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Martha E. Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 55
Abstract
Photocopy of pioneer life reminiscences by Martha E. Green; includes mention of wheat harvest, fuel sources, 1888 blizzard.
Dates:
Majority of material found within [19--].
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Martha E. Green Papers
Mary Bishop Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 514
Abstract
Mortgage and warranty deeds, chiefly of Mrs. Bishop.
Dates:
1875-1888.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Mary Bishop Papers
Mary E. Mallick Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 621
Abstract
Correspondence concerning mainly the Lyman R. Casey family, with mention of his wife and daughter Theodora who sent letters from overseas to Mary F. Mallick, George Palmer, Carrington & Casey Land Company manager, Carrington & Casey Land Company, and the Edward Chase family, especially son Russell and daughter Alice; mentions Mary's father, John P. Fitzgerald, and his death in an 1897 railroad accident following a blizzard, her mother, Margaret Mary and her death, being raised by an...
Dates:
1955-1956.
Maude F. Dunwell Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 164
Abstract
Correspondence; scrapbook containing clippings and typewritten copy of Dunwell's Early History of Spiritwood and Vicinity; obituaries of her parents, William and Mary Agnes Farley; and series relating to Spiritwood Lake by Margaret Johnson (Mrs. Edward Johnson).
Dates:
1932-1954.
Myrtle Porterville Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 296
Abstract
Griggs County, N.D. native and resident whose avocation was collecting the history of Griggs County, amassing an amazing collection on the county's history and the people who lived there. The collection is a major genealogical resource for Griggs County.
Dates:
1861-1960.
Nora Fladeboe Mohberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 283
Abstract
Mohberg was a North Dakota author of historical fiction related to her Norwegian American family.
Dates:
1955-1958.
Ole Olson Hovde Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 850
Abstract
Typed carbon copy of historical sketch by granddaughter Eva Hewitt. Sketch begins with Mr. Hovde's life in Norway, coming to America in 1868 and homesteading near Hillsboro, N.D. in 1871 with wife Maria Gulbranson Hovde. Sketch continues with author's parents, William and Gelina Maria Hovde Hewitt, their children, homesteading near Bottineau, N.D. and their return to Hillsboro. William Hewitt was a Salvation Army captain from Canada who resigned his commission and turned to farming. He died in...
Dates:
1937.
Page Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 677
Abstract
History of four Page brothers and their sister Margaret A. Page who emigrated from their parental home near Girard, Illinois to North Dakota and filed on government homesteads between Mar[c]h 1888 and 1904.
Dates:
1928, 1952-1957.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Page Family Collection
Red River Valley Old Settlers Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 987
Abstract
Photocopy of a typed list of early Red River Valley settlers who died in 1918, and a photocopy of a partially typed, partially handwritten letter of July 19, 1922 listing deaths of early pioneers in 1922. Letter includes brief details on each person listed.
Dates:
1919-1922.
Ruth L. Haug Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 277
Abstract
Letter from Mrs. Haug; typed and handwritten copies of "Early experiences in the Mouse River Loop," by Mrs. Haug, concerning her homesteading and teaching experiences; "A history of the Congregational Church of Deering"; "A short history of the N.C. Abbott and O.C. Haug families," pamphlet entitled "Farm lands in the Mouse River Loop, North Dakota" from Hovland-Walstad Company, Lansford, N.D., and obituaries.
Dates:
1914-1962.