Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract Postmaster at Horace, N.D. from 1915-1958, succeeded his father, C.H. Thue, who had succeeded his father-in-law. Retired in 1958. Includes a history (3 leaves) of the Horace, N.D. post office entitled "The village postmaster is unsung hero" with mention of his experiences as postmaster, names of the seven previous postmasters, two of whom were relatives, some financial information on the Horace post office, and his civic activities.

Abstract Minutes of meetings, constitution, and bylaws, chiefly documenting social activities of the organization, and 1923 insurance policy for building from Farmers County Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Co. of Casselton, N.D.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her husband, Thomas J. Punton; her father-in-law, Thomas Punton, Sr.; her sister-in-law, Bessie Punton; includes mention of John Burns, Park Farm and its steam engines, Thomas Punton Sr.'s purchase of Elgin Farm. Also includes clippings of various Punton family members.

Abstract Correspondence, including letter (1880) to A.R. Dalrymple from Oliver Dalrymple; interviews with Erasmus G. Hagen, John Hanson, Joseph Hanson, Ralph L. Miller, David and Nellie Minnis, and John H. Pannebaker; index to articles concerning bonanza farms and the Dalrymples; financial statements (1907, 1910, 1918); inventories (1908-1909, 1911-1917, 1919), and cultivation statements, crop disposition, and crop income and distribution statements (1908-1919); and clippings relating to Oliver and...

Abstract The Daughters of Dakota Pioneers began in 1934 as the Fargo Chapter of the Pioneer Daughters of North Dakota and later became an independent organization. It was founded to honor the memory and spirit of the women pioneers in North Dakota, to perpetuate and preserve the history of North Dakota and to promote interest in the resources and activities of North Dakota. It includes its meeting minutes, yearbooks and scrapbooks. The four scrapbooks contain items from 1936 through 2003, but there are...

Abstract Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business...

Abstract Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Chaffee family and life in Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of Herbert F., Carrie T., and Eben Chaffee, other Chaffee family members, the death of H.F. Chaffee, the hotel managed by his parents, the Chaffee's disapproval of dancing and card games, the burning of the grain elevators at Amenia, N.D.

Abstract Correspondence; family history concerning the Guthrie name; historical sketch of Alice Rutledge, early North Dakota teacher; poetry; pamphlets, chiefly tributes on the death of Guthrie; and clippings. Includes information relating to Guthrie's career as deputy Cass County, N.D., auditor and secretary of Fargo Board of Education; and Brig. Gen. Maxon S. Lough, prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II, originally of Fargo, and son-in-law of Guthrie.

Abstract U.S. citizenship certificate of Gustav Blanchard, Adella Sautebin's father; golden jubilee pamphlet (1932) on Addison District No. 39 school, Davenport, N.D.; pencil drawing entitled "Vieux Cabaret Chez Miche a Malbray Canton de Berne, Suisse"; and newspaper clippings, mainly obituaries.

Abstract Ella Bratland was the daughter of Thomas Radcliffe, an early Helendale Farm barn boss, who died in 1939.