Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract Her manuscript "Claimed by the Prairies" (187 p.) covers the life of her grandmother Winnie Winston Nicholls (1830-1914) dealing particularly with her life after 1873 as a Bismarck pioneer. Among people mentioned are Alexander McKenzie, Dennis Hannifin, Calamity Jane, General Custer, the horse, Comanche, William Latimer, Dr. E.P. Quain, Linda Slaughter, and the Marquis de Mores. Described are travel by covered wagon, Fort Seward (Jamestown), gambling halls, the removal of the capital to...

Abstract Editor of the Bismark Tribune when the paper won a Pulizer Prize.

Abstract Letter with some information on his North Dakota farming operation, and his obituary.

Scope and Contents The H. Elaine Lindgren Photograph Collection includes 626 images which were either collected or taken by Dr. Lindgren while conducting her professional research. The majority of these images were taken between 1880 and 1920 and between 1970 and 2000. Dr. Lindgren took some pictures herself while conducting research in the 1980s and 1990s. The majority of images in this collection are copies, as Dr. Lindgren returned the originals to their owners. The collection also includes a mix of black and...

Abstract Research papers of NDSU Sociology professor H. Elaine Lindgren related primarily to her books Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota, "Coal, Cuba, and Courage: The Adventuresome Spirit of Annie C. Lind," Work Makes Life Sweet, Or Does It?, and The Rural Mystique. The Land in Her Own Name files contain extensive research and documents related to women homesteaders in North Dakota.

Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of interview (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and the original handwritten copy (40 leaves) and a typed copy (23 leaves) of his recollections titled "Some recollections of Halbert L. Webb," which concerns his parents, the Eugene Grant family, H.D. Cooke, Reception House, George S. Barnes, F.A. Paige family, his apprenticeship, working with various newspapers, his postmaster job at Glyndon, Minn., a dairy partnership with his father, his farming experiences, the...

Abstract Correspondence, reminiscences relating to Hanson's settlement in Hegton Township and early life in the Larimore, N.D., area, land patents, appointment certificate as postmaster (1879), and clippings.

Abstract Mimeographed copies of several newspaper articles and newspaper clippings by Hal Tracy and some by his father, J. Don Tracy, concerning pioneer life in North Dakota. Includes mention of hailstorms, the physical breakdown of Henry's mother, life in Hunter and Amenia, N.D., their arrival in Emmons County, N.D., Hal and Hilda Tracy leaving their ranch in Emmons County. Also includes obituaries.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) concerning his father Jonathan Emmons, a Civil War veteran who settled in Cass County. He was a carpenter, a timber cutter, and did threshing work. Includes a photostatic copy of his discharge from the U.S. Army in 1866, and newspaper clippings.

Abstract Norwegian American pioneer, of Abercrombie, N.D. Scrapbook pages, articles, clippings, and photos, relating to Fjelde and his wife, Fredrikke Fjelde; Minnesota sculptor Jacob Fjelde; family members, including Paul, Olaf and Pauline Fjelde; and statues in the region honoring Norwegian Americans.