Orin G. Libby Papers

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Series 1: Correspondence

The first series consists of correspondence.

Sub-Series 1: Orin G. Libby

The first sub-series contains the personal correspondence of Orin G. Libby.  This includes both professional and personal letters.  Of particular interest are the letters in Box 9, which outline the grievances between Libby and UND President Thomas Kane.

Box 1

Folder 1: General Correspondence, 1894-1908

Folder 2: General Correspondence, 1913-1923

Folder 3: General Correspondence, 1924-1927

Folder 4: General Correspondence, 1928-1930

Folder 5: General Correspondence, 1931-1936.

Folder 6: General Correspondence, 1937-1939

Folder 7: General Correspondence, 1940-1941

Folder 8: General Correspondence, 1942-1946

Folder 9: Correspondence, Works Progress Administration, 1933-1935

Box 6

Folder 20: General Correspondence:

Item 1: Woodrow Wilson to Libby, Feb. 18, 1901 - requests permission to use Libby’s map in his book. A copy of Libby’s response is included.

Item 2: Letter of Introduction: Frederick Jackson Turner, March 27, 1894

Item 3: Letter of Introduction: Frederick C. Hicks, January 14, 1895

Item 4: Letter of Introduction: Charles H. Haskins, March 31, 1894

Item 5: Letter of Introduction: William A. Scott, April 9, 1894

Item 6: Letter of Introduction: Winslow Warren, 1899

Item 7: Letter of Introduction: John Hay, 1899

Item 8: Letter of Introduction: George P. Britt, 1899

Folder 23: Correspondence, UND, 1910-1919

Folder 24: Correspondence, Verendrye Journal, 1913-1941

Box 7

Folder 1: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, April 1895

Folder 2: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, January-February 1896

Folder 3: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, March-April 1896

Folder 4: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, May-December 1896; from Eva, April 1896

Folder 5: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, January-June 1897

Folder 6: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, July-December 1897

Folder 7: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, January-May 1898

Folder 8: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, June-December 1898

Folder 9: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, January-May 1899

Folder 10: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, June-December 1899

Folder 11: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, January-May 1900

Folder 12: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, June-September 1900; Wedding Invitation, September 12, 1900

Folder 13: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, May-August 1901

Folder 14: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, 1902

Folder 15: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, 1903

Folder 16: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, June-August 1904

Folder 17: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, September-November 1904

Folder 18: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, 1905-1906

Folder 19: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, 1907-1908

Folder 20: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, 1909

Folder 21: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, 1910-1916

Folder 22: Correspondence from Eva Cory Libby, 1895-1908

Folder 23: Correspondence from Eva Cory Libby, 1920

Folder 24: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby, 1892-1950

Folder 28: Correspondence to Orin G. Libby from Dr. Charles T. Cory, 1896

Folder 29: Correspondence to Orin G. Libby from Jessie (Libby) Parslow (Orin's sister), 1903, 1932-1933

Folder 30: General Correspondence to Orin G. Libby, 1886-1899

Folder 31: General Correspondence to Orin G. Libby, 1901-1921

Folder 32: General Correspondence to Orin G. Libby, 1933-1952

Folder 33: Letters of Recommendation and School Contracts for Orin Libby, 1884-1899

Folder 34: Letters for Job Applications, Certificates, and Appointment letters to UND, 1887-1913

Folder 35: Applications for Curator of Exposition Museum of Los Angeles, 1920

Folder 36: Controversy with UND President Thomas Kane, 1920

Folder 37: Correspondence, Rental and Disposal of Asa Libby’s Home, New Richmond, Wisconsin, 1901-1914

Folder 38: Correspondence and Financial Records, Asa Libby Estate and Home, New Richmond, Wisconsin, 1888-1904

Folder 39: Correspondence, Land owned by Orin G. and William S. Libby, River Falls, Wisconsin (Asa Libby Estate), 1903-1911

Folder 40: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Financial Records for Orin G. Libby, 1885-1953

Folder 41: Correspondence, Reminiscences of Charles Libby to Margaret Libby Barr regarding Orin G. Libby, 1985

Box 9

Folder 17: Orin G. Libby to Asa Libby, 1888-1900

Folder 18: Asa Libby to Orin G. Libby, 1889-1900

Folder 36: General Correspondence, 1915

Folder 37: General Correspondence, 1917

Folder 38: General Correspondence. 1918

Folder 39: General Correspondence, 1919

Folder 40: General Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1920

Folder 41: General Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1921

Folder 42: General Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1922

Folder 43: General Correspondence, 1923

Folder 44: General Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1924

Folder 45: General Correspondence, 1930

Sub-Series 2: Others

The second sub-series contains the correspondence of other Libby family members besides Orin G. Libby.

Box 7

Folder 25: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby from Dr. Charles Cory (her father), 1897-1921

Folder 26: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby from Harry and Bonnie Cory (Eva's brother), 1927-1932

Folder 27: Correspondence to Eva Cory Libby regarding Indian Head Coal Co., Harriman, Tennessee, 1935-1936

Box 9

Folder 4: Correspondence, Asa Libby, 1849-1894

Folder 5: Correspondence, Asa Libby and Mary Webster Libby, 1850s

Folder 6: Correspondence, To Mary Webster Libby from Webster and Libby families in Maine, 1855-1862

Folder 8: Correspondence, Charles Libby to Asa Libby, Asa’s brother, and legal papers, 1864-1885

Folder 9: Correspondence, Lyman Libby to Asa Libby, Asa’s brother, 1837-1888

Folder 10: Correspondence, Warren Libby to Asa Libby, Asa’s brother,1853-1899

Folder 11: Correspondence, Charles Libby to Asa Libby, Father, 1889-1898

Folder 12: Correspondence, Julia Libby to Asa Libby, Father, 1872-1875; Edith Libby to Asa Libby, Father, 1894

Folder 13: Correspondence, Lillian Libby to Asa Libby, Father, 1873- 1874

Folder 14: Correspondence, Lillian Libby, 1863-1872 and Teaching Certificates, 1869-1870

Folder 19: William S. Libby to: Asa Libby (Father) 1888-1901; to Orin G. Libby (Brother) 1894; to Eva Libby (Sister in Law) 1920

Folder 23: Julia Barrows Tidd Libby to Asa Libby (Husband) and to Children, 1867

Folder 24: To Julia Barrows Tidd Libby from Family in Massachusetts, 1862-1867

Folder 25: To Julia Barrows Tidd Libby from Elizabeth Tidd, 1867-1869

Folder 26: To Julia Barrows Tidd Libby from Herbert Barrows (Brother), 1868-1870

Folder 27: To Julia Barrows Tidd Libby from Amanda Tidd Potter (Niece), 1862-1877

Folder 29: Solomon Tidd, 1863-1890

Folder 31: Miscellaneous Family Correspondence

Series 2: Diaries

The second series consists of diaries, mainly those kept by Orin G. Libby.

Sub-Series 1: Orin G. Libby

This sub-series consists of diaries kept by Orin G. Libby from 1880 to 1884 and 1929 to 1945.

Box 7

Folder 42: 1880

Folder 43: 1881

Box 8

Folder 1: 1882-1884

Folder 2: 1929-1930

Folder 3: 1931-July 13, 1933

Folder 4: July 14, 1933-May 15, 1935

Folder 5: May 16, 1935-April 14, 1937

Folder 6: April 20, 1937-November 17, 1938

Folder 7: November 18, 1938-August 23, 1940

Folder 8: August 24, 1940-September 29, 1942

Folder 9: September 30, 1942-October 18, 1945

Folder 10: Travel Journal, 1920 and 1925

Sub-Series 2: Others

This second sub-series contains a diary written by someone with the first name of Lillian, plus one written by Orin Libby's sister, Lottie.

Box 9

Folder 15: Lillian (?), 1881-1882 (Age 17); 1884-1887

Folder 16: Lottie Libby, Asa’s Daughter, Hillside School, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1888-1889

Series 3: Research Materials

This series contains materials including the text of Libby's lecture notes and outlines, notes taken by Libby and used for both his research and lectures, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, government publications, and statistical information. Also included is the text of several speeches delivered by and articles written by Libby.

Box 1

Folder 11: Tolstoi’s Power of Darkness trans. by John Bille

Folder 12: Biographical material on Gilbert A. Pierce

Folder 13: Miscellaneous Notes and Articles written by Orin G. Libby

Box 2

Folder 1: American Revolution (Steps leading to); William Pitt on American Resistance, 1776-1777; Tories in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia

Folder 2: Loyalists; Massachusetts Wigs; Votes in Massachusetts Courts, 1777-1778 (Federal and Anti-Federal Tories), 1780 (votes by Tories-Federal), 1776-1778 (Tories), 1780 (Vote by Tories); Town Votes and Objectives (Massachusetts Constitution of 1780)

Folder 3: Massachusetts State Convention, 1780 (General Discussion); Massachusetts Constitution, 1780; Plans for Government, 1774-1787 (Summary of Constitutions, Galloway, Paine, Articles of Constitution); Plans for Government - Colonial Union previous to 1774; Colonial Plans of Union, 1774-l787 (Independent of Great Britain, Paine); Colonial Plans of Union (with Great Britain); Plans of Colonial Union, l774-1787 (Ogden); American Revolution (Economic and Political Causes); American Revolution Parties; American Revolution Leaders; American Revolution Course of Campaigns, Battles, etc; Federal Convention (Length of speeches, counties represented); Federal Constitution (Elliott's Debate); Virginia paper money, 1781-1787; Proportion of Speakers to Voters in State Convention, 1787-1789; Federal Constitution - arguments in State Convention

Folder 4: Shay’s Rebellion.

Folder 5: Paper Money (Massachusetts towns - acts, resolutions, conventions, etc.); Maryland and Federal Constitution; WH and paper money, 1785-1788; paper money (New Hampshire, Misc.); paper money (New Hampshire - Shay’s rebellion); paper money, 1885-1888 (Rhode Island); Com. Valley and Federal Constitution, 1778-1780; Com. Valley and Federal Constitution

Folder 6: Maine and the Federal Constitution, 1787-1788; Massachusetts and the Federal Constitution, 1787-1788; Massachusetts and the Federal Constitution, 1788 (instruction to the delegates); Massachusetts and the Federal Constitution, 1787- 1788 (causes of vote); Mistakes in Elliott account of Convention Vote (Massachusetts, 1787-1788); Massachusetts Constitution, 1788 (Federal Convention Delegates - by Tories and votes of each); New Hampshire and Federal Constitution, 1787-1788

Folder 7: Federal Constitution, 1787-1788: New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, Delaware, New York

Folder 8: Federal Constitution: New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina; Delaware and paper money 1786-1788

Folder 9: Federal Constitution, 1788-1789: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia; Paper Money, 1785-1788: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

Folder 10: A Federal Constitution Catalog; Paper Money, 1785-1789: Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia; Popular Votes on Federal Constitution; Paper Money in the American Colonies 1784-1788; Federal Constitution - Miscellaneous 1787-1788; Georgia and Federal Constitution; First Map on Federal Constitution made in 1892-1893; Ohio - Action of Legislature 1816-1823 (U.S. Banks)

Folder 11: Action of State Legislatures, 1808-1837: Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia; Congressional Studies, 1834-1882

Folder 12: Action of Pennsylvania State Legislature, 1824-1837 (Jackson Administration, Tariff); Action of New York l824-1837 (Jackson Administration, U.S. Bank, Tariff, Slavery); Action of Delaware 1824-1837; Action of New Jersey, 1824- 1837 (Jackson Administration, U.S. Bank, Internal Improvement, Repudiation State debts); Kentucky Relief Legislation, 1822-1826; Action of South Carolina Legislature, 1851; Action of Indiana, 1846-1859; Action of Indiana (Misc.); Action of Texas, 1895

Folder 13: State Civil List of Virginia, 1786-1841; Pennsylvania Legislature State Civil List 1775-1787; New Jersey Legislature State Civil List, 1828-1840; Mississippi Legislature State Civil List, l840 (Lower House); Maryland Legislature State Civil List, 1784-1838; Kentucky Legislature State Civil List, 1807-1840 (Lower House); Foreign Immigration (Misc.) 1820-1840; Germans in Ohio, 1833; Foreign Emigration into Virginia and Maryland, 1833; U. S. Westward Emigration (Misc.), 1828

Folder 14: “G” Catalogue (Addresses and Lectures by Orin G. Libby); Speeches and Addresses (Reconstruction Conference October 23- 25, 1919, Council and Committee Action); Maps and Composite Notes, 1798-1817; Presidential Election Maps, 1836-1924; Large Wall Maps, 1842-1886; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Transitional Periods in U. S. History (Political Parties)

Folder 15: Theoder Mammsen (Sketch and Critical Review); Abraham Lincoln (Discussion of Speeches and records); Andrew Jackson and the Hermitage

Folder 16: Definition of History; Teaching History; University of Wisconsin - Hoover Thesis, 1892; Historical Pageantry; Review of Hinsdalis American Government; Rise of Federal Party in Massachusetts; Progressive Achievement of American Democracy; Economic Studies in Early Massachusetts History; Alexander Hamilton - Policies and Measures

Folder 17: Myths of American Indians; Some Unworked Fields in Mississippi Valley History; The Pilgrims in the New World; North Dakota History; Verendyre; Our First Native Born American Explorer; Our New Northwest; Cooperative Thesis Work; European Literature - Shakespeare as an Interpreter of History

Folder 18: Kipling as a short story Artist; Pageants and Pageantry; Address at Tower Hill, Wisconsin, 1901; Address at Tower Hill, 1902; Commencement Address, Hillside Home School, June 1896

Folder 19: Address for Cook County Teachers Association, March 10, 1900; Address for the Dedication of New Auditorium, Valley City State Normal School, April 17, 1908; Scholarship and Politics - How to utilize the resident college alumni in North Dakota; Our Heritage, What Shall We Do With It? (Commencement Address, Bathgate May 28, 1908); War Commencement Addresses; Thanksgiving Celebrations (Franklin Club Paper); Our Federal Indian Policy; Indian Music; Old English Family History

Box 3

Folder 1: Shakespeare as an interpreter of History; George Washington Pageant; George Washington Pageant 1832

Folder 2: Washington Pageant 1932; Jefferson Pageant; Misc. Addresses - 1935-1937.

Folder 3: Miscellaneous Addresses; Addresses before the Illinois State Audubon Society; Credibility of Early Roman History; Nocturnal Migration.

Folder 4: Nocturnal Flight of Birds (1899); Gordan's History of American Revolution; Graduate Work - General Discussion; Gordan’s History of American Revolution (Graduate Work).

Folder 5: Graduate Work - Greek Mercenary Soldiers.

Folder 6: Miscellaneous Speeches

Folder 7: Miscellaneous Speeches

Folder 8: Catalogues - House of Representatives; Congress Votes, House of Representatives by District 1801-1803; Congress Civil List - Congressional District: 36th Congress (1859-1861), 37th Congress (1861-1863), 38th Congress (1863-1865), 39th Congress, 1865-1867.

Folder 9: State Congressional Civil Lists, all House of Representatives: Massachusetts, 1789-1841; Maine, 1788-1863; Vermont, 1797-1841; New Jersey, 1801; New York, 1789; Pennsylvania, 1794-1841; Kentucky, 1801-1841; Alabama; Louisiana; Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina.

Folder 10: State Congressional Civil Lists: Tennessee (House of Representatives); Virginia; Indiana; Ohio; Miscellaneous; Congressional Civil List - House of Representatives, 1789-1799.

Folder 11: Congressional Civil List - House of Representatives: 1799-1808; 1805-1817; 1817-1829.

Folder 12: Congressional Civil List - House of Representatives: 1817-1829; 1829-1837.

Folder 13: Congressional Civil List - House of Representatives: 1829-1837; 1837-1845.

Folder 14: Congressional Civil List - House of Representatives: 1837-1845; Politics of Congress, House of Representatives, 1789-1873: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont

Folder 15: State Congressional Districts, 1789-1841: Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia; United States House of Representatives, yeas and nays: 1st Congress (1789-1791), 2nd Congress (1791- 1793), 3rd Congress (1793-1795), 4th Congress (1795-1797), 5th Congress (1797-1799).

Folder 16: United States House of Representatives, yeas and nays: 6th Congress (1799- 1801), 7th Congress (1801-1803), 8th Congress (1803-1805), 9th Congress (1805-1807), 10th Congress (1807-1809), 11th Congress (1809-1811), 12th Congress (1811-1813), 13th Congress (1813-1815), 14th Congress (1815-1817), 16th Congress (1819-1821)

Folder 17: United States House of Representatives, yeas and nays: 17th Congress (1821- 1823), 18th Congress (1823-1825), 20th Congress (1827-1829), 21st Congress (1829-1831), 22nd Congress (1831-1833), 23rd Congress (1833-1835), 25th Congress (1837-1839), 26th Congress (1839-1841).

Folder 18: United States House of Representatives, yeas and nays: 27th Congress, (1841- 1843), 28th Congress (1843-1845); Congressional vote on Silver 53 Congress, 1893; Assumption of State Debts and Location of Federal Capitol, 1789-1791; Votes analyzed by districts; Action of 1st Congress - vote by districts, 1789-1791.

Box 4

Folder 1: History of the Northwest (Misc. French Explorations); Summary of Votes, 1st- 8th, 12th Congress; Congressional Votes, House of Representatives, War of 1812; Votes of House, Tariff, National Bank, Internal Improvement, 14th Congress; House of Representatives Congressional Vote, 1823-1825,18th Congress.

Folder 2: Taxes of 1794; Federal House of Representatives 3rd Congress; Vote on Cumberland Road, House of Representatives, 23rd Congress; Questions on Army and Navy, 1st-5th Congress, 1789-1799; Foreign Relations, 2nd - 5th Congress, 1791-1799; Slavery in Congress, 1789-1805; Congressional votes, 25th Congress (1837-1839), 23rd Congress (1833-1835), 20th Congress, (1827-1829).

Folder 3: Votes in the House of Representatives: Taxes of 6th Congress (1797-1799), Internal Improvements (15th Congress), District of Surplus (23rd Congress), National Bank (13th Congress), Mission of Arkansas Territory (15th Congress), Panama Mission (19th Congress), Impeachment of Judge Chase, Economic Analysis (1815-1837); Assumption of State Debts and Location of Federal Capital: House of Representatives, Maclay’s Journal, Opinions of Jefferson, Rufus King, Fisher Ames.

Folder 4: Parties and Issues in House of Representatives, 1789-1799; Distribution of Surplus among the States; Debate in Congress: National Bank (1811, 1816, 1832), Removal and Restoration of Deposits, Alien and Sedition Laws, Louisiana Purchase (1803-1812), Admission of Louisiana (1812), Embargo.

Folder 5: Debate in Congress: Declaration of War of 1812, Internal Improvements (1817, 1824), Buffalo and New Orleans Road, Maysville Road, Cumberland Road, Force Bill (1833), Tariff (1820, 1824, 1828, 1832), Distribution of Land Sales (1832-33, 1835-36), Missouri Compromise, Slavery in Congress (1789-1797).

Folder 6: Debate in Congress: Slavery in Congress (1798-1808), Missouri Compromise (1819-1821).

Folder 7: Debate in Congress: Missouri Compromise (1819-1821), Right of Petition, Incendiary Publications, Slavery in Congress, Independence and Admission of Texas, Fugitive Slaves.

Folder 8: Debate in Congress: Slavery - Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Kansas and Nebraska Bill, Impeachment of Chase, Judiciary Act (1801) and Repeal (1802), Jay's Treaty, Excise Taxation, Panama Congress; Proportion of Speeches to Votes in Congress; Silent Majorities in House of Representatives; Harrison Letters, 1800-1811.

Folder 9: Suffrage Conditions, 1824; Massachusetts Elections, 1790; Pennsylvania State Elections, 1789-1799; Virginia Presidential Election, 1800; Gov. Election of Massachusetts, 1800, 1808, 1812, 1830; Maine Gubernatorial Election, 1800; Connecticut Gubernatorial Election, 1812; Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election, 1812 (War and Peace Parties); Kentucky State Elections, 1895; State Election, War of 1812; Ohio State Election, 1816-1823; Connecticut State Election, 1834; Jackson Movement, 1824-1837; Massachusetts State Election, l838-l845; State Elections, Jackson Movement, 1824-1845: Maine, Rhode Island, New York, Kentucky, North Carolina; Tennessee Gubernatorial Election, 1824-1837; Ohio State Election, 1824-1837 and 1838-1845; Ohio State Gubernatorial Election, 1834; New Jersey State Elections, 1824-1837; Ohio State Election, 1832; New Hampshire State Election, 1824-1837; Maryland State Election, 1824-1837 and 1838-1845; Mississippi Gubernatorial Election, 1838-1845; Tennessee Gubernatorial Election, 1838-1845; Mississippi Gubernatorial Election (Repudiation), 1852; State Election, Cass County, North Dakota 1896-1900, 1902.

Folder 10: Federal Elections; Pennsylvania Presidential Election, 1796, 1804, 1808, 1812, 1816; Massachusetts Federal Election to House of Representatives, 1759-1799; Pennsylvania Federal Election to House of Representatives, 1759-1799; Maryland Federal Election to House of Representatives, 1789-1799; Presidential Election of 1890; Jefferson as President, 1800; Massachusetts Gubernatorial and Presidential Election, 1800-1804; New York Federal Elections, 1800-1807; Maine Federal Elections, 1808-1823; Massachusetts Federal Election, 1808-1815; New York Federal Presidential Election, 1816; Indiana-Jackson Movement-Federal Election, 1824-1837, 1838-1845; Delaware Federal Election, 1824-1837, 1838-1845; Delaware State Election, 1824-1837, 1838-1845; Andrew Jackson Presidential Elections, 1824 and 1828; Presidential Elections, 1832; Connecticut-Jackson Movement- Federal and State Elections, 1824-1837.

Folder 11: State Presidential and Federal Elections, 1824-1837: Maine (1838-1845 as well), Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New York Pennsylvania, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio.

Folder 12: Illinois-Jackson Movement-Presidential and State Elections, 1824-1845; Georgia Federal Election to the House of Representatives; Greenback Vote in Presidential Elections: 1876, 1880, 1884; Populist Vote in Presidential Elections, 1892-1896.

Folder 13: Populist Vote for Presidentia1 Elections, l892-1896; Economic Analysis of Populist Vote in Presidential Election, 1892.

Folder 14: State Elections; New Jersey Valuation, 1809, 1822; New Hampshire: Tax, Valuation, and Population: 1800, 1808; Ohio County Tax Lists; Maine County Valuations: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1829; New York County Valuations; Conference Convention, 1861; Crops and farm values; Maine Valuations 1786, 1791; U.S. Census, 1810; Contested Election Case, 1856.

Folder 15: Massachusetts Valuation by Towns of Real and Personal Estate 1831; U.S. Census, 1840; Loria-Economic Basis of Society; English in Canada, 1878; New Jersey Population by Town and County, l810-1830; New York Population, 1821; Virginia Population (percent increase of whites, free colored, slaves), 1830- 1850; Population of Rhode Island, 1774.

Folder 16: U. S. Census 1790; Poll List 1902, Population and Nationality; Population and Nationality, Cass County, Hunter Township, North Dakota, 1897, 1902; Population and Nationality Cavalier County, Liden Township, North Dakota, 1902; Population and Nationality, Barnes County, North Dakota; State Population Changes, 1800-1830; Ohio Convention, 1802; North Carolina Constitutional Convention 1835; North Carolina State Convention, 1835; Virginia State Convention, l829-1830; North Carolina State Convention, 1835; Kentucky State Convention, 1895; Ohio State Convention, 1895; Travel Washington, 1896; Shot Making Process in Wisconsin, New York and St. Louis; Wisconsin Population 1840-1895.

Folder 17: Helena Shot Tower - Pictures of men who worked there

Folder 18: Economic Evolution of United States; Economic Development of United States; Reports on Industries; Source Material; Tennessee Valley Authority (Paper, Map, Statistics).

Folder 19: Middle Period: 1760-1803 and 1803-1811.

Box 5

Folder 1: Middle Period: African Slave Trade; Middle Period, 1812-1823; Middle Period, 1824-1837: Jackson Messages, Miscellaneous and Nationalism, National Bank, Calhoun’s Exposition, Nullification, Webster Hayne Debate.

Folder 2: Middle Period, 1824-1837: Opinion of Jackson; Middle Period, 1837-1844: Polk’s Administration; Middle Period, 1824-1860: Harpers Ferry, Methods of Secession; Middle Period, 1845-1860: Buffalo and the Indian.

Folder 3: Middle Period, 1845-1860:Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Buchanan's Administration, Lincoln - Douglas Debate, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas Nebraska Act, Admission of Kansas; Middle Period, Lincoln in Congress: 1847-1849.

Folder 4: Republican Party - Organization; Crittenden Conference; Buchanan’s Administration; Middle Period, 1800-60: Literature; Slavery, Wisconsin Shot Tower.

Folder 5: French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Supreme Court Decisions: 1876,1880, 1884; Greenback Party in President Election; Outlines and Bibliographies: Nullification, Georgia and State Sovereignty, Internal Improvements, Tariff, Sovereignty.

Folder 6: North West History: Miscellaneous French Exploration, French Settlements to 1803, English in Canada (1763-1818), Trans Allegheny Exploration, Exploration of Louisiana, U.S. Government and Indians of North West, Buffalo and the Indian, Simcoe Papers, Colonial Constitutions to 1732.

Folder 7: North West History: Simcoe Papers, 1783-1800; Canadian Half Breed Rebellion.

Folder 8: North West History: l800-1821; Dictionary of American History; Constitutional and Political History of the U.S.: Physiographic Conditions in Colonies.

Folder 9: Constitutional and Political History of the U. S.: Critical Period, 1760-1776.

Folder 10: Constitutional and Political History of the U.S.: Critical Period.

Folder 11: Constitutional and Political History of the U.S.: Colonial Parties to 1750, Colonial Life, Washington Administration: 1789-1797, Miscellaneous.

Folder 12: Constitutional and Political History of the U.S.: Rise of Republican Party, Miscellaneous.

Folder 13: Constitutional and Political History of the U.S.: 1800-1829, Life of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Administration, 1861-1865.

Folder 14: Lincoln Administration and Johnson Administration

Folder 15: Grant Administration and Hayes Administration

Folder 16: Cleveland's 1st Administration: 1885-1889; Roosevelt's 2nd Administration; Wilson's 1st Administration: 1913-1917.

Folder 17: Wilson's 2nd Administration; Wilson and World War I: 1913-1918.

Folder 18: Wilson and World War I: 1913-1918; World War I: Miscellaneous; Aftermath of War: Harding, Coolidge, Hoover; Teachers of History; Fiskes' U. S. History; Slavery; Recent American History

Folder 19: British Empire; Great War Miscellaneous; Wisconsin Shot Tower.

Box 6

Folder 1: Wisconsin Shot Tower; Helena Shot Tower

Folder 2: Cleveland Reform; Interstate Commerce Commission; Spanish America.

Folder 3: Beecher in England; President Johnson's Messages; Crittenden's Resolution; Buchannan's Messages; Imperialism

Folder 4: Untitled Manuscript: author unknown.

Folder 5: How Men Learned to Fly; Development of American Nationalism: 1800-1837; Jefferson Regime; Civil War Turning Point.

Folder 6: Action in Congress, House of Representatives, 14th Congress: 1815-1817; 33rd Congress, 1st Session, 1853-54, House of Representatives; Check list of 13th Congress; Table of Contents for Yeas & Nays, 24th Congress to 49th Congress; Check list of 14th Congress.

Folder 7: Table of Contents for Yeas & Nays, 1836-86; Table of Contents for Yeas & Nays, 24th Congress to 49th Congress.

Folder 8: Marguy Papers; Boston Tea Party Participants; Jefferson Letters

Folder 9: Kansas-Nebraska Bill.

Folder 10: Kansas-Nebraska Bill; Kansas: Miscellaneous; Dailey’s Virginia Studies on Slavery; Admission of Missouri.

Folder 11: Civil War; Outlines on the Civil War; Lille’s Thesis--The Homestead Act; Erie Canal Material.

Folder 12: Clinton vs. Madison; Middle Period Miscellaneous: 1783-1812; Taft Administration; History of American Revolution

Folder 13: Miscellaneous National Wars; Map Material; U.S. Anthropology Notes; Three Native Culture Centers in North Dakota; Physical Features of U.S.; Bird List.

Folder 17: Scrapbook of clippings on the removal of the bodies of John Brown’s raiders to New York by Libby and others.

Folder 18: Correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings regarding removal of the bodies of John Brown’s raiders to New York by Libby and others

Folder 19: Correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings regarding removal of the bodies of John Brown’s raiders to New York by Libby and others

Folder 25: Indians of North Dakota

Folder 26: Report on Interviews of Indians, 1909

Folder 27: Report of Work Among the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Indians at Fort Berthold, N.D., submitted by Frances Densmore, September 17, 1912

Folder 28: “The Farm Woman Answers the Question,” The Farmer’s Wife Magazine, St. Paul, Minnesota, circa 1926

Folder 29: Autobiography of Mrs. J. H. Simonton (Jennie Stabler) written with Libby's help

Box 8

Folder 12: Tower Hill, Wisconsin - 1894-1895 Research into History of Buckshot Manufacture in Early Wisconsin

Folder 13: New Richmond, Wisconsin Cyclone, June 12, 1899 - Overview by Libby

Folder 14: New Richmond, Wisconsin Cyclone, 1899 news clippings

Folder 15: New Richmond, Wisconsin Cyclone - Passes Issued

Folder 16: New Richmond, Wisconsin Cyclone - Miscellaneous Materials

Folder 17: Articles Written  by Libby in North Dakota Quarterly: “One Hundred Years of Peace,” 1916; “Background of the Great War,” 1917

Folder 18: “The Verendrye Routes In North and South Dakota”

Folder 19: Miscellaneous Articles Including Correspondence Regarding “The Little Big Horn Battle,” 1949

Folder 21: Record of Distribution of Volumes of Collections of State Historical Society of North Dakota

Folder 22: Orin G. Libby’s Library - Listing of books

Folder 26: "The Geographical Distribution of the Vote of the Thirteen States on the Federal Constitution, 1787-8." Orin G. Libby. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin. June 1894

Box 9

Folder 47: Libby, Orin G. "A Study of the Greenback Movement, 1876-1884." Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Volume 12, Part 2: 1900

Series 4: University of North Dakota

The fourth series consists of materials, not including correspondence, which regard the University of North Dakota.

Box 1

Folder 10: Miscellaneous

Box 6

Folder 14: Seminar Papers:

David Gulbrandson: Munitions Industry; S. Hagen: Cleveland; E.W. Hayter: Edmunds Cleveland Controversy; Ella S. Quam: The Congressional Election of 1866

Folder 15: Seminar Papers:

Wesley Stout: Documents of Lincoln Administration; Jesse A. Tanner: Foreign Immigration into North Dakota; L.D. Trent: Lewis and Clark Expedition.\

Folder 21: Scrapbook of Libby and UND students

Folder 22: “A Walk on the Ice,” by Orin G. Libby; Letter by Dr. Donald Nickolson, a friend of the family, to Mrs. Paul Barr, January 26, 1978.

Nickolson recalls the early years of Libby’s activities in the History Department at the University of North Dakota.

Box 8

Folder 20: Convocation Address, October 19, 1939

Series 5: Photographs

Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Photograph 1: O.G. Libby and Indian: undated

Photograph 2: Margaret Libby: undated

Photograph 3: Charles Libby: 1931

Photograph 4: O.G. Libby and Martha Ann Barr: 1936

Photograph 5: Orin, Eva, Charles and Margaret Libby: 1925

Photograph 6: Group in front of the Jenkins House, 421 Princeton Street

Photograph 7: The Libby home

Photograph 8: Great Northern Railroad Pageant: 1926

Photograph 9: O.G. Libby: 1926

Photograph 10: Entrance to John Brown’s Grave

Photograph 11: Lyman Epps at the grave of John Brown, Lake Placid, New York

Photograph 12: Lyman Epps viewing sculpture of John Brown, Lake Placid, New York

Photograph 13: Asa Libby (O.G. Libby's father)

Photograph 14: Julia Brown Cory (O.G. Libby's mother in law)

Photograph 15: Will Libby (O.G. Libby's brother)

Photograph 16: Asa Libby

Photograph 17: A.J. Potter

Photograph 18: O.G. Libby

Photograph 19: Dr. C.T. Cory, age 21 (O.G. Libby's father in law)

Photograph 20: Dr. C.T. Cory

Photograph 21: Mary Webster Libby

Photograph 22: Asa Libby

Photograph 23: Charles Theodore Cory

Photograph 24: Harry L. Cory (Eva Libby's brother)

Photograph 25: Lottie Libby (O.G. Libby's sister)

Photograph 26: Asa Libby

Photograph 27: O.G. Libby, Eva Libby, H.L. Cory, Dr. C.T. Cory and Mrs. C.T. Cory: 1904

Photograph 28: Eva Cory

Photograph 29: Eva Cory: 1887

Photograph 30: Julia Libby

Photograph 31: O.G. Libby

Photograph 32: O.G. Libby

Photograph 33: O.G. Libby

Photograph 34: Eva Libby, August 1909

Photograph 35: M.B. Searle, Family Friend, May 1916

Photograph 36: John Lindsay, undated

Photograph 37: Hudson Bay Store, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Photograph 38: Asa Libby

Photograph 39: Children of Asa and Julia Libby: 1882

Photograph 40: Orin G. Libby's room at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: 1896

Photograph 41: Orin G. Libby: 1897

Photograph 42: Orin G. Libby

Photograph 43: Orin G. Libby

Photograph 44: Orin G. Libby

Photograph 45: Orin G. Libby

Series 6: Miscellaneous

The last series consists of miscellaneous material, most notably genealogical resources.

Box 6

Folder 16: Newspaper Clippings

Box 8

Folder 11: Essay Book. 1884-1888

Folder 23: Marriage Certificate of Orin and Eva Libby and Miscellaneous Certificates and News Clippings

Folder 24: Address Book - Orin G. Libby’s Family, Friends and Businesses

Folder 25: Retirement and Death Notices - Orin G. Libby 1946, 1952

Box 9

Folder 1: Libby-Tidd Genealogy - Notebook

Folder 2: Family History - Alanson Tidd and Julia Barrows Tidd, second wife of Asa Libby; Solomon and Charles Pluniner Tidd, 1854-1888

Folder 3: Asa Libby, Orin’s Father - Biographical material

Folder 7: School Notebook, Mary S. Webster, Gray, Maine, 1834

Folder 20: Land and Financial Records, Asa Libby, 1838-1892

Folder 21: District School Records, Asa Libby, 1860-1869

Folder 22: Notebooks, Asa Libby, 1871-1872

Folder 28: Deposition: Julia Barrows Tidd Libby Against Alanson L. Tidd (First Husband) and Mrs. M. Flagg, 1868

Folder 30: Webster Family Methodist Hymnal, Gray, Maine, 1833

Folder 32: Samuel Baker, Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, Financial Records, 1838- 1861

Folder 33: School Notebook - S.F. Crane, 1845; Hammond, Wisconsin School District Recordings, 1867

Folder 34: “The Hammond Star” Published by the Hammond Temperance Society, 1860

Folder 35: “In Memory of Mary Reynolds, M.D.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1888

Folder 46: Newspaper Clippings, 1952, 1969