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Title: Historical Society. Administration, Agencies, Boards, and Commissions Files
Dates: 1961-2009
Record Series: 31217
Quantity: 8.5 feet
Abstract: Consists of minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and printed material relating to agencies, boards and commissions that the Historical Society Director was a member of including the Capitol Grounds Commission, Centennial Commission, Lewis and Clark Trail Commission, and the Garrison-Oahe Interagency Council.
Copyright: Public records are not subject to copyright restrictions, although record series may contain copyrighted material. Consideration of such copyrights is the responsibility of the author and publisher.
Access: These records are available for public inspection under provision of the North Dakota Century Code, 55-02.1-08.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the record group, series name and number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Box / Folder Inventory
Box 1:
    1 State Review Board    1978-1979 
    2 American Revolution Bicentennial Commission: Custer  Centennial Ride 1976      
    3 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission 1976-1979 
    4 Committee on Public Understanding of Archaeology 1971      
    5 Custer Film Advisory Committee      1973      
    6 Custer Film Advisory Committee: Little Big Horn Film 1973      
    7 Highway Hall of Honor Committee 1978-1979 
    8 Little Missouri Grassland Study     1973      
    9 Garrison Oahe Interagency Council   1979      
    10 Governor’s Council on Human Resources 1974-1979 
    11 Lewis and Clark-1805 1970-1975 
    12 Lewis and Clark-1805 1970-1975 
    13 Lewis and Clark Trail: Campsites    1972-1973 
    14 Lewis and Clark Trail: Development Minutes 1970-1972 
    15 Lewis and Clark Trail: Heritage Foundation Inc.  1970-1979 
    16 Lewis and Clark Trail: Newsletter   1973-1978 
    17 Lewis and Clark Trail: Working Committee 1971      
    18 Lewis and Clark Trail: Working Committee Agenda 1971      
    19 Lewis and Clark Trail Commission    1967-1971 
    20 Lewis and Clark Trail Council       1968-1978 
    21 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Agenda   1970-1979 
    22 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Correspondence 1970-1975 
    23 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Minutes  1970-1979 
    24 Roosevelt-Custer Resource Conservation Planning and  Development 1974      
    25 Emergency Commission 1973-1978 
    26 Dakota Hawk Foundation   1972-1980 
Box 2:
    1 American Revolution Bicentennial Commission- Information  Manual Rough Draft 1975-1977
    2 American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1969-1972 
    3 American Revolution Bicentennial Commission: ND Studies     1973      
    4 American Revolution Bicentennial Commission: Reports 1972-1973 
    5 Rough Rider Award Committee: Minutes 1978-1979 
    6 Rough Rider Winners: Robert Bahmer  1968      
    7 Rough Rider Winners: Bodine, Elizabeth  1969-1979 
    8 Rough Rider Winners: Dr. Anne Carlson   1963-1965 
    9 Rough Rider Winners: Ivan Dmitri    1962      
    10 Rough Rider Winners: Bert C. Gamble 1972-1977 
    11 Rough Rider Winners: Dr. Leon Jacobson  1974-1976 
    12 Rough Rider Winners: General Harold Johnson 1965      
    13 Rough Rider Winners: Louis L'Amour  1972      
    14 Rough Rider Winners: Peggy Lee      1975      
    15 Rough Rider Winners: Dorothy Stickney   1960      
    16 Rough Rider Winners: Roger Maris    1964      
    17 Rough Rider Winners: Casper Oimoen  1973      
    18 Rough Rider Winners: Harold Schafer 1970-1974 
    19 Rough Rider Winners: Eric Sevareid  1964      
    20 Rough Rider Winners: Edward Thompson 1968      
    21 Rough Rider Winners: Era Bell Thompson  1968-1976 
    22 Rough Rider Winners: Lawrence Welk  1961      
    23 Lewis and Clark Trail Morton County Development 1972-1977 
    24 Lewis and Clark Trail Recreation Trail  1979      
    25 Lewis and Clark Trail Walking Comm.: Proposed Easement 1972      
    26 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Membership  1970-1979 
    27 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Operation and Maintenance  Responsibilities  1970      
    28 ND Heritage Foundation   1980-1981 
    29 Rough Rider Award Committee Minutes 1980-1981 
    30 Rough Rider Award Winner 1980-1981 
    31 Citizen Advisory Board   1978-1981 
    32 Plainswoman, Inc      1977      
    33 Garrison Oahe Interagency Council   1980-1981 
    34 Lewis and Clark Trail Council 1970-1981 
    35 Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation  1980      
    36 Lewis and Clark Trail Council Minutes   1980-1981 
    37 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Newsletter  1980-1981 
    38 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Recreational Trail 1981      
    39 Highway Hall of Honors   1984      
    40 Shide Rough Rider Award Nomination Notebook Part A 1980-1983 
    41 Shide Rough Rider Award Nomination Notebook Part 2 1980-1983 
Box 3:
    1 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission  1984-1985 
    2 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1985      
    3 Highway Hall of Honors Committee 1985      
    4 Rough Rider Award Committee 1983-1985 
    5 Garrison-Oahe Interagency Council 1984-1985 
    6 Governor’s Council on Human Resources 1985      
    7 Lewis and Clark Trail: Heritage Foundation Inc. 1983-1985 
    8 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Agenda and Meeting Notice 1983-1985 
    9 ND Council on the Arts 1982-1984 
    10 ND Humanities Council 1983-1985 
    11 Historical Records Advisory Board 1986      
    12 Missouri River Centennial Commission 986      
    13 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1986      
    14 SORIC 1986      
    15 Garrison-Oahe Interagency Council   1986      
    16 Human Resource Council   1986      
    17 Lewis and Clark Trail Council       1985-1986 
    18 Lewis and Clark Trail Council Minutes   1983-1986 
    19 Historical Records Advisory Board   1987      
    20 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission 1986-1987 
    21 Missouri River Centennial Commission 1987      
    22 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1987      
    23 EDC Marketing Committee 1986-1987 
    24 Highway Hall of Honor Committee     1986-1987 
    25 Rough Rider Award Committee: Correspondence 1986-1987 
    26 Take Pride in America (TPIA)        1987      
    27 Garrison-Oahe Interagency Council   1987      
    28 Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation  1986-1987 
    29 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Minutes  1987      
    30 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Signage Project  1987      
    31 ND Humanities Council 1986-1987 
    32 SORIC 1987      
    33 Missouri River Centennial Commission 1988      
    34 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1988      
    35 Capitol Arts and Historic Preservation Committee 1986-1988 
    36 Highway Hall of Honors Committee    1988      
    37 Rough Rider Award Winner Judge Ronald E. Davies 1987      
    38 Lewis and Clark National History Trail: Certification       1988      
    39 Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation  1988      
    40 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Agenda and Meeting Notice    1986-1988 
    41 Lewis and Clark Trail: Recreation Trail 1988      
    42 Lewis and Clark Trail Council: Signage Project  1988      
    43 SORIC 1988      
    44 Documents West Advisory Board       1989      
    45 Historical Records Advisory Board   1989      
Box 4:
    1 National Alliance of Preservation Commissions1989      
    2 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1989      
    3 EDC Marketing Commission 1988-1989 
    4 Rough Rider Award Committee: Correspondence 1989      
    5 SORIC 1989      
    6 Council on Americas Military Posts  1988-1989 
    7 Garrison-Oahe Interagency Council   1988-1989 
    8 ND Council on Arts    1989      
    9 ND Humanities Council 1988-1989 
    10 Historical Records Advisory Board   1990      
    11 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1990      
    12 Capital Celebration Committee       1990      
    13 GIS Management Steering Committee   1990      
    14 Highway Hall of Honor Committee     1990      
    15 Take Pride in America 1988-1990 
    16 Council of State Governments        1988-1990 
    17 Council on America's Military Past  1990      
    18 Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation  1989-1990 
    19 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission 1988-1991 
    20 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1991      
    21 Historical Records Advisory Board   1991      
    22 Lewis and Clark Trail Council       1991      
    23 SORIC 1991      
    24 Emergency Management 1989      
    25 Lewis and Clark Trail Council Bylaws1970      
    26 Centennial Commission: Application for Commercial Use of  Logo  1987-1988 
    27 Centennial Commission: Application for Project  Sanctioning  1987-1988 
    28 Centennial Commission: Applications for Sanctioning Book  1  1987      
    29 Centennial Commission: Application for Sanctioning Book 2   1988      
    30 Centennial Commission: Application for Sanctioning Book 3   1989      
Box 5:
    1 Centennial Commission: Application for Sanctioning 1986-1989 
    2 Centennial Commission: Budget        
    3 Centennial Commission: Centennial Dates 1887-1889  XX        
    4 Centennial Commission: Centennial Train  
    5 Centennial Commission: Centennial Trees Program
    6 Centennial Commission: Civic Anniversary Celebrations        
    7 Centennial Commission: Commemoratives
    8 Centennial Commission: Bismarck Centennial Committee         
    9 Centennial Commission: Centennial Decade Trees Committee     
    10 Centennial Commission: Centennial Expo '89 Committee         
    11 Centennial Commission: Committee Assignments
    12 Centennial Commission: Committees and Subcommittees
    13 Centennial Commission: Finance and Marketing Committee       
    14 Centennial Commission: Historic Preservation Committee       
    15 Centennial Commission: State Agencies Meetings
    16 Centennial Commission: Steering Committee 1989      
    17 Centennial Commission: Correspondence 1987-1989 
    18 Centennial Commission: Correspondence 1985-1986 
    19 Centennial Commission: Correspondence 1982-1984 
    20 Centennial Commission: Financial Statement
    21 Centennial Commission: Forms, Blank  
    22 Centennial Commission: Fundraising   
    23 Centennial Commission: Job Descriptions  
    24 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Applications  and General Correspondence 
Box 6:
    1 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Applications     
    2 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Applications     
    3 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Applications     
    4 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Applications     
    5 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Applications     
    6 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Applications     
    7 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Guidelines       
    8 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Film, Video  and Audio Productions
    9 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Centennial  Bookshelf
    10 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Centennial  Musical Composition
    11 Centennial Commission: Legacy Grant Program-Traveling  and/or Permanent Exhibits
Box 7:
    1 Centennial Commission: Legislation   
    2 Centennial Commission: Logo          
    3 Centennial Commission: Logo, Commercial Use of
    4 Centennial Commission: Logo, Entries For
    5 Centennial Commission: Minutes       
    6 Centennial Commission: Minutes       
    7 Centennial Commission: News Releases 
    8 Centennial Commission: Newspaper Clippings
    9 Centennial Commission: Notice of Meetings and Agendas        
    10 Centennial Commission: Party of the Century 
    11 Centennial Commission: Plan, North Dakota Centennial  Commission 
    12 Centennial Commission: Planning Conferences 
    13 Centennial Commission: Policies      
    14 Centennial Commission: Press Releases
    15 Centennial Commission: Profits       
    16 Centennial Commission: Projects-SHSND
    17 Centennial Commission: Projects. Programs and Activities     
    18 Centennial Commission: Proposals to Manufacture Official  Centennial Products
    19 Centennial Commission: Publicity     
    20 Centennial Commission: Reports       
    21 Centennial Commission: Resolutions   
    22 Centennial Commission: Significant Dates in 1889 and 1989    
    23 Centennial Commission: Six State Centennial Caucus
    24 Centennial Commission: Texas Sesquicentennial Commission     
    25 Centennial Commission: Centennial Commission Budget          
    26 Centennial Commission: Peoples Centennial Planning Conference,  Second Annual
    27 Centennial Commission: Budget        
    28 Centennial Commission: Classification Requests
    29 Centennial Commission: Budget Information
    30 Centennial Commission: NDHC III Wildbrook/Prairie Trilogy   1989
Box 8:
    1 Capitol Complex Space Analysis and Programming  Questionnaire 1999-2000 
    2 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission 1994-2002 
    3 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission 2003-2004 
    4 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission 2005-2006 
    5 Capitol Grounds Planning Commission 2007-2009 
    6 College Conversations 2003-2004 
    7 Garrison-Oahe Interagency Council   1993-1997 
    8 Great Plains Regional Humanities Center 1999-2000 
    9 Heritage Preservation - Heritage Health Index 2004      
    10 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Advisory Committee 2000-2006 
    11 Little Missouri Scenic River Commission 1995-2002 
    12 Local History Council 1993-2000 
    13 ND Council on the Arts 1994-1996 
    14 ND Humanities Council 1991, 1994
    15 Rough Rider Award Committee 1994-2000 
    16 SORIC 1993-1995 
    17 Yellowstone Heritage Partnership    1995-1997 
    18 Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission 1992-2005 
Box 9:
    1 Director's Task Force on Transportation Enhancement -  Rural 2000      
    2 Director's Task Force on Transportation Enhancement -  Urban 2000
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