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Pauline Neher Diede Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 173

Scope and Contents

The Pauline Neher Diede papers include documents relating to Diede’s writing career. Primary among these are clippings of her columns and articles in The Hebron Herald, journalistic awards, and reviews of her books. There are three series in the collection: Newspaper Clippings, Diede Writings, and Subject. The Newspaper Clippings Series consists exclusively of newspaper clippings. Most of them are of Diede’s weekly column The Prairie Echoes, though some are of other journalistic work. There are also four folders of clippings about Diede and her family. Most of the clippings date from the 1980s. The Diede Writings Series contains mostly correspondence to and from Diede. In addition, there are also a small handful of drafts of poems and other short pieces. The Subject Series includes awards Diede received; documentation relating to events she attended or were held in her honor; and eight photographs of Diede and her family.

Dates

  • 1970-1995.

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

The Institute does not hold the copyrights.

Biography

Pauline Neher was born in a sod house on the North Dakota prairie in 1911. Her parents had immigrated to America from South Russia in 1909 and spoke only German. She attended two years of high school, and then transferred to the Dickinson Normal School, where she received a secretarial certificate. In 1960, she began collecting news items, interviewing pioneers, and writing articles for The Hebron Herald, a weekly newspaper in her community. Later, in 1977, she began to write a weekly column, “The Prairie Echoes.” In 1983, she published the first of five books, Homesteading on the Knife River Prairies, about her Germans-from-Russia ancestors. She followed that up with The Prairie Was Home (1986), Speaking Out…On Sodhouse Times (1985), North Dakota – In Grateful Homage (1989), The Prairie Echoes (1993), and Consider God’s Promises: My Christian Faith Journey (1996).

Extent

.4 Linear Feet (.4 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Pauline Neher Diede papers include documents relating to Diede's writing career. Primary among these are clippings of her columns and articles in The Hebron Herald dealing primarily with North Dakota pioneer life and her Germans from Russia heritage. There are also journalistic awards and reviews of her books.

Provenance

Donated by Pauline Neher Diede, 1995 (Acc. 2420).

Separation Record

Photographs (Processed into Institute Portrait Collection 311)

7 photographic prints of Diede and family

Property rights

The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Pauline Neher Diede Papers
Description rules
Appm
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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