Eliot Glassheim Papers, 1982-1984, 1997-1999
Collection Overview
Title: Eliot Glassheim Papers, 1982-1984, 1997-1999
ID: OGLMC979
Primary Creator: Glassheim, Eliot (1938-2019)
Extent: 6.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 06/04/1984. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: City of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Literary, Red River Valley Flood of 1997, University of North Dakota - Faculty
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Eliot Glassheim Papers have been divided into five series:
Series 1: Committee of the Whole
Series 2: Committee and City Government Office Papers
Series 3: Special Programs and Miscellaneous
Series 4: Voices from the Flood: An Oral History of the 1997 Flood of the Red River of the North
Series 5: Falconer Family
Collection Historical Note
Eliot Glassheim was born in New York City to Raymond S. Glassheim and Edith Ruthizer on February 1938. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1960 from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. His first impulse after graduation was to delve into journalism which led him to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a copyboy for the Washington Post. He managed during this stint to publish ten short book reviews for the newspaper's book reviews section. He left this position in 1961 to pursue editorial production at the Wall Street Journal in New York City doing proofreading layout.
In 1963, however, Glassheim shifted focus in his career, teaching literature and grammar in grades 9th-12th at Croyden Hall in Atlantic Heights, New Jersey. Soon after, Glassheim attended graduate school at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where he received Masters (1966) and Doctoral (1973) degrees in American Literature with concentration on Paul Goodman and the alternative school movement. As a result of these studies, Glassheim wrote his dissertation, The Community Anarchist Background of Paul Goodman's The Empire City. While working towards his doctoral degree, Glassheim was an assistant professor of English at Augusta College in Augusta, Georgia, between 1969 and 1971.
Although Glassheim moved to North Dakota in 1972 to pursue a professorship in the English Department at University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, he taught only three years before being elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1975. He served until 1976, and was elected again in 1993. He served as the Assistant Minority Leader in 2003 legislative session. He has also been a member of the Grand Forks City Council for over twenty years.
He was a policy analyst for Northern Great Plains, Inc. and an executive Director for Quad County Community Action Agency. He authored The Restless Giant, a compilation of poems, and has edited several books, including Key Issues in Population Policy (1976). He also edited two books related to the 1997 Red River Valley Flood: Voices from the Flood (1999) and Behind the Scenes: Leadership and Decision-making in a Natural Disaster (2002). He also produced Eat the Day, a folk song record. He is owner of Dr. Eliot’s Twice Sold Tales, a used and rare book store.
He is married to Dyan Rey and has two children.
Subject/Index Terms
City of Grand Forks, North Dakota
Literary
Red River Valley Flood of 1997
University of North Dakota - Faculty
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional material was donated by Eliot Glassheim on February 11, 2004 (2004-2673) and by Greg Vetter on June 22, 2005 (2005-2790).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Eliot Glassheim, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 84-1305
Related Publications:
Key Issues in Population Policy: Problems, Options, and Recommendations for Action; Proceedings of Capon Springs Public Policy Conference #1 edited by Eliot Glassheim. University Press of America, 1978. Call Number: HB881.C299 1976
Voices from the Flood: An Oral History of the 1997 Flood of the Red River of the North edited by Eliot Glassheim. North Dakota Museum of Art, 1999. Call Number: F644.G8 V64 1999
Behind the Scenes: Leadership and Decision-making in a Natural Disaster edited by Eliot Glassheim; Kimberly K. Porter and Robin Silverman, associate editors. North Dakota Museum of Art, 2002. Call Number: F644.G8 P67 2002
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item) Eliot Glassheim Papers. OGLMC 979. 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 November 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Committee of the Whole],
[Series 2: Committee and City Government Office Papers],
[Series 3: Special Programs and Miscellaneous],
[Series 4: Voices from the Flood: An Oral History of the 1997 Flood of the Red River of the North],
[Series 5: Falconer Family],
[All]
- Series 2: Committee and City Government Office Papers
- The second series contains materials from specific committees, city offices, commissions, and boards.
- Box 1
- Folder 8: Auditorium Committee meeting minutes, meeting schedules, auditorium redesign plan, armory leases, and correspondence
- Folder 9: Building Inspector : agendas for Board of Adjustments and Board of Appeals meetings, January 1983-February 1984
- Folder 10: Bus Committee : meeting minutes, correspondence, miscellaneous
- Folder 11: Civil Preparedness Committee and Nuclear War Preparedness Task Force : correspondence, minutes, fact sheets; Emergency Program Management materials, 1982-1984
- Folder 12: Engineer's Office : correspondence, 1982-1983
- Folder 13: Board of Equalization : minutes, agendas, reports
- Folder 14: Finance Committee and Auditor's Office : correspondence; Tax Delinquency Tax Force correspondence
- Folder 15: Finance Committee and Auditor's Office : Budget Appropriation Summaries, 1982-1984
- Folder 16: Finance Committee and Auditor's Office : Statements of Receipts, Disbursements, and Fund Balances, 1983-1984
- Folder 17: Finance Committee and Auditor's Office : Liquor License Applications
- Folder 18: Finance Committee and Auditor's Office : Vendor Payment Lists, March-October 1983
- Folder 19: Finance Committee and Auditor's Office : Vendor Payment Lists, November-December 1983
- Folder 20: Finance Committee and Auditor's Office : Vendor Payment Lists, February-April 1984
- Folder 21: Fire Department : Annual Reports, Quarterly Reports, correspondence, 1982-1983
- Folder 22: Housing Authority : minutes, correspondence, miscellaneous, 1982-1984
- Folder 23: Personnel Department : Leave Reports and Health Insurance Fund Status Reports
- Folder 24: Personnel Department : Applications for Assistant for Business Development position, 1983
- Folder 25: Planning and Zoning Commission : minutes, agendas, correspondence, 1982-1984
- Folder 26: Public Safety Commission : agendas and minutes, 1983-1984
- Folder 27: Public Service Committee : minutes, agendas, correspondence, 1982-1984
- Folder 28: Urban/Community Development Committee : monthly project reports, minutes, agendas, correspondence, July 1982-September 1983
- Folder 29: Urban/Community Development Committee : monthly project reports, minutes, agendas, correspondence, September 1983-1984
- Folder 30: Miscellaneous committee correspondence and minutes
- Folder 8: Auditorium Committee meeting minutes, meeting schedules, auditorium redesign plan, armory leases, and correspondence
- Box 5
- Folder 2: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; Voluntary acquisition program of residence of Grand Forks
- Folder 3: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; Home moving program - February - July 1998 & undated
- Folder 4: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; Planning and Zoning Commission papers - February - June 1998
- Folder 5: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; Demolition and rehabilitation information - February - May 1998
- Folder 6: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; South End Development - June 1998 - undated
- Folder 7: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; Surveys regarding housing - August 1997 - undated
- Folder 8: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; Memos and miscellaneous - January 1998 - August 1998 & undated
- Folder 9: Office of Urban Development: Flood Protection Project; Miscellaneous reports, memos, and proposals - June 1997 - March 1998
- Folder 10: Office of Urban Development: Downtown Development Commission; Rehabilitation reports and design guidelines - November 1997 - March 1998
- Folder 11: Office of Urban Development: Downtown Development Commission; Miscellaneous papers and memos - June 1997 - June 1998
- Folder 12: Office of Urban Development: Downtown Development Commission - Meeting notices and meeting minutes - January - June 1998
- Folder 13: Office of Urban Development: Miscellaneous memos and updates
- Folder 14: Office of Urban Development: Flood Recovery Programs update newsletters - January - August 1998
- Folder 15: Office of Urban Development: Flood Response Committee; Meeting Minutes - September 1997 - July 1998
- Folder 16: Office of Urban Development: Flood Response Committee; Special agendas - January - July 1998
- Folder 17: Office of Urban Development: "Flood Response Committee Update" newsletter
- Folder 18: Office of Urban Development: Flood Response Committee correspondence and miscellaneous papers
- Folder 19: Office of Urban Development: Flood Recovery Progress Reports - September 1997 - April 1998
- Folder 20: Office of Urban Development: Miscellaneous memos, papers, etc… - May 1997 - February 1998
- Folder 21: Office of Urban Development: Various proposals and assessments by various organizations to rebuild Grand Forks, North Dakota, after the Flood of '97
- Folder 22: Office of Urban Development: Various proposals and strategic plans by various organizations to rebuild Grand Forks, North Dakota, after the Flood of '97
- Folder 23: Office of Urban Development: Division of Emergency Management papers
- Folder 2: Office of Urban Development: Housing Issues; Voluntary acquisition program of residence of Grand Forks
- Box 1
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Committee of the Whole],
[Series 2: Committee and City Government Office Papers],
[Series 3: Special Programs and Miscellaneous],
[Series 4: Voices from the Flood: An Oral History of the 1997 Flood of the Red River of the North],
[Series 5: Falconer Family],
[All]