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Bibliography of Andrew Simek

ajsimek — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:07:24 CST

Secondary Works

Andrews, John. Remembrance in Stone, http://www.ndsu.edu/heritage/stone/bjornson.htm (Accessed December 2008).

Author Unkown. "Chuck Suchy New Album Unraveling Heart - Recordings. http://www.chucksuchy.com/site/static.php?page+recordings (Accessed November 2008).

Author Unknown. Oliver County, 1885-1985 Oliver County, ND: Oliver County Historical Society, 1985.

Besley, Joanna. "At the Intersection of History and Memory: Monumnets in Queensland." Limina 11 (2005): 38.

Elliot, Cecil D. "Monuments and Monumentality." Journal of Architectural Education 18, 4 (1964): 51-53.

Hannan, Monica and Cliff Naylor. Dakota Day Trips: Discovering North Dakota's Hidden Treasures." Bismarck, N.D.: North Dakota Tourism Department, 1999.

Isern, Tom, Remembrance in Stone: Directo's Essay, http://www.ndsu.edu/heritage/stone/essay.htm (Accessed December 2008).

Jackson, William. North Dakota's Mysteries and Oddities. Velva, ND: Valley Star Books, 2000.

Kirby, Doug, Ken Smith and Mike Wilkins. "Hazel Miner's Lame Memorial, Center, North Dakota," http://www.roadside america.com/story/11791 (Accessed November 2008).
Laskin, David. The Children's Blizzard. New York:Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.

Mumford, Lew. The Culture of Cities. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938.

Nemenoff, Ben. "NDCA Online Artist Archive," http://www.nd.gov/arts/artist_archive/H/alvorson_Elmer.htm, (Accessed November 2008).

Nickel Raylene Frankhauser. "Remebering Hazel Miner." North Dakota REC/RTC (March 1995): 28-32.

North Dakota State historical Socity. "North Dakota Governors: Part 3." http://www.nd.gov/his/ndgov3.htm (Accessed November 2008).

Old Settlers 50th Aniversary Historical Committee. This Booklet Respectfuly Dedicated to the Pioneers of Oliver County, North Dakota, 1906-1956. Center, North Dakota: The Committee, 1956.

Osbourne, Brian S. "Landscapes, Memory, Monuments, and Commeoration: Putting Identity in Its Place." Draft Paper http://canada.metropolis.net/events/ethnocultural/publication/putinden.pdf, (Accessed November 2008).
Patton, Doug. "Intellectual Flyover Country," GOPUSA, Ocotober 13, 2008, http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dpatton/2008/dp_10131.shtml (Accessed December 2008).

Rezatto, Helen. "Girl Against a Blizzard." The Reders Digest (March 1962).

Rolfsrud, Erling Nicolai. Notable North Dakotans. Farwell, MN: Lantern Books, 1987.

Primary Sources:
"Brother She Saved Recalls How Hazel Miner Met Death." Bismarck (North Dakota) Tribune, 16 MArch 1963, 1.

"Donations to Miner Memorial." The Center (North Dakota) Republican, 6 May 1920, 1.

"Five Children Are Found Dead on Praires in Monday;s Storm." Fargo (North Dakota) Forum, 17 March 1920, 1.

"Hanna Presents Statue: Event Seen By Large and Entusiastic Crowds," Bismarck Tribune, 5, July 1914, 1, 3.

"Hazel Miner Memorial." The Center Republican, 14 October 1920, 1.

"Hazel Miner Memorial ro Be Dedicated in Center, July 19." The Center Rpublican, 16 July 1936, 1.

"Hazel Miner Memorial Unveiled in Center, July 19th." The Center Republican, 9 July 1936.

Koberdanz, Timothy J. Interviewed by author,. Fargo, North Dakota. 13 Novemeber 2008. (Noted in Possession of
author).

"L.B. Hanna Dedicates Memorial in Center Before 1500 People," The Center Republican, 23 July 1936, 1.

"Lost in Blizzard: Three Children of William Miner Lost in Storm on Way From School." The Center Republican, 18
March 1920, 1.

"March Blizzard Ties up Trains and May Cause Big Stock Loss." Fargo Forum. 16 March 1920, 1.

"Miner Memorial Meeting Favor." Courier-News (Fargo, North Dakota), 31 March 1920, 1, 3.

"Monument Built by L.B. Hanna to be Heroine Tribute." Fargo Forum, 10 July 1936, 1.

Olin, Sandy. Interviewed by author. Center, North Dakota. 27 October 2008 (notes in possession of author).

Personal and Family Papers 1924-1948. Louis B. Hanna Papers. North Dakota State historical Society Archives.

"Oliver County to Pay Tribute to Heroine." Mandan (North Dakota) Daily Pioneer, 18 July 1936.

Pulver, Penny. Interviews by autor. Center, North Dakota. 10 November 2008 (noted in possession of author).

Scrapbook 1920-1948. Louis B. Hanna Papers. North Dakota State historical Society Archives.

"Slender Shaft of Granite at Center is Tribute to Girl: Hanna Commemorates Heroism of Hazel Miner in Great 1920
Blizzard," Bismarck Tribune, 20 July 1936, 5.

"There Was No Meeting." The Center Republican, 23 September 1920, 1.

U.S. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth census of the United States: 1910 - Population, 1910. Washingon, D.C.: 1910.

"Will Erect Memorial," The Center Republican, 15 April 1920, 1.

Wold, Frances M. "S.D. Man Recalls 43rd Anniversary of Tragic Heroine." Minneapolis Star Tribune,15 March 1964, 1, 4.

Bibliography of Research by Ashleigh Pust

ashleigh.pust — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:49:48 CST

Secondary Sources

Asp, Bjarne Asp. "Forgotten Campus Man Is Viewed In Clearer Light," The Concordian, October 12, 1951, 2.
Burke, Peter. “History as Social Memory,” Varieties of Cultural History (1997), 43-59.
Eriksen, Thomas H. "A Man and His Language." Nov. 1996. Sept. 2008 <http://folk.uio.no/geirthe/aasen.html>.
Everson, Kari. "Standing Fast on Concordian Soil: Ivar Aasen is an Important Figure in Concordia's Past," The Concordian, March 17, 1995, 9.
Haugen, Einar. Language Conflict and Language Planning: The Case of Modern Norwegian (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966).
"Ivar Aasen." Concordia College. Sept. 2008 <http://www4.cord.edu/library/ archives/sculpturetour/aasen.htm>.
“Ivar Andreas Aasen.” Sept. 2008 <http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Ivar:Aasen.htm>.
Nereson, Norris. "Aasen Finds New Language; Now Is Silent Cob Sentinel," The Concordian, November 13, 1936, 1, 4.
Norwegian-American Studies Volume 34 (Northfield, MN: The Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1995).
Quam, Kathryn. "Peter Reite Forgotten But His Gifts Stand As Memorial To Him," The Concordian, December 3, 1948, 4.
Rolfsrud, Erling Nicolai. Lanterns Over the Prairies (Brainerd, MN: Lakeland Color Press, 1949), 128-137.
Thomas, Lee. “Language as Power: A Linguistic Critique of U.S. English,” The Modern Language Journal vol. 80 (1996), 129-140.

Primary Source

Cann, Kay. “Dr. Fjelde’s Cultural Contributions Many, Varied,” Herman O. Fjelde Family Papers, Mss. 82, Institute for Regional Studies, Fargo, North Dakota.
"Fargo-Moorhead all ready for Norse royal pair; Democratic reception to let all see, hear them," The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican, June 7, 1939, 13.
“Festival Day, Civic Day, Great Fargo Fire Anniversary,” The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican, June 5, 1913, 1.
"Five Statues Honor Norse," The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican, June 7, 1939, 13.
Jaeger, Luth. “Two American Sculptors: Fjelde—Father and Son,” American Scandinavian Review, August 1922, transcript in “Paul Fjelde,” typed notes, Erling N. Rolfsrud Papers, 1948-1968, 1983, Mss. 64, Box 6, Folder 6, Institute for Regional Studies, Fargo, North Dakota.
“List of works of sculptors by Paul Fjelde,” transcript in “Paul Fjelde,” typed notes, Erling N. Rolfsrud Papers, 1948-1968, 1983, Mss. 64, Box 6, Folder 6, Institute for Regional Studies, Fargo, North Dakota.
North Dakota Clubwoman, March-April 1940, transcript in “Paul Fjelde,” typed notes, Erling N. Rolfsrud Papers, 1948-1968, 1983, Mss. 64, Box 6, Folder 6, Institute for Regional Studies, Fargo, North Dakota.
Palmer, Bertha R. “Fjelde Sculpture Notable in State Art,” Fargo Forum, 29 December 1923, transcript in “Paul Fjelde,” typed notes, Erling N. Rolfsrud Papers, 1948-1968, 1983, Mss. 64, Box 6, Folder 6, Institute for Regional Studies, Fargo, North Dakota.
Pust, Ashleigh. "Concordia Student Survey," November 10, 2008.

Bibliography of Research by Betsy Ferwerda

BetsyFerwerda — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:51:40 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2008)

Secondary Works
Baccus, Jim, “Hillsboro to commemorate point named after frogs.” Fargo Forum. 11 June 1981:20-21.

Buxton Centenial Committee. Buxton Centennial Flag of our Earth: 1880-1980. Ed. Robert and Lila Hauge. Finlay ND: Steele Co. Press, Inc., 1980.

Ethnic Heritage in North Dakota. Edited by Frances M. Berg. Washington, D.C.: Attiyeh Foundation, 1983.

“Frog Point History,” photocopy from unidentified local history courtesy John Wright, past president, Traill County Historical Society.

“History of Traill County Courthouse.” Traill County, North Dakota 9 Semtember 2008. <http://www.co.traill.nd.us> Old Settlers’ Memorial Association.

Pioneers: The Old Settler’s Memorial Ass’n Inc. presents a look into the past. 1964 The Advocates of Human Rights, “Norwegian Immigration to the United States.,” 25 November 2008 <http://www.energyofanation.org/3f9c3958-cf6f-43ed-a9bf-05b8ad118870.html?NodeId= >

Traill County Historical Society and Red River Valley Historical Society. Yesteryears in Traill. Vol. 1. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1976.

Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Bismark, ND: Hedemarrken Collectibles, 1988.

Wrobel, David M. Promised Lands: Promotion, Memory and the Creation of the American West. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas, 2002.

Primary Sources
“Belmont Picnic Draws Traills Largest Crowd.” Hillsboro Banner. 11 July 1952:1.

Herron, Gifford. “Over 5000 Turn Out to Hear Kefauver at Buxton.” Fargo Forum, (Fargo, ND), July 7, 1952

“Kefauver’s Address to Feature Belmont Picnic.” Hillsboro Banner. 4 July 1952:1.

“Overflow crowd Attends Old Settlers Picnic At Belmont.” Hillsboro Banner. 10 July 1952:1

“Plan to Erect Large Memorial At Frog Point.” Hillsboro Banner. 24 March 1944:1.

Turkla, Bill. ”Frog Point to become county park.” Fargo Forum. 16 May 1976:E1

Research Log For Kelly Heilman

caesar180 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:49:03 CST

Sept 20

Went to see 40 and 8 memorial, archives were not open

Oct 11

Found articles on the 40 and 8 Boxcar from the Bismarck Tribune

Nov 14

Went to ND Historical Society archives got more information about the contents of Boxcar (Gifts). Also found material i have to translate.

Nov 28
Got Save America's Treasure Record of the 40 and 8 memorial

Dec 1

Andrea Mott Translated French documents found in archives

Kelly Heilman's Bibliography

caesar180 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:41:47 CST

Glassberg, David. Sense of History: The Place of the Past in American Life. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001.

Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic History (North Dakota Centennial Heritage Series). Fargo: North Dakota State University, Institute For, 1988.

American Legion. The French "Merci" Boxcar Story. North Dakota Historical Archives.

“Gratitude Train exhibit opens at Heritage Center.” Bismarck Tribune, 15 Nov. 1985.

Splide, Tony. “Events to mark Veterans Day here.” Bismark Tribune, 8 Nov. 2005.

Gratitude Train Welcoming Ceremony. Bismarck Tribune, 17 Feb. 1949.

“Thank You Car, Token of French Gratitude, Arrives Here Today.” Bismarck Tribune, 16 Feb. 1949.

40 and 8 troop transportation. North Dakota Historical Society Archives.

Nora, Pierre. Realms of Memory. Columbia: Columbia University Press, 1998.

Wishart, David . Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.

Home Page for Betsy Ferwerda

BetsyFerwerda — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:32:46 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

My profile has my main biography, but there are a few more things to know about me. I just got married in June and am enjoying this new chapter in my life. My dream job is a Children's Librarian, preferably in an elementary school, but a public library would be fine with me as well. I plan on moving next June to Philadelphia, PA where I will be attending graduate school. I have yet to apply of course, but my husband will be attending graduate school to pursue his Masters of Divinity, school I guess Philadelphia better be ready for a couple of 'North Dakotans'.
Prospectus for Paper

In 1952 the Old Settlers Memorial Monument was erected in Belmont Park, Traill County ND. This was established by the Old Settlers Memorial Monument Association of Traill County. The monument was constructed and put up to remember the early founders and settlers of Traill County, North Dakota. My main focus of study will be the early settlers of Traill County and what they now mean to the current residents of Traill county. I plan on using the local newspapers, such as the Hillsboro Banner and the Traill County Tribune, as well as consulting the Traill County Historical society, and exploring the collection of first hand accounts the Institute of Regional Studies has from early Traill County Settlers. My hypothesis thus far is: The Old Settlers Memorial Association of Traill County established the Old Settlers Memorial to recognize and remember the early settlers and founders of Traill County, North Dakota. Since its unveiling in 1952, it has long become a forgotten monument but is an important part of the collective history of Traill County.
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Bibliography of Secondary Literature on Historical Monuments

ashleigh.pust — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:15:22 CST

This annotated bibliography supports work in HIST 489, the Senior Seminar in History at NDSU. Students build and revise the bibliography, establishing the base of secondary knowledge for background and interpretation. (Please make all citations Chicago style.)

Books

Bogart, Michele. Public Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City, 1890-1930. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Review by Mark Popp

Creighton, Thomas H. The Architecture of Monuments. New York: Reinhold, 1962.

This book recalls the competition among architects to win the right to build the monument in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This book would be of interest if a person is researching a monument of architectural significance, as it explains how the two concepts (monuments and architecture) are sometimes combined in the U.S. and other countries.--Tim Haugrud

Davison, Graeme. The Use and Abuse of Australian History. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 2000.

Review by Betsy Ferwerda

Ferguson, Andrew. Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.

Review by Kurt Easterday

Gjerde, Jon. The Minds of the West: Ethnocultural Evolution in the Rural Middle West, 1830-1917. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.

Review by Tim Haugrud / Review by Jared Sullivan

Glassberg, David. Sense of History: The Place of the Past in American Life. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001.

Review by Cassie Ptacek

Maurice Halbwachs. On Collective Memory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1992. Pp 244.

Review by Josh Eslinger

Hass, Kristin Ann. Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.

Hass writes of the difficulty of memorializing this war because of the controversy. It is unique to other memorials because it does not commemorate a triumph or a part of history Americans are proud of. What most people wanted to remember was not the political ramifications, but the people who died, therefore it becomes an individuated memorial. Making of memorials is a reflection of the relationship between individuals and the nation. Remembering individuals in many increases throughout the twentieth century. Hass notes that the controversy of the war keeps the memory of the dead alive.--Emily Eidsmoe

Somebody review this book!

Hogarth, Andrew, and Kim Vaughan. Battlefields, Monuments, and Markers: A guide to Native American and United States Army Engagements from 1854-1890. Sydney, Australia: A. Hogarth, 1993.

This book is basically a guide to every monument and marker dealing with Native Americans in the American Midwest. There is a short history of the engagement or people each monument or marker is portraying, along with pictures. It also gives directions for reaching these markers. As a side note, this is definitely a source for Sitting Bull's grave, as it addresses both burial sites.--Cassie Ptacek

Hufbauer, Benjamin. Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005.

Review by Kelly Hansen

Kammen, Michael G. Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture. New York: Knopf, 1991.

Review by Emily Eidsmoe

Kimball, Stanley B. Historic Sites and Markers along the Mormon and Other Great Western Trails. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

This book gives brief descriptions of hundreds of historical markers built along the trails all over the U.S., focusing particularly on those built by Mormons. Each entry gives the location, description, and purpose of its specific subject. This book may be used to identify many reasons that might possess people to erect historical markers.--Tim Haugrud

Larner, Jesse. Mount Rushmore: An Icon Reconsidered. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2002.

Review by Andrew Simek

Levinson, Sanford. Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies. Durham: Duke University Press, 1998.

Review by Simon Hochstein

Loewen, James W. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong. New York: New Press, 1999.

Review by Chris Guler

Lowenthal, David. The Past Is a Foreign Country. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Review by Jamie Hiltner

McConnell, Stuart Charles. Glorious Contentment: The Grand Army of the Republic, 1865-1900. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992.

Review by Matt Spielman

McNeill, William H. Mythistory and Other Essays. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Review by John Andrews

Marling, Karal Ann, and John Wetenhall. Iwo Jima: Monuments, Memories, and the American Hero. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991.

Review by Curtis Johnson

Metz, Gabriel S. World War Two Memorial: Recuperating Collective Memory. 2002.

World War Two Memorial: Recuperating Collective Memory is actually the senior project of Gabriel Metz, a 2002 Landscape Architecture student at NDSU. This book is the result of his work in planning a hypothetical WWII monument in Washington D.C. This is a really interesting look at the nuts and bolts kind of work that goes into creating a monument. Not only was Metz concerned with location, materials, and the actual building of the monument, but he was also concerned with making it a place that would touch people's emotions, much like the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. It provides an interesting viewpoint that might enrich the understanding of a monument.--Cassie Ptacek

Mills, Cynthia and Pamela H. Simpson. Monuments to the Lost Cause: Women, Art, and the Landscape of Southern Memory. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2003.

Review by Matt Boe

Nora, Pierre Nora, Director. Realms of Memory: Rethinking the French Past. Vol. I, Conflicts and Divisions. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Edited by Lawrence Kritzman. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.

Review by Abby Ihrke

Nora, Pierre. Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past. Volume II, Traditions. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.

Review by Amanda Peterson

Nora, Pierre. Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past. Volume III, Symbols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.

Review by Ashleigh Pust

Norkunas, Martha. Monuments and Memory: History and Representation in Lowell, Massachusetts. Washington: Smithsonian University Press, 2002.

Review by Chloe Quirk

Palmer, Bertha Rachel. Beauty Spots in North Dakota. Boston: Gorham Press, 1928.

This book is available at the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies; I found it there while working on my WPA tour research. Part 3, pp. 187-212, is devoted to “Monuments and Memorials.” If you’re researching a North Dakota monument, check it out.

Rea, Tom. Devil's Gate: Owning the Land, Owning the Story. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.

Review by Jennifer Raveling

Reynolds, Donald M. Monuments and Masterpieces: Histories and Views of Public Sculpture in New York City. New York: Macmillan, 1988.

Review by Linsey Hillmer

Savage, Kirk. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monuments in Nineteenth-Century America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997.

Review by Bill Harris

Smith, Rex Alan. The Carving of Mount Rushmore. New York: Abbeville Publishing Group, 1985.

Review by Patrick Strand

Thomas, Christopher. The Lincoln Memorial and American Life. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002.

Review by Erin Neal

Winter, Jay. Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Review by Adam Pool

Articles
Cherry, Deborah. "Statues in the Square: Hauntings at the Heart of Empire." Art History 2006 29(4): 660-697

This article looks closely at the transformations that have taken place in Trafalgar Square in London. Over the centuries Trafalgar Square has been the topic of many arguments over how memorials should be used to remember the history of the United Kingdom. Cherry looks at the changes and evolutions of Trafalgar Square as proof that the people we choose to memorialize transcend through time and become ghosts of the past. Through remembering these ghosts we allow them to play a role in our present, and ultimately our future.

Besley, Joanna. "At the Intersection of History and Memory: Monuments in Queensland." Limina 2005 11. Joanna Besley’s article explores the meaning and purpose of monuments located in Queensland Australia. She explains that the monuments in this state were erected to serve as a type of memory and landscape markers. The monuments in Queensland were erected to show the history of the European conquest of the area and its aboriginal peoples. These monuments memorialize pioneers, settlers, and aboriginals that helped the expansion of European civilization into Queensland. She does state that more recent monuments have included the history of the aboriginal people, but at the same time she states that one cannot fault people for telling their history as they understood it.

Burk, Adrienne L. "In Sight, Out of View: A Tale of Three Monuments." Antipode 38 (2006): 41.

Burk, Adrienne explores how monuments that are built for the same purpose can far apart in meaning. All three monuments were built to recognise violence in the community but one was recognise a very public act committed while the other two where to bring light on the disappearance and brutality of women that was not being checked on by the local police. He explains how they were built by different groups for their own purpose and how monuments are a symbol to those who build them and those they are built for.--Adam Pool

Cahalane, Victor H. "A Proposed Great Plains National Monument." Scientific Monthly Vol. 51 (1940): 125-139

This article was very interesting to me, as it dealt with the possible idea of a Great Plains monument in Southwestern South Dakota. While some of the material seems like Walter P. Webb, it does have some good information about how a monument itself could be created, interestingly enough utilizing animals to showcase the terrain. Cahalane also indicated that there was to be no development in the popular sense of the term. However, I found it a little upsetting that he mentions that even though this area would hold great beauty, people would not like to stay there for long periods of time.--Matt Spielman

Collison, Gary. "Remembering Man's Other Best Friend: U.S. Horse Graves and Memorials in Historical Perspective." Markers 22 (2005): 70-107.

This article talks about horse graves throughout the US. There is a heavy emphasis on thoroughbred racing horses and military horses.--Erin Neal

Cross, David F. "A Tale of Two Statues: The William Wells Statues At Gettysburg and Burlington, Vermont." Vermont History 73 (2005): 40-62.

This article described why two identical statues of William Wells were created at Gettysburg and at Burlington, Vermont. Wells is the lowest ranking officer from the Civil War to recieve a statue in his honor, which commemortates his actions at Gettysburg. This is a good article on what Civil War monuments meant to veterans and communities when they were put up.--Matt Boe

Davis, Belinda. "Monuments, Memory, and the Future of the Past in Modern Urban Germany." Journal of Urban History, vol. 30, no.4(2004) 583-593.

The article by Belinda davis is a review of two books by Rudy Koshar; Germany's Transient Moon and From Monuments to Traces. She reviews how the German people use monuments aiming towards the future without forgetting the past. The goals are to glorify aspects of teh past through architecture and hero's, while recreating it in a way that allows a broad population to relate to it.- Jamie Hiltner

Dilek, Kaya Mutlu. “The Russian Monument at ‘Aystefanos’ (San Stefano): Between Defeat and Reveng, Remembering and Forgetting.” Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 43, no. 1 (2007) 75-86.

This article is about how people forget about monuments, and even how countries can act like there was not even a monument in place. There was a monument erected in Istanbul and ended up being taken down, but no one knows by whom. All records of this monument are gone, including a video of the destruction. The article focuses on how even if there is no technical information, there is always something about the monument out there; you just have to dig a little deeper. – Abby Ihrke

Elliott, Cecil D. "Monuments and Monumentality." Journal of Architectural Education Vol. 18, No. 4 (1964): 51-53. (Available in JSTOR)

This is a short article that spoke of the 1960s rebirth of the historical significance of monuments.--Linsey Hillmer

Greuther, Marc. “Persistence of Memory.” Technology and Culture 47 (2006): 566-569.

Somebody check out this article!

Grissom, Carol A., and Ronald S. Harvey. “The Conservation of American War Memorials Made of Zinc.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 42 (Spring, 2003): 21-38. (Available in JSTOR)

This article will be helpful with initial information gathering and for ideas on where you could go to hit those original sources we need if your monument is made of zinc. Otherwise it is a short article telling about the different types of old zinc statues, which small towns purchased after the Civil War, and how they need to be preserved. It mentions many ill-fated attempts to save them, which are sad because I could imagine the small town being heart broken after their hero was destroyed in an attempt to preserve it.--Simon Hochstein

Gold, John R., and Margaret M. Gold. "The Graves of the Gallant Highlanders: Memory, Interpretation and Narratives of Culloden." History & Memory 19 (2007): 5-38.

This article is about the changing interpretations of the battle of Culloden which changed the socioeconomic and political relationship of Scotland. The article is broken into three parts: Memory and Remembering, Visualizing Culloden, and Interpreting Culloden. The article focuses on how the memorial is remembered differently by people because of the changing interpretations.-- Ashleigh Pust

Ireland, Brian. "Remembering and Forgetting at the Waikiki War Memorial Park and Natatorium." Hawaiian Journal of History 39 (2005): 53-74.

This article tells the story of the Waikiki War Memorial, and how it's creation distorted the factual reality of what it represents, which is the Hawaiian servicemen who died during World War I. This is a very good description of how the collective memory of a people and what the actual facts show for that memory can differ through a monument.--Matt Boe

Janney, Caroline E. "Written in Stone: Gender, Race, and the Heyward Shepherd Memorial." Civil War History 52 (2006): 117-141.

Somebody check out this article!

Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell. "Recycling French Heroes: The Destruction of Bronze Statues under the Vichy Regime." French Historical Studies Winter2006, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p143-181.

This article talks about the deconstruction of bronze statues in France during the Second World War. During World War II, the French government under the Vichy Regime took it upon itself to destroy thousands of bronze statues. The selection process was complicated and many French villages were forced to watch their bronze statues taken away from them. Chambrey, a town in the French Alps, was one such town and is an excellent example of how the loss of a statue can have an important impact on a peoples collective memory and their sense of heritage. - Betsy Ferwerda

"Northampton Local Monuments: Testaments to an Enduring Historical Legacy." Historical Journal of Massachusetts 1 (2005): 57-82.

Somebody check out this article!

Sherman, Daniel J. "Bodies and Names: The Emergence of Commemoration in Interwar France." American Historical Review Vol. 103, No. 2: 443-466

This article discussed how the French began to commemorate their dead. Since the French lost so many men, they felt it was a necessary step to begin doing this.--Matt Spielman

Theriault, Kim Servart. "Re-membering Vietnam: War, Trauma, and 'Scarring Over' After 'The Wall.'" Journal of American Culture 26,4 (2003): 421-432.

This article discusses the phenomenon of the Vietnam War Memorial. It discusses the wall as focusing on a subversive subject while detailing how it came into being. It also examines how it is an active memorial as people visit it to remember comrades, family members, or to connect in some way with our nation's history.--Mark Popp

Theses & Dissertations

Olson, Daron W. “Building a Greater Norway: Emigration and the Creation of National Identities in American and Norway, 1860-1945.” PhD dissertation, Southern Illinois University, 2006.

See abstract in Dissertation Abstracts

Somebody get this dissertation and give us some notes on it!

Rosenior, Derrick Rodney, Ph.D., "Toward Racial Reconciliation: Collective Memory, Myth, and Nostalgia in American Pentecostalism," PhD dissertation, Howard University, 2005.

This dissertation discussed how American Pentecostals relied on not only collective memory but myth and nostalgia toward racial healing. The Pentecostals look back on the collective memory of the Azusa Street Revival of 1906 to bring back racial reconciliation. In doing this they have made the people of this revival an example to for racial healing today. --- Chloe Quirk

Government Documents

Grooms, Thomas B. World War 2 Memorial, Washington, D.C. Arlington: American Battle Monuments Commission; Washington: General Services Administration, 2004.

Begins with the widespread impact of WW II in the US, how people at the time either participated in it or felt it, and then the impact as a whole of the victory and sacrifice. The book then discusses the symbolism of the memorial, how it came to rest between the Washington memorial and Lincoln memorial, and how it was designed and came to fruition.--Emily Eidsmoe

Web Documents

Osborne, Brian S. "Landscapes, Memory, Monuments, and Commemoration: Putting Identity in Its Place." Draft paper, http://canada.metropolis.net/events/ethnocultural/publications/putinden.pdf.

Osborne discusses the roles of monuments in the building of a nation and the defining of a people. He says that monuments are used to connect the people to a place and make them feel at home, binding them to the land. He also pushes the idea that monuments provide for an epistemic approach to the landscape. We know what we know about a certain place because the monument is there. He speaks of monuments largely from a national view and uses examples from a Canadian perspective. This article would be a great resource for anyone researching a monument that was created by a group hoping to express/inspire national pride. It also includes a large bibliography with many references that focus specifically on monuments. --Josh Eslinger

Savage, Kirk. “History, Memory, and Monuments: An Overview of the Scholarly Literature on Commemoration,” National Park Service, http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/resedu/savage.htm.

Savage, author also of a book-length study of war monuments of the 19th century, here summarizes the scholarly literature in a historiographic essay. He notes that “the academic literature on commemoration has mushroomed in the past twenty years, constituting a “memory boom” in the academy. The origins of scholarly interest in collective memory, he notes, are in European literature. American interest along these lines was inspired particularly by the commemoration of the Holocaust and the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Savage cites, summarizes, and evaluates a wealth of literature—work that will be invaluable for this seminar. He largely confines his attention to books, without much sense of the article literature.--Tom Isern

Home Page For Andrew Simek

ajsimek — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:23:28 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2008)

This page details work by YourName in the Senior Seminar in History. Go on to tell about yourself--add a paragraph of biography--studies, professional aspirations, that sort of thing.

Prospectus for Paper

In 1936 the town of Center, North Dakota and former governor L.B. Hanna revealed a new memorial to a young 15 year old girl. This girl was Hazel Miner, and she had sacrificed her life to save her two younger siblings sixteen years prior. In order to understand the significance of this memorial then and now I plan to conduct extensive research on the topic. Some of the sources that I will be researching will be secondary such as local histories and folk stories about her life. I will also conduct primary research by studying documents from the 1920s and 30s and reading the "Center Republican" from those same years. I really do not know what I will find in my research, but I can assume that the memorial was erected to honor her sacrifice. But at the same time I do not know what the memorial means to the people of the community today.

Required Links

Home Page for Kelly Heilman

caesar180 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:15:21 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

Kelly is a senior this year at NDSU and will be graduating in May with a History degree. He was born and grew up in Mandan, which sits on the banks of the Missouri river in central North Dakota. After Graduation Kelly hopes to go on to graduate school and specialize in classical history. Kelly will focus this semester on the 40 and 8 box car monument that stands on the capital grounds in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Prospectus for Paper

Prospectus:
In 1949, the Forty and Eight Boxcar monument was presented to North Dakota by the people of France. This monument was presented as a gift for the aid and sacrifices that were made by the people in the First World War. The main sources that I plan to use are the Bismarck Tribune, National Park Services, North Dakota Historical Society, and hopefully the French organization La Societe 40 et 8. My tentative hypothesis is that the Gratitude Train was donated by the Voiture 291 of La Societe 40 et 8 and erected on the Bismarck Capital Grounds in 1949 despite probable civilian indifference or even resentment for waging a conflict against Germany, from which many families felt ties of kinship.

Required Links

Research Log For Kelly Heilman

Kelly Heilman's Bibliography

Book Review by YourName

Research Log of Amanda Peterson

AriesBorealis — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:10:19 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2008)

September 23, 2008
Did some online searching for information on the Grafton Spanish War Memorial.

Gary Moe's Gazette from Grafton, ND. Wed. Jan 10, 2007.
http://garymoe.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html
Grafton soldiers part of Company C, First North Dakota Infantry

October 3, 2008
I'm sure I've missed entering something, but I'll try to be better.

More online researching.
Found a site on the 1st ND infantry in the S/A War. It's a .com, but seems to be supported by other reputable sites.
http://www.spanamwar.com/1stnorthdakotalouden.html
It lists members but doesn't differentiate between different companies.

Prarie Public Television has this:
http://www.prairiepublic.org/programs/datebook/bydate/04/0504/051304.jsp

Date . . . Various
Okay, so I just wanted to gather some of the sites I've been using that I haven't gotten on here yet. Mostly so I can go back and look at it while I'm finishing up.

The World of 1898": The Spanish American War
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/

Here enter what you did this day. And so on. . . .

Bibliography of Research by Abby Ihrke

abigail.ihrke — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:14:43 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

Secondary Works

Division, U.S. Naval History. United States Submarine Losses: World War II. Washington D.C.: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1963.

Dupre, Judith. Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory. New York: Random House, 2007.

Friedman, Norman. U.S. Submarines Through 1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.

Grooms, Thomas. World War II Memorial: Washington D.C. Washington D.C., 2004.

Hass, Kristin. Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.

Henry, Ken, and Don Keith. Gallant Lady: A Biography of the USS Archerfish. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 2004.

Holmes, W.J. Underseas Victory. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1966.

Mayo, James M. War Memorials as Political Landscape. New York: Praeger, 1989.

Sterling, Forest J. Wake of the Wahoo. Placentia: R.A. Cline Publishing, 1999.

US Submarine Veterans . http://www.ussvi.org/home.asp (accessed November 18, 2008).

"USS Robalo: Submarine Memorial Brochure." Received from Roger Gress.

Primary Sources

Brenan, Jim, interview by Abby Ihrke. Robalo Monument (October 27, 2008).

Devine, Terry. "USS Robalo Submarine Memorial Completed." The Forum of Fargo- Moorhead, September 18, 2004: A12.

—. "Submariners Honor Lost Comrades." The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, September 21, 2003: A18.

Gress, Roger, interview by Abby Ihrke. Robalo Monument (October 22, 2008).

Whetham, Joe. "Submariners Recall WWII Bond, Fear." The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, July 23, 2005: A1 and backpage.

Zent, Jeff. "Fargo Skate Park Scheduled to be Built This Summer." The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, February 12, 2003: A10.

Research Log of Patrick Strand

Patrick.Strand — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:50:08 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

Date

Sept 26, 2008

I traveled to Mayville to actually see the Bjornstjerne Bjornson Statue. Stopped by the Sons of Norway building but no one was there

Sept 30, 2008

Today I spent some time online doing basic secondary research about the larger topics that concern my topic. I looked at the Mayville-Portland website to get a small idea about the make up and businesses of Mayville. Then i took a little larger view at the county on the Traill county website to find the traill county historical society. I also did some research on Bjornson and his writings

Oct 07, 2008

Traveled through Mayville again today and actually managed to find the Bjornson monument this time. When I originally visited town the research I had found said the monument was located in Railroad Park near the old Railroad Depot which is now a Museum. When i didn't find the monument there I drove to some of the other parks and town and found that it had either been moved to Island Park or had always been located there and my research was faulty.

Oct 14, 2008

Today I finally recieved an reply to my email to the vice-president of the Mjosen Lodge of the Sons of Norway in Mayville, John Pederson. He informed me that Charlotte McMullen, the programming director at Mayville State did research on the Bjornson and found an article about it in the Traill County Tribune. I hope to keep in touch with both Pederson and McMullen and gain any information they can give me.

Oct 17, 2008

Today I visited the Archives and did research on Traill County and Mayville. I hoped to find information on the ethnic make-up of both areas around 1916 when the monument was unveiled. I managed to find information on Traill County's population from the time period from 1880 to 1885 and wasn't surprised to find that the area was settled by almost 3/4ths norwegians. I also found a small entry in Vol. 2 of the Traill County history about the Bjornson monument that told me it was payed for by farmers and business in the area.

Oct 22, 2008

Today I was doing research on Bjornson in the Library and found a book that I hope will be very helpful to me. Its titled Bjornstjerne Bjornson: A Study in Norwegian Nationalism. From what I've read so far it deals directly with Bjornson's contribution to Norwegian art and literature and how his idea's affected the Norwegian movement toward a cultural, as well as a national independance.

Oct 29 2008

Today I returned to the archives to do more research on Traill County and the Mayville area. I returned to Vol. 2 of the Traill county history book to do more research on community groups that may have been responsible for the funding and putting up of the monument and found some interesting facts on the Sons of Norway Lodge in Mayville that put it at about the right time to have been a part in the monument. I also found a centennial book from Mayville-Portland that finally had a picture of my monument and information about the exact date of when the monument was unveiled and who donated it. The small caption also gave me some info about who was present at the unveiling and the ceremony.

Nov 05 2008

Doing some research online because i havent been able to find any articles from the Traill County tribune that dated back to 1916 when my monument was unveiled and managed to find the name of the Mayville newspaper from during that time titled to Mayville Tribune and the Goose River Farmer. Im hoping that ill be able to get some copies of this from around the time of the unveiling of my monument to get more info about the ceremony.

Nov 14 2008

Went to the Institute of Regional Studies and looked at the Herman O. Fjelde manuscripts and found some newspaper articles that mentioned Dr. Herman Fjelde's contributions in getting the Bjornson monument erected in Mayviile and also that he attended the unveiling. I also looked at another newpaper article that focused on the Bjornson monument here on NDSU's campus but was useful because it gives information on Bjornson and who and why monuments were being put up in the area. I also looked through some of the Mayville and Traill County histories again to look up biographies for some of the people that were present at the unveiling.

Nov 18 2008

Finally got the microfiche for the Mayvile Tribune-Farmer from 1915 until 1918. After scanning through the newspapers from that time i managed to find four seperate weeks that mentioned the Bjornson Monument and the events that would be held during its unveiling ceremony. What i found most interesting was that there seemed to be alot of excitement for the monument and its unveiling but after it was unveiled it wasn't mentioned again, even on following Syttende Mai when i expected to find some mention of ceremonies being held there.

Bibliography of Research by Patrick Strand

Patrick.Strand — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:36:51 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

Secondary Works

Larson, Harold. Bjornstjern Bjonrson: A Study in Norwegian Nationalism. Morningside Heights, New York: King's Crown Press, 1944.

Thorson, Playford V. "Scandinavians." Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic Heritage. Ed. William C. Sherman and Playford V. Thorson. Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1986.

Kuhn, Bertha. "History of Traill County." Masters Thesis, University of North Dakota, 1917.

Primary Sources

Cann, Kay. "Dr. Fjelde's Cultural Contributions Many, Varied." (n.d.) Herman O. Fjelde Family Papers. Manuscript 82, Folder 1, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies.

Cann, Kay. "Monument a Tribute to Famed Norwegian." (n.d.) Herman O. Fjelde Family Papers. Manuscript 82, Folder 1, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies.

"Big Celebration Her June 7, In Honor of Famous Poet." Mayville (North Dakota) Tribune Farmer. May 18,1916.

"Bjornstjerne Bjornson." Mayville (North Dakota) Tribune-Farmer. June 1, 1916

"Bjornson Day Proves Great Success Wednesday." Mayville (North Dakota) Tribune-Farmer. June 8, 1916

"Bjornstjerne Bjornson." Mayville (North Dakota) Tribune-Farmer. June 15, 1916

Announcements for HIST 489

Webbmaster — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:44:47 CST

Paper Presentations

Wednesday afternoon and evening, 10 December 2008, at the Sons of Norway. See poster attached below. Our contact there is the manager, Patti Hagen, at 701-232-9222. Menu for buffet (courtesy of the History Department): meatballs, cold cuts, veggies, pastries, coffee, soft drinks.

Book Review Assignments

Davison, Graeme. The Use and Abuse of Australian History. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 2000.
In my collection - will bring to class and hand it to you
--Ferwerda, Betsy

Wrobel, David M. Promised Lands: Promotion, Memory, and the Creation of the American West.
NDSU Libraries
--Gostanzik, Brent

Glassberg, David. Sense of History: The Place of the Past in American Life. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001.
NDSU Libraries
--Kelly Heilman

Lowenthal, David. The Past Is a Foreign Country. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Check this out at MSUM
--Jamie Hiltner

Nora, Pierre. Realms of Memory. Volume 1.
NDSU Libraries
--Abby Ihrke

Nora, Pierre. Realms of Memory. Volume 2.
NDSU Libraries
--Amanda Peterson

Nora, Pierre. Realms of Memory. Volume 3.
NDSU Libraries
--Ashleigh Pust

Rea, Tom. Devil's Gate: Owning the Land, Owning the Story. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.
In my collection - will bring to class and hand it to you
--Jennifer Raveling

Larner, Jesse. Mount Rushmore: An Icon Reconsidered.
NDSU Libraries
--Andrew Simek

Smith, Rex Alan. The Carving of Mount Rushmore.
NDSU Libraries
--Patrick Strand

Colloquia: Department of History, Philosophy, & Religion

The department colloquium convenes on selected Friday afternoons at 3pm, place TBA.

19 September: Annalyssa Murphy, “Dissent along the Borders of the Fourth World: Native American Writings as Social Protest”
3 October: David Kilroy, “Irish and Nazi Relations during WWII”
24 October: Charles Vollan, SDSU, “American West”
November 14: William Caraher, UND, "Greek History"

Here We Go Again

Today, 27 August 2008, we begin another session of the Senior Seminar devoted to monumental history. Welcome to all participants!

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Sessions of Papers for Presentation on 10 December

Session 1: Remembrance of War

Linsey Hilmer on the GAR monument in Grand Forks
Matt Spielman on the GAR monument in Fargo
Johs Eslinger on the Spanish-American War monument in Kindred

Session 2: Americana

Kurt Easterday on the Lincoln monument in Hillsboro
Mark Popp on the Statue of Liberty replica in Fargo
Kelly Hansen on the Nicollet Tower near Sisseton

Session 3: Local Legends

Matt Boe on Noble's Golden Marguerite at NDSU
Adam Pool on the Budd Reeve monument in Buxton
Chloe Quirk on the circus worker monument in Wahpeton

28 November

Just got off the telephone with Sylvia Medd, manager of the Sons of Norway. This is Kringen Lodge of the SoN, located at 722 2nd Avenue N., Fargo. We're confirmed to begin our session of paper presentations at 6pm Monday evening 10 December. Staff there will be serving a crock of meatballs, a meat & cheese platter, a veggie and relish platter, Norwegian pastries, and beverages (coffee & soda).

Agenda for today:

Dress rehearsal (be prepared to read a bit of your paper, say a little into the second page, and also to introduce a presenter)
Course evaluations
Follow-up appointments

Today, 15 November

We're on to meet today, the usual classroom, the usual time. After that, come on over to CJPP for bison chili. Some points today:

Paper submissions
Editing appointments
Planning of paper presentations

No class next week, Thanksgiving Wednesday--but I'm around, and we continue appointments & consultations.

Meet again on 28 November for paper presentation dress rehearsal--watch this page for more on this.

As noted before, paper presentations beginning 6pm Sunday 10 December at the Sons of Norway.

Presentation Night

We're on for Monday evening, 10 December, starting 6pm at the Sons of Norway.

Bison Chil & Potluck

4:30 Wednesday 14 November, in lower level of CJPP (room to be posted later here). Bison chili, plus whatever else comes in potluck. For HIST 489 & HIST 431 students, in observance of the Great Plains Folk Festival. We will have seminar meeting at 3:00 in the same place.

Class 7 November

Today we have mostly housekeeping business. Shortly, as you know, I expect draft papers from you. This means that one certain item of bsiness is to schedule editorial appointments. I'll have my calendar with.

Second, I'll be doing a check-up on progress with each of you.

Third, I'll report on arrangements for paper presentations.

Looking ahead--

14 November we will meet to make definite plans for paper presentations
No class on Thanksgiving Wednesday
28 November we will have a sort of dress rehearsal for paper presentations
First week of December I will be out of town

We now enter the phase of the seminar when most of the work goes underground, that is, involves one-on-one consultations, each of you with me, getting these papers into the best possible shape. Work with me, and support one another, as we bring the enterprise along.

Class 10 October

The agenda gets fairly simple at this point in the semester. It has to do with research on the one hand, writing on the other. I'm going to talk in general terms about the composition of papers, and then look specifically at outlining.

1. Big picture: the paper and its organization
2. Outlining
3. Check-up on individual research

Class 3 October

Back in the usual place at the usual time. Agenda still forming up. Definitely talking about the progress of your research.

ANOTHER NOTICE! IMPORTANT ONE! As noted before, our session on September 26 will be at the Institute for Regional Studies. Also, we will convene at 4:00 rather than 3:00. 4:00, in the institute, for an hour. Other business of the week will have to be done by e-mail, wiki, and individual conference. Thanks for your patience and tolerance.

NOTICE! On September 26 the seminar will meet in the Institute for Regional Studies - you know, over across 19th Avenue. Some of you already have been in. That's where we'll convene, for a conversation with the archivists.

Agenda for 19 September

Appoint a scribe for today
Book reviews: status reports, scheduling, wrapping up
Report on Burke by Eslinger
Report on Kammen by Easterday
Discussion of prospectus
Status of secondary research
Status of primary research – reports & advice
Site visits
Research logs
Bibliographies

Agenda for Class Today (12 September)

Scribe for this week & last
Book reviews (progress, appointments, final drafts, posting)
Paper topics - get them pinned down
GRHS essay competition
History Department Colloquia
Report on McNeill by Pool
Report on Appleby by Quirk
Appoint reporter for Burke
Appoint reporter for Kammen
Progress in secondary research (building bibliography)
Getting started on primary research
Site visit forms

12 September: Note this essay contest sponsored by the Germans from Russia Heritage Society. Also note the listing of the Vetter family's Prairie Bells grotto I've added to the monuments page.

7 September: Please note the new page just established, Colloquia.

Book Review Editorial Meetings

As soon as you have sent me your book review, sign up here for a time for a meeting to go over it. Here are available times (more to be added as we go along). Just fill in your name for a slot. Then meet me in Minard 412C.

Tuesday 11 September 8:30am:
Tuesday 11 September 9:15am: Matt Boe
Tuesday 11 September 10:00am:
Wednesday 12 September 8:30am:
Wednesday 12 September 9:15am:
Wednesday 12 September 10:00am:
Thursday 13 September 8:30am: Mark Popp
Thursday 13 September 9:15am:
Thursday 13 September 10:00am: Matt Spielman

5 September: Agenda for class today

Appoint a scribe for today (thanks to Mark, scribe for last week)
Revisit book review due dates and scheduling of editing
Claim or assign topics for papers
Secondary research: note article postings, where are the rest? Also note matters of style
Report on Carr by Linsey Hillmer
Report on Becker by Matt Spielman
Recruit discussants for McNeill and Appleby
Exercise, "Going to the Source"
Early stages of primary research

Book Reviews: Assignments are indicated in the bibliography. Pool and Popp, it's possible I mixed yours up. Check them, OK? And let me know.

Paper Topics

Matt Boe would like to claim the Noble’s Golden Marguerite Monument (the one about the cow) on NDSU as his own.
Matt Spielman would like to claim the Grand Army of the Republic Monument in Fargo as his own.
Linsey Hillmer would like to claim the Grand Army of the Republic Monument in Grand Forks as her own.
Mark Popp would like to claim the topic of the Statue of Liberty replica on the Red River bridge in Fargo as his own.
Kurt Easterday would like to claim the topic of Abraham Lincoln Statue in Hillsboro as his own.
Adam Pool would like to claim the topic of Budd Reeves Memorial Cairn in Buxton as his own.
Chloe Quirk would like to claim the topic Ringling Brothers Circus Monument in Whapeton as her own.
Kelly Hansen would like to claim the topic of the Nicollet Tower in Sisseton as his own.
Josh Eslinger would like to claim the topic of the Spanish War monument in Kindred as his own.

29 August 2007: I know it's a bit late, but mainly for my own benefit, here's an agenda for the meeting this afternoon.

Appoint a scribe for today
Revisit the assessment sheets
Check progress with Herodotus (accounts opened, pages established)
Reminder: check out Hardhat History
Reminder: check out CHR website, especially Remembrance in Stone
Spielman reports on Webb
Hansen reports on Humboldt
Recruit reporters on Carr and Becker
Review the calendar
Assign book reviews
Go over book review specs
Assign paper topics
Organize secondary research

27 August 2007: You might want to check out this link in the Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0824/p02s01-ussc.html. The story has to do with historical memory and monuments pertaining to the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. Ahead of this fall's release of a feature film, September Dawn, depicting the tragic incident, the Mormon church is repositioning itself in relation to this bad chapter in its past. The article quotes historians, but it also makes plain that the shift in church position is largely due to pressures from church members--in other words, a shift in collective memory.

26 August 2007: As profiles and home pages start to appear, let me mention a couple of things about rhetoric and format. In your profile, feel free to write in first person and include whatever details you like. Do, however, also open a home page for your work in the seminar, using the "Add a new page" function at right and selecting the template for home pages. And on that home page, put a bio for yourself written in third person.

23 August 2007: Good, I see that now the invitations have gone out, and Matt Spielman has initiated his home page.--TI

23 August 2007: Invitations to all seminarians to be members of the wiki went in to Wetpaint yesterday afternoon, but the invitations have not yet come out. I see they are still on the control board waiting for Wetpaint to send them out. Be patient, I guess, and know that I'm not too concerned about that Friday deadline for setting up your home pages; I know the delayed invitations are holding you up.--TI

18 August 2007: Welcome to all in the fall senior seminar! You're going to need a Wetpaint account for participation in the course, because the wiki is going to be integral to our transactions. So, go ahead and set up your account. I'll be sending you an invitation to be a writer, so that you will be able to add and edit pages. After that you can go ahead and set up your own pages in the wiki, as directed on its home page.--TI

18 August 2007: Check out the website, Remembrance in Stone, established by the Center for Heritage Renewal as a showcase for research performed by students in HIST 489.--TI

18 August 2007: This wiki has the same name as the weblog, Herodotus, that has served HIST 489 for the past few years. The wiki assumes the functions previously performed by the weblog and also is intended, because of the nature of the medium, to cultivate an attitude of common inquiry.--TI

Jamie's Resaerch log

jamie.n.hiltner — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:03:49 CST

Sept. 26
I spent a few hours on-line just trying to find anything. Found out that there is a Ringling Bothers circus monument in Wahpeton but nothing on the war monument.

Oct. 2
Again went on-line trying to find anything got nothing so I went to the archives and found one paragraph in the Richland County history about a war monument built on courthouse lawn in 1927.

Oct. 7
Went on-line and found in the Smithsonian art catalog that my monument was built in 1927 by John Paulding and that it also gave some general information about the monument. I also requested through ILL the 1927 editions of the Wahpeton Globe Newspaper.

Oct. 10
The microfiche for the newspaper came in an i spent about an hour going through it. I found some arcticles that mention a monument ad what the want it to be.

Oct. 13
Looked at fiche for awhile and got a few more article's about the monument and found out that the veterans were not in favor of the monument and that there was a great deal of controversy surrounding the monument.

Oct. 22
Looked at fiche, also tried to find info of Paulding and Visqueny but couldn't find much.

Oct. 28
went to the archives to find out about the North Dakotans who fought in the War. Found names but nothing about how they did as a fighting force.

Oct. 29
Finished looking through the fiche and found out when it was dedicated and how much it cost and who built it.

Nov.3 looked in library for books that daelt with how and where nortyh dakotans fought in WWI

Nov. 4 Went to archives for a couple hours and searched for material to finish my introduction also looked for books on who actually created the monument

Nov. 6 Started emailling a man who is researching the two sculptors and am continuing to email him. also found info that will help with background.

Nov. 10. Woried on a rough copy of intro, also staretd peicing the body and background together.

Nov. 11 Went to archives to continue looking for role Dakotans played in war at home and on the front.

Nov. 13. researched at the archives views of the war by north Dakotans. Started on bibliography

Nov. 17 archives to continue how N.D.'s view the war. Updated my bibliography.

Nov. 18 Went to Wahpeton to see the monument. Spent a few hours in library. Reviewed commisioners minutes to find when voted on and spent a while with in the veterans office talking to them trying to find any info. They had a liitle and requested any info i find to send to them becasue they really have nothing.

Research log of Abby Ihrke

abigail.ihrke — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:53:39 CST

Date
September 29th- I did a lot of research on what the Robalo monument was and the history behind it. I found a really good website that had information on what the monument looked like and when it was dedicated: http://www.ussvi.org/mem/state-nd.htm

This site has information about the U.S.S. Robalo: http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/sublosses/sublosses_robalo.htm

I found a video that is available at the institute and the main library about how North Dakota Remembering WWII. This is something that I am going to look into more.

I went onto the Fargo Forum's website and found a bunch of articles about the monument, and I am excited to get to the institute and actually read the articles.

Date
October 6th-
I emailed the Fargo Parks Board to see if there is someone that I could talk to about the monument. I also emailed the U.S. Submarine Vets of WWII contact person for ND to see if I could get any information from him, since that is the group that erected the monument.

Date
October 8th-
I went to the institute to see what I could find, and found out that they were having problems with the computer, and that since my monument is new, that all of the articles from the Forum would be at the library on campus. I went there to see what I could find and found 4 really good articles that gave me information on who was the contact person and the meaning behind the monument and even the projected cost.

Date
October 15th-
I went to the institute after class and did some more research. I realized that the three sailors that are dedicated on the monument didn't actually serve on the USS Robalo, but on other subs. I contacted two of the big donors to see if i could talk to them with one of them being the designer of the monument. I also emailed Roger Gess to see if he could answer some of my questions. Jim Brenan, who was the leader in getting the monument erected emailed me back with his number, so i am going to try to set up a time to talk to him. I also was able to find some information on the three sailors that were dedicated.

Date
October 22nd-
I met with Roger Gress today at the Fargo Parks Board and he gave me some information and background to what the Fargo parks had to do with the monument. I also set up a meeting time with Jim so I could talk to him. Roger informed me that he is the best person for the information that I was looking for, and that he will tell me lots of stories. I am meeting with him on the 27th, and I am excited to see what else I can find out!

Date
October 27th-
Today I sat down with Jim Brenan and found out tons of information not only on the creation of the monument, but WWII subs in general. I also found out the stories behind the three submariners that were dedicated in the monument. I feel like I am ready to write my outline and start writing my paper!

Date
November 17th-
I started researching monuments in general and also the importance of WWII monuments. I have found a couple books that are going to be useful.

Home Page for Ashleigh Pust

ashleigh.pust — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:38:25 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

This page details work by YourName in the Senior Seminar in History. Go on to tell about yourself--add a paragraph of biography--studies, professional aspirations, that sort of thing.

Prospectus for Paper

In 1913 the monument to Ivar Aasen was erected on the Moorhead campus of Concordia College. The money for the monument was raised by a Norweidgen exchange student. The main focus of my paper will be the memory groups of the Norweidgen and students. Since its construction, the Ivar Aasen monument has become a forgotten monument. The primary sources I plan to use include The Forum and The Cobbler newspapers. My tentative thesis is: Concordia College's monument to Ivar Aasen, built in 1913, pays tribute to Aasen's great love of learning and the Norweidgen language.

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HIST 489 (Fall 2008)

Sept. 22, 2008

Today I went to the NDSU Library and attempted to find general information on Hazel Miner and Oliver County. This proved to be rather unsuccessful. I looked at Passport to North Dakota history : a traveler's guide which was produced by the State Historical Society. But this turned out to be nothing more than a tourist bochure.I also looked at many giant North Dakota history books, but none of these mentioned anything of Hazel Miner. Some barely mentioned Oliver County.

Sept. 29, 2008

This was a rather uneventful day of research. What I did was basically compiled a huge list of sources that are located in the archives. Nothing else really was achieved.

Oct. 1, 2008
In my panic for not having anything to show for my research I went up to the archives and spent a few hours there. While at the archives I read a pamphlet entitled "This Booklet Respectfully Dedicated to the Pioneers of Oliver County, N.D." This proved to be usefull in understanding the basic folk legend of Hazel Miner. I also looked into the book entitled Oliver County Cemetaries, by Cecelia Albers. This had a listing of the cemetaries in Oliver County, and it had the names of the different people buried. Hazel, her farther, and some other Miner were burried in the Center Community Cemetary,Union Cemetary. Other books that I looked at were Oliver County, 1885-1985 and Notable North Dakotans. The first book proved to be awesome in that it had newspaper articles and histories of people in Oliver County. Here I found more background information on Hazel and her family. The second book basically just had the folk version of her death, but it did have a great quote on why the memorial is there.

Oct. 3, 2008

Today I looked more into the local histories of Oliver County and Center North Dakota. I have found that the family no longer lives in the county, and a majority of them have moved out to the west coast.

Oct. 8, 2008

I just ordered the "Center Republican" which is a newspaper from the town of the monument. I ordered the years of 1935-1937 which includes the year before the memorial being constructed and the year following.

October 16, 2008

Today I went to the Library and read some of the microfilm ofthe "Center Republican."I got some printouts of newspapers from 1936 that have proved pretty helpful.

October 22, 2008

I went to the University Archives and read microfilm today. I read newspapers from the Fargo Forum from 1936 and 1920. I got a few printouts.

October 25, 2008

To day I drove to Center, ND. I went onto the Oliver County Courthouse grounds and photographed the monument. It is rather hidden if you are not looking for it. There are two other monuments on the grounds that kind of overshadow the Hazel Miner Memorial.

October 27, 2008

I spent today in the state archives in Bismarck looking through L.B. Hanna's personal papers. Although they were really interesting, there really wasn't anything to help me. But I did look through their Hazel Miner files, and these had some helpful information on the story and its lasting effects. I also read the the Center Republican from 1920 from around the time that she died. Later on in the day I drove up to Center to go into the archives, but the archivist got called out on a family medicalemergency. This was a hugedisappointment, because all that they were able to give me was a packet on Hazel Miner herself. I did however talk to a worker at the courthouse and she gave me some ideas on the monument, but she admitted that most of the people know the story but not much about the monument. It seems that the story has taken hold, and not much know about the monument itself.
November 5, 2008 Today I spent some time looking into websites about the memorial. Most of these sites are claiming that the memorial is lame and kind of a huge disappointment. November 10, 2008 Today I spent some time up in Center at the county courthouse. I went through the old records from the time of her death, and the time that the memorial was established. This was not the most useful, but I did conduct a few interviews with people that worked there. They were able to tell me a bunch of stories on her, and they showed me the coulee and the house that the story took place at. I also spent some of the day in the state archives reading newspapers and getting more information. November 12, 2008 Today I spent some time going over North Dakota History articles on Hazel Miner, monuments, and L.B. Hanna.

Home Page for Patrick Strand

Patrick.Strand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:46:35 CST

HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

Patrick Strand's page for Senior Seminar History 489. Patrick is a fifth year senior hoping to graduate in the spring of 2009, with a degree in History and a minor in Political Science. Patrick's hometown is Finley, North Dakota in the Eastern Central part of the state. After graduation he plans to decide whether to pursue graduate school or to try and find a job in the real world. Patricks project for this semester will be to research the Bjornstjerne Bjornson Statue in Mayville, North Dakota.

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Patrick Strand is studying the Bjornstjern Bjornson Pillar located in Island Park in Mayville, North Dakota and was carved by Paul Fjelde and unveiled in 1916. By researching the origins and motivations behind the monument Patrick hopes to better understand the reasons why Norwegians on a larger scale have memorialized poets and writers instead of military or political leaders. Also, by meeting with the Sons of Norway lodge and by studying secondary and primary resources Patrick hopes to get a look at the way people of Norwegian decent celebrated the Independance of Norway, then and now.

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