Daphna Nygaard Papers, 1928-1977

Daphna Nygaard Papers

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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

1896-1978; Active member of the Democratic Party on both the state and national level. Democratic National Committeewoman from North Dakota, 1940-1964

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

Jamestown, North Dakota
Politics and Government - Democratic Party
Women's History

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 3: Personal Materials

This series is a personal series containing correspondence, newspaper clippings and other materials. Material on Jamestown, North Dakota, Women's Clubs are included.

Box 5

Folder 19: Alpha Zeta Sorority, Jamestown College, 1940s.
Folder 20: Jamestown Arts and Sciences Club, 1929-1940.
Folder 21: Jamestown Book Review Club, 1938-1941.
Folder 22: Jamestown. Civic Club, 1947-1948.
Folder 23: Jamestown Music Club, 1928-1931.
Folder 24: Herb Lyons Tribute, December 9, 1974.
Folder 25: Newspaper Clippings, D. Nygaard's friends.

Box 6

Folder 1: North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs, 1931-1932.
Folder 2: Personal Correspondence, November 7, 1945- February 26, 1974.
Folder 3: Who's Who Materials, 1940s.
Folder 4: World's Fair, New York, 1939, National Advisory Committee for Women's Participation.
Folder 5: Butler, Paul, Chairman, Democratic National Committee June 6, 1956 - Nov. 18, 1959.
Folder 6: Kelley, David C. Chairman Democratic National Committee Jan. 27, 1958 - Nov. 23, 1959
Folder 7: Larson, Abner, State Chairman Democratic National Committee July 3, 1953 Dec. 11, 1954.
Folder 8: Larson, Abner, State Chairman Democratic National Committee Jan. 4, 1955 - Apr. 17, 1956.
Folder 9: Larson, Abner, State Chairman, Democratic National Committee Nov. 16, 1957 - Dec. 9, 1959.
Folder 10: Louchheim, Katie, Vice Chairman Democratic National Committee Feb. 18, 1954 - Mar, 4, 1960.
Folder 11: McCloskey, Mathew H., Treasurer Democratic National Committee July 11, 1956 - July 28, 1961.
Folder 12: Democratic National Committee Advisory Committee on Political Organization, March 14, 1957-Dec. 30, 1959
Folder 13: Democratic National Committee Annual Reports 1957, 1958.
Folder 14: Democratic National Committee Correspondence-General Nov. 13, 1954 - Oct. 198. 1968.
Folder 15: Democratic National Committee Democratic Digest Corporation, Business Operation Report 1953 - 1956.
Folder 16: Democratic National Committee Democratic Digest Midwest. Conference 1951, 1953, 1956.
Folder 17: Democratic National Committee Democratic Midwest Conference 1957.
Folder 18: Democratic National Committee Democratic Midwest Conference 1958.
Folder 19: Democratic National Committee Democratic Midwest Conference 1959.
Folder 20: Democratic National Committee Democratic Midwest Conference 1961, 1965.
Folder 21: Democratic National Committee Democratic Midwest Conference Constitution and By-Laws.
Folder 22: Democratic National Committee. Democratic: National Convention 1943.
Folder 23: Democratic National Convention 1952-1956.
Folder 24: Democratic National Convention 1960.
Folder 25: Democratic National Convention 1964.
Folder 26: Democratic National Convention 1968,
Folder 27: Democratic National Committee Democratic Party Night, May 21, 1957- March 26, 1959.
Folder 28: Democratic National Committee Democratic Women Conference 1959, 1960
Folder 29: Democratic National Committee Dollars For Democrats 1957 - 1960.
Folder 30: Democratic National Committee Inaugural Committee 1961,
Folder 31: Democratic National Committee Inaugural Committee-Correspondence Nov. 10 1960 - Jan. 19, 1961
Folder 32: Democratic National Committee: Miscellaneous
Folder 33: Democratic National Committee News Releases, June 9, 1956 - Oct. 1968.
Folder 34: Democratic National Committee Nygaard Endorsements for Re- Election, 1944.
Folder 35: Democratic National Committee Office of Women's Activities 1952 - 1968,

Box 7

Folder 1: Democratic National Committee Officers 1943-1962.
Folder 2: Democratic National Committee Proposed Rules 1957.
Folder 3: Democratic National Committee Publications-Miscellaneous.
Folder 4: Democratic National Committee The 750 Club.
Folder 5: Democratic National Committee. Truman Diamond Jubilee May 8, 1959.
Folder 6: Democratic National Committee Women's Day, Sept. 13-24, 1957.
Folder 7: Democratic State Central Committee. Committeemen and Candidates. 1948-1961
Folder 8: Democratic- State Central Committee-General Sept, 19 1946 - Apr. 26, 1960.
Folder 9: Democratic State Central Committee-Democratic Women List 1949 - 1950.
Folder 10: Democratic State Central Committee --Finance Committee 1960.
Folder 11: Democratic State Central Committee-Woman's Campaign Committee 1944.
Folder 12: Democratic State Central Committee-Woman's Committee 1946 - 1950.
Folder 13: North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League. Articles of Incorporation, By- Laws. 1945 - 1956.
Folder 14: North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Correspondence, Political Materials 1974 - 1975.
Folder 15: North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Officers 1961, 1962.
Folder 16: North Dakota Democratic -Nonpartisan League Party Platform State Convention 1963.
Folder 17: North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League State Convention 1974.
Folder 18: North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League State Convention 1976.
Folder 19: North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Women's Organization 1960- 1968.
Folder 20: Campaign Materials
Folder 21: Bentsen, Lloyd, V.S. Senator Correspondence, Apr. 3, 1974 - Aug. 11, 1974.
Folder 22: Garrison Diversion 1960 -1961
Folder 23: Kefauver, Senator Estes, Correspondence, 1956.
Folder 24: Memorabilia-Political
Folder 25: Memorabilia-Political
Folder 26: Memorabilia-Personal

Box 8

Folder 1: National Government Officials List, 1947 - 1963.
Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings-Franklin Roosevelt, 1933; will Rogers 1933.
Folder 3: North Dakota Democratic Party Platform, constitution By-Laws, 1954 - 1956.
Folder 4: North Dakota Politics-Miscellaneous.
Folder 5: Political Correspondence General, Dec. 5, 1975.
Folder 6: Political Pamphlets, Handbooks.
Folder 7: Personal Correspondence, Feb. 11, 1948 - Oct. 21, 1949.
Folder 8: Personal Correspondence, Mar. 14, 1936 - Dec. 25, 1947.
Folder 9: Personal Correspondence, Dec. 25, 1954 - Sept. 11, 1968.
Folder 10: Presidential Candidates 1959.
Folder 11: Speech Materials 1954-1964.
Folder 12: Stevenson For President May 1951.
Folder 13: Symington, Stuart V.S. Presidential Candidate May 21, 1960 - June 26, 1960.
Folder 14: Who's Who of American Women, 1947 - 1958.

Box 9

Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings: 1940 - 1943
Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings: 1948 - 1951
Folder 3: Newspaper Clippings: 1952
Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings: 1953 - 1954
Folder 5: Newspaper Clippings: 1956 - 1957
Folder 6: Newspaper Clippings: 1958
Folder 7: Newspaper Clippings: 1959 - 1960
Folder 8: Newspaper Clippings: 1961
Folder 9: Newspaper Clippings: 1962

Box 10

Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings: 1963
Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings: January - August 22, 1964
Folder 3: Newspaper Clippings: August 23 - 26, 1964
Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings: August 27 - November 1964
Folder 5: Newspaper Clippings: 1966
Folder 6: Newspaper Clippings: 1968
Folder 7: Newspaper Clippings: 1969
Folder 8: Newspaper Clippings: 1970

Box 11

Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings: 1971
Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings: 1972
Folder 3: Newspaper Clippings: 1973
Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings: 1974
Folder 5: Newspaper Clippings: 1975
Folder 6: Newspaper Clippings: undated
Folder 7: Memorabilia-Political.

Browse by Series:

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[Series 3: Personal Materials],
[Photographs :],
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