Louis G. Geiger Papers, 1881-1972
Collection Overview
Title: Louis G. Geiger Papers, 1881-1972
ID: OGLMC667
Primary Creator: Geiger, Louis G. (1913-2002)
Extent: 4.0 Boxes
Date Acquired: 05/00/1983
Subjects: University of North Dakota - Faculty
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Louis G. Geiger Papers are divided into two series:
Series 1: University of North Dakota Research Materials
Series 2: Research Materials
Collection Historical Note
"Louis G. Geiger was born on March 21, 1913, in Boonville, Missouri, to George Victor Geiger and Dorothea Elizabeth Hoflander. He received a Bachelor of Science degree at Central Missouri State University in 1934 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Missouri in 1940.
He was drafted into the army in the spring of 1942, and in December of that year was admitted to OCS (Officer Candidate School) Antiaircraft Artillery, Camp Davis, in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in March of 1945. While stationed in Florence, Italy, Geiger was assigned to the Fifth Army Historical Section and wrote Volume XI of the History of the Fifth Army, From the Apennines to the Alps. He was discharged from the army on May 24, 1946, and married Helen Margery Watson on December 20, 1946. They had one son, Mark.
Geiger was an Assistant professor of history at the University of North Dakota from 1946-1955, an Associate professor from 1955-1958, and full professor from 1958-1960. He was a visiting professor at the University of Missouri in 1960; Jadavpur University in India from 1963-1964, and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Helsinki in Finland from 1954-1955, and at the University of Leningrad in the former Soviet Union from 1978-1979.
He became the president of the North Dakota Social Science Association from 1959-1960. From 1960-1970, he was Chairman for history at Iowa State University from 1972-1979, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1979.
Geiger wrote numerous articles and reviews, and authored a number of books, including Joseph W. Folk of Missouri, in 1953; Higher Education in a Maturing Democracy, 1963; and Voluntary Accreditation: History of North Central Association, 1970. He also wrote numerous papers and lectured extensively. Two of his papers included: 'St. Johannes Deutsche Evangelische Kirche (St. John German Evangelical Church), Oak Grove, Billingsville', 1991, 'In the Days of Prohibition, Cooper County 1919-1934,' 1992, and 'The Jazz Age In Cooper County, Missouri: the 1920s', 1993. He was the recipient of a research award from the Social Science Research Council in 1963; a member of the Western Social Science Association, acting as vice-president from 1965-1966, and again in 1968-1969. He was a member of the American History Association, American Studies Association, and the History Education Society. Geiger was also an active Rotarian. In his later years, he traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia. Geiger died on December 15, 2002."
Source: State Historical Society of Missouri - https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4058.pdf
Subject/Index Terms
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: Louis Geiger
Acquisition Method: Donation; 81-823, 83-1155 and 83-1233
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Louis G. Geiger Papers. OGLMC 667, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid input to Archon in March 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1: University of North Dakota Research Materials
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Administration, 1916-1921
- Folder 2: Administration, 1907-1917
- Folder 3: Administration, 1885-1909
- Folder 4: Administration, 1881-1883
- Folder 5: Presidency, 1933
- Folder 6: President William Maxwell Blackburn
- Folder 7: President Thomas F. Kane
- Folder 8: President Frank L. McVey
- Folder 9: President Webster Merrifield
- Folder 10: Henry Montgomery
- Folder 11: President Homer Sprague
- Folder 12: President John C. West
- Folder 13: Finance, 1933-1955
- Folder 14: Finance, 1918-1933
- Folder 15: Finance, 1899-1918
- Folder 16: Finance, 1885-1897
- Folder 17: Early Finance and Grounds
- Folder 18: Buildings and Grounds, 1918-1954
- Folder 19: Buildings and Grounds, 1907-1917
- Folder 20: Buildings and Grounds, 1883-1914
- Folder 21: Library
- Folder 22: Curriculum and Standards, 1946-1953
- Folder 23: Curriculum and Standards, 1913-1938
- Folder 24: Curriculum and Standards, 1899-1919
- Folder 25: Curriculum and Standards, 1908-1918
- Folder 26: Curriculum and Standards, 1885-1898
- Folder 27: Curriculum and Standards, 1884-1885
- Folder 28: Extension Courses, 1909-1918
- Folder 29: Miscellaneous Curriculum, 1909-1917
- Folder 30: Miscellaneous Curriculum, 1892-1896
- Folder 31: Professional Schools
- Folder 32: Prepatory Department
- Folder 33: Extension, 1933-1953
- Folder 34: Extension, 1905-1918
- Folder 35: Extension, 1899-1909
- Folder 36: Extension, 1903-1918
- Folder 1: Administration, 1916-1921
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Faculty, 1933-1957
- Folder 2: Faculty, 1919-1932
- Folder 3: Faculty, 1911-1923
- Folder 4: Faculty, 1905-1918
- Folder 5: Faculty, 1898-1910
- Folder 6: Faculty, 1883-1900
- Folder 7: Faculty, 1883-1885
- Folder 8: Faculty Publications, 1921-1958
- Folder 9: Faculty Publications, 1909-1915
- Folder 10: Faculty Salaries, 1930-1954
- Folder 11: Faculty Salaries, 1918-1933
- Folder 12: Faculty Salaries, 1899-1917
- Folder 13: Faculty and President Thomas Kane, 1919-1933
- Folder 14: Dr. Orin G. Libby
- Folder 15: Military Training, 1937-1946
- Folder 16: Military Training, 1909-1927
- Folder 17: Military Training, 1883-1904
- Folder 18: Athletics, 1931-1953
- Folder 19: Contests and Elections, 1920-1938
- Folder 20: Student Life, 1919-1949
- Folder 21: Music and Dances, 1919-1933
- Folder 22: Forensics, 1919-1932
- Folder 23: Student Organizations, 1919-1931
- Folder 24: Athletics, 1919-1931
- Folder 25: Fraternities and Sororities, 1919-1929
- Folder 26: Religious Activity, 1919-1929
- Folder 27: Hazing, 1919-1929
- Folder 28: Student Regulations, 1918-1929
- Folder 29: May Fete, 1913-1930
- Folder 30: Student Shows, 1912-1933
- Folder 31: Drama, 1910-1917
- Folder 32: Athletics, 1908-1917
- Folder 33: Student Organizations, 1904-1916
- Folder 34: Student Publications, 1902-1931
- Folder 35: Fraternities and Sororities, 1901-1931
- Folder 36: Religious Activity, 1901-1907
- Folder 37: Student Life, 1899-1917
- Folder 38: Forensics, 1899-1909
- Folder 39: Music and Dance, 1899-1906
- Folder 40: Student Organizations, 1888-1898
- Folder 41: Student Life, 1886-1901
- Folder 42: Athletics, 1883-1908
- Folder 43: Alumni, 1919-1936
- Folder 44: Alumni, 1893-1918
- Folder 45: William Lemke
- Folder 46: Vilhjalmur Stefansson
- Folder 1: Faculty, 1933-1957
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Academic Freedom, 1914
- Folder 2: Commencement and Founders Day, 1889-1905
- Folder 3: Correspondence regarding UND History, 1956-1958
- Folder 4: Great Depression
- Folder 5: Epidemics
- Folder 6: Founders
- Folder 7: Early Grand Forks
- Folder 8: Grand Forks, 1883-1909
- Folder 9: Nonpartisan League
- Folder 10: Other Schools, 1935-1944
- Folder 11: Other Schools, 1919-1933
- Folder 12: Other Schools, 1885-1918
- Folder 13: Statistics, 1919-1935
- Folder 14: Statistics, 1887-1918
- Folder 15: Miscellaneous Events, 1912-1930
- Folder 16: Miscellaneous Notes, 1940-1958
- Folder 17: Miscellaneous Notes, 1917-1939
- Folder 18: Miscellaneous Notes, 1909-1922
- Folder 19: Miscellaneous Notes, 1898-1909
- Folder 20: Miscellaneous Notes, 1889-1897
- Folder 21: Miscellaneous Notes
- Folder 1: Academic Freedom, 1914
- Box 1
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