Siegfried B. Rolland Papers, 1945-1988

The material in this Manuscript Group was in no apparent order when received, therefore a series order was imposed during processing.

The first series, Committees and Organizations, 1952-1985, contains minutes, memos, and other material documenting Rolland's service on university committees, including a large collection of material relating to the Faculty Affairs Committee. Non-university committees represented include the Idaho State Historical Records Advisory Board and the Idaho Historic Sites Review Board.

Series two, Teaching and Related Material, 1953-1984, contains material related to the Black Studies program, plus lecture notes, tests, and class handouts for his history courses. It also includes information used in advising students in the history program.

Research Material, 1948-1987, comprises the third series. The first group of material related to Rolland's research on Cadwallader Colden, a prominent figure in New York politics from 1718-1760, who served as surveyor general and acted as advisor to many governors. It includes work done for his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Wisconsin in 1946, and research done in the late 1960s and early 1970s on a biography of Colden which was never completed. Included are a draft of the dissertation, note cards, and transcripts and microfilms of Colden and related papers in various repositories. The second subseries contains book reviews, material related to consulting on several historical topics including Harry Orchard, and bibliography cards for books on American history.

Student and Pre-Idaho Teaching Material, 1945-1951, is in series IV. It is divided into two subseries, Wayne University and University of Wisconsin. Both contain lecture and class notes, plus papers students wrote for classes which he taught. Also included is a 1946 draft of his thesis at Wayne University, "The Detroit English language labor press, 1838- 1889."

The final series, Personal and Other Material, 1954-1988, contains an accident report, book acquisitions, a promissory note, vita, and a poster with the words of Chief Seattle to President Franklin Pierce in 1955, entitled "Where is the eagle--gone." This series also contains correspondence. Although some is related to his teaching and historical research the majority consists of letters from his father and step-mother who lived in Italy for several years.

Duplicates of mimeographed material such as class syllabi and tests were discarded. University publications were removed from the papers and will be checked against the holdings of the Special Collections Department as will the brochures and pamphlets on Idaho dams which comprised most of Series I in the original inventory. In all the papers were reduced by 4 cubic feet.