Frank L. Anders Papers, 1860-1966

Frank L. Anders Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Frank L. Anders Papers, 1860-1966

Predominant Dates:1875-1966

ID: OGLMC0043

Primary Creator: Anders, Frank L. (1875-1966)

Extent: 9.75 Linear Feet

Subjects: Fargo, North Dakota, Military History - Battle of the Little Bighorn, Military History - World War I (WW1)

Languages: English

Abstract

Engineer in Fargo, North Dakota, and historian of The Battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Frank L. Anders Papers have been divided into six series as follows:

Series 1: Personal Correspondence

Series 2: Employment

Series 3: General George A. Custer

Series 4: Photographs

Series 5: Oversize Materials

Collection Historical Note

Franklin Lafayette Anders was born November 10, 1875, at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory. His father, Franklin L. Anders, was born in October 1850 in Ohio, while his mother, Anna McLeod, was born in Scotland in 1846. At the time of his birth, Anders' father was stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln. Upon the elder Anders' discharge, the family moved to Fargo. His father died in 1891 from wounds suffered in the Civil War, while his mother lived until 1946.

Anders attended public school in Fargo until 1890. Upon the death of his father, Anders supported the family by finding work with the Northern Pacific Railroad. In December 1894, he enlisted in Company B, 1st Regiment of the North Dakota National Guard. He enlisted for a second time and saw combat in the Philippine Insurrection in 1898-99. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action against the enemy on May 13, 1899 in Luzon. He was discharged in September 1899, and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he spent two years working in the mining industry.

In 1902, Anders enrolled at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in engineering in 1906. While at Ripon, he met Mary Hargrave; the couple was married on June 29, 1910 in Ripon. The couple had two children: Marion and Franklin.

Anders returned to Fargo in 1909, and was named city engineer in 1910. He served in this capacity until 1920. He was called again to active military duty in World War I on September 12, 1918. Serving as a captain of engineers, Anders was assigned to a Quartermaster Corps at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He served there until his discharge on October 21, 1919.

Anders was general manager of the Lucky Strike Coal Company in Zap, North Dakota from 1920-1932. From 1931-1934 he was consulting engineer and secretary of the North Dakota State Capital Commission at Bismarck. Anders also held various positions as the consulting engineer on various projects, including Camp Grafton, Mayville Light and Water Plant, Montana Coal and Schueler Mine Development in Minot.

Anders was a member of numerous fraternal organizations, including the American Society of Engineers, the American Legion, the Masons and the Fargo Commons Club. In 1925, Anders joined the Army and Navy Legion of Valor, an organization reserved for Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross recipients. He served as the national commander for the Legion in 1929.

Frank Anders died on January 23, 1966, in Fargo.

Subject/Index Terms

Fargo, North Dakota
Military History - Battle of the Little Bighorn
Military History - World War I (WW1)

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Frank L. Anders family

Acquisition Method: Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Frank L. Anders Papers. OGLMC 43, 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 July 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal Correspondence],
[Series 2: Employment],
[Series 3: General George A. Custer],
[Series 4: Photographs],
[Series 5: Oversize Materials],
[All]

Series 3: General George A. Custer

This series contains material relating to Anders’s historical study of General George A. Custer’s life and military career. The series includes correspondence dealing with Custer’s career and the Seventh Cavalry dating from 1892 to 1964. This series also contains the transcripts of the Reno Inquiry, historical notes and essays by Anders and others, microfilm about the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Reno Inquiry, bibliographies of published Custer material and miscellaneous materials of various park and trails. It also contains materials about the Custer trail which Anders surveyed and explored.

Box 5

Folder 1: Custer correspondence, 1947-1953, with Brininstool, Boorap, Brooks and Buttz
Folder 2: Custer correspondence, Burnside, 1927, 1936, 1948-1949
Folder 3: Custer correspondence, Burnside, 1950
Folder 4: Custer correspondence, Burnside, 1951
Folder 5: Custer correspondence, Burnside, 1952-1953
Folder 6: Custer correspondence, Cartwright, 1939-1944
Folder 7: Custer correspondence, Cartwright, 1946-1948
Folder 8: Custer correspondence, Cartwright, 1949
Folder 9: Custer correspondence, Cartwright, 1950-1951
Folder 10: Custer correspondence, Cartwright, 1952-1954
Folder 11: Custer correspondence, Cartwright, 1955-1957
Folder 12: Custer correspondence, Falconer, 1925-1936
Folder 13: Custer correspondence, Falconer, 1938-1942
Folder 14: Custer correspondence, Frost, 1950-1964
Folder 15: Custer correspondence, Godfrey, 1892-1932
Folder 16: Custer correspondence, Hutchins, 1955-1960
Folder 17: Custer correspondence, Masen, Custer trail, 1934-1942
Folder 18: Custer correspondence, Masen, Custer trail, 1943-1953
Folder 19: Custer correspondence, Scott and Wallace, 1942, 1948
Folder 20: Custer correspondence, A - E
Folder 21: Custer correspondence, F - H
Folder 22: Custer correspondence, I - M
Folder 23: Custer correspondence, N - Z
Folder 24: Custer trail markers
Folder 25: Custer trail markers, 1876
Folder 26: Custer parks and programs
Folder 27: Diary of Ole Johnson - Sully Expedition, 1863-1865
Folder 28: Critical notes on the line of March, 1876
Folder 29: Custer Trail
Folder 30: Seventh Cavalry notes
Folder 31: Fort A. Lincoln, ration forms
Folder 32: United States Geological Survey
Folder 33: Custer maps
Folder 34: Handmade maps of the Custer trail
Folder 35: Frank L. Anders's essays
Folder 36: Colonel Benteen letters
Folder 37: Reno notes
Folder 38: Reno Inquiry, Chicago Times summary
Folder 39: Reno Inquiry, Chicago Times account, January 14-18, 1879
Folder 40: Reno Inquiry, Chicago Times account, January 19-25, 1879
Folder 41: Reno Inquiry, Chicago Times account, January 26-31, 1879
Folder 42: Reno Inquiry, Chicago Times account, February 1-6, 1879
Folder 43: Reno Inquiry, Chicago Times account, February 7 - March 7, 1879
Folder 44: Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office, War Department Records, Day 1-7
Folder 45: Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office, War Department Records, Day 8-11
Folder 46: Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office, War Department Records, Day 12-15
Folder 47: Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office, War Department Records, Day 16-18
Folder 48: Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office, War Department Records, Day 19-21

Box 6

Folder 1: Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office, War Department Records, Day 22-24
Folder 2: Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office, War Department Records, Day 25 and exhibits
Folder 3: General notes before 1890
Folder 4: Yellowstone Exposition, 1873-1877
Folder 5: Little Big Horn Battle
Folder 6: Bibliographies of Custer's battles and Indian wars
Folder 7: Custer notes, 1860
Folder 8: Articles, essays and publications about Custer
Folder 9: Correspondence about Lt. Beaver, 1944-1951
Folder 10: Lt. Beaver notes
Folder 11: Dakota History
Folder 12: Microfilm, Roll 1, Battle of Little Big Horn accounts and maps
Folder 13: Microfilm, Roll 2, Chicago Times account of the Reno Inquiry
Folder 14: Microfilm, Roll 3, Records of the War Department, Reno Court of Inquiry, Judge Advocate Generals Office
Folder 15: Critical Notes on Line of March of Troops Serving in the Department of Dakota in the Campaign Against Hostile Sioux 1876, by Frank L. Anders, Major Engineer Reserve USA, 1939
Folder 16: Some Notes on the Early History of Dakota Territory and Some Personal Reminiscences, by Frank L. Anders. Speech delivered at Fargo Kiwanis Club, Fargo, North Dakota, July 1937
Folder 17: Reminiscences of Company L, 14th U.S. Infantry, from June 18, 1898 to August 16, 1899, by Private Peter B. Kyne of L Company

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