Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract The purpose of the league, organized in 1951 at Fargo, N.D. is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. The records document the activities of the organization during the 1950s including minutes, correspondence, reports, budgets, clippings and a scrapbook. The collection includes its newsletter as well as various issues from the leagues in Mandan and Williston and the state-wide organization.

Abstract Chiefly correspondence to and from Durocher, district secretary of Socialist Party of America, relating to party matters in North Dakota; and miscellaneous material.

Abstract Typed summary of first interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Putnam family and their lumberyard business. Mentions Ralph L. Miller, business partner of T.N. Putnam; Leslie Putnam's struggle to retain the farm; T.N.'s career in lumber business; his election as Foster County Treasurer and both houses of N.D. legislature. Second interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett mentions L.B. Hanna's purchase in 1932 of the Carrington and Casey ranch, includes references to Hanna's...

Abstract North Dakota governor, 1916-1921 and United States senator, 1922-1940, with reputation of a progressive and later isolationist.

Abstract States Attorney (1915-1922) and Judge (1923-1948) of Ransom County, N.D.

Abstract Meeting minutes and correspondence regarding the work of an agency attempting to renovate Fargo.

Abstract Copies of correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and other papers, relating to Young's political career.

Abstract Milton R. Young, native of Berlin-La Moure, N.D., served in the North Dakota Legislature from 1932 until being appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1945. He served there until his retirement in 1981. This extensive collection of photographic prints document the long political career of Senator Milton R. Young.

Abstract Miscellaneous documents, including report of public hearing held at Jamestown, N.D. (1930), interviews of owners and tenants on the proposed irrigation project (1944), minor correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials, relating to Missouri River Basin Project.

Abstract Griggs County, N.D. native and resident whose avocation was collecting the history of Griggs County, amassing an amazing collection on the county's history and the people who lived there. The collection is a major genealogical resource for Griggs County.