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Robert G. Dunbar papers, 1930-1986
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Dunbar, Robert G.
- Title
- Robert G. Dunbar papers
- Dates
- 1930-1986 (inclusive)19301986
- Quantity
- 4 linear feet
- Collection Number
- 2437
- Summary
- The Robert G. Dunbar Papers consist of research materials that include copies of journal articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, syllabi, bibliographies, assorted transcriptions of research, topical notes on history organized by places, periods and subjects, class lecture outlines, and lecture notes from both his personal college courses and courses taught during his teaching career. Also included are papers compiled for publications, speeches, and research on agricultural history, papers related to his activities on the Curriculum and Instruction Committee, as Director for the Center for Inter-Cultural Affairs, founder of the International Studies Center, establishment of a Peace Corps program (Ecuador/Heifer), and the International Farm Youth Exchange program. Other materials include transcripts of various reviews, and correspondence from Dunbar's affiliation with organizing the Great Plains Foundation and The Montana Farmers Union. Additionally there are copies of some publications, miscellaneous files including one on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ephemera.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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One file of recommendations for students and colleagues to educational institutions, organizations and government programs. Restricted until the year 2050.
- Languages
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robert George Dunbar was born April 30, 1907 in La Grange, Wisconsin. He married Mary Snell Albertson in 1937 and had two children. He received a B.A. in History with a minor in Spanish from Milton College in Wisconsin in 1929. In 1933 he received his M.A. in History from the University of Wisconsin and earned his PhD in 1935, also from the University of Wisconsin. He taught at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, 1935-1937 and at Colorado State University at Fort Collins, 1937-1947. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as an instructor at Navy War Orientations Programs in Bainbridge, MD. He joined the faculty of the History Department at Montana State University in 1947. He was an Associate Professor of History from 1948-1950 and Professor of History from 1950-1973. He served as Director of the Center for Inter-Cultural Affairs from 1968-1973. At M.S.U. he also founded the International Studies Center in 1955, and in 1963, he succeeded in establishing a Peace Corp training program focused on helping agricultural projects in Ecuador. He was an authority on water rights and irrigation in the Western United States. He was the author of Forging New Rights in Western Waters (University of Nebraska Press, 1983); The Farmer and the American Way (Oxford Book Company,1952); "History of Agriculture;" chapter 5 of vol. 2, in Colorado and Its People (Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1948); "History of Agriculture;" chapter 12, of vol. 1, in A History of Montana, by Merrill G. Burlingame and K. Ross Toole (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1957) and numerous articles in professional journals and newspapers. He served as president of the American Agricultural Society, 1966-67 and spoke frequently to national and state agricultural groups. He vigorously advocated inter-cultural programs and Native American Education. He was a founding member of the Bozeman Chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, which bears his name. Upon retirement in 1974, he was awarded the rank of Professor Emeritus in History. Dr. Dunbar died February 15, 1993 at age 85.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Robert Dunbar papers consist of research, drafts, and speeches documenting to his teaching career and academic scholarship. The first series contains Dunbar's teaching files and includes periodicals, pamphlets, maps, lecture notes, and syllabi related to the courses he taught. A professor of history, Dunbar taught on a wide variety of subjects including ancient civilizations, medieval Europe, modern Europe, American foreign policy, the American west, and history of agriculture.
The series two is the most extensive, and features drafts and research for Dunbar's scholarly publications, speeches, and general research on agricultural history. This series contains voluminous files related to his research for the article "The Initiation of the McNary-Haugen Movement in Montana and the Pacific Northwest," which he co-author Marguerita ("Rita") McDonald and focuses on farm relief programs in the mid-1920s. It also contains extensive research for his articles "Economic Development of the Gallatin Valley" and "History of Agriculture." Materials related to Dunbar's speeches included notes, transcripts, and correspondence. Topics of his talks include the Spanish Civil War, European conditions pre-World War II, the United Nations, and the development of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He also maintained a large array of general research files on topics in agricultural history.
The last three series document to Dunbar's involvement with Montana State College (later Montana State University) activities and professional organizations. They include files related to his work with the Curriculum and Instruction Committee, as his work as Director for the Center for Inter-Cultural Affairs, founder of the International Studies Center, establishment of a Peace Corps program (Ecuador/Heifer), and involvement in the International Farm Youth Exchange program. Files on professional organizations include the Great Plains Foundation, The Montana Farmers Union, and the Agricultural History Society.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
One file of recommendations for students and colleagues to educational institutions, organizations and government programs. Restricted until the year 2050.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Robert Dunbar's papers have been organized into five series with his individual files maintained as much as possible as he originally created them. Dunbar frequently reused paper so a great deal of his hand written and typed notes are on the reverse side of other materials. Care has been taken to retain the order and integrity of this material as much as possible. Correspondence was distributed both within relevant files and chronologically in a set of general files.
Series 1: Teaching Files, 1930-1971
Series 2: Research Files, 1936-1983
Subseries 1: Publications Research, 1940-1983
Subseries 2: Speeches, Addresses and Talks, 1936-1969
Subseries 3: Agricultural History and Organizations Research, undated
Series 3: Montana State University Development and Programs, 1948-1972
Series 4: Agricultural Organization mMmbership, 1949-1980
Series 5: Bibliography, Professional and Personal Correspondence, and Ephemera, 1937-1986
Acquisition Information
The bulk of Robert G. Dunbar's Papers were donated by the Department of History and Philosophy of Montana State University - Bozeman in 2000. Several smaller accessions were incorporated into the collection: Collections 1166, 1168, 1266, 1367, 1402, 2088 were donated by Robert G. Dunbar from 1974-1984, and Collection 1154 was donated by Edward J. Bell and Robert G. Dunbar in 1985.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2009 April 22
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
1: Teaching Files, 1930-1971Return to Top
Files containing research notes, term papers, newspaper clippings, brochures, maps, copies of articles, lecture notes, syllabi, lecture outlines, bibliographies, collected subject files resulting from personal history courses taken and history courses taught during Mr. Dunbar' career.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| 1 | 1 | European History - Medieval |
1930-1931 |
| 1 | 2 | European History - Old Order and Enlightened Despots |
1931-1932 |
| 1 | 3 | Historical Method |
1931-1932 |
| 1 | 4 | European History - Since 1815 |
1931-1932 |
| 1 | 5 | American History - Representative Americans |
1931-1932 |
| 1 | 6 | German History - Ranke paper and notes |
1932-1933 |
| 1 | 7 | French Regionalism - Term Paper |
undated |
| 1 | 8 | Hellenistic Civilization |
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| 1 | 9 | Economic History |
1932-1933 |
| 1 | 10 | Medieval Civilization |
1932-1933 |
| 1 | 11 | Summer: Reformation |
1933 |
| 1 | 12 | Summer: American Foreign Policy |
1933 |
| 1 | 13 | Summer: History of the West |
1933 |
| 2 | 1 | French History |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 2 | American History + 1 paper |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 3 | Recent German History |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 4 | 16th Century Art |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 5 | American Economic Life |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 6 | European 19th Century History |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 7 | American History - Civil War |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 8 | Roman Empire |
1933-1934 |
| 2 | 9 | Europe - Middle Ages |
1934-1935 |
| 2 | 10 | Economics History |
1934-1935 |
| 2 | 11 | Later Roman Empire |
1934-1935 |
| 2 | 12 | European History notes |
undated |
| 2 | 13 | Modern European History |
1934-1935 |
| 2 | 14 | Assorted notes and subjects |
undated |
| 2 | 15 | French and English notes |
undated |
| 2 | 16 | Scotland - Home Rule Essay |
undated |
| 3 | 1 | History 1a - Notes and Syllabi |
1937 |
| 3 | 2 | American History II- Teaching Notes and Aids |
1943 |
| 3 | 3 | American History- Teaching Notes and Aids |
Late 1940s |
| 3 | 4 | Army History Basic I-II - Teaching Notes and Aids |
Late 1940s |
| 3 | 5 | American History - Summer School - Teaching Notes and Aids |
Late 1940s |
| 3 | 6 | History of the West - Teaching Notes and Aids |
Late 1940s |
| 3 | 7 | Ancient History (Egypt) - Teaching Notes and Aids |
Late 1940s |
| 3 | 8 | History of the Pacific - Teaching Notes and Aids |
Late 1940s |
| 4 | 1 | History of Agriculture - Teaching Notes and Aids; Letter recommending adding course at Montana State College |
1940s, 1948 |
| 4 | 2 | Foreign Policy Education - Teaching Notes and Aids |
1950s |
| 4 | 3 | History of Civilization 105, 106, 107 - Teaching Notes and Aids |
1954-1958 |
| 4 | 4 | Non-Western World - Teaching Notes, Aids, Student Papers, Class Evaluations |
1961-1962 |
| 4 | 5 | History of Civilization - Teaching Notes and Aids |
1963 |
| 4 | 6 | Guest for Curriculum Class taught by Wm. Vandiver |
1964 |
| 4 | 7 | History of American Agriculture - Syllabi |
1969-1971 |
| 4 | 8 | Austria |
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| 4 | 9 | Bibliographies |
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| 4 | 10 | Canada |
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| 4 | 11 | Cathedrals |
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| 4 | 12 | Chronology |
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| 4 | 13 | Czechoslovakia |
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| 5 | 1 | England |
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| 5 | 2 | Europe - 1815 |
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| 5 | 3 | Finland - Hungary - Poland |
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| 5 | 4 | France |
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| 5 | 5 | Germany |
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| 5 | 6 | Historians |
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| 5 | 7 | Poland |
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| 5 | 8 | Propaganda |
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| 5 | 9 | Propaganda (cont.) |
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| 5 | 10 | Russia |
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| 5 | 11 | Serbia |
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| 5 | 12 | Spain |
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| 5 | 13 | Foreign Newspaper Articles |
1934-1949 |
| 6 | 1 | Significant Headlines of World War II |
1941-1945 |
| 6 | 2 | German Peace Settlement News Clippings |
1946-1949 |
| 6 | 3 | New York Times Picture Section - Clipping with Emphasis on Europe and Nazis, |
1936-1940 |
| 6 | 4 | Blank class-work maps, maps of Europe for different historical eras and Newsweek maps |
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| 6 | 5 | Newsweek maps of the week and month |
1949-1950 |
2: Research Files, 1936-1983Return to Top
Series 2 has been arranged in 3 sub-series: 1. Research files identified with publications; "Washington the Farmer," "History of Agriculture," "The Farmer and the American Way," "The Economic Development of the Gallatin Valley," "The Initiation of the McNary-Haugen Movement in Montana and the Pacific Northwest," and "Forging New Rights in Western Waters;" 2. Research files created for speeches, talks and presentations having topics of pre-World War II conditions, the United Nations and the USDA; 3. his remaining files on agricultural history include agricultural organizations, general nature within subject areas related to his professional activities and interests.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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1: Research files for published works
This subseries contains research files related to Dunbar's published scholarship. Research files identified with the following publications: "Washington the Farmer;" Western Farm Life, v. 42:3, Feb.1, 1940; "History of Agriculture;" chapter 5 of v. 2, Colorado and Its People, 1948; The Farmer and the American Way, Oxford Book Co., 1952; "The Economic Development of Gallatin County;" Pacific Northwest Quarterly, v. 47:4, Oct. 1956; "The Initiation of the McNary-Haugen Movement in Montana and the Pacific Northwest," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, v.71:2, Rita McDonald and Robert G. Dunbar, Apr. 1980; and Forging New Rights in Western Waters, University of Nebraska Press, 1983.
Research files for "The Initiation of the McNary-Haugen Movement in Montana and the Pacific Northwest" are the most well represented in this series and feature photocopies of original reports, newspaper articles, correspondence, meeting minutes, and hearings. They also include Dunbar's notes, timelines, and bibliographies. Individuals featured in the research files include E. J. Bell, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight R. Cresap, Chester C. Davis, Hubert Edbert, Frank R. Gooding, Gilbert N. Haugen, Herbert Hoover, George J. Jewett, Edward C. Johnson, Eugene Meyer, Jr., Frank W. Mondell, Charles L. McNary, Walter J. Robinson, James S. Shideler, John W. Summers, O. F. Tate, Henry C. Taylor, Samuel R. Thompson, William L. Thompson, Henry C. Wallace, Frank J. Wilmer and M.L. Wilson. The activities of American Wheat Growers Associated, Inc., the Montana Export Commission League, the Washington Export League, the Portland Chamber of Commerce and reports of the Colfax, Washington meeting, Spokane meeting, and Meyer-Mondell mission are represented in distinct files. The remainder of these papers are research and a draft for an earlier article in 1969 on the McNary-Haugen bill by Rita McDonald, a typed set of notes, chronology of events and table of contents by Rita McDonald, drafts, critiques, footnotes, corrections of the final article, and an extensive exchange of correspondence with some enclosures between the two authors.
There are also extensive research files for his article "Economic Development of the Gallatin Valley." These files contain collected notes on sawmills, flour mills, coal mines, creameries and agricultural businesses; interviews with Elmer Bartholomew, Walter Cooper, Donald Corcoran, C.S. Kenyon, Rex Labertew, C.B. Moore, George Morgan, George R. Porter, George P. Reller, Frank Stone, Norman L. Towne, Charles Vandenhook and Lee H. Williams; papers (Seed Pea industry and lumber industry).
His research on Forging New Rights in Western Waters features extension bulletins, articles, transcriptions of interviews with Clarence Hinkle, Fred Hennighhausen, Herman R. Crile and John Scully, and correspondence with Albert G. Feidler, Herman R. Crile and others on water rights and irrigation
His files for the "History of Agriculture" chapter on Colorado include research on dry land farming, fruit and melon industries, lamb and sheep rearing, potatoes, migrant workers and immigration, radicalism, suffrage, rural free delivery, and the San Luis Valley.
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| 7 | 1 | "Washington the Farmer" - various rough drafts and copy of the journal |
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| 7 | 2 | "History of Agriculture" - notes, draft and correspondence |
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| 7 | 3 | "History of Agriculture" - miscellaneous agricultural subjects in Colorado |
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| 7 | 4 | "History of Agriculture" - dry land farming |
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| 7 | 5 | "History of Agriculture" - fruit raising |
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| 7 | 6 | "History of Agriculture" - lamb and sheep rearing |
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| 7 | 7 | "History of Agriculture" - melon industry |
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| 7 | 8 | "History of Agriculture" - migrant workers and immigration |
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| 7 | 9 | "History of Agriculture" - potatoes |
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| 7 | 10 | "History of Agriculture" - radicalism, suffrage and rural free delivery |
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| 7 | 11 | "History of Agriculture" - San Luis Valley |
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| 7 | 12 | "The Farmer and the American Way" - correspondence, outline, research notes and related materials |
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| 8 | 1 | "The Economic Development of the Gallatin Valley" - Assorted notes on industries lumber, mining, agriculture, milling, irrigation, and other local businesses |
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| 8 | 2 | "The Economic Development of the Gallatin Valley" (cont.) - more industry notes |
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| 8 | 3 | "The Economic Development of the Gallatin Valley" (cont.) - Interviews - industry founders and business leaders |
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| 8 | 4 | "The Economic Development of the Gallatin Valley" (cont.) - Papers, brochures, maps, and copy of the journal article |
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| 8 | 5 | "The Initiation of the McNary-Haugen Movement in Montana and the Pacific Northwest" - background |
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| 8 | 6 | McNary-Haugen - biographies of some of the key individuals |
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| 8 | 7 | McNary-Haugen - articles, notes, time-line, correspondence and newspaper clippings of notes |
1920s |
| 8 | 8 | McNary-Haugen - wheat situation |
early 1920s |
| 8 | 9 | McNary-Haugen - wheat situation - comprehensive notes and newspaper clippings |
1920s |
| 8 | 10 | McNary-Haugen - wheat growers - organizations, clippings of reactions, etc |
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| 8 | 11 | McNary-Haugen - wheat growers, organizing and problems pooling wheat |
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| 9 | 1 | McNary-Haugen - American Wheat Growers Associated, Inc. |
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| 9 | 2 | McNary-Haugen - Colfax, Washington meeting - export commissions |
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| 9 | 3 | McNary-Haugen - Idaho wheat growers, export commissions |
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| 9 | 4 | McNary-Haugen - M.L. Wilson files on wheat problem - correspondence |
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| 9 | 5 | McNary-Haugen - Meyer-Mondell mission - notes, report |
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| 9 | 6 | McNary-Haugen - Montana Export Commission League - papers, notes, and correspondence |
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| 9 | 7 | McNary-Haugen - Washington Export League organization |
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| 9 | 8 | McNary-Haugen - Oregon, Washington reactions to wheat crisis, exports |
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| 9 | 9 | McNary-Haugen - Portland Chamber of Commerce opposition |
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| 9 | 10 | McNary-Haugen - Oregon, Washington correspondence and telegrams |
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| 9 | 11 | McNary-Haugen - Spokane meeting |
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| 9 | 12 | McNary-Haugen - Henry C. Taylor - interview, notes |
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| 9 | 13 | McNary-Haugen - Wallace to Taylor |
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| 9 | 14 | McNary-Haugen - M.L. Wilson interview |
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| 9 | 15 | McNary-Haugen - Draft manuscript and related documents for earlier article by Rita McDonald in 1969 on McNary-Haugen bill |
1969 |
| 9 | 16 | McNary-Haugen - Typed copy of notes, chronology of events and table of contents by Rita McDonald - date unknown |
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| 10 | 1 | McNary-Haugen - Early drafts, commentary, critiques of 1980 article |
1980 |
| 10 | 2 | McNary-Haugen - Draft article with footnotes, corrections of 1980 article |
1980 |
| 10 | 3 | McNary-Haugen - Dunbar-McDonald correspondence |
1975-1980 |
| 10 | 4 | "Forging New Rights in Western Waters" - Correspondence seeking information on research sources in irrigation and water rights, 1948-1981 |
1948-1981 |
| 10 | 5 | "Forging New Rights in Western Waters" (cont.) - Papers, bulletins, brochures, articles pamphlets, 1889-1974 |
1889-1974 |
| 10 | 6 | "Forging New Rights in Western Waters" (cont.) - Interviews, typed or longhand, 1973-1979 |
1973-1979 |
2: Speeches, addresses and talks
This subseries contains research files created for Dunbar's speeches or addresses. They include two speeches to unknown audience on the Spanish Civil War and conditions in Europe 1936, a talk to the Rotary Club - 1939; a Farmer-Labor Institute talk, 1958; several talks on the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1964-69; and a United Nations Day address, 1961.
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1936-1969 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 7 | Pre-World War II speeches on Spain and European conditions - transcripts, notes, and correspondence |
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| 10 | 8 | Rotary talk of 1939 on war and if US will stay out - hand-written transcript |
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| 10 | 9 | Farmer-Labor Institute talk on the U.N. and taxes, 1958 - clippings, correspondence, notes and various printed support documents |
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| 10 | 10 | United Nations Day address, 1961 - research documents and supporting print materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings and transcripts |
1961 |
| 10 | 11 | USDA talks, 1964-1969 - correspondence, transcripts, clippings and other support materials |
1964-1969 |
3: Agricultural history and organizations
This subseries contains Dunbar's general research files on agricultural history. These files feature bibliographies, notes, copies of journal articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, essays, maps, brochures, transcriptions of interviews and correspondence. These files cover research on Montana agricultural history, the Farm Bureau, National Farmers Organization, National Farmers Union, Non-Partisan League, Grange, Equity, Farmers Alliance, the Land Grant College System, water resources, climate, crops and livestock, the American frontier and westward movement, machinery, land policy, snow surveys, and rural sociology. Special topics include the Holland Settlement in Montana, Fairway Farm Project, Kinsey Flats/Case-Wheeler Projects, M. L. Wilson - taped remembrances of Edward Bell and Dr. Robert Dunbar, and the seed pea industry in Gallatin County, Montana.
Transcriptions of interviews include Jack Taylor, Hobart E. Myrick, Mildred K. Stoltz, E. A. Willson, Elmer Starch and John G. Parker; addresses by Roland R. Renne and R. G. Dunbar.
Also included are materials on Napoleonic France, Europe, and sundry topics of historical interest. The files were not identifiable as related to any particular work product of Robert Dunbar's but were used for publications, lectures, talks, speeches and conferences. The files have been arranged alphabetically by topic. * (These items filed with audio/visual materials).
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| 11 | 1 | Agricultural history - bibliographies |
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| 11 | 2 | Agricultural history - bibliographies |
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| 11 | 3 | Agricultural history - general materials - foreign influences, American Indian methods |
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| 11 | 4 | Agricultural history - general materials - Southern agriculture, slavery |
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| 11 | 5 | Agricultural history - general materials - agricultural education, climate and terrain |
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| 12 | 1 | Agricultural history - general materials - crops, machinery |
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| 12 | 2 | Agricultural history - general materials - land policy, westward movement |
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| 12 | 3 | Agricultural history - general materials - sociology of agriculture, organizations |
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| 12 | 4 | American frontier - history and significance, several Frederick Jackson Turner pieces |
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| 12 | 5 | Farm Bureau |
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| 12 | 6 | Farmer and Politics - backgrounds of farmer's movements and organizations |
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| 12 | 7 | Farmer's organizations - National Farmers Organization |
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| 12 | 8 | Farmer's organizations - National Farmers Union |
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| 12 | 9 | Farmer's organizations - Non-Partisan League |
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| 12 | 10 | History of the Grange - emphasis on Montana |
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| 12 | 11 | Holland Settlement, Montana - paper about its history |
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| 13 | 1 | Land Grant College System - includes transcriptions of R.R. Renne and R.G. Dunbar addresses at conference |
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| 13 | 2 | M.L. Wilson - Remembrances of Edward Bell and Dr. Robert Dunbar (2 audio tapes)* |
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| 13 | 3 | Montana Agricultural History - Essays on sheep, cattle, sugar beets, poultry |
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| 13 | 4 | Montana Agricultural History - Fairway Farm Project by M.L. Wilson |
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| 13 | 5 | Montana Agricultural History - Farmer's organizations: Equity, Farmers Alliance, etc. |
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| 13 | 6 | Montana Agricultural History - General topics: drought, crops, livestock, dairies |
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| 13 | 7 | Montana Agricultural History - Jack Taylor, Hobart E. Myrick, Mildred K. Stoltz and E.A. Willson interviews |
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| 13 | 8 | Montana Agricultural History - Kinsey Flats/Case-Wheeler Projects - interview with Elmer Starch |
1976 |
| 13 | 9 | Montana Agricultural History - Seed pea industry in Gallatin County by M.C. Parker and interview with John G. Parker |
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| 13 | 10 | Montana Agricultural History - Water resources |
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| 13 | 11 | Snow surveys - notes, correspondence, articles |
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| 13 | 12 | Williamsburg restored - articles, postcard |
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| 13 | 13 | World history - set of journal articles including Napoleonic France, Europe and sundry topics |
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3: Montana State University Development and Programs, 1948-1972Return to Top
Files associated with Dr. Dunbar's career at Montana State University. These include his role as a member of the Curriculum and Instruction Committee including correspondence with numerous faculty members, Director for the Center for Inter-Cultural Affairs, founder of the International Studies Center, establishment of a Peace Corp program (Ecuador/Heifer) - includes extensive correspondence with Ray and Verena Borton of the Agricultural Development Council, Inc., the International Farm Youth Exchange program, and papers related to these programs.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 1 | Curriculum - Development: notes, background materials, correspondence |
1948-1952 |
| 14 | 2 | Curriculum - Suggested course changes |
1950 |
| 14 | 3 | Curriculum - State and M.S.U. meeting, annual reports and correspondence |
1951-1953 |
| 14 | 4 | Curriculum - dept. recommendations, surveys, meetings for five day week |
1951-1955 |
| 14 | 5 | Curriculum - development of education in the social sciences and humanities |
1951-1956 |
| 14 | 6 | International Farm Youth Exchange - notes, papers, brochures, correspondence, etc. |
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| 14 | 7 | International Farm Youth Exchange - notes, papers, brochures, correspondence, etc. |
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| 14 | 8 | International Studies - correspondence, notes, articles, reports with emphasis on Latin America |
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| 14 | 9 | Peace Corp - Ecuador: reports by volunteers, maps, brochures, notes |
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| 15 | 1 | Peace Corp - Ecuador/Heifer: training evaluation, journals, pamphlets, notes |
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| 15 | 2 | Peace Corp - Correspondence, mainly from Ray and Verena Borton (Agricultural Development Council, Inc.) and some print materials and clippings |
1964-1972 |
| 15 | 3 | Peace Corp - Correspondence (cont.) |
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| 15 | 4 | World hunger - notes, journal articles, newspaper clippings and other background materials |
4: Agricultural Organizations, 1949-1980Return to Top
Included are files for: 1. The Great Plains Foundation where he served as chairman of the committee for its original organization, papers include drafts of proposals, by-laws and correspondence relative to setting up the foundation; 2. The Montana Farmers Union for which he served on the Education Task Force. There is correspondence between Margaret Bucher, Director of Education about talks to the State School program and the Writer's Project, Ralph R. Cook regarding talks at picnics and camps across Montana and Leonard Kenfield as President of Montana Farmers Union. Also, he and Mildred K. Stoltz corresponded extensively about her history of the Montana Farmers Union. Research notes, publications (brochures, pamphlets, etc.) are interspersed in the files. Policy positions of the National Farmers Union and a set of Pioneer, the newsletter of the Educational Dept. complete the papers; 3. The Agricultural History Society where he was on the Editorial Board and later was President (1966-67), included are letters from Everett E. Edwards, Wayne D. Rasmussen, Vernon Carstensen and other editors, copies of reviews he wrote, missives on the hopes of a committee on World Agricultural History at the FAO and letters to authors with critiques and encouragement.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| 15 | 5 | Great Plains Foundation - correspondence, notes, drafts of proposals, by-laws and other materials relative to establishing the foundation |
1949-1952 |
| 16 | 1 | Montana Farmers Union - Correspondence (mainly Mildred K. Stoltz and Margaret Bucher) with enclosures |
1949-1957 |
| 16 | 2 | Montana Farmers Union - Correspondence, and research notes |
1958-1961 |
| 16 | 3 | Montana Farmers Union - Correspondence, convention hand-outs, service award program |
1979-1980 |
| 16 | 4 | Montana Farmers Union - National Farmers Union policies |
1973-1979 |
| 16 | 5 | Montana Farmers Union - Set of Pioneer (Montana Farmers Union Educational Dept. Newsletter) |
1979 March - 1980 October |
| 17 | 1 | Agricultural History Society - correspondence including enclosures |
1947-1956 |
| 17 | 2 | Agricultural History Society - correspondence including enclosures |
1957-1958 |
5: Bibliography, Correspondence, and EphemeraReturn to Top
The files consist of lists of books, articles and reviews authored by Robert G. Dunbar, copies of some of the articles (published items present in the library are individually cataloged), a file on the Dead Sea Scrolls, a set of personal and professional correspondence (with some enclosures) chronologically arranged, personal correspondence and loose papers and personal ephemera. Letters of recommendation from students and colleagues for educational institutions, organizations and government agencies are restricted. **
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| 17 | 3 | Publication lists, 1937-1986 and some copies of published articles |
1937-1986 |
| 17 | 4 | Dead Sea Scrolls research papers |
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| 17 | 5 | Research on vaccination history in France and miscellaneous correspondence |
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| 17 | 6 | Assorted loose papers and correspondence |
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| 17 | 7 | Assorted brochures, pamphlets and other ephemera |
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| 18 | 1 | Correspondence - Mildred C. Robbins to Robert Dunbar |
1927-1929 |
| 18 | 2-6 | Correspondence - personal and professional |
1947-1978 |
| 18 | 7 | Letters of recommendation - Restricted** |
1953-1962 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agricultural development projects--Ecuador
- Agricultural price supports--Law and legislation--United States
- Agriculture--Colorado--History
- Agriculture--History--Societies, etc
- Agriculture--Montana--Gallatin Valley--History
- Agriculture--Montana--Societies, etc
- Agriculture--United States--History
- College teachers--Montana--Bozeman
- Cross-cultural studies-Montana-Bozeman
- Foreign study-Montana-Bozeman
- History teachers--Montana--Bozeman
- History-Study and teaching (Higher)-Montana-Bozeman
- Irrigation-West (U.S.)-History
- Riparian rights-West (U.S.)-History
- Water rights-West (U.S.)-History
Personal Names
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
Corporate Names
- Agricultural History Society
- Great Plains Foundation
- International Farm Youth Exchange
- Montana Farmers Union
- Montana State University--Bozeman--Faculty
- Montana State University--Bozeman-Administration
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
Geographical Names
- Gallatin Valley (Mont.)-Economic conditions-History
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Bibliographies
- Research (document genres)
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Kim Allen Scott, 2009. Updated by Heather Mulliner, 2022.
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