Flickertail Girls State Records, 1956-1996
Collection Overview
Title: Flickertail Girls State Records, 1956-1996
ID: OGLMC1283
Primary Creator: Flickertail Girls State (1947-)
Extent: 4.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 08/25/1993
Subjects: Politics and Government, Women's History - Women's Organizations
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Flickertail Girls State Records, 1956-1996, have been divided into five series:
Series 1: History
Series 2: Correspondence and Memorandum
Series 3: General Papers
Series 4: Manuals and Forms
Series 5: Miscellaneous
Collection Historical Note
In 1947, Mrs. Myrtle Anderson, president of the American Legion Auxiliary (1946-1947), organized the first Flickertail Girls State session. The American Legion Auxiliary is the sponsor of this annual event. The first session was held at Jamestown College in June 1947, when 116 girls attended. It was also held in Jamestown in 1948 and 1949. Since 1950, it has been held in Grand Forks at the University of North Dakota (UND) and throughout the years attendance has risen to 700 or more girls.
The Flickertail Girls State program seeks to simulate real life North Dakota politics at city, county, and state government levels. During Girls State, each governmental activity is preceded by a lecture given by a political science faculty member at UND. The staff establishes the government process after consultation with the American Legion Auxiliary. Counselors, who are political science students at UND, work closely with the girls to encourage and enhance their understanding of government functions. The goal is to give participants in Girls State experience in the political process.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Dr. Ron Pynn, UND Political Science Department
Acquisition Method: Donation; 94-1939
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Flickertail Girls State Records. OGLMC 1283, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in December 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: History],
[Series 2: Correspondence and Memoranda],
[Series 3: General Papers],
[Series 4: Manuals and Forms],
[Series 5: Miscellaneous],
[All]
- Series 5: Miscellaneous
- This series has newspaper clippings for 1986 and 1987 from various newspapers about those who attended Girls State. The articles have been alphabetized within each folder according to the name of the town where the newspaper was published. Other assorted items are also located in this series.
- Box 4
- Folder 2: Flickertail Girls State Annuals, 1973 and 1976
- Folder 3: North Dakota Government Guidebook, ca. 1950
- Folder 4: Newspaper clippings, 1986
- Folder 5: Newspaper clippings, 1987
- Folder 6: Flickertails newspaper, June 8, 1990
- Folder 7: Stencils for 35th Annual Session
- Folder 8: Flickertales Newsletters, 1957-1972
- Folder 9: Flickertail Girls State 50th Annual Session Memory Book, 1947-1996
- Folder 10: Girls Nation Report, 1950, and Correspondence from Mary MacGregor Mather - 1950 Girls State/Nation, June 2, 1996
- The 1950 report was written by Mary MacGregor of Fargo and Kathleen Lewis of Wahpeton. They were the two delegates from North Dakota Girls State.
- Folder 11: Photographs
1283-1: Flickertail Girls State graduation ceremony, ca. 1955
1283-2: Theodore Pedeliski, UND professor of political science, ca. 1970
- Folder 2: Flickertail Girls State Annuals, 1973 and 1976
- Box 4
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: History],
[Series 2: Correspondence and Memoranda],
[Series 3: General Papers],
[Series 4: Manuals and Forms],
[Series 5: Miscellaneous],
[All]