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Devils Lake Chautauqua Association Program

 Collection
Identifier: SC 855

Scope and Contents

Copy of its "Fifth annual announcement, as well as second annual announcement for the Grand Forks College summer school." Includes a historical sketch, program, facilities, Devils Lake business directory, advertising and the summer school courses offered there under the direction of the Grand Forks College.

Dates

  • 1897

Creator

Access

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Copyrights

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History

The Chautauqua at Lakewood on Devils Lake got its start in 1893 and would run for about a week at the end of June and beginning of July. The Chautauqua at Lakewood was the 3rd most popular in the country. Crowds of people gathered to see authors, politicians, musicians, and celebrities (source: https://lrhcblog.wordpress.com/tag/chautauqua/).

Extent

1 Items (1 item (19 pages).)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Copy of its "Fifth annual announcement, as well as second annual announcement for the Grand Forks College summer school." Includes a historical sketch, program, facilities, Devils Lake business directory, advertising and the summer school courses offered there under the direction of the Grand Forks College.

Provenance

Donated by Unknown.

Property rights

The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Devils Lake Chautauqua Association Program
Description rules
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Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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