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Psyche Gooden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3026

Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Psyche and her family members, mainly her daughter Norma. Also included are postcards, mostly to Psyche from various family members, invitations and announcements, bank documents, bills and receipts, expense accounts, a concert program, newspaper clippings, phone numbers, photos, a song book, student directories, a teachers certificate, and a telegram.

Dates

  • 1892-1931

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by the NDSU Archives.

Biography

Psyche Maude Gooden (Sutherland) was born on September 6, 1876 in Illinois to Martha Olive Mattie Sutherland (Reeves) and Isaac Edwin Sutherland. She married John C. Gooden on June 24, 1896. They had a daughter Norma Arlene Ostby (Gooden) born December 15, 1898. Psyche lived in Illinois, Des Moines, Iowa and Fargo, North Dakota throughout her life. In the early 1900s, Psyche was a milliner, making women’s hats. In the 1930s, she was an employment secretary in Fargo, first for the YMCA, and then for North Dakota Agricultural College, where she found jobs for students. Psyche passed away on February 2, 1950 in Fargo, North Dakota.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Psyche Gooden and her family members, mainly her daughter Norma. Also included are postcards, mostly to Psyche from various family members, invitations and announcements, bank documents, bills and receipts, expense accounts, a concert program, newspaper clippings, phone numbers, photos, a song book, student directories, a teachers certificate, and a telegram.

Provenance

Unknown.

Property rights

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Psyche Gooden Papers
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