Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents The Fargo Urban Renewal Photograph Collection includes photographs and slides documenting the two Fargo urban renewal projects, Main Avenue Urban Renewal, and the Fourth Street Urban Renewal, as kept by Earl Stewart who headed the Fargo Urban Renewal Agency. The two other Fargo urban renewal photograph collections were accessioned with the corresponding records. This collection includes photographs of housing of the time, major buildings, demolition and businesses in the areas affected. The...

Abstract Norwegian immigrant who started a contracting business and became a successful Fargo contractor. Responsible for building the Carnegie Library (Putnam Hall) and its addition on the North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University).

Abstract The photograph collection consists of photographs of the Ostbye family, Norway, friends and acquaintances, Moorhead, Minn., and some unidentified portraits. The time period ranges from the 1880s to pre-World War II.