North Dakota -- Politics and government.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
John Burke Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 974
Abstract
Copy of letter to Elizabeth Preston Anderson concerning his views on initiative and referendum, Thanksgiving 1912 proclamation, reminiscence (2 leaves) by Bardi G. Skulason entitled "Republican revolt against boss rule in North Dakota," and newspaper clippings including on the statue of Burke and his obituary.
Dates:
1907-1964
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Burke Collection
John C. Polfuss Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 646
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett mentioning the Keystone and Adams farms, his father's first reaper, breaking his leg, Keystone Farm superintendents Jones, Yunker, and Merrifield.
Dates:
1954
John D. Paulson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 198
Abstract
Retired editor of the Fargo Forum who wrote numerous essays on North Dakota's political figures in preparation for the state centennial.
Dates:
1932, 1958, 1981-1985, 1998
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John D. Paulson Papers
John Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 84
Abstract
Copies of correspondence, biography by William C. Hunter, and clippings, relating to Miller's career and his various business interests, including Dwight Farm and Amenia and Sharon Land Company.
Dates:
1908-1970
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Miller Papers
John Moses Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 365
Abstract
Address (1944) in Fargo at a naturalization ceremony, 1939 inaugural program, biographical sketch by Harold S. Pond, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1939-1945, 1967
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Moses Papers
John N. Page Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 212
Abstract
Correspondence relating to Page's daily activities, his duties as editor of Grenora Examiner, local affairs, World War I, and Williams County Mutual Telephone Company (headquartered in Ray, N.D.); legal material; pamphlets; telephone directories for Grenora and Hanks, N.D.; newspaper clippings; and miscellany. Includes copies of political newsletter of Usher L. Burdick entitled Burdick Bronco Buster.
Dates:
1917-1954
Kelso Township Board Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 36
Abstract
Proceedings of the board and road orders of town supervisors concerning the construction and maintenance of township roads, in Traill County, N.D.
Dates:
1886-1894.
League of Women Voters of Fargo Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 83
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.
Dates:
1951-2001.
Leon Durocher Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 96
Abstract
Chiefly correspondence to and from Durocher, district secretary of Socialist Party of America, relating to party matters in North Dakota; and miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1923.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Leon Durocher Papers
Leslie N. Putnam Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 591
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...
Dates:
1954.