Interview with Ernest Osgood
Subject(s): Draft resisters, Emigration and immigration, Gold miners, History--Research, Minnesota, Minnesota--Saint Paul, Nichols, Roy F. (Roy Franklin), 1896-1973, North Dakota, Ohio, Osgood, Ernest, Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871
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Handwritten notes from an interview with Ernest Osgood. Osgood discusses, among other topics, the Dakota Territory and the “emigration to the gold fields and routes over land,” draft dodging, and emigration. The notes also include page references about the “balkanization of the United States,” Vallandingham of Ohio, and his thoughts on the separation of the eastern and western United States, possibly from Roy Franklin Nichols’ book The Disruption of American Democracy.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-11-07
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Repository
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Interview with Ernest Osgood. [November 7, 1952]. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o273368. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Interview with Ernest Osgood. [7 Nov. 1952]. Multi-image.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 8, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o273368.
APA:
Unknown., [1952, November 7]. Interview with Ernest Osgood.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o273368.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-national-park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 8, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-national-park.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-national-park.
