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Eileen Tuff Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Mss 235
Abstract
Iowa native whose family settled near Rugby, North Dakota in 1899. Eileen Tuff kept diaries of her life on the farm, spanning from 1920 to 1947. Her diaries give us a detailed description of life on a farm in North Dakota during the first half of the twentieth century. They show how independent the family was, especially in terms of growing their own food.
Dates:
1920-1947
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Institute for Regional Studies
Einar A. Hagen Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 858
Abstract
Typed summary of interview concerning his pioneer father, Tobias Hagen, a Norwegian immigrant from Hadeland, Norway, Allie Power, and working on the Helendale Farm. Newspaper clipping about his sawmill included.
Dates:
1956-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Elizabeth Leroy Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2106
Scope and Contents
The Elizabeth Leroy Photograph Collection contains images donated by the family to complement the extensive manuscript collection of her papers that are preserved at the Institute for Regional Studies (processed as Mss 281). A small number of photographs were donated with Leroy’s papers and have been incorporated into this collection. The photographic images include portraits and group photos of the Brown, Leroy, Keller, Kesling and Fisher families along with photographs from western North...
Dates:
ca. 1888-1998
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Ella Radcliffe Bratland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 254
Abstract
Ella Bratland was the daughter of Thomas Radcliffe, an early Helendale Farm barn boss, who died in 1939.
Dates:
1954-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Eunice Radcliffe Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 623
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (8 leaves) done in 1955 with Eunice (Smyth) Radcliffe and her daughter, Helen (Radcliffe) Johnson, relating to the James Smyth family, the Radcliffe family, their move to a farm near Fargo, Tom Radcliffe (brother to Daniel), Helendale Farm, Daniel's job at Helendale Farm, the Power family's hospitality, Elizabeth N. (Mrs. Alley) Power, William Power's drinking problem, Anna Anderson, employed as a cook at Helendale, Iver Hagen and his custom threshing. Also includes...
Dates:
1955-1961
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Eva Nelson Memoirs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 218
Abstract
After teaching for thirty years in North Dakota, Eva Nelson wrote her memoirs, starting with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s. She used her diaries, surviving letters, and her memory to create...
Dates:
1914-1998
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
“Fifteen Years in North Dakota: Reminiscences” Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 572
Abstract
Recounts Mr. Orre's experiences in the United States, primarily Barnes County, N.D., where he farmed with his cousin and fellow immigrant, Per Theodore Danielson. Documents in particular traveling to Valley City, N.D., working on local farms, logging in the northern woods of Minnesota, farming near Cuba, N.D., visiting Sweden in 1891/1892, and returning to Sweden in 1898. The farming experiences are the most detailed. Note that this reminiscences was originally published in Sweden in 1906 and...
Dates:
1906
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Frank B. Power Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 494
Abstract
Interview and corrections (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his recollections of J.B. Power and Helendale Farm, corrections by Ethelwyn Power. Includes mention of birth and death dates of J.B. Power's children: Charles M., George, Helen, and twins, James A. and Clara, Helen's death at boarding school, J.B.'s brother, William, J.B.'s employment with Northern Pacific Railroad, some history of Helendale Farm, J.B. Power's financial losses, description of farm buildings especially the...
Dates:
1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Frank J. Herman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 119
Abstract
Correspondence, notes from three extensive interviews (original typed copies and carbon copy with corrections) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin Farm near Grandin, N.D., J.L. Grandin, Guy Grandin, Herman's job as farm bookkeeper, farm housing, his wife Susan Morrow Herman, people and businesses in Halstad, Minn., and the steamboat "Grandin." Includes a detailed description of the Grandin Farm buildings and a map of the farm.
Dates:
1953-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. 9
- Power, J. B. (James Buel), 1833-1912. 4
- Holstrom, A. G. (Aaron G.), 1869-1947. 3
- Herman, Frank John, 1888- 2
- Holstrom, Rachel. 2
- North Dakota Extension Homemakers Council. Oral History Project. 2
- Power, J. A. (James A.), d. 1924. 2
- Power, William. 2
- Radcliffe, Thomas W., 1855-1939. 2
- Aandahl, Fred George, 1897-1966. 1
- Amlund, Gustav. 1
- Askew, Joseph R., 1893-1962. 1
- Bakke, Karen, 1861-1952. 1
- Bakke, Ole, b. 1851. 1
- Bigger, Sharon. 1
- Bjornholt, Edward, 1878-1965. 1
- Bratland, Ella Radcliffe, 1900-1973. 1
- Brown, Lewis E. 1
- Burton, Perry. 1
- Cooper, Rollin C., 1845-1938. 1
- Craig, Minnie D. (Minnie Davenport), 1883-1966. 1
- Craker, Carrie. 1
- Craker, W. A., 1868- 1
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876. 1
- Dalrymple Farms (N.D.) 1
- Dalrymple family. 1
- Dalrymple, John S. (John Stewart) 1
- Danielson, Per Theodore. 1
- Dear, Cyrene Bakke. 1
- Dickinson State College. 1
- Diehl, Ralph E., 1905-1993. 1
- Drache, Hiram M. 1
- Dwyer family. 1
- Dwyer, Claud C., 1869-1957. 1
- Equity Elevator and Trading Co. (Hillsboro, N.D.) 1
- Fiechtner family. 1
- Fiechtner, Anna Maria Gebhardt, 1877-1932. 1
- Fiechtner, Fred, 1908-1986. 1
- Fiechtner, Gustave, 1872-1958. 1
- Fine, Charles W., 1882-1956. 1
- Fine, Tina Otteson, 1888-1974. 1
- Fisher family. 1
- Foss, Robert G., 1888-1929. 1
- Freemasons. Hillsboro Lodge No. 10 (Hillsboro, N.D.) 1
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- Germanson, Ole, 1856-1954. 1
- Grandin, John L. (John Livingston), 1836-1912 1
- Hagen, Einar A., 1883-1961. 1
- Hagen, Tobias O., 1849-1932. 1
- Halvorson, George, 1880-1962 1
- Halvorson, Martha Germanson, 1882- 1
- Hanson, Martin, 1878-1949. 1
- Hazard, James F., 1894- 1
- Herman, Susan Morrow, 1887-1972. 1
- Hewitt, Eva. 1
- Hewitt, Geline Hovde, 1872-1968. 1
- Hewitt, William, 1863-1938. 1
- Holstrom, Harry. 1
- Houghton, Charles W., 1863-1931. 1
- Hovde, Maria Gulbranson, 1842-1929. 1
- Hovde, Ole O., 1840-1924. 1
- Johnson, Charles H., 1847-1899. 1
- Johnson, Clara, 1846-1922. 1
- Johnson, Edwin J., 1849-1896. 1
- Johnson, Elsa Danielson. 1
- Johnson, Helen. 1
- Keller family. 1
- Kissling family. 1
- Kolstad, Jennie, 1900-1968. 1
- Koukol, Otava Fladager. 1
- Kroepel, Grace Moe, 1922-1955. 1
- Labare, Eldorus. 1
- Laughlin family. 1
- Laughlin, Andrew H., 1848-1914. 1
- Laughlin, Leigh. 1
- Lebrun, Jules, 1903-1997. 1
- Lee, Robert. 1
- Leroy, Elizabeth, 1911-2003. 1
- Leum family. 1
- Leum, Jens, 1853-1928. 1
- McCulloch, David, 1855-1925. 1
- Moe family. 1
- Moen, Charles. 1
- Moran, Margaret Aandahl, 1930-1968. 1
- Morgan, Caroline. 1
- Morgan, Michael. 1
- Nelson, Eva, 1914-1998. 1
- Nicoli, Julius. 1
- North Dakota Economic Development Commission. 1
- North Dakota Extension Homemakers Council. 1
- North Dakota Farm Holiday Association. 1
- North Dakota Farmers Union. 1
- North Dakota Governor's Committee on Migrant Farm Labor. 1
- North Dakota Nonpartisan League. 1
- North Dakota State University. Advisory Council for Agricultural Research and Education. 1
- North Dakota. Constitutional Convention (1971-1972) 1
- North Dakota. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives 1
- Northern Pacific Railway Company. 1
- Novak, Janet Kinnucan. 1
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