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Finding Aid

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The Ebenezer Magoffin Family Photograph Collection contains one album contain 44 carte de visite photographs. Many of the photos are from Civil War period of Magoffin family in Kentucky and Missouri, and of many government leaders and generals of the Confederacy. Some of the those identified are: Clay Thomson, Minor Major, Sallie Major, Ebenezer Magoffin Sr., Margaret Magoffin, Belle Moran, Belle Magoffin, Emma Magoffin (senior), Ebenetta Magoffin, Jennie Magoffin – the governor’s daughter, Octavia Magoffin, Clay Offutt, Gen. Gustavus Smith C.S.A., Joshua Barbee – Pres. Minister, Ralph Bullock, Phil Washington, Elijah Magoffin, Jo Robinson, Eugene Herndon – C.S.A., Confederate Generals, “Confederate Dead”, John Breckenridge, John Hunt Morgan, “Confederate Cabinet”, John Magoffin (tin type), E. Magoffin, Mrs. Marion Gunnell, Thomas Gunnell, Charles Houston and Parker Hardin (tin type), Confederate “Southern Chiefs”, Mrs. Lizzie Fackler, Belfield Suggert, Miley Fackler, Col. Manlius V. Thomson.

The second folder holds three photographic prints. They are of Manlius V. Thomson and Mary A. Thomson, of Lexington, Kentucky, and one autographed photograph North Dakota Lieut. Governor Jack Patterson, dated 1939.

Dates

  • 1850s-1939

Access

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

Extent

From the Collection: 3 Photographic Prints (3 photographic prints)

From the Collection: 1 Photograph Albums (1 photograph album (44 carte de visite's))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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