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Finding aid and inventory

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Sandra (Bengerdes) Miles Collection is comprised of materials related to her German Russian ancestry. Included within this collection are family trees for the Spiker/Speakar and Heagel Families, two photocopied passports for Christian Spiker, and an unknown individual with the surname Kasper, both of which are in Russian. Also present in this collection is a correspondence between Miles and Michael Miller concerning the history of a textile that is part of Miles’ family history, dated 1995. Also included in the collection is a Heritage Review (Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2006) that includes an article written by Sandra (Bengerdes) Miles, entitled “Unraveling the Fibers.”

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1900 - 1995

Access

Access to the physical collection is available upon request. Request must be made at least three (3) business days prior to ndsu.grhc@ndsu.edu.

Extent

From the Collection: .25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Russian

From the Collection: German

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Repository

Contact:
NDSU Dept 2080
PO Box 6050
Fargo ND 58108-6050 United States
(701) 231-6596