Doane Robinson Collection Autobiographical Manuscripts (1889-1946)
BOX 3366A
Folder #239: Autobiographical Manuscripts
"Back Home"
"Will and the Boy"
"Castle Rock"
Doane Robinson Collection Religious Manuscripts (1889-1946)
BOX 3366A
Folder #238: Religious Manuscripts
"Christian Prayer"
"Creation"
"The Divine Wooing-The Love Story of Jesus of Nazareth"
"I Thirst"
"Jesus in Prophecy"
"Jesus of Nazareth"
"Jesus of Nazareth and Prayer"
"The Outlook"
"Preparation of the Sunday School Teacher"
"The Rules and Practices of Jesus Relating to Prayer"
"Second Genesis-Creation of the Gospels"
"Sketch of Israel from Joshua to David"
"The Son of Man"
"A Suggestion Pertaining to Elijah"
"The Times of Jesus, Reflected in the Sermon on the Mount"
"The Vine"
"Who's who in Israel?"
Untitled manuscript concerning the "Gospel of the Grin"
Untitled manuscript concerning the "Trials of Jesus"
Doane Robinson Collection Miscellaneous Manuscripts (1889-1946)
BOX 3366A
Folder #240: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Untitled criticism of the court system.
Untitled manuscript concerning the conservation of water.
Untitled manuscript concerning the Department of History.
Untitled news release concerning the ethical foundation of education.
Series of news release concerning South Dakota countries.
Untitled data concerning South Dakota countries.
"The Hyde Case"
"Kiwanis Appreciation and Sympathy" concerning Charles Sumner Whiting.
"John Gneisenau Neihardt"
"The Sage of Mission Hill" concerning A.L. Van Osdel.
"Too Ignorant" and "The First White Women" concerning respectively woman suffrage and Pelagic, Guerette La Barge.
"Belden, the White Chief"
"Delegate in Congress from Dakota Territory" concerning John Blair Smith Todd.
"Norbeck and the Roads"
Untitled manuscript concerning Joseph Ward.
Untitled manuscript concerning the South Dakota State Fair.
Untitled manuscript concerning South Dakota agriculture.
"Regulating the Farmer"
Untitled manuscript concerning the new state capitol.
"Tourist Guide to the Black Hills"
Untitled manuscript concerning South Dakota's resources.
"Mount Rushmore National Memorial"
Untitled manuscript concerning the Black Hills.
"The Spanish Regime" concerning Spanish rulers of the Louisiana Territory.
"Brief Review of Archaeological Work in South Dakota"
"Some Good Things for Pierre"
Untitled data concerning the state debt.
Untitled manuscript concerning camping in the Black Hills.
Untitled manuscript concerning South Dakota agriculture and industry.
Untitled manuscript concerning the assets of South Dakota.
"South Dakota Resurgam" concerning the depression of 1935.
Untitled manuscript concerning the historical aspects of religion in South Dakota.
Untitled data concerning South Dakota.
"The Women Power of South Dakota Through Registration"
"The Dining Room Orchestra"
Untitled manuscript concerning the "civilization" of the Indian under the Dawes and Burke acts.
"Prohibition with Compensation"
"The Spelling Book Democracy" concerning the Anson H. Bigelow primary election ballot.
"Education Methods"
"The Conservative"
"Calvin Coolidge Says" comparing Washington and Lincoln.
"The Soul of the Indian"
"A Dark Subject"
"An American Scenario" concerning the Sublette family.
"When Christ Came to Dakota"
Folder #241: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
"Power from the Missouri"
Untitled manuscript concerning the conduct of state business.
"Certain Adventures in State Socialism" concerning South Dakota constitutional history.
"State Commission Government"
"Bill Mad"
"Flood Protection"
Untitled manuscript on the necessity of vital statistics.
"Campaign that Failed" concerning bills that failed to pass the State Legislatures.
"The Divine Right of Princes" concerning Sitting Bull.
Untitled manuscript concerning the League of Nations.
Untitled manuscript concerning the D.A.R.
"Prophetic Vision" concerning the judicial system.
"Monstrous" concerning a planned economy.
"The Cockloft"
"The State Gallery of Portraiture"
"A Point in Solar Astronomy"
"Graphic Studies in National economy"
Untitled humorous essay.
Untitled humorous essay.
"Journey up the Missouri" concerning the Northwestern Indian Commission of 1866. "A Land Sharp"
"Old Settlers"
"Memorial Address, Hurley, 1901"
"Romance and Heroism in South Dakota History"
"Comparison of Prose, Fiction, and Poetry"
"The whence and the whither of Pip's Expectations"
"The Reflection of an Era upon its Poetry"
"A Few Observations" for the Pierre Dickens Club.
"Martin Chuzzlewit"
Folder #242: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
"Historical Fiction"
"The Outline of History, by H.G. Wells"
"Vitalized History"
"Teaching History through Historical Novels" "Some Objectives in Teaching History"
"The Value of History"
"Lincoln County Immortals" concerning Oscar S. Gifford, Thomas Thorson, and George Williston Nash.
"The Old Order Passeth"
Untitled patriotic address.
Untitled dedication of firefighters' monument in Pierre.
"The New Autocracy" concerning the labor movement.
"Education-The American Fetish"
Untitled manuscript on the survival of the fittest.
"Our Great State"
"Little Bend of the Missouri River"
"Little Bend of the Missouri River"
"An Internal Improvement" concerning the Missouri River.
"Opening Day Address, 1910”
"An Address on State Pride"
Untitled manuscript concerning prohibition.
Untitled manuscript concerning Lyon County, Iowa (?).
Untitled manuscript delivered to unidentified eighth grade graduation.
"Defamation of Public Officials"
"The Missouri River Bridges"
"The Yankton College Address"
Untitled manuscript delivered at dedication of Wagon Bridge across Missouri River at Mobridge.
"Address before South Dakota Lumber Dealers Association"
"The Father of Democracy"
Untitled manuscript delivered at dedication of Elm River monument. "Adjustments and Re-adjustments"
"The Christian Lawyer and His Work"
"What I Wish somebody had Told Me at Eighteen" (by Harry A. Robinson).
"The Law Covering Missouri River Accretion, Avulsion and Reliction Lands, as Enunciated by the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Statutes of the State of North Dakota" (by Harry A. Robinson).
Untitled manuscript concerning Henry Kimball Warren.
"Crimes Incorporated"
"Recommendations"
"Intelligent Goodness"
"Commencement Address"
BOX 3366B
Folder #251: Miscellaneous Papers
BOX 3367A
Folder #252: Miscellaneous Papers
Folder #253: Annual Review Statistics, 1902-1907 (Agriculture)
Folder #254: Annual Review Statistics, 1907-1926 (Agriculture)
Folder #255: Annual Review Statistics, 1907-1926 (Agriculture)
Folder #256: Annual Review Statistics, 1907-1926 (Agriculture)
Folder #257: Annual Review Statistics, 1907-1926 (Agriculture)
BOX 3367B
Folder #258: Annual Review Statistics, 1903-1912 (Banking)
Folder #259: Subject File
Material collected by Robinson concerning hydroelectric development in South Dakota, see also Oversize Folder #2.
Volume #1: The Arena,, May 1895 containing "A Poet of the Northwest," by James Realf, Jr., which concerns Doane Robinson.
Volume #2: "Contributions to The Century Magazine by Doane Robinson 1891-1899." With an introductory study of his verxe published in The Arena in 1895, and "A Sidelight on the Sioux Indian," from McClure's,, Aug. 1903.
Volume #3: "Footnotes and References on Early Entries in 1899," a booklet of notes for "History of South Dakota from Earliest Times."
Volume #4: Miscellaneous Poems.
Volume #5: "Lebbeus Thaddeus: A Poem."
Volume #6: "Some References in Books and Periodicals to his Life and Works, Including Articles and Books of His Authorship."
Volume #7: Austin Family Bible, containing genealogical records.
Volume #8: "Annual Report to the Railroad Commission of Dakota," which is blank except for a few pages used as an account book.
Volume #9: Scrapbook. Biographical forms filled out by over 120 South Dakotans; includes incomplete index.
Volume #10: Studies in European History, by Jennic Austin Robinson. (VOLUMES 11-13 ON SHELF FOLLOWING BOX 18) Volume #11: Scrapbook. Poetry of other authors.
Volume #12: "Tribute to the Literary Work of Doane Robinson from His Friends."
Volume #13: U.S. Circuit Court Commissioner Docket, 1892. 20 cases signed by J.L. Robinson, Commissioner.
Doane Robinson Collection Poetry (1889-1946)
BOX 3366B
Folder #243: Poetry "A Gatherin"
"Acrostics"
"Address to Our Primal Ancestor"
"Annus Mirabilis"
"The Arrow-Maker's Secret"
"Auto-Hypnotism"
"Betrayed"
"The Big Adventure"
"Billy Doane's Dream"
"Bits of Four"
"The Blaze on the Book"
"The Bon Voyage"
"A Brown Blight" "The Calling of Matthew"
"The Cals are coming"
"Chagrin"
"Cloth of Gold," "Bittersweet," and "Joytime"
"The Cook's Help"
"Dakota Hymn"
"The Day"
"The Educational Value of the Capitol"
"Fifty Million More"
"The Gain is mine"
"Give me Your Lips"
"Gladsheim"
"Go Thou and Live"
"Green Butte Ranch"
"The Highroad"
"The Hill Farms of Wisconsin"
"Hisega"
"Homestead Days"
"I Tell My Beads"
"In Lighter Vein"
"In Mankato"
"In Our Town"
"In South Dakota"
"The Joy Flame"
"The Last Adventure"
Folder #244: Poetry
"Leonard C. Mead, January 18,1856"
"Letters"
"Life and Love Song of the Wave"
"The Missionary" "Morning in Galilee" "Mountain Peaks"
"The New Capitol, 1908"
"Not So Pacific"
"Notes on Washington, D.C."
"October"
"Old Hudson, of Hudson's Bay"
"An Original Genius"
"The Other Room"
"Pains"
"The Passion of Joshua"
"The Pioneers"
"The Planters"
"Progress"
"Regent of the North"
"Sam Brown's Historic Ride"
"Saxon Destiny"
"The Smile of My Truelove"
"Some Summer Day"
"South Dakota to Washington"
"South Dakota's New State House"
"The Sum of Happiness"
"The Sun Comes Back"
"The Testing Ground"
"Thanksgiving"
"To A Prairie Violet"
"To Mr. and Mrs. Max J. Schubert"
"To South Dakota"
"To Those Who've Stuck"
"Tragedy"
"The Trail of Charging Cat."
"United States"
"Universal Peace Scripture"
"The War We Won"
"The Wedding Journey"
"The Wisdom of Suzanne"
"Wyota Homestead"
Untitled poems and partial poems.
Untitled notebook of poems.
Doane Robinson Collection Oversize & Additions (1889-1946)
MD 66
Oversize Folder #1:
Certificate as County Chairman for War Savings.
Appointment as delegate to National Irrigation Congress.
Scrapbook.
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
"Map of a Branch of the Dakota-Central Railway," showing Fairbanks, Dakota Territory, 1883.
Plat map of "Fairbanks, Sully County, Dakota, n.d.
Plat map of Mitchell, South Dakota, 1903.
Plat map of Township 115, Range 81, showing Robinson's Little Bend Ranch, ca. 1912.
Outline may of South Dakota marked to show cement materials.
Mimeograph outline map of the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana, showing reservoirs, irrigation, and power facilities.
"The Robinson Pedigree."
"Ancestry and Posterity of George McCook Robinson."
Map of Long Island, New York.
Issue of the Dakota Farmer, Vol. 36, No. 7 (April 1, 1916), which contains "The Missouri's Call" and "Harnessing a Hope" both by Robinson.
"Are our Colleges Teaching Subversive Philosophy?" newspaper clipping by Ralph E. Duncan.
Tom Ayres Land Company Bulletin, July 20,1909.
Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin census of 1860 showing the Robinson Family.
MD 67
Oversize Folder #2:
Pamphlet. "Navigation of the Missouri River through the Dakotas," put out by the Pierre Commercial Club, 1931.
Article. "State Must Develop Missouri River Project," 2 copies.
Article. Reprint of speech by Robinson promoting waterpower development, January 11, 1920.
Petition. Requesting vote on hydroelectric power plant, 1921.
Poster. "Vote Yes on Initiated Law No. 1 Stat Owned hydroelectric," 2 copies.
Sample Ballot. Hughes Country, November 7,1922. 2 copies.
Map. "Possibility of hydroelectric at Big Bend," by L.O. Berg, 1923.
Map. Little Bend proposed dam by the State Engineer.
Map. "C.B. Billinghurst's hydroelectric Power Map, 1918,2 copies.
South Dakota Leader, Mitchell, June 4,1921, Article and 2 letters regarding Teddy Roosevelt.
3 Drawings of proposed hydroelectric development near Mobridge.
BOX 3368A
DOANE ROBINSON PAPERS ADDITIONS
Folder #1: Letters, 1873-1924, to and from J.B. Irvine. There appears to be two J.B. Irvines involved. The oldest letters appear to have been written by the captain Irvine stationed at Fort Sully. The letters written in the 1920s appear to involve a Rev. J.B. Irvine.
Folder #2: Letters, 1921-1925, concerning the possibility of extracting aluminum from shales in South Dakota.
Folder #3: Letters, 1902-1925, to and from Gov. and Mrs. Charles N. Herreid.
Folder #4: Letters, 1924-1939, concerning the first alfalfa grown in South Dakota. Includes LawrenceFox correspondence. Removed from collection to form collection H84.14South Dakota Alfalfa Controversy Papers.
Folder #5: Letters, 1904-1923, to and from Charles H. Burke, South Dakota Congressman and Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Folder #6: Letters, 1908-1913, to and from Coe I. Crawford. The bulk are from Crawford's term in the U.S. Senate.
Folder #7: Letters, 1913-1925, to and from Charles L. Hyde.
Folder #8: Letters, 1910-1917, concerning Richard Olsen Richards.
Folder #9: Letters, 1924-1925, to and from various persons at the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Historical Society.
Folder #10: Letters, 1911-1913, to and from Gov. Frank M. Byrne.
Folder #11: Letters, 1922-1925, to and from O.B. Talley of Sioux City, Iowa.
Folder #12: Letters, 1905-1914, to and from Joseph Mills Hanson. Many of the letters show evidence of sever water damage.
Folder #13: Letters, 1903-1921, to and from Sen. R.F. Pettigrew.
Folder #14: Letters, 1913-1917, concerning the South Dakota Free Library Commission.
Folder #15: Letters and circulars, 1909-1911, concerning the activities of the Beadle Memorial Commission.
Folder #16: Letters, 1903-1912, to and from concerning General W.H.H. Beadle.
BOX 3368B
DOANE ROBINSON PAPERS ADDITIONS
Folder #1: Correspondence, 1902
Folder #2: Correspondence, 1903-1905
Folder #3: Correspondence, 1910-1915
Folder #4: Correspondence, 1917-1921
Folder #5: Correspondence, 1922-1923
Folder #6: Correspondence, 1924
Folder #7: Correspondence, 1925
Folder #8: Correspondence, 1926-1939
Folder #9: Missouri River Bridge, 1923-1925
Folder #10: Animal teeth and skull correspondence, 1924-1925
Folder #11: Upper Missouri Historical Expedition, 1925
Folder #12: Board of Railroad Commissioners, 1921
Folder #13: Railroad, 1909-1925
Folder #14: Robinson Genealogy
Folder #15: Newspapers clippings
Folder #16: Undated Miscellaneous
Folder #17: Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 6, 1922-1923
Green Butte Ranch, A Pastoral in Three Episodes, by Doane Robinson Midst of Coteaus of Dakota, verses by Doane Robinson, 1899 One of the Palls, a Comis Drama in four acts by Doane Robinson, 1891
Letter from Vice President Calvin Coolidge relating to his quotation from a Recent Opinion of the Massachusetts Supreme Court Pertaining to Fundamental Virtues, 1923
Investigations of Lignite Coal Relative to the Production of Gas and Briquets, by E.J. Babcock, University of North Dakota.
Address delivered by Doane Robinson at Wessington Springs, S.D. in Observance of the 33rd Anniversary of the Admission of South Dakota, 1922.
South Dakota, 1930