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Country Homemakers' Club Records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 181

Abstract The Country Club began around 1912. In 1924, its name was changed to the Country Homemakers' Club, located in the Amenia area of Cass County, N.D. It was considered unusual for the time because it was the only one in Cass County that had two meetings a month— "one a social and one a business. The club consists of women who stand out individually as real leaders." Some prominent members through the years included Mrs. William Guy, Mrs. Albert Sinner, Mrs. John Sinner, Mrs. Leo Sinner, Mrs. A.D....

Dates: 1913-1966

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Do It Yourself Homemakers Club Records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 326

Abstract The Do It Yourself Homemakers Club of Hunter,N.D. records contain meeting minutes and twenty-two scrapbooks, giving good coverage of many of the activities and impressive achievements of the club. The scrapbooks survey the club projects to include topics of Citizenship, Foreign Exchange, Family Life, Health, Food, Nutrition, and Safety. These deal with the expected concerns of home and family, community and society, and contain accounts written up by the members, newspaper clippings of their...

Dates: 1949-1998

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Edwin and Clara Johnson Letters

Collection

Identifier: Mss 148

Scope and Contents The Edwin and Clara Johnson letters consist of forty-six letters written by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to Edward R. Sibley of Weston, Massachusetts between 1880 and 1898. His relationship to the family is unknown. The letters are a combination of original letters and typed transcriptions. All are written from their home at Hillsboro (except the first letter which was written from Fargo). The letters document very nicely the lives of a pioneer family in Dakota in the 1880s. The letters for the 1890s...

Dates: 1880-1898

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Eileen Tuff Diaries

Collection

Identifier: Mss 235

Abstract Iowa native whose family settled near Rugby, North Dakota in 1899. Eileen Tuff kept diaries of her life on the farm, spanning from 1920 to 1947. Her diaries give us a detailed description of life on a farm in North Dakota during the first half of the twentieth century. They show how independent the family was, especially in terms of growing their own food.

Dates: 1920-1947

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Ever-Helpful Homemakers Club Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: Mss 321

Abstract The Ever-Helpful Homemakers Club, organized in 1935 in Pierce County, N.D. consists of a scrapbook with a page devoted to each member that held an office within the club. Many of them include a snapshot of the woman with a list of the offices and other leadership positions they held and what year. It also included a handwritten copy of the club’s constitution.

Dates: 1935-1953

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Gardar Homemakers Club Records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 269

Abstract The Gardar Homemakers Club was organized in 1926 at Gardar, N.D. and continued as an active club until 1985. Its records consist of Meeting Minutes, Treasurer’s Ledgers, Major Project Record Books, Project Instructions and Illustrations, Pioneer Mothers Biographies, Subject Files, and Scrapbooks.

Dates: 1926-1985

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Happy Hour Homemakers Club (Bohnsack Township, N.D.) Records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 59

Abstract The Happy Hour Homemakers Club was organized in 1928 in Bohnsack Township, Traill County. Its records include program booklets, secretary’s record books, major projects record books, treasurer’s ledger, and various subject files.

Dates: 1930-1992

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Helping Hands Homemakers FCE Club Records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 360

Abstract The Helping Hands Homemakers Club Records document the activities of this Pierce County club, organized in 1922, primarily through its annual secretary’s record books. There is a copy of a booklet of recipes compiled likely by club members on the occasion of its 75th anniversary in 1997. Of particular note in the scrapbooks are snapshots of members in their gardens, part of a ”Garden Project” of the 1930s; members meeting in the 1920s; lefse making (1982); a float in a parade (1986); and a...

Dates: 1920s-1997

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

Jennie M. Johnson Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC 951

Abstract Letters of recommendation, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade teacher certificates, and teacher contracts from Hunter, Buffalo, and Goshen school districts (Cass County, N.D.) and a clipping of a poem by Laura Thorson, Mayville, N.D., titled "Fair prairie state."

Dates: 1890-1893

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

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

Found in: Institute for Regional Studies

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Country Homemakers' Club Records

Do It Yourself Homemakers Club Records

Edwin and Clara Johnson Letters

Eileen Tuff Diaries

Ever-Helpful Homemakers Club Scrapbook

Gardar Homemakers Club Records

Happy Hour Homemakers Club (Bohnsack Township, N.D.) Records

Helping Hands Homemakers FCE Club Records

Jennie M. Johnson Collection

Joanna Randolph Kelley Hollister Papers

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