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Banquets, Receptions, Roasts, Suppers

 File — Box: 2, Folder: AR.B36

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The North Dakota Ephemera Collection preserves documents important to our everyday existence. Many of these items are often overlooked in the collecting and preservation process since they are common, ordinary items printed for an occasion and then usually forgotten about or discarded soon after. Such commonplace items include tickets, programs, advertisements, announcements, calendars, documents, posters, labels, etc. These items are important to preserve for they help to inform us about events such as elections, meetings, celebrations, entertainment, sporting events, and everyday occasions. Almost all are related to North Dakota. The Ephemera Collection was developed in 1994 by intern student Renee D. Tribitt. The organizational scheme is based upon similar collections at several other archives. It is divided into twenty-three broad topical and format categories. Depending upon the number and variety of items, some categories have been further subdivided. It should be noted that there are currently no items in the categories of Political & Social Movements and Social Services. Oversize items are noted with the term ‘Folio’. If a subcategory is includes items in the regular collection and in Folio, then ‘& Folio’ is given.

There is a separate Fargo, N.D. collection very similar in organization to the general North Dakota categories, although the subdivisions many times are different which are based upon the items in hand

The categories include:

AG Agriculture, Land and Town Development

AR Arts, entertainment & social events

CA Calendars

CE Certificates

CO Commerce

ED Education

EN Environment

ET Ethnic groups

GO Government

HE Health care

HI History

IN Industry

MI Military

NA Native Americans

OR Organizations & associations

PE People

PP Political parties & elections

PS Political & social movements

RE Religion

SO Social services

SP Sports & recreation

TO Tourism

TR Transportation

Dates

  • 1800s- ongoing

Access

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

Extent

From the Collection: 6 Linear Feet (6 linear feet)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Norwegian

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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