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Handwritten pages (28) by Angela Boleyn, some front and back, dated May 10, 1923 to March 21, 1925

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The Women’s Sports Club of Fargo later evolved into the Sports Section of the Fine Arts Club (See “Links”, above, for more information on the Fine Arts Club and National League of Pen Women Collections). Angela Boleyn, who acted as historian, was also a member of the Fine Arts Club and the National League of American Pen Women, Fargo Branch. The Women’s Sports Club of Fargo Records are organized into two series: Women’s Sports Club of Fargo and Angela Boleyn.



The Women’s Sports Club of Fargo Series consists of fifty-three unbound pages of handwritten text including but not limited to the history, activities, including informal minutes, Constitution, songs, tournament results, newspaper clippings and seventy-six photographic prints of the Women’s Sports Club of Fargo, North Dakota.



The photographs in Folder two are of winter sports such as sledding on College Hill; skiing (locations: Ski Slide in Minnesota, Island Park, College Hill, and Tourist Park); and skating (Island Park, Pelican Lake); photographs of the women who belong to the club, and officers of the club; Pelican Lake in Minnesota; horseshoe pitching at Oak Grove Park; Wheat Field near Valley City; Lake of the Woods in Canada with a Chippewa, Mrs. Silver Fox, age ninety-seven, and a papoose bound to a cradleboard; picnic at Fargo Tourist Camp, Golfing at the Country Club; Billboard from 1923 taken on a hike between Moorhead and Dilworth; and the Annual Athletic Sports Carnival held in Fargo, which was attended by over 100 people.



The photographs in Folder three are of officers of the club; Attic Picnic at Mrs. R.G. Cooke’s; hiking on the road to Dilworth; Rifle Team at Bowen’s Resort Rifle Range, and Awards and swimming at Pine Lake; Mrs. Eddy’s Cabin on Lake Melissa; fishing at Lake Floyd, Minnesota; Brainerd, Minnesota visit; Oak Grove picnic; tennis and golf photos; skating costumes from the 1925 New Year’s Ice Carnival at Island Park; Hockey at Island Park.



There is a Street Car ticket from Dilworth to Fargo on September 21, 1924, and accompanying photographs of those who rode the Street Car that day.



The Angela Boleyn Series includes twenty-two items consisting of later dated scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, and eight photographs related to Angela Boleyn who was acting in the capacity of historian for the Women’s Sports Club. The photographs are of Angela Boleyn, who also worked for The Fargo Forum as a reporter and was editor of The North Dakota Clubwoman.

Dates

  • 1923-1925.

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Extent

From the Collection: .2 Linear Feet (.2 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States