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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
George Montgomery Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 626
Abstract
Consists primarily of two reminiscences written by Mr. Montgomery for his children and grandchildren in 1935. "A message to posterity, collections from 1882 to 1902" (17 typescript leaves) recounts traveling to Dakota Territory, homesteading near Sargent and Cogswell, N.D., Sargent County politics, and a detailed account of the attempt to legalize the Louisiana Lottery in North Dakota. "The childhood of parents" (71 typescript leaves) by Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery documents the life of their...
Dates:
1935
Gerald P. Nye Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 366
Abstract
Correspondence, term paper by Mark Steven Anderson, speeches, newspaper clippings, and articles, relating to Nye and his career as editor of Griggs County Sentinel-Courier and activities in the U.S. Senate.
Dates:
1935-1973
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Gerald P. Nye Papers
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
Harry Lashkowitz Papers, 1912-1963
Collection
Identifier: Mss 161
Abstract
Jewish immigrant from the Ukraine who became one of Fargo's most successful lawyers and most active community and Jewish leaders in the state. This collection provides a good example of a lawyer's case work.
Dates:
1912-1963
Henry R. Martinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 30
Abstract
Socialist who joined the Nonpartisan League before beginning a career as a poet and movie consultant.
Dates:
1902-1961
Herschel Lashkowitz Photograph Collection, 1950s-1980s
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2049
Scope and Contents
The Herschel Lashkowitz Photograph Collection documents the political career of Herschel, particularly when he served at mayor of Fargo for twenty years. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and the many people he met while mayor, both visitors to Fargo as well as from his travels in the United States and overseas. This collection was part of the initial accession of his papers. A later accession of photographs was organized separately as Photo 2107. This collection contains 550...
Dates:
1950s-1980s
Hjalmar Nygaard Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 184
Abstract
U.S. Representative for North Dakota from 1961-1963.
Dates:
1954-1963 (bulk 1960-1963)
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Hjalmar Nygaard Papers
Irma Callahan Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 200
Abstract
Active in local and national politics and was a delegate to the National Democratic Primary in 1956.
The Irma Callahan of Fargo's papers from the late 1940s to the late 1960s cover national and state politics, particularly of the Democratic Party. The scrapbooks contain letters from hopeful presidential nominees and telegrams from presidential nominees such as Adlai Stevenson. They show how the political process works on the state and national levels and how the candidates vie for support...
Dates:
1948-1968
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Irma Callahan Papers