Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract Fargo architects, William F. Kurke and his son John M. Kurke were one of the most influential architectural firms in Fargo and perhaps North Dakota.

Abstract Various land deeds and receipts for land in North Dakota and elsewhere, handwritten note (1964) from Mrs. S.F. Pinkham, Minneapolis to Gertrude Hoag, Fargo, N.D., with some personal information on Hurd. One promissory note to James Holes; five receipts, one for a livery stable bill, three receipts for wheat being sold, and one for Grand Army of the Republic membership dues.

Abstract The purpose of the league, organized in 1951 at Fargo, N.D. is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. The records document the activities of the organization during the 1950s including minutes, correspondence, reports, budgets, clippings and a scrapbook. The collection includes its newsletter as well as various issues from the leagues in Mandan and Williston and the state-wide organization.

Abstract Typed photocopy of autobiographical reminiscence by the author regarding his life especially when growing up in Fargo. His parents, Henry C. Duerner and Lydia Wansbrough, both died when he was young. Details the hardships of the author.

Abstract Album containing incomplete meeting minutes, financial records, and membership lists; and photos and clippings, relating to club members.

Abstract The Madalyn Kuhn Papers contains her diaries while living in the Lisbon and Fargo-West Fargo, N.D. area. She kept a daily diary from 1932, when the author was 14, through 2000. From a researcher’s point of view, the diaries offer invaluable information on life in North Dakota, growing up in the 1930s, teen issues, social life, entertainment (especially movies), fashion, finances, diet and nutrition, dating, working conditions for single women, widowhood, single mother issues, and weather. The...

Abstract Correspondence, business records, newspaper clippings, and miscellany, relating to family members, including Samuel G. Magill, his son, Henry E. Magill, and grandson, William H. Magill, and the family-owned seed and fuel businesses of Magill & Company (established 1887), W.H. Magill Seed Company, and Fargo Seed House, all located in Fargo, N.D.

Abstract Correspondence; biographical notes and information relating to Taylor Crum, lawyer and politician, of Spiritwood Lake and later Fargo, N.D., and Johnson's parents, William Macnider and Dr. Cynthia (Pingree) Macnider; and historical sketches concerning Brimer Township, Barnes County, and Arrowwood Lake. Correspondents include Minnie Craig.

Abstract Interview with granddaughter Mary Halland about Hector and his early business ventures. Includes obituaries of Martin Hector, son Fred Hector, newspaper clipping of Fargo home referred to as the Henry Hector home, photocopy of Hammerfest, Norway church record of Hector's family (in Norwegian) and a typed English translation of the record.

Abstract Articles written by Mr. Connolly, including "Historical sketch of North Dakota," "The credo of a North Dakota citizen," "North Dakota Badlands intrigue a nation of nature lovers," "Look 30 feet into Hell: description of North Dakota's burning coal mine," a biographical paper (8 leaves) by Patricia Connolly, and clippings. "Historical sketch of North Dakota," was written as a radio broadcast in observance of North Dakota's fiftieth year of statehood.