Virginia Weston Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 513
Scope and Contents
These items were likely transferred from the Becker County Museum, where Virginia Weston worked as secretary, and did not fit into the scope of their collections. This collection contains eleven photographs, mostly of sand castles that were built in West Acres Shopping Mall in Fargo in 1989 as part of the North Dakota Centennial Celebration. Two other photos are of people, Lynette Nelson as Miss North Dakota National Teen-Ager, and a wedding picture of Corey & Kent (Nelson) Jonson taken in 1987.
Dates
- Undated
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
Biography
Virginia Weston was born in Detroit Lakes, in 1947. She was the daughter of Vernon and Edith J. (Mackner) Weston. At the time of donation, Ms. Weston was living in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. She served as president of the Heart O'Lakes Genealogical Society, and also served as secretary for the Becker County Historical Society.
Extent
11 Photographic Prints (photographic prints.)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
This collection contains eleven photographs, mostly of the sand castles that were built in West Acres for the North Dakota Centennial in 1989.
Provenance
Donated by Virginia Weston on April 29, 2014 (Acc. 2014-016irs).
Property Rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Virginia Weston 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