Osmund Gunvaldsen Papers, 1910-1976

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence

This series contains correspondence both sent and received by Gunvaldsen, and is divided into three sub-series.

Sub-Series 1: 1924-1946

The first sub-series covers the years 1924-1946 and contains considerable material relative to Gunvaldsen's career as U.S. Marshal for Fargo, as well as to political events in North Dakota and throughout the nation.

Box 1

Folder 1: A: 1928 - 1944

Folder 2: B: 1927 - 1946

Folder 3: C: 1930 - 1934

Folder 4: D: 1931 - 1944

Folder 5: E: 1932 - 1936

Folder 6: F: 1928 - 1944

Folder 7: G: 1928 - 1944

Folder 8: H: 1931 - 1941

Folder 9: I: 1932 - 1933

Folder 10: J: 1931 - 1934

Folder 11: K: 1931 - 1936

Folder 12: L: 1928 - 1937

Folder 13: M: 1930 - 1942

Folder 14: N: 1931 - 1935

Folder 15: O: 1925 - 1936

Folder 16: P: 1931 - 1944

Folder 17: R: 1931 - 1932

Folder 18: S: 1924 - 1938

Folder 19: T: 1931 - 1944

Folder 20: V: 1931 - 1945

Folder 21: W: 1931 - 1945

Sub-Series 2: 1948-1976

This sub-series dates from 1948-1976, and includes materials on local, state, and national politics, as well as much information on Gunvaldsen's career in oil and mineral development in North Dakota.

Box 1

Folder 22: A: 1953 - 1967

Folder 23: B: 1950 - 1970

Folder 24: C: 1950 - 1975

Folder 25: D: 1951 - 1974

Folder 26: E: 1952 - 1962

Folder 27: F: 1950 - 1975

Folder 28: G: 1958 - 1976

Folder 29: H: 1951 - 1971

Folder 30: I: 1956 - 1957

Folder 31: J: 1950 - 1974

Folder 32: K: 1952 - 1975

Folder 33: L: 1948 - 1975

Folder 34: Mc: 1952 - 1974

Folder 35: M: 1950 - 1974

Folder 36: N: 1950 - 1974

Folder 37: O: 1952 - 1959

Folder 38: P: 1951 - 1975

Folder 39: Q: 1955 - 1957

Folder 40: R: 1950 - 1974

Folder 41: S: 1951 - 1975

Box 2

Folder 1: T: 1950 - 1974

Folder 2: U: 1951 - 1957

Folder 3: V: 1954 - 1965

Folder 4: W: 1954 - 1966

Folder 5: XYZ: 1955 - 1962

Sub-Series 3: Correspondence with prominent politicians

This series contains correspondence with prominent state and national politicians, including Usher and Quentin Burdick, Hubert Humphrey, William Langer, William Lemke, Richard Nixon, and Milton Young.

Box 2

Folder 6: Andrews, Mark, U.S. Congressman from North Dakota: 1958 - 1974

Folder 7: Burdick, Quentin, U.S. Congressman and Senator from North Dakota: 1959 - 1975

Folder 8: Burdick, Usher, U.S. Congressman from North Dakota: 1935 - 1957

Folder 9: Ford, Gerald, U.S. President: 1974 - 1975

Folder 10: Frazier, Lynn, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (includes correspondence with Frazier’s aide W. O. Skeels): 1931 - 1940

Folder 11: Humphrey, Hubert, U.S. Senator from Minnesota and Vice- President of the United States: 1951 - 1974

Folder 12: Johnson, Lyndon, U.S. Senator from Texas and U.S. President: 1956 - 1966

Folder 13: Langer, William, Governor of North Dakota and U.S. Senator: 1928 - 1959

Folder 14: Larson, Robert (secretary to Lynn Frazier): 1931 - 1940

Folder 15: Lemke, William, U.S. Congressman from North Dakota (includes correspondence with Lemke’s secretary, W. O. Skeels): 1925 - 1950

Folder 16: Nixon, Richard, U.S. President: 1958 - 1974

Folder 17: Nye, Gerald, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (includes correspondence with Nye's aide P. L. Aarhus): 1931 - 1971

Folder 18: Nygaard, Hjalmar, U.S. Congressman from North Dakota: 1961 - 1963

Folder 19: Nystul, John, Nonpartisan League Chairman and Campaign Manager: 1932 - 1944

Folder 20: Richardson, Seth., Assistant U.S. Attorney General: 1931 - 1939

Folder 21: Sinclair, James, U.S. Congressman from North Dakota: 1931 - 1935

Folder 22: Young, Milton., U.S. Senator from North Dakota: 1951 - 1975

Series 2: Political Materials

Box 2

Folder 23: Accreditation Controversy, North Dakota Agricultural College, State Board of Higher Education Amendment: 1938

Folder 24: America First Committee

Folder 25: College Trimester Plan - Correspondence: May 1959 - September 1963

Folder 26: College Trimester Plan - Materials

Folder 27: Constitutional Amendment County Petitions: 1937

Folder 28: Collected Editorials

Folder 29: Farming and the Drought: 1930s

Folder 30: LaFollete - Wheeler Progressive Clubs

Folder 31: Langer Senate Investigation

Folder 32: NIPRO membership lists

Folder 33: Nonpartisan League

Folder 34: Nonpartisan League: 1928 Campaign Materials

Folder 35: King Olav of Norway: 1968 Visit to the American Midwest

Box 3

Folder 1: People's Fair Tax League, Correspondence: May 27, 1935 - July 26, 1935

Folder 2: People's Fair Tax League, Correspondence: May 3, 1935 - May 25, 1935

Folder 3: People's Fair Tax League, Newspaper Clippings, Petitions, Speeches: 1935

Folder 4: Republican Party: 1962 State Convention

Folder 5: Republican Party: 1960 State Convention

Folder 6: Republican Party, Burke County Central Committee (Samuel Nickey, Chair) - Registered Voters and Township Officers: 1925-26

Folder 7: Urban Renewal

Folder 8: Wheat Exports: mostly 1963-64

Folder 9: Miscellaneous Political Materials

Series 3: Oil and Material Interests

This series covers Gunvaldsen's interests and career in the development of oil and minerals in the upper Midwest. The first folders in this series are arranged alphabetically by county, state, or foreign country. Subject folders are arranged second, in alphabetical by folder title.

Box 3

Folder 10: Billings County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 11: Bottineau County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 12: Bottineau County Drilling Ventures

Folder 13: Bowman County Coal

Folder 14: Bowman County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties - Personal Leases.

Folder 15: Bowman County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties - Crosby - Irish - Gunvaldsen Tract

Folder 16: Bowman County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties - Fayfield Lands

Folder 17: Bowman County Royalties Assigned and General Information

Folder 18: Bowman County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties - General

Folder 19: Bowman County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties - General

Folder 20: Burke County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 21: Burke County Drilling Ventures - Jacob Dewing #1

Box 4

Folder 1: Divide County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 2: Dunn County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 3: Foster County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 4: Golden Valley County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 5: Hettinger County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 6: Kidder County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 7: McHenry County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 8: McKenzie County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 9: McKenzie and Williams Counties, Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties - Charlson- Madison Unit

Folder 10: Mercer County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 11: Morton County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 12: Mountrail County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 13: Oliver County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 14: Slope County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 15: Stark County, Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 16: Stutsman County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 17: Ward County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 18: Williams County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 19: Williams County Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 20: Multiple Counties in North Dakota, Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 21: Montana Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 22: South Dakota Oil and Mineral Rights; Properties

Folder 23: Canadian Oil and Mineral Rights, Properties

Folder 24: Litigation: Olson v. Olson (McKenzie County)

Folder 25: Litigation: Skelly-Ceynar Case (McKenzie County)

Folder 26: Litigation: Thompson Case (McKenzie County)

Box 5

Folder 1: Litigation: Ytterdahl-Boots Cases: September 30, 1954 - November 3, 1964

Folder 2: Mineral Rights Inquiries: September 1956 - March 1958

Folder 3: Mineral and Land Offerings Available: August 1952 - November 1961

Folder 4: Drilling Operations - Plugged Wells: February 1963 - March 1964

Folder 5: Oil and Gas Properties, Minneapolis Sales: June 1952 - January 1956

Folder 6: Oil Development, General Materials

Folder 7: Government Land Condemnations

Folder 8: Notes and Memoranda on Oil

Folder 9: Geologic Survey Maps

Folder 10: Newspaper Clippings on Area Oil and Mineral Prospects.

Folder 11: Miscellaneous Oil and Minerals Materials

Folder 12: Miscellaneous Oil and Minerals Materials

Folder 13: Gunvaldsen Oil Brokerage Registration

Folder 14: Mineral Rights Deeds to Gunvaldsen Trust, 1970

Folder 15: Miscellaneous Oil Correspondence

Folder 16: Miscellaneous Oil Correspondence

Folder 17: Northwest Development Association Ledgers - Sales, Rental Income, Purchases: 1953-1957

Folder 18: Northwest Development Association - Advertising Oil Holdings Ledger

Series 4: Miscellaneous

This series is small and details Gunvaldsen's business dealings in fields other than oil. Included are materials concerning his career as an inventor and as publisher of Normanden, a Norwegian-language newspaper.

Box 6

Folder 1: Legal Forms

Folder 2: Mexican Lands, 1952

Folder 3: Normanden materials

Folder 4: Normanden: Mortgage, Inventory, and Correspondence: 1928 - 1934

Folder 5: Rol-Gard Corporation: Correspondence (1949 - 1950) and Articles of Incorporation

Folder 6: Inventions: Rol-Gard Corporation Record and Desk-Tray Holder Correspondence, January 1952 - October 1952

Series 5: Personal Materials

The series contains material of family or personal nature. Included are Gunvaldsen family correspondence, genealogical material, family business, real estate, and memorabilia items.

Box 6

Folder 7: Gunvaldsen Family Correspondence Gunvaldsen Genealogical material

Folder 8: Insurance

Folder 9: Chattel Mortgages, Deeds, Contracts, and Satisfactions (farming, 1920's)

Folder 10: Newspaper Clippings

Folder 11: Newspaper Clippings, 1930's

Folder 12: Newspaper Clippings, May 1967, Elwyn B. Robinson on North Dakota History

Folder 13: Newspaper Clippings - Letters to the Editor

Folder 14: Norwegian Correspondence

Folder 15: Materials in Norwegian

Folder 16: Assorted Pamphlets

Folder 17: Real Estate Holdings, 1928

Folder 18: Real Estate - Fargo Property St. Andreas Logen Oscar: 4/25/1841 - 4/25/1966

Folder 19: Sons of Norway

Folder 20: Stock Certificates, North Dakota Companies

Folder 21: Tax Records

Folder 22: Memorabilia and Personal Materials Address Book Ledger 1888 - 1891

Folder 23: Miscellaneous