ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL#987
DATES: 1908-1984; bulk dates, 1933-1984
SIZE: 17.5 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The Lydia O. Jackson Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by her daughter, Elizabeth Fagerholt, in August of 1984 (Acc.#84-1327).
ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
Lydia O. Jackson was born near Grafton, North Dakota, March 5, 1902, to Karl Olaf and Inga Schelstad Svarte. Her father died when she was four years old and her mother remarried a year later to Edward Thompson. Lydia was the eldest of eight children. Her family moved frequently during her childhood, living in various places in North Dakota or Minnesota and one winter in Norway. As she was about to enter high school, her family moved to the Canadian Northwest, leaving Lydia behind to complete her high school education. She confessed that this event had a profound impact on her, leaving her to yearn for home and family. After graduating from high school in Grafton, she taught in a rural school for a short time before marrying Arthur Jackson, December 20, 1920. She then settled down to become a homemaker on a 280 acre farm near Grafton.
Lydia O. Jackson began writing poetry seriously in the early 1930's, recording her poem "Home", November 9, 1934, in the first of her thirty-four notebooks of poetry. Her lonely high school years and her longing for a home life influenced the themes of much of her poetry. Her 1183 poems reflect her thoughts of her home and family, her role as homemaker and mother, and the goodness she saw both in people and nature.
She is the author of one book of poetry, Selected Poems published in 1962 and two booklets of poems, Rhymes For Every Season, 1943, and Pardon My Gaff, 1965. In 1967, she compiled a booklet of peace poems entitled, A Peace Garden Of Verses which contains her poetry and the poems of eight other North Dakota Pen Women poets. Her poetry also appears in over two hundred periodicals, newspapers and poetry anthologies, including such well known magazines as Ideals and Guideposts.
She was a member of various poetry organizations, including: the Fargo Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, Midwest Federation of Chaparral Poets, American Poetry League, American Poets Fellowship Society, Idaho Poets and Writers Guild, World Poetry Day Association, World Poetry Society, and Centro Studi E Scambi Internazionali. All of these organizations published a poetry magazine to which Lydia was a regular contributor.
In recognition of her poetry, Lydia was the recipient of several awards: the National Farmers Union Writers Award, 1950; Bronze Medal, 1965, and the Silver Medal, 1967 from Centro Studi E Scambi Internazionali; the fifth Poet Laureate of American Poets Fellowship Society, 1972- 1973; Co-Associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota, 1975, Co-Poet Laureate, 1979, and Poet Laureate of North Dakota, 1983. She is also included in the International Who's Who in Poetry, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the Midwest, and the Dictionary of International Biography.
Lydia Jackson was a voracious reader believing it was essential to feed her mind as well as her body. To further this need, she belonged to the Sigma Rho Study Club. Additionally she was a member of the Riverside Women's Club, the Ladies Aid Society of the Federated Church of Grafton, Order of the Eastern Star, and served as treasurer of School District 22 from 1931 to 1962 and treasurer of the Walsh County School Officers Association from 1945 to 1962.
Lydia O. Jackson died April 3, 1984.
The Lydia O. Jackson Papers consist primarily of autobiographical material, correspondence, manuscripts, and publications containing her poetry. While the papers date from approximately 1911, the bulk of the collection dates from 1933 to 1984. Also included in the collection is a series which contains pedigree information on John P. Jackson's, Lydia's father-in-law, Holstein cattle herd and the sale of the herd in 1925.
A variety of information can be elicited from the collection which in turn illuminates both the strengths and weaknesses of the Jackson collection. The papers reveal the picture of an intellectually curious and industrious farm homemaker and poet from the 1930's through the early 1980's. As social history, Lydia Jackson's correspondence and poetry detail the values held dear by many women of the time period, whether rural or urban, devotion and duty to family and home.
The autobiographical material describes only briefly the particulars of her life. It instead lists her literary achievements, a task she did almost yearly since 1951 to maintain her membership in the Fargo branch of the National League of American Pen Women. The short autobiographical notes she wrote for Who's Who entries also list her achievements.
Insights into Jackson's daily life and thought come mainly from a reading of her round robin correspondence with several poet friends across the country, none of whom she ever met. This correspondence lasted twenty-eight years, from 1943 to 1971. Additionally, two notebooks contain copies of letters written to relatives during the Depression. They describe living and farming conditions on the Jackson farm besides mentioning the groups and activities Lydia participated in off the farm. The collection, however, contains little other information regarding her club activities. Several of her essays are also autobiographical in nature.
Secondly, the collection reveals the publishing and editorial world of the small poetry magazine and newspaper poetry column, both of which published Lydia Jackson's poetry. Correspondence between Jackson and poetry editors describe the difficulties of maintaining the continued publications of these small magazines.
Social historians have recently addressed the question of women's friendships in the nineteenth century. Lydia Jackson, twentieth century woman of rural North Dakota, maintained many lasting friendships via pen and paper between not only poet friends, often publishing in the same poetry magazines, but also her poetry editors. Particularly noteworthy are the letters from Helen Lange, 1958 to 1984, editor of "The Lighter Side", a Chicago newspaper poetry column. These are located in the enclosure folders following Jackson's poetry notebooks.
Thirdly, the Jackson papers only minimally delineate Lydia's intellectual process of writing poetry. Several scraps of paper is all that is available to describe the process of rough draft to finished piece of poetry, although in one essay she reflects on various forms of poetry and illustrated each form with an example of her own poetry. Her round robin correspondence also mentions her excitement of attempting new forms of poetry and her successes and failures.
The collection addresses briefly the problems poets encounter in determining when and how to obtain assistance in publishing their poetry. Writer's Digest gives some insight, besides an occasional article in the poetry periodicals, in particular, Writer's Notes and Quotes, 1946. The correspondence with Ideals is somewhat revealing as to the type of poetry a larger well known magazine accepted or rejected. Lydia Jackson had seventy seven poems accepted for Ideals' files and thirteen published.
Lastly, the correspondence series consists primarily of communications from poetry editors whose magazines are not a part of the collection. Included here also is the correspondence from farm journals, located in oversize folders, which published Jackson's poetry. An interesting exception to the above are the letters from Hilario and Rosalia Nieves, Culion Sanitarium, the Philippines., sponsored by the Jacksons, They vividly describe life in a leprosarium.
Folder 1. Autobiographies, 1945-1982
2. Correspondence with Relatives, 1933-1934
3. Correspondence with Relatives, 1934-1937
4. Round Robin Correspondence: with, Dorothy Bartlett, Veda Burnaugh Collins,
May Fair, Remelda Nielson Gibson, Grace Smith, Olive Tidwell, Alice Waring,
1943-1947
5. Round Robin Correspondence, 1948-1952
6. Round Robin Correspondence, 1953-1957
7. Round Robin Correspondence, 1958-1962
8. Round Robin Correspondence, 1963-1964
9. Miscellaneous Round Robin Enclosures
10. Manuscript - Round Robin Correspondence, 1943-1958
11. Manuscript - Round Robin Correspondence, 1959-1971
12. Newspaper Clippings, 1970-1984
A. Manuscripts--A portion of this subseries contains thirty-four notebooks chronologically arranged. The enclosures from each notebook have been placed in separate folders which in turn are arranged directly behind their corresponding notebook.
Folder 13. Poems, Fourth Grade and Age 14
14. Poetry Notebook 1, 1934-1942
15. Poetry Notebook 1 Enclosures
16. Poetry Notebook 2, 1942-1943
17. Poetry Notebook 2 Enclosures
18. Poetry Notebook 3, 1943
19. Poetry Notebook 3 Enclosures
20. Poetry Notebook 4, 1944
21. Poetry Notebook 4 Enclosures
22. Poetry Notebook 5, 1944-1945
23. Poetry Notebook 5 Enclosures
24. Poetry Notebook 6, 1945
25. Poetry Notebook 6 Enclosures
26. Poetry Notebook 7, 1945-1946
27. Poetry Notebook 7 Enclosures
28. Poetry Notebook 8, 1946-1947
29. Poetry Notebook 8 Enclosures
30. Poetry Notebook 9, 1947-1948
31. Poetry Notebook 9 Enclosures
32. Poetry Notebook 10, 1948-1949
33. Poetry Notebook 10 Enclosures
34. Poetry Notebook 11, 1949-1950
35. Poetry Notebook 11 Enclosures
36. Poetry Notebook 12, 1951-1952
37. Poetry Notebook 12 Enclosures
38. Poetry Notebook 13, 1952-1953
39. Poetry Notebook 13 Enclosures
40. Poetry Notebook 14, 1954-1955
41. Poetry Notebook 14 Enclosures
Folder 1. Poetry Notebook 15, 1955-1956
2. Poetry Notebook 15 Enclosures
3. Poetry Notebook 16, 1956-1957
4. Poetry Notebook 16 Enclosures
5. Poetry Notebook 17, 1957-1958
6. Poetry Notebook 17 Enclosures
7. Poetry Notebook 18, 1959
8. Poetry Notebook 18 Enclosures
9. Poetry Notebook 19, 1960
10. Poetry Notebook 19 Enclosures
11. Poetry Notebook 20, 1961
12. Poetry Notebook 20 Enclosures
13. Poetry Notebook 21, 1961-1962
14. Poetry Notebook 21 Enclosures
15. Poetry Notebook 22, 1962-1963
16. Poetry Notebook 22 Enclosures
17. Poetry Notebook 23, 1963-1964
18. Poetry Notebook 23 Enclosures
19. Poetry Notebook 24, 1965
20. Poetry Notebook 24 Enclosures
21. Poetry Notebook 25, 1965-1966
22. Poetry Notebook 25 Enclosures
23. Poetry Notebook 26, 1966-1968
24. Poetry Notebook 26 Enclosures
Folder 1. Poetry Notebook 27, 1968-1969
2. Poetry Notebook 27 Enclosures
3. Poetry Notebook 27 Enclosures
4. Poetry Notebook 28, 1970-1971
5. Poetry Notebook 28 Enclosures
6. Poetry Notebook 29, 1972-1973
7. Poetry Notebook 29 Enclosures
8. Poetry Notebook 30, 1974-1975
9. Poetry Notebook 30 Enclosures
10. Poetry Notebook 31, 1976-1977
11. Poetry Notebook 31 Enclosures
12. Poetry Notebook 32, 1977-1979
13. Poetry Notebook 32 Enclosures
14. Poetry Notebook 33, 1979-1981
15. Poetry Notebook 33 Enclosures
16. Poetry Notebook 34, 1982-1983
17. Poetry Notebook 34 Enclosures
Folder 1. Manuscript - Selected Poems, 1962
2. Manuscript - A Peace Garden of Verses, 1967
3. Manuscript - More Gaff, no date
4. Manuscript - Homespun Verse, no date
5. Manuscript - Sense and Nonsense, no date
6. Manuscript - Roberta, no date
7. Manuscript - When Childhood Was In Flower, no date
8. Manuscript - Doggerel Rhymes, no date
9. Poetry - Rough Drafts
B. Published
10. Rhymes For Every Season, 1943
11. Rhymes For Every Season Publication
12. Selected Poems, 1962
13. Selected Poems, Publication and Distribution
14. Pardon My Gaff, 1965
15. Pardon My Gaff, Publication and Distribution
16. A Peace Garden of Verses, 1967
17. A Peace Garden of Verses, Publication and Distribution
18. "Prayer of a Homemaker", (1944-1945?)
19. "Prayer of a Homemaker", Publication and Distribution
20. Poems Honoring Dignitaries, 1947-1965
21. Handmade Poetry Folders of Published Poetry
22. Scrapbook - Published Poetry, Poetry Contests, and Memberships, 1940-1945
23. Enclosures - Scrapbook - Published Poetry, Poetry Contests and Memberships
24. Poetry Contest, 1942-1946
25. Scrapbook - Clippings of Published Poetry, 1941-1967
26. Published Poetry - Clippings, 1949, 1961-1984
27. Clippings - Poetry and Club Activities, 1950-1955
28. Poetry Clippings Sent to Poet Pen Pals
A. Essays and Articles
29. Essays - Articles, 1955-1963
B. Minute Sermons
30. Notebook - Minute Sermons and Poems, 1933-1941
31. Minute Sermons, Depression Years
Folder 1. Notebook - Minute Sermons and Poems, approx. 1930's-early 1940's
2. Writing Techniques and Minute Sermons Regarding Success, 1938- 1944
3. Minute Sermons, 1945-1949
C. Book Reviews
4. Book Reviews, 1932-1971
5. Book Review Notebook, 1962
6. Book, Review Notebook, 1963
7. Book Review Notebook, 1964
8. Book Review Notebook, 1968-1969
9. Notebook Listing Books Lydia O. Jackson Read, 1940-1957
10. Books Lydia O. Jackson Read and Heard, (?)-1979
11. Notebook-Clippings of Published Minute Sermons, Essays and Articles, Book
Reviews, 1932-1975
12. Enclosures from Notebook-Clippings of Published Minute Sermons, Essays and
Articles, Book Reviews, 1932-1975
D. Contest Entries
13. Contest Entries, 1948-1972
14. Contest Entries Correspondence, 1931-1972
E. Songs
15. Songs, 1917, 1947-1967
A. Books (Xeroxed title page, verve, and pages where Lydia O. Jackson's poetry
appear)
16. Books Containing Lydia O. Jackson's Poetry, 1937-1981
B. Periodicals. The periodicals are alphabetically arranged. Correspondence with the
editor of a periodical has been placed in separate folders. These are arranged directly
behind the folder of their corresponding periodical
17. Listing of Periodicals and Newspapers Containing Lydia O. Jackson's Poetry
18. Poetry Associations - Memberships, 1943-1983
19. Adventures In Poetry Magazine, Stella Woodall, ed., 1980
20. Adventures In Poetry Magazine, 1980-1981
21. Adventures in Poetry Magazine, Correspondence, 1975-1981
22. The American Courier, Lewis DeHart, ed., April, 1941-July, 1942
23. The American Courier, August, 1942-April, 1943
24. The American Courier, May, 1943-Febuary, 1944
Folder 1. The American Courier, March, 1944-December 1944
2. The American Courier, January, 1945-September, 1945
3. The American Courier, October, 1945 July, 1946
4. The American Courier, August, 1946-June, 1947
5. The American Courier, July, 1947-June, 1948
6. The American Courier, July, 1948-June, 1949
7. The American Courier, July, 1949-June, 1950
8. The American Courier, July, 1950-June, 1951
9. The American Courier, August, 1951-September, 1952
10. The American Courier, October, 1952-July, 1953
11. The American Courier, August, 1953-November, 1954
12. The American Courier, December, 1954-January, 1956
13. The American Poet, American Poets Fellowship Society, Stella Craft Tremble,
ed., 1963-1974
14. The American Poet, 1975-1981 Ram-The Letter Box, 1982-1984
15. The American Poet Correspondence, 1963-1983
Folder 1. American Poetry League Bulletin, 1955-1971
2. American Poetry League Bulletin, 1972-1977
3. American Poetry League Bulletin, 1977-1979
4. American Poetry League Roster, 1954 and History, 1964
5. American Poetry League Correspondence, 1951-1980
6. American Poetry League Clipping Service, Correspondence, 1951- 1982
7. American Poetry Magazine, Clara Prince, ed., 1945-1946
8. Bay Shore Breeze, Charles and Irene Cloos, eds., 1966-1967
9. Bay Shore Breeze, Correspondence, 1965-1966
10. Bouquets of Poems, Centro Studi E Scambi Internazionali, pub., 1964-1976
11. Bouquets of Poems, Correspondence, 1965-1983
12. Centro Studi E Scambi Internazionali Newsletter, 1966-1976
13. Centro Studi E Scambi Internazionali Newsletter, 1977-1981
14. California Chromatones, Lyra LuVaile, ed., 1946
15. Candor Magazine, Elvin Wagner, ed., 1941, 1945
16. The Chipmunk, Estelle Trust, ed., 1945 e
17. The Country Bard, Clarence Sharp, ed., 1941-1944
18. The American Bard, Rexford and Marjorie Sharp, eds., 1946-1952
19. The American Bard, Rexford Sharp, ed., 1954-1957; Edith Hope Genee, ed.,
1960-1964
20. The American Bard, 1965- 1967
21. The American Bard, 1967, 1971
22. The American Bard, Correspondence, 1945-1966
23. Creative Writer, Phillip Marsden, ed., 1955
24. Down Ink Lane, Mary Louise Kitsen, ed., 1966
25. Down Ink Lane, Correspondence, 1965-1967
Folder 1. Driftwood and Seashells, Mary Gilbert, ed., 1946-1950
2. Driftwood and Seashells, Correspondence, 1945-1950
3. Echoes, Dora Tompkins, Florence Unangst, eds., 1965-1966
4. Embers, Ted Snell, ed., 1944
5. Flower Show Booklets' 1954-1963 and Clippings, 1954-1958
6. Flower Show Booklets' 1964-1966
7. Food For Thot, Esther York Burkholder, ed., 1958-1984. 1954
8. Food For Thot, Correspondence, 1962-1983
9. Ford Farming, Tractor and Implement Division, Ford Motor Co., 1954
10. Fresh Furrows, North Dakota Farmers Union Writers Project, Poetry Awards,
1953-1962
11. From Sea to Sea in Song, Yearbook Anthology of American Poetry League,
1948-1960
12. From Sea to Sea in Song, 1961-1965
13. From Sea to Sea in Song, 1966-1968
14. From Sea to Sea in Song, 1969-1971
15. From Sea to Sea in Song, 1972-1976
16. Fun-Fab, Nan Houston, ed., 1958
17. Fun-Fab, Correspondence, 1958
18. The Furrow, John Deere Co., 1949
19. The Garret, Flozari Rockwood, ed., 1942
20. The Gold Star Family Album, Phyllis Hobe, ed., 1973
21. Guideposts, Norman Vincent Peale and Ruth Peale, eds., 1959- 1960, 1967
22. Guideposts, Correspondence, 1958-1971
23. The Guild, Helen Gee Woods, ed., 1961-1968
24. The Guild, William Moyer, ed., 1970-1972
25. The Guild, Correspondence, 1960-1970
26. Haiku Highlights, J & C Transcripts, pub., 1966
27. Harbor Lights, Audrey Malone, ed., 1962-1981
Folder 1. Healthways, American Chiropractic Association, 1978
2. Ideals, Van B. Hooper, ed., 1961, 1963, 1969
3. Ideals, Maryjane Hooper Tonn, ed., 1974, 1976
4. Ideals, Colleen Gonring, ed., 1981-1982; Through the Kitchen Door, Ideals,
pub., 1966
5. Ideals, Correspondence, 1955-1964
6. Ideals, Correspondence, 1965-1982
7. Inner Life of the New Order, Sun Center, pub., 1944
8. Ladies Camp Program, North Dakota Farmers' Union, 1956-1957
9. Ladies Delight Magazine, Nola Carroll, ed., 1967-1968
10. Library Notes and News, North Dakota State Library Commission, 1967
11. The Living Quill, Grace Smith, ed., 1944-1945
12. The Living Quill, Correspondence, 1944-1946
13. Mary's Scrapbook of Poetry and Beautiful Things, Mary Griffen, ed.,
1969-1972
14. Memorabilia, Geneva Booker and Florence Wray, eds., 1965
15. Midwest Chaparral, Mildred Nye Dewey, ed., 1951-1970
16. Midwest Chaparral, 1971-1983
17. Midwest Chaparral, Correspondence and Bulletins, 1942-1982
18. Modern Bards, Flozari Rockwood, ed., 1946
19. The Muse, Mildred Howell, ed., 1961
20. National Pen Pal Magazine, Stephen Hollister, ed., 1942-1944
21. New Breaking, North Dakota Farmers' Union Department of Education,
1944-1945
22. North Dakota Clubwoman, 1944, 1950, 1961-1973
23. North Dakota Quarterly, 1962
24. North Dakota Teacher, 1964
25. The Notebook, Flozari Rockwood, ed., 1942
26. Now, Lucille Jackson, ed., 1944
27. Pacific Breeze, Charles Cloos, ed.., 1966
28. Palmetto Voices, Irez Franck, ed., 1951
29. The Penguin, Alice Waring, ed., 1948-1949
30. The Pen Woman, National League of American Pen Women, 1951-1966
31. The Pen Woman, Correspondence, 1964-1981
Folder 1. The Posey Book, Helen Linham, ed., 1944-1948
2. Poet, World Poetry Society, Dr. Krishna Srinivas, ed., 1970-1975
3. Poet, 1976-1981
4. Poet, 1982-1984
5. Poetry Prevue, Florence Unangst, ed., 1968-1972
6. The Poet's Guild, Helen Gee Woods, ed., 1972
7. Prairie Poet, Stella Craft Tremble, ed., 1965-1967
8. Prairie Wings, North Dakota Poetry Society, 1939-1945
9. Prairie Wings, 1946-1947
10. Prairie Wings, Correspondence, 1944, 1952
11. Premier Poets, Anthology of World Poetry Society, 1975-1980
12. Premier Poets, 1981-1984
13. World Poetry Society, Correspondence, 1968, 1978-1984
14. The Provoker, John H. Tobe, ed., 1972
15. Reader's Fair, C.G. Norcom, ed., 1946
16. Reader's Fair, Correspondence, 1946-1950
17. Reflections, Mrs. J. Emmett Hamilton, ed., 1945-1953
18. Reflections, Correspondence, 1945-1948
19. The Saint, Florence Unangst, ed., 1966-1968
20. Sanctuary, Viola Colarocco, ed., 1942-1945
21. Sanctuary, Correspondence, 1943-1947
22. Scimitar and Song, Lura McNair, ed., 1941-1943
23. Seydell Quarterly, Mildred Seydell, ed., 1953-1960
24. Seydell Quarterly, Correspondence, 1959-1967
25. The Silver Lining, Mrs. W.J. Wallace, ed., 1944
26. Songs of the Chaparral, Margaret Heinrich, ed., 1980
27. Songs of the Chaparral, Correspondence, 1978-1984
Folder 1. The Step Ladder, Order of Bookfellows, pub., 1944-1947
2. The Swordsman Review, Harry Theile Klein, pub., 1967-1969
3. Treasured Verses, Paul Warp, ed., 1962-1968
4. Treasured Verses, Correspondence, 1961-1966
5. Warp's Christmas Messenger, Warp Pub., 1961, 1966
6. The What-Not, Eleanor Totman, ed., 1943
7. Wildfire, Paul Heard, ed., 1944
8. World Poetry Day Magazine, Emma S. Wood, ed., 1970
9. Writer's Notes and Quotes, Dirk and Evelyn Johnson, eds., 1964
10. Writer's Digest, 1962-1963
11. Notations of Submissions to Periodicals, 1977-1983
12. Payment Receipts for Published Poetry, 1935, 1954-1975
13. Poetry Booklets Published by Round Robin Friends, 1957-1975
14. Published Poetry Booklets of Poets in the American Poets Fellowship
Society, 1975-1980
15. Autographed Poetry Booklets and Cards
16. Autographs of Poets and Politicians
17. North Dakota Poets, Clippings, 1939-1966
18. "B", 1951-1964
19. "C", 1947-1973
20. Veda B. Collins, 1942-1943; 1972-1973
21. "D", 1962, 1975-1976
22. The Dakota Farmer, Correspondence, 1952-1953, 1961-1967
23. "F", 1950, 1956
24. Fargo Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, 1949-1955
25. Fargo Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, 1956-1975
26. The Farmer, Correspondence, 1947-1964
27. Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association, 1966-1968
28. "G", 194?, 1961-1967, 1971
29. Remelda Gibson, 1944-1984
30. "H", 1965-1971
31. International Writers League, 1950-1951
32. "J", 1965, 1984
33. "K", 1951-1968
34. KFJM Radio Station, 1954-1973
35. Koret Living Library, 1982
36. "L", 1968-1976
37. "M", 1945-1969
38. "N", 1961-1974
39. National Farmers Union, 1951
40. National Live Stock Producer, Correspondence, 1952
41. Hilario and Rosalia Nieves, Culim Sanitarium, Philippines, 1965-1983
42. North Dakota Farmers Union, Correspondence, 1944-1966
43. North Dakota Library Commission, 1964-1968
44. Order of Eastern Star, 1978-1979
45. "P", 1951
46. Paul E. Pross Jr., 1949
47. "R", 1944-1975
48. "S", 1965-1970
49. "W", 1964-1976
50. Young Publications, 1962-1964
51. Hubert Zlotos, 1948
52. Regent for North Dakota Division of Midwest Federation Chaparral Poets,
1944-1954
53. North Dakota Farmers Union Writers Project Awards, 1945-1964
54. National Farmers Union Award, 1950
55. Achievement Reports to the Fargo Branch of the National League of American
Pen Women, 1949-1983
56. International Who's Who in Poetry Entries, 1958-1975
57. Who's Who of American Women Entries, 1959-1984
Folder 1. World Poetry Day Recognition, 1960-1971
2. Who's Who in the Midwest Entries, 1961-1975
3. Centro Studi E Scambi Internazionali Medal of Honor and Diploma of Merit,
1965-1970
4. American Poets Fellowship Society Poet Laureate, 1972-1973
5. North Dakota Poet Laureate - Legislative Resolutions, 1975-1983
6. North Dakota Poet Laureate - Congratulatory Letters, 1975-1983
7. North Dakota Poet Laureate - Clippings, 1963, 1975-1983
8. Henry Martinson Clippings, 1978-1981
9. Awards and Prizes - Clippings, 1944-1976
10. Pocket Herd Register, 1908-1917
11. Herd Register, 1912-1926
12. Herd Register Enclosures, 1910-1935
13. John P. Jackson & Son Herd Sale, 1925
14. Applications for Transfer Book, 1927-1930
15. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America Publications, 1921-1933
Folder 1. The Dakota Farmer, 1952-1966
2. The Dakota Farmer, 1967-1970
3. The Farmer, 1969
4. Fletcher's Farming, 1941-1943
5. National Live Stock Producer, 1952
6. North Dakota Union Farmer, 1955-1956
7. The Think Tank, 1944-1946
8. Holstein Cattle Pedigree Papers, 1916-1928
Folder 1. Scrapbook 1
2. Scrapbook 2
These photographs were separated from the collection and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection.
OGL#987-1 Parents and Grandparents
OGL#987-2 Lydia in Her Youth
OGL#987-3 Lydia and Husband, Arthur, 1920, 1958-1970
OGL#987-4 Lydia and Arthur, 1979-1982
OGL#987-5 Lydia's Children
OGL#987-6 Lydia's Granddaughter, Roberta
OGL#987-7 Lydia's Grafton Home
OGL#987-8 Awards, Clubs and Miscellaneous
OGL#987-9 Poet Friends and Trip West
OGL#987-10 Holstein Cattle
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| Second Addition: 1949-1979 | Third Addition: 1936-1939 |
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