Scope and Contents The H. Elaine Lindgren Photograph Collection includes 626 images which were either collected or taken by Dr. Lindgren while conducting her professional research. The majority of these images were taken between 1880 and 1920 and between 1970 and 2000. Dr. Lindgren took some pictures herself while conducting research in the 1980s and 1990s. The majority of images in this collection are copies, as Dr. Lindgren returned the originals to their owners. The collection also includes a mix of black and...

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.