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Title: Harvey B. Knudson Papers
Dates: 1927-1974
Collection Number: 10699
Quantity: 12.75 feet 
                                              
  Abstract: Includes civil and criminal  court cases, correspondence, graduate and bar examination material, legislative  bills, newspaper clippings, photographs, a scrapbook, broadside, and ephemera  of an Associate Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. 
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the Harvey Knudson  Papers from Harvey Knudson, Jr. in November 1996. 
    
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Box / Folder Inventory
Box 1:
    1.  8207:  Rosenberg v. ND Hospital Serv.  Assn &                                 
    2.  8211:  Detlaff v. Ward Co. Comm.                         
    3.  8274:  Kaczor v. City of Minot                 
    4.  8248:  Stetson v. Investors Oil, Anchor C                           
    5.  8285:  Nord v. Board of Higher Education                          
    6.  8234:  Beck v. Workmen's Comp                           
    7. 8282:  Wirth v. Workmen's Comp Bureau                          
    8.  8256:  Great .Lakes Pipeline Co v. City  Grand Forks                       
    9.  8209:  Blanton v. Blanton                          
    10.  8326:  Garrison Conservancy Contract                              
    11.  8238:  Heggen v. Marentette                               
    12. Cr  350:  State v. Braun                             
    13.  8227:  Monson v. Nelson                       
    14.  8231:  City of Fargo v. Annexation Rev.  Co                     
    15.  8367:  Oil Investment. Inc. v. Dallea  Petrole                                   
    16.  8313:  Titus v. Titua                                   
    17.  8379:  N. Improvement Co. v. Pembina  Broadcasting                                
    18.  8318:  National Farmers Union Prop. v.  Ronholm & Ryan                                         
    Cr.367:  Fournier v. Roed                                              
    8322:  Pocta v. Kleppe Corp.                                        
Box 2:
    1. Cr.  345:  State v. Gill                                    
    2.  Cr.344:  City of Bismarck v. Travis                                          
    3.  8333:  Frandsen v. Mayer                                         
    4.  8359:  Wolff v. Light                                    
    5.  8417:  Baeth v. Hoisveen                                          
    6.  8443:  Overboe v. Overboe                                     
    7.  8471:  Lauritsen v. Lammers                                    
    8.  8501:  William Bros. Pipeline v. City of  Grand Forks                                       
    9.  8477:  Satrom v. City of Grand Forks                                    
    10.  8620:  Jamestown Plumbing & Heating v  City of Jamestown                                  
    11.  8536:  Matter of App. of US Crude Oil Pur                                      
    12. 9010:  John Deere Co. v. Nygard Equipment                                  
    13.  8486:  Lembke v. Unke                                           
    14.  8511:  Hanson v. Zoller                                            
Box 3:
    1. 9013: Great  Northern Railroad v. Flaten, Orig. Opinion                                               
    2. 9013: Great  Northern Railroad v. Flaten                                            
    3. 9013: Great  Northern Railroad v. Flaten                                            
    4. 8517                                  
    5.  Cr.389:  State v. Heasley                                           
    6.  Cr.401/402:  State v. Heasley                                  
    7.  8529:  Mertz v. Weibe                                               
    8.  Cr.405:  Bebeau v. Granrud                                     
    9.  8568:  Schmidt v. Leben                                            
    10. 8574:  Fargo Public Library Urban Renewal Ag                                                
    11.  8711:  Skinner v. American State Bank                                             
    12.  8614:  Lacy v. Grinsteinner                                    
    13.  8745:  Leo Lumber Co. v. Jack Williams                                             
    14.  8750:  Feil v. Wishek                                                 
    15.  8755:  Barr v. Barnes Co. Board of County  Commissioners                                       
    16.  8777-8781: Municipal Airport Authority of Fargo v. Stock                                         
    17.  8776:  Municipal Airport Authority of  Fargo v. Holm                                   
    18.  8817:  Armstrong v. Miller                                     
    19.  Cr.414:  State v. Klein                                               
Box 4:
    1.  Cr.419:  State v. Julson                                              
    2.  8839:  Kittock v. Anderson                                       
    3.  8836:  Cox v. Hjelle                                      
    4.  Cr.442:  Decker v. State                                             
    5.  8872:  Tang v. Ping                                       
    6.  8853:  Sauvageau v. Hjelle                                       
    7.  Cr.432:  State v. Haakenson                                    
    8. Hjelle v.  Lund, Original Opinion                                             
    9.  9029:  Small v. Burleigh Co.                                      
    10.  8860:  Warner v. Johnson                                      
    11.  8835:  Luithle v. Taverna                                         
    12.  8920:  Silseth v. Levang                                           
    13. Cr.  450:  State v. Matthews                                   
    14.  8936:  Nielsen v. Social Service Board                                               
    15.  8942:  Haugland v. ND Employment.  Security B                                            
    16.  9003:  Filler v. Filler                                   
Box 5:
    1.  9017:  Weichel v. Hansen                                         
    2.  8955:  Haag v. State                                    
    3.  Cr.431:  State v. Hilling                                               
    4.  8961:  King v. Montz                                   
    5.  8963:  State ex rel PSC v. Gunkelman                                  
    6.  8944:  Guerard v. State             6-14-74                 
    7.  8999:  Wock v. Kuhn                                   
    8.  8899:  Wentz v. Deseth                                             
    9.  8976:  Pollock v. McKenzie Co. Pub.  School District #1                                 
Box 6:
    1.  9012:  Evanson v. Wigen                                           
    2. Ward Co.  Jury and Western State Bank                                             
    3.  Retirement, Discipline, Remov. Judges                                              
    4. Memorials                                      
    5. Cr.  353:  State v. Moe                                                
    6. Judicial  Retirement                                     
    7. Judicial  Article:  Removal of Judges                                      
    8. Supreme  Ct. Retirement Salary Paid                                   
    9. Salary,  Retirement      1973                       
    10.  Disability Retirement                                               
    11. Minutes,  Judiciary A                                                
    12. Judicial  Wage Freeze:  Judicial Board                                                
    13. Bar  Association Judicial Retirement Plan Committee                                                 
    14. Judicial  Retirement Stennes Report                                  
    15.  Retirement Systems                                                
    16. Court  Administrator                                 
    17.  Committee on Finance and Taxation                                                
    18.  Legislative Council Committees                                          
    18.  Judiciary B:  Criminal Code, Sentencing                                            
    19. Bill  No.1:  Traffic Offense                                       
    20. Bill  No.1:  Source Material                                     
    21. Bill  No.2:  Point System                                           
    22. Analysis  of ND Judicial Salary & Retirement                                   
    23.  Advertising  1962                       
    24. Board of  Higher Ed                                   
    25. Judicial  Selection                                       
    26. Jury                                 
    27.  Judiciary Comm. A:  Study of Court System                                   
    28. Unified  Court System, Judge Kirk Proposal    1971                       
    29. Judicial  Amendment-Knudson Draft                                 
Box 8: 
    1. Uniform  Juvenile Court Act                                     
    2.  Canadian-American Law Symposium                                  
    3. Newspaper  clippings                                 
    4. Newspaper  clippings                                 
    5.  Comments/Notes on Cases                                    
    6.  Five-State Judicial Seminar, Bismarck 1972                       
    7. Rules and  Statues Relating to Attorneys                                           
    8. List of  Attorneys                                          
    9. Jurors                                               
    10. Canons  of Professional/Judicial Ethics                                              
    11. Judicial  Council                                           
    12. State  Bar Association                                               
    13. Supreme  Court Rules of Practice                                        
    14. District  Court Rules                                   
    15. Supreme  Court Rules of Disciplinary Procedures                                         
    16.  Grievance Commission Rules                                               
    17. Rules  Relative to Admission to the Bar                                            
    18. Rules of  Civil Procedure                                         
Box 9:
    1. Jury-Jnov                                        
    2.  Literature-Court Rules, etc.                                    
    3. Platting  Townsites, Dedication Streets                                               
    4. Eminent  Domain                                          
    5. Newman  Act, 28-27-32                                             
    6.  Publications re:  probate, court rules                                  
    7. Knudson  on Reassignment, cases, opinions                                    
    8. Wolff v.  Light, 8528                                     
    9. Misc.  Reference                                          
    10. Misc.  Reference                                        
    11. Judicial  Council-Committee on Jail Rules (emp                                             
    12. Judicial  Council-Committee on Jail Rules                                         
    13.  Post-Conviction Remedies, Guilty Pleas                                          
    14. One Man,  One Vote                                                
    15. Heasley                                         
    16. Juvenile  Court Forms                                              
    17. Juvenile  Court                                            
Box 10: 
    1.  Peterson-ND Supreme Court                                 
    2. M.S.T.C.                                          
    3. Politics             1960                       
    4.  Correspondence         1973-1974                            
    5. North  Dakota Bar Association                                                
    6. ND  Judicial Council:  Rules of Procedures                                          
    7. Deferred  Compensation Plan-Public Employ                                   
    8. Bar  Association-Legislative Comm.                                      
    9. Bar  Association-Index to Code                                              
    10. Bar  Association-Ex. Comm.                                   
Box 11:
    1. Bar  Association-Practice and Procedure                                            
    2. Bar  Association-First District                                   
    3.  Plebiscite                                        
    4. Politics             1951-1954                            
    5. Politics             1958                       
    6. Campaign       1960                       
    7.  Legislative Session      1955                       
    8. Judge  Committee       1964                       
    9. Bills    1962                       
    10. Supreme  Court-Politics          1964                       
    11. Supreme  Court          1964                       
    12. Supreme  Court-Letters          1962                       
Box 12:
    1.  Correspondence         1945-1960                            
    2.  Correspondence         1945-1960                            
    3.  Correspondence, Conrad H. Knudson                1945-1958                            
    4.  Correspondence, Evelyn Knudson       1938-1968                            
    5.  Correspondence, Mathilda Pederson Estate   1969                       
    6.  Correspondence         1951                       
    7.  Correspondence         1951                       
    8.  Correspondence         1951                       
    9.  Correspondence         1953                       
Box 13:
    1.  Correspondence         1955                       
    2.  Correspondence         1955                       
    3.  Correspondence         1957                       
    4.  Correspondence         1957                       
    5. Politics,  Campaign, Steele County        1936                       
    6. Politics             1944-1946                            
    7. Politics             1948                       
    8. Politics,  Election           1950                       
    9. Politics,  Election, News clippings           1950                       
    10. Politics           1950, 1954                           
Box 14:
    1. Politics             1951-1954                            
    2. Politics             1952                       
    3. Politics             1952                       
    4. Politics,  ROC  1953-1954                            
    5. Politics,  ROC Mailing List                                           
    6. Young  Republicans                                     
    7. Politics,  Misc. Correspondence.            ca.1955                 
    8. Politics,  Misc. Correspondence.                                            
    9. Politics             1957                       
Box 15:
    1. Politics             1958                       
    2. Politics             1958                       
    3.  Politics:  Ads, Stories, Etc.        1958                       
    4. Politics,  Campaign       1960                       
    5. Politics,  Election           1960                       
    6.  Politics:  Gov.'s Comm. on Children &  Youth    1960                       
    7. Supreme  Court Election           1962                       
    8. Supreme  Court Election, Newspaper clippings               1962                       
    9. Supreme  Court, Correspondence        1962                       
    10.  Politics:  Advertising for Campaign     1964                       
    11.  Politics:  Newspapers w. ads                1964                       
Box 16:
    1. Supreme  Court            1964                       
    2. Supreme  Court            1964                       
    3. Precincts  Committee Men      1954-1960                            
    4.  Republican Rules         1956                       
    5.  Legislative Session      1955                       
    6.  Legislation, Forms       1957                       
    7. Bar  Association, Practice & Procedure                1952-1953                            
    8. Bar  Association, First District   1949-1952                            
    9. Plebiscite        1954-1959                            
    10. Bills 1962                       
    11. Judge  Committee     1964                       
    12. Pederson  v. Bankers Life                                       
    14. Franklin  Mint Promo                                                
    15.  Placement Service                                    
    16. American  Book Company                                      
    17.  Operation Abolition 1960                       
    18. Children  and Youth                                  
Box 17:
    1. Accounts  Receivable-Paid       1941-1964                            
    2.  Masonic-Mayflower Lodge     1934-1935                            
    3.  Newspaper-"The Divet Story"               1950                       
    4.  Commemorative Coin Collection                                          
    5. American  Lutheran Church Convention             1962                       
    6. American  Lutheran Church Convention             1962                       
    7. American  Lutheran Church                                     
    8. Appellate  Conference, Miami, FL         1974                       
    9. Newspaper  Clippings                                 
    10.  Newspaper Clippings                                              
Box 18:
    1. Missile  Site Agreements, Corp. of Engineers   1964-1969                            
    2. Citations                                          
    3. Gravel  and Water Tests            1950-1965                            
    4. Crop and  Water Damage Claim              1964-1966                            
    5. Romsaas         1967                       
    6. US v.  Harvey B. Knudson, Cr.327                                           
    7. Guild,  P.H. "Bob", Correspondence     1967                       
    8. Lunseth,  Weston, Brager, Etc.               1966                       
    9. Sherbrook  Missile Site-Newspaper clippings                                   
    10. Jacobson      1965                       
    11. County          1966                       
    12.  Photos-West of Road                                              
    13. Accounts  Receivable               1964-1965                            
    14. Gate  City and First Federal Savings & Loan Associations                                           
    15. Misc.  Correspondence etc.                                   
    16. Misc.  Correspondence etc.                                   
Box 19:
    1.  Undergraduate Notes, UND   ca.1927                 
    2.  Undergraduate Notes/Tests-UND       ca.  1927                                
    3.  Undergraduate-Psychology Lab-UND                ca.  1927                                
    4.  Undergraduate Tests/Notes-UND       ca.  1927                                
    5.  Undergraduate Notebook-UND           ca.  1927                                
    6.  Undergraduate Notebook-UND           ca.  1927                                
    7.  Undergraduate Notebook-UND           ca.  1927                                
    8.  Undergraduate Notebook-UND           ca.  1927                                
    9.  Undergraduate Notebooks-UND         ca.  1927                                
Box 20:
    1.  Undergraduate Notebooks-UND         ca.  1927                                
    2. Bar  Examination-Constitutional Law    1931                       
    3. Bar  Examination-Wills                1931                       
    4. Bar  Examination-Trusts             1931                       
    5. Bar  Examination-Trial Practice                1931                       
    6. Bar Examination-Code  Pleading            1931                       
    7. Bar  Examination-Property I (a)              1931                       
    8. Bar  Examination-Property I (b)              1931                       
    9. Bar  Examination-Property II   1931                       
    10. Bar  Examination-Sales            1931                       
    11. Bar  Examination-Forms          1931                       
    12. Bar  Examination-Torts (a)      1931                       
    13. Bar  Examination-Torts(b)      1931                       
    14. Bar  Examination-Criminal Law (a&b) 1931                       
    15. Bar  Examination-Common Law Pleading (a)  1931                       
    16. Bar  Examination-Common Law Pleading (b)  1931                       
    17. Bar  Examination-Mortgages 1931                       
    18. Bar  Examination-Persons      1931                       
    19. Bar  Examination-Agency        1931                       
    20. Bar  Examination-Negotiable Instruments      1931                       
Box 21:
    1. Bar  Examination-Equity I (a)   1931                       
    2. Bar  Examination-Corporations (a&b)  1931                       
    3. Bar  Examination-Insurance     1931                       
    4. Bar  Examination-Bankruptcy  1931                       
    5. Bar  Examination-Suretyship   1931                       
    6. Bar  Examination-Contracts I (a)             1931                       
    7. Bar  Examination-Contracts I (b)            1931                       
    8. Bar  Examination-Evidence       1931                       
    9. Bar  Examination-Conflict of Laws         1931                       
    10. Dakota  Law Review-Notes                                    
    11. Law  School-Misc.                                      
    12. Misc.-UND  Law School                                            
    13. State  Bar Association               1946-1947                                                                                                                                                                                 
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