Obert C. Teigen Papers, 1940-1978
Collection Overview
Title: Obert C. Teigen Papers, 1940-1978
ID: OGLMC579
Primary Creator: Teigen, Obert C. (1908-1978)
Extent: 5.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 06/00/1980. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Legal - North Dakota Supreme Court, University of North Dakota - Alumni
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The papers of Judge Teigen include personal, legal and judicial correspondence, reporter speeches, opinion notebooks, published materials, and memorabilia arranged alphabetically and dating from 1940 to 1978.
Forty four photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets. One folder of oversized certificates was placed in the Oversized File Cabinets.
Collection Historical Note
Obert C. Teigen was born on September 27, 1908 near Felon, North Dakota. He graduated from Edmore High School in 1927. Five years later he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Dakota and in 1934 he received a L.L.B. from the School of Law at the University.
Shortly after he was admitted to the North Dakota Bar, Teigen served as a caseworker for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in Ramsey County. From 1937 to 1943 he served as State's Attorney for Ramsey County. In 1943 he accepted an appointment as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was assigned to the Chicago and Detroit areas for approximately one year.
In 1947 he established a law practice in Devils Lake. Seven years later he was appointed U.S. District Judge by Governor Norman Brunsdale. In 1959 Governor John Davis appointed him Associate Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. He was elected to two ten year terms beginning in 1960. In 1966 he was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a position he held until 1971. Teigen continued his service on the Supreme Court until his resignation in July 1974.
Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, Teigen accepted a position as Administration Judge for the Social Security Administration. In February 1978 he was forced to resign his position as a result of ill health and died a few months later on May 26, 1978.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional material was donated by Phillip J. Brown, Bismarck, North Dakota, in November 1983 (Acc.83-1224).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Mrs. Obert Teigen, Bismarck, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.80-660
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Obert C. Teigen Papers. OGLMC 579, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in February 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Photographs :],
[Oversize Folder 1],
[All]
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biography
- Folder 2: Board of Directors Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1973-1975
- Folder 3: Board of Directors Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1960-1967
- Folder 4: Certificates,1940 - 1978
- Folder 5: Civil Service, 1974 - 1978
- Folder 6: Correspondence, Bar Association, 1970 and 1978
- Folder 7: Correspondence, Election, 1970
- Folder 8: Correspondence, Judicial, 1973-1974
- Folder 9: Correspondence, Judicial, Thomas W. Nielson, 1970-1974
- Folder 10: Correspondence, Judicial, 1972
- Folder 11: Correspondence, Judicial, 1970-1971
- Folder 12: Correspondence, Judicial, Miscellaneous, 1969
- Folder 13: Correspondence, Judicial, Miscellaneous, June-December 1968
- Folder 14: Correspondence, Judicial, Miscellaneous, 1967-May 1968
- Folder 15: Correspondence, Judicial, Miscellaneous, 1966
- Folder 16: Correspondence, Personal, 1971-1978
- Folder 17: Correspondence, Personal, 1969-1970
- Folder 18: Correspondence, Personal, 1968
- Folder 19: Correspondence, Personal, 1966-1967
- Folder 20: Correspondence, Personal, 1964-1965
- Folder 21: Correspondence, Personal, 1962-1963
- Folder 22: Correspondence, Personal, 1961
- Folder 23: Correspondence, Personal, 1960
- Folder 24: Correspondence, Personal, 1959
- Folder 25: Correspondence, Personal, 1944-1958
- Folder 26: Correspondence, H.W. Swanson, 1943-1944
- Folder 1: Biography
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Fair Trial, Free Press Council, 1972-1974
- Folder 2: Fair Trial, Free Press Council, Publications, 1970-1974
- Folder 3: Fair Trial, Free Press Council, Publications, 1966-1969
- Folder 4: Fair Trial, Free Press Council, Speech, 1969-1971
- Folder 5: Fort Totten-Sullys Hill Association, 1971
- Folder 6: Newspaper Clippings, 1966-1974
- Folder 7: North Dakota Rehabilitation Corporation, 1974
- Folder 8: North Dakota Rehabilitation Corporation, 1971-1972
- Folder 9: North Dakota Rehabilitation Corporation, 1968-1971
- Folder 10: North Dakota Rehabilitation Corporation, Audit Reports, 1971 - 1974
- Folder 11: North Dakota Rehabilitation Corporation, Audit Reports, 1966-1971
- Folder 12: North Dakota Supreme Court, Appointments, 1958-1959
- Folder 13: North Dakota Supreme Court, Opinions, 1965-1969
- Folder 14: Selective Service Appeals Board, 1968-1972
- Folder 15: Selective Service Appeals Board, 1966-1967
- Folder 16: Selective Service Pamphlets
- Folder 17: Social Security Administration, Judge Correspondence, 1976-1977
- Folder 18: Social Security Administration, Judge Itinerary and Schedule of Hearings, 1975-1977
- Folder 19: Social Security Administration, Judge Transfer, 1975-1976
- Folder 20: Social Security Administration, Judge Travel Vouchers and Orders, 1975-1976
- Folder 21: Social Security Administration, Judge Travel Vouchers and Orders, 1975
- Folder 22: Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1954-1978
- Folder 1: Fair Trial, Free Press Council, 1972-1974
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Quote Material for Speeches
- Folder 2: Quote Material for Speeches
- Folder 3: Retirement, 1974-1979, undated
- Folder 4: Speeches, National Judicial System, 1959-1968
- Folder 5: Speeches, National Judicial System, 1969-1970
- Folder 6: Speeches, Newton
- Folder 7: Speeches by Teigen to Civic Groups and Special Occasions, 1950-1972
- Folder 8: Speeches by Teigen to Judicial and Law Enforcement Organizations, 1959-1970
- Folder 9: Speeches by Teigen to Judicial System, 1956-1970
- Folder 10: Supreme Court Records-Inventory Prepared by Record Engineering, Inc., 1959
- Folder 11: U.S. District Court Appointments, 1954-1957
- Folder 12: U.S. Supreme Court Nomination, 1970
- Folder 1: Quote Material for Speeches
- Box 4
- Folder 1: National Conference of Judicial Retirement and Disability Commission, 1969
- Folder 2: "North Dakota Supreme Court History" (unpublished and undated paper)
- Folder 3: Organization and Program Background (Social Security Administrative Law).
- Folder 4: Selected Readings on the of Justice and its Improvement, American Judicature Society, 1969
- Folder 5: Teigen Opinion Notebook: Special Concurrences and Dissents, 1959-1974
- Folder 6: Alumni Review, November-December 1972
- Folder 7: Correspondence and Congratulations on Various Awards, 1966-1967
- Folder 8: Inaugural Programs of 37th, 40th, 41st Legislative Assemblies
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous
- Folder 10: Newspaper Clippings
- Folder 1: National Conference of Judicial Retirement and Disability Commission, 1969
- Photographs :
- Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets
- Photograph 1: Conference of Chief Justices, 1966
- Photograph 2: Conference of Chief Justices, 1967
- Photograph 3: Teigen and Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, undated
- Photograph 4: National Awards Jury Freedoms Foundation, 1967
- Photograph 5: Conference of Chief Justices, 1968
- Photograph 6: Conference of Chief Justices, 1969
- Photograph 7: Conference of Chief Justices, 1969
- Photograph 8: Conference of Chief Justices, 1970
- Photograph 9: Chief Justices, undated
- Photograph 10: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1957
- Photograph 11: Supreme Court of North Dakota
- Photograph 12: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1963
- Photograph 13: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1959
- Photograph 14: Supreme Court meeting with Moot Court participants, 1964
- Photograph 15: Chief Justice and politician, 1967
- Photograph 16: Chief Justice and politician, 1969
- Photograph 17: Unidentified group, 1967
- Photograph 18: Teigen swearing in North Dakota Governor Bill Guy, 1969
- Photograph 19: Unidentified group, 1967
- Photograph 20: Unidentified group, 1969
- Photograph 21: Unidentified group, autographed by North Dakota Governor Bill Guy, 1972
- Photograph 22: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1972
- Photograph 23: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1972
- Photograph 24: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1974
- Photograph 25: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1974
- Photograph 26: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1974
- Photograph 27: Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1974
- Photograph 28: Federal Court Justices, undated
- Photograph 29: Teigen, undated
- Photograph 30: Teigen, undated
- Photograph 31: Teigen and Awards Jury of Freedoms Foundation, 1965
- Photograph 32: North Dakota Supreme Court, 1966
- Photograph 33: Awards Jury, 1965
- Photograph 34: Conference of Chief Justices, 1965
- Photograph 35: Unidentified group, undated
- Photograph 36: Unidentified group, 1961
- Photograph 37: Elks Loyalty Day Program, 1974
- Photograph 38: Elks Loyalty Day Program, 1974
- Photograph 39: Teigen, Mrs. Teigen, and Congressman Thomas Kleppe, 1969
- Photograph 40: Teigen receiving award from ND State Senator Evan Lips, 1973
- Photograph 41: T. W. Marrissey in Teigen's law office, undated
- Photograph 42: Teigen, 1959
- Photograph 43: Teigen, 1959
- Photograph 44: Teigen with ND Governor John Davis, 1960
- Photograph 1: Conference of Chief Justices, 1966
- Oversize Folder 1
- Item 1: Certificate of Appreciation, Selective Service System: April 12, 1966
- Item 2: Commission as Kentucky Colonel: October 17, 1966
- Item 3: Membership in the Institute of Judicial Administration: November 1966
- Item 4: Certificate of Appreciation, Selective Service System: April 5, 1971
- Item 5: Certificate of Appreciation, Selective Service System: February 18, 1975
- Item 6: Meritorious Service Award, Selective Service System: 1976
- Item 1: Certificate of Appreciation, Selective Service System: April 12, 1966
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