William Julison Papers, 1908-1988

William Julison Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: William Julison Papers, 1908-1988

Predominant Dates:1930-1988

ID: OGLMC1169

Primary Creator: Julison, William (1916-1988)

Extent: 42.75 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 06/23/1988

Subjects: Grand Forks, Great Depression, Military History - World War II (WW2), Sports and Recreation, Theater and Film

Languages: English

Abstract

1916-1988; Grand Forks business owner who chronicled city athletics

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The William Julison Papers date from 1908 to 1988, although the bulk of the material is from 1930 to 1988. The papers originally measured 62.5 linear feet and were completely unorganized. Therefore, at the time of acquisition, it was deemed expedient to do only a cursory appraisal of the material on site. Upon processing, the papers were rearranged to reflect Julison's personal life, his work as a commercial artist/cartoonist, and his interest in sports and silent western films. The Julison Papers are arranged into seven series:

Series 1: Personal and Family

Series 2: Art Mart

Series 3: Sports

Series 4: Grand Forks and North Dakota History

Series 5: Silent Western Movies

Series 6: Oversize

Series 7: Photographs

Collection Historical Note

William Julison was born August 30, 1916, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the fifth of six children born to Gustav and Marie Anne Scherer Julissen (Yulissen). Gustav, an ethnic German from Russia, was born near Tallinn, Estonia, August 17, 1867, and Marie Anne in Selz, Russia, December 2, 1877. Gustav was pressed into the Russian Army at age 15 and met Marie in Odessa while working in one of Czar Nicholas' many estates near Odessa. They were married in 1902 and lived in the village of Mixtov where their first three children were born. Gustav saw service in the Russian-Japanese War of 1904. He immigrated with his family to the United States in June 1906 via Antwerp, Belgium, and Canada, before arriving in Neche, North Dakota, in September 1906. The family moved to Grand Forks shortly thereafter to join sponsoring relatives, Marie's parents, Barbara and Joseph Scherer. Gustav worked for the Great Northern Railroad for 35 years as a section hand and then a car repairman. Gustav died in Grand Forks February 3, 1948, and Marie Anne June 28, 1950.

William Julison grew up in the Dyke Avenue/Washington Street neighborhood of Grand Forks. He graduated from Central High School in 1934 and then worked for Griffith's Department Store and odd jobs until the fall of 1937 when he enrolled at the University of North Dakota majoring in art and journalism. He left UND Spring semester 1939 because of unsatisfactory scholarship and went to live with his sister, Mary, who was teaching in Milwaukee. Unable to find work, Julison enrolled in Company 1604 CCC Camp, Gays Mills, Wisconsin, on July 30, 1939. He joined other CCC men who were in the same boat "coming from big families, no jobs, and disgusted with hard times." He participated in a variety of work: Soil Conservation Service topographical projects, limestoning, and KP, latrine, and dispensary duty. He was also a columnist and the cartoonist for the Camp's daily newspaper Kickapoojian. Julison was discharged from Company 1604 CCC Camp on June 30, 1941, and the Camp was disbanded in July 1942.

Julison registered for the Draft at Company 1604 CCC Camp on October 15, 1940. Instead of having his induction papers transferred to North Dakota, he chose to join some of his CCC enrollees and was inducted August 3, 1941, at Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin. He received his basic training at Camp Grant, Illinois, and then was stationed at Chanute Field, Illinois, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Harding, Louisiana. He was sent overseas in December of 1944. He served in England and France and then spent approximately one year in Germany where his knowledge of the German language enabled him to serve as an interpreter. He also worked in the air disarmament program decoding Nazi aircraft development secrets. Throughout his five years in the Army, Julison was also a cartoonist/illustrator for army post newspapers, worked in public relations, and produced art work for various projects. He was awarded an ETO Certificate of Merit and a Bronze Star and was discharged May 16, 1946, as a Master Sergeant.

Julison spent the summer of 1946 working for the Progress, a weekly newspaper in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, before joining the Grand Forks Herald as a sports writer and cartoonist. He established a free-lance illustration/commercial art service shop called the Art Mart in 1956, contracting work in illustrating, designing, printing, cartooning, photo-retouching, posters, and T.V. slides. He maintained this business at several downtown locations before moving it to his home in 1967.

Julison never married but nurtured close ties with his extended family, especially his nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Grand Forks Quarterback Club, the American Foreign Legion, and was a lover of classical music, a sports enthusiast, and a silent western movie buff. William Julison died July 1, 1988.

Subject/Index Terms

Grand Forks
Great Depression
Military History - World War II (WW2)
Sports and Recreation
Theater and Film

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: Adam Julison, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; Accession 88-1614

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). William Julison Papers. OGLMC 1169, 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 August 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal And Family],
[Series 2: Art Mart ],
[Series 3: Sports],
[Series 4: Grand Forks And North Dakota History],
[Series 5: Silent Western Movies],
[Series 6: Oversize],
[Series 7: Photographs],
[All]

Series 1: Personal And Family

Sub-Series 1: Julison Family

This sub-series includes Yulissen/Schall-Scherer genealogical and family history information. The families were from Tallinn, Estonia and Selz, South Russia respectively. The Jacob Schall (1751-1821) Family of Kaidenburg, Alsace-France, was one of the Kutschurean colonists who founded Selz, South Russia in 1808. This subseries also contains biographical information and miscellaneous papers and school certificates for Julison, his brothers, and sister Mary, who graduated from UND in 1925.

Box 1

Folder 1: Yulissen/Schall-Scherer Family Genealogies and Papers.
Folder 2: William Julison - Personal and Biographical Materials.
Folder 3: Correspondence - Reflections on Julison's life, 1970-1987.
Folder 4: Julison Family Papers.
Folder 5: Mary Julison's Scrapbook, Central High School 1918, 1922; UND 1924, 1934- 1936 Athletics.
Folder 6: Mary Julison - Loose items from scrapbook and certificates.
Folder 7: Julison's Nieces and Nephews - news clippings and miscellany.
Folder 8: Correspondence - To Julison from Nieces and Nephews, 1966-1988.
Folder 9: Correspondence - Julison's sympathy messages, 1972-1985.
Folder 10: Correspondence - Opinion letters to the "Mail Bag", CBC, etc.
Folder 11: Letters to the Editor and miscellaneous articles for the Grand Forks Herald by William Julison.
Folder 12: Correspondence - General miscellaneous.
Folder 13: Correspondence - Christmas Cards.

Sub-Series 2: Civilian Conservation Corps

Materials in this sub-series relate to Julison's twenty-three month stint of service in Company 1604 CCC Camp, Gays Mills, Wisconsin, July 1939 to June 1941. The materials include two historical sketches of Company 1604. Donald Niendorf, a Camp superintendent, wrote a brief history in 1966 for the Camp's first reunion held at Kankakee, Illinois, while Julison produced a pictorial booklet for the 50th anniversary of Company 1604 held at Gays Mills, Wisconsin, 1983. The sub-series also includes general historical information of the Civilian Conservation Corps; original copies of Company 1604 CCC Camp newsletter, Kickapoojian, August 1940 to June 1941; Company 1604 memorabilia; correspondence regarding the writing of Julison's historical 50th anniversary booklet, his orders for CCC buttons which he designed and fashioned, and general correspondence from various ex-CCCers; and newsletters from the Brotherhood of XCCCers and Potomac Chapter 13. A scrapbook documenting the history of Company 1604 CCC Camp has been placed with the oversize material. Photographs depicting life at Company 1604 have been separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Box 1

Folder 14: CCC - "History of 1604th Co. of C.C.C., Gay Mills, Wisconsin", written by Donald Niendorf, 1966.
Folder 15: CCC - "Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1604 Connection, Fort Sheridan, Ill., Clam Lake, Richland Center, Gay Mills, Wis.", by William Julison, 1985.
Folder 16: CCC - "Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1604 Connection ...", rough draft.
Folder 17: CCC - "Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1604 Connection ...", correspondence requesting photo- graphs and information.

Box 2

Folder 1: CCC - Correspondence, Re: CCC Camp 1604, 1970- 1988.
Folder 2: CCC - Company 1604 Newspaper Kickapoojian, August 5, 1940 - June 30, 1941.
Folder 3: CCC - Company 1604 Memorabilia.
Folder 4: CCC - Company 1604 Memorabilia 1940-41 and NACCCA Memberships 1979- 87.
Folder 5: CCC - Company 1604 Reunions and other CCC company reunions, 1963-84.
Folder 6: CCC - Fort Sheridan Centennial celebration - correspondence and miscellany, 1985-87.
Folder 7: CCC - Company reunions in North Dakota, 1984-87.
Folder 8: CCC - Correspondence regarding orders for Julison's CCC buttons, 1983-84.
Folder 9: Civilian Conservation Corps - General historical information.
Folder 10: CCC - National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni, correspondence, 1982-87.
Folder 11: CCC - Brotherhood of XCCCers Newsletters, 1983-85.
Folder 12: CCC - Potomac Chapter 13 Newsletters, 1987-88.

Sub-Series 3: World War II

Sub-series 3 consists of materials collected during Julison's active duty years in the United States Army during World War II and more recent newspaper articles about both World War I and II. Included is Julison's diary of his service years, 1941 to 1946, personal documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous items. Separated and placed in oversize boxes are scrapbooks containing news clippings which recorded the names of those men from the Grand Forks area who entered service, were on furlough, or were wounded or killed in action; approximately two years of the Airplane Mechanic, the Lincoln Army/Air Base newspaper, August 1942 to April 1944; random editions of other military newspapers; and Julison's caricature drawings of his fellow servicemen. Photographs from World War II have been placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Box 2

Folder 13: WW II - Personal documents.
Folder 14: WW II - Julison diary, 1941-1946.
Folder 15: WW II - Miscellaneous correspondence, 1944-1980.
Folder 16: WW II - Chanute Field - Photocopies of photographs of personnel, scenes from the school, clippings of Chanute Field Sports Stars, souvenir cards, and correspondence.
Folder 17: WW II - Lincoln Army Air Base - Pamphlet on history of the Air Force Technical School, pamphlet on the physical training program, clippings of the "Hangar Flying" column in the base newspaper, souvenir cards, and "H Street Bugle" newsletter.
Folder 18: WW II - Lincoln Army Air Base - correspondence with former personnel, 1971- 1984.
Folder 19: WW II - Sixth Air Disarmament Group - Pamphlet on, and newsletters(The Oracle), May 30 - September 22, 1945.
Folder 20: WW II - Military personnel - caricature of, poems about.
Folder 21: WW II - Military Teams - football programs, news releases, miscellany, 1945-46.
Folder 22: WW II - Local servicemen - news clippings on those entering service, killed in action, furloughs. Great Northern Railway report , with names, of employees killed in WW II.
Folder 23: WW II - Military Magazines - Army Talks, July 10, 1945, The American Legion, April 30, 1977.
Folder 24: WW II - Foreign currencies.
Folder 25: WW II - News clippings, 1942-1985.
Folder 26: WW II - Miscellaneous news clippings.
Folder 27: WW II - Concentration Camps - Brochure on Dachau; press release on camps.
Folder 28: WW II - Catalogue of Military Collectibles.
Folder 29: WW II - European cities - Pamphlets on Berlin, photo and description of Heidelberg, booklet on Napoli.
Folder 30: WW II - Miscellaneous.
Folder 31: WW I - News clippings and pamphlet on the "Defeat of the German Army, 1918", typescript of speech on the war and its veterans

Sub-Series 4: Germans from Russia

This sub-series contains information about Germans from Russia who migrated in large numbers from the Black Sea area of Russia to Dakota Territory, beginning in 1873. Julison was a member of the Deutsche Kinder Chapter of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society founded on January 9, 1971, under the name North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from Russia. Its headquarters is located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The Grand Forks Chapter was formed in 1977. Items included in this series are membership lists, correspondence, newsletters, convention brochures, publication lists, and art work produced by Julison for the brochure of the Society's 10th annual convention held in Grand Forks in 1980. The materials date from 1967 to 1988.

Box 2

Folder 32: Germans from Russia Heritage Society - Grand Forks Deutsche Kinder Chapter newsletters, officer lists, news clippings, and miscellany, 1977-1988
Folder 33: Germans from Russia Heritage Society, 1980 Convention in Grand Forks, brochures, correspondence, and music.
Folder 34: Germans from Russia Heritage Society - North Dakota-state newsletters, convention brochures, publication lists, miscellaneous, 1979-1987.
Folder 35: Germans from Russia Heritage Society - Julison's illustration work.

Box 3

Folder 1: Germans from Russia Heritage Society - Chapters other than Grand Forks, newsletters and miscellaneous, 1981-1986.
Folder 2: Germans-Russian Immigrants and other miscellaneous news clippings, 1970- 1986.
Folder 3: Germans from Russia genealogy - correspondence, publication lists, miscellaneous, 1977-1979.
Folder 4: Souvenirs from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Germany, including photos of Hitler's "Eagles Nest".
Folder 5: German Cooking - news clippings on restaurants, recipes, 1967-1980.
Folder 6: Germans from Russia Heritage Society - miscellaneous.

Series 2: Art Mart

Materials in this series document Julison's commercial art shop business and date from 1956 to 1988.

Sub-Series 1: Financial

Financial records include invoice statements, tax returns, an account book, plus check stubs and bank statements.

Box 3

Folder 7: Art Mart.
Folder 8: Art Mart - Advertisements.
Folder 9: Art Mart - correspondence and illustration business, 1937-1987.
Folder 10: Art Mart - Statements, 1956.
Folder 11: Art Mart - Statements, 1957.
Folder 12: Art Mart - Statements, 1958.
Folder 13: Art Mart - Statements, 1959.
Folder 14: Art Mart - Statements, 1960.
Folder 15: Art Mart - Statements, 1961.
Folder 16: Art Mart - Statements, 1962.
Folder 17: Art Mart - Statements, 1963.
Folder 18: Art Mart - Statements, 1964.
Folder 19: Art Mart - Statements, 1965.

Box 4

Folder 1: Art Mart - Statements, 1966
Folder 2: Art Mart - Statements, 1967
Folder 3: Art Mart - Statements, 1968
Folder 4: Art Mart - Statements, 1969
Folder 5: Art Mart - Statements, 1970
Folder 6: Art Mart - Statements, 1971
Folder 7: Art Mart - Statements, 1972
Folder 8: Art Mart - Statements, 1973
Folder 9: Art Mart - Statements, 1974
Folder 10: Art Mart - Statements, 1975
Folder 11: Art Mart - Statements, 1976
Folder 12: Art Mart - Statements, 1977
Folder 13: Art Mart - Statements, 1978
Folder 14: Art Mart - Statements, 1979

Box 5

Folder 1: Art Mart - Statements, 1980.
Folder 2: Art Mart - Statements, 1981.
Folder 3: Art Mart - Statements, 1982.
Folder 4: Art Mart - Statements, 1983-84.
Folder 5: Art Mart - Statements, 1985-88.
Folder 6: Financial - Tax returns, 1951-1969.
Folder 7: Financial - Tax returns, 1970-1983.
Folder 8: Financial - Income tax itemizations, 1961-1983.
Folder 9: Financial - Property income and taxes.
Folder 10: Financial - Insurance policies.
Folder 11: Financial - Account book, October 1956 - December 1974.
Folder 12: Financial - Check stubs, October 1956 - June 1964.
Folder 13: Financial - Check stubs, January 1972 - January 1978.
Folder 14: Financial - Bank statements, 1984-1988.

Sub-Series 2: Lystad's, Inc.

Julison's largest account was with Reddick & Lystad's, later Lystad's, Inc. from 1954 until 1984. His services included the creation and updating of the company's logo and the illustration of company newsletters, sales promotions, and sales training materials. A compulsive clipper, Julison often adapted cartoons, humorous material, and sketches from national periodicals and local newspapers for his design ideas. The material is comprised of these design ideas, incoming and outgoing correspondence with Lystad's, the company's bi-monthly bulletin "Squeak", and staffing information. The latter provides a general idea of the expansion of Lystad's for those inclusive years. Photographs of Lystad employees and products have been separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Box 5

Folder 15: Correspondence, Lystad's.
Folder 16: Cartoons for Lystad's newsletters, 6/27/62 - 1/5/67.
Folder 17: Design ideas, general - Lystad's.
Folder 18: Design ideas for sales promotion, Lystad's.

Box 6

Folder 1: Design ideas for sales promotion, Lystad's.
Folder 2: Design ideas for sales promotion, Lystad's.
Folder 3: Lystad's financial.
Folder 4: Miscellaneous, Lystad's.
Folder 5: Newsletter, Lystad's - pre-1981, May 1981 - December 1981.
Folder 6: Newsletter, Lystad's - January - June 1982
Folder 7: Newsletter, Lystad's - July - December 1982.
Folder 8: Newsletter, Lystad's - January - June 1983.
Folder 9: Newsletter, Lystad's - July - December 1983.
Folder 10: Newsletter, Lystad's - January - June 1984.
Folder 11: Newsletter, Lystad's - July - November 1984.
Folder 12: Lystad's staff information - 1958, 1962, 1965,1973.

Sub-Series 3: Commercial Art Work

The remainder of Series 2 consists of examples of Julison's commercial art work. These have been categorized into rough subject areas which have been alphabetized. Additional sketch books and loose sketche have been placed with the oversize material.

Box 6

Folder 13: Agriculture.
Folder 14: Autographed illustrations of sports stars and musicians.
Folder 15: Automobiles/Auto Dealers
Folder 16: Businesses - miscellaneous.
Folder 17: Cartoon illustrations.
Folder 18: Certificate illustrations/examples and awards.
Folder 19: Caricatures.
Folder 20: Caricatures - Political.
Folder 21: Caricatures - Sources.

Box 7

Folder 1: Christmas Cards.
Folder 2: Christmas Cards.
Folder 3: Cox Retail Bakery.
Folder 4: Cox Retail Bakery bankruptcy suit - Art Mart a claimant.
Folder 5: Events.
Folder 6: Financial Institutions.
Folder 7: Flyers.
Folder 8: Food.
Folder 9: Forms.
Folder 10: Games and Buttons (pins).
Folder 11: The Goose, UND, cover illustration by Julison, February, 1954.
Folder 12: Grand Forks Speedway, 1974-1978.
Folder 13: Greeting Cards - Holidays.
Folder 14: Home building.
Folder 15: Humorous illustrations/cartoons.
Folder 16: Illustration sources.
Folder 17: Illustration sources - antiques, collectibles.
Folder 18: Illustration sources - lettering, borders.
Folder 19: Illustration sources - Julison's home-made clip book.
Folder 20: The Kampf Agency.
Folder 21: Letterheads/Logos.
Folder 22: Lunseth Plumbing.
Folder 23: Musicians/Bands.

Box 8

Folder 1: Newspaper clippings - advertisements.
Folder 2: "Notable Nodaks" - Cartoons by Julison, exclusive to North Dakota Weeklies, 1983.
Folder 3: Organizations and Cities.
Folder 4: Radio Stations
Folder 5: Restaurants.
Folder 6: Sportraits.
Folder 7: Thomas "Fats" Waller.

Series 3: Sports

William Julison and his brothers, Steve and Adam, were active in hockey and softball in Grand Forks for over forty years, both as team members on local and state championship teams in the 1930s and 1940s and as team sponsors in the 1960s. William sponsored the Art Mart softball team in the Commercial League and Adam sponsored the Adam's Place team in the City League. Adam's Place won the state softball championship in 1965. Steve and Adam played hockey for various Grand Forks teams: the Dragons and Junior Dragons, Grand Forks Central, the Cavaliers, and the Flyers. William was manager of the Grand Forks American Legion Post 6 Amerks team in the States Dominion Hockey League, from 1947 to 1950. This series also provides information on most sports played in Grand Forks and to some extent at UND. The material particularly documents the years of the 20s, 30s, and 40s and is arranged alphabetically by sport with emphasis on softball, hockey, and football. The materials include correspondence, team rosters, handbills, newspaper clippings, Julison's sports illustrations and historical booklets, and memorabilia. Sports photographs are extensive and have been separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets. Several scrapbooks have been placed with the oversize material. The softball portion of the series contains Julison's "Greater Grand Forks Softball History Album" which he compiled and published in 1978. It traces the organization of the sport from the early days of "Kittenball" in the 1920s through the organization of leagues and the establishment of a North Dakota Softball Hall of Fame. Both Steve and Adam Julison are members of that Hall of Fame. This section also provides information on Eddie Feigner, the King and His Court, a professional exhibition softball team who appeared numerous times in Grand Forks in the 1960s and 1970s. Julison, a fan and supporter, designed logos and local promotional items for Feigner, worked on an idea for a softball board game, and designed an Eddie Feigner comic book. It was submitted to Dell Publishing Co., but never published. Julison documented the history of local hockey in his "Greater Grand Forks Hockey Album" compiled and published in 1974. Items integral to its compilation are found in the collection, as well as information regarding the inception of the North Dakota Hockey Hall of Fame and Memento Museum at Grand Forks in 1975. Julison was a co-founder of the Hall of Fame along with J.A. (Lottie) Wambach and Cliff (Fido) Purpur and Julison's Art Mart housed the display. Julison compiled and published a booklet entitled "Clifford J. Fido Purpur: North Dakota's Only National Hockey Leaguer". The majority of the football material consists of Julison's illustration work and his "Sportraits". The "Redskins Sports Review" and accompanying documentation was compiled in 1986 for Central High School's centennial celebration. He also illustrated Ben Hokum's "Powerful Golf for Men Past 40" in 1958.

Box 8

Folder 8: Baseball, Grand Forks Chiefs.
Folder 9: Baseball, Grand Forks - Harold C. "Pinky" Kraft.
Folder 10: Baseball, Newspaper clippings - 1931, 1970, 1978, 1980-1986.
Folder 11: Baseball, miscellaneous.
Folder 12: Baseball, Year Books - 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.
Folder 13: Basketball - Class A State Tournament - 1952, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964.
Folder 14: Basketball - UND, illustration work.
Folder 15: Boxing - Virgil Hill, 1984-1988, news clippings.
Folder 16: Football, correspondence - UND and Central High School Redskins, 1951-1987.
Folder 17: Football, Greater Grand Forks Teams, Miscellany.
Folder 18: Football, UND, 1928-1983, miscellany.
Folder 19: Football, UND, news clippings.
Folder 20: Football, Grid-O-Grams, UND Sioux and Pro teams.
Folder 21: Football, Illustration work, players, UND.
Folder 22: Football, Illustration work, miscellaneous UND material.
Folder 23: Football, Illustration work, general.
Folder 24: "Powerful Golf for Men Past 40" by Ben Hokum, Illustrated by Bill Julison, 1958.
Folder 25: Hockey, Hannah, North Dakota Hockey team, 1908 Grand Forks Flickertails, 1914 Grand Forks Cavaliers.
Folder 26: Hockey, Dakota Ice Hockey League, Grand Forks, 1937-1939.
Folder 27: Hockey, Fourth Annual Ice Carnival, 1939.
Folder 28: Hockey, States-Dominion Hockey League, Grand Forks Amerks, 1939-1952.
Folder 29: Hockey, Grand Forks Amerks and UND Sioux, news clippings, late 1940s.

Box 9

Folder 1: Hockey, Grand Forks Central and East Grand Forks Sacred Heart, miscellany.
Folder 2: Hockey, Illustration work, UND Sioux.
Folder 3: Hockey, UND Sioux, news clippings.
Folder 4: Hockey, UND Sioux, miscellany.
Folder 5: Hockey, "Greater Grand Forks Hockey Album", William E. Julison.
Folder 6: Hockey, Correspondence, UND and Grand Forks, 1959- 1987.
Folder 7: Hockey, Correspondence, UND and Grand Forks, 1959- 1987.
Folder 8: Hockey, Julison's Hockey sports columns.
Folder 9: Hockey, Olympic Teams, news clippings, 1956-1984.
Folder 10: Hockey, Governor Wendell Anderson's Olympians vs. Greater Grand Forks Old- Timers All-Stars, 1976.
Folder 11: Hockey, Senior Olympics Hockey Tournament, Santa Rosa, CA, 1979-1987.
Folder 12: Hockey, Grand Rapids, MN Indians, 1975 State Tourney, news clippings.
Folder 13: Hockey, News clippings, miscellaneous materials.
Folder 14: Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame.
Folder 15: Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, brochures and buttons.
Folder 16: Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, correspondence, 1978-1987 and inductees.
Folder 17: Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, finances.
Folder 18: Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, news clippings.
Folder 19: Hockey, United States and the International Hall of Fame.
Folder 20: Hockey, Cliff "Fido" Purpur, miscellany.
Folder 21: Hockey, Cliff "Fido" Purpur, news clippings.
Folder 22: Hockey, Al Purpur, UND Grounds Keeper(Cliff "Fido" Purpur's brother).
Folder 23: Hockey, James Patrick "Itts" Williams.
Folder 24: Hockey, Illustration work, general.
Folder 25: Hockey, Hockey Publications.
Folder 26: Hockey, North Dakota State High School Tournament, 1975-1979.

Box 10

Folder 1: Hockey, North Dakota State High School Tournament, 1981-1987.
Folder 2: Hockey, miscellaneous programs, Winnipeg and Warroad, MN.
Folder 3: Hockey, Hockey Publications, 1960-1966.
Folder 4: Hockey, Hockey Publications, 1962-1964.
Folder 5: Softball, North Dakota Hall of Fame.
Folder 6: Softball, State and Regional Tournaments - 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965.
Folder 7: Softball, State and Regional Tournaments - 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1987.
Folder 8: Softball, By-Laws of the Grand Forks Softball Association.
Folder 9: Softball, "Greater Grand Forks Softball History Album", William E. Julison.
Folder 10: Softball, correspondence, North Dakota and Grand Forks, 1948-1988.
Folder 11: Softball, Grand Forks players, illustrations.
Folder 12: Softball, Art Mart team, 1963-1966.
Folder 13: Softball, articles from Valley View and Explorer, 1980?.
Folder 14: Softball, news clippings - 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s.
Folder 15: Softball, "Balls and Strikes", Grand Forks articles and "Softball News".
Folder 16: Softball, National and World Tournaments - 1963, 1973, 1974.
Folder 17: Softball, Miscellaneous.
Folder 18: Softball, Eddie Feigner, History of the "King and His Court".
Folder 19: Softball, Eddie Feigner, correspondence.
Folder 20: Softball, Eddie Feigner, promotional material.

Box 11

Folder 1: Softball, Eddie Feigner, Pitching and Hitting Literature.
Folder 2: Softball, Eddie Feigner, Programs, 1953-1983 (incomplete).
Folder 3: Softball, Eddie Feigner, Newspaper clippings.
Folder 4: Softball, Eddie Feigner, Miscellaneous.
Folder 5: Softball, Rosie Black, "The Queen and Her Court".
Folder 6: Sports - Correspondence, general, 1971-1984.
Folder 7: Sports - General illustration work.
Folder 8: Sports - UND, general illustration work.
Folder 9: Sports - Miscellaneous news clippings.
Folder 10: Sports - Miscellaneous programs, 1938-1986.
Folder 11: Sports - Miscellany.
Folder 12: Track - Patty Purpur, 1982-1985, news clippings.
Folder 13: Track - Vern Booth Reminiscences, 1978.

Series 4: Grand Forks And North Dakota History

This series contains Julison's illustration work and newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, and miscellany. Subject areas included are Grand Forks Schools: Belmont, Winship, Grand Forks High School, and the Academy of St. James; Grand Forks and Fargo theaters; Carl Ben Eielson; Hazel Minor, Center, North Dakota; and General George Custer. Photographs have been separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Box 11

Folder 14: Grand Forks - Academy of St. James Alumni Reunion, June 1988 and St. Michaels.
Folder 15: Grand Forks - Belmont School, 1982.
Folder 16: Grand Forks Centennial - 1974, "At This Point In Time" - 1983.
Folder 17: Grand Forks - Grand Forks Central High School and Reunion, 1980, 1986.
Folder 18: Grand Forks - History and Julison's Reminiscences.
Folder 19: Grand Forks - History, news clippings.
Folder 20: Grand Forks - Jack Mayfield, news clippings, 1969 - 1981.
Folder 21: Grand Forks - Theaters.
Folder 22: Grand Forks/Fargo Theaters.
Folder 23: Correspondence - Hildegarde Usselman Kraus, Theater Organist at Fargo Theater, 1980s.
Folder 24: Grand Forks - Winship School Reunions, 1968, 1978, 1984.
Folder 25: Grand Forks - Winship School, newspaper clippings, 1972-1984.
Folder 26: Heritage Herald, Vol. 1, No. 1, John Rolczynski and William Julison, 1974.
Folder 27: North Dakota - Carl Ben Eielson, Polar Aviator, news clippings.
Folder 28: North Dakota - Harry V. Johnston (My Home on the Range), brief reminiscences.
Folder 29: . North Dakota - Hazel Minor, Center, ND, Julison's article, news clippings.
Folder 30: North Dakota - News clippings on the West in North Dakota.
Folder 31: North Dakota - News clippings.
Folder 32: Canada - Albert Johnson "The Mad Trapper", Julison's article, 1973.
Folder 33: George Custer - Article about Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, 1962- 1988.
Folder 34: Crazy Horse Mountain - Articles on sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, article on the sculpture project postcards, brochure on Ziolkowski, 1951- 1988.
Folder 35: News articles on historically prominent Native Americans, Native American businesses, and miscellaneous, 1966-1988.
Folder 36: Native Americans of the Western United States - pamphlets, 1966.
Folder 37: Miscellaneous items, 1966-1988.

Series 5: Silent Western Movies

After Julison's mother died in 1950, he rediscovered his old movie scrapbooks assembled in his youth in the 1920s. He was an avid movie-goer with a fascination for the Wild West and especially enjoyed silent westerns. Series 5 reflects Julison's renewed hobby and contains correspondence, his illustration work, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook of western stars, photographs, dealer's mailings, and newsletters and publications geared towards western film fans. It includes only two pressbooks and no films. The correspondence was carried on with western movie buffs, primarily across the United States, but also scattered around the world, and is extensive. It dates from 1968 to 1981 and is both incoming and outgoing as Julison made carbon copies of much of his correspondence. The letters reveal not only facts and myths about silent western movie stars, but also glimpses into each correspondent's personal life. It is separated by collectors and dealers and filed alphabetically within each category by surname, if the correspondence was sufficient in volume. Foreign correspondence is arranged by geographical area and alphabetically within each area. Orders for Julison's western buttons and pictorials are separated. Julison produced a number of items for sale to collectors. All portrayed silent western film stars and included photo buttons, poster-size biographical pictorials, arcade post-cards, and a booklet "The Silent Guns: Pre-Sound Stars of the Silver Screen Who Pioneered Western Motion Pictures", 1976. A sampling of stars portrayed include Art Acord, Yakima Canutt, Buck Jones, Max Terhune, Ken Maynard, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, and Buffalo Bill, Jr. Photographs depicting a good representation of American television series, movies, and stars from 1973 to 1975 have been separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Box 12

Folder 1: Ride-M-Ranch - stationary and ads.
Folder 2: Julison's correspondence- outgoing, Silent and Western Movies, 1960s and 1970s.
Folder 3: Julison's correspondence - outgoing, Silent and Western Movies, 1960s and 1970s.
Folder 4: Julison's correspondence - outgoing, Silent and Western Movies, 1970s and 1980s.
Folder 5: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Louis Albano, New York, 1978, 1981.
Folder 6: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, John Anderson, Pelham, NY, 1973-1979.
Folder 7: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Orlo Bainbridge, Tampa, FL, 1976C
Folder 8: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Alan Brock, Hastings-on- Hudson, NY, 1969-1972.
Folder 9: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Minard Coons and Nick Williams, Re: Max Terhune, Stormville, NY, 1968-1976.
Folder 10: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Ernie Corneau, Haverhill, MA, 1969- 1971.
Folder 11: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Mario DiMarco, Worchester, MA, 1973- 1980.
Folder 12: Stars - Silent Westerns, Illustrations by Mario DiMarco.
Folder 13: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Edward Finney, Hollywood, 1969-1975.
Folder 14: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Jim Ganger, Knoxville, TN, 1973-1980.
Folder 15: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Charles Hall, Richmond, VA, 1972- 1977.
Folder 16: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Tom Hamlon, Los Angeles, CA, 1970- 1978.
Folder 17: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Milo Holt, Siler City, NC, 1969-1972.
Folder 18: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Roland Ignoffo, Chicago, IL, 1970-1973.
Folder 19: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, W.C.Jones, Huntsville, AL, 1970s.
Folder 20: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Tex Jordan, Warwick, RI, 1969-1979.
Folder 21: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Leo Lericke, Maplewood, MO, 1976- 1978.
Folder 22: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Ray Lovely, Keene, NH, 1969-1976.
Folder 23: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Shelby Lowe, Mableton, CA, 1973-1978.
Folder 24: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, R.R. Maskell, Santa Clara, CA, 1971- 1978.
Folder 25: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, John Stoginski, Chicago, IL, 1970-1974.
Folder 26: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Henry Lewis Stone, Los Angeles, CA, 1971-1973.
Folder 27: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Herb Swilling, Greenville, SC, 1971- 1980.
Folder 28: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, David Taylor, Williamsport, PA, 1973- 1976.
Folder 29: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Luis Villasenor, Chula Vista, CA, 1970- 1977.
Folder 30: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Jim Ward, Knoxville, TN, 1970-1972.
Folder 31: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Harry Webb, Tujunga, CA, 1972-1976.
Folder 32: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, various collectors, 1969-1981.
Folder 33: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, various collectors, 1969-1981.

Box 13

Folder 1: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, various collectors, 1969-1981.
Folder 2: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Sweden, South Africa, and New Zealand.
Folder 3: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Brazil and Puerto Rico, 1969-1977.
Folder 4: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Canada, 1971-1979.
Folder 5: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Ireland and England, 1973-1980.
Folder 6: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Orders for Julison's publications and pictorials, 1969-1987.
Folder 7: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Orders for Julison's publications and pictorials, 1969-1987.
Folder 8: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Julison's Photo Buttons, 1976-1980.
Folder 9: Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Dealers, 1967-1980.
Folder 10: Stars - Correspondence, Mrs. Buck Jones, Mrs. Randolph Scott.
Folder 11: Stars - Silent Westerns correspondence, Re: Tom Mix, 1970-1973.
Folder 12: Stars - Tom Mix, news clippings and memorabilia.
Folder 13: "The Silent Guns: Pre-sound stars of the Silver Screen who pioneered western motion pictures", by William Julison, 1976.
Folder 14: "Silent Guns" - Preparatory work.
Folder 15: Stars - Western Biographical Pictorials.
Folder 16: Stars - Silent Westerns, Julison's photo buttons.
Folder 17: "Strongbox of Western Film Silent Guns" - Julison's Arcade Cards.
Folder 18: Stars - Westerns, Sketches.
Folder 19: Screen Stars - Julison's illustrations.
Folder 20: Sons of the Pioneers - Julison's's illustration work.
Folder 21: Sons of the Pioneers - Pioneer News, 1978-1980.
Folder 22: Stars - Tom Mix, Biographical material and Julison's illustrations.
Folder 23: "The Big 3" of Western films and TV survey, conducted by Julison, 1973.
Folder 24: "Flicker-Snicker" - movie/jokes by Julison.
Folder 25: Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous biographical information.
Folder 26: Stars - Western and Screen Stars, listings and advertisements.

Box 14

Folder 1: Stars - Western and Screen Stars, listings and advertisements.
Folder 2: John Wayne - Miscellaneous tribute publications.
Folder 3: Screen Thrills, 1978-1979.
Folder 4: Views and Reviews, 1969-1972.
Folder 5: Views and Reviews, 1973-1974.
Folder 6: Western Film Collector, 1973, 1976.
Folder 7: Western Revue, 1976-1979.
Folder 8: Wild West Stars, 1971-1977.
Folder 9: "Wranglers Roost" - Newssheet for the B-Western aficionado, 1970-1971.
Folder 10: "Wranglers Roost", 1976-1981.
Folder 11: "Yesterday's Saturdays", 1975, 1978, 1980.
Folder 12: Miscellaneous Western film collectors magazines.
Folder 13: Miscellaneous Western film collectors magazines.
Folder 14: Miscellaneous Western film collectors magazine.

Box 15

Folder 1: Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous newsletters and publications.
Folder 2: Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous newsletters and publications.
Folder 3: Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous articles and news clippings.
Folder 4: Stars - Western miscellaneous
Folder 5: Stars - Western movies, miscellaneous articles in movie magazines, 1947-1974.
Folder 6: Illustrations, cards and ads using western themes.
Folder 7: Cowboys - Miscellaneous articles.
Folder 8: Stars - Western miscellaneous

Series 6: Oversize

Box 16

Folder 1: Julison/Scherer-Schall Genealogies; Family embroidery. CCC posters. Art Mart advertising poster.
Folder 2: Artwork for Germans-from-Russia Heritage Society. News articles on Germans- from-Russia, 1971-1983.
Folder 3: Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn - news articles. Crazy Horse Monument - news articles. Chief Joseph, Battle of Wounded Knee - news articles.
Folder 4: Two scrapbooks containing news clippings on Grand Forks area Service personnel.
Folder 5: Scrapbook - Cartoons and articles by Julison, 1941-1946.
Folder 6: Three cartoon boards for "Heroes at Harding" by S/Sgt Bill Julison, for the Echelon.
Folder 7: His Cartoons for the A.E.F. by Abian Wallgren.
Folder 8: 399th In Action with the 100th Infantry Division.

Box 17

Folder 1: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, July 19, 1942 - August 30, 1942.
Folder 2: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, September 1942 - October 25, 1942.
Folder 3: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, November 1, 1942 - December 20, 1942.
Folder 4: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, December 27, 1942 - February 28, 1943.
Folder 5: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, March 6, 1943 - April 30, 1943.
Folder 6: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, April 30, 1943 - June 18, 1943.
Folder 7: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, June 25, 1943 - August 13, 1943.
Folder 8: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, August 20, 1943 - October 22, 1943.
Folder 9: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, October 29, 1943 - December 24, 1943.
Folder 10: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, December 31, 1943 - February 25, 1944.
Folder 11: Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, March 3, 1944 - April 14, 1944.
Folder 12: The Echelon - Harding Field newspaper, June - October 1944; Stars and Stripes, May, August 1945.

Box 18

Folder 1: Julison's miscellaneous sketch work.
Folder 2: Julison's sketchbook.
Folder 3: Art Mart - Advertising for Bill Larson Co. and menus for Grand Forks and East Grand Forks restaurants.
Folder 4: Julison's miscellaneous sports illustration work.
Folder 5: Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1934-1935.
Folder 6: Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1934-1935.

Box 19

Folder 1: Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1936-1937.
Folder 2: Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1936-1937.
Folder 3: Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1930s.
Folder 4: "The Silent Guns" - Paste-Ups and negatives.
Folder 5: Pressbooks - "Shane" and "The Night of the Generals".
Folder 6: Julison's biographical pictorials of silent western stars.
Folder 7: Julison's Western pictorials: "Ride-M-Ranch, Home of the Western Film Stars". "Top 20 of the Silent Guns". "General Custer's Trail to the Battle of the Little Big Horn".

Box 20

Folder 1: Julison's Western pictorials: "Tom Mix and Tony" and Tom Mix Festival, Dubois, PA, 1980. "All-Time Top Guns of Silent/Sound Films and TV Westerns". "Best of the Badmen"; "Winners of the Wilderness" - Tim McCoy".
Folder 2: Lobby Cards - Grand Theater, Jamestown, ND, early 1970s.
Folder 3: Film Collectors newspapers: Wild West Stars, 1969 - 1971; Film Collectors Registry, 1969-1977; Memory Lane, 1979-1980.

Box 21

Folder 1: Cartoon Sketches for Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper.
Folder 2: Cartoon Sketches for Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper.
Folder 3: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Harvey Black, Major Edward Bloom.
Folder 4: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Technical Sergeant Carl Brockman, Captain William Chafee.
Folder 5: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Master Sergeant John Cooper, Major Thomas Cox.
Folder 6: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Staff Sergeant Raymond Daniels, Major Wallace Dunn.
Folder 7: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Carl Edman, Staff Sergeant Edward Estlow.
Folder 8: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Technical Sergeant John Frankey, PFC William Gaskins.
Folder 9: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Lieutenant Stanley Hall, Private William Harris.
Folder 10: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Earl Harris, Sergeant Chester Haupt.
Folder 11: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Staff Sergeant Robert Henderson, Major Henry Iker.
Folder 12: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Major Emmett Jones, Sergeant James Kennedy.
Folder 13: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Captain Lincoln Kilbourne, Captain Aaron Lindeman.
Folder 14: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Corporal Irving Marcus, Major Raymond Maxwell.
Folder 15: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Corporal Henry Morrison, Staff Sergeant William Potter.
Folder 16: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Master Sergeant Henry Proctor, Private Ernest Puccini.
Folder 17: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Sergeant Leonard Ross, Sergeant Oliver Sansen.
Folder 18: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Captain Ervin Schiesl, Staff Sergeant Glen Schuster.
Folder 19: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Frankie Serna, Corporal Edward Shubert.
Folder 20: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Major William Snowden, Sergeant William Tebay.
Folder 21: Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Sergeant James Terrell, Technical Sergeant Floyd Thraser.

Box 22

Item 1: Plaques, Buttons, Patches and Miscellaneous Memorabilia.

Box 23

Item 1: Photograph Album: Miscellaneous
Item 2: Photograph Album: Miscellaneous
Item 3: Photograph Album: Miscellaneous

Box 24

Item 4: Photograph Album: Miscellaneous
Item 5: Photograph Album: Miscellaneous
Item 6: Photograph Album: Miscellaneous

Box 25

Item 1: Brown Scrapbook: North Dakota Hockey Hall of Fame: Located at Julison's business, the Art Mart
Item 2: Blue Scrapbook: Fastpitch Softball, 1963-1975
Item 3: Red Scrapbook: Fastpitch Softball, 1975-1978
Item 4: Gray Photo Album: Company 1604 CCC Camp, Gays Mills, Wisconsin

Scrapbook 1: Large Black Scrapbook: 1930s

The scrapbook depicts various local events and subjects, especially sports. The scrapbook was separated and placed on the shelves adjacent to the collection.

Series 7: Photographs

Over 1,700 miscellaneous photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

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