Zona McArthur Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 395
Scope and Contents
This collections contains …
Scope and Content
This collection includes documents and artifacts from Zona McArthur’s life, as well as from her parents. The newspaper clippings regard her friends and family, including reunions by her mother and coworkers, developments in Worthington, MN, where her mother was from, and Zona’s death announcement. The documents of judges include information about Judge Ronald N. Davies and Judge
Paul Benson, both who Zona worked under during her legal career. These documents include appointment announcements and death announcements. The certificates include Victory Liberty Loans purchased during World War I by a relative, E. Miller. There is also a folder of certificates belonging to Zona McArthur's career as a shorthand reporter including: National Shorthand Reporters Association- Zona McArthur Certificate of Proficiency, Sept. 21,1952; National Shorthand Reporters Association- Zona McArthur Member of Good Standing, 1971; North Dakota Shorthand Reporters Association- Zona McArthur as Constitution and Bylaws Chairperson, 1986-1987. The collection also includes a scrapbook from the McArthur’s time in Alaska. This includes photographs and postcards from many cities in Alaska as well as some other group photos and documents pertaining to their trips.
Dates
- 1916-2007
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
Zona Adila McArthur was born on March 19, 1921 to Herbert Raymond and Mary Anne McArthur in Minnesota. She attended Valley City High School and Graduated in 1938. She then moved to Alaska to attend college and moved back to Fargo, North Dakota in the 1950s. Her family owned a fur farm and travelled back and forth to Alaska frequently. She spent her adult life as a Shorthand Reporter and legal secretary under Judge Ronald N. Davies and Judge Paul Benson. She won numerous awards and honors for her work and even served as a court reporter on high profile cases such as the desegregation
cases in Little Rock, Arkansas in the 1960s. Zona passed away on March 10, 2007 at the age of 85.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 linear foot)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Personal and family papers of Zona McArthur who spent her adult life as a shorthand reporter and legal secretary under Judge Ronald N. Davies and Judge Paul Benson. She won numerous awards and honors for her work and even served as a court reporter on high profile cases such as the desegregation cases in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Provenance
Donated by Connie Nelson of Fargo Public Schools in 2013. (Acc. 2013-044irs)
Separated Materials - Photographs (Institute Photograph Collection)
5 photographic prints processed as Photo 504.
Separated Materials - Ephemera
Zona’s mother’s high school diploma, Zona’s Certificate of Baptism and Cradle Roll Certificate. (Fargo Ephemera Collection)
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Zona McArthur Papers
- 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