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J.B. (James Buel) Power Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 309
Abstract
Power was a Northern Pacific land agent and farmer. The collection contains 14 volumes of indexed correspondence that give valuable information on the inside operation of the railroads and the opening of agricultural lands in North Dakota. The collection also contains material related to Power's farm at Helendale and the early settlement of the Red River Valley.
Dates:
1872-1930
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Jens B. Egge Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 657
Abstract
Typed copy and handwritten copy of Egge family history, with obituary of Mrs. Egge.
Dates:
1954-1956
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Jens Leum Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 193
Abstract
Correspondence with family members in Norway relating to daily life; letters from Gustav Amlund of the Normanden (Norwegian American newspaper) and S.A. Olsness; genealogical information on Leum family; land deed (1881) to Charles Moen; and clippings.
Dates:
1905-1954
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Jessamine Slaughter Burgum Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 586
Abstract
Letter, citation for the NDAC Outstanding Achievement Award, a typed copy of "Zi-win-ta, the Old Seeress of the Sioux," regarding an old Mandan village site, a handwritten reminiscence (22 leaves) concerning Fort Abraham Lincoln, Bismarck, N.D., and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and her obituary.
Dates:
1953, 1956-1962
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Jessie Soliday MacKenzie Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 16
Abstract
Typed copy of Mrs. MacKenzie’s booklet (8 leaves) concerning her parents, Henry Augustus and Sarah Ann (Galehouse) Soliday, who came to the Carrington area in 1883 from Canton, Ohio; includes mention of 1883 blizzard, Lyman R. Casey, his brother J.B. Casey, Carrington & Casey Land Co., Kirkwood Hotel which burned and was rebuilt, plowing snow with the train, social life in early Carrington, and celebrating Christmas.
Dates:
1952
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Jimmy Mulligan, Fur Trader, and Scout Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 180
Overview
Consists of a typed copy of his biographical story on Jimmy Mulligan's life, Fort Abercrombie and the 1862 Indian conflict. This story is based on what Mr. Mulligan related to Mr. Wiltse in 1900 while working for him. Mr. Mulligan was an Irish immigrant, making his home in Winnipeg, Canada. Includes mention of his trading with Indians, their food, their horses, driving ox teams, a ride to St. Cloud, Minn. for ammunition, investing his money, driving a dog team, another ride to St. Cloud for...
Dates:
1953
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Jón Jónsson Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 834
Abstract
Mimeograph of typed translation of his diary (101 pages) covering 1873-1901. Begins with his farm at Mjoadal, Iceland; each year lists events by month, includes living expenses, income, and references to weather, friends, his correspondence, Literary Society membership, farming, and family members. Also notes how long he has lived in this location, and years of his marriage. Contains 10 page introduction with explanation of Icelandic terms and method of reckoning time, possibly written by...
Dates:
1873-1901
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Joanna Randolph Kelley Hollister Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 4
Abstract
Mrs. Hollister was a Devils Lake, North Dakota farmer and activist. The collection contains some letters, wedding announcement, memorial pamphlet for husband Clark W. Kelley, passport, and pages from scrapbook documenting her farming career and organization involvement.
Dates:
1908-1955
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Johanna Tvedt Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 1913
Abstract
Typed summary of interview concerning her trip to America and pioneer life in Nebraska and North Dakota. Includes mention of the poor shipboard conditions, her arrival at Kearney, Neb., her visits to Spalding, Neb. where her two brothers lived, working for her sister to repay her ticket, moving to N.D., farm life, sending their four children to school in Larimore, N.D., blind pigs in Larimore, and moonshine.
Dates:
1971
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John Burns Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 302
Overview
Biographical material relating to John Burns and the Burns family near Ayer, North Dakota.
Dates:
1954-1964
Found in:
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