Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract Meeting minutes (1902-1924) of Board of Supervisors; justice of the peace court docket (1895-1911); jury list ledger (1889-1927); treasurers' reports (1918-1929); poll books for various elections (1917-1938); vital statistics record book (1904-1912); and miscellaneous correspondence files, including records of village of Amenia, N.D., also in Cass County, N.D.

Abstract Icelandic American lawyer and state legislator, of Mountain, N.D., and later of Oregon.

Abstract This collection consists of Poll and tally lists for primary and general elections, of Berlin Township in Cass County, N.D.

Abstract Typed copy of reminiscence entitled "Reminiscences of Byron N. Stone, Sr.," (21 leaves) on his parents, Aurelius and Sarah Ann (Shepherd) Stone. Reminiscence includes mention of his grandfather, John M. Shepherd, a Wisconsin pioneer, making lye, making maple sugar, moving to N.D. with his brother, Frederick, prairie fires, blizzards and winter travel, deaths from the winter weather, selecting the LaMoure county seat, his livery stable, owning and managing a hotel, managing the Downing Farm...

Abstract Photocopy of an article written by daughter Claire, recounts his life through various brief clippings compiled from the Cooperstown courier newspaper. Includes mention of his first job working railroad construction from Volga to Pierre, Dakota Territory (now S.D.), 1889 blizzard, his campaign for sheriff, attempting to stop a runaway horse team, his marriage, and births of his children.

Abstract The collection contains newspaper clippings related to the Fargo Urban Renewal Agency, 1962-1974.

Overview Includes biographical and family material, especially related to his wife Etta's high school days in Fargo. The political files related to his activities with the Democratic Party at the state and national level. The B'nai B'rith and Anti-Defamation League files cover his involvement with the two organizations. The ADL correspondence deals directly its effort to combat antisemitism in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. The correspondence covers from 1910 to 1963 and includes requests for...

Abstract Jewish immigrant from the Ukraine who became one of Fargo's most successful lawyers and most active community and Jewish leaders in the state. This collection provides a good example of a lawyer's case work.

Abstract The Harwood Township Records include Poll Books, a Road Record Book, a Treasurer’s Book, Jury Lists, and Town Records.

Abstract North Dakota governor, 1916-1921 and United States senator, 1922-1940, with reputation of a progressive and later isolationist.