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French Settlement in North Dakota Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 335
Abstract
One of Father Bill Sherman's chief interests was to compile documentation about the early settlers of what became North Dakota, their particular ethnic roots, and information about their history and culture. One of the ethnic groups studied by Father Sherman was people of French origin and background. French North Dakotans were a small but not negligible part of the North Dakota community. This collection related to the French Settlement in North Dakota was compiled by Father Sherman over the...
Dates:
1890s-2003
George Hilstad Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 269-Tape 11
Abstract
Correspondence, typewritten summaries of interviews, taped interviews with Hilstad and Roy Bunn, relating to the Blanchard, Belle Prairie, and Grandin bonanza farms in Traill and Cass counties, N.D.; abstract of platting of Traill Centre; statistical information concerning Mayville, N.D., churches; articles, several written by Hilstad's wife, Mary (Dunlevy) Hilstad, chiefly concerning Traill County history; letters written by Torsten Torstenson Kopseng to Norwegian relatives, describing his...
Dates:
1863-1970
George I. Foster Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 136
Abstract
From 1864 to 1874, he served as Clerk in the Territorial Legislature and also as clerk, for five years, of the Territorial Supreme Court.
Dates:
1871-1883
Gordon MacGregor Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 861
Abstract
Editor of the Bismark Tribune when the paper won a Pulizer Prize.
Dates:
1933-1965
Griggs County Sentinel-Courier Broadside Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1569
Scope and Contents
The Griggs County Sentinel-Courier Broadside Collection consists of 104 broadsides that help to document many public events held in Griggs County, N.D. during roughly the first half of the 1950s. A small number are for events outside Griggs County. These posters help to inform us about events such as agriculture, community events, dances, grocery store advertisements, plays and many other types of community social events, religious events, sporting events and auction sales. Each item within the...
Dates:
1950s
H. Elaine Lindgren Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 292-Tapes 537-563-Oversize Collection 4
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.
Dates:
1977-2003
Henry V. Arnold Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 355
Abstract
Correspondence (1903-1934, 1946-1955) between Arnold and his nieces, biographical sketch, list of publications, and clippings. Includes information relating to the history of Larimore and nearby Bachelors Grove, Grand Forks County, N.D.
Dates:
1903-1955
Homer A. Northrop Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 86
Abstract
Civil War correspondence to Northrop's family (1864-1865); diary (1864) relating to his service with 149th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment near Atlanta, Ga.; land patents; history of Baldwin Township, Barnes County, N.D.; newspaper clippings; and miscellany. No papers dated 1866-1889 and 1903-1959.
Dates:
1862-1967
Irene (Bender) Schauer Collection
Collection
Identifier: GRHC 025
Summary
A collection of photographs ranging from family portraits to snapshots and newspaper clippings, mainly from the Ashley Tribune “Down Memory Lane” published during the 1970s.
Dates:
1883 - 1984
Jewish Settlement in North Dakota Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 334
Abstract
One of Father William Sherman's chief interests was to compile documentation about the early settlers of what became North Dakota, their particular ethnic roots, and information about their history and culture. One of ethnic groups studied by Father Sherman was people of Jewish origin and background.
Dates:
1940s-2002