George Sinner Papers, 1967-1973, 1979

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: North Dakota Constitutional Convention, 1971-1972

The first series regards the 1971-1972 North Dakota Constitutional Convention and includes notes, journals, committee meeting minutes, article proposal files, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and resource materials published by the University of North Dakota Bureau of Government Affairs.

Box 1

Folder 1: Amendments proposed by and to the Legislative Function Committee

Folder 2: Proposed amendments to the new constitution (loose)

Folder 3: Proposed amendments to the new constitution (bound)

Folder 4: Minutes of various committee meetings

Folder 5: Memorandums (legislative-codes of ethics and function)

Folder 6: Final reports of various committees

Folder 7: Five copies of the Constitution for North Dakota as recommended by the convention

Folder 8: Proposals by the Style and Draft, Redraft Committee

Folder 9: Five status reports: Unicameral and Bicameral Alternatives; Action Taken with Respect to Rights Reserved in the People; Two North Dakota Constitutional Convention Status Reports

Folder 10: Reports of the Procedural Committee

Folder 11: News releases and newsletters to the delegates

Folder 12: Constitutional Convention calendars

Folder 13: Constitutional Convention Interim Report

Box 2

Folder 1: State of North Dakota Subject Index Report (pages 0004-0068)

Folder 2: Senate Bill Actions Report (pages 1-178)

Folder 3: House Bill Actions Report (pages 1-95)

Folder 4: House Bill Actions Report (pages 96-187)

Folder 5: Correspondence re: Constitutional Convention

Folder 6: Organizational Session Journal and Plenary Session Journal

Folder 7: Publication of the Bureau of Government Affairs, UND-Major Attempts at Constitutional Revision, 1960-70; Resource Publication "A" For the North Dakota Constitutional Convent ion

Folder 8: Publication of the Bureau of Government Affairs, UND-Resource Publication "B" For The North Dakota Constitutional Convention; Resource Publication "C", Convention Profile and Individual Biographies

Folder 9: Publication of the Bureau of Government Affairs, UND-Resource Publication "F" and "K" For the North Dakota Constitutional Convention

Folder 10: Miscellaneous (notes, news articles, pamphlets, etc.)

Series 2: North Dakota State Board of Higher Education

The second series consists of Sinner's files as a member of the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education. Arranged first are general correspondence files from 1967 to 1973.  Next are subject files, including reports from various state institutions of higher education, published articles, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials. The subject files are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Box 3

Folder 1: General Correspondence, 1967

Folder 2: General Correspondence, 1968

Folder 3: General Correspondence, 1969

Folder 4: General Correspondence, 1970

Folder 5: General Correspondence, 1971

Folder 6: General Correspondence, 1972-1973

Folder 7: Admissions Policy

Folder 8: Architecture

Folder 9: Calendar (Quarter vs Semester System)

Folder 10: Constitutions

Folder 11: Curriculum Committee Graduate Program

Folder 12: Engineering

Folder 13: Extension Service - NDSU

Folder 14: Facilities Commission

Folder 15: Faculty Rights

Folder 16: Fair Dismissal

Folder 17: Fees and Scholarships

Folder 18: Finance

Folder 19: Fringe Benefits

Folder 20: Graduate Committees

Box 4

Folder 1: Junior Colleges

Folder 2: Labor

Folder 3: Legislation

Folder 4: Master Plan

Folder 5: Minot Lab School

Folder 6: Minot Police Officers Training

Folder 7: New School

Folder 8: NDSU Buildings

Folder 9: NDSU Courses

Folder 10: Wheat Research

Folder 11: Physics

Folder 12: Policy

Folder 13: Population Balance Institute, NDSU

Folder 14: Presidential Candidates

Folder 15: Public Television

Folder 16: Regulations on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Due Process

Folder 17: Regulations on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Due Process

Folder 18: ROTC

Folder 19: Retirement Policy

Folder 20: Salaries and Budget

Folder 21: Salaries by Degree

Folder 22: Salaries by Rank

Folder 23: Speech Therapy

Folder 24: Student Publications

Box 5

Folder 1: Student Rights Policy

Folder 2: UND Goals and Achievements

Folder 3: UND Medical Center

Folder 4: UND Teacher Training Program

Folder 5: Valley City Buildings

Folder 6: Vocational Education

Folder 7: Wahpeton Buildings

Folder 8: Wahpeton Courses

Folder 9: Washington

Series 3: Biographical

Box 5

Folder 10: "George Sinner: Casselton Farmer is Spokesman for Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers," Howard Binford's Guide, April 1979, pp. 29-31, 33-34, 38-41, 62