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

FRANK WENSTROM PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #1369 (addition)

DATES: 1936-1990

SIZE: 2 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION:This addition to the Frank Wenstrom Papers was deposited into the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Dave Miedema, UND Alumni Associatoin, on February 9, 2004 (Acc.#2004-2671).

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

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Frank Wenstrom Papers consists of a variety of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other documents. It includes, among other items, the honorary Doctor of Laws diploma which the University of North Dakota conferred upon Wenstrom in 1990; a series of documents pertaining to the correspondence between Wenstrom and Dr. Gordon Palmer of the "Christian Patriotism Hour" radio program during the early 1960s; papers pertaining to Wenstrom's involvement in the Order of the Eastern Star; as well as documents relating to Wenestrom's involvement in the North Dakota state constitutional convention in 1971. Furthermore, this addition encompasses a small scrapbook that has been preserved whole and the contents of a larger scrapbook that has been disassembled for more compact storage. Six large binders, designated "A" through "F," each containing a large volume of assorted papers have likewise been separated into folders to conserve space.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 4
Folder

21. Diploma - Honorary Degree, University of North Dakota
22. Miscellaneous Photographs, Awards, and Certificates
23. Miscellaneous Photographs and Christmas Cards, ca. 1980
24. Miscellaneous Correspondence
25. Correspondence between Wenstrom and Dr. Gordon Palmer of the "Christian Patriotism Hour"
26. Order of the Eastern Star
27. 1971 State Constitutional Convention
28. Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
29. Vigilance Club of Virginia City, 1936
30. Miscellaneous
31. Small Scrapbook Containing Miscellaneous Items, 1960-1972
32. Contents of Large Scrapbook (1st Folder): Documents Relating to 1962 Election
33. Contents of Large Scrapbook (2nd Folder): Documents Relating to 1962 Election (continued)
34. Contents of Binder A (1st Folder), 1976-1977
35. Contents of Binder A (2nd Folder), 1976-1977
36. Contents of Binder B, 1980-1982

Box 5
Folder

1. Contents of Binder C (1st Folder), 1984
2. Contents of Binder C (2nd Folder), 1984
3. Contents of Binder D, 1986
4. Contents of Binder E (1st Folder), 1986-1988
5. Contents of Binder E (2nd Folder), 1986-1988
6. Contents of Binder F (1st Folder), 1990
7. Contents of Binder F (2ndst Folder), 1990

Box 6
Five especially large items were separated and placed in an oversized storage box (Box 6). They are: 1) A personalized plaque featuring the Great Seal of the State of North Dakota that was signed by persons in attendance at the Frank Wenstrom Appreciation Night on November 16, 1991; 2) a certificate of citation from the United States Treasury Department, awarded to Frank Wenstrom on March 10, 1964 in recognition of his service as chairman of the Williams County Savings Bonds Volunteers; 3) an official White House photograph showing Wenstrom shaking hands with President Richard Nixon, taken February 23, 1971; 4) an undated photograph of Wenstrom speaking before a microphone, possibly taken during the 1971 North Dakota constitutional convention; and 5) a certificate awarded to Mary Esther (Pickett) Wenstrom by the Sesquicentennial Commission of Hamilton County, Indiana, in honor of her ancestor, Harmon D. Stanley, who settled there in 1854.

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