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

MERRIFIELD COMPETITION PAPERS COLLECTION

COLLECTION: OGL #1289

DATES: 1994-

SIZE: 1.25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Merrifield Competition Papers Collection consists of those papers submitted annually for the Merrifield Scholarship Award. Written by UND students, all papers utilize primary source materials held in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. For further information, please follow this link.

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

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1994

  1. Brokke, Kathleen R. "Changing the Landscape - Fannie Mahood Heath." (Winning Paper, 1994)
  2. Chubb, Gail M. "The Importance of Foreign Languages and the Liberal Arts Curriculum."
  3. Diedrich, Jennifer. Untitled paper related to the "rise and fall of the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association."
  4. Hampsten, David Arthur. "An Analysis of John C. Hudson's Model of Urban Historic Geography: Metropolitan Grand Forks, North Dakota."
  5. Hummel, Krista Lyn. "The Implementation of Nuremberg Principles in Establishing an International Court."
  6. King, Stephen W. "The Ku Klux Klan in North Dakota: One Hundred Percent Simon Pure American Organization."

1995

  1. Nelson, Jodi L. "A Comparison of Two Women on the Northern Plains."
  2. Rzeczkowski, Frank. "Military Perspectives on the Plains: The Experiences and Attitudes of Members of the Sibley and Sully Expeditions."
  3. Shilts, Thomas P. " 'To Prevent a Calamity Which is Imminent': North Dakota in the Fuel Crisis of 1919." (Winning Paper, 1995)
  4. Weller, Grant T. " 'The honor of having the greatest military strategist of all time...' Marshal Ferdinand Foch Visits North Dakota, 27 November 1921."

1996

  1. Byzewski, Leah. "North Dakota's Rural Schools and Americanization."
  2. Gleeson-Kreig, JoAnn. "Pioneer Roots of Nursing in Grand Forks, North Dakota."
  3. Hird, David. "The Chippewa/Metis and White Settlement."
  4. Smith, Ken. "William Blackburn: American Educator." (Winning Paper, 1996)

1997

  1. Early, John. “Tom McGrath: His Histroy as a Friend, His Future as a Poet.”
  2. Haag, Rita. “A View of the Arts.”
  3. Hird, David W. “The Chippewa/Metis and Sioux: Philanthropy and the Value of Being Close Up.”
  4. Hird, David W. “The Yanktonai Sioux: Their Culture to the Later 19th Century.”
  5. Varvel, Andrew. “The Kane Years at the University of North Dakota: A Broken Transition.” (Winning Paper, 1997)

1998

  1. Carlson, Christopher L. “McCarthyism and the Cooperative Ideology of The North Dakota Farmers Union.”
  2. Shaw, SuEllen, M. “Three Women of Courage, Foresight, and Dedication: Their Contributions to UND and to North Dakota.”
  3. Jackson, Patricia. “Women Workers: Feminism and the Labor Movement.”
  4. Zevenbergen, Jason. “Establishing a Jewish Community: A Study of Jewish Immigrant Homesteaders in North Dakota, 1880-1920.” (Winning Paper, 1998)

1999

  1. Archibald,William. “The First 25 Years of the University of North Dakota: Riding Macnie's Bicycle Through Merrifield's Arbor”
  2. Kovarik,Mary. “The Walsh County Czechs: Why They Came...Why They Stayed”
  3. Lindvall, Russell. “Governor William Langer and the North Dakota Grain Embargo of 1933"
  4. Lovercheck-Saunders, Tanis. “The Ostarbeiter Experience: Soviet Civilian Slave Laborers in the Third Reich” (1999 Winning Paper)
  5. Van Mackelberg, Carolyn. “The North Dakota School for the Deaf: A History”

2000

  1. Archibald, William. “Webster Merrifield and the Faculty Minutes: A Story of Low-Tech Rhetoric”
  2. Betz, David. “The Mobilization of the American Automobile Industry in WWII”
  3. Dutton, Anthony. “Germany's Ostopolitik in the Second World War"
  4. Hoffarth, Janice. “Teacups and Telegrams: Firearms for Grand Forks Woman Suffragists”
  5. Lovercheck-Saunders, Tanis. “Vote for Mother! A History of the Suffragists (Yes, there were some) in North Dakota”
  6. Smith, Ken. “Science, Psychology and Seance: UND's Joseph Kennedy and the Allure of Psychical Research” (2000 Winning Paper)

2001

  1. Dyrud, David. "Dakota: A House Divided"
  2. Hunter, Chris. "’Mommy, Where is Pearl Harbor?’: The Affects of World War II on the American Family, With Emphasis on the Families of the Upper Midwest” (2001 Winning Paper)
  3. Martin, Edward. “Karl Brandt: 'An Idealist, Not a Criminal'"

2002

  1. Brugard, Jessica. "A Home in the West"
  2. Dannewitz, Holly. "Temperance: Fad or Forever?"
  3. Domaskin, Andrea. "Chasing the Bucks: Fee Hunting in North Dakota
  4. Schneider, Mac. "'He is the One That Sprung Me Loose': The Forgotten Story of Senator William Langer and the German American Internees of Ellis Island" (2002 Winning Paper)

2003

  1. Beam, Christina. “No One Demanded It and No One Wanted It: Representations of a Lynching in Grand Forks, North Dakota” (2003 Winning Paper)
  2. Cline, Paul. “Indian School Movement”
  3. Kuntz, Kevin. “Free From the Reservation: Arikara Army Scouts in the Missouri Valley Region”
  4. Westman, Jennifer. “The Women’s Suffrage Movement in North Dakota”

2004

  1. Heskin, Nathan. "Bishop Whipple's Thoughts on the Causes of the Dakota Conflict"
  2. Leiphon, Matthew. "Party of Discontent?: North Dakota, the Nonpartisan League and the World War I Political Experience" (2004 Winning Paper)
  3. Towne, Erik. "The United Nations: Hearing the Public Discourse of North Dakota Women, 1937 to 1945"

2005

  1. Cline, Paul. "Wings Over the Prairie: History of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Science, 1968-1972." (2005 Winning Paper)
  2. Flagel, Dack. "The Farmers' Cry for Peace: The National Nonpartisan League's Influence on the Fourteen Points"
  3. Gray, Kristina. "First Wave Immigration from Ukraine to North Dakota at the Turn of the Twentieth Century"
  4. Hanson, Jennifer. "'Passages of the dark;' Additions to Letter to an Imaginary Friend"
  5. Hubble, Jill. "The Nazi 'Doctors Trial' and the Creation of the Nuremberg Code: A Universal Absence of Medical Research Ethics"
  6. Leber-Gottberg, Rebecca. "History and Memory: The Art of Emily Lunde"
  7. Miller, Karen T. "Transcription of Volume I of the Votes for Women Club Records, Grand Forks, North Dakota"
  8. Vacek, Kathleen. "A Higher and Purer Literary Air: Revision and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine"
  9. VandenBerg, Robert J. "The Americanization of the Norwegian-American Community as Seen in the Congregational Minutes of Northwood Lutheran Church, 1900-1940"
  10. Vandrovec, Geoffrey. "Precedent in the Nuremberg Trial"
  11. Zubrod, Phil. "Connecting the Prairie to Dixieland: Civil Rights Student Activism and the University of North Dakota"

2006

  1. Cox, Janice. "Life on the Prairie"
  2. DeMorrett, Josh. "Revolt on the Prairie: The Non Partisan League in North Dakota (1915-1920)"
  3. Lopez, Michael Brandon. "Butterfly or Emperor: The Aesthetic Vision of Thomas McGrath"
  4. Miller, Alicia. "Women in Westerns"
  5. Morken, Andrew. "'Hell on Wheels,' The Significance of the Railroads During the Holocaust"
  6. Tyler, Katherine. "The 1918 Influenza Epidemic at the University of North Dakota"
  7. VandenBerg, Robert J. "Language, Religion, and Cultural Assimilation: Three Norwegian Lutheran Congregations in Grand Forks County" (2006 Winning Paper)

2007

  1. Fredericks, Mary. "The Votes for Women Club of Grand Forks , Its Role in the Woman Suffrage Movement from 1912-1920"
  2. Holmgren, Kylie. "Censorship of the Early Catholic Church."
  3. Leiphon, Adam. "Inland Towns: James J. Hill and the Influence of the St. Paul, Minneapolis , and Manitoba Railroad"
  4. Streigel, Barry. "Vito Perrone: Educational Entrepreneur on the Prairie" (2007 Winning Paper)
  5. Thomas, Michelle. "With Oblige I am Truly John Jung: The John Jung Letters, 1928-1936"

2008

  1. Hager, Nicole.  “Mary Elizabeth Ewing’s Scrapbook”
  2. LaPierre, Yvette.  “Grand Forks College: 1891 to 1911”  (2008 Winning Paper)

2009

  1. Haas, Tim.  “Waking Up to Truth: The Civil Rights Movement at the University  of North Dakota”
  2. Harlow, Thomas.  “Women at Work: Competition for Employment in the North Dakota Red River Valley During the Great Depression”
  3. Herrmann, Mark.  “The Politics of Anger: The Emotional Roots of the Nonpartisan League”
  4. Mjelde, Elizabeth.  “The Nonpartisan Leader and Political Struggle: ‘How about it, sister farm women?’” (2009 Winning Paper)
  5. Robinette Jr., Paul.  “Remembering the Civil War”
  6. Votava, Kristen.  “Sister Ellen Murphy: In the Habit of Poetry”

 

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