Stella H. Hohncke Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Photo 508
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three photographs that were separated from MSS 165. One photograph depicts a woman standing on a porch above three steps. One photograph depicts a woman sitting in a chair, with two pictures of two men on a dresser. Finally, one photograph depicts a woman in in graduation ware, wearing a mortarboard with a tassel.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1930-1963
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
Stella H. Halsten, a poet and writer, was born February 3, 1892, to Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Halsten on a homestead 10 miles northwest of Fargo, N.D., and educated in the Cass County schools. She married Wilbur K. Hohncke on September 21, 1918 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and they lived in Fargo with their four children--James, John, Mary, and Shirley. Mr. Hohncke, born June 7, 1892 at Casselton, North Dakota, worked for Loomis Dry Cleaners and later owned the Shoe Repair and Harness Shop in Fargo. A fine harness maker, Wilbur made harnesses for people all over the country, and died April 29, 1970. Stella graduated from the Concordia Conservatory of Music, the Western School of Expression, and she received her high school diploma at the age of 70 through the North Dakota Division of Continuing Studies in Fargo. She also attended a business college in Fargo, and studied drama at North Dakota State University. Stella worked for the Charley Page Insurance Company, and later for the Cosgriff Insurance Agency, both of Fargo.
Some of Mrs. Hohncke's poems were published in magazines, poetry booklets, and in Stella's Poems. Her work also appeared in North Dakota Singing, a collection of poems written by native writers. Humbly We Pray, a booklet of prayers by the members of the North Dakota branches of the National League of American Pen Women, was compiled by Stella when she was the state poetry chairman. A music teacher, Stella also performed musical selections and readings, as well as directed plays, pageants, and programs for community functions. She was a member of the Writers Section of the Fine Arts Club of Fargo, the North Dakota Poetry Association, the National League of American Pen Women, and the Cass County Hospital Board. Mrs. Hohncke read poems on KVOX radio's "Parade of the Poets" from approximately October 1939 to January 1940. Stella not only wrote plays, she performed in them, such as "Lignite"--a one act drama by Fargoan Lyle Phillips, "Club Spirit"--by Fargoan Mrs. Ella Gottschalk; and she appeared as Mrs. Cratchit in Dickens’s "Christmas Carol." Stella died May 20, 1989 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Fargo.
Some of Mrs. Hohncke's poems were published in magazines, poetry booklets, and in Stella's Poems. Her work also appeared in North Dakota Singing, a collection of poems written by native writers. Humbly We Pray, a booklet of prayers by the members of the North Dakota branches of the National League of American Pen Women, was compiled by Stella when she was the state poetry chairman. A music teacher, Stella also performed musical selections and readings, as well as directed plays, pageants, and programs for community functions. She was a member of the Writers Section of the Fine Arts Club of Fargo, the North Dakota Poetry Association, the National League of American Pen Women, and the Cass County Hospital Board. Mrs. Hohncke read poems on KVOX radio's "Parade of the Poets" from approximately October 1939 to January 1940. Stella not only wrote plays, she performed in them, such as "Lignite"--a one act drama by Fargoan Lyle Phillips, "Club Spirit"--by Fargoan Mrs. Ella Gottschalk; and she appeared as Mrs. Cratchit in Dickens’s "Christmas Carol." Stella died May 20, 1989 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Fargo.
Extent
3 Photographic Prints (Contains three photographic prints.)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
This collection contains three photographs of Hohncke.
Provenance
Donated by the Hohncke family, 1980 (Acc. 2271)
Property Rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Stella H. Hohncke Photographs
- 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