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

USHER L. BURDICK PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #21

DATES: 1897-1959

SIZE: 41.25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Usher L. Burdick Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. The acquisition records are unavailable.

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

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

CITATION: "Burdick, Usher Lloyd," written by Edward C. Blackorby, in the Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 4: 1946-1950, p. 85-87.

"Burdick, Usher Lloyd (Feb. 21, 1879-Aug. 19, 1960) lawyer, congressman, and author, was born near Owatonna, Minn., the son of Ozias Warren Burdick, a farmer, and Lucy Farnum. In 1882 the family moved to a homestead northwest of Carrington, Dakota Territory, and in 1884 to Graham's Island, Benson County, Dakota Territory, where frontier farming experiences adjacent to the Fort Totten Sioux Indian reservation and a rural schoolteacher's influence provided important formative experiences. He became an expert marksman, acquired the ability to lasso, learned to speak a Sioux dialect fluently, and gained some knowledge of other Indian languages.

Burdick attended Mayville Normal School (now Mayville State College), intermittently teaching in rural and village schools until he graduated with a teaching certificate in 1900. His success in quieting unruly students in one school earned him appointment as deputy country superintendent of schools. He married Emma Rassmussen Robertson on Sept. 5, 1901; they had three children.

Burdick enrolled in the law department of the University of Minnesota, supporting his family by teaching classes in a business college. A large-framed man, standing 6 feet 2 inches and weighing 220 pounds, he participated in track-he ran the 100-yard dash in 10.5 seconds-and played right end on the Big Ten championship teams of 1903 and 1904. In 1904 he received the LL.B. and was admitted to the North Dakota bar. He combined law practice with employment in a bank in the village of Munich, N.Dak., a construction crew base for a Great Northern Railroad feeder (branch) line. Munich was home to seventeen illegal liquor establishments, a row of sporting houses along the railroad tracks, and a local reform movement that engaged Burdick's legal talents and physical prowess; he gained a county-wide reputation and was elected state representative from Cavalier County in 1906.

Theodore Roosevelt's books on western history and his reform image won Burdick's admiration. (He named his oldest son Quentin, after one of the president's sons.) He joined the coalition of liberal Republicans and Democrats that ousted the railroad-dominated Alexander McKenzie machine and elected a liberal Democrat, John Burke. as governor in what became known as the "North Dakota Political Revolution of 1906." In the ensuing legislative sessions, Burdick became a leader, supporting anti-pass legislation-which made it a criminal act to give or receive free transportation on railroads for political purposes-primary elections, and popular election of senators.

Reelected in 1908. Burdick was chosen speaker of the lower house. In 1910 he was elected lieutenant governor. The same year he transferred his law practice to Williston, N. Dak., near the Montana border, where he also dabbled in farming and ranching. In 1912 he declined the Progressive nomination for governor, sensing that a third-party ticket for state office and congressional seats in the 1912 general election could not result in his one election to office and would encourage Progressives who were Republican nominees to support Taft instead of Roosevelt. In 1914 he accepted the Progressive endorsement but was defeated by the incumbent conservative, L. B. Hanna. Two years later, Hanna did not run and Burdick was again backed by the Progressives. Election seemed certain, but the emergence of the Nonpartisan League (NPL) diverted the protest vote and elected Lynn. J. Frazier.

From 1913 to 1915 Burdick was state attorney and from 1915 to 1920 special prosecutor of Williams County, and from 1929 to 1932 he was assistant United States District attorney for North Dakota. During these years he helped organize and briefly led the North Dakota Farm Bureau. Later he was associated with the Farmers Union. Writing about western history, Indians, and the agrarian movement began to occupy much of his time. roused by the hardships of his many farm clients, he denounced the Federal Reserve, the Agricultural Credit Corporation, the War Finance Corporation, and the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks as instruments of the "Twin City bank gang," and he supported Robert La Follette's 1924 presidential candidacy. As a consequence of cases he prosecuted as United States district attorney, he became an outspoken opponent of the Eighteenth Amendment.

Marital difficulties developed, ending in separation in 1920 and subsequent divorce. He then married Helen White, a secretary; they were divorced in 1926 or 1927. (According to Quentin Burdick, his father managed his second marriage and both divorces so carefully that the family did not know the time or place of the divorce proceedings.)

Burdick transferred his law practice to Fargo, N. Dak., and was not a major participant in North Dakota politics until farmer hardships caused him in 1932 to become North Dakota president of the Farm Holiday Association. Again he became a statewide figure. Without endorsement he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1932, but in 1934 he worked with the Farm Holiday Association won him NPL endorsement, Republican party nomination and election. He was reelected four times. In 1932 Burdick had supported Franklin D. Roosevelt for president, but in 1936 he supported the Union Party presidential candidacy of William Lemke; as a consequence he lost his seniority rights in Congress.

Burdick's congressional career was that of an agrarian reformer and, until Pearl Harbor, an isolationist in foreign affairs. He consistently supported work relief, housing legislation, and assistance to debtor farmers. Although he customarily supported New Deal programs, he initially opposed social security, perhaps because of his adherence to the Townsend Plan. He opposed investigation of the sit-down strikes and refused to join the attacks on Frank Murphy (who, as governor of Michigan, had supported the strikes) when Murphy was appointed attorney general. Burdick supported both the Ludlow Resolution, asking for a plebiscite before declaration of war, and the neutrality legislation sponsored by Senator Gerald P. Ney; he opposed big armaments, the draft, and lend-lease. After Pearl Harbor he vigorously supported the war effort and voted for the Fulbright Resolution, calling for a postwar international peacekeeping organization, a position he reversed during the postwar period.

In 1944, with NPL backing, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination against the incumbent Nye. The senatorial effort cost Burdick his seat in the House of Representatives, and he returned to Williston, where he again practiced law and engaged in farming and ranching, specializing in breeding cattle and palomino horses.

Burdick defeated incumbent Charles Robertson for the Republican congressional nomination in 1948 and subsequently won in the general election. During his second congressional career, his interest in writing, the West, and Americana moved from avocation toward vocation. He spent much time browsing in antique shops for rare books; he established a library of some 12,000 volumes on his Maryland farm, where he specialized in raising milk goats.

As a congressman, Burdick did not sponsor any significant legislation; nor had he made a major effort on the Post Office, Civil Service, or Judiciary committees. But on the Indian Affairs and Pensions committees he sought to protect Indian interests, as well as those of his constituents.

Burdick served in Congress until 1959. Characterized as a "direct actionist" - an agrarian spokesman who brought voter pressure in support of farm legislation to bear upon his colleagues - he never forgot his pioneer roots, and he cultivated the image of a prairie, cowboy westerner, informal in personal appearance, who welcomed battle with the monopolistic eastern bankers and capitalists and thwarted their efforts to place American farmers in permanent thralldom.

A gregarious and convivial man, he was a powerful speaker and a colorful personality, known as a raconteur skilled in the use of dialects; he could entertain while persuading, whether in court of Congress, on the campaign trail, or in informal social groups. He tended to be the center of attention of any group.

His position on domestic policy did not change notably during his final ten years in Congress. On foreign policy he quickly reverted to an isolationist position and voted against arms of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, opposed continued appropriations for the Marshall Plan, and advocated withdrawal from the United Nations. He pressed for legislation that would have prevented congressmen, judges, and other public officials from accepting fees for speeches, a position consistent with anti-pass laws he sponsored when first elected to public office in 1906.

On July 31, 1956, he married a government employee, Mrs. Edna Bryant Sierson, who on Aug. 30, 1956, was accidentally killed while horseback riding on the Burdick ranch near Williston. On Feb. 28, 1958, he married another congressional employee, Mrs. Jean Rogers. Some marital difficulties ensued which may have influenced his decision not to run for reelection in that year.

The 1956 decision of the NPL to endorse candidates in the Democratic primary gave conservatives control of the North Dakota Republican party, and in 1958 they refused Burdick endorsement. He withdrew, influenced by the certainty that his NPL-endorsed son, Quentin, would be the Democratic general election candidate. He backed Quentin in the election, and his son became the first Democrat to be elected to the House of Representatives from North Dakota.

Burdick's final political action was to facilitate the development of North Dakota into a two-party state. He died in Washington, D. C., a few days after his son became United States Senator."

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Usher L. Burdick Papers are divided into 28 subject series. The series are generally arranged alphabetically, as are individual folders within each series. Researchers should be advised that the alphabetical scheme is not followed faithfully in every instance.

The type of material found within each series include: correspondence, scrapbooks, speeches and addresses, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, text of bills and other government documents. The correspondence is both incoming and outgoing, from both domestic and international sources, and covers Usher's political, business and personal interests. The series are described below:

Agriculture: Box 3-5

Bills: Box 5
Additional copies of bills are spread throughout the collection, according to the subject matter of the bill.

Celebrations: Box 5

Correspondence: Box 24-26
Additional correspondence is found throughout the collection in subject files. The materials in Box 24-26 were filed separately from any subject file. Correspondence from significant historical figures is found in the Personages series, Box 17.

Economics: Box 5-6

Education: Box 6

Foreign Affairs: Box 7-8

Forestry and Parks: Box 8

Garrison Dam: Box 8-9

Healthcare: Box 9-10

Immigration: Box 10

Indian Affairs: Box 10-12
Burdick was a member of the House Committee on Indian Affairs.

Labor: Box 12-13

Legislative: Box 13

Military and Veterans: Box 13-15

Minerals: Box 15

North Dakota: Box 1-2, 18-20
The material on North Dakota is divided into two subseries. Material in Box 1-2 consists of historical manuscripts regarding North Dakota and the surrounding region, some of which were written by Burdick. Material in Boxes 18-20 is arranged by county.

Personages: Box 17
Correspondence from significant historical figures, including Harry Truman, Will Rogers, William Lemke and William Langer. See also correspondence, Box 24-26.

Personal: Box 15-16

Political Activities: Box 17

Post Offices: Box 21-22
Burdick was a member of the House Committee on Post Offices.

Russia and Communism: Box 23

Social Security: Box 26

States' Rights: Box 26

Taxes: Box 27

Transportation: Box 27-28

United Nations: Box 28-31

Miscellaneous: Box 31-33

One oversize file folder was separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinet.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder
North Dakota – History

  1. Introduction and Preface by Usher L. Burdick. Life on the Red River of the North. 1857 to 1887 (Burdick's title). The History of Navigation on the Red River of the North by Fred A. Bill, Life in the River towns of Fargo and Moorhead by J.W. Riggs.
  2. Now I Recollect Souvenirs of the Sanctum ; Lincoln as I saw him by William Croffut. Copyright 1943 by Usher L. Burdick.
  3. History of the Farm Movement in North Dakota by Burdick.
  4. History of the Farm Movement in North Dakota (con't.) by Burdick
  5. History of the Farm Movement in North Dakota (con't.) by Burdick
  6. Medora Black Hills Stage Line -Crawford.
  7. The Cattle Industry: What it is now and what it was 65 to 70 years ago. by Walter Colbert. 1939.
  8. History of Fort Buford -incomplete. Interview with Mrs. Sarah D. Mercer, Buford, North Dakota, July 26, 1926. Interview with Douglas Bell, July 20, 1926.
  9. The Last Battle of the Sioux Nation- Usher L. Burdick.
  10. Davidson Story unknown author
  11. Autobiography of E. G. Lennnon.
  12. Farmers Political Action unknown author
  13. History of Munich unknown author
  14. Cattle Trails and Cow Towns unknown author
  15. Populist or People's Party unknown author & Correspondence
  16. Jim Johnson; Pioneer of the Mouse River Country- Burdick & Correspondence
  17. Tales from Buffalo Land -Burdick -could be same as History of Ft. Buford. & Correspondence (6)
  18. The Army Life of Charles (Chip) Creighton -Usher L. Burdick.
  19. The Last Days of Graham Island- Burdick.
  20. George Loftus -Burdick
  21. Frederick R. Zahl (Biography) -Burdick
  22. Zahl, Frederick R. (Biography).
  23. Crawford's History of North Dakota.
  24. Crawford's History of North Dakota (con't.)
  25. Crawford's History of North Dakota {con't.)
  26. Biography of Usher Burdick.

Box 2
Folder

  1. Gustave B. Metzger (Biography) -Burdick.
  2. Jacob Horner and the Indian Campaigns of 1876 and 1877. (Sioux and Nez Perce) Burdick.
  3. Barry Manuscript -Burdick
  4. William N. Adams (Biography)
  5. Pagent (Indian Lore)
  6. George W. Newton (Biography) -Burdick
  7. John Goodall (Biography) -Burdick
  8. Range Cattle Days- Burdick
  9. My Teaching Days by Burdick.
  10. Kit Carson & Col. Tilton.
  11. Indian Affairs
  12. Misc. on the Old West .
  13. Misc. on the Old West.
  14. Misc. on the Old West.
  15. Misc. on the Old West.
  16. Correspondence.
  17. Correspondence.
  18. Correspondence.
  19. Crawford's History of North Dakota.
  20. Crawford's History of North Dakota.

Box 3
Folder
Agriculture

  1. Beef Price Situation.
  2. To state long-term national farm policy (H.R. 202-85:1)
  3. To regulate manufacture fertilizer & inspection (H.R. 209-85:1)
  4. To foster co-op extension work (H.R. 210-85:1)
  5. To provide marketing quotas in terms quantity (H.R. 2540-85:1)
  6. Burdick farm bill (H.R. 8348)
  7. To amend Agriculture Act of 1949 as relating to wheat price (H.R. 10229)
  8. To extend the provision of the National Wool act of 1954 (H.R. 11953)
  9. H.R. 12576
  10. H.R. 12870
  11. Bills by Burdick, 1951-1953
  12. Boxcar shortage, 1955.
  13. Box car shortage, 1955.
  14. Box car data.
  15. The Brannan Plan
  16. Census of Agriculture, 1954
  17. Commodity Exchange, 1939
  18. Soil conservation, 1952
  19. Co-operatives,1952
  20. Tax on cooperatives -Lobby cards, 1951
  21. Co-op Legislation, 1951.
  22. Farms & Farming - Crop Insurance, 1949.
  23. Cropping privileges -U.S. owned lands, 1936
  24. Disaster areas, 1956
  25. Durum Wheat, 1957
  26. Farmers Home Administration, 1957
  27. Dairy Products Tariffs, 1952
  28. Fertilizer Investigation, 1949
  29. The Nations Food Consumption, by Burdick
  30. Food Distribution, 1956
  31. Food Price Supports (Subsidies), 1950
  32. Future Farmers, 1955
  33. Future Farmers of America, 1956.
  34. Agriculture,1954
  35. Farmers Headed for Trouble
  36. Agriculture Correspondence, 1952-1954
  37. Agriculture Misc., 1952
  38. Agriculture Misc., 1940-1956
  39. Agriculture,1956
  40. Agriculture, 1955
  41. Agriculture, 1951-1952
  42. Agriculture,1949
  43. Agriculture,1938-1955
  44. Agriculture,1936-1938
    Pamphlets: Opportunities in the Williston District
    North Dakota: A State of Highly Diversified Agriculture

Box 4
Folder

  1. Agriculture, 1920-1957
  2. Land Distribution Data
  3. Parity, July 8, 1954
  4. Farm Parity Prices, 1953
  5. Agriculture, Parity, Etc., 1953
  6. Potato, 1952
  7. Price Control, Misc., 1952
  8. Agriculture (Price Supports & Parity)
  9. Price Supports, 1952
  10. Price Supports, 1953
  11. Agriculture Publications, 1954
  12. Agriculture, 1928-1956
  13. Remount,1949
  14. Rural Electrification Administration, 1956
  15. Seed and Feed Loans, 1951-1952
  16. Seed and Feed Loans, 1949
  17. Seed and Feed Loans, 1953-1954
  18. Seed and Feed Loans, 1950
  19. Seed and Feed Loans, and Small Business Loans, 1955
  20. Cancellation, Feed and Seed Loans, 1935-1936
  21. Feed and Seed Loans (H.R. 12870)
  22. Social Patterns of Farming, Feed and Seed Loans, 1949
  23. Seed Loan Cancellation Bill, 1936
  24. Seed and Feed, 1936

Box 5
Folder

  1. Social Security - Farmers, 1956
  2. Speech Data, April 29, 1941
  3. Speech Data, February 28, 1940
  4. Speech Data, March 14,1940
  5. Speech Data, February 23, 1940
  6. Bulletin of Speaking engagements
  7. Speech Data, April 22, 1943
  8. Speech Data, March 16, 1943
  9. Speech Data, August 4, 1941
  10. Speech Data, September 9, 1940
  11. Speech Data, Price Control Legislation, November 25,194
  12. Speech Data, August 13,1940
  13. Speech Data, January 24, 1940
  14. Speech Data, November 25, 1941
  15. Speech Data, December 6, 1937
  16. Speech Data, December 1, 1937
  17. Speech: The Home is the Foundation of this Republic, Feb. 7, 1940
  18. Speech Data, August 5, 1939
  19. Speech Data, May 23, 1939
  20. To regulate the registration, manufacture, labeling, and of fertilizer (H.R. 1755)
  21. Subsidies, 1956
  22. Subsistence Homestead Program in the U.S., 1955
  23. Sugar Beet Industry, 1955
  24. Surplus Food, 1954

Bills

  1. Bills, 74th Congress
  2. Bills, 75th Congress
  3. Bills, 76th Congress
  4. Bills, 77th Congress
  5. Bills, 78th Congress
  6. Bills, 81st Congress
  7. Bills, 82nd Congress
  8. Bills, 83rd Congress
  9. Bills, 84th Congress
  10. Bills, 85th Congress

Celebrations

  1. Speech Data, June 7, 1938
  2. Fort Buford
  3. Constitutional Celebration Week, 1956
  4. Addressed, 1953-1955
  5. Flag Day Speech Re9uests, 1953
  6. Flag Day (R.J. RES. 21), 1957
  7. Flag Foundation Committee, 1955
  8. Letters on Our Treaty & Flag Day Speeches, 1953
  9. Flag, Designed by Eugene Burdick
  10. · To Read the Declaration of Independence (H.CON. RES. 8, 1957)
  11. · To recognize the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum as National (H.R. 7430)
  12. National Monuments, Verendrye, Misc.
  13. Picnic and Reunions, 1940
  14. To Authorize & Request President to Proclaim July 4 Rededication Day to Free Citizenship (H.R. RES. 59])
  15. Theodore Roosevelt Centennial
  16. U.S. Day

Economics

  1. Aluminum, 1949
  2. Anti-Trust, 1955
  3. Autodealer, 1952-1956
  4. Banking, 1951-1956
  5. Banking Legislation, 1951-1956
  6. Independent Banker's of Minnesota, 1959
  7. Basing of the American Dollar on National Debt, 1935
  8. Big Business , 1949
  9. Bike Industry, 1955
  10. Budget, 1953-1958
  11. Burnham Chemical Co., 1951
  12. American Capitalism, 1938
  13. Compulsory Deposit Insurance for Credit Unions
  14. Cost of Living, 1919
  15. Relax Credit, 1951
  16. Depressions, 1934

Box 6
Folder

  1. 40th Anniversary 1904 Law Class
  2. English Court History, Public Economy, 1915
  3. Speech and Letters on Economic Recovery, 1935-1936
  4. Economic Stab. Agency, 1951
  5. Speech Data, August 2,1939
  6. What is Economy? 1939
  7. Economy in Government, 1949-1957
  8. Competition with English Manufacturers, 1951
  9. Fair Trade, McGuire Bill (H.R. 5767)
  10. Fair Trade Law, 1954
  11. Federal Appropriations
  12. Federal Corporations, 1949
  13. Speech Data, January 19, 1938
  14. Federal Spending, Correspondence, 1952-1957
  15. Federal Trade Commission, 1952-1956
  16. Foreign Vessels, 1955
  17. Gag Rule: Special Privilege
  18. Return to the Gold Standard, 1951
  19. Depletion of our Gold Reserve, 1955
  20. Government Bonds, 1955
  21. Monopoly of Government employees using Federal Property
  22. Government Intervention, 1948
  23. Wholesale Grocery Industry, 1956
  24. Great Lakes Shipping (H.R. 7581)
  25. Greenbacks, 1937
  26. Hoover Commission, 1951
  27. North Dakota Industries, 1952
  28. North Dakota Industries, 1956
  29. Interest, 1940
  30. Inflation, 1952
  31. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1951
  32. Interstate Commerce Legislation (H.R. 3203)
  33. Joint Stock Land Banks, 1956
  34. Registration of Manufacturing Representatives
  35. Merchant Marine, 1956
  36. Monetary Policy, 1935
  37. Money (Reply to Garet Garrett)
  38. National Debt, 1958
  39. National Industrial Recovery Act, 1935
  40. Creation of National Monetary Commission, 1951
  41. Creation of National Monetary Commission, 1951
  42. Priorities granted by KPA, 1951
  43. New Deal
  44. Price Stabilization, 1945-1952
  45. Private Corporations, 1951
  46. Price Discrimination, 1958
  47. Robinson-Patman Act
  48. Rubberx Industries, 1955
  49. Security Dealers and Bankers, 1952
  50. Small Business, 1951-1952
  51. Steel Industries, 1953
  52. Steel Seizure, 1952
  53. Stock Market, 1957
  54. Townsend Plan
  55. Townsend Plan (cont.)
  56. Reciprocal Trade Agreements
  57. Insurance of Treasury Notes
  58. Jage Stabilization, 1951

Education

  1. Providing a deduction of $1200 on taxes for college dependents (H.R. 195)
  2. County Superintendents of Schools, 1954
  3. Education, 1950
  4. Education, 1951-1957
  5. Education, 1957
  6. Education, 1949
  7. Education, 1953-1954
  8. Federal Aid to Education, 1957
  9. International University (H.J. RES. 200)
  10. Relief of Kensal School District (H.R. 3019)
  11. Requests for material (Schools), 1953
  12. F.F.A. Bill, 1955
  13. Vocational Education Letter, April 2, 1954 Teacher's Certificate for Usher Burdick to Teach in Benson County

Box 7
Folder
Foreign Affairs

  1. Alaska
  2. Anti-War Legislation, 1937
  3. Britain
  4. Confiscated Property
  5. Corruption in Foreign Affairs -Casa Blanca
  6. To amend Federal Property Act and Administrative Services 1949 to permit use outside U.S. (H.R. 13421)
  7. Speech Data, September 3, 1940
  8. Speech Data, November 10, 1941
  9. Displaced Persons, 1949
  10. Foreign Affairs (General): 1936-1950
  11. Foreign Affairs (General): 1951
  12. Foreign Affairs (General): 1952
  13. Foreign Affairs (General): 1953
  14. Foreign Affairs (General): 1954
  15. Foreign Affairs (General): 1955
  16. Foreign Affairs (General): 1956-57
  17. Foreign Affairs (General): 1958
  18. Foreign Affairs (General): undated
  19. Foreign Affairs (General): undated
  20. Fulbright Resolution, 1943
  21. GATT, 1951
  22. Germany
  23. Germany, Secret Agreements
  24. Indebtedness of Foreign Governments to U.S., 1937
  25. Foreign Government Indebtedness, 1949
  26. International Peace Garden
  27. Japanese Peace Treaty, 1953
  28. Korea
  29. Speech Date, Lease-Lend Bill, February 4, 1941
  30. Middle East
  31. Mutual Security Bill (Aid)
  32. Neutrality Question, 1951
  33. Norway
  34. Philippines

Box 8
Folder
Forestry and Parks

  1. Speech Data: June 19, 1940
  2. Speech Data: July 21, 1941
  3. Suez Canal
  4. Trading with the Enemy Act
  5. Fairview Cemetery (H.R. 5570)
  6. Forest Research Center, 1955
  7. Forest Service, 1958
  8. Game and Fish
  9. National Parks
  10. National Parks Job Applicants
  11. National Parks Job Applicants (con't.)
  12. Wildlife, 1949
  13. The Physical and Economic Foundation of Natural Resources

Garrison Dam

  1. Acknowledgements,1949
  2. Missouri Basin -Garrison Dam
  3. Garrison Dam, letters, 1951-1956
  4. Walter Burk
  5. Garrison Dam Clippings
  6. Conferees on Garrison (H.R. 6766)
  7. F.C. Dams, Recl.
  8. Echo Park Dam & Upper Colorado Storage (H.R. 270, 2836, & 4488)
  9. Electric Power, 1951-1952
  10. North Dakota Flood Washouts, 1951
  11. F.C. Dams. Recl. U.S. Flood Control
  12. Flood Control, 1957-1958
  13. Garrison Flood Control

Box 9
Folder

  1. North Dakota Flood, 1950
  2. Flood Control Misc., 1949-1957
  3. Brief of Garrison Dam
  4. Bill Lemke
  5. Law on Garrison Dam
  6. Garrison- Reclamation project, 1953-1954
  7. Garrison Dam & other North Dakota Reclamation Projects
  8. Garrison Dam & other North Dakota Reclamation Projects
  9. Garrison Dam Misc., 1953-1957
  10. Garrison Dam, 1949-1950
  11. Garrison Dam Misc., 1951-1955
  12. Garrison, Dam Valley of the Damned Report on Suitability for Sustained Irrigation in Lands in North Dakota
  13. Garrison Dam, 1955
  14. Resolutions regarding Garrison Dam
  15. F.C. Dams Recl. Garrison: Townsite relocations
  16. Hells Canyon
  17. Lost Bridge Road
  18. Missouri River Development, Brief concerning the legal authority of the Building of Garrison Dam, List of Western Books Offered by Western Americana
  19. Missouri River Projects
  20. Missouri Valley Authority
  21. MVA- Statement
  22. Missouri Valley Authority, 1951-1953
  23. To change name of Garrison Reservoir to Sakakawea (HR.R 20485)
  24. Joseph O'Mahoney
  25. Sanish -Van Hook land Payments
  26. Clippings, 1951 Water Right Investigation Report, 1957
  27. To authorize Army Engineers to compensate Williston (H.R. 198)

Healthcare

  1. Eligibility to Armed Forces Med. Corps
  2. String Beans
  3. Blue Cross
  4. Bread

Box 10
Folder

  1. Cancer
  2. Appropriations for the Children's Bureau, 1952
  3. Coca Cola
  4. Unfit Canadian Wheat
  5. Vivisection of Animals
  6. Chiropractic
  7. Permission to refill prescriptions without consent of Doc
  8. Doctors and Dentists in rural areas
  9. Doctor Draft Law
  10. Drugs
  11. Teen Age Drug Addiction
  12. Epilepsy
  13. Clinic at Williston
  14. Beds for Carrington Hospital
  15. Federal Aid of Dicky County medical Hospital
  16. Federal Aid to Hospitals
  17. Beds for McIntosh country Memorial Hospital
  18. Beds for McVille Hospital
  19. Federal aid to Medical Schools
  20. Beds for Oakes Hospital
  21. Federal Aid to Towner County Memorial Hospital
  22. Federal Loan to Wishek Hospital
  23. Federal Reinsurance Bill
  24. Fluoridation
  25. Food and Drug Act (H.R. 9117)
  26. Food Additives (H.RES. 212)
  27. Hankinson Hospital
  28. National Health Insurance
  29. Health Needs of the National Compulsory Health Plan
  30. Health Survey, 1951
  31. Hearing Aids
  32. Hill- Burton Appropriations Bill
  33. Inquiry to Hospital campaigns
  34. Hospitals fees and Doctors
  35. Burdick's Comments on Hospitalization
  36. Reasonable Hospitalization
  37. Hoxsey Clinic
  38. Industrial Health for Workers
  39. Infant Care
  40. Investigate Mental Health Legislation (H.CON,RES, 98)
  41. Kulm Clinic
  42. Leukemia
  43. For Freedom of the Mind (H.J. RES. 364)
  44. Lincoln Clinic in Medford
  45. Medical Aid to poor people
  46. Patients committed to mental institutions
  47. Milk poisoning
  48. Hoover Medical Plan
  49. Neurological Diseases and Blindness
  50. Appropriations to North Dakota Health Department
  51. Nurses (H.R. 910)
  52. Oleomargarine
  53. Pembina Memorial Hospital
  54. Polio
  55. Poultry
  56. Socialized Medicine
  57. American Trout Bill
  58. Fight against TB
  59. Compulsory vaccination
  60. Walter Reed Hospital

Immigration

  1. Customs
  2. Customs & Immigration overtime pay
  3. Federal Housing Administration
  4. Hoover Reports
  5. Housing,1949-1954
  6. Housing, 1955
  7. Housing,1953-1956
  8. Housing Loans, Etc., 1953
  9. Public Housing, 1950-1952
  10. Public Housing, 1949
  11. Housing- Immigration, 1952-1953
  12. Immigration Housing Customs and Visas, 1954
  13. Immigration, 1952-1957
  14. Immigration- Correspondence, 1957-1958
  15. Immigration &: Naturalization of Romero-Joseph
  16. Passports
  17. Rent, 1949
  18. Rent, 1950
  19. Rent, 1951
  20. Visas, 1958

Indian Affairs

  1. Indian Affairs, 1936-1953
  2. Indian Affairs, 1950
  3. Indian Affairs, 1951-1952
  4. American Indian Federation
  5. Wheeler-Howard Act, Public Law No.383
  6. Indians- Bills, Misc., 1954-1956
  7. James Blackdog Lillie Wolf
  8. Buford-Trenton Unit
  9. California Indians, 1952

Box 11
Folder

  1. Cheyenne River Sioux (H.R. 10891)
  2. Indian Claims Co.
  3. Indian Claims Commission
  4. Indians -Clippings, 1952-1957
  5. Indians -Duplicates, Photographs and Clippings
  6. Congratulatory Letters, 1954
  7. Fort Berthold Indians, N. D.
  8. Fort Berthold Indians, N. D.
  9. Fort Totten Hospital
  10. Fort Totten Indians
  11. Fort Yates -Standing Rock Indians, 1956-1957
  12. Fort Yates -Standing Rock Indians, N. D., 1951-1956
  13. John Hart
  14. Coal for Indians
  15. Industry Location Near Indian Reservation
  16. Jewel Bearing Plant
  17. Liquor Traffic
  18. Indians -Mineral Rights
  19. Indians, Miscellaneous, 1956-1958
  20. World Minorities, Indians of N. D.
  21. Indians, Miscellaneous, 1936-1951
  22. Indians, Miscellaneous, 1949-1951

Box 12
Folder

  1. Indians, Miscellaneous, 1935-1956
  2. Indians, Miscellaneous, 1952
  3. Indians, Miscellaneous, 1929-1958
  4. Per capita Payments -Indians
  5. Personal, 1950
  6. Pirro
  7. Termination, 1954
  8. Black Hills Sioux
  9. Sitting Bull
  10. Speech on March 23, 1939 on Court of Claims for Indians
  11. Speech of May 29,1939 on American Indian Federation Letters
  12. Speech on June 30,1939 on Unemployment not Temporary
  13. Speech on July 12, 1939 on Monument to Chief Joseph
  14. Speech on January 18,1940 on Sisseton Wahpeton
  15. Speech of February 14,1940 on San Carlos, Indian Bill
  16. Speech on February 6,1942 on Issuing bonds and pay interest
  17. Speeches on Sioux Indians
  18. Decisions of Standing Rock, 1936
  19. Elimination of Indian Bureau
  20. Turtle Mt. Indians, 1954
  21. Indians -Welfare Board

Labor

  1. H.R.5006
  2. Construction Applications
  3. Corporation Salaries
  4. Curtailment of Emergency Work
  5. Employment Agencies
  6. Employment Racket Data
  7. Labor Corroboration
  8. Labor Legislation, 1955
  9. Labor Legislation -William G. Owens
  10. Labor Legislation, 1950
  11. Labor Legislation, 1949
  12. Labor Miscellaneous, 1949-1956
  13. Railroad Retirement Board

Box 13
Folder

  1. Railroad Retirement Board
  2. Rosebud Construction Co.
  3. Speech of April 24, 1941 on Organized Labor and the Defense
  4. Speech of June 10, 1941 on W.P.A.
  5. Speech of February 24, 1941 on W.P.A.
  6. Steel Strike
  7. Steel Strike Clippings
  8. Taft-Hartley Law, 1953-1954
  9. Will Unemployment End?
  10. Bonus Payments (Wage Stabilization Board)
  11. Wage Stabilization Board
  12. W.P.A, 1935-1937
    Pamphlets: Declaration of Indignation
    Labor-Management Relations

Legislative

  1. H.J. Res. 406
    Former Presidents acting in Congress Bills
  2. Congress gathering for reading for Declaration of Independence
  3. Congress during wartime
  4. Election of Congressmen, 1938
  5. General Statements on the Constitution
  6. To change amending procedure
  7. General Remarks on Constitution Revision
  8. Copenhart Amendment
  9. Court of Claims.
  10. District Courts
  11. Electoral Reform
  12. Fifth Amendment
  13. How our government operates
  14. A Trip for the Government
  15. Hoffman Amendment
  16. Hoover Commission
  17. H .R. 10047
  18. Judiciary Committee, 1953-1956
  19. Dishonest Parliamentary Practices
    Presidential Inability
  20. Presidential Powers
  21. Reed-Dirksen Amendment
  22. Roosevelt's Court
  23. State Dept., 1951
  24. Remarks on Supreme Court, 1953-1954
    Supreme Court Amendment
  25. 22nd Amendment
  26. U.S. Customs Court
  27. Voting Amendment
  28. Equal Rights for Women

Military and Veterans

  1. Air Force Academy
  2. Appropriations Committee
  3. H.J. Res. 20
  4. Army Band Tour
  5. Civil Defense, 1953
  6. Civil War Vets' Memorial
  7. Speech of August 1,1940 on Conscription Bill
  8. G.I. Apps for Discharge, Etc.
  9. Defense Production Act
  10. Discharge Applications
  11. G.I. Cases - Draft, Deferments, Discharges, 1951
  12. G.I. Cases, 1951-1952
  13. Pvt. Duane E. Barman
  14. Arnold Bjorlie
  15. James Eri
  16. Mrs. Winnifred Henseler
  17. Keith Kellar
  18. Pvt. George Kummer
  19. Cpl. Don Martin
  20. Clyde Morris
  21. Vernon Ostby
  22. Pvt. Ambrose Purkett
  23. Mike Peterson
  24. Leo Running Bear
  25. Capt. Fordon Salmonson
  26. Lt. Oliver Stoutland
  27. Richard Thomas
  28. Pvt. Lawrence Walstad
  29. Pvt. Lloyd Wherley
  30. G.I. Sympathy Correspondence, 1951-1952
  31. GAR Shrine
  32. Appointments to military academy
    Pamphlet: The Congressional Anthology

Box 14
Folder

  1. National Defense
  2. H.R. 196 Accrued Servicemen's Indemnity Payments
  3. H.R. 208 Criminal offense
  4. Military Misc., 1951-1958
  5. Military Misc., 1951-1956
    Burdick Anti-Munitions Bill, 1935
  6. Speech Data -National Defense, February 14, 19J9
  7. Speech Data -National Guard Bill, age limit, August 14, 19q
  8. H.J. Res. 280, Site for Vets of Civil War Memorial Building
  9. H.J., Res. 646, National Shrine Committee -Vets of Civil
  10. Naval Academy &West Point
  11. Annapolis -Candidates
  12. Naval Academy application blanks
  13. Speech Data -Navy appropriations, March 25, 1938
  14. Post Exchanges
  15. American Boys' release -Red China
  16. Purple Heart Charter
  17. Selective Service
  18. Speech Data -Extension of Selective Service act, August 12, 1941
  19. Universal Military Training
  20. Congressional Record, February 27,1952 -Burdick on U.M.
  21. (Against) Universal Military Training
  22. Against U.M.T. & Misc. Information
  23. Universal Military Training, 1952
  24. Universal Military Training, 1952
  25. Universal Military Training, 1952
  26. For Universal Military Training, 1955
  27. For Universal Military Training, 1952
  28. For Universal Military Training, 1950
  29. For & against Universal Military Training, 1951
  30. For & against Universal Military Training, 1951
  31. U.S.S. Fargo (Light Cruiser)
  32. Veterans, 1954

Box 15
Folder

  1. Veterans
  2. Veterans Administration, 1955-1956
  3. Veterans Administration, 1949
  4. Veterans Administration and Legislation, 1951-l952
  5. Veterans Administration, 1950
  6. Veterans Administration, 1955
  7. Charter -Vets, H.R. 4412
  8. Veterans Pension Bill Letter (H.R. 9020)
  9. Veterans Administration, 1955
  10. H. J. Res. 309
  11. Veterans Legislation, 1956
  12. H.R. 5531
  13. H.R. 5530
  14. War Dept.

Minerals

  1. Aluminum Plant, N. D.
  2. Chemicals P.S.B.
  3. Speech on August 17,1942 on N.D. has Lignite to Win this War
  4. Coal, 1954
  5. Speech on Coal, 1942
    Pamphlet: Western Carbon and Chemical, Inc., Minot, N.D.
  6. Gas Bill, 1956-1958
  7. General Correspondence, 1924-1951
  8. Natural Gas Letters, 1955
  9. H.R. 4943
  10. Gas & Mineral, 1943-1951
  11. Mineral Rights, 1953-1959
  12. H.R. 205
  13. H.R. 206
  14. Oil Rights in N.D.
  15. Tide Lands
  16. Tideland oil Bill

Personal

  1. Air Pollution, 1954
  2. Airlines, 1950-1955
  3. Air Port Projects
  4. Alaska
  5. Alcoholic Beverages
  6. Arson
  7. Arts Bill
  8. Atomic Energy -Correspondence, 1957
  9. Christmas Card Form Letter
  10. Comments on Bills, 1952-1955
  11. Congratulations of re-election
  12. Continued
  13. Copyrights
  14. Speech of October 13, 1939 on Bureau Made Criminal Law
  15. Letters for DAR / SAR
  16. Election Certificate, 1952
  17. Firearms Regulations
  18. Emergency Flood Relief
  19. Food Group, 1956
  20. U.N.D. Football, 1903
  21. Form Letters, 1942
  22. Garnishment of Wages, 1951
  23. Girls Nation, 1956
  24. Historical, 1951-1954
  25. Invitations, 1951-1957
  26. Speech of February 18, 1944 on Jews
  27. Jap Evacuation claims in California
  28. Juvenile Delinquency, 1932
  29. Juvenile Delinquency, 1955

Box 16
Folder

  1. Land Claim Title, 1948-1956
  2. Submerged Lands, 1953
  3. Leases, 1952
  4. Lobbying, 1952
  5. Mount Lemke
  6. Municipal Projects, 1955
  7. Narcotics
  8. Miscellaneous, 1949-1956
  9. National Conference on Citizenship, 1953
  10. National Safety Council, 1953
  11. Obscene Literature, 1953
  12. National Safety Council, 1953
  13. Paroles and Pardons, 1956-1957
  14. Personal, 1952-1958
  15. Patents, 1951-1954
  16. Polls, 1946
  17. H. Res. 403
  18. Pink Elephant Letters, 1953
  19. Red Cross, 1951
  20. Recreation,1954-1957
  21. Relief of Individuals and personal requests
  22. Religious Exhortations, 1951-1957
  23. Requests for Congressional Record
  24. Request for material, 1952-1953
  25. Criticisms of Restaurants and hotel prices
  26. Restaurants, 1956
  27. Space Exploration and Science
  28. General Speeches and Statements, 1940-1953
  29. Survival School 1955
  30. Thanks, 1951-1952
  31. Time Change, 1951
  32. Ambassadors to the Vatican
  33. World War II
  34. VolksBote, 1954-1958
  35. News Clippings of Payrolls, Memorial Addressed Delivered in Congress for Alben William Barkley

Box 17
Folder
Personages

  1. Lewis Fulton
  2. John Foster Dulles
  3. Sen. Bill Langer
  4. President Eisenhower
  5. Huey Long
  6. John Martin
  7. William Lemke
  8. Personages, 1950-1956
  9. Personages, 1950-1953
  10. Will Rogers
  11. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  12. Roosevelt Campaign in 1932
  13. Harry S. Truman

Political Activities

  1. For America S. 9057
  2. Congressional Session, 1920
  3. Anti Government Control, 1930
  4. Burdick's Voting
  5. H.R. 3188
  6. Home Rule -District of Columbia
  7. Frazier-Lemke Bill
  8. Hines Bill
  9. MacArthur
  10. Political Affairs, 1939-1952
  11. Political Affairs, 1951-1957
  12. Political Affairs, 1936-1956
    Pamphlets: Gallery Pass Book
    Guest Log

Box 18
Folder
North Dakota - Counties

  1. County Miscellaneous, 1954
  2. Adams
  3. Barnes
  4. Benson County -Brinsmade Postmaster ship
  5. Benson, 1954-1958
  6. Benson County -Fort Totten Postmaster ship
  7. Benson County -Knox Rural Carrier
  8. Benson County -Maddock
  9. Benson County -Pleasant Lake
  10. Benson County -Warwick Postmaster ship
  11. Billings
  12. Bottineau
  13. Bottineau- Carbury
  14. Bottineau County -Eckman
  15. Bottineau County -Lansford
  16. Bottineau County -Souris
  17. Bottineau County -Westhope
  18. Bottineau County - Willow City -RC & PM
  19. Bowman
  20. Burke
  21. Burleigh
  22. Cass
  23. Cass County -Alice
  24. Cass County -Casselton
  25. Cass County -Davenport
  26. Cass County -Erie
  27. Cass County -Grandin
  28. Cass County -Kindred
  29. Cass County -Leonard
  30. Cass County Mapleton
  31. Cavalier
  32. Dickey
  33. Divide County
  34. Dunn
  35. Eddy and Foster Counties
  36. Emmons
  37. Golden Valley
  38. Grand Forks
  39. Grant
  40. Griggs
  41. Hettinger
  42. Kidder

Box 19
Folder

  1. La Moure
  2. Logan
  3. McIntosh
  4. McHenry
  5. McKenzie
  6. McLean
  7. Mercer County
  8. Morton
  9. Mountrail
  10. Nelson
  11. Oliver
  12. Pembina
  13. Pierce
  14. Ramsey
  15. Ransom
  16. Renville
  17. Richland

Box 20
Folder

  1. Rolette
  2. Sargent
  3. Sheridan
  4. Sioux
  5. Slope County
  6. Stark
  7. Steele
  8. Stutsman
  9. Towner
  10. Trail
  11. Walsh
  12. Grafton -Moving Government Offices
  13. Ward
  14. Wells
  15. Williams Alamo and Epping
  16. Williams County - Appam
  17. Williams County - Corinth
  18. Williams County -Grenora
  19. Williams County - Marmon
  20. Williams County - Ray
  21. Williams County - N.D. Spring Brook
  22. Williams County - Tioga
  23. Williams County - Wildrose
  24. Williams County - Williston
  25. Williams County - Wheelock
  26. Williams County - Zahl

Box 21
Folder
Post Office

  1. Alaska Post Office
  2. Post Office Appointments
  3. Burdick's P.O. & C.S. Commission
  4. Civil Service
  5. Civil Service Employees
  6. Civil Service Postal, Miscellaneous, 1938-1953
  7. Postal and Civil Service, 1949-1955
  8. Civil Service, 1955
  9. Post Office Committee
  10. Post Office Construction
  11. Lake Alice
  12. Lake Alice -Correspondence, 1956-1957
  13. Lake Alice Material, 1956
  14. Post Office Legislation, 1949
  15. Postal Cases, 1953
  16. Postal Correspondence, 1953-1954
  17. Post Office, Miscellaneous, 1951-1953

Box 22
Folder

  1. Post Office, Misc., 1951-1952
  2. Post Office, Misc., 1950
  3. Postal, 1953
  4. H.R. 4188
  5. Displaced Persons
  6. Post Office, Misc., 1953-1957
  7. Post Office, Misc., 1955
  8. Postal Rates, 1950
  9. Parcels Post Data (H.R. 7852)
  10. Postal Rate Increase Data
  11. Railway Express Agency, 1951
  12. Postal Rates, 1951-1952
  13. Postal Rates, 1949-1950
  14. Post Office, 1954
  15. H.R. 6950
  16. Postal Salaries, Annuities, 1951-1952
  17. Congressional Salary Increases
  18. Postal Salaries, Annuities, 1950
  19. Postal Pay Letter, 1955
  20. Payroll Padding
  21. Congressional Pay Letter, 1955
  22. Congressional Pay Raise Letter, 1954
  23. Federal Pay Raise Letter, 1954
  24. Postal Pay Raise, 1954
  25. Postal Pay and Discharge Pet. (H.R. 9245),1954
  26. Post Office Salaries, 1954
  27. Congressional Salaries Letters, 1953-1954
  28. Payroll Investigations
  29. Post Office Salaries, 1953
  30. H.R. 4187
  31. Train Mail Service
  32. Post Office -Train vs. Truck Mail Service

Box 23
Folder
Russia and Communism

  1. Korea
  2. Communist Political Policies
  3. Peaceful Coexistence
  4. Korean War
  5. Red China
  6. Korea - Casualties
  7. Russia
  8. Brain washing
  9. Russian & American Relations
  10. Communist Control Act
  11. Communist Conspiracy in American Society
  12. American Prisoners
  13. Big Four Conference at Geneva
  14. Communism in Churches
  15. Burdick on Communism in the U.S.
  16. Convictions of Communists in America
  17. Russian printing of U.S. Currency is erroneous statement
  18. Czechoslovakia
  19. Formosa
  20. France
  21. Germany
  22. Greece
  23. Hungary
  24. India
  25. Poland
  26. Romania
  27. Ukrania
  28. Tito
  29. Soviet Expionage
  30. Farmers Union
  31. Communist Ideology
  32. International Labor Organization
  33. Russian Iron Curtain Policy
  34. Manuilsky statement
  35. McCarthyism
  36. Marshall Plan
  37. The Marx of Communism
  38. Mundt-Nixon Bill
  39. Information on the NCPW, WILPF, F.R. Organizations
  40. Lawyer Guild
  41. PTA
  42. Press Case
  43. Russian Space Exploration and missile race
  44. Radio Free Europe
  45. Greeping Socialism
  46. Trade with Soviet Block
  47. Subversive Activities
  48. Communism, Misc., 1951-1955
  49. Un-American Activities

Box 24
Folder
Significant Correspondence

  1. W. E. Addicott
  2. Corinne Airheart
  3. Col. F. M. Albrecht
  4. Elmer Anderson
  5. H. B. Ashelman
  6. Warren Austin
  7. William Bates
  8. Justin Bear
  9. Dr. Becher
  10. Continued
  11. Continued
  12. C. H. Beitzel
  13. Mrs. Elsena Belgrade
  14. A. R. Bergeson
  15. Continued
  16. A. R. Bergguist
  17. B. L. Bertel
  18. Jay Bliss
  19. A. E. Beicourt
  20. George Bolen
  21. W. F. Buchholz
  22. Adam Bomann
  23. Doctor Franklin Burdette
  24. Eileen Burdick
  25. Emma and Mae Burdick
  26. Eugene Burdick
  27. C. G. Byer
  28. J. T. L. Campbell
  29. O. J. & D. J. Campbell
  30. William Carmody
  31. Elfie Carroll
  32. Dorthy Chamberlin
  33. H. N. Clark
  34. F. G. Collett
  35. James Connolly
  36. S. W. Corwin
  37. Howard E. Cole
  38. Edward Cromwell
  39. Martin Cross
  40. Math Dahl
  41. W. S. Davidson
  42. Robert Demke
  43. Richard DeRoy
  44. Thomas Dixon
  45. P. J. Donnelly
  46. Robert Donner
  47. Hilaire du Berrier
  48. Frank Dverst
  49. O. S. Ellevold
  50. M. G. Elliot
  51. Leonard Erikson
  52. M. L. Erickson
  53. Glenn Flint
  54. Torger Foshal
  55. L. E. Foss
  56. Percy Freeman
  57. Townsley French
  58. Al Fruh
  59. Guy Gabriel
  60. Mrs. Pauline Galles
  61. H. F. Gierke
  62. F. G. Gorder
  63. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Grant
  64. Mrs. Harold Gratton
  65. John Gray
  66. William Green
  67. Melvin Griffin
  68. Gudmunder Grimson
  69. Erick Gudvangen
  70. O. S. Gunderson
  71. Byron Hanson
  72. L. A. Hanson
  73. Oscar Hanson
  74. John Haslam
  75. Donnell Haugen
  76. O. M. Hector
  77. Ted Hieb
  78. Fred Hines
  79. Phil Hoghaug
  80. W. G. Holman
  81. H. G. Homme
  82. Richard Hullett
  83. Fred Hultz
  84. Harold Jensen

Box 25
Folder

  1. Kent Keller
  2. Mrs. Alvin Kempf
  3. Joseph Kincaid
  4. W. Klockman
  5. John Knauf
  6. Dan LeRoy
  7. Leo Lindmann
  8. Elizabeth McCleskey
  9. Frank McCoy
  10. Mrs. Hannah MacDona1d
  11. Angus McDonald
  12. J. B. McWethy
  13. Ben Marsh
  14. Nelson Mason
  15. John Mateke
  16. Mathew O'Neill
  17. Frank Mayer
  18. Mrs. H. E. Mie1ke
  19. Mrs. Mary Monteith
  20. Jesse Moore
  21. A. Gordon More
  22. Judith Morgan
  23. Richard Mazinski
  24. Arthur Munk
  25. W. W. Murrey
  26. Al Nelson
  27. O.C. Nelson
  28. Oscar Nesvig
  29. Ben Nordell
  30. P. D. Norton
  31. Dan Olson
  32. Dr. Anthony Opisso
  33. Mathew O'Neil
  34. Joseph R. Paulson
  35. C. A. Pickering
  36. Augustina Pleets
  37. Harry Polk
  38. John Reid
  39. Rogers
  40. Lila Rosencrans
  41. F. B. Sapp
  42. Phillips Schaeffer
  43. Matin Scheuffele
  44. F. C. F. Schmidt
  45. A. F. Schirber
  46. Ray Schafer
  47. Mrs. Emilie Schroeder
  48. D. J. Schultz
  49. Thomas Scott
  50. J. H. Shields
  51. Ole Raymond Sletten
  52. George Smith
  53. Harry Ray Smith
  54. Father O.S.B. Stanislaus
  55. William Stehr
  56. Lee Stenehjem
  57. George Stenehjem
  58. Gerald Stenehjem
  59. Lloyd Stone
  60. Arthur Summerfield
  61. T. H. H. Thoreson
  62. Alvin Thorson
  63. Towns end
  64. John w. Trudeau
  65. Linus Unser
  66. Rasmus Vigre
  67. Robert Vogel
  68. Harry T. Jeaver
  69. Frank Wenstrom
  70. Joe Wicks
  71. Jack Williams
  72. Mr. C. V. M. Williamson
  73. L. C. Wingate
  74. Dean Winkjer
  75. Mrs. Mary Young
  76. Al Winge
  77. H. M. Zahl
  78. Mrs. Alfred Zuger
  79. News Releases, 1956-1957
  80. Congressional Secretaries Club

Box 26
Folder
Social Security

  1. Book which contains notes on taxation, 1866
  2. H.R. 197- To amend Civil Service retirement act
  3. H.R. 203- To grant Civil Service employees retirement after 30 years
  4. Pensions
  5. Railroad Retirement Legislation
  6. Railroad Retirement, 1951-1952
  7. H.R. 193
  8. Social Security (Pension, Old Age, Welfare), 1956
  9. Social Security, 1951-1952
  10. Social Security, 1950
  11. H.R.8099
  12. Social Security, 1952-1954
  13. Social Security, 1949
  14. Social Security, 1937-1955
  15. Social Security, 1955
  16. Vets Pension
  17. Welfare, N. D.
  18. Welfare, 1950

States Rights

  1. Civil Rights, 1944-1957
  2. Civil Rights Data, 1957-1958
  3. Constitutional Rights, 1952
  4. Equal Rights Bill
  5. Fifth Amendment Immunity
  6. H.R. 7278
  7. Relief of Reuben Jacobson
  8. H.R.11969
  9. H.R. 7010
  10. H.R. 1347
  11. Pirro Bill
  12. H.R. 13829
  13. H.R.6393
  14. States' Rights, 1955-1957
  15. Non-Partisan League
  16. H.R. 290
  17. Tax on Automobile Lobby Letters, 1951
  18. H.R. 7809
  19. Cabaret Tax of 20%
  20. Canadian Import Duties, 1953
  21. H.R. 201
  22. H.R.9922
  23. Excise Tax, 1956
  24. Excise Taxes, 1958
  25. Gas and Tire Tax, 1955-1956
  26. Import Duties, 1951
  27. Internal Revenue, 1953-1955
  28. Taxes, 1952-1957

Box 27
Folder
Taxes

  1. H .R. 7516
  2. Taxes, 1953-1954
  3. Taxes, 1953-1954
  4. Taxes, 1950
  5. Tax Matters, 1949
  6. Taxes, 1951-1952
  7. Transportation Tax

Transportation

  1. Transportation, Utilities, Communications, Roads, Public Contracts, 1953-1954
  2. City Water, 1955
  3. Eminent Domain, 1953
  4. Federal Construction Contracts, 1956
  5. Freight Rates, 1957
  6. Highway, 1955
  7. Highway Construction Form Letter, 1955
  8. Miscel1aneous, 1951-1955
  9. Public Projects (N.D. Highways, Bridges), 1953-1956
  10. Public Projects, 1955
  11. Public Utilities, 1951
  12. Railroads, 1956
  13. Railroad Labor Act
  14. REA, 1951
  15. REA & REA Phones, 1951-1952
  16. REA & REA Telephones, 1949
  17. REA & REA Loans & Legislation
  18. Telephone and Telegram, 1956

Box 28
Folder

  1. Telephone & Telegraph, 1954
  2. Trucking & Industry vs. Railroad, 1956
  3. H.R. 10996
  4. H.R. 1839

United Nations

  1. American Bar Association Report Re: United Nations, 1953
  2. Anti-UN correspondence, 1953
  3. Anti-UN printed, 1951-1954
  4. Anti-UN correspondence, 1951-1956
  5. S.J. RES. 1- Bricker Amendment, 1953-1956
  6. Bricker Amendment, 1953-1954
  7. Bricker Bill, 1953
  8. Charter- United Nations, 1954
  9. Communism in the UN, 1953-1957
  10. Covenant of Human Rights - correspondence, 1952
  11. Covenant of Human Rights Printed
  12. GATT
  13. Genocide

Box 29
Folder

  1. Great Conspiracy Speech, 1954
  2. Genocide Data
  3. Get Out of UN, 1952
  4. Get Out of UN -correspondence, 1955-1957
  5. H.R. 3296
  6. UN, 1951-1955
  7. Speeches on Great Conspiracy, 1952-1954
  8. Speeches on Great Conspiracy, 1954
  9. Speech of the Great Conspiracy, 1954
  10. Notify for reprint of speeches, 1954
  11. Great Conspiracy -Letters, 1954
  12. Great Conspiracy Speeches, 1954
  13. H.CON. RES. 240
  14. H.R.207
  15. UN, 1953-1956
  16. UN, 1951-1955

Box 30
Folder

  1. UN, 1952-1957
  2. UN, 1955
  3. UN, 1955
  4. UN, 1955
  5. UN, 1954-1955
  6. UN, 1951-1954
  7. UN - printed, 1952
  8. UN, 1952-1956
  9. H.R.105
  10. UN, 1950
  11. UN, 1951-1957
  12. NATO
  13. Pro-UN, 1953
  14. Red China
  15. Request for speeches on UN, 1953
  16. Transportation and Communications, 1933-1955
  17. Treaties, 1953-1954

Box 31
Folder

  1. UNESCO letters, 1951-1953
  2. UNESCO letters, 1952-1956
  3. UNESCO -printed, 1951-1958
  4. U.S. Contributions to UN
  5. World Government, 1957
  6. World Government, 1955
  7. Communist China & the United Nations. Proposition for Peace

Miscellaneous

  1. Appropriation Bill & Don't Fetter Production, 1950
  2. Penny Wise and Pound Foolish, 1950
  3. Appropriations Bill & Flood Damage in N.D., 1950
  4. Daylight Saving Bill, 1950
  5. Truman and the Republicans, 1950
  6. Highway Appropriations Bill Passed, 1950
  7. U.S. Today in Greatest Danger, 1950
  8. McCarthy Charges, 1950
  9. Are the Philippines Going the Way of Nationalist China?, 1950
  10. Government Land Holdings Will Have to Be Taxed, 1950
  11. On U.S. Guarantee of Private Foreign Investments, 1950
  12. H.R.9203
  13. In Defense of Limited Wartime Controls, 1950
  14. Increased Mail Service, 1950
  15. Federal Aid to School Districts, 1950
  16. Omnibus Appropriations Bill Have You Stopped Beating Your Mother 1950
  17. Support Prices on Potatoes, 1950
  18. UN may live or die in Korea, 1950
  19. United Nations, 1950
  20. Building a Democracy in Korea, 1950
  21. Defense of all existing governments, 1950
  22. How to Stop Communism, 1950
  23. Peace Obstruction by Russia, 1950
  24. First Real test of the United Nations, 1950
  25. There'll Be Some Changes Made. Dem. 82nd Congress, Nov. 23, 1950
  26. The Chance to Settle the Korean War, 1950
  27. Speech on Separating Air Mail Subsidies from P.O. Dept., 1950
  28. Lame Duck Session, 1950
  29. Heber Edward's letter, 1950
  30. World Situation Presents Grave, New Questions, 1950
  31. Statement on Acheson on Dispersing Congressmen, 1950
  32. Old age pensioners and inflation, 1951
  33. Postal Rates (Deficit Unnecessary), 1951
  34. 38th Parallel, 1951
  35. Powers of Congress, 1951
  36. Truman's Refusal to Consult Congress on Sending Troops Over
  37. France, Long-time Friend of U.S., 1951
  38. The MacArthur Story, 1951
  39. MacArthur- Trade with Red Blockade, 1951
  40. Speech on Indian Appropriation Cut, 1951
  41. Certain Elements would Supplant U.S. Democracy with World Government, 1951
  42. Korea Again, 1951
  43. Oil Rights Safeguard St. Lawrence Seaway, 1951
  44. TVA Enemies Not on Record, 1951
  45. Administration Switches Policy on Formosa, 1951
  46. Fights -Slash in Soil Conservation Funds, 1951
  47. Administration adopting MacArthur's proposals, 1951
  48. U.S. Should Keep Out of Iran's Oil Squabble, 1951
  49. Burdick on Jamestown Reservoir, 1951
  50. U.S. Balances England's Budget, Now Own, 1951
  51. War Scare in U.S. , Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid? 1951
  52. Aim in Korea, 1951
  53. New Loan to Tito, 1951
  54. State of the Nation, 1950
  55. Time for Unity of Action, 1951
  56. Health & Hospital, 1951
  57. Too Hysteria-Minded? -Burdick Bills, 1951
  58. 18 year old draft, 1951
  59. GOP Progressives Losing Strength, 1951
  60. Price Controls, 1951
  61. England Backslides in UN, 1951
  62. Canada Attacks U.S. Unfairly in UN, 1951
  63. Freezing Indians should get Garrison Coal, 1951
  64. Letter re: Railroad Legislation, 1951
  65. Could the UN Still be Made to Work, 1951
  66. UN Should State Aim in Korea, 1951 Coal for N.D. Indians
  67. Republicans can't get together, 1951
  68. Amendment to require House approval on Treaties, 1951
  69. Will controls stop further inflation, 1951
  70. Consumer's Peril, 1951
  71. Tidelands Oil, 1951
  72. Congressional Investigations: Reservists, 1951
  73. We Pay Most UN Bills, 1951
  74. Wins Again -Election Prediction, 1951
  75. Congress to approve Increase in Government workers' pay,
  76. Free Press Threatened, 1951
  77. Republican need issue in next election, 1951
  78. Statement on Parcel Post, 1951
  79. Postal Rates, Pay Raises, 1951
  80. Crosser Bill (RR), 1951
  81. Federal Payroll, 1951
  82. Burdick Answers Labor Leaders, 1951
  83. Statement of Railroad Retirement, 1951
  84. Eisenhower's foreign policy, 1956
  85. Burdick's report on work of present Congress, 1951
  86. Burdick say Meatgrinder War in Korea, 1951
    Pamphlet: World Government

Box 32
Folder

  1. Burdick Sees Williston Booming, 1951
  2. British Empire's Fall, 1951
  3. Burdick opposes military men for President, 1951
  4. Burdick denounces Eisenhower, 1951
  5. Immediate Release, 1951
  6. Burdick's views on Truman and Vinson as Democratic Presidential candidates,1951
  7. Burdick Hits Engineers, 1951
  8. Burdick warns against Entanglements, 1951
  9. World War 111,1951
  10. Farmers, Labor Don't Trust COP according to Burdick, 1951
  11. Williams, James
  12. Statement on Universal Military Training, 1952
  13. Burdick Hits New UN Blow at Taxpayers, 1952
  14. Vatican Statement, 1952
  15. Burdick thinks volunteers should be listed on draft quota,
  16. Stassen's candidacy, 1952
  17. Eisenhower, 1952
  18. Breakdown in Truman's foreign policy, 1952
  19. General Hershey, 1952
  20. Question for Republican Presidential candidates, 1952
  21. U.S. hasn't enough steel for Schoolhouses, 1952
  22. Russia, 1952
  23. Statement on Bureau of Internal revenue Note in House, 195:
  24. U.S. of Europe should not be U.S. concern, 1952
  25. Food production hurt, 1952
  26. Burdick against U .M. T-. , 1952
  27. Home Loans to Veterans essential, 1952
  28. Hits sins of Indian Bureau, 1952
  29. House treatment of U.M.T., 1952
  30. Peace Talks, 1952
  31. Curtailment of Mail Service, 1952
  32. President's choice for Crime clean-up job, 1952
  33. Burdick hits bill against veterans' point preference, 1952
  34. Foreign Policy Issue in 1952 campaign, 1952
  35. Flag Day, 1952
  36. Presidential proclamation of steel, 1952
  37. President who will not run causes problems, 1952
  38. Civil Service, 1952
  39. United Nations, 1952
  40. Non-Partisan League campaign, 1952
  41. Bill to approve constitution of Puerto Rico, 1952
  42. Marines recognized by Congress, 1952
  43. Internationalists, 1952
  44. Intermeddling with Western Europe, 1952
  45. Dangers of World Government, 1952
  46. Korean Armistice, 1952
  47. The Russian Way of Life, 1952
  48. United Nations' stranglehold on U.S., 1952
  49. Nominations for President and Vice-President, 1952
  50. Internationalists, 1952
  51. Primary campaign is progressing, 1952
  52. Ownership of Land by the U.S., 1952
  53. Firm Economic Foundation, 1952
  54. U.S. Lends and Spends, 1952
  55. Useless spending, 1952
  56. Facts about Army Engineers, 1952
  57. Rent and Food Controls, 1952
  58. Grazing districts under investigation, 1952
  59. FEPC, 1952
  60. Congressional Salary Increase, 1952
  61. Inflation, 1952
  62. Socialized Medicine, 1952
  63. U.S. in Korea, 1952
  64. The NATO Buildup, 1952
  65. Republican party, 1952
  66. Gen. Eisenhower, 1952
  67. United Nations, 1952
  68. Gen. Eisenhower, 1952
  69. Bills in Congress, 1952
  70. Cabinet appointments, 1952
  71. News releases, 1951
  72. News releases, 1952
  73. News releases, 1953
  74. News releases, 1954
  75. News releases, 1955
  76. News releases, 1956
  77. News releases, 1957
  78. News releases, 1958
  79. Hoover Foreign Policy
  80. Census Report on Population of U.S., 1950
  81. An American Speaks -Communists
  82. Universal Military Training
  83. Oil Rights
  84. Honesty in Government
  85. Burdick urges for Jamestown Reservoir
  86. Morano's Story of Mr. Burdick
  87. Letter favoring U.M.T.
  88. How Laws are made
  89. Auto excise tax mail
  90. Prohibition- 18th Amendment
  91. Agriculture Miscellaneous, 1952-1956

Box 33
Folder

  1. Burdick's Magazine, 1935-36, 1949-50
  2. Congressman Comments, June 1950-1952
  3. Congressman Comments, 1953-1954
  4. Congressman Comments, 1955-1956
  5. Congressman Comments, 1957-1958
  6. Congressional Record, Burdick Speeches
  7. Correspondence-General, 1932-1958
  8. Correspondence-Newsletter/Magazine
  9. Certificates/ Records
  10. Educational Publications
  11. Farm Issues
  12. Pamphlets
  13. Political Campaign Materials, 1914-1956
  14. Speeches and Speech Data
  15. Writings- Historical
  16. Writings- Legislative

SEPARATIONS RECORD

Oversize File #1: Arnold Bakers, Inc. "Resolution" to Burdick to call off the "war" against "adulterated, store-bought bread."

 Original Donation  First Addition: 1901-1960
 Second Addition: 1881-1960  Third Addition: 1882-1883, 1949
 Fourth Addition: 1908-1950s  Fifth Addition: undated
 Sixth Addition: 1937  Seventh Addition: 1935

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