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Moum Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 966
Abstract
Reminiscence entitled "Pioneer experiences," (4 leaves) by Annie Moum, his sister which mentions their mother, Olea Josepha Peterson, a Norwegian immigrant coming to Fargo, N.D. in 1879 and early life on their homestead near Buffalo, N.D. Includes mention of Olea's hope chest, wild flowers and those she brought to the homestead, food supply, neighbors, watering the oxen. Letter briefly mentions the Hamilton Eckert family who lived in the area and the land rental contract between his father...
Dates:
1890, 1958.
Found in:
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"My Pioneer Mother," a Biography of Isabella McKinley Roberts
Collection
Identifier: SC 778
Abstract
This reminiscence of Isabella McKinley Roberts was written by one of their children recounting events in the life of the family.
Dates:
2002.
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Myrtle Porterville Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 296
Abstract
Griggs County, N.D. native and resident whose avocation was collecting the history of Griggs County, amassing an amazing collection on the county's history and the people who lived there. The collection is a major genealogical resource for Griggs County.
Dates:
1861-1960.
Found in:
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Neil McFarlane Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 664
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (5 leaves) mentioning McFarlane's uncle, Henry C. Lyon, foreman and manager of Rand and Brown Farm (1881-1882), John Elliot who followed Lyon as foreman, a description of Rand and Brown Farm's location, General Thomas M. Walker, a Civil War veteran from Erie, Penn., who managed the Rand and Brown Farm and later bought his own farm, a brief mention of his wife Agnes Coughey Walker, a description of the Rand and Brown Farm buildings including the grain elevators, and...
Dates:
1896, 1956.
Found in:
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Nels N. Land Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 605
Abstract
Relates, in very good detail, the daily activities of Mr. Land who moved from Davenport, N.D. to homestead in Bottineau County near Mohall, N.D. with Halvor Haugan and his sons, Martin and Louis Haugan. They traveled by railroad car to Minot and then by wagon to their claims. There is an entry for every day detailing such activities as hauling their possessions and lumber from Minot, constructing the shacks, breaking the sod, and the weather, including a June snowstorm.
Dates:
1901 May 25-July 12.
Found in:
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Nels Swenson Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1198
Abstract
Correspondence concerning the cost of a college education with reference to the children of Lineus Peterson, one of whom Swenson helped through college, working on the Adams Farm, and a newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1959.
Found in:
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Newton K. Hubbard Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 105
Abstract
Collection, mostly photocopies, of documents, clippings and letters regarding Newton K. Hubbard. A photocopy of a scrapbook kept by granddaughter Elizabeth Lorshbough contains letters to his parents during the Civil War, military pension documents, newspaper clippings by and about Hubbard, reminiscences by him about the earliest years of settlement in the Red River Valley and Fargo area, and obituaries. There is a copy of one of the first, if not the first, deeds by the Northern Pacific...
Dates:
1862-1909.
Found in:
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Nikolai Arntson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 204
Abstract
Letter and family history (6 leaves) of Nikolai Arntson who emigrated from Norway and settled in Richland County in 1880. A daughter Julia married Hans H. Gronbeck and is included in a family history paper (6 leaves) by Don Gronbeck on the Giselius, Arntson, and Gronbeck families.
Dates:
1954.
Found in:
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Nikolai H. Berg Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 880
Overview
This collection contains articles relating to Berg’s pioneering farming in North Dakota, articles written by Nicolai about early days in North Dakota, and a genealogical types report of the Berg family.
Dates:
1934-1935.
Found in:
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Nina Hermanna Morgan Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 574
Abstract
Letters, some family history material, information about her father, Peter Herbrandson and his life in North Dakota, a book jacket from her book "Prairie star," "Young wings" (1955), the Junior Literary Guild magazine, a brief typed description of Peter Herbrandson's land holdings, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1955-1956.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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