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Myrtle Porterville Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Mss 296-Photo Folio 15-Photo Oversize Folder 11
Abstract
Griggs County, N.D. native and resident whose avocation was collecting the history of Griggs County, amassing an amazing collection on the county's history and the people who lived there. The collection is a major genealogical resource for Griggs County.
Dates:
1880 - 1959
Nels Magnuson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 11
Abstract
Correspondence, including letters from relatives in Norway, relating to daily events; certificate of election (1930) as state senator; miscellaneous financial records; bylaws of Souris Cooperative Elevator Company; historical pamphlet concerning Scandinavian Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Souris; ledger (1928-1946) containing personal expenses and income; clippings; and financial records (1905-1908, 1916-1924) of Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, headquartered in Carbury, N.D.
Dates:
1893-1955.
Found in:
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Nels Magnuson Papers
North Dakota Farmers' Institute Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 131
Abstract
As part of the extension service, the Farmers Institute provided educational programs on a variety of topics. These programs were held throughout the state. The Farmers’ Institute Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, activity programs, reports on activities, a secretary’s book, and an expense book.
Dates:
1894-1917.
North Dakota Farmers Union Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 054
Abstract
The North Dakota Farmers Union Papers consist of 22 folders of annual reports, 1939-1961.
Dates:
1937-1965.
North Dakota Grimm Alfalfa Association Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 129
Abstract
In 1916, the Grimm Alfalfa Growers Association was organized by the North Dakota Agricultural College and the Experiment Station. The Association was the first to handle and sell the Grimm alfalfa seed cooperatively. The Grimm Alfalfa Association Papers consist of material related to the development of the organization and its business dealings including by-laws; accounting; advertising; a list of stockholders, and correspondence.
Dates:
1916-1939.
North Dakota Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2087
Scope and Contents
The North Dakota Slide Collection consists of a wide range of images taken across the state of North Dakota in the late 1950s through the 1960s. The format of the collection is entirely color slides. During processing the original organization of the slides was reworked a bit. The agriculture, industry and business, wild animals, and sporting categories were kept although some of them received new names. The scenery category was split into two series, City and Town Views and Country Views....
Dates:
1950s-1960s
Oakes, N.D., Community Surveys
Collection
Identifier: Mss 265
Abstract
Questionnaire reports (1924) compiled on Oakes, N.D., community in Dickey County, in connection with the Institute of Social and Religious Research's series entitled American village studies; together with follow-up studies (1930, 1936) by Lynn Smith and J.A. McCrae, University of North Dakota. Includes detailed statistical and descriptive information relating to the population, social groups, agriculture, banking, health, library, civic and social life, churches, and schools.
Dates:
1924-1936.
Ole H. Olson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 183
Abstract
Olson was a New Rockford settler and North Dakota governor. The collection contains threshing account books, travel expense, stallion service books, and homestead deeds. The collection also contains material relating to Olson's political career.
Dates:
1887-1952.
Found in:
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Ole H. Olson Papers
Oliver Rosenberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 63
Abstract
Correspondence, legal material, reports from various county farm holiday associations given at the state convention on drought conditions (1936), and newspaper clippings. Correspondents include Usher Burdick, William Langer, and Ole H. Olson.
Dates:
1933-1970
Oscar J. Sorlie Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 868
Abstract
Correspondence, including letters (1931) to Sam Shevchenko of Buxton, from relatives in the Ukraine describing the famine there; copies of speeches; pamphlets; scrapbook, containing several letters from L.B. Hanna and William Langer; photos of Sorlie's family home in Norway; and material relating to National Nonpartisan League, his general store and farm in Buxton, and other topics.
Dates:
1919-1941.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Oscar J. Sorlie Papers