: October 1, 1959-December 31, 1959

Folder 20: June 3, 1959-September 29, 1959

Folder 21: January 11-May 28, 1959

Folder 22: January 22-December 22, 1958

Folder 23: January 3-December 27, 1957

Folder 24: Undated

Box 6

Folder 1: October 4-December 30, 1956

Folder 2: May 1-September 6, 1956

Folder 3: March 3-April 28, 1956

Folder 4: January 2-February 27, 1956

Folder 5: July 5-December 31, 1955

Folder 6: January 4-June 27, 1955

Folder 7: January 3-December 1, 1954

Folder 8: February 18-December 31, 1953

Folder 9: April 6-December 31, 1952

Folder 10: January 1-March 25, 1952

Folder 11: August 2-December 28, 1951

Folder 12: January 3-July 31, 1951

Folder 13: 1950

Folder 14: January 3, 1946-September 26, 1949

Folder 15: April 29, 1943-September 24, 1945

Folder 16: January 28, 1941-December 18, 1942

Folder 17: May 9, 1932-December 7, 1939

Folder 18: 1910-December 31, 1939

Folder 19: 35 mm film on insurance

Box 7

Folder 1: Kathrine B. Tiffany, June 1942-April 1949

Folder 2: 1960-1969

Folder 3: 1954-1959

Folder 4: 1950-1953

Folder 5: 1940-1949

Folder 6: 1918-1939

Folder 7: Undated

Folder 8: Personal, medical, September 1941-April 1969

Folder 9: Financial matters, 1936-1942

Folder 10: Insurance and Business, 1940

Folder 11: Income Tax forms, 1945-1968

Folder 12: Rental Dispute, 1944-1952

Folder 13: United Press Stringer, 1938-1942

Folder 14: Xeroxed material

Folder 15: Macdonald family material, relating to Isabella Macdonald and her attempt to keep family farm in 1930s, 1917-1944

Folder 16: Macdonald family material, 1904-1967

Folder 17: Macdonald family material, miscellaneous

Folder 18: Daily Record Book, 1941-1943

Folder 19: Daily Record Book, 1939-1941

Folder 20: Daily Record Book, 1937-1939

Folder 21: Record Book, 1940s-1950s

Folder 22: Miscellaneous material

Folder 23: Family - miscellaneous

Folder 24: Miscellaneous

Sub-Series B: Neil C. Macdonald

Box 8

Folder 1: Correspondence and miscellaneous material, 1899-1926

Folder 2: Correspondence - W.H. Taft incident, 1921

Folder 3: Harvard College material, 1921

Folder 4: Miscellaneous receipts and teachers' contracts 1897-1899, 1904

Folder 5: Normal Exponent (Mayville, ND), undated

Folder 6: Public School Income, 1908 (missing July 2013 - cataloged?)

Folder 7: Rural Schools and Rural School Consolidation (missing July 2013 - cataloged?)

Folder 8: Record of vouchers approved, 1915-1919

Folder 9: Teacher's Register, Bruce School District, Cavalier County, 1911

Folder 10: Teacher's Register, Linden School District, Cavalier County, 1908-1911

Folder 11: Teacher's Register, Linden School District, Cavalier County, 1912-1914

Folder 12: Teacher's Register, Osnabrock School?, Cavalier County, 1909

Folder 13: Teacher's Register, Alma School District, Cavalier County, 1901-1902

Folder 14: Teacher's Register, Osnabrock and Easby School Districts, Cavalier County, 1899-1901

Folder 15: Oaths of applicants for liquor (for medicinal use), 1912

Folder 16: Material on D.W. Hines and Farmers R.R., 1892-1897

Sub-Series C: Chess Materials

Box 8

Folder 17: Correspondence, 1953-1957

Folder 18: Correspondence, 1950-1952

Folder 19: Correspondence, 1944-1949

Folder 20: Correspondence, undated

Folder 21: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 22: News clippings

Folder 23: Newsletters, publications

Folder 24: Chess Review, 1963

Folder 25: Image of D.C. Macdonald(?) for printing (metal on wood block)

Series 3: Business Materials

This series relates to D.C. Macdonald's career as an insurance agent. Notable items in this series pertain to policies he wrote with the North Dakota State Mill and Elevator, the Grand Forks County Municipal Employees, and Grand Forks Public School Teachers. This series covers the years 1920-1958.

Box 9

Folder 1: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1950-1958

Folder 2: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1945-1949

Folder 3: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1944

Folder 4: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1943

Folder 5: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1942

Folder 6: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1940-1941

Folder 7: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1939

Folder 8: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1938

Folder 9: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1930-1937

Folder 10: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1928-1929

Folder 11: Insurance Agent, correspondence, 1920-1927

Folder 12: Insurance Agent, miscellaneous correspondence, undated

Folder 13: State Mill and Elevator Business, 1930-1945

Folder 14: Insurance business, State Mill and Elevator, miscellaneous

Folder 15: Insurance policies, 1927-1941

Folder 16: Insurance Business, State Mill and Elevator, January 1940-August 1942 and 1955

Folder 17: Insurance Business, State Mill and Elevator, September 1939-December 1939

Folder 18: Insurance Business, State Mill and Elevator, January-August, 1939

Folder 19: Insurance Business, State Mill and Elevator, 1926-1938

Series 4: Newspaper Clippings

Series IV contains newspaper clippings collected by D.C. Macdonald. The clippings deal mainly with items relating to events in North Dakota and to the Macdonald family. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box 10

Folder 1: Anti-gambling laws, local news

Folder 2: Chess

Folder 3: City and state landmarks, UND news

Folder 4: Family, personal

Folder 5: Politics, abstract of votes, election tabulations

Folder 6: Politics, Burgum, Langer, Nye, Whalen

Folder 7: Politics, editorials

Folder 8: Miscellaneous

Series 5: Scrapbooks and Ledgers

The first scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, certificates, membership cards and correspondence regarding the life and premature death of Neil C. Macdonald. This scrapbook also has material regarding D.C. Macdonald's other siblings. It dates from 1896 to 1965.

Scrapbooks 2 and 4-7 are each quite similar in that there is no guiding organizational principle. Each contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, children's artwork and miscellaneous memorabilia. Topics include Macdonald family members, northeastern North Dakota, and local and national politics. Scrapbook Two contains a page of political buttons including presidential campaign buttons for Dwight D. Eisenhower, Wendell Willkie, and Franklin Roosevelt. Among other items, Scrapbook Four includes photographs of the 1947 Red River flood and also has several articles regarding the Vietnam War. Scrapbook seven has only five pages filled. The date of the materials in these five scrapbooks is from 1903 to 1969.

Scrapbook three contains only newspaper clippings, many of them letters to the editor concerning the Irish Home Rule initiative or the advent of the Nonpartisan League in the Grand Forks area. The letters to the editor were all written by or concern D.C. Macdonald and his brother Colin C. Macdonald. This scrapbook dates from 1918 to 1924, with one exception being an article from Bismarck's Leader dated March 4, 1954.

Ledgers one and two are family account books, dating from 1932 to 1955.  There are large chronological gaps in some places.

The scrapbooks and ledgers were placed on the shelves adjacent to the collection

Scrapbook 1: Neil C. Macdonald and the Macdonald family, 1896-1965

Scrapbook 2: Miscellaneous, 1904-1957

Scrapbook 3: D.C. and C.C. Macdonald newspaper clippings, 1918-1924, 1954

Scrapbook 4: Miscellaneous, 1911-1964

Scrapbook 5: Miscellaneous, 1908-1964

Scrapbook 6: Miscellaneous, 1914-1963

Scrapbook 7: Miscellaneous, 1903-1969

Ledger 1: Family ledgers, 1932-1943

Ledger 2: Family ledgers, 1940-1955