John Gillette, in his teaching, writings and lectures, made no secret of his sympathies with how farmers had been exploited by big business, and this was a tinderbox in North Dakota politics.
John Gillette, in his teaching, writings and lectures, made no secret of his sympathies with how farmers had been exploited by big business, and this was a tinderbox in North Dakota politics.
October is Archives Month, where archives around the country celebrate the records in their holdings and recognize the archivists who assess, collect, organize, preserve, and provide access to information of lasting value. The North Dakota State Archives is part of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Today we share a story of curator woes at the North Dakota archives.
In the early history of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, the offices were in the basement of the original Capitol. It wasn’t a lot of space, which soon became a problem. In 1913, Secretary Orin G. Libby of the State Historical Society, reported, “the crowded condition of the museum rooms… made it impossible for the Society to enter into any considerable collecting …”