ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

WILLIAM JULISON PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #1169

DATES: 1890's - 1988; bulk dates 1930 - 1988

SIZE: 29.25 linear feet, 1703 Photographs

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The William Julison Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Adam Julison (brother of William Julison), Grand Forks, North Dakota, on August 23, 1988 (Acc.#88-1614).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED MATERIALS: MacKenzie, Peter W. "An Historical Study of the Grand Forks Park Board Hockey Program in North Dakota." M.S. Thesis, University of North Dakota, 1970.

Roberge, Maurice P. "A Study of Ice Hockey and Its Development in North Dakota Class "A" High Schools." M.S. Thesis, University of North Dakota, 1965.

Williams, William G. "The Saga of North Dakota High School Football." M.S. Thesis, University of North Dakota, 1964.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

William Julison was born August 30, 1916 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the fifth of six children born to Gustav and Marie Anne Scherer Julissen (Yulissen). Gustav, a German-from- Russia, was born near Tallinn, Estonia, August 17, 1867 and Marie Anne in Selz, Russia, December 2, 1877. Gustav was pressed into the Russian Army at age 15 and met Marie in Odessa while working one of Czar Nicholas' many estates near Odessa. They were married in 1902 and lived in the village of Mixtov where their first three children were born. Gustav saw service in the Russian-Japanese War of 1904. He immigrated with his family to the United States June 30, 1906 via Antwerp, Belgium and Quebec, Canada and arrived in Neche, North Dakota September 1, 1906. The family moved to Grand Forks shortly thereafter to join sponsoring relatives, Marie's parents, Barbara and Joseph Scherer. Gustav worked for the Great Northern Railroad for 35 years as a section hand and then a car repairman. Gustav died in Grand Forks February 3, 1948 and Marie Anne June 28, 1950.

William Julison grew up in the Dyke Avenue/Washington Street neighborhood of Grand Forks. He graduated from Central High School in 1934 and then worked for Griffith's Department Store and odd jobs until the fall of 1937 when he enrolled at the University of North Dakota majoring in art and journalism. He left UND Spring semester 1939 because of unsatisfactory scholarship and went to live with his sister Mary who was teaching in Milwaukee. Unable to find work, Julison enrolled in Company 1604 CCC Camp, Gays Mills, Wisconsin on July 30, 1939. He joined other CCC men who were in the same boat "coming from big families, no jobs, and disgusted with hard times." He participated in a variety of work: Soil Conservation Service topographical projects, limestoning, and KP, latrine, and dispensary duty. He was also a columnist and the cartoonist for the Camp's daily newspaper Kickapoojian. Julison was discharged from Company 1604 CCC Camp on June 30, 1941 and the Camp was disbanded in July 1942.

Julison registered for the Draft at Company 1604 CCC Camp on October 15, 1940. Instead of having his induction papers transferred to North Dakota, he chose to join some of his CCC enrollees and was inducted August 3, 1941 at Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin. He received his basic training at Camp Grant, Illinois and then was stationed at Chanute Field, Illinois, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Harding, Louisiana. He was sent overseas in December of 1944. He served in England and France and then spent approximately one year in Germany where his knowledge of the German language enabled him to serve as an interpreter. He also worked in the air disarmament program decoding Nazi aircraft development secrets. Throughout his five years in the Army, Julison was also a cartoonist/illustrator for army post newspapers, worked in public relations, and produced art work for various projects. He was awarded an ETO Certificate of Merit and a Bronze Star and was discharged May 16, 1946 as a Master Sergeant.

Julison spent the summer of 1946 working for the Progress, a weekly newspaper in Dawson Springs, Kentucky before joining the Grand Forks Herald as a sports writer and cartoonist. He established a free-lance illustration/commercial art service shop called the Art Mart in 1956 contracting work in illustrating, designing, printing, cartooning, photo-retouching, posters, and T.V. slides. He maintained this business at several downtown locations before moving it to his home in 1967.

Julison never married, however nurtured close ties with his extended family, especially his nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Grand Forks Quarterback Club, the American Foreign Legion, and was a lover of classical music, a sports enthusiast, and a silent western movie buff. William Julison died July 1, 1988.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The William Julison Papers date from the early 1900's to 1988, although the bulk of the material dates from the 1930's. The papers originally measured 62.5 linear feet and were completely unorganized. Therefore, at the time of acquisition, it was deemed expedient to do only a cursory appraisal of the material on site. Upon processing, the papers were reduced to 29.25 linear feet and were rearranged to reflect Julison's personal life, his work as a commercial artist/cartoonist, and his interest in sports and silent western films. The Julison Papers are arranged into five series.

SERIES I: PERSONAL AND FAMILY
Sub-Series A: Julison Family
This sub-series includes Yulissen/Schall-Scherer genealogical and family history information. The families were from Tallinn, Estonia and Selz, South Russia respectively. The Jacob Schall (1751-1821) Family of Kaidenburg, Alsace-France, was one of the Kutschurean colonists who founded Selz, South Russia in 1808. This subseries also contains biographical information and miscellaneous papers and school certificates for Julison, his brothers, and sister Mary who graduated from UND in 1925.

Correspondence for the collection has not been designated a separate series, but rather has been interfiled in each series as is appropriate. Thus, the Julison Family subseries includes selected outgoing correspondence in which Julison reflects upon his life, and his letters written to the editor of the Grand Forks Herald and to family and friends. Much of this correspondence interestingly details childhood play and sports activities in Grand Forks in the 1920's and 1930's. Personal and family photographs have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection. Family photograph albums have been placed in oversized boxes and are inventoried under the oversize materials.

Sub-Series B: Civilian Conservation Corps
Materials in this sub-series relate to Julison's twenty-three month stint of service in Company 1604 CCC Camp, Gays Mills, Wisconsin, July 30, 1939-June 30, 1941. The materials include two historical sketches of Company 1604. Donald Niendorf, a Camp superintendent, wrote a brief history in 1966 for the Camp's first reunion held at Kankakee, Illinois and Julison produced a pictorial booklet for the 50th anniversary of Company 1604 held at Gays Mills, Wisconsin, 1983. The sub-series also includes general historical information of the Civilian Conservation Corps; original copies of Company 1604 CCC Camp newsletter, Kickapoojian, August 1940 to June 1941; Company 1604 memorabilia; correspondence regarding the writing of Julison's historical 50th anniversary booklet, his orders for CCC buttons which he designed and fashioned, and general correspondence from various ex-CCCers; and newsletters from the Brotherhood of XCCCers and Potomac Chapter 13. A scrapbook documenting the history of Company 1604 CCC Camp has been placed with the oversize material. Photographs depicting life at Company 1604 have been separated from the collection and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection. Issues of the NACCCA Journal, September 1979-June 1988 have been catalogued for the North Dakota Book Collection.

Sub-Series C: World War II
Sub-series C consists of materials collected during Julison's active duty years in the United States Army during World War II and more recent newspaper articles about both World War I and II. Included is Julison's diary of his service years, 1941-1946, personal documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous items. Separated and placed in oversize boxes are scrapbooks containing news clippings which recorded the names of those men from the Grand Forks area who entered service, were on furlough, or were wounded or killed in action; approximately two years of the Airplane Mechanic, the Lincoln Army/Air Base newspaper, August 1942-April 1944; random editions of other military newspapers; and Julison's caricature drawings of his fellow servicemen. World War II photographs have been placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection.

Sub-Series D: Germans-from-Russia
This sub-series contains information about Germans-from-Russia who migrated in large numbers from the Black Sea area of Russia to Dakota Territory in 1873 and after. Julison was a member of the Deutsche Kinder Chapter of the Germans-from-Russia Heritage Society founded on January 9, 1971 under the name North Dakota Historical Society of Germans-from-Russia. The name was changed to its present form on July 14, 1979. Its headquarters is in Bismarck, North Dakota. The Grand Forks Chapter was formed in 1977. Items included in this series are membership lists, correspondence, newsletters, convention brochures, publication lists, and art work produced by Julison for the brochure of the Society's 10th annual convention held in Grand Forks in 1980. The materials date from 1967 to 1988.

SERIES II: ART MART-COMMERCIAL ART SHOP
Materials in this series document Julison's commercial art shop business and date from 1956 to 1988. Financial records include invoice statements, 1956-1988, which reveal the variety of Julison's business, tax returns, 1951-1983, an account book, October 1956-December 1974, plus check stubs and bank statements, 1956-1988.

Julison's largest account was with Reddick & Lystad's, later Lystad's, Inc. from 1954 until 1984. His services included the creation and updating of the company's logo and the illustration of company newsletters, sales promotions, and sales training materials. A compulsive clipper, Julison often adapted cartoons, humorous material, and sketches from national periodicals and local newspapers for his design ideas. The material is comprised of these design ideas, incoming and outgoing correspondence with Lystads, the company's bi-monthly bulletin "Squeak", May 1981-November 1984, and staffing information for the years 1958, 1962, 1965, and 1973. The latter provides a general idea of the expansion of Lystad's for those inclusive years. Photographs of Lystad employees and products have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection.

The remainder of Series II consists of examples of Julison's commercial art work. These have been categorized into rough subject areas which have been alphabetized. Julison's sketch books, loose sketches, and menus which he designed for several Grand Fork's restaurants have been placed with the oversize material.

SERIES III: SPORTS
William Julison and his brothers, Steve and Adam, were active in hockey and softball in Grand Forks for over forty years, both as team members on local and state championship teams in the 1930's and 1940's and as team sponsors in the 1960's. William sponsored the Art Mart softball team in the Commercial League and Adam sponsored the Adam's Place team in the City League. Adam's Place won the state softball championship in 1965. Steve and Adam played hockey for various Grand Forks teams, the Dragons and Junior Dragons, Grand Forks Central, the Cavaliers, and the Flyers. William was manager of the Grand Forks American Legion Post 6 Amerks team in the States Dominion Hockey League, 1947-1950.

Series III provides information on most sports played in Grand Forks and to some extent at UND. The material particularly documents the years of the 20's, 30's, and 40's and is arranged alphabetically by sport with emphasis on softball, hockey, and to a lesser degree on football. The materials include correspondence, team rosters, handbills, newspaper clippings, Julison's sports illustrations and historical booklets, and memorabilia. Sports photographs are extensive and have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection. Several scrapbooks have been placed with the oversize material.

The softball portion of the series contains Julison's "Greater Grand Forks Softball History Album" which he compiled and published in 1978. It traces the organization of the sport from the early days of "Kittenball" in the 1920's through the organization of leagues and the establishment of a North Dakota Softball Hall of Fame. Both Steve and Adam Julison are members of the Hall of Fame.

This section also provides information on Eddie Feigner, the King and His Court, a professional exhibition softball team who appeared numerous times in Grand Forks in the 1960's and 1970's. Julison, a fan and supporter, designed logos and local promotional items for Feigner, worked on an idea for a softball board game, and designed an Eddie Feigner comic book. It was submitted to Dell Publishing Co., but never published.

Julison documented the history of local hockey in his "Greater Grand Forks Hockey Album" compiled and published in 1974. Items integral to its compilation are found in the collection, as well as information regarding the inception of the North Dakota Hockey Hall of Fame and Memento Museum at Grand Forks September 11, 1975. Julison was a co-founder of the Hall of Fame along with J.A. (Lottie) Wambach and Cliff (Fido) Purpur and Julison's Art Mart housed the display. Julison compiled and published a booklet entitled "Clifford J. Fido Purpur: North Dakota's Only National Hockey Leaguer". Purpur left Grand Forks in 1931 and played for the Minneapolis Millers, S. Louis Eagles and Flyers in the 1930's and for the Chicago Black Hawks, 1941-1945.

The majority of the football material consists of Julison's illustration work and his "Sportraits". The "Redskins Sports Review" and accompanying documentation was compiled in 1986 for Central High School's centennial celebration. He also illustrated Ben Hokum's "Powerful Golf for Men Past 40" in 1958.

SERIES IV: GRAND FORKS AND NORTH DAKOTA
Series IV contains Julison's illustration work and newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, and miscellany. Subject areas included are Grand Forks Schools: Belmont, Winship, Grand Forks High School, and the Academy of St. James; Grand Forks and Fargo theaters; Carl Ben Eielson; Hazel Minor, Center, North Dakota; and General George Custer. Photographs have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection.

SERIES V: SILENT WESTERN MOVIES
After Julison's mother died in 1950, he rediscovered his old movie scrapbooks assembled in his youth in the 1920's. He was an avid movie-goer with a fascination for the Wild West and especially enjoyed silent westerns. Series V reflects Julison's renewed hobby and contains correspondence, his illustration work, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook of western stars, photographs, dealers mailings, and newsletters and publications geared towards western film fans. It includes only two pressbooks and no films.

The correspondence was carried on with western movie buffs, primarily across the United States, but also scattered around the world, and is extensive. It dates from 1968 to 1981 and is both incoming and outgoing as Julison made carbon copies of much of his correspondence. The letters reveal not only facts and myths about silent western movie stars, but also glimpses into each correspondent's personal life. It is separated by collectors and dealers and filed alphabetically within each category by surname, if the correspondence was sufficient in volume. Foreign correspondence is arranged by geographical area and alphabetically within each area. Orders for Julison's western buttons and pictorials are separated.

Julison produced a number of items for sale to collectors. All portrayed silent western film stars and included photo buttons, poster-size biographical pictorials, arcade post-cards, and a booklet "The Silent Guns: Pre-Sound Stars of the Silver Screen Who Pioneered Western Motion Pictures", 1976. A sampling of stars portrayed include Art Acord, Yakima Canutt, Buck Jones, Max Terhune, Ken Maynard, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, and Buffalo Bill, Jr. Photographs depicting a good representation of American television series, movies, and stars from 1973 to 1975 have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection.

PHOTOGRAPHS

The photographs in the William Julison Papers have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection. The photographs were received in an unorganized manner and were rearranged by subject. The subject headings include: Personal and Family, Art Mart-Lystad Account, Sports, Grand Forks and North Dakota, Silent Western Stars, and Television and Movie promotional photographs.

SERIES I: Personal and Family History
Box 1
Folder
Subseries A: Julison Family

  1. Yulissen/Schall-Scherer Family Genealogies and Papers.
  2. William Julison - Personal and Biographical Materials.
  3. Correspondence - Reflections on Julison's life, 1970-1987.
  4. Julison Family Papers.
  5. Mary Julison's Scrapbook, Central High School 1918, 1922; UND 1924, 1934- 1936 Athletics.
  6. Mary Julison - Loose items from scrapbook and certificates.
  7. Julison's Nieces and Nephews - news clippings and miscellany.
  8. Correspondence - To Julison from Nieces and Nephews, 1966-1988.
  9. Correspondence - Julison's sympathy messages, 1972-1985.
  10. Correspondence - Opinion letters to the "Mail Bag", CBC, etc.
  11. Letters to the Editor and miscellaneous articles for the Grand Forks Herald by William Julison.
  12. Correspondence - General miscellaneous.
  13. Correspondence - Christmas Cards.

Subseries B: Civilian Conservation Corps

  1. CCC - "History of 1604th Co. of C.C.C., Gay Mills, Wisconsin", written by Donald Niendorf, 1966.
  2. CCC - "Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1604 Connection, Fort Sheridan, Ill., Clam Lake, Richland Center, Gay Mills, Wis.", by William Julison, 1985.
  3. CCC - "Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1604 Connection ...", rough draft.
  4. CCC - "Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1604 Connection ...", correspondence requesting photo- graphs and information.

Box 2
Folder

  1. CCC - Correspondence, Re: CCC Camp 1604, 1970- 1988.
  2. CCC - Company 1604 Newspaper Kickapoojian, August 5, 1940 - June 30, 1941.
  3. CCC - Company 1604 Memorabilia.
  4. CCC - Company 1604 Memorabilia 1940-41 and NACCCA Memberships 1979- 87.
  5. CCC - Company 1604 Reunions and other CCC company reunions, 1963-84.
  6. CCC - Fort Sheridan Centennial celebration - correspondence and miscellany, 1985-87.
  7. CCC - Company reunions in North Dakota, 1984-87.
  8. CCC - Correspondence regarding orders for Julison's CCC buttons, 1983-84.
  9. Civilian Conservation Corps - General historical information.
  10. CCC - National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni, correspondence, 1982-87.
  11. CCC - Brotherhood of XCCCers Newsletters, 1983-85.
  12. CCC - Potomac Chapter 13 Newsletters, 1987-88.

Subseries C: World War II

  1. WW II - Personal documents.
  2. WW II - Julison diary, 1941-1946.
  3. WW II - Miscellaneous correspondence, 1944-1980.
  4. WW II - Chanute Field - Photocopies of photographs of personnel, scenes from the school, clippings of Chanute Field Sports Stars, souvenir cards, and correspondence.
  5. WW II - Lincoln Army Air Base - Pamphlet on history of the Air Force Technical School, pamphlet on the physical training program, clippings of the "Hangar Flying" column in the base newspaper, souvenir cards, and "H Street Bugle" newsletter.
  6. WW II - Lincoln Army Air Base - correspondence with former personnel, 1971- 1984.
  7. WW II - Sixth Air Disarmament Group - Pamphlet on, and newsletters(The Oracle), May 30 - September 22, 1945.
  8. WW II - Military personnel - caricature of, poems about.
  9. WW II - Military Teams - football programs, news releases, miscellany, 1945-46.
  10. WW II - Local servicemen - news clippings on those entering service, killed in action, furloughs. Great Northern Railway report , with names, of employees killed in WW II.
  11. WW II - Military Magazines - Army Talks, July 10, 1945, The American Legion, April 30, 1977.
  12. WW II - Foreign currencies.
  13. WW II - News clippings, 1942-1985.
  14. WW II - Miscellaneous news clippings.
  15. WW II - Concentration Camps - Brochure on Dachau; press release on camps.
  16. WW II - Catalogue of Military Collectibles.
  17. WW II - European cities - Pamphlets on Berlin, photo and description of Heidelberg, booklet on Napoli.
  18. WW II - Miscellaneous.
  19. WW I - News clippings and pamphlet on the "Defeat of the German Army, 1918", typescript of speech on the war and its veterans.

Subseries D: Germans-from-Russia

  1. Germans from Russia Heritage Society - Grand Forks Deutsche Kinder Chapter newsletters, officer lists, news clippings, and miscellany, 1977-1988
  2. Germans from Russia Heritage Society, 1980 Convention in Grand Forks, brochures, correspondence, and music.
  3. Germans from Russia Heritage Society - North Dakota-state newsletters, convention brochures, publication lists, miscellaneous, 1979-1987.
  4. Germans from Russia Heritage Society - Julison's illustration work.

Box 3
Folder

  1. Germans from Russia Heritage Society - Chapters other than Grand Forks, newsletters and miscellaneous, 1981-1986.
  2. Germans-Russian Immigrants and other miscellaneous news clippings, 1970- 1986.
  3. Germans from Russia genealogy - correspondence, publication lists, miscellaneous, 1977-1979.
  4. Souvenirs from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Germany, including photos of Hitler's "Eagles Nest".
  5. German Cooking - news clippings on restaurants, recipes, 1967-1980.
  6. Germans from Russia Heritage Society - miscellaneous.

SERIES II: Art Mart - Commercial Art Shop

  1. Art Mart.
  2. Art Mart - Advertisements.
  3. Art Mart - correspondence and illustration business, 1937-1987.

Subseries A: Financial

  1. Art Mart - Statements, 1956.
  2. Art Mart - Statements, 1957.
  3. Art Mart - Statements, 1958.
  4. Art Mart - Statements, 1959.
  5. Art Mart - Statements, 1960.
  6. Art Mart - Statements, 1961.
  7. Art Mart - Statements, 1962.
  8. Art Mart - Statements, 1963.
  9. Art Mart - Statements, 1964.
  10. Art Mart - Statements, 1965.

Box 4
Folder

  1. Art Mart - Statements, 1966.
  2. Art Mart - Statements, 1967.
  3. Art Mart - Statements, 1968.
  4. Art Mart - Statements, 1969.
  5. Art Mart - Statements, 1970.
  6. Art Mart - Statements, 1971.
  7. Art Mart - Statements, 1972.
  8. Art Mart - Statements, 1973.
  9. Art Mart - Statements, 1974.
  10. Art Mart - Statements, 1975.
  11. Art Mart - Statements, 1976.
  12. Art Mart - Statements, 1977.
  13. Art Mart - Statements, 1978.
  14. Art Mart - Statements, 1979.

Box 5
Folder

  1. Art Mart - Statements, 1980.
  2. Art Mart - Statements, 1981.
  3. Art Mart - Statements, 1982.
  4. Art Mart - Statements, 1983-84.
  5. Art Mart - Statements, 1985-88.
  6. Financial - Tax returns, 1951-1969.
  7. Financial - Tax returns, 1970-1983.
  8. Financial - Income tax itemizations, 1961-1983.
  9. Financial - Property income and taxes.
  10. Financial - Insurance policies.
  11. Financial - Account book, October 1956 - December 1974.
  12. Financial - Check stubs, October 1956 - June 1964.
  13. Financial - Check stubs, January 1972 - January 1978.
  14. Financial - Bank statements, 1984-1988.

Subseries B: Lystad's, Inc.

  1. Correspondence, Lystad's.
  2. Cartoons for Lystad's newsletters, 6/27/62 - 1/5/67.
  3. Design ideas, general - Lystad's.
  4. Design ideas for sales promotion, Lystad's.

Box 6
Folder

  1. Design ideas for sales promotion, Lystad's.
  2. Design ideas for sales promotion, Lystad's.
  3. Lystad's financial.
  4. Miscellaneous, Lystad's.
  5. Newsletter, Lystad's - pre-1981, May 1981 - December 1981.
  6. Newsletter, Lystad's - January - June 1982.
  7. Newsletter, Lystad's - July - December 1982.
  8. Newsletter, Lystad's - January - June 1983.
  9. Newsletter, Lystad's - July - December 1983.
  10. Newsletter, Lystad's - January - June 1984.
  11. Newsletter, Lystad's - July - November 1984.
  12. Lystad's staff information - 1958, 1962, 1965,1973.

Subseries C: Commercial Art Work

  1. Agriculture.
  2. Autographed illustrations of sports stars and musicians.
  3. Automobiles/Auto Dealers
  4. Businesses - miscellaneous.
  5. Cartoon illustrations.
  6. Certificate illustrations/examples and awards.
  7. Caricatures.
  8. Caricatures - Political.
  9. Caricatures - Sources.

Box 7
Folder

  1. Christmas Cards.
  2. Christmas Cards.
  3. Cox Retail Bakery.
  4. Cox Retail Bakery bankruptcy suit - Art Mart a claimant.
  5. Events.
  6. Financial Institutions.
  7. Flyers.
  8. Food.
  9. Forms.
  10. Games and Buttons (pins).
  11. The Goose, UND, cover illustration by Julison, February, 1954.
  12. Grand Forks Speedway, 1974-1978.
  13. Greeting Cards - Holidays.
  14. Home building.
  15. Humorous illustrations/cartoons.
  16. Illustration sources.
  17. Illustration sources - antiques, collectibles.
  18. Illustration sources - lettering, borders.
  19. Illustration sources - Julison's home-made clip book.
  20. The Kampf Agency.
  21. Letterheads/Logos.
  22. Lunseth Plumbing.
  23. Musicians/Bands.

Box 8
Folder

  1. Newspaper clippings - advertisements.
  2. "Notable Nodaks" - Cartoons by Julison, exclusive to North Dakota Weeklies, 1983.
  3. Organizations and Cities.
  4. Radio Stations.
  5. Restaurants.
  6. Sportraits.
  7. Thomas "Fats" Waller.

SERIES III: Sports.

  1. Baseball, Grand Forks Chiefs.
  2. Baseball, Grand Forks - Harold C. "Pinky" Kraft.
  3. Baseball, Newspaper clippings - 1931, 1970, 1978, 1980-1986.
  4. Baseball, miscellaneous.
  5. Baseball, Year Books - 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.
  6. Basketball - Class A State Tournament - 1952, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964.
  7. Basketball - UND, illustration work.
  8. Boxing - Virgil Hill, 1984-1988, news clippings.
  9. Football, correspondence - UND and Central High School Redskins, 1951-1987.
  10. Football, Greater Grand Forks Teams, Miscellany.
  11. Football, UND, 1928-1983, miscellany.
  12. Football, UND, news clippings.
  13. Football, Grid-O-Grams, UND Sioux and Pro teams.
  14. Football, Illustration work, players, UND.
  15. Football, Illustration work, miscellaneous UND material.
  16. Football, Illustration work, general.
  17. "Powerful Golf for Men Past 40" by Ben Hokum, Illustrated by Bill Julison, 1958.
  18. Hockey, Hannah, North Dakota Hockey team, 1908 Grand Forks Flickertails, 1914 Grand Forks Cavaliers.
  19. Hockey, Dakota Ice Hockey League, Grand Forks, 1937-1939.
  20. Hockey, Fourth Annual Ice Carnival, 1939.
  21. Hockey, States-Dominion Hockey League, Grand Forks Amerks, 1939-1952.
  22. Hockey, Grand Forks Amerks and UND Sioux, news clippings, late 1940s.

Box 9
Folder

  1. Hockey, Grand Forks Central and East Grand Forks Sacred Heart, miscellany.
  2. Hockey, Illustration work, UND Sioux.
  3. Hockey, UND Sioux, news clippings.
  4. Hockey, UND Sioux, miscellany.
  5. Hockey, "Greater Grand Forks Hockey Album", William E. Julison.
  6. Hockey, Correspondence, UND and Grand Forks, 1959- 1987.
  7. Hockey, North Dakota Hockey programs, questionnaire, 1963.
  8. Hockey, Julison's Hockey sports columns.
  9. Hockey, Olympic Teams, news clippings, 1956-1984.
  10. Hockey, Governor Wendell Anderson's Olympians vs. Greater Grand Forks Old- Timers All-Stars, 1976.
  11. Hockey, Senior Olympics Hockey Tournament, Santa Rosa, CA, 1979-1987.
  12. Hockey, Grand Rapids, MN Indians, 1975 State Tourney, news clippings.
  13. Hockey, News clippings, miscellaneous materials.
  14. Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame.
  15. Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, brochures and buttons.
  16. Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, correspondence, 1978-1987 and inductees.
  17. Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, finances.
  18. Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, news clippings.
  19. Hockey, United States and the International Hall of Fame.
  20. Hockey, Cliff "Fido" Purpur, miscellany.
  21. Hockey, Cliff "Fido" Purpur, news clippings.
  22. Hockey, Al Purpur, UND Grounds Keeper(Cliff "Fido" Purpur's brother).
  23. Hockey, James Patrick "Itts" Williams.
  24. Hockey, Illustration work, general.
  25. Hockey, Hockey Publications.
  26. Hockey, North Dakota State High School Tournament, 1975-1979.

Box 10
Folder

  1. Hockey, North Dakota State High School Tournament, 1981-1987.
  2. Hockey, miscellaneous programs, Winnipeg and Warroad, MN.
  3. Hockey, Hockey Publications, 1960-1966.
  4. Hockey, Hockey Publications, 1962-1964.
  5. Softball, North Dakota Hall of Fame.
  6. Softball, State and Regional Tournaments - 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965.
  7. Softball, State and Regional Tournaments - 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1987.
  8. Softball, By-Laws of the Grand Forks Softball Association.
  9. Softball, "Greater Grand Forks Softball History Album", William E. Julison.
  10. Softball, correspondence, North Dakota and Grand Forks, 1948-1988.
  11. Softball, Grand Forks players, illustrations.
  12. Softball, Art Mart team, 1963-1966.
  13. Softball, articles from Valley View and Explorer, 1980?.
  14. Softball, news clippings - 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s.
  15. Softball, "Balls and Strikes", Grand Forks articles and "Softball News".
  16. Softball, National and World Tournaments - 1963, 1973, 1974.
  17. Softball, Miscellaneous.
  18. Softball, Eddie Feigner, History of the "King and His Court".
  19. Softball, Eddie Feigner, correspondence.
  20. Softball, Eddie Feigner, promotional material.

Box 11
Folder

  1. Softball, Eddie Feigner, Pitching and Hitting Literature.
  2. Softball, Eddie Feigner, Programs, 1953-1983 (incomplete).
  3. Softball, Eddie Feigner, Newspaper clippings.
  4. Softball, Eddie Feigner, Miscellaneous.
  5. Softball, Rosie Black, "The Queen and Her Court".
  6. Sports - Correspondence, general, 1971-1984.
  7. Sports - General illustration work.
  8. Sports - UND, general illustration work.
  9. Sports - Miscellaneous news clippings.
  10. Sports - Miscellaneous programs, 1938-1986.
  11. Sports - Miscellany.
  12. Track - Patty Purpur, 1982-1985, news clippings.
  13. Track - Vern Booth Reminiscences, 1978.

SERIES IV: Grand Forks/North Dakota

  1. Grand Forks - Academy of St. James Alumni Reunion, June 1988 and St. Michaels.
  2. Grand Forks - Belmont School, 1982.
  3. Grand Forks Centennial - 1974, "At This Point In Time" - 1983.
  4. Grand Forks - Grand Forks Central High School and Reunion, 1980, 1986.
  5. Grand Forks - History and Julison's Reminiscences.
  6. Grand Forks - History, news clippings.
  7. Grand Forks - Jack Mayfield, news clippings, 1969 - 1981.
  8. Grand Forks - Theaters.
  9. Grand Forks/Fargo Theaters.
  10. Correspondence - Hildegarde Usselman Kraus, Theater Organist at Fargo Theater, 1980s.
  11. Grand Forks - Winship School Reunions, 1968, 1978, 1984.
  12. Grand Forks - Winship School, newspaper clippings, 1972-1984.
  13. Heritage Herald, Vol. 1, No. 1, John Rolczynski and William Julison, 1974.
  14. North Dakota - Carl Ben Eielson, Polar Aviator, news clippings.
  15. North Dakota - Harry V. Johnston (My Home on the Range), brief reminiscences.
  16. . North Dakota - Hazel Minor, Center, ND, Julison's article, news clippings.
  17. North Dakota - News clippings on the West in North Dakota.
  18. North Dakota - News clippings.
  19. Canada - Albert Johnson "The Mad Trapper", Julison's article, 1973.
  20. George Custer - Article about Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, 1962- 1988.
  21. Crazy Horse Mountain - Articles on sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, article on the sculpture project postcards, brochure on Ziolkowski, 1951- 1988.
  22. News articles on historically prominent Native Americans, Native American businesses, and miscellaneous, 1966-1988.
  23. Native Americans of the Western United States - pamphlets, 1966.
  24. Miscellaneous items, 1966-1988.

SERIES V: Silent Western Movies.
Box 12
Folder

  1. Ride-M-Ranch - stationary and ads.
  2. Julison's correspondence- outgoing, Silent and Western Movies, 1960s and 1970s.
  3. Julison's correspondence - outgoing, Silent and Western Movies, 1960s and 1970s.
  4. Julison's correspondence - outgoing, Silent and Western Movies, 1970s and 1980s.
  5. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Louis Albano, New York, 1978, 1981.
  6. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, John Anderson, Pelham, NY, 1973-1979.
  7. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Orlo Bainbridge, Tampa, FL, 1976
  8. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Alan Brock, Hastings-on- Hudson, NY, 1969-1972.
  9. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Minard Coons and Nick Williams, Re: Max Terhune, Stormville, NY, 1968-1976.
  10. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Ernie Corneau, Haverhill, MA, 1969- 1971.
  11. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Mario DiMarco, Worchester, MA, 1973- 1980.
  12. Stars - Silent Westerns, Illustrations by Mario DiMarco.
  13. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Edward Finney, Hollywood, 1969-1975.
  14. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Jim Ganger, Knoxville, TN, 1973-1980.
  15. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Charles Hall, Richmond, VA, 1972- 1977.
  16. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Tom Hamlon, Los Angeles, CA, 1970- 1978.
  17. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Milo Holt, Siler City, NC, 1969-1972.
  18. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Roland Ignoffo, Chicago, IL, 1970-1973.
  19. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, W.C.Jones, Huntsville, AL, 1970s.
  20. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Tex Jordan, Warwick, RI, 1969-1979.
  21. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Leo Lericke, Maplewood, MO, 1976- 1978.
  22. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Ray Lovely, Keene, NH, 1969-1976.
  23. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Shelby Lowe, Mableton, CA, 1973-1978.
  24. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, R.R. Maskell, Santa Clara, CA, 1971- 1978.
  25. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, John Stoginski, Chicago, IL, 1970-1974.
  26. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Henry Lewis Stone, Los Angeles, CA, 1971-1973.
  27. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Herb Swilling, Greenville, SC, 1971- 1980.
  28. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, David Taylor, Williamsport, PA, 1973- 1976.
  29. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Luis Villasenor, Chula Vista, CA, 1970- 1977.
  30. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Jim Ward, Knoxville, TN, 1970-1972.
  31. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Harry Webb, Tujunga, CA, 1972-1976.
  32. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, various collectors, 1969-1981.
  33. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, various collectors, 1969-1981.

Box 13
Folder

  1. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, various collectors, 1969-1981.
  2. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Sweden, South Africa, and New Zealand.
  3. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Brazil and Puerto Rico, 1969-1977.
  4. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Canada, 1971-1979.
  5. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Ireland and England, 1973-1980.
  6. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Orders for Julison's publications and pictorials, 1969-1987.
  7. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Orders for Julison's publications and pictorials, 1969-1987.
  8. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Julison's Photo Buttons, 1976-1980.
  9. Stars - Silent Westerns, correspondence, Dealers, 1967-1980.
  10. Stars - Correspondence, Mrs. Buck Jones, Mrs. Randolph Scott.
  11. Stars - Silent Westerns correspondence, Re: Tom Mix, 1970-1973.
  12. Stars - Tom Mix, news clippings and memorabilia.
  13. "The Silent Guns: Pre-sound stars of the Silver Screen who pioneered western motion pictures", by William Julison, 1976.
  14. "Silent Guns" - Preparatory work.
  15. Stars - Western Biographical Pictorials.
  16. Stars - Silent Westerns, Julison's photo buttons.
  17. "Strongbox of Western Film Silent Guns" - Julison's Arcade Cards.
  18. Stars - Westerns, Sketches.
  19. Screen Stars - Julison's illustrations.
  20. Sons of the Pioneers - Julison's's illustration work.
  21. Sons of the Pioneers - Pioneer News, 1978-1980.
  22. Stars - Tom Mix, Biographical material and Julison's illustrations.
  23. "The Big 3" of Western films and TV survey, conducted by Julison, 1973.
  24. "Flicker-Snicker" - movie/jokes by Julison.
  25. Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous biographical information.
  26. Stars - Western and Screen Stars, listings and advertisements.

Box 14
Folder

  1. Stars - Western and Screen Stars, listings and advertisements.
  2. John Wayne - Miscellaneous tribute publications.
  3. Screen Thrills, 1978-1979.
  4. Views and Reviews, 1969-1972.
  5. Views and Reviews, 1973-1974.
  6. Western Film Collector, 1973, 1976.
  7. Western Revue, 1976-1979.
  8. Wild West Stars, 1971-1977.
  9. "Wranglers Roost" - Newssheet for the B-Western afficionado, 1970-1971.
  10. "Wranglers Roost", 1976-1981.
  11. "Yesterday's Saturdays", 1975, 1978, 1980.
  12. Miscellaneous Western film collectors magazines.
  13. Miscellaneous Western film collectors magazines.
  14. Miscellaneous Western film collectors magazine.

Box 15
Folder

  1. Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous newsletters and publications.
  2. Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous newsletters and publications.
  3. Stars - Westerns, miscellaneous articles and news clippings.
  4. Stars - Western movies, news clippings.
  5. Stars - Western movies, miscellaneous articles in movie magazines, 1947-1974.
  6. Stars - Western TV Stars - news clippings.
  7. Illustrations, cards and ads using western themes.
  8. Cowboys - Miscellaneous articles.

OVERSIZE
Oversize Box 1
Folder

  1. Julison/Scherer-Schall Genealogies; Family embroidery. CCC posters. Art Mart advertising poster.
  2. Artwork for Germans-from-Russia Heritage Society. News articles on Germans- from-Russia, 1971-1983.
  3. Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn - news articles. Crazy Horse Monument - news articles. Chief Joseph, Battle of Wounded Knee - news articles.
  4. Two scrapbooks containing news clippings on Grand Forks area Service personnel.
  5. Scrapbook - Cartoons and articles by Julison, 1941-1946.
  6. Three cartoon boards for "Heroes at Harding" by S/Sgt Bill Julison, for the Echelon.
  7. His Cartoons for the A.E.F. by Abian Wallgren.
  8. 399th In Action with the 100th Infantry Division.

Oversize Box 2
Folder

  1. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, July 19, 1942 - August 30, 1942.
  2. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, August 30, 1942 - October 25, 1942.
  3. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, November 1, 1942 - December 20, 1942.
  4. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, December 27, 1942 - February 28, 1943.
  5. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, March 6, 1943 - April 30, 1943.
  6. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, April 30, 1943 - June 18, 1943.
  7. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, June 25, 1943 - August 13, 1943.
  8. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, August 20, 1943 - October 22, 1943.
  9. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, October 29, 1943 - December 24, 1943.
  10. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, December 31, 1943 - February 25, 1944.
  11. Airplane Mechanic - Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper, March 3, 1944 - April 14, 1944.
  12. The Echelon - Harding Field newspaper, June - October 1944; Stars and Stripes, May, August 1945.
  13. Maps - Aerodrome maps of Belgium, Germany, and France. Road maps of Germany and Paris. Plans of Hitler's Eagles Nest. Plans of a Lincoln Army Air Base barracks.
  14. Newspaper and magazine articles related to World War II, 1943-1986.

Oversize Box 3
Folder

  1. Julison's miscellaneous sketch work.
  2. Julison's sketchbook.
  3. Art Mart - Advertising for Bill Larson Co. and menus for Grand Forks and East Grand Forks restaurants.
  4. Julison's miscellaneous sports illustration work.
  5. Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1934-1935.
  6. Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1934-1935.

Oversize Box 4
Folder

  1. Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1936-1937.
  2. Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1936-1937.
  3. Sports news clippings - scrapbook pages, 1930s.
  4. "The Silent Guns" - Paste-Ups and negatives.
  5. Pressbooks - "Shane" and "The Night of the Generals".
  6. Julison's biographical pictorials of silent western stars.
  7. Julison's Western pictorials: "Ride-M-Ranch, Home of the Western Film Stars". "Top 20 of the Silent Guns". "General Custer's Trail to the Battle of the Little Big Horn".

Oversize Box 5
Folder

  1. Julison's Western pictorials: "Tom Mix and Tony" and Tom Mix Festival, Dubois, PA, 1980. "All-Time Top Guns of Silent/Sound Films and TV Westerns". "Best of the Badmen"; "Winners of the Wilderness" - Tim McCoy".
  2. Lobby Cards - Grand Theater, Jamestown, ND, early 1970s.
  3. Film Collectors newspapers: Wild West Stars, 1969 - 1971; Film Collectors Registry, 1969-1977; Memory Lane, 1979-1980.

Oversize Box 6
Folder

  1. Cartoon Sketches for Lincoln Army Air Base newspaper.
  2. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Captain Ivan Allen, Lieutenant Russell Ball.
  3. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Harvey Black, Major Edward Bloom.
  4. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Technical Sergeant Carl Brockman, Captain William Chafee.
  5. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Master Sergeant John Cooper, Major Thomas Cox.
  6. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Staff Sergeant Raymond Daniels, Major Wallace Dunn.
  7. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Carl Edman, Staff Sergeant Edward Estlow.
  8. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Technical Sergeant John Frankey, PFC William Gaskins.
  9. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Lieutenant Stanley Hall, Private William Harris.
  10. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Earl Harris, Sergeant Chester Haupt.
  11. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Staff Sergeant Robert Henderson, Major Henry Iker.
  12. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Major Emmett Jones, Sergeant James Kennedy.
  13. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Captain Lincoln Kilbourne, Captain Aaron Lindeman.
  14. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Corporal Irving Marcus, Major Raymond Maxwell.
  15. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Corporal Henry Morrison, Staff Sergeant William Potter.
  16. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Master Sergeant Henry Proctor, Private Ernest Puccini.
  17. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Sergeant Leonard Ross, Sergeant Oliver Sansen.
  18. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Captain Ervin Schiesl, Staff Sergeant Glen Schuster.
  19. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Private Frankie Serna, Corporal Edward Shubert.
  20. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Major William Snowden, Sergeant William Tebay.
  21. Sketches of Lincoln Army Air Base personnel - Sergeant James Terrell, Technical Sergeant Floyd Thraser.

Oversize Box 7
Plaques, Buttons, Patches and Miscellaneous Memorabilia.

Oversize Box 8

Special Edition Newspapers:

Grand Forks Herald -
"Dakota Territory Centennial", February 28, 1961.
"North Dakota Diamond Jubilee", June 30, 1964.
"Red Riverland N.A.", Summer Edition, 1973.
"Our 100th Anniversary Edition", June 26, 1979.
Grand Forks Floods - "Spring 1966, Victory Over Nature", April 13, 1966; "The Flood of '78", April 23, 1978; "Flood of the Century", May 8,1979.
"Treasures of the University", February 27, 1983.
"UND: A Centennial Portrait", May 1983.
State Hockey Tournament: 1977, 1984, 1985.
UND Hockey: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984.
Riverboat Days - 1984, 1985.

Minneapolis Tribune -
"The Dakota Photo Documentary Project", January 23, 1977.
"Strip Mining", December 2, 1973.

West Fargo Pioneer -
"1970 National High School Rodeo".

Loose Scrapbooks:

  1. Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 1604, Gay Mills, Wisconsin.
  2. Sketchbook.
  3. Sketchbook.
  4. Sketchbook.
  5. Art Mart - Lunseth advertising, 1959-1961.
  6. North Dakota Hockey.
  7. Softball, 1963-1975.
  8. Softball, 1975-1978.
  9. Sports - Grand Forks and National, 1958-1966.
  10. Sports and World War II, 1925-1961.
  11. Silent Western Stars.
  12. 50 Years of Movie Posters.

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