Dean Bresciani memo on the fight song
Collection
Identifier: SCUA 0001
Scope and Contents
Contains one memorandum from Dean Bresciani about recommendations for the North Dakota State University fight sign and one email from Dean Bresciani detailing the events to which the matter of the fight song were brought to his attention.
Dates
- 2016
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
Biography
The North Dakota State University fight song, The Yellow and The Green, has words written by A.E. Minard and music by C.S. Putnam. It was written in 1908. For the most part, only the first verse of the song was ever performed. In September of 2016, a controversy around surrounding the third verse and its use of “red man”. After speaking with staff, Bresciani made the decision to use only the first verse as the schools fight song.
Extent
2 Items (This small collection deals with the changing of the North Dakota State University fight song. It contains a memorandum from President Dean Bresciani and an email correspondence detailing the events of which brought the matter to light.)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Contains one memorandum from Dean Bresciani about recommendations for the North Dakota State University fight sign and one email from Dean Bresciani detailing the events to which the matter of the fight song were brought to his attention.
Provenance
Donated by Unknown.
Property Rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Dean Bresciani memo on the fight song
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
Contact:
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu