Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Harry Lashkowitz Papers span the years 1912, when Harry began his law practice, until his death in 1963. The collection is a good documentation of Harry's legal, political, and religious involvement in the community and on the national level. The collection is strongest from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s. The legal files and records are the best organized. The correspondence, both legal and personal, is not well organized, although it is in a general chronological order. The Papers have...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This North Dakota Masonic Temple Collection is a valuable reference collection covering almost all facets of Red River Valley history and to some extent North Dakota. It is comprised mainly of newspaper clippings although there are some pamphlets, brochures and manuscripts. Unfortunately, many items are not dated or the source is not indicated. This collection was gathered and maintained by the Masonic Temple library over many years. The index was, also compiled by the library...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Fargo-Moorhead Open Forum Collection consists of historical material, the articles of incorporation and by-laws, meeting minutes, membership lists, board of directors and officers lists, financial records, correspondence, biographies, photographs and lists of speakers. The Meeting Minutes Series contains the first meeting of the Board of Directors named in the Articles of Incorporation in 1965. The folder includes only minutes of one meeting in 1940 and one in 1950; therefore this series...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The records consist of forty-eight series: the Correspondence Series (1905-1974); the Memorandum Series (1907-1934); the Administrative Series (1946-1953) contains all information about expenditures; the General Report Series (1906-1949); the Monthly Report Series (1951-1980) the Annual Report Series (1915-1984); the Weather Record Series (1925-1949); the Special Observers Meteorological Record Series (1911-1937); the Soil Samples & Soil Moisture Series (1926-1968); the Climate...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Northern School Supply Records are divided into two series: History and Catalogs. Early corporate records were sent to the home office of Office Specialty Inc. in Appleton, Wisconsin. The History Series contains various clippings of the two founders, Hutchinson and Stockwell. Also included are clippings of various employees and other presidents and general managers. Some employees have short biographies. The last part of this series contains the stock purchasing agreement and escrow...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, Sound Recordings Collection contains 276 cassette tapes of sound recordings of numerous subjects relating to the history and heritage of Germans from Russia, dating to c. 1961- 1995. The cassettes were collected by the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies (now NDSU Archives), NDSU Libraries, Fargo, North Dakota, and were transferred to the GRHC, 11 June 2010. The collection has been processed into two series: Subject Files and Oral...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ardith (Amundson) James Collection consists of a letter from 1937; two pedigree charts for the Amundson and Neumiller families; fourteen photographs of the Milde, Neumiller, Amundson, and Munsch families, dating from 1895 to 1997; and a woolen afghan, circa 1960s. The collection has been organized into three series: Family History, Images, and Textiles. The Family History Series is comprised of two pedigree charts and a family group record for Carl August Milde and Christina...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection reflects Rainer Schickele’s career as an instructor and an advisor with the FAO and ADC. The majority of the collection is papers written by Schickele concerning land tenure and using economics as a means for agricultural planning. The collection is divided into nine series: Biography, Papers, Essays and Discussions, California Farms, FAO/ADC, Sri Lanka, Publications, Research, Correspondence and Memoranda, and Book Reviews. The Biographical Series consists of letters of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ernest and Gladys Groves Papers are comprised of eleven series: Legal Documents and Personal Background; Correspondence; Manuscripts/Books; Articles, Bibliographies and Book Reviews; Conferences and Organizations; Notes and Case Studies; Course Materials; School Bulletins; Newspaper Clippings; and Subject File. The collection is not complete and the original filing was either poor or was not retained. However, the collection does give a good indication of the type of work the Groves’ did...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains presentations; journals; academic articles, papers, and forensic documents written by Robert L. Littlefield; certificates and awards, and correspondence. The articles are arranged in alphabetical order and folder titles retained.