Barbara Bates Gunderson Papers

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
01-03 Correspondence from US White House; 8 letters Folder 1955-1969
01-05 Correspondence from miscellaneous authors relating to US Civil Service Commission; six letters Folder 1958-1959
01-07 Correspondence; 3 telegrams received Folder 1952-1954
01-10 Newspaper and magazine clippings; numerous unsorted Folder 1952-1974
02-02 Barbara Gunderson: National Co-Chairman Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee (binder of black and white photographs, with one clipping) Folder 1954
02-03 Trip to the 9th Region (binder) documenting March 1959 trip to 9th U.S. Civil Service Region (to Rapid City, South Dakota, and Minneapolis, St.Paul, Minnesota) with clippings, programs, black and white photographs and color postcard Folder 1959
02-04 Invitation to February, 1961 Federal Woman's Award dinner and black and white photographs (cream binder) Folder 1961
03-02 Scrapbook: covering Barbara Bates Gunderson's time as a U.S. Civil Service Commissioner; largely black ans white photographs, correspondence, event programs, invitations, trips, speeches, banquets, also some clippings, napkins, buttons, badges Folder 1958-1959
01-01 Proclamation of Barbara Bates Gunderson Day, March 28, 2002, by South Dakota Governor Janklow Folder 2002
01-02 Correspondence from Robert (Bob) Gunderson, including description of 1958 swearing-in ceremony; two letters Folder 1958-1959
01-04 Correspondence to and from US politicians; 5 letters Folder 1958-1982
01-06 Correspondence from Commissioner Gunderson; invitation to cocktails Folder 1959
01-12 Harper's Magazine, January 1960 issue Folder 1960
01-17 Photographs: Barbara and others, removed from hanging picture frames, circa 1950's and 1960's Folder undated
01-08 National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee: Correspondence, speeches, newsletter, clippings, etc. Folder 1954
01-13 Federal Woman's Award Dinner program from February 25, 1971 Folder 1971
01-14 Platform of the National Republican Convention August 16, 1976 Folder 1976
01-21 Photographs: Miscellaneous: Barbara Bates Gunderson (one oversize); Group photo in a Netherland Plaza Hotel folder; poem Mt. Rushmore Needs Another face Folder undated
02-06 Board of Trustees of Federal Woman's Award (3 inch by 5 inch silver box) Folder 1960-1961
02-07 Plaque presented February 1961 by the staff of the U.S. Civil Service Commission Folder undated
03-03 Certificate of Special Award from the Board of Trustees of the Federal Woman's Award (bound) Folder undated
01-09 U.S. Senate Campaign in South Dakota Republican Primary 1974; campaign button and brochure; clippings Folder 1974
01-11 Advance Congregational Christian Journal, September 26, 1958 issue; two copies Folder 1958
01-15 Eisenhower World Affairs Institute; 1996 Proceedings Folder 1996
01-16 Photographs: A.T. Lyman Family September 1913 and Carmon Bates wedding September 24, 1913 Folder 1911-1913
01-18 Photographs Folder 1958-1971 circa
01-19 Photographs: Letter from Department of Army Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel C.F. Mullaly, documenting conference speech, etc. Folder 1960
01-20 Photographs: Dwight Eisenhower (1 with Mamie) and 1 autographed of Francis Case Folder undated
02-01 Scrapbook: red with black ans white photographs and clippings regarding 1954 National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee Folder 1954
02-05 Barbara Bates Gunderson Memory Book presented by the Civil Service Commissioners & Staff at her farewell luncheon Folder 1961
03-01 Scrapbook: largely press clippings covering Barbara Bates Gunderson's political activities and her appointment to the U.S. Civil Service Commission; also includes some black and white photographs, telegrams, White House correspondence, event programs, invitations, etc. Folder 1952-1958
03-04 U.S. postage stamp The American Woman presentation at the anniversary conference of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, June 2, 1960 (bound) Folder 1960
03-05 Documents removed from hanging picture frames: appointment to US Civil Service Commission; Diploma from the United State Civil Service Staff College; President Eisenhower's order designating appointment as Vice Chair of US Civil Service Commission; and black and white autographed photo of President Eisenhower; also two undated jackets from paperback novels authored by Barbara Bates Gunderson (oversize) Folder 1958, 1981?