Henrik Shipstead papers, 1925-1946
Title
Henrik Shipstead papers, 1925-1946
Identifier
P0349
Date
1925-1946
Creator
Description
History/Biography:
Born in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, 1991. He attended the Dental College at Northwestern University, Chicago, and opened a dental office in Glenwood, Minnesota where he first became politically active. He first served as mayor of the village and later as a member of the state legislature. In 1918, Shipstead was pitted against Andrew Volstead for Congress by the Nonpartisan League, but was ultimately defeated. Two years later the same organization put him forward for the Republican nomination for governor, but was defeated in a close race by J.A.O. Preus. From that race, Shipstead gained various acquaintances and prestige that helped him receive endorsement by the new Farmer-Labor Party two years later – a race he won against Frank Kellogg. As a member of the senate, he served as the chairman of the Printing Committee, member of Foreign Relations, Agriculture, Public Buildings, and Grounds, Pensions, and Joint Printing Committee of the House and Senate.
Scope and Content:
Letters, reports, and speeches of, and articles and clippings (1920-1941) about a United States senator from Minnesota (1923-1947).
Speeches by Shipstead include:
Clippings inlcude:
Born in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, 1991. He attended the Dental College at Northwestern University, Chicago, and opened a dental office in Glenwood, Minnesota where he first became politically active. He first served as mayor of the village and later as a member of the state legislature. In 1918, Shipstead was pitted against Andrew Volstead for Congress by the Nonpartisan League, but was ultimately defeated. Two years later the same organization put him forward for the Republican nomination for governor, but was defeated in a close race by J.A.O. Preus. From that race, Shipstead gained various acquaintances and prestige that helped him receive endorsement by the new Farmer-Labor Party two years later – a race he won against Frank Kellogg. As a member of the senate, he served as the chairman of the Printing Committee, member of Foreign Relations, Agriculture, Public Buildings, and Grounds, Pensions, and Joint Printing Committee of the House and Senate.
Scope and Content:
Letters, reports, and speeches of, and articles and clippings (1920-1941) about a United States senator from Minnesota (1923-1947).
Speeches by Shipstead include:
- "Christianity and Politics" (1925)
- "National Origins Clause," (1927)
- "'Dollar Diplomacy'" in Latin America," (1927)
- "Relation of Inland Waterways to Agriculture," (1931)
- "Injunctions in labor Disputes," (1931)
- Bill to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the discovery of America by Leif Ericson (Erikson), (1939)
- "Repeal of the Embargo is not Neutrality," (1939)
- "A Preliminary Report on the Status of Agriculture in World Economy," (1939?)
- The Fourth of July, the Nation's Birthday, (1940 and 1941)
- "Speaking on Bill H.R. 1776," (1941)
- "Statement Regarding Finland," (1941)
- "Subsidies," (1943)
- "Post-War Commitments by United Nations," (1943-44)
- "1932--Roosevelt Emphatically Against League of Nations--Reversed During the Past 12 Years," (1944)
- "Have the American People Yet to Learn that of all the Pious talk to the Contrary, Peace Cannot be Enforced Without Creating War? (1945)
- "Relief of Sick and Hungry People in Europe Address Before Lutheran Men's Council Slave Labor in Europe," (1945)
- "The Place of the United States in the Postwar World," (1946).
Clippings inlcude:
- "En Spelmans Jordafard" by Dan Anderson
- "Senator Henrik Shipstead, his Boyhood and Youth," by N.N. Ronning
- "Senator Shipstead i Kviteseid" by N. N. Ronning
- "Henrik Shipstead, a forgotten idol" by Carl H. Chrislock, from "Telesoga" (Dec. 1994, pp. 28-35), reprinted from "Gamalt fraa Kviteseid," no. 8, 1993
- From C.G.O.Hansen clipping collection, including Shipstead addresses of 1939 and 1940, and article by N.N. Ronning, "The Friend," July 1930, pp. 12-13. Also his article ("Skandinaven," Oct. 6, 1936) reporting on his visit to Alaska.
Extent
2 folders
Language
English
Norwegian
Subject
Type
Clippings
Speeches
Access Rights
This collection is open to research.
Bibliographic Citation
[Indicate the cited item here]. Henrik Shipstead Papers. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Citation
Shipstead, Henrik, 1881-1960, “Henrik Shipstead papers, 1925-1946,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed April 23, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/15937.