Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Glückstal Colonies Research Association Collection is an archive of resources concerning Germans from Russia and their descendants that was maintained by the GCRA, from 1986 until it was donated to the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection in 2010. The GCRA Materials Series contains resources related to the Glückstal Colonies Research Association, as well as the operation and activities of the organization. The Club Materials Folder contains mailers and membership...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Leona (Woeszner) Neu Collection consists mostly of books – specifically hymnals and theology. Leona Neu acquired many of these books from the Zion Lutheran Church in Ashley and also from many other people in the McIntosh County area. A large number of the books in this collection either have a stamp from the church they were obtained from or a signature of a past owner – some even have short notes or printed and handwritten songs. This makes these books very significant to researchers...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection encompasses over 13,000 color and black & white photographs, negatives, and slides. The objects of interest include houses and other dwellings, barns, sheds and various agricultural structures located primarily in the Northern Plains (primarily North Dakota) and Ukraine. Along with the photographs, Father Sherman and his research crew gathered valuable information related to building techniques as well as anthropological and linguistic data. Sherman collected information...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Strand Studio Photograph Collection is a wealth of visual resources related to the people and institutions of Rugby, N.D. and the north central part of North Dakota, through the photographic work of Curtis and Maxine Strand. Also impressive is that it spans forty years from 1948 when they established their studio until their retirement in 1988. The collection consists primarily of portraiture, together with commercial photography for area businesses, schools, organizations and churches, as...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The NDSU Plant Pathology Collection contains a significant series of film images of plant pathology. The "Plant Pathology Images" Series contains over 600 images related to plant pathology and diseases. The series is a one-to-one transfer of the images. Note that any appearance of "(?)" indicates the archivists uncertain transcription of the original folder information. Box 2 is a one-to-one transfer of the original folders in which the images were stored. The originals often contain notes or...