Herbert Emmons Photograph Collection

Collection — Folder: Photo 2185

Identifier: Photo 2185

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains six photographs that relate to Herbert Emmons and his family. They consist of Herbert, his wife, grandchildren, and parents.

Dates

Majority of material found in 1940-1958

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

Herbert Emmons was born December 2, 1880 to Jonathan and Martha Jane (Marshal) Emmons in Minnesota. Herbert’s father had moved to Cass County, Dakota Territory after the Civil War and Herbert was around 3 when his father died. By the turn of the century, Herbert moved to Wheatland, North Dakota. In 1904, Herbert married Caroline S. Syverson at the Episcopal church in Wheatland. They would have at least three children, Bernice, Ida Mae, and Martha. By 1910, the Emmons family were living in Fargo, North Dakota. Herbert would work in the book binding and printing industry, eventually becoming the president of the Fargo Bookbinders Union.

Caroline Emmons died, August 23, 1951 and Herbert died February 1, 1963. Both are in Riverside Cemetery in Fargo, North Dakota