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A Century Together Papers Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 240
Overview
The research papers amassed by the History Section of the Fine Arts Club of Fargo, that was asked to prepare the Fargo portion of a history of Fargo-Moorhead for the 1975 centennial celebration of Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn.
Dates:
1975
A Century Together Papers Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Mss 1970
Overview
The A Century Together Papers photograph collection was deposited as part of the research files generated in the writing and publishing of the Fargo-Moorhead centennial history book. The collection consists of the images used in the production of the centennial history book, together with the copy negatives.
Dates:
1870s-1975.
A tornado, the Pulitzer, and photojournalism at mid-century Panel Discussion
Collection
Identifier: SC 706
Overview
Photojournalism in the 1950s and the material Cal Olsen used to capture his photographs of the 1957 Fargo Tornado.
Dates:
2016
Alanson W. Edwards Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 25
Abstract
Civil War veteran, North Dakota publisher, founder of the Fargo Argus and the Daily Forum (now Fargo Forum), native of Illinois.
Dates:
1900; 1950
Daughters of Dakota Pioneers Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 207
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...
Dates:
1936-2003
Fargo-Moorhead Centennial Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 33
Abstract
Originally began as a plan to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fargo's incorporation, but expanded to include the city of Moorhead, MN.
Dates:
1972-1977
Fargo (N.D.) Historical Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 414
Overview
The materials in this vertical file (the collection is currently stored in filing cabinets) are an eclectic collection of documents that have some connection to Fargo’s history and institutions. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic or name. In some cases certain categories are grouped together under broader headings, such as businesses, churches, schools, etc. There is no complete consistency in how file headings were established and no attempt has been made to provide complete...
Dates:
1881 - [ongoing]
Fargo, North Dakota Photograph Collection, 1870s-2001
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2006
Abstract
An extensive collection of images collected by John Caron documenting the history and development of Fargo, N.D., dating from the 1870s to a series of snapshots of buildings, especially downtown, taken in 2002. The collection best documents buildings and businesses, especially in the downtown area.
Dates:
1870s - 2001
Granville Wolbert Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 611
Abstract
Includes a series of letters to Roy P. Johnson of the Fargo Forum newspaper regarding his life in North Dakota. Includes 9 pages of excerpts from an autobiographical manuscript by Wolbert, in which he details his business and political careers in N.D. Includes mention of living in Fargo, N.D., being in the train that overturned at Fargo during the 1890 tornado, serving in the N.D. legislature, Judson LaMoure, Alexander McKenzie, Tom Hall and others.
Dates:
1951-1952
J. Roberts Haggart Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 247
Abstract
Collection of an influential Fargo family who brought the North Dakota Agricultural College to Fargo.
Dates:
1840s-1980s