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Wynona H. Wilkins Papers, 1956-1994
Collection Overview
Title: Wynona H. Wilkins Papers, 1956-1994
ID: OGLMC1296
Primary Creator: Wilkins, Wynona (1916-2021)
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 10/15/1994. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: University of North Dakota - Faculty, Women's History
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Wynona H. Wilkins Papers consist mainly of newspaper clippings dating from 1956-1994. These along with magazine articles, postcards, greeting cards and letters are arranged alphabetically by topic. The majority of the material dates from the 1970's.
Wilkins initially gathered items to illustrate the thesis of her article "The Idea of North Dakota", that is, people viewed North Dakota negatively because they were not familiar with the state. Wilkin's project started almost by accident. She was in Oklahoma City, Okla., in a card shop. She picked up a greeting card that read "Hi there! I just arrived here in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and that's a bit of a blow 'cause I'm supposed to be in Furdsville, North Dakota. Oh well, see you soon!" She bought it, the first entry in her collection.
Collection Historical Note
Wynona Huchette Wilkins, a native of western Pennsylvania, attended West Virginia University, and holds a M.A. degree in history from Indiana University. She taught at the University of Oklahoma from 1962-1963, and in the Tunisian program of the United States Peace Corps in 1963. From 1964-1967 she taught French and European history at the Ironton Center of Ohio University. In 1967, she became a member of the UND Language Department and taught French.
Wynona and her husband, Dr. Robert Wilkins, professor of history, co-authored God Giveth the Increase: The History of the Episcopal Church in North Dakota (1959) and North Dakota: A Bicentennial History (1977). She has also written several articles, including "The Idea of North Dakota" (contained in this collection), which appeared in 1971 in the North Dakota Quarterly, a journal which she helped her husband edit.
Wynona Wilkins retired from the University of North Dakota on May 15, 1987. She died in Grand Forks on December 23, 2021.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional materials were received from Robert Wilkins, October 18, 1991; 94-2003
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Wynona Wilkins, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 94-1979
Separated Materials: Six photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinet.
Related Publications:
God Giveth the Increase: The History of the Episcopal Church in North Dakota by Robert and Wynona Wilkins. Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1959.
North Dakota: A Bicentennial History by Robert and Wynona Wilkins. New York: Norton, 1977.
Preferred Citation: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Processing Information: Finding aid added to Archon in November 2013
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Photograph 1: Robert and Wynona Wilkins],
[Photograph 2: Robert and Wynona Wilkins present first-edition copy of North Dakota: A History to Congressman Mark Andrews],
[Photograph 3: Robert and Wynona Wilkins present first-edition copy of North Dakota: A History to Senator Quentin Burdick],
[Photograph 4: Joseph Duffey, Robert and Wynona Wilkins, Eleanor Goodall, and Everett Albers],
[Photograph 5: Robert and Wynona Wilkins with Arthur and Grace Link],
[Photograph 6: Robert and Wynona Wilkins autographing their books for Arthur Link],
[All]
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biographical Materials
- Folder 2: "The Idea of North Dakota" by Wynona Wilkins; North Dakota Quarterly, Winter 1971
- Folder 3: Material used for Article
- Folder 4: "Some Perceptions of North Dakota" by Wynona Wilkins; speech given at the FLAND banquet, April 9, 1976
- Folder 5: "The Image of North Dakota in recent American Travel Literature" by Ann Rathke; North Dakota Quarterly, Fall 1988
- Folder 6: "The Mind and Spirit of North Dakota Part II"
- Folder 7: DAKOTA SKETCHES, School of the Air History Series No. 5-8
- Folder 8: Buffalo
- Folder 9: Comic Strips
- Folder 10: Correspondence, 1981-1993
- Folder 11: Drake, ND Book Burning, 1973-1983
- Folder 12: Economy, 1969-1981
- Folder 13: Ethnic, 1971-1988
- Folder 14: Greeting Cards
- Folder 15: Humanities
- Folder 16: Magazine Articles
- Folder 17: Misspelling
- Folder 18: Missiles, 1969-1982
- Folder 19: Music, 1971-1989
- Folder 20: Names; Newspaper Clippings, 1969-1989
- Folder 21: Other States' Images, 1968-1983
- Folder 22: Perception
- Folder 23: Population: 1970 Census of Population: Number of Inhabitants: North Dakota
- Folder 24: Population; Clippings, 1956-1986
- Folder 25: Schools in North Dakota
- Folder 26: Weather; Newspaper Clippings, 1966-1983
- Folder 27: Weather; Magazine Articles and Postcard, 1966-1980
- Folder 28: Zap, ND; Zip to Zap, 1969-1989
- Folder 29: Miscellaneous
- Photograph 1: Robert and Wynona Wilkins
- Photograph 2: Robert and Wynona Wilkins present first-edition copy of North Dakota: A History to Congressman Mark Andrews
- Photograph 3: Robert and Wynona Wilkins present first-edition copy of North Dakota: A History to Senator Quentin Burdick
- Photograph 4: Joseph Duffey, Robert and Wynona Wilkins, Eleanor Goodall, and Everett Albers
- Photograph 5: Robert and Wynona Wilkins with Arthur and Grace Link
- Photograph 6: Robert and Wynona Wilkins autographing their books for Arthur Link
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Photograph 1: Robert and Wynona Wilkins],
[Photograph 2: Robert and Wynona Wilkins present first-edition copy of North Dakota: A History to Congressman Mark Andrews],
[Photograph 3: Robert and Wynona Wilkins present first-edition copy of North Dakota: A History to Senator Quentin Burdick],
[Photograph 4: Joseph Duffey, Robert and Wynona Wilkins, Eleanor Goodall, and Everett Albers],
[Photograph 5: Robert and Wynona Wilkins with Arthur and Grace Link],
[Photograph 6: Robert and Wynona Wilkins autographing their books for Arthur Link],
[All]