James Henry Carter Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 330
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between Nina Van Ostrand and Leonard Sackett discussing her family’s history in eastern North Dakota.
Dates
- 1955.
Creator
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives
Biography
James Henry Carter was born Owego, New York in 1862 to Andrew and Sarah A. (Grant) Carter.
Married Anna Stewart (1862-1942) in 1882 and they had two children, Nina Belle Carter Van Ostrand and Clarence Andrew Carter. He and a friend went to Wahpeton, North Dakota in 1883 but then went back to New York. He came back to farm and work in a blacksmith shop on a farm six miles from Wahpeton. They finally established a residence around 1891 in Belford, North Dakota. However, by the 1920s he and family had moved back to Candor, New York. He and his family lived there until he died in 1941.
Extent
1 Folders (3 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Contains correspondence discussing a Southeastern North Dakota family.
Provenance
Donated by Nina B. Carter Van Ostrand on February 26, 1955 (Acc. 330).
Property Rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota.
- Blacksmiths -- North Dakota.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Carter, James H., 1862-1941.
- Correspondence.
- Farm management -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Richland County.
- Jones, R. W., of Buffalo, N.Y. (Robert W.)
- Keystone Farm (N.D.)
- Reminiscences.
- Richland County (N.D.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- North Dakota -- Richland County.
- Van Ostrand, Nina B. Carter, b. 1873.
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the James Henry Carter Collection
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu