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Joseph B. Bridston Papers
Joseph B. Bridston Papers, 1937-1961
Collection Overview
Title: Joseph B. Bridston Papers, 1937-1961
ID: OGLMC0053
Primary Creator: Bridston, Joseph B. (1896-1965)
Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet
Subjects: Politics and Government - Republican Organizing Committee (ROC), Politics and Government - Republican Party
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Joseph B. Bridston was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota in 1896. He was the son of Samuel and Borghild (Huss) Bridston. He was educated at a country school until through the eighth grade, before attending Lutheran Bible School in Wahpeton, Fergus Falls High School (Minnesota), and Central High School, Grand Forks, North Dakota. He later attended the State School of Science in Wahpeton, the University of North Dakota, and while in the U.S. Naval Reserve, the University of Washington.
Bridston taught for one year at Lewistown, Montana and returned to Grand Forks. He worked as a specialty salesman and entered the insurance business. He established the J.B. Bridston Co. in 1934 and organized First Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1938. Also greatly involved in politics, his political career included terms as a North Dakota State Senator (1939-1956), founder of the Republican Organizing Committee, and an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate (1946).
In Grand Forks, Bridston was a former president of the University of North Dakota Alumni Association, and helped with the mill levy for the Medical Center. He also served as president of the Grand Forks Community Chest, chairman of the Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce Bridge and Airport Committee, and former director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, Iowa.
On September 1, 1920, Bridston married Anna Pederson of Grand Forks. The couple had three children: Keith, Jo Anne, and Paul. Joseph B. Bridston died September 26, 1965 and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Forks.
Source:
Grand Forks Herald: 27 September 1965
Subject/Index Terms
Politics and Government - Republican Organizing Committee (ROC)
Politics and Government - Republican Party
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional materials were donated by Mrs. J. B. Bridston on June 25, 1977 (77-423).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Joseph B. Bridston Papers. OGLMC 53, 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 September 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: 1941 Legislative Session
- Folder 2: Langer Hearings, 1941-1942
- Folder 3: Political, 1939-40
- Folder 4: General Correspondence, January 13-March 30, 1942
- Folder 5: General Correspondence, March 30-May 15, 1942
- Folder 6: General Correspondence, May 15-29, 1942
- Folder 7: General Correspondence, June 1-30, 1942
- Folder 8: General Correspondence, July 1-August 14, 1942
- Folder 9: General Correspondence, August 14-October 9, 1942
- Folder 10: General Correspondence, October 9-28, 1942
- Folder 11: General Correspondence, October 28-November 11, 1942
- Folder 12: General Correspondence, November 12-December 11, 1942
- Folder 13: General Correspondence, December 11-30, 1942
- Folder 14: Miscellaneous, 1942
- Folder 15: General Correspondence, January 11-March 16, 1943
- Folder 16: General Correspondence, March 16-April 3, 1943
- Folder 17: General Correspondence, April 7-May 1, 1943
- Folder 18: General Correspondence, May 3-17, 1943
- Folder 19: General Correspondence, May 17-June 30, 1943
- Folder 20: General Correspondence, July 1-August 13, 1943
- Folder 21: General Correspondence, August 13-September 21, 1943
- Folder 22: General Correspondence, September 22-October 31, 1943
- Box 2
- Folder 1: General Correspondence, November 1-30, 1943
- Folder 2: General Correspondence, December 3-31, 1943
- Folder 3: General Correspondence, 1943
- Folder 4: General Correspondence, January 3-May 24, 1944
- Folder 5: General Correspondence, May 25-September 29, 1944
- Folder 6: General Correspondence, October 2-November 15, 1944
- Folder 7: General Correspondence, November 15-December 30, 1944
- Folder 8: General Correspondence, 1944
- Folder 9: General Correspondence, 1950
- Folder 10: General Correspondence, January 3-February 9, 1951
- Folder 11: General Correspondence, February 9-March 19, 1951
- Folder 12: General Correspondence, March 20-May 10, 1951
- Folder 13: General Correspondence, May 11-September 29, 1951
- Folder 14: General Correspondence, October 1-December 28, 1951
- Folder 15: General Correspondence, 1951
- Folder 16: General Correspondence, January 2-March 7, 1952
- Folder 17: General Correspondence, March 8-April 3?, 1952
- Folder 18: General Correspondence, May 1-31, 1952
- Folder 19: General Correspondence, June 2-30, 1952
- Folder 20: General Correspondence, July 2-September 30, 1952
- Folder 21: General Correspondence, October 21-December 31, 1952
- Folder 22: General Correspondence, 1952
- Folder 23: General Correspondence, 1953
- Folder 24: General Correspondence, 1955
- Box 3
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Political and legislative pamphlets, flyers, and bills
- Folder 2: Radio addresses - various people
- Folder 3: Personal receipts
- Folder 4: Correspondence - political and insurance, 1937-1949
- Folder 5: Clippings - political and legislative
- Folder 6: Osteopathic pamphlets and bulletins
- Folder 7: William Langer vs. John Gray, Tax Commissioner - memo opinion, 1937-1938
- Folder 8: North Dakota News (Bismarck), September 5, 1940
- Folder 9: Clipping, editorial. "Langer Is Seated, Not Vindicated," March 1942
- Folder 10: Harvey H. Springer, Money Grows on Trees (Englewood, CO: Western Voice Publishers), 1943
- Folder 11: Radio talk - "Corrupt Political Machines" by Bridston, May 1945
- Folder 12: Radio talk - "A Story of North Dakota" by Sen. William J. Braun, May 1945
- Folder 13: Correspondence, 1946
- Folder 14: Correspondence, 1946
- Folder 15: Correspondence, 1948
- Folder 16: Correspondence, 1949
- Folder 17: Correspondence, 1951
- Folder 18: Correspondence, 1952
- Folder 19: Statement by Bridston - 1953 North Dakota legislature
- Folder 20: Correspondence, 1957
- Folder 21: Correspondence, 1959
- Folder 22: Correspondence, 1960
- Folder 23: Correspondence and papers, undated
- Box 5
- Folder 1: 1938 general election
- Folder 2: Implement Dealers Mutual, confidential file
- Folder 3: R.O.C. Grand Forks County - Bills and bank account, 1942-1948
- Folder 4: Interim Investigation Committee, 1944
- Folder 5: National politics - general, 1944
- Folder 6: State Fire and Tornado Fund, 1944
- Folder 7: Special session, 1944
- Folder 8: Senator Nye, 1944
- Folder 9: Senatorial appointment, 1945
- Folder 10: Personal policies, 1945
- Folder 11: Personal, July-September 1945
- Folder 12: Clippings and correspondence, 1945
- Folder 13: Legislative presession, 1945
- Folder 14: Legislative session, 1945
- Folder 15: 1946 general election advertising, November 5, 1946
- Folder 16: Bridston campaign advertising, 1946
- Folder 17: Bridston campaign - general, 1946
- Folder 18: R.O.C. state convention and senate endorsement, 1946
- Folder 19: 1947 legislature, 1946
- Folder 20: General election, 1946
- Folder 21: North Dakota politics - general, January-June 1948
- Folder 22: Politics, March 1949
- Folder 23: Politics, June 1949
- Folder 24: Politics, November 1949
- Folder 25: William Langer, 1940-1948
- Folder 26: Legislative session, 1949
- Folder 27: County Republican Committee, 1948-1949
- Folder 28: Speeches and notes - nonpolitical, 1949-1951
- Folder 29: Politics, February 1952
- Folder 30: Fred G. Aandahl, 1952
- Folder 31: Politics, June 1952
- Folder 32: Communism, 1958-1960
- Folder 33: Grand Forks Country Club, 1959-1960
- Box 6
- Folder 1: North Dakota Politics, March-December 1945
- Folder 2: Personal Correspondence, April-June 1945
- Folder 3: Petition Filed by Bridston Against the Seating of Senator Langer, 1952
- Folder 4: North Dakota Politics, 1950
- Folder 5: Governor John Moses, November-October 1943
- Folder 6: Campaign Pamphlets, 1942
- Folder 7: Air Reserve Training Manual, February 25, 1960
- Folder 8: Personal Correspondence, November-December 1956
- Folder 9: Personal Correspondence, July-August 1956
- Folder 10: Personal Correspondence, May-June 1956
- Folder 11: Personal Correspondence, March-April 1956
- Folder 12: Personal Correspondence, January-February 1957
- Folder 13: Personal Correspondence, March-April 1957
- Folder 14: Personal Correspondence, May-June 1957
- Folder 15: Personal Correspondence, July-August 1957
- Folder 16: Personal Correspondence, January-February 1956
- Folder 17: Anti-Communism Materials, 1958
- Folder 18: Personal Correspondence, October-December 1957
- Folder 19: Press Release by Bridston, December 4, 1957
- Folder 20: June Primary, 1956
- Folder 21: Republican Dinner, February 13, 1956
- Folder 22: North Dakota Politics, January 1956
- Folder 23: Bridge Committee (Grand Forks and East Grand Forks), 1955
- Folder 24: North Dakota Politics, May 1956
- Folder 25: North Dakota Politics, August-December 1956
- Folder 26: North Dakota Politics, February-April 1956
- Folder 27: Anti-Communism, 1957
- Folder 28: UND, 1953-1956
- Folder 29: Republican Committee - Grand Forks County, 1952-1958
- Folder 30: Correspondence - Flood, 1950
- Folder 31: Clippings, 1948
- Folder 32: Personal Correspondence, January-April 1945
- Folder 33: Correspondence with Fred Aandahl, 1945
- Folder 34: Housing Committee, 1945
- Folder 35: UND, 1948-1953
- Folder 36: Interim Investigating Committee, 1945
- Folder 37: North Dakota Politics, 1957
- Folder 38: Reinsurance, 1957
- Folder 39: Clippings (Letters to Editor), 1959
- Folder 40: Campaign Materials, 1946
- Folder 41: The Leader - Bismarck, North Dakota, 1955
- Folder 42: Clippings, 1952-1955
- Folder 43: Clippings - Letters to Editor, 1950s
- Folder 44: Postmaster Appointment (Reynolds), 1957
- Folder 45: Postmaster Appointment (Emerado), 1958
- Folder 46: UND Alumni Association, 1953-1954
- Folder 47: Newspaper Clippings Regarding Senator Langer, 1957-1959
- Folder 48: Great Northern Railroad, 1955-1956
- Folder 49: Speeches by Bridston, May 10-11, 1961
- Folder 50: Reinsurance, 1945
- Folder 51: Speeches by Bridston, 1946 and 1958
- Folder 52: R.O.C. Messenger, June 1946
- Folder 53: Campaign Materials - Miscellaneous
- Folder 54: House Bill nos. 681 and 682, 1957
- Box 7
- Folder 1: J. B. Bridston - Miscellaneous political materials, 1946-1951
- Folder 2: Correspondence - Carroll Day and KNOX Controversy, 1955-1956
- Folder 3: Correspondence - Highway Controversy, 1955
- Folder 4: Correspondence - 1955 Legislative Session, 1954-1955
- Folder 5: Correspondence - Milton R. Young, 1954-1955
- Folder 6: Correspondence - Political, 1946
- Folder 7: Correspondence - Political (R.O.C.), 1945
- Folder 8: Correspondence - Milton R. Young, 1945
- Folder 9: Correspondence - Milton R. Young, 1945
- Folder 10: Correspondence - Political, 1944
- Folder 11: Correspondence - Political, 1944
- Folder 12: Correspondence - Political, 1944
- Folder 13: Correspondence - Political, 1944
- Folder 14: Correspondence - Political, 1944
- Folder 15: Correspondence - Political, 1944
- Folder 16: Correspondence - Political, 1943
- Folder 17: Grand Forks Republican Committee - 1956 Campaign Finances and Expenses
- Folder 18: Fire and Tornado Insurance Fund Controversy - Correspondence, 1943-1944
- Folder 19: Fire and Tornado Insurance Fund Controversy - Interim Legislative Committee materials, 1945
- Folder 20: Fire and Tornado insurance Fund Controversy - Reports and related materials
- Folder 21: Langer Political File - Correspondence, 1949-1956
- Folder 22: Langer Political File - Miscellaneous, 1952-1953
- Folder 23: Langer Political File - Correspondence, 1942-1946
- Folder 24: Langer Political File - Miscellaneous, 1941-1946
- Folder 25: 1955 Legislative Session - Bills, reports and related materials
- Folder 26: Newspaper clippings - Oscar Erickson and Insurance Department controversy
- Folder 27: Newspaper clippings - William Langer
- Folder 28: Newspaper clippings - William Langer
- Folder 29: Newspaper clippings - Missouri Valley Authority
- Folder 30: Newspaper clippings - North Dakota Politics
- Folder 31: Republican Organizing Committee - Miscellaneous
- Folder 32: Speeches - Joseph B. Bridston, 1944-1955 and 1961
- Folder 33: Speeches - Political, 1944-1955
- Folder 34: Speeches - R.O.C., 1944 and undated
- Folder 35: Correspondence - Personal, 1954-1955
- Folder 36: Correspondence - Personal, 1954-1955
- Folder 37: Correspondence - Personal, 1954-1955
- Folder 38: Correspondence - Personal, 1954-1955
- Folder 39: Correspondence - Personal, 1954-1955
- Folder 40: Correspondence - Personal, January-May 1950
- Folder 41: Correspondence - Personal, January-May 1950
- Folder 42: Grand Forks Country Club improvement, 1954
- Folder 43: Miscellaneous
- Folder 44: Small Business Administration - Correspondence and related materials, 1954-1956
- Folder 45: University of North Dakota Alumni Association - Correspondence and related materials, 1953
- Folder 46: University of North Dakota Medical School - Correspondence, 1951-1953
- Folder 47: University of North Dakota Medical School - Correspondence, 1944-1951 and undated
- Folder 48: University of North Dakota Medical School - Reports and Related Correspondence
- Folder 49: University of North Dakota Medical School Survey - Dr. Harold C. Loeth and Dr. Robert C. Lewis (Authors), July-August 1951
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