North Dakota Government Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 402-Photo Folio 43-Oversize Photo 4
Scope and Content
Artificial collection created to house general photographs of the North Dakota Governmental bodies. The photographs come from various sources with little or no provenance. They have been broken down into three folders, the Board of Administration, Industrial Commission, and Legislature.
The Board of Administration folder holds one photo showing a group of men and one woman standing in front of the Sakakawea statue on the North Dakota Capital grounds. Identification typed on the front states Conference of State Board of Administration and Presidents of State Educational Institutions. Dated Oct. 21-22, 1929.
The Industrial Commission folder contains four photographs showing Gov. Lynn Frazier signing bonds, a photo of Frazier with John N. Hagen and William Langer, and the commission meeting in the old North Dakota capital building.
The third folder contains general views of the North Dakota Legislature in group photos or in action on the chamber floor. There are a group of 13 snapshots taken in 1930s, some with Gov. John Moses present. There is a copy of a composite photographs showing the members of the 1907 House of Representatives. Another series of five photographs show the House in session likely around 1975. One of the photos shows Sen. J. Garvin Jacobson. The final photographs is a 1997 color image of the Senate Judiciary Committee - 1997 Back row: Senators John Andrist, Carolyn Nelson, Jim Berg, Jack Traynor, Darlene Watne, Marv Mutzenberger. Front row: Sharon Renfrow - clerk, Sen. Wayne Stenehjem - chairman, Billie Brunsoman – intern.
The oversized North Dakota Government Photograph’s are housed in Photo Folio 43. There are three folders in this collection. The first folder contains seven composite photographs of members of the North Dakota Senate for the years, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1939 and 1965. The second folder contains five composite photographs for the North Dakota House of Representatives, they include two from 1917, as well as the 1917 House Minority, 1923, and 1933. There is also a panoramic photograph of the North Dakota House members seated in the chamber, taken between 1903-1906. The final folder holds one large composite photograph of the House dated 1907. It is on a cardboard mount.
There is one extra-large composite photograph of the 1909 North Dakota Senate housed in the Oversize Photo 4, located in Drawer 9 of the Archives flat case files.
The Board of Administration folder holds one photo showing a group of men and one woman standing in front of the Sakakawea statue on the North Dakota Capital grounds. Identification typed on the front states Conference of State Board of Administration and Presidents of State Educational Institutions. Dated Oct. 21-22, 1929.
The Industrial Commission folder contains four photographs showing Gov. Lynn Frazier signing bonds, a photo of Frazier with John N. Hagen and William Langer, and the commission meeting in the old North Dakota capital building.
The third folder contains general views of the North Dakota Legislature in group photos or in action on the chamber floor. There are a group of 13 snapshots taken in 1930s, some with Gov. John Moses present. There is a copy of a composite photographs showing the members of the 1907 House of Representatives. Another series of five photographs show the House in session likely around 1975. One of the photos shows Sen. J. Garvin Jacobson. The final photographs is a 1997 color image of the Senate Judiciary Committee - 1997 Back row: Senators John Andrist, Carolyn Nelson, Jim Berg, Jack Traynor, Darlene Watne, Marv Mutzenberger. Front row: Sharon Renfrow - clerk, Sen. Wayne Stenehjem - chairman, Billie Brunsoman – intern.
The oversized North Dakota Government Photograph’s are housed in Photo Folio 43. There are three folders in this collection. The first folder contains seven composite photographs of members of the North Dakota Senate for the years, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1939 and 1965. The second folder contains five composite photographs for the North Dakota House of Representatives, they include two from 1917, as well as the 1917 House Minority, 1923, and 1933. There is also a panoramic photograph of the North Dakota House members seated in the chamber, taken between 1903-1906. The final folder holds one large composite photograph of the House dated 1907. It is on a cardboard mount.
There is one extra-large composite photograph of the 1909 North Dakota Senate housed in the Oversize Photo 4, located in Drawer 9 of the Archives flat case files.
Dates
- 1907-1997
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection remain with the creator or are in the public domain.
History
On February 22, 1889, the United States Congress approved the bill to split Dakota Territory into two states, North and South Dakota. After the Enabling Act was applied, it provided that the area of the Dakota Territory be divided into two states. It stated that each part should elect delegates to a Constitutional Convention. There were to be a total of 75 delegates, 3 from each of the 25 districts. The North Dakota Constitutional Convention was held in Bismarck, the territorial capital, from July 4 to August 17, 1889.
During the convention, 25 districts were established for the state of North Dakota. The election for legislative members for the first legislative session was held October 1, 1889. North Dakota was admitted into statehood November 2, 1889, and the first Legislative Assembly for the state gaveled in November 19, 1889.
Legislative history from the State of North Dakota government website: https://www.legis.nd.gov/legislativehistory
During the convention, 25 districts were established for the state of North Dakota. The election for legislative members for the first legislative session was held October 1, 1889. North Dakota was admitted into statehood November 2, 1889, and the first Legislative Assembly for the state gaveled in November 19, 1889.
Legislative history from the State of North Dakota government website: https://www.legis.nd.gov/legislativehistory
Extent
40 Photographic Prints (25 photographic prints)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Artificial collection created to house general photographs of the North Dakota Governmental bodies.
Provenance
Multiple donors.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the North Dakota Government 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