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Sadie Walker Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Photo 537

Scope and Content

The collections consist of two carte de visite photographs taken of Sadie Elliott Walker as a young girl taken in Philadelphia. The second photo is of the home where Sadie grew up in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Dates

  • 1860s-1870s

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Photographs are in the public domain.

Biography

Born in Chester County, Penn., daughter of George Elliott. The family moved to Spiritwood, N.D. in 1880. She was one of the first students at Jamestown College and among the first in its teacher training classes. She taught in Jamestown, and Fargo, N.D., later became elementary principal in Fargo. She retired in 1941.

Extent

2 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photographs from the early life of Sadie Walker growing up near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She later was a teacher in Jamestown and Fargo, North Dakota.

Provenance

Donated by Mrs. Sadie Walker, 1954 (Acc. 173).

Property rights

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Sadie Walker 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