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North Dakota -- Politics and government.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

George Montgomery Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 626
Abstract Consists primarily of two reminiscences written by Mr. Montgomery for his children and grandchildren in 1935. "A message to posterity, collections from 1882 to 1902" (17 typescript leaves) recounts traveling to Dakota Territory, homesteading near Sargent and Cogswell, N.D., Sargent County politics, and a detailed account of the attempt to legalize the Louisiana Lottery in North Dakota. "The childhood of parents" (71 typescript leaves) by Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery documents the life of their...
Dates: 1935

Gerald P. Nye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 366
Abstract Correspondence, term paper by Mark Steven Anderson, speeches, newspaper clippings, and articles, relating to Nye and his career as editor of Griggs County Sentinel-Courier and activities in the U.S. Senate.
Dates: 1935-1973

Granville Wolbert Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 611
Abstract Includes a series of letters to Roy P. Johnson of the Fargo Forum newspaper regarding his life in North Dakota. Includes 9 pages of excerpts from an autobiographical manuscript by Wolbert, in which he details his business and political careers in N.D. Includes mention of living in Fargo, N.D., being in the train that overturned at Fargo during the 1890 tornado, serving in the N.D. legislature, Judson LaMoure, Alexander McKenzie, Tom Hall and others.
Dates: 1951-1952

Harry Lashkowitz Papers, 1912-1963

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 161
Abstract Jewish immigrant from the Ukraine who became one of Fargo's most successful lawyers and most active community and Jewish leaders in the state. This collection provides a good example of a lawyer's case work.
Dates: 1912-1963

Henry R. Martinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 30
Abstract Socialist who joined the Nonpartisan League before beginning a career as a poet and movie consultant.
Dates: 1902-1961

Herschel Lashkowitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 343-MSS 1596.16

Hjalmar Nygaard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 184
Abstract U.S. Representative for North Dakota from 1961-1963.
Dates: 1954-1963 (bulk 1960-1963)

Irma Callahan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 200
Abstract Active in local and national politics and was a delegate to the National Democratic Primary in 1956. The Irma Callahan of Fargo's papers from the late 1940s to the late 1960s cover national and state politics, particularly of the Democratic Party. The scrapbooks contain letters from hopeful presidential nominees and telegrams from presidential nominees such as Adlai Stevenson. They show how the political process works on the state and national levels and how the candidates vie for support...
Dates: 1948-1968

James A. Berg Legislative Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 277
Abstract Active in the North Dakota Democratic Party, Berg served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1992 to 1994 and the Senate from 1996 until his death in 1997. His papers cover his legislative career.
Dates: 1988-1997

Jane Skjei Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3037
Abstract Active leader in the North Dakota chapter of the National Organization for Women, an advocate for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and a pro-choice activist.
Dates: 1972-2010s