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Minnie D. Craig Papers
Collection
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.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Minnie D. Craig Photograph Collection
Collection
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies