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Fargo Forum Negative Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2035
Dates:
1939-196-?
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Fort Abraham Lincoln Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 379
Abstract
Historical sketches, term paper, clippings, and other material, relating to Fort Abraham Lincoln (originally known as Fort McKeen), established 1872 near Mandan, N.D., garrisoned by the U.S. 7th Cavalry under Gen. George A. Custer, and abandoned 1891; together with dedication program (1940) of Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park and material concerning the outdoor drama documenting Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, entitled Trail West.
Dates:
1923-1967
Found in:
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Jarvis Estrop Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 60
Abstract
Photocopy of historical sketch by Norman McKendry, a grandson, recounting pioneer events and people of the Sims and Mandan, N.D. area. Includes some family information on Jarvis and Rebecca Estrop who settled in this area.
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa early 1900s
Found in:
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League of Women Voters of Fargo Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 83
Abstract
The purpose of the league, organized in 1951 at Fargo, N.D. is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. The records document the activities of the organization during the 1950s including minutes, correspondence, reports, budgets, clippings and a scrapbook. The collection includes its newsletter as well as various issues from the leagues in Mandan and Williston and the state-wide organization.
Dates:
1951-2001.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Lorne Wilde Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2038
Scope and Contents
The Lorne Wilde Photograph Collection was found in Wilde's Fargo home after his death. It is not known if he took any of the images, or if he simply collected them for use in his newspaper articles. Very few include the name of the photographer or have much identification with them. The collection dates primarily from the 1920s and the photographs vary in size from 10 x 8 inch, professionally done photographs to 3½ x 5½ inch informal snapshots, although most are 5 x 7 in. gelatin silver...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1880 - 1920
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Mandan, N.D. 1943 Flood Aerials Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2115
Scope and Contents
The Mandan, N.D. 1943 Flood Aerials Photograph Collection document from the air one of the worst floods to hit the Heart River and Mandan, North Dakota. The images were likely taken by a government agency, perhaps to document the event for future flood control. The creator of the negatives gave each item a unique number which was handwritten on the outside of each original envelope sleeve as well as printed on the lower right corner of each negative. The negatives are organized in numerical...
Dates:
1943
Found in:
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Mary Ann Barnes Williams Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 131
Abstract
Correspondence and reminiscences, relating to General George Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, forts Buford, Mandan, and Abraham Lincoln, Sakakawea, frontier life, and North Dakota history; and newspaper articles concerning Williams.
Dates:
1931-1971.
Found in:
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Ralph D. Ward Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 354
Abstract
Mr. Ward was a North Dakota rancher and banker. The collection contains correspondence dealing chiefly with farming, ranching, legal and financial matters, land transactions, politics and banking; and biographical stories by his uncle Henry Ward, about pioneer life in in Dakota Territory to include Black Hills gold mining, 1881 Mandan flood, life in Owego colony in 1873, and hauling freight in a blizzard. There is also clippings and articles on Ward's father-in-law, Reuben N. Stevens, and the...
Dates:
1875-1960.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Tennis Tournament for the Championship of North Dakota Programs
Collection
Identifier: SC 973
Abstract
Programs for tournaments held in Fargo, N.D. (1937) and Mandan, N.D. (1938), respectively. Each program lists past event winners, dating back to 1903, a brief set of rules, the time and fee for each event.
Dates:
1937-1938.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876. 2
- Aandahl, Fred George, 1897-1966. 1
- Baker, Isaac Post, 1855-1938. 1
- Bond, Walter R., 1871-1947. 1
- Brunsdale, C. Norman (Clarence Norman), 1891-1978 1
- Committee for a State League of Women Voters in North Dakota. 1
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. 1
- Emery, Richard R., 1910- 1
- Erickson, Alfred O. 1
- Estrop family. 1
- Estrop, Jarvis, b. 1857. 1
- Estrop, Rebecca White, b. 1859. 1
- Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.) 1
- Gillett, F. E. (Fred E.), b. 1865. 1
- Hanley, James M., 1877-1947. 1
- Hanna, Louis B. (Louis Benjamin), 1861-1948. 1
- Independent Voters Association (N.D.) 1
- Langer, William, 1886-1959. 1
- League of Women Voters of Fargo (Fargo, N.D.) 1
- League of Women Voters of North Dakota. 1
- Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002. 1
- Lemke, William, 1878-1950. 1
- McCumber, Porter J. (Porter James), 1856-1933. 1
- McKendry, Norman. 1
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- North Dakota Nonpartisan League. 1
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- Power, J. A. (James A.), d. 1924. 1
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- Shepperd, John H. (John Henry), 1869-1939. 1
- Stevens, Reuben N. 1
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. 1
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- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th. 1
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