Daphna Nygaard Papers, 1928-1977
Collection Overview
Title: Daphna Nygaard Papers, 1928-1977
ID: OGLMC418
Primary Creator: Nygaard, Daphna (1896-1978)
Extent: 13.75 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1977. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Jamestown, North Dakota, Politics and Government - Democratic Party, Women's History
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Daphna Nygaard Papers, 1928-1977, have been divided into three series:
Series 1: North Dakota State Health Council
Series 2: Democratic Party
Series 3: Personal Materials
Collection Historical Note
Daphna Nygaard, Democratic National Committeewoman for North Dakota, was born March 14, 1896, in Ypsilanti, North Dakota. She was the daughter of Frank J. and Anna (Scholiander) Heuser, and graduated from Jamestown College. She married Jesse J. Nygaard in June 1916, and later assisted him in his 1936 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives and his 1938 campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Nygaard served as North Dakota's Democratic National Committeewoman from 1940 to 1964, and was the first person from North Dakota to serve, beginning in 1944, on the Democratic Executive Committee. Nygaard was also very active in the North Dakota State Democratic Party as a campaigner, a member of the party's State Central Committee, and as a speaker, fundraiser, and women's leader. She has been a member of the State Health Council since 1971, and served on the Governor's Coordinating Committee on Water Resources in the 1950s.
In her home community of Jamestown, North Dakota, Mrs. Nygaard has been a member or officer of the Jamestown Arts and Sciences Club, Book Review Club, Civic Club, Music Club, and the North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs. She was appointed to and served on the Jamestown Airport Committee, and chaired the Women's Committee for the Freedom Train in 1946. She was for many years a Panhellenic Advisor to Alpha Zeta Sorority at Jamestown College. Nygaard also served on the National Advisory Committee for Women's Participation in the New York World's Fair in 1939.
Daphna Nygaard died in September 1978.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional material was donated in December 1978 (Accession 78-553)
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Daphna Nygaard, Jamestown, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; Accession 77-439
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Daphna Nygaard Papers. OGLMC 418, 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 February 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: North Dakota State Health Council],
[Series 2: Democratic Party],
[Series 3: Personal Materials],
[Photographs :],
[All]
- Series 1: North Dakota State Health Council
- This series contains both correspondence and materials relating to Daphna Nygaard's service on the North Dakota State Health Council from 1971-1977. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject or topic.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Ashley Senior Citizens Home, Ashley, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 2: Certificates of Need, Rules and Regulations Concerning, 1973-1977.
- Folder 3: Christian Unity Hospital Corporation, Grafton, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 4: Colonial Manors Nursing Home, LaMoure, North Dakota, 1971-72.
- Folder 5: Community Hospital, Mayville, North Dakota, 1972.
- Folder 6: Comprehensive Health Planning, a North Dakota State Dept. of Health Newsletter, June 1974, to September 1976.
- Folder 7: Dickey County Memorial Hospital, Ellendale, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 8: Dunseith Nursing Home, Dunseith, North Dakota, 1972.
- Folder 9: Gackle Community Hospital, Gackle, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 10: Health Council, North Dakota State Meeting Agenda, June 6, 1972 to October 15, 1974.
- Folder 11: Health Council, North Dakota State Meeting Agenda, January 21, 1975 to January 18, 1977.
- Folder 12: Health Council, North Dakota State General Correspondence, October 25, 1971 to November 19, 1976.
- Folder 13: Health Council, North Dakota State Meeting Minutes, April 27, 1971 to June 14, 1977.
- Folder 14: Health Council, North Dakota State Membership Lists, 1971-1976.
- Folder 15: Health Council, North Dakota State Memoranda from State Dept. of health, January 8, 1975 to July 25, 1977.
- Folder 1: Ashley Senior Citizens Home, Ashley, North Dakota, 1971.
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Health Council, North Dakota State. Memoranda from State Dept. of Health, July 29, 1910 to November 27, 1.974.
- Folder 2: Legislation and Health Regulations brought before the State Health Council, Attorney General Opinions, 1970s.
- Folder 3: Legislation and Health Regulations brought before the State Health Council, Attorney General Opinions, 1970s.
- Folder 4: Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 5: Newsletters (Health field), 1970s.
- Folder 6: North Dakota State Advisory Council for Hospital and Related Construction, 1971-1973.
- Folder 7: Pembilier Nursing Center, Walhalla, North Dakota, 1970-71.
- Folder 8: St. Aloisius Hospital, Harvey5 North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 9: St. Gerard Community Hospital, Hankinson, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 10: St. John's Extended Care Nursing Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 11: Union Hospital, Mayville, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 12: United Hospital-Deaconess, Intensive and Coronary Care Units, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 13: United Hospital, Intensive Care Nursery, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 14: United Hospital, St. Michael s Nursing Home, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 15: Westhope Home, Westhope, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 16: Wishek Hospital and Clinic Association, Wishek, North Dakota, 1971.
- Folder 17: Health Council Miscellaneous.
- Folder 1: Health Council, North Dakota State. Memoranda from State Dept. of Health, July 29, 1910 to November 27, 1.974.
- Box 1
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: North Dakota State Health Council],
[Series 2: Democratic Party],
[Series 3: Personal Materials],
[Photographs :],
[All]