ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #27
DATES: 1902-1959; BULK DATES, 1923-1947
SIZE: 2.5 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The Vernice Aldrich Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. The deposit date is unavailable.
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
Born July 27, 1901 on a farm near Kempton, North Dakota, Vernice Aldrich was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Aldrich. Vernice’s parents farmed and owned the Aldrich Elevator Company in Kempton, where they were pioneers. Vernice attended Central High School in Grand Forks and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1923 with a B.A. in English. She earned an M.A. in Geography from U.N.D. in 1924, and a diploma in voice from Wesley College in 1935. While at U.N.D., she was affiliated with Chi Omega, a social sorority, and with the following academic societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Pi Zeta, and Mortar Board. From 1925 to 1930, she served as editor of Wheat Grower, the monthly periodical of the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association. In 1931 she became the registrar for Wesley College, and was a faculty member at U.N.D. during World War II. Vernice authored numerous articles about North Dakota politics, agriculture, and history. She was active in several Grand Forks clubs: Business and Professional Women’s Club, Quota Club, the Y.W.C.A., and the Thursday Music Club, for which she served as President. She was also active in local Democratic politics. She died in a Grand Forks hospital on January 25, 1959.
The Vernice Aldrich Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, programs, pamphlets, minutes, reports, articles, manuscripts, periodicals, newspaper clippings, and photographs, primarily dating from 1923 to 1947, and arranged chronologically.
General correspondence (1923-1947) concerns the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association and Wesley College, but also includes personal matters. Chi Omega correspondence (1922-1945) concerns the Psi Gamma Chapter of Chi Omega and includes Sigma Alpha Iota Yearbook, 1924-1926.
Army Air Force Program folders include syllabi and other materials pertaining to its Geography curriculum. Agricultural Bulletins and Reports (1920-1945) include: U.S. Department of Commerce publications (bulk from 1928); newspaper clippings from Wheat Grower; Pooling for Profits (North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, July 1928); Merchandise!: You, too, can solve your Marketing Problems by Commodity Cooperative Marketing (North Dakota – Montana Wheat Growers Association, Sept. 15, 1929); Cooperative Marketing (1920) by Aaron Sapiro; notes on Gov. Frank O. Lowden’s speech at Crookston, MN on Feb. 10, 1926.
Personal papers (1923-1959) include photographs and Christmas cards. Articles, manuscripts, and poetry by Vernice Aldrich (1926-1929) concern North Dakota history, agriculture, and cooperatives. Articles, manuscripts, and papers by others (1920-1923) include J. Elmer Switzer, The Geography of North Dakota (Ph.D. diss., Clark University, June 1923).
Brochures, booklets, and newspapers include: materials published by the National Geographic Society and various Protestant churches; a cloth map of the U.S. (1935); James Montgomery, Nothing but the Truth: A Comedy in Three Acts (New York: Samuel French, 1920). Isis E. Campbell’s folder contains his school papers and newspaper clippings. Other folders pertaining to U.N.D. and Wesley College include materials on Panhellenic, the Philymnian Club, and the University Club. Presidential Campaign and Inauguration Material (1928-1929) include pamphlets and flyers on the campaigns of Frank O. Lowden and Herbert Hoover, and press releases issued by Vernice, who covered the 1929 Washington, D.C. inauguration. The record, stock, ledger, and transfer book for the Aldrich Elevator Company (Kempton, N.D.) contains stock certificates and records (1902-1903).
Folder 1. General Correspondence (July 21, 1923 – June 30, 1927). Bulk pertains to
North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, includes issues of The Co-operator:
Better Grain Marketing (Minneapolis, MN); February 1, 1926 (vol. 1: no. 25),
April 1, 1926 (vol. 1: no. 28).
2. General Correspondence (June 30, 1927 – March 20, 1930). Includes materials
from the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation,
December 6-11, 1929, and minutes from the Northwest Grain Association
meeting, Grand Forks, March 20, 1930.
3. General Correspondence (March 21, 1930 – December 31, 1930). Includes
article written by Vernice, “The Co-operative Farmer and the Federal Farm
Board” and a transcript of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
of the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, pertaining to “Investigates
[sic] and Answers [to] Charges Made by F. W. Copeland and Associates”
(Grand Forks, N.D., October 18-20, 1927).
4. General Correspondence (January 2, 1931 – January 30, 1935). Includes
correspondence pertaining to Wesley College.
5. General Correspondence (February 3, 1935 – March 15, 1938). Includes
correspondence pertaining to Wesley College.
6. General Correspondence (April 8, 1938 – March 20, 1940). Includes
correspondence pertaining to Wesley College.
7. General Correspondence (March 20, 1940 – November 3, 1941). Includes
correspondence pertaining to Wesley College.
8. General Correspondence (November 4, 1941 – April 23, 1947). Includes
correspondence pertaining to Wesley College.
9. Chi Omega Correspondence (1922-1932). Includes correspondence pertaining
to the Psi Gamma Chapter of Chi Omega and the national organization, and
Sigma Alpha Iota Yearbook, 1924-1926 (Ann Arbor Press).
10. Chi Omega Correspondence (1933-1937).
11. Chi Omega Correspondence (1938-1939).
12. Chi Omega Correspondence (1940-1945).
13. Chi Omega - financial records, bills, receipts, budgets, and plans
(1922-1945). Folder partially removed to University Publications
(September 25, 1981).
14. Chi Omega – By-laws, meetings, minutes, exams, alumni list. Folder
partially removed to University Publications (September 25, 1981). Includes
Chi Omega examinations (1932, 1938) and “By-Laws of the Gamma Psi House
Association of the Chi Omega Fraternity.”
15. Army Air Forces Program at U.N.D. – Geography Correspondence(1942-1946).
16. Army Air Forces Program at U.N.D. – Syllabi and Geography Misc.(1942-1946).
17. Undated Correspondence.
18. Administrative Committee Minutes.
Folder removed to University Publications (September 25, 1981).
19. Agricultural Bulletins and Reports (1921 – 1945). Bulk is Department of
Commerce publications (1928). Also includes newspaper clippings from Wheat
Grower (Grand Forks, N.D.), and copies of Pooling for Profits (North
Dakota Wheat Growers Association, July 1928) and Merchandise!: You, too,
can solve your Marketing Problem by Commodity Cooperative Marketing(North
Dakota – Montana Wheat Growers Association, September 15, 1929).
20. Agricultural Bulletins and Reports (1920 – 1935). Includes Aaron Sapiro,
Cooperative Marketing (1920) and “Notes on Governor Frank O. Lowden’s
Speech at Crookston, Feb. 10, 1926.”
Folder 1. Aldrich, Vernice. Personal and Miscellaneous (1923-1959). Includes
photographs, Christmas cards, and obituary.
2. Articles, Manuscripts, and Poetry by Vernice Aldrich (1926-1929). Concerns
North Dakota history, agriculture, and cooperatives.
3. Articles, Manuscripts, and Poetry by Vernice Aldrich (1926-1929). Concerns
North Dakota history, agriculture, and cooperatives.
4. Articles, Manuscripts, and Papers by others (1920-1923). Includes J. Elmer
Switzer, The Geography of North Dakota (Ph.D. diss., Clark University,
June 1923), p. 1-101.
5. Articles, Manuscripts, and Papers by others (1923). Includes J. Elmer
Switzer, The Geography of North Dakota (Ph.D. diss., Clark University,
June 1923), p. 102-197.
6. Brochures, Booklets, and Newspapers. Includes materials published by the
National Geographic Society and various Protestant churches; a cloth map
of the U.S. (1935); James Montgomery, Nothing but the Truth: A Comedy in
Three Acts (New York: Samuel French, 1920).
7. Isis E. Campbell (School work, 1943-1944); Newspaper Clippings.
8. Farmers & Mechanics Land Bank, Farm & Home Financial Records(1921-1947).
9. Government Statistics by Counties and States (1925-1928).
10. Mathematical Statistic Notebook Material, McNary-Haugen Bill Comment,
Music Survey. Includes pamphlets and newspaper clipping relating to
agriculture, primarily from 1927 North Dakota newspapers.
11. Panhellenic (1929); Philymnian Club of Wesley College (Voice Department
members). Folder partially removed to University Publications
(September 29, 1981).
12. Presidential Campaign and Inauguration Material (1928-1929). Includes
campaign pamphlets, flyers, ribbons, etc. relating to presidential
candidates Frank O. Lowden and Herbert Hoover. Inaugural materials include
two press releases authored by Vernice, who attended the event in
Washington, D.C. in February and March, 1929.
13. University Club (1943); University-Faculty Grades (1942-1945). Folder
partially removed to University Publications (September 29, 1981).
14. University Miscellaneous (1924-1940). Folder partially removed to
University Publications (September 29, 1981). Includes pamphlets and
programs from U.N.D. events, and miscellaneous materials from other
universities.
15. Wesley College (1929-1941); North Dakota Wheat Growers Association. Folder
partially removed to University Publications (September 29, 1981). Includes
programs and pamphlets from Wesley College, and Articles of Incorporation
and Constitution and By-Laws of the North Dakota Wheat Growers Association,
Incorporated and Wheat Grower 8:3 (Grand Forks, N.D., October 1, 1930).
16. Record, Stock, Ledger, & transfer Book for Aldrich Elevator Company
(1902-1903). Edgar M. Aldrich, Vernice’s father, was President of the
Aldrich Elevator Company, located at Kempton, North Dakota.
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