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Aaron McGaffey Beede Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1068
Dates:
1898-1934.
Found in:
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Arthur G. Divet Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 69
Abstract
Pamphlet on the Brookside Farm at Wahpeton, N.D. owned by Mr. Divet and W.E. Purcell; and newspaper clippings, regarding his life and on "The Divet Story," published in the Fargo Forum newspaper in 1950.
Dates:
1922-1950
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Emil Mecklenburg Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 607
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (18 leaves) with Emil and Mary (Radovich) Mecklenburg concerning the Keystone Farm, its horses, the buildings, owner Robert Jones, seeding fields, cutting hay, fight between hired men, farm superintendent Jim Carter who preceded W.G. Merrifield, Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm), its food, Downing Farms, Steven Gerard Downing, burning of the Downing elevator in 1918, sale of the Downing Farm at Mooreton, N.D., sale of W.P. Adams...
Dates:
1954-1956
Found in:
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Frank Wisnewski Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1928
Abstract
Typed family history concerning the Frank and Barbara (Brach) Wisnewski family. History begins about 1871 and ends in 1897. Includes mention of their early life in Pittsburgh, Pa., coming to N.D. in 1882, their sod house, the cold winters, carrying food supplies from Wahpeton, N.D., prairie fires, hauling wood to construct a roof, their children, working for area farmers, working on the railroad as it expanded, poverty in their early years, threshing, trading horses and oxen, adding rooms to...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [197-?].
Found in:
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George J. Mehok Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2067
Scope and Contents
The George J. Mehok Photograph Collection is divided into three series: Mehok Family, Subject Files and Albums.
The Mehok Family Series includes early family photographs of the Mehoks, some taken in 1937 in Dresden N.D. when George Jr. was ordained. The series contains images of George Sr., Teresa, George Jr., William, and Charles Mehok. There are also formal portraits of George Jr. and William.
The Subject Files include photographs of George Jr.’s friends and colleagues, a portrait of...
Dates:
1930-1987
Found in:
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George Montgomery Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 626
Abstract
Consists primarily of two reminiscences written by Mr. Montgomery for his children and grandchildren in 1935. "A message to posterity, collections from 1882 to 1902" (17 typescript leaves) recounts traveling to Dakota Territory, homesteading near Sargent and Cogswell, N.D., Sargent County politics, and a detailed account of the attempt to legalize the Louisiana Lottery in North Dakota. "The childhood of parents" (71 typescript leaves) by Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery documents the life of their...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
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Julius Smith Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 771
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett with mention of the Downing Farm, Frederick A. Bagg, Gerard Downing, and the Dwight Farm. Includes mention of his purchase of Downing quarter section of land at Mooreton, N.D.
Dates:
1954.
Found in:
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North Dakota School of Religion Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 46
Abstract
School located in Fargo providing non-sectarian religious education and eventually absorbed into the NDSU Department of Religion under the supervision of a Professor of Religion.
Dates:
1921-1977.
Found in:
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Peter C. Olsen Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 303
Overview
Contains items relating to the family of Peter C. Olsen.
Dates:
1911-1959
Found in:
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Robert D. Crawford Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 290
Abstract
The collection consists of family correspondence (1864-1894) and handwritten reminiscence (734 p.) by Crawford concerning family history, pioneer life in Minnesota and the Wahpeton, ND area, together with their Putney, Vermont background.
Dates:
1867-1963.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. 3
- Downing, Steven Gerard, 1874-1957. 2
- Adams, William P., 1863-1937. 1
- Airheart, Walter Lee, d. 1944. 1
- Bagg, Frederick A. (Frederick Austin), 1858-1950. 1
- Beede, A. McG. (Aaron McGaffey), 1859-1934. 1
- Catholic Church 1
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Fargo (N.D.) 1
- Crawford family. 1
- Crawford, Henry. 1
- Crawford, John Mason, b. 1842. 1
- Crawford, Robert David, 1871-1964. 1
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876. 1
- Dalrymple Farms (N.D.) 1
- Dalrymple, Oliver, d. 1908. 1
- Divet, Arthur Guy, 1871-1950. 1
- Dwight Farm and Land Company (Dwight, N.D.) 1
- Fargo School of Religious Education (N.D.) 1
- Geister, Theodore. 1
- Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of North Dakota. Encampment (1898 : Wahpeton, N.D.) 1
- Hample-Crete Telephone Co. (N.D.) 1
- Hay, Donald G. (Donald Gordon), 1901- 1
- Louisiana State Lottery Company. 1
- Lutheran Hospital Association (N.D.) 1
- Mecklenburg, Emil, 1885-1956. 1
- Mecklenburg, Mary, 1890-1960. 1
- Mehok family. 1
- Mehok, Charles J., 1917- 1
- Mehok, George J., 1912-1994. 1
- Mehok, William J. 1
- Mickey, Don Lee. 1
- Montgomery, George S. (George Samuel), 1856-1936. 1
- Montgomery, Mary B., 1863-1935. 1
- Mulloy, William T. 1
- Nazareth Hall (St. Paul, Minn.) 1
- North Dakota School of Religion. 1
- North Dakota. Legislative Assembly. 1st Session, 1889 1
- Norton, Patrick Daniel, 1876-1953. 1
- Olsen, Helena, 1850-1937. 1
- Olsen, Iver, 1848-1937. 1
- Olsen, Peter C., 1872-1948. 1
- Olsen, Randi, 1882-1982. 1
- Purcell, William E., 1856-1928. 1
- Red River Valley University. 1
- Roach, Corwin Carlyle, 1904- 1
- Sacred Heart Academy (Fargo, N.D.) 1
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890. 1
- Smith, Julius. 1
- Stern, Alex, 1857-1934. 1
- Stockwell, Walter L. (Walter Lincoln), 1868-1950. 1
- Wesley College (Grand Forks, N.D.). Fargo Branch. 1
- Wisnewski, Barbara, 1845-1907. 1
- Wisnewski, Frank, 1843-1915. 1
- Woodward, Mary Dodge, 1826-1890. 1 ∧ less
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