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Maude F. Dunwell Collection of Papers

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Identifier: SC 164
Abstract Correspondence; scrapbook containing clippings and typewritten copy of Dunwell's Early History of Spiritwood and Vicinity; obituaries of her parents, William and Mary Agnes Farley; and series relating to Spiritwood Lake by Margaret Johnson (Mrs. Edward Johnson).
Dates: 1932-1954.

Minnie D. Craig Papers

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Identifier: Mss 282
Abstract Minnie Craig was elected in 1923 to the North Dakota House of Representatives where she served for six terms, culminating in 1933, as the first woman speaker of a House of Representatives in the nation. The Minnie D. Craig Papers consists mainly of her handwritten autobiography and two scrapbooks. The 99 page autobiography is incomplete and ends about 1946. The first scrapbook of newspaper clippings deals with Mrs. Craig’s political career in North Dakota, while the other deals with the Craig...
Dates: 1904-1955.

Minnie D. Craig Photograph Collection

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Identifier: Photo 2094
Abstract The Minnie D. Craig photograph collection consists mainly of portraits and photographs from the farm at Spiritwood, North Dakota. There is a portrait from Mrs. Craig's political career in North Dakota, while the other portraits deal with the Craig family, beginning with Virgil L. Craig, who managed the 4,000 acre farm at Spiritwood, North Dakota. There is a numbered descriptive list written by Minnie D. Craig in October of 1954 that gives information on most of the photographs. She numbered the...
Dates: 1880 - 1949

Sadie Walker Collection of Papers

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Identifier: SC 173
Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her father, George Elliot, and life in early Jamestown. Includes mention of George Elliott coming to N.D. in 1879, the family's arrival in 1880, getting a contract to build railroad grade, buying a farm near Spiritwood, N.D., blizzards, the homesickness of Sadie's mother, description of their home, her father's attempts at gardening, digging a well, entertaining visitors, their move to Jamestown, N.D. where...
Dates: 1941, 1950, 1954, 1965.

Sybella P. Wright Papers

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Identifier: SC 213
Abstract Correspondence, her typed manuscript "Small stories of early days in Spiritwood and community," (23 leaves) concerning her parents, Peter and Jane Pearson, other pioneers, and pioneer life in Spiritwood, N.D. Includes mention of Sadie (Elliott) Walker, a schoolteacher, her mother planting the first sweet corn in the area, Will and Mary Agnes Farley, and anecdotes about other Spiritwood residents. Also includes clippings.
Dates: 1952-1954.

William Farley Family Collection

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Identifier: SC 181
Overview This collection is a look at the reminiscences of Mrs. Farley including typed and handwritten writings, newsclippings, and a photograph of her daughter.
Dates: 1909, 1928, 1945, 1954