Special Collections Finding Aids

Abstract Collection of an influential Fargo family who brought the North Dakota Agricultural College to Fargo.

Scope and Contents The Mort Mazaheri Papers document primarily the work of the many graduate students that studied under Mazaheri in the NDSU Community and Regional Planning program as reflected in the many papers researched and written by the students. Together the papers form a valuable, historical collection related to planning and land use, particularly in Fargo, N.D. and to a lesser extent in Moorhead, Minn. and North Dakota in general. The graduate papers have been organized into topical series, many...

Abstract The Ronald Olin Postcard Collection comprises over 1,200 postcards documenting Fargo, N.D. The postcards in the collection date mainly from the early to mid-twentieth century, although there are also postcards from throughout the later part of the twentieth century. They hey-day of postcards was from 1907 to 1915. Most of the cards in the collection were commercially produced and represent well-known Fargo buildings, monuments, and views. A small number of the cards, though, document town life,...