Chaffee Family Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 134
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; excerpts from diary (1892-1909) of George L. Dunning, laborer and farm superintendent of Amenia and Sharon farm; genealogical material; term papers; biography of Eben Whitney Chaffee by W.C. Hunter; two interviews with H.L. Chaffee; and brochures relating to Oriente, a community planned for Nicaragua, of which E.W. Chaffee was president.
Dates
- 1892-1955
Creator
- Dunning, George L. (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
Farmers and businessmen, owners of Amenia and Sharon Land Company, bonanza farm in Cass County, N.D.; of Amenia, N.D.
Extent
27 Items (27 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence; excerpts from diary (1892-1909) of George L. Dunning, laborer and farm superintendent of Amenia and Sharon farm; genealogical material; term papers; biography of Eben Whitney Chaffee by W.C. Hunter; two interviews with H.L. Chaffee; and brochures relating to Oriente, a community planned for Nicaragua, of which E.W. Chaffee was president.
Provenance
Donated by H. L. Chaffee & Robert Reed, 1953 (Acc. 134).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota.
- Amenia (N.D.) -- Agriculture -- Farms and farming.
- Amenia (N.D.) -- Family and personal papers.
- Amenia and Sharon Land Company.
- Biographies.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Businessmen -- North Dakota.
- Cass County (N.D.) -- Agriculture -- Farms and farming.
- Cass County (N.D.) -- Family and personal papers.
- Cass County (N.D.) -- Genealogy.
- Chaffee, E. W. (Eben Whitney), 1824-1892.
- Diaries.
- Farm corporations -- North Dakota.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Genealogy.
- Interviews.
- Land companies -- North Dakota.
- Nicaragua -- Land -- Development.
- Nicaragua -- Planned communities.
- North Dakota -- Agriculture -- Farms and farming.
- North Dakota -- Business, industries, and trades -- Real estate.
- North Dakota -- Family and personal papers -- 19th-20th centuries.
- North Dakota -- Genealogy.
- North Dakota -- Land -- Companies.
- Oriente (Nicaragua)
- Planned communities -- Nicaragua.
Creator
- Dunning, George L. (Person)
- Hunter, William C. (William Columbus), 1882-1973. (Person)
- Chaffee, H. L. (Herbert Laurance), 1892- (Person)
- Chaffee family. (Family)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Chaffee Family Collection of 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