North Dakota Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1598
Scope and Content
The North Dakota Ephemera Collection preserves documents important to our everyday existence. Many
of these items are often overlooked in the collecting and preservation process since they are common,
ordinary items printed for an occasion and then usually forgotten about or discarded soon after. Such
commonplace items include tickets, programs, advertisements, announcements, calendars, documents,
posters, labels, etc. These items are important to preserve for they help to inform us about events such as
elections, meetings, celebrations, entertainment, sporting events, and everyday occasions. Almost all are
related to North Dakota.
The Ephemera Collection was developed in 1994 by intern student Renee D. Tribitt. The organizational
scheme is based upon similar collections at several other archives. It is divided into twenty-three broad
topical and format categories. Depending upon the number and variety of items, some categories have
been further subdivided. It should be noted that there are currently no items in the categories of Political
& Social Movements and Social Services. Oversize items are noted with the term ‘Folio’. If a subcategory
is includes items in the regular collection and in Folio, then ‘& Folio’ is given.
There is a separate Fargo, N.D. collection very similar in organization to the general North Dakota categories, although the subdivisions many times are different which are based upon the items in hand
The categories include:
AG Agriculture, Land and Town Development
AR Arts, entertainment & social events
CA Calendars
CE Certificates
CO Commerce
ED Education
EN Environment
ET Ethnic groups
GO Government
HE Health care
HI History
IN Industry
MI Military
NA Native Americans
OR Organizations & associations
PE People
PP Political parties & elections
PS Political & social movements
RE Religion
SO Social services
SP Sports & recreation
TO Tourism
TR Transportation
There is a separate Fargo, N.D. collection very similar in organization to the general North Dakota categories, although the subdivisions many times are different which are based upon the items in hand
The categories include:
AG Agriculture, Land and Town Development
AR Arts, entertainment & social events
CA Calendars
CE Certificates
CO Commerce
ED Education
EN Environment
ET Ethnic groups
GO Government
HE Health care
HI History
IN Industry
MI Military
NA Native Americans
OR Organizations & associations
PE People
PP Political parties & elections
PS Political & social movements
RE Religion
SO Social services
SP Sports & recreation
TO Tourism
TR Transportation
Dates
- 1800s- ongoing
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection remain with creator or is in public domain
History
The North Dakota Ephemera Collection was established as a distinct, separate collection by the Archives staff in 1995. The eclectic nature of the collection reflects the diverse sources of the material, most items were donated as single items while other items were withdrawn from archival collections when being processed. Additions continue to be added, although no special emphasis is given in collecting items for
it.
Extent
6 Linear Feet (6 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Norwegian
Abstract
The North Dakota Ephemera Collection was established as a distinct, separate collection by the archives staff in 1995. The eclectic nature of the collection reflects the diverse sources of the material, most items were donated as single items while other items were withdrawn from archival collections when being processed. Additions continue to be added, although no special emphasis is given in collecting items for it.
Provenance
Donated by numerous donors and unknown donors.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the North Dakota Ephemera 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