Rudolph Bener Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2161
Scope and Contents
This collection contains seven images of Bener, family members, and co-workers.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s
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
Rudwoj Bojcio was born in 1891 in Uljanik, Austro-Hungarian empire (in what is now Croatia). He immigrated in 1910 and was naturalized in Fargo, North Dakota in 1925. While living in North Dakota, he became a member of the Klu Klux Klan in 1920s. In addition to his KKK activities, he also worked in the Ford plant that was in downtown Fargo, North Dakota on Broadway. It is unknown when exactly he changed his name, but he did to Rudolph Bener. He died May 17, 1964 in Hubbard, Minnesota and is buried in Lake View Cemetery in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
Extent
7 Items (Seven photographic prints.)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Seven photographs that of Rudolph Bener's life while in the Red River Valley.
Provenance
Donated by Neila Johnson Tillman on April 15, 1990 (Acc.638).
Property Rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Rudolph Bener Photograph Collection
- 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