Ransom County Trust Company office (1)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ransom County Trust Company Photographs Collection contains photographs that reflect the company’s business activities, and land sales. The Farm and Farming Series is broken down into three folders. There are a number of photographs of farmsteads taken in the early 1900s, mostly in Ransom and Barnes Counties. The first folder are of identified farmsteads, with the owners names handwritten on the back. The farms represented belong to Lew Altman, Erick Anderson, John Arne, G. W. Balderson, Samuel Breaw, D. H. Buttz, Ole Christianson, ? Claus, Wallace Galbreath, John Gjesvold, J. L. Greene, Peter Halkstad, Hansen of Nome, “Robinson Farm” owned by Hoffman, Karl J. Johnson, Martinus Johnson, ? Koeniche, Herman Krueger, John Krueger, F. G. Lock, Wm. Luke, Meyer, Karl Miller, Richard Newton, Ole O. Olson, M. Opgaard, Robert Ratliff, A. E. Rife, Robert Robertson, Peter J. Roe, Hans Rolie, M. L. Satterlee, T. Severson, Wm. Short, Hans Skromstad, Henry Trapp, Urbach, Charles Uhrhammer, Fred C. Wall, R. Wallin, J. J. Wold, Jacob Walters, and Lorents Lorentson. The Unidentified Farms hold 23 photographs without any identification written on the back. The Farm Scenes folder are mostly reprints from a publication featuring cropland, harvesting and livestock.
The Towns Series has been broken down into two folders. The first contains four photographs from Lisbon, N.D. They include the Ransom County Courthouse, Sorenson Milling Co., First Baptist Church, and the Presbyterian Church. The second folder in this series holds geneal postcards and views from the towns of Enderlin, Fort Ransom, Sheldon, Sherwood, and Minot. The two from Minot appear to have the case number #4955 written on the back.
The Case File Series appear to be photographs pulled directly from the case files in the Ransom County Trust Company Records (Mss 764). They are filed under the name and case number. Of interest is the estate of David Houston, of Hunter, N.D. A houseboat called Dakota that belonged to Ed Pierce, and a portrait of a baby named Frances de la Bere whose guardianship file can be found among the records.
The Florida Series holds a file of photographs taken for the Florida Fruitland’s Company at Lake Alfred. Many taken by Fishbaugh Studio in Tampa. A number of these photographs have half tone projection negatives likely used for a publication, they are housed in the Institue Negative Collection under PN133 to PN149.
Stored separately in Photo Folio 79 is one copy of an advertisement rot the Hotel Horton, Lisbon, N.D.
The Towns Series has been broken down into two folders. The first contains four photographs from Lisbon, N.D. They include the Ransom County Courthouse, Sorenson Milling Co., First Baptist Church, and the Presbyterian Church. The second folder in this series holds geneal postcards and views from the towns of Enderlin, Fort Ransom, Sheldon, Sherwood, and Minot. The two from Minot appear to have the case number #4955 written on the back.
The Case File Series appear to be photographs pulled directly from the case files in the Ransom County Trust Company Records (Mss 764). They are filed under the name and case number. Of interest is the estate of David Houston, of Hunter, N.D. A houseboat called Dakota that belonged to Ed Pierce, and a portrait of a baby named Frances de la Bere whose guardianship file can be found among the records.
The Florida Series holds a file of photographs taken for the Florida Fruitland’s Company at Lake Alfred. Many taken by Fishbaugh Studio in Tampa. A number of these photographs have half tone projection negatives likely used for a publication, they are housed in the Institue Negative Collection under PN133 to PN149.
Stored separately in Photo Folio 79 is one copy of an advertisement rot the Hotel Horton, Lisbon, N.D.
Dates
- circa 1900-1920.
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 117 Photographic Prints (117 photographic prints.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu