Alden W. and J. Duane Squires Papers, 1862-1963

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Collection Historical Note

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Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence to Emily Wood, 1862 and 1883

Great-Great Grandmother of Alden and J. Duane Squires

Folder 2: Correspondence to Alden W. Squires, 1938-1940

Scrapbook 1: Augusta, Maine, local events and politics

Kept by Alden W. Squires

Folder 3: Scholarship by J. Duane Squires, 1931-1963

Item 1: "The University Attains Its Majority: 1901-1905." Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota. 1931

Item 2: "A Consideration of the Red River Settlement with Chief Emphasis on the First Decade of Its Existence." Term Paper for History 67. 1932

Item 3: "Historical Sketches of the Lake Julia Region." 1936

Item 4: "Headlights and Highlights: the Northern Railroad of New Hampshire, 1844-1848.The Newcomen Society. 1948

Item 5: "The Contribution of New Hampshire's Governors to the Civil War, 1861-1865." National Assembly of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission. 1963

Item 6: "New Hampshire and the Civil War." Address Delivered to the Legislature of New Hampshire. 1963

Folder 4: "Preface: the Pioneers." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 5: "Chapter 1: Pierre Verendrye." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 6: "Chapter 2: Sakakawea." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 7: "Chapter 3: Elijah Terry." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 8: "Chapter 4: George A. Custer." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 9: "Chapter 5: Grant Marsh." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 10: "Chapter 6: James J. Hill." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 11: "Chapter 7: the Ranchers." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 12: "Chapter 8: the Bonanza Wheat Farmers." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 13: "Chapter 9: Webster Merrifield." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 14: "Chapter 10: Edwin Fremont Ladd." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 15: "Chapter 11: Carl Ben Eielson and Vilhjalmur Stefansson." Heroes of Dakota. J. Duane Squires. (unpublished manuscript). 1930-1931

Folder 16: Untitled research paper about the schools in Pembina County (possibly written by J. Duane Squires

Folder 17: "The Robert Frost Contemporary American Award." Presented to J. Duane Squires. 1979

Folder 18: Speech at the Republican National Convention by J. Duane Squires Nominating Henry Cabot Lodge for President, 1964

Folder 19: Correspondence, J. Duane Squires, 1931-1960

Folder 20: Newspaper Clippings regarding J. Duane Squires

Folder 21: Diary of John E. Smith, Photographer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts: 1864-?

Both Alden W. and J. Duane Squires researched the history of the Civil War, although it is unclear how they obtained this diary

Folder 22: "James Elton: Purser and Pioneer." Nicholas By Sophia. 1922

Unclear how Nicholas By Sophia relates to the Squires

Folder 23: Photographs

All of these photographs were to be used in "Heroes of Dakota" by J. Duane Squires

Photograph 1: George Custer in the Black Hills, 1874

Photograph 2: "Captain Grant Marsh as an old man"

Photograph 3: Merrifield Hall at UND

Photograph 4: "Tests on roofing paint made by Dr. Ladd"

Photograph 5: "Paint fences used by Dr. Ladd in testing out paint"

Photograph 6: Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Photograph 7: Carl Ben Eielson

Photograph 8: "Head plate buried by Verendrye in 1743"

Photograph 9: Rosebud (steamboat) on the Missouri River in Montana

Photograph 10: Chief Gall

Photograph 11: Elijah Terry

Photograph 12: Graves of the Walhalla Martyrs

Photograph 13: Statue of Sakakawea at the North Dakota Capitol Grounds

Photograph 14: Lewis and Clark Bridge in Williston, North Dakota

Photograph 15: "Missouri River looking Southeast from the Verendrye Monument, Sanish, N. Dak."

Photograph 16: Statue of La Verendrye, Parliament Building, Quebec, Canada

Photograph 17: Dr. E.F. Ladd

Photograph 18: "Excursion Train - Dalrymple Homestead"

Photograph 19: "On the Amenia and Sharon Bonanza"

Photograph 20: "On the Amenia and Sharon Bonanza" (duplicate of photograph 19)

Photograph 21: "Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Statue in Minot City Park"

Photograph 22: Cattle Herd

Photograph 23: "Roosevelt Cabin Bismarck, N.Dak."

Photograph 24: Marquis de Morès Statue

Photograph 25: "Roosevelt's Log Cabin on his ranch near, Medora, North Dakota, where President Roosevelt lived, 1883-1887, and now located on State Capitol Grounds at Bismarck." 1930

Photograph 26: "A typical 'Bonanza Farm' Barnyard"

Photograph 27: "N.G. Larimore, General Manager Elk Valley Farm"

Photograph 28: UND President Webster Merrifield

Photograph 29: Horse and buggy on Grandin Farm

Photograph 30: Hunters on Grandin Farm

Photograph 31: Farm house on Grandin Farm

Photograph 32: Willam Crooks Locomotive

Photograph 33: James J. Hill