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Anne Walters Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 171-Mss 1596.1
Abstract
A prized playwright and dramatist from Webster, North Dakota who wrote several full length plays and books. Includes her works 'Choice' which is the story of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and 'I Remember, I Remember,' a story of a North Dakota childhood. There are also her poetry files, numerous manuscript stories. The 'Anecdotage' manuscript documents memories of a North Dakota childhood which include homesteading, prairie schooner, the threshers, a country school,...
Dates:
1910-1984
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
“By the Light of the Moon,” A Play by Timothy J. Ray
Collection
Identifier: SC 696
Abstract
Play written by Ray as class project at NDSU. It involves Minnie Craig giving a campaign speech in 1923 in north central North Dakota while making her first run for public office, the North Dakota House of Representatives. Other main character is Ina Brickner (later Ina Cook), a Nonpartisan League volunteer from Fargo, N.D. Mrs. Craig did win the election and became the first woman elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives.
Dates:
1992
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Diamond C. Ranch History
Collection
Identifier: SC 533
Abstract
Historical sketch of the Diamond C Ranch located near Killdeer, N.D. in Dunn County; this sketch was used as a radio broadcast. The ranch was founded by Wilse Richards, on the southern slope of the Killdeer Mountains.
Dates:
1952
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Erling N. Rolfsrud Papers, 1948-1968
Collection
Identifier: Mss 64
Abstract
North Dakota native and prolific writer, especially of historical topics. This collection documents his early literary works.
Dates:
1948-1968
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Homer E. Dixon Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1283
Abstract
Schoolteacher and 4-H leader at Perham, Minn., graduate of North Dakota Agricultural College, native of Minneapolis, Minn.
Dates:
1906-1976
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
James C. Baccus Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 9
Abstract
Script of the play, West is the land (46 leaves) written by Baccus and Frank Scott in 1951, a program from the Fargo production, and a clipping. The play is set somewhere in the West and involves two brothers, politics, and an errant wife.
Dates:
1951, 1965
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Lauga Geir Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 1188
Abstract
Letters, program, and text of her pageant, "Expressions of Icelandic heritage in Pembina County," and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1953-1968.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Richford R. Edwards Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 1782
Abstract
Correspondence, including letters from American actor DeWolfe Hopper; programs and pamphlets of Edwards's brother, George Edwards, including copy of Wings, a play produced in San Francisco, Calif., for which George Edwards wrote the music; and clippings, chiefly relating to Washington Civic Opera.
Dates:
1920-1946.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Dalrymple, John S. (John Stewart) 1
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- Edwards, George, 1884-1925. 1
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- Eielson, Carl Benjamin, 1897-1929. 1
- Geir, Lauga, 1888-1968. 1
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- Johnson, Manville A., b. 1889. 1
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