Surveying (2)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This photograph collection documents the oil industry in western North Dakota in the early 1950s. Most of the photographs apparently were taken by staff of the Fargo Forum, likely for a special edition and series of articles devoted to the oil industry that were published in the newspaper.
Most are 8x10 in. prints and have been organized topically. The images feature drilling, pipe laying, rig raising, "shooting" explosives, surveying, clean-up, as well as photographs of housing developments and pre-oil days. There are several earlier images including the A.C. Townley well at Robinson, N.D. (1925) and the Glenfield oil well (1928). There is also a copy photographic print of the Drake Well of 1859. Oil fields at Poplar, Pine, Glendive, Rickey and Little Beaver are included, as well as photographs of oil wells and rigs.
The Amerada Petroleum Corp. file includes images of its headquarters in Williston under construction, housing development, core samples, and a number of oil wells. Towns pictured include Bismarck, Bottineau, Fryburg, Ray, Tioga and Williston. The Bismarck file includes of the Saxvik School and the state capitol. At Williston there is an elevated view of new housing and a school. There are aerial view of Ray and Tioga. There is also a file of town street scenes, but the name of the towns are not given. Nils Halverson, LeRoy Hines, Joseph Rice and Lloyd Sveen are among the people included in various images.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1952 - 1954
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 108 Photographic Prints (108 photographi prints : gelatin silver ;, 8 x 10 in. and smaller.)
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