Gilbert W. Davis Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 64
Scope and Content
The collection contains one cardboard mount with a photograph of Gilbert William Davis dress in suit and tie with medals, one of them a Masonic medal, transposed with him dressed in Civil War military uniform, holding a rifle mounted on the top, and mounted on the bottom is a check with the following "Interior. United States Pension Agency. Milwaukee, Wis. Feb. 3, 1905. Assistant Treasurer of the United States, New York, N.Y. Pay to the order of Gilbert W. Davis, Thirty One & 33/100 Dollars. E Solberg, Clerk for Edwin D. Coe $31.33. No. 212835". A picture of P. H. Sheridan is printed on the check with "This check should be presented for payment within 90 days" printed underneath.
Dates
- ca. 1905
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are in the public domain.
Biography
Gilbert W. Davis was born in Madison County, N.Y. in 1836. He was a Civil War veteran, and lived for a time in Indiana before coming to Fargo, N.D. in 1896. Here he represented the Monitor Drill Co. with his brother. He served as a member of N. D. Gov. Hanna's staff, and was a member of the Fargo Shrine and Masonic order. He died in the Waldorf Hotel in Fargo, in 1921.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints (1 photographic print)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Gilbert W. Davis was a Civil War veteran, and lived for a time in Indiana before coming to Fargo, N.D. in 1896. He served as a member of N. D. Gov. Hanna's staff, and was a member of the Fargo Shrine and Masonic order.
Provenance
Donated by Mrs. E. G. Clapp, Jr., 1983 (Acc. 2097)
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Gilbert W. Davis 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