Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract Collection of an influential Fargo family who brought the North Dakota Agricultural College to Fargo.

Abstract English born poet who was at NDSU during the 1965-66 academic year and worked on his manuscript The Dakota Project.

Abstract Script of the play, West is the land (46 leaves) written by Baccus and Frank Scott in 1951, a program from the Fargo production, and a clipping. The play is set somewhere in the West and involves two brothers, politics, and an errant wife.

Abstract One of the earliest settlers in the Fargo area whose papers document his private and business affairs.

Scope and Contents The James Holes family collection is made up primarily of the Holes family, and to a lesser extent the Harrison family, Mrs. Holes’ family. A large part of the collection is portraiture of family and friends, many of which are unidentified. Some identification as been acquired via research and family contacts. The collection has been arranged into six series: Holes Family, Harrison Family, People, Homes & Farms, Subject Files, and Album.The Holes Family Series starts off with...

Abstract Correspondence relating to the Fargo Fire Dept., fire runs and volunteer lists (1895-1904), payroll list, and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents The Jane Bovard Photograph Collection consists primarily of color photographs taken by Bovard, FWHO staff, volunteers, and supporters, of protests at the FWHO, damage done by protesters to the clinic, and protests at varied locations, including Bovard‘s residence (Fargo, N.D.) and the Chisholm, Minn. home of Dr. George Miks, who worked for the FWHO. The collection was received in two separate accessions, with folders 1 through 38 reflecting the images received with the Jane Bovard papers, while...

Abstract Correspondence with family members in Norway relating to daily life; letters from Gustav Amlund of the Normanden (Norwegian American newspaper) and S.A. Olsness; genealogical information on Leum family; land deed (1881) to Charles Moen; and clippings.

Abstract Correspondence, biographical sketch of his mother Cora Nunnemaker Amerland, a copy of John Hiram Amerland's citizenship request (1868), duplicate of Henry Amerland's appointment as a notary public in Cass County, N.D. (1887), a copy of the birth certificate of Carrie Ashelman, Mr. Amerland's wife, and Mr. Amerland's obituary.

Abstract Halland, a Norwegian immigrant, was the North Dakota Superintendent of Instruction from 1896 to 1900 and a North Dakota State University history professor from 1902 to 1910.