Grant Trenbeath Papers, 1897-1988
Collection Overview
Title: Grant Trenbeath Papers, 1897-1988
ID: OGLMC1186
Primary Creator: Trenbeath, Grant (1916-1989)
Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 04/20/1989. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Nature and the Environment, Politics and Government - Republican Party, Water
Languages: English
Abstract
1916-1989; North Dakota State Senator (1957-1970), who was concerned with flood control in the Pembina River Basin
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Grant Trenbeath Papers date from 1897-1988. The material was received in an unorganized condition and has been reorganized into two series.
Series 1: Political Career/Water Resources in North Dakota
Series 2: Pembina County History
218 photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.
Collection Historical Note
Grant Trenbeath was born in Neche, North Dakota, August 31, 1916, the son of William and Ona Trenbeath. He attended school in Neche and graduated from the North Dakota State School of Science, Wahpeton in 1937. He married Marjorie Elias of St. Thomas, North Dakota, October 20, 1939. They had five children, William, Gerald, Julie, Linda, and Jeannie. Trenbeath farmed near Neche. In 1946, Trenbeath was stricken with three types of Polio and was hospitalized in Grand Forks for nineteen months.
Following his release from the hospital, he was confined to a wheelchair, but continued to farm with the help of his family and specially adapted vehicles. Trenbeath ran for the North Dakota State Senate, as an Independent Republican, in 1957, defeating the endorsed Republican candidate in the primary and the Democratic candidate in the general election. He served in the State Senate from 1957 until his retirement in 1970. Trenbeath was an active member of the State Senate, especially in the areas of taxes and water resources. He served as Chairman, Pembina River Basin Association and his main goal was the construction of the Pembilier Dam near Walhalla, North Dakota. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finally cancelled this federal project after forty years of study. Even after his retirement, Trenbeath stayed active in water resource matters in the Pembina Basin. Trenbeath studied the history of Pembina County and became somewhat of a local historian.
Grant Trenbeath died in Mesa, Arizona, on January 27, 1989.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Marjorie Trenbeath donated additional material on November 15, 1989 (Acc.89-1684).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Marjorie Trenbeath, Cavalier, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.89-1650
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Grant Trenbeath Papers. OGLMC 1186, 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 May 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Political Career and Water Resources],
[Series 2: Pembina County History],
[Photographs :],
[All]
- Photographs :
- Separated and housed in the Photograph File Cabinets.
- Photograph 1: Charles Grant
- Photograph 2: Louis Riel
- Photograph 3: 3rd Walton Auto Buggy
- Photograph 4: 2nd Walton Auto Buggy
- Photograph 5: 3rd Walton Auto Buggy
- Photograph 6: William Walton in the first Walton Auto Buggy, built in 1902 at Neche
- Photograph 7: Charles Bottineau, 1896
- Photograph 8: Charles Bottineau
- Photograph 9: Trenbeath arriving to speak at a pro-Vietnam War rally at UND, November 23, 1965
- Photograph 10: Trenbeath arriving to speak at a pro-Vietnam War rally at UND, November 23, 1965
- Photograph 11: Trenbeath receiving Meritorious Service Certificate from Governor Bill Guy, 1961
- Photograph 12: Trenbeath receiving Meritorious Service Certificate from Governor Bill Guy, 1961
- Photograph 13: Trenbeath receiving Meritorious Service Certificate from Governor Bill Guy, 1961
- Photograph 14: Trenbeath receiving Meritorious Service Certificate from Governor Bill Guy, 1961
- Photograph 15: Trenbeath receiving Meritorious Service Certificate from Governor Bill Guy, 1961
- Photograph 16: Trenbeath receiving Meritorious Service Certificate from Governor Bill Guy, 1961
- Photograph 17: Trenbeath receiving Meritorious Service Certificate from Governor Bill Guy, 1961
- Photograph 18: Dedication of the Sugarbeet Research Center, Fargo, 1971
- Photograph 19: Dedication of the Sugarbeet Research Center, Fargo, 1971
- Photograph 20: Dedication of the Sugarbeet Research Center, Fargo, 1971
- Photograph 21: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 22: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 23: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 24: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 25: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 26: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 27: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 28: Constitutional Convention, Finance and Tax Committee, 1972
- Photograph 29: Constitutional Convention, Finance and Tax Committee, 1972
- Photograph 30: Albert Christopher, Grant Trenbeath, Mark Andrews
- Photograph 31: Grant Trenbeath, Floyd E. Henderson, Henry Haraldson, 1958
- Photograph 32: Gov. Davis and Grant Trenbeath, no date
- Photograph 33: Grant Trenbeath-Pres. Protem, North Dakota State Senate, Dec. 1968
- Photograph 34: Grant Trenbeath-Pres. Protem, North Dakota State Senate, Dec. 1968
- Photograph 35: Grant Trenbeath-Pres. Protem, North Dakota State Senate, Dec. 1968
- Photograph 36: Grant Trenbeath-Pres. Protem, North Dakota State Senate, Dec. 1968
- Photograph 37: Grant Trenbeath with visitors in Senate Chambers, no date
- Photograph 38: Cliff(?), Don, Freeman, Grant, no date
- Photograph 39: 1973 tax appeal board
- Photograph 40: 1973 tax appeal board
- Photograph 41: Grant Trenbeath, Jan. 1965
- Photograph 42: Gov. John E. Davis, Sen. Bud Sinner, Sen. Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 43: Beaurstead (Cando), Stan Saugstad (Minot), Grant Trenbeath (Neche)
- Photograph 44: Grant Trenbeath, Gov. Bill Guy
- Photograph 45: Grant Trenbeath at North Dakota constitutional Convention, 1972
- Photograph 46: Candidates sponsored by Al Thompson for Grand Forks Elks Lodge- Grant Trenbeath in front of group, no date
- Photograph 47: Grant and Marge Trenbeath, no date
- Photograph 48: Mass Choir-Neche School Auditorium-Gene Gaffney, director, 1960
- Photograph 49: Trenbeath Farm-Neche, North Dakota (no date)
- Photograph 50: Florence’s at Barnesville, June 1965
- Photograph 51: Julie T. Kesler, Marjorie, Jean Trenbeath
- Photograph 52: Julie Trenbeath
- Photograph 53: Mrs. Grant Trenbeath, 1940
- Photograph 54: Elias family, 1935
- Photograph 55: Marjorie Elias family, 1930's
- Photograph 56: Marjorie Elias, 1940's
- Photograph 57: Jerry’s birthday (?) no date
- Photograph 58: unidentified
- Photograph 59: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 60: Grant Trenbeath
- Photograph 61: Vern and Dutch’s visit to Barnesville-fall, 1907
- Photograph 62: Vern and Dutch’s visit to Barnesville-fall, 1907
- Photograph 63: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 64: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 65: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 66: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 67: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 68: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 69: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 70: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 71: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 72: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 73: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 74: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 75: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 76: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 77: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 78: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 79: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 80: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 81: Pembina Valley-North Dakota, no date
- Photograph 82: Pembina Valley golf course
- Photograph 83: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 84: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 85: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 86: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 87: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 88: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 89: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 90: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 91: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 92: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 93: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 94: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 95: Soil erosion caused by spring flooding-Pembina Valley, 1971
- Photograph 96: March snowstorm-Neche, 1966
- Photograph 97: March snowstorm-Neche, 1966
- Photograph 98: March snowstorm-Neche, 1966
- Photograph 99: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1962
- Photograph 100: Flood erosion, Neche, 1949
- Photograph 101: Flood damage, Highway 18, Neche, 1950
- Photograph 102: Flood damage, Highway 55, undated
- Photograph 103: Silting following flooding in the Pembina River Valley, undated
- Photograph 104: Dike, Pembina River Valley, 1974
- Photograph 105: Dike, Pembina River, 1974
- Photograph 106: Farmland flood damage, Pembina River Valley, 1970
- Photograph 107: Dike, Marais River, 1974
- Photograph 108: Washed out dike, Johnson farm, 1974
- Photograph 109: Dike, Johnson farm, 1974
- Photograph 110: Marais River dike, 1974
- Photograph 111: Vollrath farm, 1974
- Photograph 112: Vollrath farm, 1974
- Photograph 113: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 114: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 115: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 116: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 117: Soil cracking following flood, 1971
- Photograph 118: Flood damage, Highway 18, 1971
- Photograph 119: Vollrath farm, 1974
- Photograph 120: Hershey farm, 1971
- Photograph 121: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 122: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 123: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 124: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 125: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 126: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 127: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 128: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 129: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 130: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 131: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 132: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 133: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 134: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 135: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1971
- Photograph 136: Culverts along the Canadian border, Pembina River Valley, 1974
- Photograph 137: Flood erosion, Pembina River Valley, 1962
- Photograph 138: Flood erosion, Charles Morris farm, Neche, 1974
- Photograph 139: Flood erosion, Charles Morris farm, Neche, 1974
- Photograph 140: Flood erosion, Charles Morris farm, Neche, 1974
- Photograph 141: Flood erosion, Charles Morris farm, Neche, 1974
- Photograph 142: Washed out dike, 1974
- Photograph 143: Washed out dike, 1974
- Photograph 144: Washed out dike, 1974
- Photograph 145: Washed out Canadian road dike, 1974
- Photograph 146: Washed out Canadian road dike, 1974
- Photograph 147: Melvin Leubke farm, 1974
- Photograph 148: Godfrey Morris farm, 1974
- Photograph 149: Flood erosion near Neche, 1974
- Photograph 150: Flood erosion near Neche, 1974
- Photograph 151: Flood erosion near Neche, 1974
- Photograph 152: Vollrath farm, 1974
- Photograph 153: Washed out culverts on Tongen Dike, June 1974
- Photograph 154: Flood erosion near Neche, 1974
- Photograph 155: Flood erosion near Neche, 1974
- Photograph 156: Marais Dike washed out, 1974
- Photograph 157: After flood receded, May 1974
- Photograph 158: Pembina River, September 1984
- Photograph 159: Low water at Pembina River Dam near Neche, September 1984
- Photograph 160: Low water at Pembina River Dam near Neche, September 1984
- Photograph 161: Flooding of the Pembina River, 1974
- Photograph 162: Flooding of the Pembina River on Harsley farm near Neche, 1974
- Photograph 163: Flooding of the Pembina River near Jim Winkler farm, 1974
- Photograph 164: Bob Patton and man sand-bagging at Patton Bridge, undated
- Photograph 165: Flood near Neche, 1970
- Photograph 166: Flood between Drayton and Pembina, 1970
- Photograph 167: Water on Kent Vasper’s farm, 1970
- Photograph 168: Flooding of the Pembina River, 1969
- Photograph 169: Sand-bagging on Stegman Road and Patton Bridge, 1974
- Photograph 170: Highway 18 at Canadian border, undated
- Photograph 171: Flood in Neche, 1962
- Photograph 172: Grant Trenbeath farm in background, 1966
- Photograph 173: Main Street in Neche, 1966
- Photograph 174: Boating across road on west part of Neche, 1966
- Photograph 175: Flood near Frank Kolm’s farm, undated
- Photograph 176: West part of Neche, 1966
- Photograph 177: West of elevators in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 178: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 179: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 180: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 181: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 182: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 183: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 184: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 185: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 186: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 187: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 188: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 189: Flooding in Neche, south part of town, 1969
- Photograph 190: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 191: Flooding in Neche, 1969
- Photograph 192: William Kollack walking Highway 18, 1971
- Photograph 193: Water rushing through Highway 18 on Canadian border, 1974
- Photograph 194: Highway 18 and Canadian border, 1974
- Photograph 195: Water through Marais Basin Bridge, 1974
- Photograph 196: James Symington farm at Patton Bridge, 1974
- Photograph 197: East of Weiss farm, 1974
- Photograph 198: James Symington farm at Patton Bridge, 1974
- Photograph 199: Flooding in Pembina County near Neche, 1974
- Photograph 200: After flood, 1974
- Photograph 201: Area underwater in North Dakota, dry area in Manitoba, 1974
- Photograph 202: Area underwater in North Dakota, dry area in Manitoba, 1974
- Photograph 203: Northeast of Hoffman farm, 1974
- Photograph 204: Tongue and Pembina Rivers, 1974
- Photograph 205: Flood near Marais, 1974
- Photograph 206: Washed out Pembina River Bridge at Eugene O’Keefe farm, 1974
- Photograph 207: Washed out Pembina River Bridge at Eugene O’Keefe farm, 1974
- Photograph 208: West side of flooded Neche, 1962
- Photograph 209: Voting record panel at North Dakota Constitutional Convention, 1972
- Photograph 210: Pembina River flooding near Neche, 1949
- Photograph 211: Rolly Hughes tractor, 1950
- Photograph 212: Rolly Hughes tractor, 1950
- Photograph 213: Customs, 1950
- Photograph 214: Cliff Glenn’s truck and Bert Huidstein’s cat in water, 1950
- Photograph 215: Cliff Glenn’s truck and Bert Huidstein’s cat in water, 1950
- Photograph 216: West of elevators, street in Neche, 1956
- Photograph 217: Flood in Neche, undated
- Photograph 218: Flood in Neche, 1962
- Photograph 219: Pembina County, 1962
- Photograph 1: Charles Grant
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Political Career and Water Resources],
[Series 2: Pembina County History],
[Photographs :],
[All]