Papers, 1895-1949 (inclusive)

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Papers, 1895-1949 (inclusive)

Letters of recommendation (1895-1903), general correspondence (1899-1949), Ph. D. dissertation, sociology surveys, research notes, lecture notes, clippings, sermons, notebooks on various topics in sociology, book reviews, abstracts, articles, student term papers, brochures, essays, seminary diaries.

14 linear ft. (16 boxes): 2 photos.

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University of North Dakota. Disability Services for Students

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Gillette, John M. (John Morris), 1866-1949

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Founder of rural sociology and professor at University of North Dakota. John Morris Gillette was born on a farm in Missouri in 1866 and raised on a farm in Kansas. He was awarded an M.A. in theology from Princeton University and became a Presbyterian minister. Becoming disillusioned with organized religion, he studied sociology at the University of Chicago under John Dewey and Albion Small, earning a Ph. D. in 1901 with a dissertation on urban sociology. Gill...

National Nonpartisan League

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The Farmers' Nonpartisan Political League was organized in North Dakota in 1915 by Arthur C. Townley and other North Dakota Socialist Party members. Members sought to bring about reforms in farming-related business and governmental practices through non-partisan political activity. In 1917 the organizaation's name was changed to the National Nonpartisan Political League, and by 1921 branches were established in an additional fifteen midwestern and northwestern states. While the League was most s...