John T. Schneider Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 396
Scope and Contents
The collection was originally processed by Nicholas Miller and then completed by Katrina Burch. The collection contains materials related to John Schneider’s personal and professional life, as well as his work in politics. The collection was split into eight series.
Included in the first box are a tassel from 1975, two VHS tapes of his memorial service, and a published book on the North Dakota legislature.
Legal: This series deals with Schneider’s private practice, documents relating to his court cases, news clippings, correspondence, and other documents related to his work as U.S. Attorney.
Publications: This series contains items relating to personal publications, publications relating to politics, and newsletters
News clippings: This series contains news articles relating to Schneider’s legal practice, legislative career, higher education, and other various work.
University of North Dakota: Documents relating to UND such as a scholarship fund.
Military and Peace Corps: This series contains documents relating to Schneider’s time in the military and his work in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan.
Politics: This series, the largest in the collection, deals with Schneider’s political life. Documents related to local politics, North Dakota Democrats/Non-Partisan League, and the North Dakota state legislature are in this series.
Personal: This series include personal correspondence, personal documents such as address books, holiday cards, art, documents relating to Schneider’s family; documents relating to his resignation, and finally, documents relating to his death.
Dates
- 1953-2001
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
John T. Schneider was born June 29, 1945 in Fargo, North Dakota to Mary and Edward Schneider. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963. After graduating from NDSU in 1967, he entered the Peace Corps and served at Jalalabad, Afghanistan. He entered UND law school in 1969 following his return from Afghanistan. In 1970, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was assigned to Puerto Rico, the Mediterranean, and Japan. After his discharge in 1973, he returned to law school and graduated in 1975.
He started his legal career in Fargo, with the Lashkowitz Law Offices. He specialized in labor law and represented various organized workers’ organizations. In 1978, he and Ron Hilden formed the Schneider and Hilden Law office. In 1979, his brother joined the firm and the name was changed to Schneider, Hilden and Schneider. After Hilden left the firm and brother Mark joined the newly named firm of Schneider, Schneider and Schneider Law Offices. In 1982, he was elected from Fargo District 21 to the North Dakota House of Representatives and served until 1992. He was elected House Democrat Leader in 1989 and 1991. In 1993, he was appointed U.S. attorney for the District of North Dakota and served until 2000. He died March 9, 2001 of a brain tumor. John Schneider married Lois McKennett of Bowman, North Dakota in 1971. They had met as students at NDSU in 1964. They had two sons, Jasper and Rocky.
He started his legal career in Fargo, with the Lashkowitz Law Offices. He specialized in labor law and represented various organized workers’ organizations. In 1978, he and Ron Hilden formed the Schneider and Hilden Law office. In 1979, his brother joined the firm and the name was changed to Schneider, Hilden and Schneider. After Hilden left the firm and brother Mark joined the newly named firm of Schneider, Schneider and Schneider Law Offices. In 1982, he was elected from Fargo District 21 to the North Dakota House of Representatives and served until 1992. He was elected House Democrat Leader in 1989 and 1991. In 1993, he was appointed U.S. attorney for the District of North Dakota and served until 2000. He died March 9, 2001 of a brain tumor. John Schneider married Lois McKennett of Bowman, North Dakota in 1971. They had met as students at NDSU in 1964. They had two sons, Jasper and Rocky.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (2 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains materials related to John Schneider’s personal and professional life, as well as his work in politics.
Provenance
Donated by Lois Schneider, 2011 (Acc. 2015-14irs and 2015-041irs)
Separation Record
Diplomas were pulled from the boxes and stored in an oversized folder in Photograph Collection 2132.
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the John T. Schneider Papers
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- Undetermined
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Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu