Some of these materials, the "Bibliography of the
North American Plains," for instance, you will need to complete required
elements of the course. Others you may find useful in completing assignments,
or you may just browse. In addition to the links provided below, you can find
a lot of material in two other websites, the first of which is the Center for
Heritage Renewal, an applied-research center for which I am director. The
other is my corporate website. The front door to that site is the Plains Folk Home Page.
Note: this page is under construction.
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Prof.
Iserns Pages
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Bibliography of
the North American Plains the general bibliography for HIST 431
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Plains
Folk at Prairie Public weekly
feature about life on the plains
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Canada and the
United States: The View from Prairie Canada it's not a pretty picture
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Elwyn Robinson's Six Themes a classic model for
historical interpretation of the region
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Four Sources of
Regional Culture my own model for synthesis in regional history
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The Webb Thesis
summarizing the ideas of Webb's classic Great
Plains
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The Turner Theses
ideas you need to know about, for this course and for general knowledge
of American history
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William Stafford's
Un-National Boundary some classic works on the border
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Red River Valley
Edith Fowke's text of the folksong
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Sweet Betsy from
Pike text of the trail ballad, at my HIST 103 site
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Freedom Fighter
Gordon Kahl text of the ballad plus
commentary by KFGO Radio
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NDSU
Resources
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Humanities
Librarian Fran Fisher your best friend when you need library research
advice
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Institute for Regional Studies
book, manuscript, and photo collections
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Center for Heritage Renewal
historic preservation, heritage tourism, heritage resources
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Germans from Russia Heritage
Collection books, oral history, lots of web material
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Institutions
& Associations
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State Historical Society of North Dakota
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South Dakota State Historical Society
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Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation
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Santa Fe Trail Association
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Kansas
State Historical Society
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Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center
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Preservation North Dakota
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American Memory Project (Library of
Congress)
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Audio,
Video, Graphic
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Lewis and Clark on PBS
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Tamara's Gunsmoke Site
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Chuck Suchy
North Dakotas
balladeer
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The Searchers classic,
disturbing film directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne (his best)
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Ian Tyson great cowboy singer from Alberta
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Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
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Andy Wilkinson great songwriter
from West Texas
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Corner Gas prairie town sitcom from the
CBC
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Pare Lorentz
maker of classic documentaries, including The Plow That Broke the
Plains
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Arts
& Literature
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Friends of William Stafford
greatest of Great Plains poets
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Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial
greatest of Great Plains novelists
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Amon Carter
Museum Fort Worths
great repository of western art
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Birger Sandzιn Memorial Gallery showcasing work of the
great Swedish-American painter of the central plains
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Maps,
Geology, Landforms
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Color Landform Atlas of the United
States
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The
Geologic Story of the Great Plains
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Topics
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The
Northwest Resistance
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State of Great
Plains Archeology
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Newspapers
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Bismarck
Tribune
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Billings
Gazette
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Regina Leader-Post
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Wichita Eagle
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Just
Neat Stuff
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Country
Grain Elevator Historical Society
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Sixman
Football Association
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Mennonite Central Committee
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The
Garden of Eden
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Vendors
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Cabela's
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Shepler's
Western Wear
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HIST
431 Archives
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Class
Photo Fall 2000
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