Title: Frank Wenstrom Papers, 1936-1994
ID: OGLMC/1369
Creator: Wenstrom, Frank (1903-1997)
Extent: 8.75 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 08/06/1998
Languages: English [eng]
The Frank Wenstrom Papers have been arranged into seven series.
Series 1: Republican Party, 1962-1986
Series 2: Legislative Research Committee
Series 3: Correspondence, 1958-1989
Series 4: North Dakota Water Issues
Series 5: Yellowstone, Missouri, Fort Union Confluence Commission/ND Historic Sites
Series 6: North Dakota Silver Haired Assembly, 1980-1988
Series 7: General Legislative Files
Series 8: Certificates and Awards
Series 9: North Dakota Constitutional Convention, 1972
Series 10: Photographs
Additional photographs can be found boxes 4 and 5 (Contents of Binders A through F).
Accruals: Additional materials were donated by Dave Miedema, UND Alumni Association, on February 9, 2004 (2004-2671) and transferred from the Frank Wenstrom Library in Gamble Hall on August 1, 2012 (2012-3181).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Dr. Theodore Pedeleski, UND Department of Political Science
Acquisition Method: Donation; 98-2220
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Frank Wenstrom Papers. OGLMC 1369, 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 May 2015.
The Yellowstone, Missouri, Fort Union Confluence Commission was formed to restore Forts Union and Buford and other North Dakota Historic Sites and ensure their preservation. Another closely related organization in which Wenstrom was involved was Friends of Fort Union Trading Post. Included are correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and newsletters from 1958-94.
Wenstrom was a member of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, an organization with responsibility for preserving the history of all North Dakota citizens. SHSND files contain speeches, newspaper clippings, and correspondence from 1968-88 pertaining to North Dakota Forts and Historical Sites.
This series also includes information on the Lewis and Clark Trail from 1982 and the North Dakota Heritage Foundation from 1988. These folders include correspondence, pamphlets, and general information.
Frank Wenstrom was State Senator and Lieutenant Governor for 30 years. This series encompasses a wide variety of topics and is arranged chronologically. Files contain background information on legislative issues including taxation, education, transportation, health, agriculture issues, and management of natural resources. Wenstrom’s State Senator years include correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, reports, and copies of legislative bills. Also included is a scrapbook documenting the 1969 Legislative Session.
During Wenstrom’s tenure as Lieutenant Governor, he visited the Minot Air Force Base to witness the turnover of Minutemen Missiles to Strategic Air Command. This series documents his visit and also contains some background material on the SAC. Wenstrom also attended a Governor’s Conference and a Lieutenant Governor’s Conference from which there are summary reports and correspondence. Also during this time Wenstrom was Chairman of the Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee from 1963 to 1964. His activities in this group include an audit of ND State Insurance Commissioner Frank Albers, investigated for the misuse of state funds.