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 (addition)

DATES: 1882-1883, 1949

SIZE: .25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Usher L. Burdick Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Edward Blackorby, Altoona, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1987 (Acc.#87-1570).

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

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The addition to the Usher L. Burdick Papers consists of photocopied material, including Burdick's 1949 brief regarding the legality of building Garrison Dam and correspondence written by Burdick's elder sister Ida. The letters are dated 1882-1883, and are written to Altie Eliza Baken who married the eldest Burdick son. The correspondence describes the Burdick family move to Dakota Territory and the lot many young women found themselves in during the late 19th century.

The Garrison brief is photocopied from the Senator Carl Hayden Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Eugene Burdick, Williston, North Dakota retains the original Ida Burdick correspondence.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 37
Folder

15. Burdick's Brief Concerning the Legal Authority for the Building of the Garrison Dam at Garrison, North Dakota, April, 1949.
16. Ida Burdick Correspondence, June 1882.
17. Ida Burdick Correspondence, July, 1882.
18. Ida Burdick Correspondence, August, 1882.
19. Ida Burdick Correspondence, September, 1882.
20. Ida Burdick Correspondence, June, 1883.
21. Ida Burdick Correspondence, Undated.

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