Edward & Marie Olson Family Reunion Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 506
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 28 color photographs taken by Al Smith at the Olson Family Reunion, which was held at the Senior Citizen Building in Hillsboro, North Dakota on June 24, 2000. The photographs were originally taped to four oversize paper sheets, and included an identification sheet listing each image. All of which was transcribed and reformatted below. Following the transcribed picture
identifications, the name of the Edward and Marie Olson child from whom the group or individual is descended has been placed in parentheses.
Dates
- 2000
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection remain with the NDSU Archives.
Biography
Edward E. Olson was born on March 14, 1860 in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Maria Johnson was born in Grans Prestegjeld, Norway, on October 5, 1866. In 1874, she came to the United States with some friends, and settled in the town of Spring Grove, Minnesota. It was in Spring Grove that she met Edward Olson. They were married there June 19, 1886. They then moved to Bingham Township, Traill County, North Dakota where they farmed.
It was here that they raised a family consisting of fourteen children; Inga (Thorp), Emma (Braaten), Bennie, John, Clara (Jones), Edwin, Mable (Swenson), Helen (Schultz), Carl, Stella (Holland), Tillie (Pauls), Marion, and Lester. One girl died at birth.
Mr. Olson was a member of the town board, and the family belonged to Highland Lutheran Church in rural Cummings, North Dakota.
Edward Olson died of a stroke on May 8, 1931, and Maria died on January 13, 1939.
Extent
28 Photographic Prints (28 photographic prints.)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Donated by Norma J. Schultz, 2016, (Acc. 2016-017irs).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Edward & Marie Olson Family Reunion Photograph Collection
- 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