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

GRANT S. YOUMANS PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL#453 (addition)

DATES: 1919, 1946

SIZE: 2 folder

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Grant S. Youmans Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Curt Hanson, Assistant Archivist, on 22 July 2003 (Acc.#2003- 2642).

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

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Grant S. Youmans Papers consists of two photocopied items. The first is a 1919 pamphlet photocopied from the holdings of the Minnesota Historical Society. The pamphlet is entitled Townley and Youmans: the farmers want to know the truth about this Townley-Youmans incident. The farmers would like to know who is the crook! Dare you tell them Mr. Townley? The pamphlet regards the controversy surrounding the alleged bribe offered by Townley to Youmans.

Also included is a photocopy of Youmans’ published family history, The Yeamans-Yeomans- Youmans Genealogy. The book was originally published in 1946.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Townley and Youmans: the farmers want to know the truth about this Townley- Youmans incident. The farmers would like to know who is the crook! Dare you tell them Mr. Townley? Photocopied pamphlet: 1919
  2. The Yeamans-Yeomans-Youmans Genealogy by Grant S. Youmans, 1946

 Original Donation  First Addition: 1919, 1946

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