Rolland Redlin Papers, 1964-1966

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Legislation Sponsored by Redlin

The first series consists of legislation sponsored by Representative Redlin. The files typically contain the text of the bill, Redlin's comments to the House committee where it was introduced, and correspondence.

Box 1

Folder 1: H.R. 166: To set national policies for local airline services

Folder 2: H.R. 1718: To make certain provisions in connection with the construction of the Garrison Diversion Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, by the Secretary of the Interior (folder 1)

Folder 3: H.R. 1718: To make certain provisions in connection with the construction of the Garrison Diversion Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, by the Secretary of the Interior (folder 2)

Folder 4: H.R. 1718: To make certain provisions in connection with the construction of the Garrison Diversion Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, by the Secretary of the Interior (folder 3)

Folder 5: H.R. 2113: To provide for a connecting road between three units of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, and for other purposes

Folder 6: H.R. 3957: To authorize establishment of Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

Folder 7: H.R. 4012: To encourage physicians and dentists who have received student loans under programs established pursuant to title 7 of the Public Health Service Act to practice their professions in areas having a shortage of physicians or dentists

Folder 8: H.R. 5149: To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act

Folder 9: H.R. 5673: To provide that certain lands shall be held in trust for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota and South Dakota

Folder 10: H.R. 6339: To provide a wheat program for 1966 and subsequent years

Folder 11: H.R. 6722: For the relief of Denis Ryan

Folder 12: H.R. 7918: To provide for a highway bridge across the Missouri River between Bismarck, North Dakota, and Mobridge, South Dakota

Folder 13: H.R. 5401: To amend the Interstate Commerce Act as to strengthen and improve the national transportation system

Folder 14: H.R. 9197: To direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to change freight rates and charges for the transportation of agricultural commodities in the western United States

Folder 15: H.R. 9516: To modify the comprehensive plan for flood control in the Missouri River Basin to provide for payments to the cities of Mandan and Bismarck, North Dakota

Folder 16: H.R. 9872: To establish a Federal sabbatical program to improve the quality of teaching in the Nation's elementary or secondary schools

Folder 17: H.R. 10077: To amend the Judicial code to permit Indian tribes to maintain civil actions in Federal district courts without regard to the $10,000 limitation

Folder 18: H.R. 10551: For the relief of Dr. Harbans Singh Gill

Folder 19: H.R. 11976: To establish the resale price of wheat at 115 per centum of the support price

Folder 20: H.R. 14160: To amend the Act entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employees thereon," approved March 4, 1907

Folder 21: H.R. 14277: For the relief of Faith M. Lewis Kochendorfer and others

Folder 22: H.R. 14331: To provide a comprehensive program to combat alcoholism

Folder 23: H.R. 14758: For the relief of Dr. Amado G. Chanco

Folder 24: H.R. 15971: To provide for a 25 cent per bushel export marketing certificate for the 1967, 1968, and 1969 wheat crops

Folder 25: H.R. 16339: To provide for a more conservative capitalization of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

Folder 26: H.R. 17156: To amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow teachers to deduct professional development expenses

Folder 27: H.Con. Res. 841: Relating to the submission to committees of Congress of watershed improvement plans

Folder 28: H.J.Res. 798: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women

Series 2: Legislative Subject Files

The second series is the largest in the collection and mainly consists of correspondence regarding legislation before Congress. This includes letters from individuals and organizations, the vast majority of which were from North Dakota. These is also a smaller amount of correspondence and memorandum from politicians and government officials.

Box 2

Folder 1: Agriculture - Agriculture Committee of the House of Representatives

Folder 2: Agriculture - Allotment Transfer

Folder 3: Agriculture - Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

Folder 4: Agriculture - Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Increasing Resale Price

Folder 5: Agriculture - Coffee

Folder 6: Agriculture - Constituent Views on the Farm Program (folder 1)

Folder 7: Agriculture - Constituent Views on the Farm Program (folder 2)

Folder 8: Agriculture - Cotton

Folder 9: Agriculture - Cropland Adjustment

Folder 10: Agriculture - Dairy

Folder 11: Agriculture - Eggs

Folder 12: Agriculture - Farm Bureau

Folder 13: Agriculture - Farmers Home Administration

Folder 14: Agriculture - Farmers Union

Folder 15: Agriculture - Federal Crop Insurance

Folder 16: Agriculture - Food for Peace (P.L. 480)

Folder 17: Agriculture - Food Marketing Commission

Folder 18: Agriculture - Foot and Mouth Disease

Folder 19: Agriculture - Forest Service

Folder 20: Agriculture - Livestock and Feed Grains

Folder 21: Agriculture - Loading Order

Folder 22: Agriculture - Milk and School Lunch Program (folder 1)

Folder 23: Agriculture - Milk and School Lunch Program (folder 2)

Box 3

Folder 1: Agriculture - National Farmers Organization

Folder 2: Agriculture - National Grange

Folder 3: Agriculture - Non-Food Uses for Wheat

Folder 4: Agriculture - Packers and Stockyards Act

Folder 5: Agriculture - Research and Extension

Folder 6: Agriculture - Rural Community Development Service

Folder 7: Agriculture - Rural Electrification (folder 1)

Folder 8: Agriculture - Rural Electrification (folder 2)

Folder 9: Agriculture - Safflower

Folder 10: Agriculture - Soil Conservation

Folder 11: Agriculture - Soy Beans

Folder 12: Agriculture - Sugar

Folder 13: Agriculture - Tobacco

Folder 14: Agriculture - Wheat

Folder 15: Agriculture - 1965 Farm Bill

Folder 16: Appropriations

Folder 17: Aviation - Airports and Airways

Folder 18: Aviation - Air Safety Rules

Folder 19: Beverages - Liquor

Folder 20: Business - Legislation

Folder 21: Business - Small Business Administration

Folder 22: Civil Rights (folder 1)

Folder 23: Civil Rights (folder 2)

Folder 24: Democratic Party - North Dakota Dem/NPL Party (folder 1)

Folder 25: Democratic Party - North Dakota Dem/NPL Party (folder 2)

Folder 26: Democratic Party - Midwestern Democratic Party

Box 4

Folder 1: Democratic Party - North Dakota Dem/NPL Women

Folder 2: Democratic Party - North Dakota Young Democrats

Folder 3: Disasters

Folder 4: Economic Opportunity - Legislation, H.R. 1511

Folder 5: Economic Opportunity - Operation Headstart

Folder 6: Education - Constituent Views

Folder 7: Education - Federal Impact Program, P.L. 874-815

Folder 8: Education - Legislation

Folder 9: Education - Libraries

Folder 10: Education - Separation of Schools and Churches

Folder 11: Finance - Banking

Folder 12: Finance - Currency

Folder 13: Finance - Inflation

Folder 14: Finance - Truth in Lending

Folder 15: Firearms (folder 1)

Folder 16: Firearms (folder 2)

Folder 17: Firearms (folder 3)

Folder 18: Foreign Relations - Constituent Views

Folder 19: Foreign Relations - Department of State

Folder 20: Foreign Relations - Disarmament

Folder 21: Foreign Relations - Foreign Aid

Folder 22: Foreign Relations - Foreign Policy (General)

Folder 23: Foreign Relations - Peace Corps

Folder 24: Foreign Relations - United Nations

Folder 25: Foreign Relations - Vietnam (folder 1)

Folder 26: Foreign Relations - Vietnam (folder 2)

Folder 27: Health and Welfare - General

Folder 28: Health and Welfare - Hospitals and Nursing Homes

Folder 29: Health and Welfare - Legislation

Folder 30: Health and Welfare - Mental Health

Folder 31: Health and Welfare - Nursing

Folder 32: Health and Welfare - Vocational Rehab

Box 5

Folder 1: House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Folder 2: Housing Department

Folder 3: Immigration and Naturalization - General

Folder 4: Immigration and Naturalization - Tariffs and Customs

Folder 5: Indian Affairs - Fort Berthold

Folder 6: Indian Affairs - General

Folder 7: Indian Affairs - Legislation

Folder 8: Indian Affairs - Standing Rock

Folder 9: Interior and Insular Affairs

Folder 10: Labor - Manpower Development and Training

Folder 11: Labor - Minimum Wage Legislation (Fair Labor Standards)

Folder 12: Labor - Neighborhood Youth Corps

Folder 13: Labor - Situs-Picketing (H.R. 10027)

Folder 14: Labor - Taft-Hartley Section 14b (folder 1)

Folder 15: Labor - Taft-Hartley Section 14b (folder 2)

Folder 16: Labor - Taft-Hartley Section 14b (folder 3)

Folder 17: Labor - Unemployment Compensation

Folder 18: Labor - Unions

Folder 19: Legal and Judicial

Folder 20: Medicare (Before Passage)

Folder 21: Medicare (After Passage)

Folder 22: Military - Air Force

Box 6

Folder 1: Military - Army

Folder 2: Military - Army Corps of Engineers - North Dakota Projects

Folder 3: Military - Defense Department

Folder 4: Military - Legislation

Folder 5: Military - Minot Air Force Base

Folder 6: Military - Navy

Folder 7: Military - Reserve and National Guard

Folder 8: Military - Selective Service (Draft Deferments)

Folder 9: National Defense

Folder 10: Natural Resources - Bank Stabilization

Folder 11: Natural Resources - Burlington Dam

Folder 12: Natural Resources - Garrison Diversion

Folder 13: Natural Resources - General

Folder 14: Natural Resources - Lignite

Folder 15: Natural Resources - North Dakota Power Plants and Electric Cooperatives

Folder 16: Natural Resources - Oahe Reservoir

Folder 17: Natural Resources - Oil

Folder 18: Natural Resources - Other North Dakota Minerals

Folder 19: Natural Resources - Water and Dam Projects

Folder 20: Nice Letters - Commendations and Congratulations to Redlin (folder 1)

Folder 21: Nice Letters - Commendations and Congratulations to Redlin (folder 2)

Folder 22: Nice Letters - Commendations and Congratulations to Redlin (folder 3)

Box 7

Folder 1: Nice Letters - Thank You LaVerne Letters

Folder 2: North Dakota - Economic Development

Folder 3: North Dakota - Governor Bill Guy

Folder 4: North Dakota - Possible Federal Projects

Folder 5: North Dakota - State Legislature

Folder 6: North Dakota - State Parks

Folder 7: Outdoor Recreation

Folder 8: Railroad - Boxcar Shortage Problem

Folder 9: Railroad - Freight Rates

Folder 10: Railroad - General

Folder 11: Railroad - Legislation

Folder 12: Railroad - Railway Relocation

Folder 13: Reapportionment

Folder 14: Roads - General

Folder 15: Roads - Highway Beautification

Folder 16: Social Security

Folder 17: Taxes - Constituent Views

Folder 18: Taxes - Excise Taxes

Folder 19: Taxes - Federal Income Tax

Folder 20: Taxes - Highway Users Tax

Folder 21: Taxes - State and Local Taxes

Folder 22: Utilities - Federal Communications Commission

Folder 23: Utilities - Transportation Motor Carriers

Folder 24: Veterans - Closing of Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals (folder 1)

Folder 25: Veterans - Closing of Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals (folder 2)

Box 8

Folder 1: Veterans - Cold War GI Bill

Folder 2: Veterans - Legislation

Folder 3: Veterans - Organizations

Folder 4: Weather Bureau

Series 3: Public Relations

This series mainly consists of press releases issued by Redlin's office, publications the office mailed to North Dakota constituents, and information related to Redlin's official trips back to the state.

Box 8

Folder 5: Press Releases, December 1964-April 1965

Folder 6: Press Releases, May-June 1965

Folder 7: Press Releases, July-August 1965

Folder 8: Press Releases, September-October 1965

Folder 9: Press Releases, November-December 1965

Folder 10: Press Releases, January 1966

Folder 11: Press Releases, February 1966

Folder 12: Press Releases, March 1966

Folder 13: Press Releases, April 1966

Folder 14: Press Releases, May 1966

Folder 15: Press Releases, June-July 1966

Folder 16: Press Releases, August-September 1966

Folder 17: Press Releases, October-November 1966

Folder 18: "Capitol-Gram" Newsletter, 1965-1966

Folder 19: "Capitol-Gram" Correspondence from Constituents, 1965-1966

Folder 20: "A Year in Congress" by Mrs. Christine Redlin, 1965

Folder 21: Redlin Statements in the Congressional Record, 1966

Box 9

Folder 1: Public Relations - Personal Letters to/from Redlin (folder 1)

Folder 2: Public Relations - Personal Letters to/from Redlin (folder 2)

Folder 3: Public Relations - Constituent Views

Folder 4: Public Relations - "Waterfront" (Correspondence from Constituents)

Folder 5: Public Relations - Trips by Redlin to North Dakota, 1965

Folder 6: Public Relations - Trips by Redlin to North Dakota, 1966

Series 4: Correspondence

This large series contains carbon copies of letters sent by Redlin to his constituents in North Dakota, many of which will also be found in the legislative subject files (Series 2).

Box 9

Folder 7: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - A, 1965-66

Folder 8: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Al, 1965-66

Folder 9: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Allen, 1965-66

Folder 10: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Am, 1965-66

Folder 11: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - American, 1965-66

Folder 12: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ar, 1965-66

Folder 13: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - B, 1965-66

Folder 14: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Bar, 1965-66

Folder 15: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Be, 1965-66

Folder 16: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ben, 1965-66

Folder 17: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Bi, 1965-66

Folder 18: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Bo, 1965-66

Folder 19: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Br, 1965-66

Folder 20: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Bu, 1965-66

Folder 21: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - C, 1965-66

Folder 22: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Car, 1965-66

Folder 23: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Cl, 1965-66

Folder 24: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Co, 1965-66

Folder 25: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Con, 1965-66

Folder 26: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Cr, 1965-66

Folder 27: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - D, 1965-66

Folder 28: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - De, 1965-66

Folder 29: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Do, 1965-66

Folder 30: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Du, 1965-66

Folder 31: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - E, 1965-66

Folder 32: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - El, 1965-66

Folder 33: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - F, 1965-66

Folder 34: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Federal, 1965-66

Folder 35: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Fi, 1965-66

Folder 36: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Fr, 1965-66

Folder 37: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - G, 1965-66

Folder 38: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Gi, 1965-66

Box 10

Folder 1: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Go, 1965-66

Folder 2: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Gr, 1965-66

Folder 3: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - H, 1965-66

Folder 4: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Har, 1965-66

Folder 5: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - He, 1965-66

Folder 6: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Hi, 1965-66

Folder 7: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ho, 1965-66

Folder 8: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Hom, 1965-66

Folder 9: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Hu, 1965-66

Folder 10: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - I, 1965-66

Folder 11: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - J, 1965-66

Folder 12: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Jo, 1965-66

Folder 13: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Jones, 1965-66

Folder 14: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - K, 1965-66

Folder 15: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ke, 1965-66

Folder 16: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ko, 1965-66

Folder 17: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - L, 1965-66

Folder 18: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Le, 1965-66

Folder 19: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Li, 1965-66

Folder 20: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Lu, 1965-66

Folder 21: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - M, 1965-66

Folder 22: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Mar, 1965-66

Folder 23: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Mas, 1965-66

Folder 24: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Mc, 1965-66

Folder 25: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - McL, 1965-66

Folder 26: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Me, 1965-66

Folder 27: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Mi, 1965-66

Folder 28: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Mo, 1965-66

Folder 29: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Mu, 1965-66

Folder 30: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - N, 1965-66

Folder 31: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - National, 1965-66

Folder 32: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ni, 1965-66

Folder 33: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - O, 1965-66

Folder 34: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - P, 1965-66

Folder 35: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Pe, 1965-66

Folder 36: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Po, 1965-66

Folder 37: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Pr, 1965-66

Folder 38: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Q, 1965-66

Box 11

Folder 1: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - R, 1965-66

Folder 2: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Re, 1965-66

Folder 3: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ri, 1965-66

Folder 4: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ro, 1965-66

Folder 5: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Ros, 1965-66

Folder 6: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - S, 1965-66

Folder 7: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Sc, 1965-66

Folder 8: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Se, 1965-66

Folder 9: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Sh, 1965-66

Folder 10: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Sm, 1965-66

Folder 11: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Smith, 1965-66

Folder 12: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Sn, 1965-66

Folder 13: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - St, 1965-66

Folder 14: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Sto, 1965-66

Folder 15: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Su, 1965-66

Folder 16: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - T, 1965-66

Folder 17: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Th, 1965-66

Folder 18: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - To, 1965-66

Folder 19: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - U, 1965-66

Folder 20: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - United, 1965-66

Folder 21: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - V, 1965-66

Folder 22: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - W, 1965-66

Folder 23: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - We, 1965-66

Folder 24: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Wh, 1965-66

Folder 25: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Wi, 1965-66

Folder 26: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Will, 1965-66

Folder 27: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Wo, 1965-66

Folder 28: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Y, 1965-66

Folder 29: Carbon Copies of Correspondence - Z, 1965-66

Folder 30: Form Letters, 1965

Folder 31: Form Letters (folder 1), 1966

Folder 32: Form Letters (folder 2), 1966

Series 5: Speeches

This small series consists of outlines and notes for several speeches delivered by Redlin.

Box 11

Folder 33: Northern National Insurance Company, Bismarck, 2 October 1965

Folder 34: Dedication of FHA Water System, Pick City, North Dakota, 2 October 1965

Folder 35: Fort Yates, North Dakota, 4 November 1965

Folder 36: Sentinel Butte (North Dakota) Graduation, 20 May 1966

Folder 37: Untitled, 26 May 1966

Folder 38: Des Lacs (North Dakota) Graduation, 27 May 1966

Folder 39: North Dakota Association of Retarded Children, 10 June 1966

Folder 40: Cattleman's Association, 13 June 1966

Folder 41: North Dakota Rural Letter Carriers, 13 June 1966

Series 6: Photographs

Box 11

Folder 42: Photographs

Photograph 1: Redlin with Oklahoma Representative Carl Albert

Photograph 2: Redlin with officials from the Minot Air Force Base

Photograph 3: Redlin in a meeting at the Minot Air Force Base

Photograph 4: Redlin touring the Minot Air Force Base

Photograph 5: Redlin with Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman

Photograph 6: Redlin with officials from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), 1965

Photograph 7: Redlin with President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Vice-President Hubert Humphrey

Photograph 8: Redlin with Secretary of State Dean Rusk

Photograph 9: North Dakota congressional delegation with an unidentified group on the steps of the U.S. Capitol

Photograph 10: Redlin meeting with an unidentified group of four men

Photograph 11: Redlin and Norman Clapp, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration

Photograph 12: Redlin and Norman Clapp, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration

Photograph 13: Redlin, North Dakota Governor Bill Guy, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and Senator Quentin Burdick

Photograph 14: Redlin and Senator Quentin Burdick outside of the U.S. Capitol

Photograph 15: Redlin, North Dakota Governor Bill Guy, and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman

Photograph 16: Redlin and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall tour the Badlands, October 1965

Photograph 17: Redlin and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall tour the Badlands, October 1965

Oversize Folder 1: Photographs

Placed in the Oversize File Cabinets.

Photograph 18: Redlin, Senator Quentin Burdick, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall tour the Badlands, October 1965

Photograph 19: Redlin and Senator Quentin Burdick

Photograph 20: Redlin, Oklahoma Representative Carl Albert, and Speaker of the House John McCormack

Series 7: 1966 Reelection Campaign

This series regards Redlin's unsuccessful re-election campaign in 1966. Thomas Kleppe, a former mayor of Bismarck, won the November election by three percentage points.

Box 11

Folder 43: General (folder 1)

Folder 44: General (folder 2)

Box 12

Folder 1: "Friends" (folder 1)

Folder 2: "Friends" (folder 2)

Folder 3: "Opposition"

Folder 4: "Salute to Redlin" Dinner, Minot, North Dakota, 26 March 1966

Folder 5: "Redlin for Congress Club"

Series 8: Miscellaneous

Box 12

Folder 6: Documents regarding Redlin's farm in Crosby, North Dakota, 1965

Folder 7: Correspondence to/from Bill Scouton

Staffer in Redlin's office

Folder 8: Correspondence to/from Wally Rustad

Staffer in Redlin's office