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Kathrine Tiffany Papers, 1957-1972, 1978, 1988
Collection Overview
Title: Kathrine Tiffany Papers, 1957-1972, 1978, 1988
ID: OGLMC266
Primary Creator: Tiffany, Kathrine (1878-1978)
Extent: 1.0 Linear Feet
Subjects: University of North Dakota - Alumni, University of North Dakota - Benefactors, University of North Dakota - Buildings
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Kathrine Belanger Tiffany was born in 1878 in Neillsville, Wisconsin, to Ferdinand and Margery (Johnston) Belanger. Kathrine was the second of three daughters. The family moved to North Dakota and purchased a quarter section in Morgan Township, Traill County, in 1884. Kathrine graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1902 with a bachelor's degree in English. She then taught English in Valley City, North Dakota, and became principal of Lidgerwood High School, all the while continuing work on a master's degree in English, which she received in 1908. Over the years, Kathrine continued her graduate studies at the University of Chicago, University of Washington, Harvard, and Northwestern, accumulating the equivalent of three years of graduate work in various disciplines she found interesting.
Kathrine married Neil Carnot Macdonald, superintendent of Lidgerwood schools, in 1904. Macdonald served in that same capacity in Mandan in 1910, was appointed state inspector of elementary schools in 1911, and was elected North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1916. He and Kathrine pushed for rural school consolidation. Macdonald was defeated in 1918, and the Macdonalds left North Dakota in 1921 for the Pacific Northwest. Neil Macdonald died unexpectedly in 1923 of uremic poisoning while en route to accept a deanship at Seattle Pacific College.
Kathrine taught English at Seattle Pacific College, followed by English and Rhetoric at Whitworth College in Spokane. She married Orrin E. Tiffany, who had been President at Seattle Pacific and Dean at Whitworth. Orrin turned down the presidency of Whitworth College, and he and Kathrine joined the faculty of Wheaton College in Illinois. Kathrine taught English for eighteen years at Wheaton and was considered an outstanding teacher. Orrin Tiffany died in 1950. In his memory, Kathrine established the Tiffany Lectureship.
Even after leaving North Dakota, Kathrine maintained a very close relationship with and interest in the University of North Dakota. She became a charter member in the Fellows of the University, endowed the Chester Fritz East Asian Room, and donated items to it and to a Graduate Study Center in the Library. Kathrine also encouraged her nephew, Chester Fritz, to establish the Chester Fritz Scholarships, the Chester Fritz Professorships, and to provide one million dollars for the building of the Chester Fritz Library, dedicated in 1961. Fritz donated another million for the Chester Fritz Auditorium, which opened in 1972. Kathrine was persuaded to accept UND's highest alumni honor, the Sioux Award, in 1964, although she declined to be honored at the 75th anniversary celebration in 1958 with an honorary doctorate in recognition of achievement of success and evidence of quality performance in teaching.
Kathrine B. Tiffany died April 18, 1978, at the Presbyterian Retirement Home in Quarryville, Pennsylvania.
Subject/Index Terms
University of North Dakota - Alumni
University of North Dakota - Benefactors
University of North Dakota - Buildings
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional material was donated by the UND Office of University Relations on April 8, 1985 (85-1367) and transferred from the David Vorland Papers, OGLMC 1492, in 2005 (2005-2788).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: J. Lloyd Stone, UND Alumni Association
Related Materials: Neil C. Macdonald Papers: OGLMC 97
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Kathrine B. Tiffany Papers. OGLMC 266, 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 March 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1957, about an "all-faiths" chapel at UND
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1957, relating to the Chester Fritz Library at UND (funding and construction)
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1958, relating to the Chester Fritz Library at UND (funding and construction)
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1959, relating to the Chester Fritz Library at UND (funding, construction and East Asian artifacts)
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1960, relating to the Chester Fritz Library at UND (funding and construction)
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1961, relating to the Chester Fritz Library at UND (funding and construction), Carrilonic Bells at Twamley Hall and letters of appreciation for the gift of the Chester Fritz Library
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1962, relating to an bronze plaque for Twamley Hall and other assorted subjects
- Folder 8: Correspondence, 1963, relating to the Old Main Memorial and the Twamley Administration Building
- Folder 9: Correspondence, 1964, relating to the Speech on "Founder's Day", the planetarium project and other subjects.
- Folder 10: Correspondence, 1965, relating to an additional donation of one million dollars given by Chester Fritz for the Chester Fritz Auditorium
- Folder 11: Correspondence, 1966, relating to the Chester Fritz Auditorium (construction and funds) and about Edna Twamley
- Folder 12: Correspondence, 1967, relating to the Chester Fritz Auditorium (construction and funds) and the "Kathrine B. Tiffany", "Maxwell M. Upson" and "Ira Frendberg" donations
- Folder 13: Correspondence, 1968, relating to the "Neil C. McDonald" and "Kathrine B. Tiffany" scholarship funds.
- Folder 14: Correspondence, 1969, about various subjects
- Folder 15: Correspondence, 1970, about the Kathrine B. Tiffany Graduate Room and the Chester Fritz Library-Fellow of the University
- Folder 16: Correspondence, 1972, relating to the "Oriental Room"
- Folder 17: Correspondence about Chester Fritz
- Folder 18: Biography and transcript of the funeral service for Kathrine B. Tiffany, 1978
- Folder 19: Correspondence, 1978
- Folder 20: Draft of biography of Kathrine B. Tiffany, written by Janice L. Ginger, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1988
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