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File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Henry R. Martinson Papers is a collection of diverse material documenting his life and involvement in the Socialist Party. The biographical material is a variety of newspaper clippings on Mr. Martinson's life. The papers have been arranged in four series: Correspondence, Comes the Revolution manuscript, Socialist Party of North Dakota, and Subject files. The Correspondence File Series consists of only several letters including from the Socialist Party of North Dakota, William Ballou, Grace Brown Putnam, Henry G. Teigan, Committee for Honest Science, and Leonard Sackett of the Institute. The Comes the Revolution Manuscript Series is a seventy-two page typed copy written by Mr. Martinson documenting the history of the Socialist Party of North Dakota. It appears very similar if not exactly as published in North Dakota History and later as a monograph. The Socialist Party of North Dakota Series contains remnant pieces of party material, including one meeting minutes, a ballot, and a financial report of July 1916. The Subject Files Series contain a variety of material including a pamphlet, "A Socialist Constitution for North Dakota," several of his membership cards in the Socialist Party of America, and a copy of Socialist Songs with Music by Charles H. Kerr (1902). In the General file are copies of several of his poems including The Old Breed Trail that was printed with illustrations. There is a copy of A North Dakota Song for which Mr. Martinson wrote the words, the music was by his wife Melba. Finally there is part of a resolution related to his career.