Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract Meeting minutes and correspondence regarding the work of an agency attempting to renovate Fargo.

Abstract Programs of third annual tour (1923) and fourth annual tour (1924) and picnic. Each brochure contains a brief history of the circuit, the 1924 brochure includes a chart of members briefly illustrating their family relationship.

Abstract The North Dakota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records document the activities of the association, particularly from the 1950s to 2000. Included are various meeting minutes, copies of its constitutions from 1959 to 1995, financial records, membership lists, its handbooks, Program of Work project files, its newsletter News Notes, and two published histories of the organization done in 1983 and 1996.

Abstract The records of the North Dakota Council of Teachers of English consist entirely of the notebook contents of former president of the council, Naedine Aanestad. The collection is extremely eclectic, and the documents address a wide variety of subjects.

Scope and Contents The North Dakota Division of Independent Study Records is an eclectic assortment of documents from the early years of the division, spanning from the early 1940s into the late 1970s. The major component of the collection related to the writing and publishing of the textbook Basic Mathematics for High School; the Study of Measurement, written by T.W. Thordarson and R. Perry Anderson in 1959 by Allyn and Bacon. Other records include correspondence of T.W. Thordarson to the North Dakota State...

Abstract School located in Fargo providing non-sectarian religious education and eventually absorbed into the NDSU Department of Religion under the supervision of a Professor of Religion.

Abstract The Fargo-Moorhead chapter of Phi Delta Kappa was founded in 1958. The Phi Delta Kappa Fargo-Moorhead Chapter Records primarily relate to Cynthia Selland, the chapter’s newsletter editor. In particular, the collection has drafts of the 25th anniversary booklet printed in 1983, newsletters, and correspondence as they relate to Selland. A later donation of chapter records (ca. 3 linear ft.) has been accessioned (Acc. 2853) but has not yet been organized. There are six series in the collection:...

Abstract The Prosper School District #23 Records cover 1892-1962. The miscellaneous records include school inventories, inspection records, and accreditation certificates. Other records include PTA minutes, Clerk’s Records, and Teacher’s Registers.

Overview The Rosebud 4-H Club of Casselton, ND was founded in 1935 as a home economics club. The collection contains the treasurer's and secretary's records and also a scrapbook for the club's 50th Anniversary.

Abstract It was a study group that provided women with an opportunity to come together and explore various historical subjects. The purpose of the club, as stated in the constitution, was to widen women's outlooks, to keep them in touch with the present and to make them more familiar with the past.