Rev. James P. Schell Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 524
Scope and Content
The Rev. James P. Schell Photograph Collection contains two cabinet photographs of James Schell at ages 50 and 70. The rest are a mix of postcards and photographs from various places in North Dakota, including the towns of Plumer, Blanchard, Kenmare, Williston and Edmore.
Dates
- 1895-1915
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 public domain.
Biography
Rev. James Peery Schell was born January 29, 1845 at West Liberty, Iowa. He attended public schools and in 1862 he entered the University of Iowa at Iowa City. He left school in 1863 due to the illness of his father who died that August. Rev. Schell then taught school for the winter and reentered the University in 1864. That summer he entered the Student Company of the 44th Iowa and served at Memphis and La Grange, Tennessee. He returned to the University in 1864 and in 1870 he graduated. Rev. Schell then attended Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago for one year and then went to the Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he graduated in 1873. He was ordained in 1873 in the Iowa City Presbytery. For the remainder of his career he served as a missionary and pastor at numerous locations including Alta, Utah; Russell, Woodburn, Scott, West Branch, Kirkville and Eddyville, Iowa; Eudid, Angus, and Warren, Minnesota; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and Bathgate, Hamilton, Drayton, Park River, Northwood, Galesburg, Cogswell , Plumer and Ambrose, North Dakota. Rev. Schell was also an author and poet. He wrote In the Ojibway Country as well as other historical manuscripts. In 1925 Rev. Schell retired from the ministry living in Waterbury, Connecticut and Ambrose, North Dakota. He died October 31, 1932 at Ambrose and was buried beside his wife at Warren, Minnesota. Mrs. Schell had died July 13, 1909. They had six children, Thomas, S.S., Sara, Helen, Walter and Joseph.
Extent
9 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Reverend who served many of the churches in the Red River Valley who wrote In the Ojibway Country as well as other historical manuscripts.
Provenance
Donated by Helen M. Schell, Williston, North Dakota, 1953 and 1957, (Acc. 96); additions - Acc. 2012 (1977) and 2017 (1978) by Charlotte P. Ludlum, Berea, Kentucky.
Separation Record - Manuscript Collection
Manuscript materials processed in Institute manuscript collection as (Mss 96).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Rev. James P. Schell 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