Red River Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 532
Scope and Content
The Red River Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection has been broken down into six folders. The first folder contains photographs from an awards banquet in April 1969. There are 8 photographs featuring, Martha M.B. Roberts, Orville Harris, Marilyn Clemens, Susan Lander, June Webster, Lea Berg, Diane Gourluck, and Robert Keller receiving awards.
The second folder is from the awards banquet from Spring of 1968. It contains 16 photographs of award winners in group photographs and people receiving awards. This includes the names, John Bergh, Leslie Turner, John Tenney, James Wien, Alan Anderson, Gerald Brekken, Dr. Stanley Murray, Brad Bergan, Lorraine Bitt, Mrs. Elmer Barry, and Pamela Richardson.
The third folder contains 20 photographs from a banquet in March 1969. Many are candid snapshots, mostly unidentified.
The fourth folder is a series of 7 photographs of churches including the Catholic Church in Pisek, N.D., and Assumption Church, Pembina, N.D.
The fifth folder is from a tour of Manitoba, Canada dated September 1967. There are 7 photographs including St. Andrew’s Cemetery and the Paddlewheel Queen steamboat on the Red River at Winnipeg.
The sixth folder is a general file with people associated with the society. They include Father Louis Pfaller, Russell W. Fridley, Dr. P.H.T. Thorlakson, Dr. Elwyn B. Robinson, and a group photo of 1968 board members including the names, Christopher, Lutter, Mary Margaret, B. Myrold, Foley, Capistran, and Green.
The second folder is from the awards banquet from Spring of 1968. It contains 16 photographs of award winners in group photographs and people receiving awards. This includes the names, John Bergh, Leslie Turner, John Tenney, James Wien, Alan Anderson, Gerald Brekken, Dr. Stanley Murray, Brad Bergan, Lorraine Bitt, Mrs. Elmer Barry, and Pamela Richardson.
The third folder contains 20 photographs from a banquet in March 1969. Many are candid snapshots, mostly unidentified.
The fourth folder is a series of 7 photographs of churches including the Catholic Church in Pisek, N.D., and Assumption Church, Pembina, N.D.
The fifth folder is from a tour of Manitoba, Canada dated September 1967. There are 7 photographs including St. Andrew’s Cemetery and the Paddlewheel Queen steamboat on the Red River at Winnipeg.
The sixth folder is a general file with people associated with the society. They include Father Louis Pfaller, Russell W. Fridley, Dr. P.H.T. Thorlakson, Dr. Elwyn B. Robinson, and a group photo of 1968 board members including the names, Christopher, Lutter, Mary Margaret, B. Myrold, Foley, Capistran, and Green.
Dates
- 1967-1969
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection remain with the creator.
History
The Red River Historical Society had its origins at a meeting called by Don Myrold in Crookston, Minnesota in December 1963. It was formally organized with its officers and charter board of directors elected at a meeting held at the University of North Dakota on March 15, 1964. Mr. Myrold became the Executive Director, a position he held until resigning in December 1976. In 1966 its name was changed to the Red River Valley Historical Society. Its stated purpose was "to coordinate activities of local historical groups and individuals, encourage dissemination of historical knowledge and provide a means for the identification and preservation of documents and objects of historical interest and value with emphasis on the Red River Valley of the North without regard to political boundaries."
Among their many projects over the years are establishment of liaison between various historical organizations, educational institutions and individuals, sponsor a high school historical essay contest and student-education awards programs, host Red River Valley History Seminars, publish the Red River Valley Historian and the Red River Valley Heritage Press, slide-tape presentations, field trips and most recently the possibility of establishing historical interpretive centers in the Valley. In January 1976 the Society established permanent offices in Fargo and Moorhead with a greatly expanded staff. In October 1976 the Society acquired a permanent home through the purchase of the Comstock School in Comstock, Minnesota where all offices were located.
Among their many projects over the years are establishment of liaison between various historical organizations, educational institutions and individuals, sponsor a high school historical essay contest and student-education awards programs, host Red River Valley History Seminars, publish the Red River Valley Historian and the Red River Valley Heritage Press, slide-tape presentations, field trips and most recently the possibility of establishing historical interpretive centers in the Valley. In January 1976 the Society established permanent offices in Fargo and Moorhead with a greatly expanded staff. In October 1976 the Society acquired a permanent home through the purchase of the Comstock School in Comstock, Minnesota where all offices were located.
Extent
63 Photographic Prints (63 photographic prints.)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Historical society founded to expand the public's knowledge of the Red River Valley of the North.
Provenance
Donated Dr. Martin Lutter, 1972 (Acc. 1858).
Separation Record - Manuscript Collection
Manuscript materials processed into (Mss 243)
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Red River Valley Historical Society 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