Mary Darrow Weible Collection of Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss 620

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This small collection of Mary Darrow Weible Papers consist of several newspaper clippings on Mrs. Weible well as her mother's obituary and her brother, Frank's. The interview by Mr. Sackett in 1956 concerns the Weible family and their farm at Hunter, N.D. as well as on Dr. Ralph E. Weible and the Darrow family. The theater-related material contains two bound volumes of programs for the Fargo Opera House. The first volume covers 1894 to 1899 with the first issues for the Hagaman Opera House. The second volume is issues of The Theatre for the years 1899 to 1908, neither volume is complete. A second set of opera house programs from 1899-1911 can be found in the Fargo Opera House Programs (Mss 62) collection. The legal documents are copies related to the incorporation, leasing and selling of the Fargo Orpheum Theatre to the Fargo Theatre Company.

Dates

1894-1956.

Creator

Weible, Mary Darrow, 1881-1965. (Person)

Access

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

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are not held by the Institute for Regional Studies.

Biography

Mary Hope Darrow was born October 21, 1881 at Fargo, the daughter of E.M. and Clara (Dillon) Darrow. She attended the local schools and graduated from the North Dakota Agricultural College in 1904 with a degree in chemistry. She married Dr. Ralph E. Weible on June 28, 1905. He was a long-time Fargo physician. They had four children, David, Ralph, Agnes and Clara. A life-long resident of Fargo, Mrs. Weible took a very active interest in the affairs of Fargo. She was involved in women's rights, cultural programs, education, health standards and welfare to name a few. In 1960 she received the NDSU Alumni Achievement Award and in 1963 a new women's dormitory was named Weible Hall in her honor at NDSU. She died March 4, 1965 at Fargo. Dr. Weible had died in 1942.

Extent

.2 Linear Feet (.2 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

One of the first women graduates from North Dakota Agricultural College who was involved in the Fargo Opera House. Her small collection of papers include several newspaper clippings on Mrs. Weible well as her mother's obituary and her brother, Frank's. The interview by Leonard Sackett in 1956 concerns the Weible family and their farm at Hunter, N.D. as well as on Dr. Ralph E. Weible and the Darrow family.