Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract The Company was a Cass County Bonanza farm managed and later owned by the late Chaffee family. The collection consists of company records, its subsidiaries, and persons involved.

Abstract The Angela Stott Brennan Papers document her life, her husbands and children, and the Midway Service station of Adrian, N.D. which she and her husband operated. The correspondence includes letters from servicemen including James Murray in Vietnam (1969-1970). The majority of the collection consists of school, military service and other personal documents of family members from the 1950s into the 1970s.

Abstract Family history on August and Augusta Utke who emigrated from Brandenburg, Germany in 1881 and settled in Cass County, N.D. between Alice and Enderlin, N.D. Includes anecdotes about various family members.

Abstract A brief biography of Theophil and Frieda Ricker. Includes information on living in Russia, Theophil’s immigration to the United States, and the couple’s life after meeting and marrying. Written by the couple’s grandchildren Clyde and Sheryl Eisenbeis.

Abstract Genealogy of the Ole and Karen Bjugstad family. He emigrated from Vardal, Norway in 1866, living in Wisconsin with his parents before coming to Dakota Territory in 1881, settling near Finley, N.D.

Abstract Typed genealogy of the Carl and Betsy Carlson family.

Abstract Correspondence; excerpts from diary (1892-1909) of George L. Dunning, laborer and farm superintendent of Amenia and Sharon farm; genealogical material; term papers; biography of Eben Whitney Chaffee by W.C. Hunter; two interviews with H.L. Chaffee; and brochures relating to Oriente, a community planned for Nicaragua, of which E.W. Chaffee was president.

Overview This collection contains correspondence between Delbert and Michael Miller, Dillman Family Group Sheets, Lesmeister Family Group sheets, Lesmeister family documents and photo copies, and copies of pages 74-124 hand written including family and farm notes.

Summary This collection contains a wedding photograph and funeral service programs for Edna (Kusler) Kemnitz and two books relating to Kulm, North Dakota.

Abstract Correspondence, including information relating to Brownson's professional and personal activities and his attendance at State Normal School, Valley City, N.D.; memorial to Lura Lavonia Perrine, college teacher, of Valley City, N.D.; genealogical material on the Brownson family; and two typewritten mss., one by Brownson's wife, Frances (Williams) Brownson, entitled Pioneering in North Dakota (12 p.), relating to the Williams family of White Earth, N.D., and one by his mother, Cora (Brown)...