William R. Page Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 472
Scope and Content
The collection contains eight photographic prints. One print is color and shows Bill Page and Roy Petrell with ducks on the back of a car taken in 1954. A photograph of an oil painting of Phineas S. Schearer, snapshots of agricultural scenes and people, and a group photo of a Soil Conservation tour members standing in front of a Greyhound bus in Fargo.
Dates
- 1947-1964
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute for Regional Studies.
Biography
William Ralph Page was born February 13, 1896 on his parents' farm at Hamilton, North Dakota. There he attended school and high school, graduating in 1914. He then worked on the farm until enrolling in 1916 at Iowa State University. After a year there, Mr. Page returned to operate the family farm since his brothers were serving in World War I. In 1919 he returned to Iowa and graduated in 1922 with a degree in Animal Husbandry. Mr. Page's first employment was with the North Dakota State Dairy Department at Bismarck where he was a creamery and cream station inspector. In the winter he lectured at Farm Institutes on dairy husbandry. From 1924 to 1927 Mr. Page became County Agricultural Agent at Grand Forks for-the Great Northern Agricultural Development Department. In 1927 Mr. Page became County Agricultural Agent of Grand Forks County, which he held until his retirement in 1953. After retirement he remained in Grand Forks taking an interest in hunting, photography and horticulture. In the latter area he has spent much time in special studies and tests on marginally hardy fruits and the cold tolerance of dwarf
apple stock. He was a member of the Western Canadian Society of Horticulture, Minnesota Horticulture
Society and the North Dakota Horticulture Society.
Mr. Page married Mae Walker of Valley City on October 23, 1926 and had two daughters. Mrs. Page died September 17, 1968. On December 28, 1969 he married Mae Park of Poplar, Montana. Mr. Page died
Mr. Page married Mae Walker of Valley City on October 23, 1926 and had two daughters. Mrs. Page died September 17, 1968. On December 28, 1969 he married Mae Park of Poplar, Montana. Mr. Page died
Extent
8 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs associated with William R. Page, who served as a Grand Forks County agricultural extension agent.
Provenance
Donated by William R. Page, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1987 (Acc. 2047, 2068, 2217),
and his daughters, 1998.
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding aid to the William R. Page Photograph Collection
- 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