Title: Chester Fritz Papers, 1899-1985
ID: OGLMC/410
Extent: 20.0 Linear Feet
Arrangement:
Series 1: Correspondence of Chester Fritz, 1899-1977 and Kathrine B. Tiffany, 1923-1977
Series 2: Personal material of Chester Fritz and Kathrine B. Tiffany
Series 3: Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials
Series 4: Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums
Series 5: Photographs
Series 6: Clothing
Series 7: Oversize Materials
Series 8: Biography
Series 9: Oral History Interviews
Series 10: Memorabilia and Artifacts
Series 11: Separated Materials
Date Acquired: 05/25/1977
Languages: English [eng], Chinese [chi]
Accruals: Additional and subsequent materials were donated by Chester Frit and by Leonard Beal, Hillsboro, North Dakota, on May 26, 1990 (79-612).
Access Restrictions: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Kathrine B. Tiffany
Acquisition Method: Donation; 77-420
Related Materials: Kathrine Tiffany Papers: OGLMC 266
Related Publications:
China Journey: A Diary of Six Months in Western Inland China, 1917. University of Washington, 1981. Call number: DS 710.F758 1981
Fritz, Chester and Dan Rylance. Ever Westward to the Far East: The Story of Chester Fritz. Grand Forks: University of North Dakota, 1982. Call number: HG1552.F74 A34 1982
The Journal of Chester Fritz: Travels Through Western China in 1917. Edited by James Vivian. Grand Forks: University of North Dakota, 1981. Call number: DS 710.F76 1981
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Chester Fritz Papers. OGLMC 410, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Processing Information: Finding aid added to Archon by Daniel Sauerwein, Special Collections student worker, in November 2015.
This series contains almost two thousand photographs separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection.
Subjects include: artifacts, Asia, Chester Fritz, Kathrine B. Tiffany, Macdonald family, residences, The Chester Fritz Library, Tibet (1920s), University of North Dakota
Eight hundred eighty-eight of these photographs, featuring travel or recreation taken by, or of, Chester Fritz, have been divided by country of origin or subject:
OGL# 410-1076 to 1246 Cambodia, 1930s
OGL# 410-1247 to 1349 Siam (Thailand), 1930s
OGL# 410-1350 to 1384 Hue, Annam (Vietnam), 1930s
OGL# 410-1385 to 1398 Tonkin (Vietnam), 1930s
OGL# 410-1399 to 1429 Hanoi, Tonkin (Vietnam), 1930s
OGL# 410-1430 to 1637 Japan, 1930s
OGL# 410-1638 to 1652 Malaya, 1930s
OGL# 410-1653 to 1858 China, 1916-1948
OGL# 410-1859 to 1870 Italy, undated
OGL# 410-1871 to 1876 Chester and Vera Fritz, Italy, 1950s
OGL# 410-1877 to 1890 Oriental Room, 1958-1963
OGL# 410-1891 to 1943 Miscellaneous photos
OGL# 410-1944 to 1950 Chester Fritz, Chester Fritz Library, Chester Fritz Scholars
OGL# 410-1952 to 1964 Polo and Paper Hunts
Two folders containing negatives have been placed at the end of these folders.
One folder of miscellaneous photographs and documents was placed in the Oversize Photograph File Cabinet. Six of the twelve photographs are portraits of Fritz. Also included is the original drawing of a Stuart McDonald editorial cartoon from the Grand Forks Herald regarding the announcement of the donation to build the Chester Fritz Auditorium.
FILM INVENTORY
Film Number Description Minutes
1 Chester Fritz 30-45
2 China Scenes, ca. 1935. Many architectural views, horse show, theater group, zoo scenes, puppet show 30
114 Hawaii Surfing 7-10
115 Siam 7-10
116 Vienna 7-10
138 Bali, ca.1930s. Tug of war, Kriss dance 7-10
139 Bali, ca.1930s. Cremation 7-10
140 Bali, ca.1930s. Cockfights, dances 7-10
141 Bali, ca.1930s. Street procession, Sir Victor Sassoon 7-10
142 Ceylon and Cairo, ca. 1930s. Scenes on highways and in bars 7-10
143 China, ca. 1930s. People, river scenes 7-10
144 Shanghai, ca. 1930s. Polo game, garden party 7-10
145 Java, Medan, Sumatra, ca. 1930s 7-10
146 Guatemala, ca. 1940 (color) 7-10
147 China, ca. 1930s. Scenes of people, boats, threshing, Taoist Temple 7-10
148 Bagnits in Orient, ca. 1930s 7-10
149 China, ca. 1930s. River scenes, people, religion, architecture 7-10
150 Japan, ca. 1930s. Sacred deer, climbing Mt. Fuji, oyster & pearl sea farms, islands at Matsushima (badly warped) 7-10
151 Japan, ca. 1930s 7-10
152 Bull fight (Madrid, Spain), ca. 1930s 7-10
153 Mexico, ca. 1940. Deep sea fishing off Acapulco 7-10
154 Mexico, ca. 1940. 7-10
155 Mexico and Guatemala, ca. 1940 7-10
156 Paper hunt near Shanghai, 1936-1937 7-10
157 The Rising Sun Sets in China, ca. 1930s. Shanghai bombing and destruction by Japanese 7-10
158 Shanghai, ca. 1930s. River scenes, houseboat trip 15
159 Shanghai. Countryside mountain scenes, river, temple, Taoist priests 7-10
160 Shanghai, ca. 1930s. Farmers making rope along canals near Shanghai 7-10
161 Fiesta Charra (Mexico), ca. 1940 7-10
169 "Chester Fritz Historical Film" (marked "Do Not Play") 7-10
VIDEOTAPE INVENTORY
Videotape Number Description
7 Dedication of the Addition to the Chester Fritz Library, October 9, 1982
10 Announcement of the Death of Chester Fritz, WDAZ, July 28, 1983
275 China scenes, circa 1935. Many architectural views, a horse show, a theater group, zoo scenes, and a puppet show. Approximately 30 minutes
310 Chester Fritz Biographical Film, Part One. October 24, 1985. 30 minutes
311 Chester Fritz Biographical Film, Part Two. October 24, 1985. 30 minutes