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

 RAYMOND C. STALEY PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #1472                        

DATES: 1923-1963

SIZE: .25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

 ACQUISITION: The Raymond C. Staley Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Raymond Staley, Jr., on May 21, 2003 (Acc .# 2004-2676).

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

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 Raymond C. Staley was born on December 13, 1888, in Carrollton, Missouri.   He was the son of Michael R. and Delitha (Coffey) Staley.   Raymond Staley graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1916.   Following graduation, he was employed as a teacher at Eagle County High School in Gypsum, Colorado, until 1918.   He was named principal in 1919, serving until 1925.   Later that year, he became a math instructor at Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas.   He graduated with a Master's degree from the University of Colorado in 1926.   He left his position in Kansas to become an Assistant Professor in math at the University of North Dakota in 1927.

Staley was promoted to Associate Professor in 1935.   He added a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1938.   His dissertation was entitled “Contributions to the Study of Non-Normal Difference Equations of the Second Order.”   In 1939, he was promoted to full Professor and named head of the Math Department.   He was an active member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Mathematical Society, Sigma Xi, the Mathematical Association of America, and the North Dakota Academy of Science.   He retired from UND in 1959.

Raymond Staley married Leah Tracy of Gypsum, Colorado, on September 7, 1919.   The couple had one son.   Raymond Staley died in Grand Forks on May 4, 1963.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Raymond C. Staley Papers date from 1923-1963, and consist of biographical material, UND correspondence, and contracts with both UND and the Eagle County High School.   Also included are materials related to Staley's activities with Phi Beta Kappa, salary statements from the College of Science Literature and Arts, and a warranty deed regarding land sold in Grand Forks County.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1  
Folder

1. Biographical Material: 1955 - 1963
2. University of North Dakota Correspondence 1932 - 1948
3. Teacher Contracts 1923 - 1959
4. Warranty Deed: June 20, 1931
5. Phi Beta Kappa: 1957
6. College of Science, Literature, and Arts Salary Statements: 1960

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