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Gladys M. Pearce Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 845
Abstract
Her manuscript "Claimed by the Prairies" (187 p.) covers the life of her grandmother Winnie Winston Nicholls (1830-1914) dealing particularly with her life after 1873 as a Bismarck pioneer. Among people mentioned are Alexander McKenzie, Dennis Hannifin, Calamity Jane, General Custer, the horse, Comanche, William Latimer, Dr. E.P. Quain, Linda Slaughter, and the Marquis de Mores. Described are travel by covered wagon, Fort Seward (Jamestown), gambling halls, the removal of the capital to...
Dates:
1936, 1956-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
J. Roberts Haggart Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2041
Scope and Contents
The J. Roberts Haggart Family Photograph Collection contains professional portraits of family members as well as informal snapshots. Many of the snapshots are in albums. There is also one portrait of Ruth Roberts in an oval frame. The collection was organized into six series: Haggart Family; Samuel G. Roberts Family; Archer-Taisey Family; Portraits; Unidentified, and General.
The Haggart Family Series includes the John E. Haggart family, the Hertsgaard family (Mrs. John E. Haggart's family),...
Dates:
circa 1870s-1970s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Names: Hannifin, Dennis, 1835-1917. X
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- Bismarck (N.D.) -- History. 1
- Comanche (Horse) 1
- Dwellings -- North Dakota -- Fargo -- Photographs. 1
- Fargo (N.D.) -- Photographs. 1
- Finley (N.D.) -- Photographs. 1
- Fires -- North Dakota -- Bismarck. 1
- Fort Seward (Jamestown, N.D.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Bismarck. 1
- Gambling -- North Dakota. 1
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. 1
- North Dakota -- Capital and capitol. 1
- Schools -- North Dakota -- Bismarck. 1
- Statehood (American politics) 1
- Welsh Americans -- North Dakota. 1
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