Miscellaneous items
File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Mott-Slingsby Family Photograph Collection consists primarily of social and family related images surrounding the families of Henry V. and Margie (Slingsby) Mott, and Margie’s parents Floyd H. and Ida (Anderson) Slingsby. The majority of the photographs in this collection are unidentified, and they contain mostly of snapshots, rather than professional studio photographs. The collection has been broken arranged four series; Topical Series, People Series, Album Series, and Ephemera Series.
The Topical Series is listed alphabetically by subject. The first file consists of three small snapshots taken in Argusville during the flood of 1947. The North Dakota Agricultural College file has four images mounted back to back on pages that appear to have been torn out of a photograph album. They likely belonged to Floyd Slingsby as there is a photograph of members of the Alpha Mu fraternity, of which Floyd was a member, standing in front of their house. The other images in this file show Old Main, a pageant beside Putnam Hall, and an elevated view of the campus from 12th Avenue N. The Road Construction file contains two photographs showing a road construction crew. There is no identification other than a date of June 1959. They are likely related to some work done by Henry V. Mott, Jr. during his work as a civil engineer. The World War II photographs are mostly snapshots, with some identification linking them to Henry Mott. They are likely taken in the South Pacific Theater.
The majority of the photographs in the People Series are unidentified. There is only one image that contains identification; it is that of a small girl with a caption identifying her as “Lulu Atkinson, died Easter Day 1881”. Beyond that, the file contains photographs by photographers from Fargo, Grafton and Minto, North Dakota, and one by a photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Snapshots file contains twelve items. They are mostly unidentified and appear to have been mounted in albums at one sometime. It is probable that they were from the photograph albums belonging to Floyd and Ida Slingsby. A number of the images appear to be children, with one identified as Floyd with his baby daughter Helen. Another interesting snapshot shows a woman making apple cider using a hand turned apple grinder. The final set of images in this series are photographic postcards. The first image is a Christmas card with a man standing on the front. An airplane is behind him spelling out “Merry Christmas” in smoke. The rest are all groups of unidentified people
There are three albums in the Photograph Album Series. The albums appear to have belonged to Floyd and Ida (Anderson) Slingsby. The first album, the smallest, and contains 36 photographs glued onto the pages. Most of the photographs in the front of the album are social scenes, likely taken in and around New York Mills, Minnesota area. These images appear to have been taken in the 1910s. In the back of
the album are several photographs taken at a later time period, and include some group photographs of students standing in front of the Argusville school building in 1940-41. The second albums consists of photographs taken in the 1910s, and are of social scenes. Among these photographs are some taken at the depot in Richdale, Minnesota; Moorhead Teachers College (MSUM); some lake scenes, and a few scenes from Floyd Slingsby’s time in stationed at the Naval Air Station in Montauk, N.Y. The third album, appears to have belonged to Floyd Slingsby and includes images of his time at North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC). There are some really nice photographs of football players from around 1916-1917 and the Alpha Mu fraternity. Also in this album are a number of image taken while he was stationed at the Naval Air Station in Montauk, N.Y. during World War I. The back of the album has several photographs of family members and agricultural scenes.
The Ephemera Series contains one file of several non-photographic objects. The first item is a letter addressed to Mrs. E. S. Mott from Webster Merrifield, President of the University of North Dakota dated January 30, 1904, requesting her participation in the twenty-first anniversary of the signing of the bill creating the University. There are also the report cards of Valentine Mott from Grafton Public Schools from the years 1927-1928, 1928-1929, and 1935-1936, and Valentine Mott’s diploma from Grafton High School in 1939. Also in this folder are two items belonging to Margie Slingsby; an autograph book and her diploma from North Dakota Agricultural College in 1948. The final object in this file is the 1942 membership certificate to Phi Kappa Phi belonging to Helen Slingsby.
Dates
- 1880 - 1959
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 520 Photographic Prints (520 photographic prints)
From the Collection: 2 Photographic Negatives (2 negatives (120mm-677 and 678))
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