Homer E. Dixon Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 528
Scope and Content
The Homer E. Dixon Photograph Collection consists of two photographic prints. One is of the Farm Boy's Encampment at Devisl Lake, N.D,. summer of 1913. The second is of giant Jack Earle in Fargo in 1941.
Dates
- 1913-1941
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
Homer Edwin Dixon was born on August 27, 1891, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Jessie E. and Laura (Wiley) Dixon. He was a graduate North Dakota Agricultural College in 1915, and was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity. After graduation he was hired by the Perham Public Schools to be instructor of agriculture, and was involved in 4-H Club work. After that he worked as an automobile salesman in Grand Forks, N.D. In 1923 he married Frances Irene Murphy, and they had two sons Edwin and Alexander
In the 1930s and 1940s, he worked as a manager of the Kedney Warehouse Co., and then as a salesman for United Funds Inc. Sometime after 1959, the couple moved from Grand Forks. They lived for a time on Lake Melissa near Detroit Lakes. Homer Dixon in January 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Extent
2 Photographic Prints (2 photographic prints)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Schoolteacher and 4-H leader at Perham, Minn., graduate of North Dakota Agricultural College, native of Minneapolis, Minn.
Provenance
Donated by Homer Dixon in October 1963 (Acc. 1283).
Separation record - Manuscript Materials
Manuscript papers processed into SC 1283
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Homer E. Dixon 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