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Arneson Family Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2042-Photo Folio 76

Scope and Contents The Arneson Family Photograph Collection contains a rich variety of images of the Fargo area as well as some images from Moorhead, and other areas in North Dakota and Minnesota. Some were accumulated by the W. J. Lane Co. and later by Harry R. Arneson, Jr., as well as personally accumulated by the Arneson family. The photographs have been organized into two series: Fargo, and Topical. The original glass negatives have been linked to photographic copies that are interfiled in the appropriate...

Dates: 1880s-1950s

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

“Estimates of the relative fire hazard for Fargo, N.D., Cass County” Paper

Collection

Identifier: SC 853

Abstract Annotated and updated copy of this publication, published by Walter I. Fisher, Minneapolis, Minn. in 1905, revised 1908, updated to 1911 with paper slips. It contains material on the fire department, water works, names of local agents, and companies represented, and itemized descriptions for all buildings in Fargo. "Thos. Baker, Jr. & Co." stamped on leather cover.

Dates: 1905-1911

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Fargo Fourth Street Urban Renewal Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2012

Scope and Contents The Fargo Fourth Street Urban Renewal Agency Photograph Collection consists of 250 images used in the planning and execution phases of the project. The photographs were accessioned as part of the Fourth Street Urban Renewal records. The records were processed as Manuscript Collection 22. The photographs document the area affected by the project in the downtown residential and business district encompassed by 4th Street east to the Red River, located between 1st and 4th Avenues North. The...

Dates: 1950s-1960s

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Fargo (N.D.) Homes Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2007

Scope and Contents The Fargo Homes Photograph Collection provides a rich record for the built history of Fargo, N.D. Through these photographs and negatives the researcher gains a sense of popular architectural design in this community, and how it evolved from the 1910s to 1950s. The collection is arranged in two series: Negatives Series and Photographic Prints Series. The Negatives Series is arranged numerically under the order originally created by the W. J. Lane Co.. The numbering scheme follows a...

Dates: 1910s-1960s

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Fargo Urban Renewal Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2068

Scope and Contents The Fargo Urban Renewal Photograph Collection includes photographs and slides documenting the two Fargo urban renewal projects, Main Avenue Urban Renewal, and the Fourth Street Urban Renewal, as kept by Earl Stewart who headed the Fargo Urban Renewal Agency. The two other Fargo urban renewal photograph collections were accessioned with the corresponding records. This collection includes photographs of housing of the time, major buildings, demolition and businesses in the areas affected. The...

Dates: 1950s-1960s

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

Kurke & Associates Architectural Records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 196

Abstract Fargo architects, William F. Kurke and his son John M. Kurke were one of the most influential architectural firms in Fargo and perhaps North Dakota.

Dates: 1915-1963.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Northern States Power Company Fargo District Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2063

Scope and Contents The Northern States Power photographic collection, tells the history of electric power and natural gas production in the city of Fargo from the 1910s to the early 1980s. The photographs featured in this collection document how the two plants changed through time and technology. The collection has been organized into six series: Gas plant, Steam plant, Subject files, Gas plant lawsuit, Personnel, and Events. Some of the images were removed from a display at the Fargo NSP office. These...

Dates: 1913 - 1989

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Peder A. Borderud Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC 588

Abstract Translation of articles by Peder Nelson including one on his pioneer log cabin home which is now located at the Hedmark Museum in Hamar, Norway; short history, copies of newspaper clippings, and the Peder A. Borderud Family Tree by Clark L. Fredrickson.

Dates: 1973-1979.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

S. Marius Houkom Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss 48

Abstract Long-time Fargo architect, known particularly for the numerous churches he designed.

Dates: 1915-1977.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

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Arneson Family Photograph Collection

“Estimates of the relative fire hazard for Fargo, N.D., Cass County” Paper

Fargo Fourth Street Urban Renewal Photograph Collection

Fargo (N.D.) Homes Photograph Collection

Fargo Urban Renewal Photograph Collection

J. Roberts Haggart Family Photograph Collection

Kurke & Associates Architectural Records

Northern States Power Company Fargo District Photograph Collection

Peder A. Borderud Collection

S. Marius Houkom Papers

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