James D. Barger, MD Papers, 1918-2003
Collection Overview
Title: James D. Barger, MD Papers, 1918-2003
ID: OGLMC1335
Primary Creator: Barger, James D. (1917-2003)
Extent: 9.75 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 09/07/1996. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Health and Medicine, University of North Dakota - Alumni, University of North Dakota - Athletics
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The James D. Barger, MD Papers, 1918-2003, have been divided into seven series:
Series 1: Personal/Family
Series 2: Professional Activities
Series 3: Sporting Events
Series 4: Artifacts
Series 5: Photographs
Series 6: Oversized Materials
Series 7: Oral Histories
Collection Historical Note
James D. Barger was born May 17, 1917, in Bismarck, North Dakota, and spent his childhood in nearby Linton. His parents were Michael T. and Mary M. "Mayte" (Donahue) Barger. He graduated from Linton High School in 1934 and was active in track. Barger enrolled in St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, but transferred to the University of North Dakota (UND) in 1935. He graduated from UND in 1939 with a B.A. from the College of Science, Literature and Arts, as well as a B.S. from the School of Medicine. While at UND, Barger lettered in track, was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, and was active with the Newman Center. In 1941, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a doctorate in medicine.
Barger was an intern at Milwaukee County Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and began his studies at the Mayo Foundation in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1942. That same year, he joined the United States Medical Corps. Barger spent a portion of World War II in Bolivia as part of Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Salud Publica (SCISP) or Inter-American Cooperative Public Health Service. SCISP was a public health program that included vaccinations, training, and construction of medical facilities. He served in the Medical Corps until 1946, rising to the rank of major.
In 1949, Barger completed a pathology specialty from the Mayo Foundation. He moved to Arizona, where he worked as a pathologist and consultant to several hospitals. Barger became director of clinical pathology at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1964. Later, he served as a senior consultant in pathology for Laboratory Medicine Consultants in Las Vegas and was a clinical professor in the University of Nevada's Department of Medicine and Pathology. Barger was an active scholar, publishing more than 50 articles in medical journals and co-authoring several books. In 1975, the UND Alumni Association gave him its highest honor, the Sioux Award. In 1977, he was named Pathologist of the Year by the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
Barger was a bibliophile who collected rare books on the history of medicine, especially for the discipline of pathology. He donated his collection of over 1,300 volumes to UND’s Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences. The Barger Collection was a significant addition to the Henry D. Benwell History of Medicine Reading Room.
While in the service, Barger married Susie B. Helm, who died in 1951. He remarried in 1952 to Josephine Steiner, who died in 1971. In 1980, Barger married Jane Ray, whom he had known from his days at UND. She died in 1991. Barger had four children: James Jr., Mary Susan, Michael Thomas, and Mary Elizabeth. James D. Barger died April 3, 2003, in Las Vegas.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Susan Barger made several other donations: July 23, 1997 (97-2137), August and September 1997 (91-2147), November 6, 1997 (97-2159), May 22, 1998 (98-2191), November 22, 1999 (99-2395), May 25, 2000 (2000-2440), October 6, 2000 (2001-2486), April 4, 2001 (2001-2527), June 2002 (2003-2596), February 18, 2003 (2003-2620), July 5, 2016 (2016-3326).
Judy Rieke from the UND Library of the Health Sciences donated materials in the summer of 2002 (2003-2596) and July 25, 2003 (2003-2653).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: M. Susan Barger, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Acquisition Method: Donation; 96-2094
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). James D. Barger, M.D. Papers. OGLMC 1335, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in October 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Personal/Family],
[Series 2: Professional Activities],
[Series 3: Sporting Events],
[Series 4: Artifacts],
[Series 5: Photographs],
[Series 6: Oversized Materials],
[Series 7: Oral Histories],
[All]
- Series 5: Photographs
1335-1 through 1335-32: UND track, 1935-1937
1335-33 through 1335-42: Kappa Sigma Fraternity, 1936-1939
1335-43 and 1335-44: UND track, 1935-1937
1335-45 through 1335-48: UND graduation, 1939
1335-49: James Barger, 1930s
1335-50: Minnesota AAU track meet
1335-51 and 1335-52: James Barger, 1930s
1335-53: Sergeant Bill Daly
1335-54 through 1335-57: James Barger, 1930s
1335-58 through 1335-61: Rodeo, 1935
1335-62: Mike Barger - Black Hills, 1935
1335-63: James and Mayte, 1930s
1335-64 through 1335-67: St. Mary's track, 1935
1335-68 and 1335-69: James Barger, 1930s
1335-70 and 1335-71: Fritz Pollard, 1936
1335-72: UND track, 1935-1937
1335-73: Ed Greyerbiehl, 1937
1335-74: Anne Ertneswaug, 1939
1335-75: Michael and Mayte Barger, 1939
1335-76 and 1335-77: James and Mayte, 1930s
1335-78 and 1335-79: James Barger, 1930s
1335-80: unidentified couple
1335-81: Leslie Kremer
1335-82: Sergeant Bill Daly
1335-83: Nature scene
1335-84: Tom Barger
1335-85: Michael and Tom
1335-86: Tom Barger
1335-87: Tom Barger family
1335-88 through 1335-105: St. Mary's track, 1935
1335-106 through 1335-110: Minnesota AAU track meet
1335-111 through 1335-129: Linton track
1335-130 and 1335-131: St. Mary's track, 1935
1335-132 through 1335-134: UND track, 1935-1937
1335-135 through 1335-139: Barger running, 1937
1335-140: Linton basketball team
1335-141 and 1335-142: Ray Hotel, Dickinson, ND
1335-143: Dickinson High School, class of 1938
1335-144 through 1335-150: Dr. Barger practicing medicine
1335-451: Michael Barger, 1908
1335-452: Michael and Thomas Barger, August 30, 1910
1335-453: Michael Barger and Chamber's team, August 11, 1907
1335-454: Michael Barger, Mayte Barger, and family, June 21, 1904
1335-455: Michael Barger and Lefey Seaman, 1895 or 1899
1335-456: James Barger - first communion, June 13, 1926
1335-457: Kathleen Ray Barger, early 1960s
1335-458: Tom Barger and family - Christmas, Early 1960s
1335-459: Tom Barger leaving for Saudi Arabia, 1937
1335-460: Michael Barger and Lefey Seaman, 1903
- Folder 1: Track - UND, 1936-1938 (Photographs 1-23)
1335-1: Barger, 1935
1335-2: Tom Glasscock and Jack McKay
1335-3: Horace Johnson and Leo Benser, 1936
1335-4: Neil Quast, Frank Geiermann, Barger, Fritz Pollard, Paul Stratte (running), 1938
1335-5: Leo Benser, 1937
1335-6: Horace "Hoss" Johnson, 1937
1335-7: Frank Geiermann, Tom Glasscock, 1938
1335-8: (right to left) Tom Glasscock, Frank Geiermann, Paul Stratte, Barger, John Stratte, 1938
1335-9: Frank Geiermann, Barger, John Stratte, 1938
1335-10: Tom Glasscock, Paul Stratte (running), John Stratte
1335-11: Frank Geiermann, Tom Glasscock, Paul Stratte (running), 1938
1335-12: (right to left) Tom Glasscock, Frank Geiermann, Paul Stratte, Barger, John Stratte, 1938
1335-13: Frank Geiermann, 1938
1335-14: Sam Robinson (Dickinson), 1938
1335-15: Tom Glasscock, 1938
1335-16: John Stratte, 1938
1335-17: Frank Geiermann, 1938
1335-18: Frank Geiermann, 1938
1335-19: Paul Stratte, 1938
1335-20: Chuck Gainor, 1938
1335-21: "Uncle" Clem Letich (track coach), 1938
1335-22: Barger, 1936
1335-23: Vernon Kittleson (winning intramural high hurdles), John Bacon, 1936
- Folder 2: Track - UND, 1936-1938 (Photographs 24-41)
1335-24: State meet, 1937
1335-25: Barger, 1938
1335-26: Barger, 1938
1335-27: (right to left) Tom Glasscock, Frank Geiermann, Paul Stratte, Barger, John Stratte, 1938
1335-28: Barger, Tom Glasscock, John Stratte (running), 1938
1335-29: Bob Edick, intramural long jump, 1936
1335-30: Tom Glasscock, 1938
1335-31: Frank Geiermann, 1936
1335-32: UND meet, ca. 1936
1335-33: Paul Stratte, 1936
1335-34: John Bacon, Tom Glasscock (winning intramural 880), 1936
1335-35 & 1335-36: Fritz Pollard, 1936
1335-37: Intramural 220, 1936
1335-38: Frank Geiermann, Robertson, unknown, Jones, Leroy Ritmiller, (intramural 440), 1936
1335-39: Barger, 1938
1335-40: Leo Benser, John Stratte, Horace "Hoss" Johnson, 1937
1335-41: (left to right) Morrell Sexton, Vernon Kittleson, Paul Stratte, Leo Benser, John Stratte, Horace Johnson (Coach Letich in background), 1937
- Folder 3: Track - AAU and St. Mary's College, 1934-1937 (Photographs 42-73)
1335-42 through 1335-46: Minnesota AAU, June 9, 1934
1335-47 & 1335-48: Minnesota AAU, 1935
1335-49 through 1335-70: St. Mary's Track, 1935
1335-71 through 1335-73: Linton, 1937
- Folder 4: Track - Linton High School, 1934 (Photographs 74-92)
- Folder 5: Kappa Sigma Fraternity, 1936-1939 (Photographs 93-102)
1335-93 through 1335-97: Group photographs at dances/formals, 1936-1939
1335-98: Kappa Sigma members, 1936
1335-99 (2): Kappa Sigma members, 1937
Left to right, front row: Willard Peterson, Bruce Sasse, Leonard Crawford, Peter Hoehl, Robert Finnegan, Wayne Kemper, Robert Fawcett, Bruce Kretschmar, Leroy Ritmiller, Harry Mowery
Second row: Donald Jacobson, Kenneth Johnston, Leslie Kremer, Vernon Nelson, Edward Donovan, Philip Wilson, Donald Goldammer, Raymond Check, William Owens
Third row: Arthur Johnson, James Hurning, Robert Hawkinson, Kenneth Douglass, Ross Colberg, LaVerne Abelson, Luke Alex Cunningham, Robert Heath, James Keogh, Eugene Hill
Fourth row: Russell Chesrown, John Humphrey, John Olgeirson, Thomas Barger
Back: Albert Cooley, James Barger, Leo Benser, John Rice, Sheldon Pond
1335-100: Intramural football champs, 1938: Benser, Ritmiller, Barger, Johnson, Hagan, Pond, Kessler (?), Becker
1335-101: Touch football team, ca. 1938
1335-102: House decorations, 1936
- Folder 6: Barger - Infant and Youth, 1917-1935 (Photographs 103-111)
- Includes a photograph of the 1934 Linton High School basketball team (1335-106)
- Folder 7: College Years and UND Graduation, 1939 (Photographs 112-118)
1335-112: with Virginia Sinner at UND
1335-114: Vernon Nelson, Bob Plunkett, and Ross Colberg (l-r), 1939
1335-115: Edward Hagan, John Humphrey, Barger, Leslie Kremer (l-r), 1939
1335-116: Ross Colberg, 1939
1335-117: Barger in graduation robe, 1939
1335-118: Parents Mike & Mayte Barger at graduation, 1939
- Folder 8: Reunions - UND, 1979-2000 (Photographs 119-138)
1335-119 through 1335-121: 40 year reunion for class of 1939 (alumni only, alumni with spouses, and School of Medicine only)
1335-122: 1930s Football and Track reunion, October 1986
1335-123: Barger with Felicia Johnson (wife of Horace "Hoss" Johnson), October 1986
1335-124 & 1335-125: 1930s Football and Track reunion, October 1986
Left to right, front row: Jack Mackenroth, Fritz Pollard, Tom Glasscock, Mike Brenkus
Second row: Phil Kjelmyr, Jack West, Barger, Harold "Snooks" Sullivan
Third row: Wilbur Gehrke, Horace "Hoss" Johnson, Chuck Gainor, Chet Norby
1335-126: Barger and Phil Kjelmyr, October 1986
1335-127: Barger and Tom Clifford, ca. 1990
1335-128: Dr. John Vennes, Dr. Clayton Klakeg, Barger, Dorothy Bacheller, Tom Clifford, ca. 1990
1335-129 & 1335-130: Fritz Pollard, ca. 1994
1335-131: Barger and others, October 1997
1335-132: Jerry Riley ('42) and Barger, October 1997
1335-133: Mary Margaret French Frank, Barger, Dr. H. David Wilson, October 1997
1335-134: Dr. John Vennes, Dr. H. David Wilson, Dr. Myron Wentz, October 1997
1335-135 & 1335-136: Barger Collection in History of Medicine Reading Room, October 1997
1335-137: School of Medicine Alumni, May 1998
1335-138, School of Medicine Alumni, May 2000
- Folder 9: Medical Training, 1940-1954 (Photographs 139-150)
1335-139 & 1335-140: Milwaukee County Hospital, 1941
1335-141 & 1335-142: Mayo Clinic
1335-145: Hemoglobin Workshop, U.S. Naval Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1954
- Folder 10: Barger Head Shots, etc., 1942-1981 (Photographs 151-165)
- Folder 11: Barger in Bolivia, ca. 1944-1945 (Photographs 166-184)
- 1335-179 & 1335-180: Curt Ritchie, Barger, and Roger Schuler - building hospital in Riberalta
- Folder 12: Bolivia, 1944-1945 (Photographs 185-206)
- 1335-185 through 1335-191: SCISP program in Beni River region (northern Bolivia)
- Folder 13: Bolivia, 1944-1945 (Photographs 207-229)
- Folder 14: Bolivia, 1944-1945 (Photographs 230-255)
- Folder 15: mostly Barger Family, 1886-1920 (Photographs 256-280)
1335-256: Mike Barger and other men, ca. 1899
1335-257: Mike Barger and others in front of boarding house, Minneapolis, ca. 1903
1335-258: E.L. Welch Co. staff including Mike Barger, Minneapolis, 1908
1335-259: Mike and Tom Barger, August 30, 1910
1335-260: Mayte with Tom Barger as child, undated
1335-261: Charles Donahue, Mike & Mayte Barger, Anna Hagan (Anna and Mayte are daughters of Charles), ca. 1910
1335-262 & 1335-263: John G. Barger, 20th Engineers, WWI, ca. 1918
1335-264: Guy Warren, Lafayette "Lafay" Seeman, and Michael Barger skiing, Duluth, MN, 1908
1335-265: Mary E., Mayte, and Jimmy, ca. 1918
1335-266 through 1335-268: Mayte and Jimmy, some with other women, in front of St. Anthony's church, Linton, June 1918
1335-269 through 1335-275: Barger as an infant, ca. 1918
1335-276 through 1335-279: Picnics/outings, 1918-1920
1335-280: Mike Barger at age 10, ca. 1886
- Folder 16: mostly Barger Family, 1924-1935 (Photographs 281-295)
1335-281: Mayte Barger, 1924
1335-282 through 1335-288: James Barger childhood pictures, 1924-1927
1335-290 through 1335-292: James Barger, New Richmond, WI, 1934
1335-293 & 1335-294: Red Cross Camp, 1934
1335-295: Bill Daly, Linton, ND, December 1934
- Folder 17: mostly Barger Family, 1935-1946 (Photographs 296-326)
1335-299 through 1335-301 plus 1335-303 & 1335-304 and 1335-306 &1335-307: trips to Black Hills, SD
1335-308: Eddie Greyerbiehl, June 1937
1335-309: Anne Ertreswaag's back of jacket, 1939
1335-312 & 1335-313: Mike Barger's car after accident, 1940
1335-311 and 1335-314 through 1335-325: Barger family members and others, 1940-1944
1335-326: Barger and Bob Stowe at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1946
- Folder 18: mostly Barger Family, 1958-1971 (Photographs 327-353)
1335-327 & 135-328: children of James Barger
1335-348 & 1335-349: James & Josephine Barger
- Folder 19: Jane Ray Regan Barger, ca. 1920s-1980s (Photographs 354-372)
- Jane was first married in 1943 to Bernard Regan. She then married James Barger in 1980.
- Folder 20: Thomas Barger Family, 1935-1973 (Photographs 373-383)
- Thomas was the older brother of James and graduated from UND in 1931. He worked for about 25 years in Saudi Arabia.
- Folder 21: Medical Conferences & Awards (Photographs 384-396)
- Folder 22: Hospital Work and Colleagues (Photographs 397-408)
- Folder 23: Parties/Receptions (Photographs 409-421)
- Folder 24: Linton, North Dakota (Photographs 422-433)
- 1335-422 through 1335-428: Barger House
- Folder 59: Negatives
- 51 negatives with most of the Barger family and Linton, 1930s-1940s. Also, some are UND-related.
- Folder 1: Track - UND, 1936-1938 (Photographs 1-23)
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Personal/Family],
[Series 2: Professional Activities],
[Series 3: Sporting Events],
[Series 4: Artifacts],
[Series 5: Photographs],
[Series 6: Oversized Materials],
[Series 7: Oral Histories],
[All]