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From the Collection:
The primary item in the Fannie Mahood Heath Papers is a copy of her 152 leaf manuscript “My North Dakota Garden or Prairie Flowers for Your Garden” that provides a rich source in documenting her lifelong dedication to growing plants in North Dakota. In addition there is biographical material, several letters, a sales catalog compiled by her and a North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin written by her and A.F. Yeager.
The Correspondence File consists of four letters from Mrs. Heath to Dr. and Mrs. Walster, written from 1923 to 1925, in which she discusses her plants and apparently sold items to the Walsters.
The Subject Files Series includes an original copy of Mrs. Heath‟s catalog Hardy Wild Flowers of Praireland that lists „choice Alpines and other Rock Garden plants.‟ For each she gives a brief description, growth height, blooming period and for some a price. There is a file containing carbon copies of typed lists of fruit varieties, flowers by color and alpine plants under trial in her garden.
The main portion of the collection is a carbon copy of “My North Dakota Garden or Prairie Flowers for Your Garden,” by Fannie Mahood Heath, „Flower Woman of North Dakota” which was “Compiled by [her daughter] Pearl Heath Frazer, B.S. from magazine articles, manuscripts and letters written by her mother, Mrs. Heath.” It consists of the manuscript (152 leaves), original drawings and watercolors of various plants, and an index (42 leaves) to all plants mentioned in the manuscript.
The Newspaper Clippings file contains two articles, one from unknown newspaper is titled „Woman Develops Lovely Foliage on Barren N.D. Farm: Her Garden is Among State‟s Beauty Spots,” and the other is her obituary in the Grand Forks Herald, September 30, 1931. The North Dakota Agricultural Extension Service Special Circular Perennial Flowers for North Dakota Homes is a reprint of the original edition (North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 170) published in 1923and authored by A.F. Yeager and Mrs. Heath. This 1941 edition is a tribute to Mrs. Heath and includes a two-page biographical sketch of Mrs. Heath noting her contributions in the area of horticulture.
Dates
- 1923-1941
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.2 Linear Feet (0.2 linear feet)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Heath, Fannie Mahood, 1864-1931. (Person)
- From the Collection: Frazer, Pearl Heath. (Person)
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