Vernon P. Squires Papers, 1888-2000

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Vernon P. Squires

The first series contains correspondence and texts of lectures of Vernon Squires.

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence

Box 1

Folder 1: University and Personal, A-B: 1888-1907

Folder 2: University and Personal, C-D: 1888-1907

Folder 3: University and Personal, E-K: 1888-1907

Folder 4: University and Personal, L-M: 1888-1907

Folder 5: University and Personal, N-R : 1888-1907

Folder 6: University and Personal, S: 1888-1907

Folder 7: University and Personal, T-Z: 1888-1907

Folder 8: University, A: 1911-1914

Folder 9: University, B: 1911-1914

Folder 10: University, C: 1911-1912

Folder 11: University, C: 1913-1914

Folder 12: University, D: 1911-1914

Folder 13: University, E-F: 1911-1914

Folder 14: University, G: 1911-1914

Folder 15: University, H-J: 1911-1914

Folder 16: University, K-L: 1911-1914

Folder 17: University, M: 1911-1914

Folder 18: University, N-O: 1911-1914

Folder 19: University, P-Q : 1911-1914

Folder 20: University, R: 1911-1914

Folder 21: University, S: 1911-1914

Folder 22: University, T-V: 1911-1914

Folder 23: University, W: 1911-1914

Folder 24: University, X-Z: 1911-1914

Folder 25: University, Miscellaneous: 1911-1914

Folder 26: Personal, A:1913-1915

Folder 27: Personal, B:1913-1915

Folder 28: Personal, C:1913-1915

Folder 29: Personal, D:1913-1915

Folder 30: Personal, E-F:1913-1915

Folder 31: Personal, G-L:1913-1915

Folder 32: Personal, M:1913-1915

Folder 33: Personal, N-R:1913-1915

Folder 34: Personal, S-Z:1913-1915

Folder 35: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 36: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 37: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 38: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 39: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 40: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 41: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 42: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 43: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 44: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 45: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 46: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 47: Bible Study: 1913-1916

Folder 48: University and Personal, A:1915-1917

Folder 49: University and Personal, B:1915-1917

Folder 50: University and Personal, C:1915-1917

Folder 51: University and Personal, D:1915-1917

Folder 52: University and Personal, E-F:1915-1917

Folder 53: University and Personal, G-L:1915-1917

Folder 54: University and Personal, M:1915-1917

Folder 55: University and Personal, N-S:1915-1917

Folder 56: University and Personal, T-Z:1915-1917

Folder 57: University and Personal, Miscellaneous:1915-1917

Box 2

Folder 1: University, A-B: 1915-1920

Folder 2: University, C: 1915-1920

Folder 3: University, D: 1915-1920

Folder 4: University, D: 1915-1920

Folder 5: University, E-I: 1915-1920

Folder 6: University, J-L: 1915-1920

Folder 7: University, President Frank McVey: 1914

Folder 8: University, President Frank McVey: 1914-1915

Folder 9: University, President Frank McVey: 1917

Folder 10: University, M-Q: 1915-1920

Folder 11: University, R-S: 1915-1920

Folder 12: University, T-V: 1915-1920

Folder 13: University, W-Z: 1915-1920

Folder 14: Personal, N-O: 1917-1924

Folder 15: Personal, P-Q: 1917-1924

Folder 16: Personal, R: 1917-1924

Folder 17: Personal, S: 1917-1920

Folder 18: Personal, S: 1921-1924

Folder 19: Personal, T: 1917-1924

Folder 20: Personal, U-Z: 1917-1924

Folder 21: University, A-G: 1918-1924

Folder 22: University, H-J: 1918-1924

Folder 23: University, K-L: 1918-1924

Folder 24: University, M: 1918-1924

Folder 25: University, N-Z: 1918-1924

Folder 26: Personal, A: 1924-1929

Folder 27: Personal, B: 1924-1929

Folder 28: Personal, C: 1924-1929

Folder 29: Personal, D: 1924-1929

Folder 30: Personal, E-F: 1924-1929

Folder 31: Personal, G-L: 1924-1929

Folder 32: Personal, M: 1924-1929

Folder 33: Personal, N-R: 1924-1929

Folder 34: Personal, S: 1924-1929

Folder 35: Personal, T-V: 1924-1929

Folder 36: Personal, W-Z: 1924-1929

Folder 37: Condolences, A-B: 1930

Folder 38: Condolences, C-F: 1930

Folder 39: Condolences, G-K: 1930

Folder 40: Condolences, L-M: 1930

Folder 41: Condolences, N-R: 1930

Folder 42: Condolences, S: 1930

Folder 43: Condolences, T-V: 1930

Folder 44: Condolences, W-Z: 1930

Sub-Series 2: Lectures and Essays

This series consists of lectures and essays written by Squires during his career as an English professor at UND. The folders are arranged alphabetically by title or topic.

Box 2

Folder 48: "The Appreciation of Bible Literature," State Federation of Women's Clubs, Bismarck, North Dakota: 1920

Folder 49: "Are the Functions of the Liberal Arts College Cosmic or Essential?" 1929 / "The Celtic Element in English Literature," 1898-1903

Folder 50: "Character and Culture"

Folder 51: "The Christ Doctrine of Tennyson and Browning"

Folder 52: "The Dreamers of Concord" / "The Founding of the University," Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota. 1923

Folder 53: "Gabriel Conroy by Bret Harte"

Folder 54: "History of the Development of Literary Patronage"

Folder 55: "An Hour with Our Orators, the Wanderers, and Beowulf"

Folder 56: "The Influence of Milton on Wordsworth." by Vernon Squires. Poet-Lore: a Quarterly Magazine of Letters. 1897

Folder 57: "In Memoriam-the Struggle of a Soul Against Grief"

Folder 58: "John Greenleaf Whitter: 1807-1907"

Folder 59: "The Literature of Colonial Times"

Box 3

Folder 1: "Lowell's Agassiz as an Elegy"

Folder 2: "Mark Twain's Joan of Arc"

Folder 3: "The Mission of Literature"

Folder 4: "The Modern Scholar"

Folder 5: "Mr. Howells' novel, 'Indian Summer,'..."

Folder 6: "Mr. Wilbur's Studies in Entomology" by Vernon Squires and George St. John Perrott

Folder 7: "Notes from the History of the University of North Dakota" / "A Puritan Pagan"

Folder 8: "The Religious Message of Browning"

Folder 9: "Review of John Burroughs' Last Book Entitled 'the Last Harvest'," 1925

Folder 10: "The Rise and Significance of the Drama"

Folder 11: "The School Days of Eminent Men"

Folder 12: "Specialization Versus General Culture." by Vernon Squires. Westland Educator.

Folder 13: "Tennyson's Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington"

Folder 14: "The Value of Fiction"

Folder 15: "Washington Irving"

Folder 16: "What We Have a Right to Expect in a Novel"

Folder 17: "Whitman and Whitmania"

Folder 18: "Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?"

Folder 19: "Wordsworth the Poet Seer"

Folder 20: Untitled, regarding History of the Red River Valley (probably by Squires)

Sub-Series 3: Miscellaneous

Box 2

Folder 47: Tributes and Newspaper Clippings: 1930

Box 3

Folder 21: Diary from a bicycle tour of Great Britain, 1895

Folder 22: Notebook, 1901

Folder 23: Diary, Vernon and Ethel Squires honeymoon trip to Ireland and Great Britain, 1902

Folder 24: Memorial Convocation, 1930

Folder 25: Squires Hall Dedication, 1964

Folder 26: Vernon Squires Lecture Program, 1973

Series 2: Squires Family Members

See also Ethel W. Squires Papers (OGLMC 195) and Alden W. and J. Duane Squires Papers (OGLMC 247).

Box 2

Folder 45: Ethel (Wood) Squires, 1900-1966

1882-1977; married to Vernon P. Squires

Folder 46: Notes from Emily (Squires) Wabeke regarding Squires family history

1908-1999; daughter of Vernon and Ethel (Wood) Squires

Box 3

Folder 27: Correspondence, Emily (Squires) Wabeke and UND English Professor Robert Lewis, 1996-1999

Folder 28: Correspondence, Hope (Squires) Beam, 1998-2000

1915-2001; Daughter of Vernon and Ethel (Wood) Squires

Folder 29: Vernon C. Squires

1910-1985; son of Vernon and Ethel (Wood) Squires. Consists of photocopied correspondence and remembrances from World War II. Squires took part in the landings in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944

Photographs :

Photograph 1: Ethel (Wood) Squires at the Dedication of Squires Hall, 1964

Photograph 2: Navy Lieutenant Alden Squires, circa 1943

Photograph 3: Ethel, J. Duane, Alden, and Emily Squires, 1908

Photograph 4: Andrew and Martha White

Photograph 5: Amy Lowell Whitfield

Photograph 6: Lucy Churchill Hemmingway

Photograph 7: Elizabeth Merrifield

Photograph 8: Vernon C. Squires, 1943

Photograph 9: Joseph Gansl

Photograph 10: Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Ethel (Wood) Squires, 1953

Photograph 11: R. Vowles (?), 1925

Photograph 12: UND group of women at going away party, 1938

Photograph 13: Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Weigel

Photograph 14: Unveiling of bust of Vernon Squires at Squires Hall, 1964

Photograph 15: Vernon P. Squires, 1920s

Photograph 16: Ethel (Wood) Squires at the Continental Divide, 1923

Photograph 17: Gilbert Gosulich, 1912

Photograph 18: Henry Smith, 1901

Photograph 19: Ethel Wood, 1882

Photograph 20: Congo Basin Natives, 1925

Photograph 21: Sid Clarke, 1925

Photograph 22: Vernon P. Squires and unknown woman

Photograph 23: Vernon P. Squires

Photograph 24: Unidentified house

Photograph 25: Home of James Russell Lowell

Photograph 26: Vernon P., Emily, and Ethel (Wood) Squires, 1929

Photograph 27: J. Duane and Ethel (Wood) Squires with bust of Vernon P. Squires at the dedication of Squires Hall, 1964

Photograph 28: Ethel (Wood) Squires and UND President George Starcher at dedication of Squires Hall, 1964

Photograph 29: Squires grandchildren with bust of Vernon Squires at dedication of Squires Hall, 1964

Photograph 30: Ethel (Wood) Squires and children with bust of Vernon Squires at dedication of Squires Hall, 1964