Peter J. Smith Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1723
Scope and Contents
Letters, typed copy of his family reminiscence entitled "Dakota days of years ago," (38 leaves) and a newspaper clipping. Reminiscence includes mention of his family homestead in Cavalier County, a blizzard, pioneer days near Pembina, N.D., people and equipment involved in threshing, digging water wells, Olga, Bathgate, Beaulieu, and Walhalla, N.D., country school, churches, hunting, horses and horsedrawn vehicles, and removing tree stumps.
Dates
- 1950-1965.
Creator
- Smith, P. J. (Peter J.), 1886-1965. (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Born at Cavalier, N.D., son of Albert Hamilton Smith, Canadian immigrant and Christina (Grant) Smith, Scottish immigrant. Worked as a photographer, served as president of N.D. Photographers Association. Moved to Fargo, N.D. where he worked as night auditor for the Gardner Hotel.
Extent
4 Items (4 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters, typed copy of his family reminiscence entitled "Dakota days of years ago," (38 leaves) and a newspaper clipping. Reminiscence includes mention of his family homestead in Cavalier County, a blizzard, pioneer days near Pembina, N.D., people and equipment involved in threshing, digging water wells, Olga, Bathgate, Beaulieu, and Walhalla, N.D., country school, churches, hunting, horses and horse-drawn vehicles, and removing tree stumps.
Provenance
Donated by Unknown.
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Auditors -- North Dakota.
- Bathgate (N.D.)
- Blizzards -- North Dakota.
- Cavalier County (N.D.)
- Church buildings -- North Dakota.
- Clippings.
- Fargo (N.D.)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Cavalier County.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Pembina County.
- Horse-drawn vehicles -- North Dakota.
- Horses -- North Dakota.
- Letters.
- Olga (N.D.)
- Pembina (N.D.)
- Pembina County (N.D.)
- Photographers -- North Dakota.
- Reminiscences.
- Rural schools -- North Dakota.
- Smith, Albert Hamilton, 1854-
- Smith, P. J. (Peter J.), 1886-1965.
- Threshing -- North Dakota.
- Water-supply -- North Dakota.
Creator
- Smith, P. J. (Peter J.), 1886-1965. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Peter J. Smith Collection
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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