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Ada Claire Bergan Papers
Item
Identifier: SC 727
Overview
Typescript of reminiscence written by Mrs. Bergan and dated 1982. It includes descendants and ancestors listing. Also includes update compiled by Junior Palmer, son-in-law, on her life.
Dates:
1994.
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Anna R. Chisholm Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 118
Abstract
The Anna Chisholm Papers document the life and travels of this long-time Fargo resident. Her diaries cover from 1939 to 1950 with an entry for almost every day relating her daily activities. The correspondence is primarily her sponsoring a French war orphan after World War I. Other documents show her involvement with various organizations and her travels to the Eastern United States, Gaspé Peninsula, Mayo Clinic, Moscow, Idaho, and the Southern United States, 1940.
Dates:
1892-1950
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Doris G. Larsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 743
Abstract
Includes a number of writings about the Furnberg and Korum families, ancestral families of Ms. Larsen. Norwegian Roots, A Korum Branch, primarily is the reminiscences (6 leaves) by Johanne (Korum) Furnberg of her youth, growing up at Brandon, Minnesota and also working at Fargo, N.D. The Furnberg items document Anne Furnberg who with her husband Christian Scotsberg immigrated from Norway to America, and settled near Northfield, Minnesota. After Christian's death in 1869, Anna and son settled on...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Gertrude Monson Fredrikson Autobiographical Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 790
Abstract
Typed draft (29 pages) of autobiographical sketch detailing the lives of her parents and herself from 1881 to 1966, written in a diary format. Also includes listing of where she taught school from 1900 to 1948 together with her salary, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of several family photographs.
Dates:
1966-1969
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Haile Chisholm Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 117
Abstract
Long time blacksmith at North Dakota Agricultural College (now NDSU) and poet.
Dates:
1876, 1921-1951
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Juliet's Story, by Juliet Olfa Ledry Hanson
Collection
Identifier: SC 793
Abstract
Reminiscence written by Juliet Hanson detailing her life, especially her youth, growing up in Becker County, Minn. It is organized into 18 chapters.
Dates:
2004
Found in:
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Kate Selby Wilder Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 367
Abstract
Kate Selby Wilder was active in civic affairs in Fargo as well as state and nationally. In 1919 she was elected to the Fargo City Commission, being the first woman in North Dakota to hold such a position. The Kate Selby Wilder Papers are an eclectic collection of documents related to her life, as well as the Selby and Wilder families. The collection has been arranged by the type of document. All of the files are quite small and give only a brief look into Mrs. Wilder’s life.
Dates:
1861, 1906, 1940-1946.
Found in:
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Number One Hard, by Hazel E. Weston
Collection
Identifier: SC 917
Abstract
Unpublished fictional manuscript by Fargo native Hazel (Walker) Weston, based on the history of her father and her own memories growing up in North Dakota.
Dates:
Undated.
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Richard T. Bostwick Reminiscence
Collection
Identifier: SC 795
Abstract
Reminiscence (72 typed leaves) written by Richard T. Bostwick later in life (1970s and 1980s?) regarding his years living in Fargo, N.D. from circa 1926 to the 1940s when the family moved to Washington. The two major topics are working on welfare & working at the Cass County Welfare Office and his job driving a taxicab in Fargo in the 1930s. The reminiscence goes into great detail regarding his work, supporting his family and many interesting and sometimes humorous stories related to...
Dates:
1926-1940s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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