North Dakota State University.
Organization
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
H. Elaine Lindgren Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 292-Tapes 537-563-Oversize Collection 4
Abstract
Research papers of NDSU Sociology professor H. Elaine Lindgren related primarily to her books Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota, "Coal, Cuba, and Courage: The Adventuresome Spirit of Annie C. Lind," Work Makes Life Sweet, Or Does It?, and The Rural Mystique. The Land in Her Own Name files contain extensive research and documents related to women homesteaders in North Dakota.
Dates:
1977-2003
Harry Jennings Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 78-Photo 2078
Abstract
Jennings's photographic work consists primarily of social scenes, nature, personages and events that were taken for potential publication in the Fargo Forum newspaper. Among the more well-known persons represented are Mark Andrews, Jack Benny, William Guy, Robert Kennedy, William Langer, Arthur Link, Richard Nixon, Olav King of Norway and Bobby Vee. Some of the largest subject headings include accidents, automobiles, barns, Bonanzaville USA, children, farming, Forum Publishing Company, North...
Dates:
1950s-1979
It happened in Fargo : a hint of what life was like in Fargo (N.D.) in 1984 (minus 4)
Collection
Identifier: SC 988
Abstract
Photocopy of a typed story concerning person's epilepsy, problems with the Fargo, N.D. Police Department, and four days at the Jamestown State Hospital. Mailed anonymously to the Institute.
Dates:
1982
J. Roberts Haggart Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 247
Abstract
Collection of an influential Fargo family who brought the North Dakota Agricultural College to Fargo.
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Jack Beeching Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: Mss 94
Abstract
English born poet who was at NDSU during the 1965-66 academic year and worked on his manuscript The Dakota Project.
Dates:
1965-1966
Jessamine Slaughter Burgum Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 586
Abstract
Letter, citation for the NDAC Outstanding Achievement Award, a typed copy of "Zi-win-ta, the Old Seeress of the Sioux," regarding an old Mandan village site, a handwritten reminiscence (22 leaves) concerning Fort Abraham Lincoln, Bismarck, N.D., and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and her obituary.
Dates:
1953, 1956-1962
Mort L. Mazaheri Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 370
Scope and Contents
The Mort Mazaheri Papers document primarily the work of the many graduate students that studied under Mazaheri in the NDSU Community and Regional Planning program as reflected in the many papers researched and written by the students. Together the papers form a valuable, historical collection related to planning and land use, particularly in Fargo, N.D. and to a lesser extent in Moorhead, Minn. and North Dakota in general. The graduate papers have been organized into topical series, many...
Dates:
1973-2009.
"North Dakota Towns of Extinction" by John Hensrud
Collection
Identifier: SC 816
Abstract
Paper concerns various North Dakota towns which have disappeared including Acton, Hanks, Mardell, Ojata, Omemee, Ruso, Sims, Wermer, and Winona, with suggestions as to why they disappeared.
Dates:
1978.
Oscar Forness Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2054
Abstract
The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. The photographer attempted to capture as many storefronts and streets as appeared during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Dates:
1960s-1970s
Richard Critchfield Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 156-Tapes 255-330
Abstract
North Dakota native who enjoyed a successful career as a journalist and author covering the Third World. This collection is primarily drafts for his widely acclaimed book Those Days: An American Album that documents his own family history.
Dates:
1953-1986.