Usher L. Burdick Papers, 1881-1960

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Series 2: North Dakota

The second series consists of subject files directly related to North Dakota.  The type of material found within each sub-series includes: correspondence, scrapbooks, the text of speeches, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, text of bills and other government documents. The correspondence is both incoming and outgoing, from both domestic and international sources, and covers Burdick's political, business and personal interests.

Sub-Series 1: Garrison Dam

Box 8

Folder 14: Acknowledgements,1949

Folder 15: Missouri Basin -Garrison Dam

Folder 16: Garrison Dam, letters, 1951-1956

Folder 17: Walter Burk

Folder 18: Garrison Dam Clippings

Folder 19: Conferees on Garrison (H.R. 6766)

Folder 20: F.C. Dams, Recl

Folder 21: Echo Park Dam & Upper Colorado Storage (H.R. 270, 2836, & 4488)

Folder 22: Electric Power, 1951-1952

Folder 23: North Dakota Flood Washouts, 1951

Folder 24: F.C. Dams. Recl. U.S. Flood Control

Folder 25: Flood Control, 1957-1958

Folder 26: Garrison Flood Control

Box 9

Folder 1: North Dakota Flood, 1950

Folder 2: Flood Control Misc., 1949-1957

Folder 3: Brief of Garrison Dam

Folder 4: Bill Lemke

Folder 5: Law on Garrison Dam

Folder 6: Garrison- Reclamation project, 1953-1954

Folder 7: Garrison Dam & other North Dakota Reclamation Projects

Folder 8: Garrison Dam & other North Dakota Reclamation Projects

Folder 9: Garrison Dam Misc., 1953-1957

Folder 10: Garrison Dam, 1949-1950

Folder 11: Garrison Dam Misc., 1951-1955

Folder 12: Garrison, Dam Valley of the Damned Report on Suitability for Sustained Irrigation in Lands in North Dakota

Folder 13: Garrison Dam, 1955

Folder 14: Resolutions regarding Garrison Dam

Folder 15: F.C. Dams Recl. Garrison: Townsite relocations

Folder 16: Hells Canyon

Folder 17: Lost Bridge Road

Folder 18: Missouri River Development, Brief concerning the legal authority of the Building of Garrison Dam, List of Western Books Offered by Western Americana

Folder 19: Missouri River Projects

Folder 20: Missouri Valley Authority

Folder 21: MVA- Statement

Folder 22: Missouri Valley Authority, 1951-1953

Folder 23: To change name of Garrison Reservoir to Sakakawea (HR.R 20485)

Folder 24: Joseph O'Mahoney

Folder 25: Sanish -Van Hook land Payments

Folder 26: Clippings, 1951 Water Right Investigation Report, 1957

Folder 27: To authorize Army Engineers to compensate Williston (H.R. 198)

Box 37

Folder 15: Burdick's Brief Concerning the Legal Authority for the Building of the Garrison Dam at Garrison, North Dakota, April, 1949.

Sub-Series 2: Historical Research

Box 1

Folder 1: Introduction and Preface by Usher L. Burdick. Life on the Red River of the North. 1857 to 1887 (Burdick's title). The History of Navigation on the Red River of the North by Fred A. Bill, Life in the River towns of Fargo and Moorhead by J.W. Riggs.

Folder 2: Now I Recollect Souvenirs of the Sanctum ; Lincoln as I saw him by William Croffut. Copyright 1943 by Usher L. Burdick.

Folder 3: History of the Farm Movement in North Dakota by Burdick.

Folder 4: History of the Farm Movement in North Dakota (con't.) by Burdick

Folder 5: History of the Farm Movement in North Dakota (con't.) by Burdick

Folder 6: Medora Black Hills Stage Line -Crawford.

Folder 7: The Cattle Industry: What it is now and what it was 65 to 70 years ago. by Walter Colbert. 1939.

Folder 8: History of Fort Buford -incomplete. Interview with Mrs. Sarah D. Mercer, Buford, North Dakota, July 26, 1926. Interview with Douglas Bell, July 20, 1926.

Folder 9: The Last Battle of the Sioux Nation- Usher L. Burdick.

Folder 10: Davidson Story unknown author

Folder 11: Autobiography of E. G. Lennnon.

Folder 12: Farmers Political Action unknown author

Folder 13: History of Munich unknown author

Folder 14: Cattle Trails and Cow Towns unknown author

Folder 15: Populist or People's Party unknown author & Correspondence

Folder 16: Jim Johnson; Pioneer of the Mouse River Country- Burdick & Correspondence

Folder 17: Tales from Buffalo Land -Burdick -could be same as History of Ft. Buford. & Correspondence (6)

Folder 18: The Army Life of Charles (Chip) Creighton -Usher L. Burdick.

Folder 19: The Last Days of Graham Island- Burdick.

Folder 20: George Loftus -Burdick

Folder 21: Frederick R. Zahl (Biography) -Burdick

Folder 22: Zahl, Frederick R. (Biography).

Folder 23: Crawford's History of North Dakota.

Folder 24: Crawford's History of North Dakota (con't.)

Folder 25: Crawford's History of North Dakota (con't.)

Folder 26: Biography of Usher Burdick.

Box 2

Folder 1: Gustave B. Metzger (Biography) -Burdick.

Folder 2: Jacob Horner and the Indian Campaigns of 1876 and 1877. (Sioux and Nez Perce) Burdick.

Folder 3: Barry Manuscript -Burdick

Folder 4: William N. Adams (Biography)

Folder 5: Pagent (Indian Lore)

Folder 6: George W. Newton (Biography) -Burdick

Folder 7: John Goodall (Biography) -Burdick

Folder 8: Range Cattle Days- Burdick

Folder 9: My Teaching Days by Burdick.

Folder 10: Kit Carson & Col. Tilton.

Folder 11: Indian Affairs

Folder 12: Misc. on the Old West

Folder 13: Misc. on the Old West

Folder 14: Misc. on the Old West

Folder 15: Misc. on the Old West

Folder 16: Correspondence

Folder 17: Correspondence

Folder 18: Correspondence

Folder 19: Crawford's History of North Dakota.

Folder 20: Crawford's History of North Dakota.

Box 35

Folder 12: Battle of the Little Big Horn, Custer's Last Stand. (also contains poem written about the June 16, 1887, Grand Forks tornado)

Folder 13: Biographies of Pioneers.

Folder 14: Fort Buford

Folder 15: John Burke, biographical notes

Folder 16: Canadian History

Folder 17: Lewis F. Crawford, Correspondence

Folder 18: Devils Lake

Folder 19: Dunseith, Will I. Ohmer

Folder 20: History of the Range Cattle Trade of the Dakotas or The Life of G.E. (Ed) Lennnan

Folder 21: George Loftus

Folder 22: George Loftus, Correspondence

Folder 23: The Life of George Sperry Loftus, Militant Farm Leader of the Northwest

Folder 24: Major James McLaughlin, Correspondence 1881-1896

Folder 25: Major James McLaughlin, Correspondence 1897-1912

Folder 26: Major James McLaughlin, Correspondence 1913-1920

Folder 27: Major James McLaughlin, Correspondence 1921-1928

Folder 28: Marquis de Mores, Correspondence

Folder 29: Marquis de Mores, Biographical data

Folder 30: The Marquis at War in the Badlands

Folder 31: Recollections of Munich, North Dakota, 1905-1909, by Jim J. Scott

Folder 32: My Experience and Investment in the Badlands of Dakota and Some of the Men I met There, by A.C. Huidekoper

Folder 33: Newspapers -Badlands Cowboy, Dickinson Press, Mandan Pioneer

Folder 34: George W. Newton, biography

Folder 35: North Dakota

Folder 36: The Northwest Territory

Folder 37: The Northwest Territory

Folder 38: Populist or People's Party

Folder 39: Presidential Message on the Pacific Railway Commission, 1888

Box 36

Folder 1: Reminiscences of Mayville, the State Normal School, North Dakota, by Usher L. Burdick

Folder 2: The Republic of Indian Stream Side Lights of the Depression, by Usher L. Burdick

Folder 3: Theodore Roosevelt, news items

Folder 4: Sitting Bull's Arrest and Death

Folder 5: Standing Rock Indian Reservation

Folder 6: U.S. History

Folder 7: Wyoming Cattle War

Box 37

Folder 22: Notebook: "Early Day Lawyers"

Folder 23: Notebook: "Notes on Western Memories"

Sub-Series 3: Counties

Box 18

Folder 1: County Miscellaneous, 1954

Folder 2: Adams

Folder 3: Barnes

Folder 4: Benson County -Brinsmade Postmaster ship

Folder 5: Benson, 1954-1958

Folder 6: Benson County -Fort Totten Postmaster ship

Folder 7: Benson County -Knox Rural Carrier

Folder 8: Benson County -Maddock

Folder 9: Benson County -Pleasant Lake

Folder 10: Benson County -Warwick Postmaster ship

Folder 11: Billings

Folder 12: Bottineau

Folder 13: Bottineau- Carbury

Folder 14: Bottineau County -Eckman

Folder 15: Bottineau County -Lansford

Folder 16: Bottineau County -Souris

Folder 17: Bottineau County -Westhope

Folder 18: Bottineau County - Willow City -RC & PM

Folder 19: Bowman

Folder 20: Burke

Folder 21: Burleigh

Folder 22: Cass

Folder 23: Cass County -Alice

Folder 24: Cass County -Casselton

Folder 25: Cass County -Davenport

Folder 26: Cass County -Erie

Folder 27: Cass County -Grandin

Folder 28: Cass County -Kindred

Folder 29: Cass County -Leonard

Folder 30: Cass County Mapleton

Folder 31: Cavalier

Folder 32: Dickey

Folder 33: Divide County

Folder 34: Dunn

Folder 35: Eddy and Foster Counties

Folder 36: Emmons

Folder 37: Golden Valley

Folder 38: Grand Forks

Folder 39: Grant

Folder 40: Griggs

Folder 41: Hettinger

Folder 42: Kidder

Box 19

Folder 1: La Moure

Folder 2: Logan

Folder 3: McIntosh

Folder 4: McHenry

Folder 5: McKenzie

Folder 6: McLean

Folder 7: Mercer County

Folder 8: Morton

Folder 9: Mountrail

Folder 10: Nelson

Folder 11: Oliver

Folder 12: Pembina

Folder 13: Pierce

Folder 14: Ramsey

Folder 15: Ransom

Folder 16: Renville

Folder 17: Richland

Box 20

Folder 1: Rolette

Folder 2: Sargent

Folder 3: Sheridan

Folder 4: Sioux

Folder 5: Slope County

Folder 6: Stark

Folder 7: Steele

Folder 8: Stutsman

Folder 9: Towner

Folder 10: Trail

Folder 11: Walsh

Folder 12: Grafton -Moving Government Offices

Folder 13: Ward

Folder 14: Wells

Folder 15: Williams Alamo and Epping

Folder 16: Williams County - Appam

Folder 17: Williams County - Corinth

Folder 18: Williams County -Grenora

Folder 19: Williams County - Marmon

Folder 20: Williams County - Ray

Folder 21: Williams County - N.D. Spring Brook

Folder 22: Williams County - Tioga

Folder 23: Williams County - Wildrose

Folder 24: Williams County - Williston

Folder 25: Williams County - Wheelock

Folder 26: Williams County - Zahl