Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Myrtle Porterville Collection is arranged into three major series: Mrs. Porterville's personal papers, the material collected on Griggs County history, and a small collection on Steele County history. The Private Papers Series of Mrs. Porterville are not very extensive. The correspondence, arranged chronologically, is very incomplete. It consists mainly of letters from friends, her son Claude and her father. The subject files contain various materials including her brother Byron Bemis'...