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Rudy Rudd Photograph Albums

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2005

Abstract The Rudy Rudd collection reflects three separate donations. The first was the scrapbook that he compiled regarding his life, particularly his musical career and spans from 1911 to 1930. The second donation was his photograph album that again documents primarily his musical career and spans from 1917 to 1928. The third donation was a second photograph album that begins in 1928 and goes to 1939. Together the three albums provide good insight into the life of a young man pursing a music career in...

Dates: 1911-1930.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Sheyenne Photographs: Sandhills 1975

Collection

Identifier: Photo Folio 101

Abstract The Sheyenne Photographs: Sandhills 1975 collection consists of fifty-six gelatin silver prints taken by students of a Wayne Gudmundson class at Minnesota State University Moorhead. An introductory broadside describes the array of photographs as being "taken along the Sheyenne River Valley south of Kindred, N.D., where the Army Corp of Engineers has proposed the building of a dam. If constructed, it would flood the valley and destroy a very beautiful part of our community, ruin North Dakota's...

Dates: 1975.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Sociological Survey of Colfax Township, Richland County, N.D. Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2108

Abstract The Sociological Survey of Colfax Township, Richland County, N.D. Photograph Collection, by Donald G. Hay, consists of 125 11 x 7cm gelatin silver prints taken during 1927 depicting the town of Colfax and Colfax Township located in Richland County, N.D. A majority of the collection consists of external views of farmhouses and other buildings within Colfax Township and its general vicinity along with a few of its residents. Other photographs in the collection depict the towns of Abercrombie,...

Dates: 1927

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Susan Grenz Collection

Collection

Identifier: GRHC SC 035

Summary Nineteen copies of Grenz family photographs, circa 1910-1963.

Dates: 1910 - 1963

Found in: Germans from Russia Heritage Collection

Thorstina Jackson Walters and Emile Walters Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2010

Abstract Collection compiled by Thorstina Jackson Walters includes various photographs of Iceland, Icelandic Americans and Icelandic heritage in America. Includes various portraits of Thorstina and Emile Walters including some of his art work and their home at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Dates: 1920s-1950s.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Thorvald Ostbye Family Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo Mss 325

Abstract The photograph collection consists of photographs of the Ostbye family, Norway, friends and acquaintances, Moorhead, Minn., and some unidentified portraits. The time period ranges from the 1880s to pre-World War II.

Dates: 1880s-1940s.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Vern Roberts Photograph Collection

Item

Identifier: Photo 459

Abstract Aviation photographs from the collection of Fargo native Vern Roberts. After serving in the Army Air Corps in World War I, he began a career in aviation in the 1920s as a barnstormer and aviation air racer.

Dates: 1908-1932.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

West Fargo Union Stockyards Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2036

Abstract The West Fargo Union Stockyards Photograph Collection gives a fairly comprehensive overview of the operation of the stockyards. The collection has been arranged alphabetically by topic. The topics varying from aerial views of the stockyard to stockyard workers.

Dates: 1940s-1970s.

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

William Cordes Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2053

Abstract The Cordes Collection is a good representation of rural life in North Dakota in the late 1910s and early 1920s. There are several farm pictures including such things as plowing and threshing. Women are also represented in this collection. One particularly good print is that of a woman milking a cow. Many of the negatives also include group pictures, both interior and outdoors. The researcher should consult the itemized finding aid for specific image identifications.

Dates: 1910-1929

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

William P. Sebens Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2027

Abstract The William P. Sebens Photograph Collection contains a very rich and diverse collection of images taken by Mr. Sebens that were taken across the state of North Dakota on many topics, ranging from farmstead aerials, agriculture, wildlife, prominent landmarks, industrial facilities, the landscape, cities and towns, construction of Garrison Dam, native plants, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the oil and coal industry and many others.

Dates: 1940s-1960s

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

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Rudy Rudd Photograph Albums

Sheyenne Photographs: Sandhills 1975

Sociological Survey of Colfax Township, Richland County, N.D. Photograph Collection

Susan Grenz Collection

Thorstina Jackson Walters and Emile Walters Photograph Collection

Thorvald Ostbye Family Photograph Collection

Vern Roberts Photograph Collection

West Fargo Union Stockyards Photograph Collection

William Cordes Photograph Collection

William P. Sebens Photograph Collection

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