Carl F. Jurgens Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 678
Scope and Contents
Notebook of handwritten entries listing performances in Fargo Opera House (1896-1911), Grand Theater, referred to as Grand Opera House in notebook (1906-1911), The Bijou (1908-1911), The Ideal (1908-1909), and Savoy Theater (1910-1911). Performances included musicians, singers, magicians, dancers, and skits. Entry for Fargo Opera House includes seating capacity and prices for various seating sections. Also includes a postcard from Scott Leslie to Emil Jurgens, Medford, Oregon, and a handwritten note from M. Thole, Glencoe, Minn. about Jurgens.
Dates
- 1896-1911
Creator
- Jurgens, Carl F., 1880- (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
Biography
Fargo resident and employee of Broadway Grocery.
Extent
3 Items (3 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Notebook of handwritten entries listing performances in Fargo Opera House (1896-1911), Grand Theater, referred to as Grand Opera House in notebook, (1906-1911), The Bijou (1908-1911), The Ideal (1908-1909), and Savoy Theater (1910-1911). Performances included musicians, singers, magicians, dancers, and skits. Entry for Fargo Opera House includes seating capacity and prices for various seating sections. Also includes a postcard from Scott Leslie to Emil Jurgens, Medford, Oregon, and a handwritten note from M. Thole, Glencoe, Minn. about Jurgens.
Provenance
Donated by the Cass County Historical Society in 1974 (Acc. 678, Acc. 5541).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bijou Theater (Fargo, N.D.)
- Clerks -- North Dakota.
- Correspondence.
- Fargo (N.D.) -- Cultural affairs -- Theater.
- Fargo Opera House.
- Grand Theater (Fargo, N.D.)
- Ideal Theater (Fargo, N.D.)
- Journals.
- Jurgens, Carl F., 1880-
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Postcards.
- Savoy Theater (Fargo, N.D.)
- Theater -- North Dakota.
Creator
- Jurgens, Carl F., 1880- (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Carl F. Jurgens Papers
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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