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Alexander McKenzie Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 44
Abstract
Student term papers, published articles, and newspaper clippings documenting the life of Alexander McKenzie.
Dates:
1916, 1922, 1950-1960.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Ralph D. Ward Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 354
Abstract
Mr. Ward was a North Dakota rancher and banker. The collection contains correspondence dealing chiefly with farming, ranching, legal and financial matters, land transactions, politics and banking; and biographical stories by his uncle Henry Ward, about pioneer life in in Dakota Territory to include Black Hills gold mining, 1881 Mandan flood, life in Owego colony in 1873, and hauling freight in a blizzard. There is also clippings and articles on Ward's father-in-law, Reuben N. Stevens, and the...
Dates:
1875-1960.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Thomas N. Putnam Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 179-Mss 1596.10
Abstract
New York native who moved with family to Iowa before coming to Carrington, ND in 1886. Owned a successful lumber business as well as 29 farms and two sections of land near Calgary, Alberta.
Dates:
1868-1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies