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Edna LaMoore Waldo Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 5
Abstract
Review of "Dakota", copies of "Pageant of the Missouri", "Sunbonnet Trail", unbound first printing of "Dakota", several letters, biographical and genealogical material on the Dearborn, Freeman, and LaMoore families, and several articles from her "Way Back When" series including Fort Rice, Fort Lincoln, Linda Slaughter, Custer, 7th Cavalry, and expeditions to survey for expansion of the railroads.
Dates:
1931-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Eva Nelson Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2066
Scope and Contents
The Eva Nelson Photograph Collection contains 178 images, of which 171 are black and white images, 7 are color images, and 1 is a Polaroid image. The black and white images are a mix of platinotypes (or platinum prints) and gelatin silver prints. These prints have been arranged into three series: Photograph Album Series; Family and Friends Series; Nelson Travel Photographs Series.
The Photograph Album Series is comprised of album pages originally inserted with Eva Nelson’s memoirs. The...
Dates:
1896–1980 (bulk 1914–1957)
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Garrison Dam and Diversion Project Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 464
Abstract
Pamphlets, articles, and newspaper clippings on the history of the Garrison project from the 1950s through the early 1970s. Includes mention of people, organizations, and places involved, including C.S.N.D., Inc. (Committee to Save North Dakota, Inc.) which opposed the project, Sivert Thompson, and the North Dakota Farmers Union. Also includes Canadian pamphlets raising concerns about the diversion project.
Dates:
1948-1980
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Garrison Dam Construction Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 69
Scope and Contents
The Garrison Dam Collection contains 139 photographic prints, predominately 11x14 and 8x10 inches in size, taken from circa 1946 to 1954. The collection has been divided into six series: Aerial views, Dam construction, Intake structure, Spillway, People, and Power plant and tunnels.
The Aerial Views Series includes aerial photographs of stages of the construction of site, as well as views of the completed site. There is one night-time photograph. The Riverdale file features the newly formed...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1946-1954
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
James P. Schell Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 96
Abstract
Reverend who served many of the churches in the Red River Valley who wrote In the Ojibway Country as well as other historical manuscripts.
Dates:
1869-1961
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Missouri River Aerial Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2059
Scope and Contents
The Missouri River Aerial Photograph Collections contains 737 glass plate negatives, each 21 x 16 cm. Although there was no identification included with these negatives; painstaking research has determined that the series of images cover an area of the Missouri River Valley affected by the building of Garrison Dam and subsequent creation of Lake Sakakawea. All images were taken prior to the dam’s construction. Each negative has a number printed on the upper right corner, all of which start with...
Dates:
1940s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Missouri River Diversion Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 18
Abstract
Miscellaneous documents, including report of public hearing held at Jamestown, N.D. (1930), interviews of owners and tenants on the proposed irrigation project (1944), minor correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials, relating to Missouri River Basin Project.
Dates:
1930-1965.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Benton (Ship) 1
- Committee to Save North Dakota. 1
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876. 1
- Dearborn family. 1
- Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.) 1
- Freeman family. 1
- Garrison Diversion Project. 1
- Jamestown College. 1
- LaMoore family. 1
- Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) 1
- Nelson, Eva, 1914-1998. 1
- North Dakota Farmers Union. 1
- Schell family. 1
- Schell, J. P. (James Peery), 1845-1932. 1
- Slaughter, Linda W. (Linda Warfel), 1850-1920. 1
- Thompson, Sivert W., d. 1963. 1
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th. 1
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