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S. A. Olsness Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 220-Mss 1596.9
Abstract
North Dakota's Insurance Commissioner from 1916 to 1934 when he was defeated by the supporters of William Langer.
Dates:
1883-1954.
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Thorvald Ostbye Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Mss 325
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.
Dates:
1880s-1940s.
Found in:
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Otto Simonson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 345
Abstract
The Otto Simonson Papers spans from 1930 to 1964. These are letters that Otto wrote to his son, Roy Simonson, over the span of thirty four years. These letters document the different happenings that were going on at the family farm at Agate, N.D. as well as special events. Included in this collection are memoirs that Roy had his father write in the early 1950s.
Dates:
1930-1964.
Found in:
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Arne and Josephine Gronbeck Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 873
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with corrections concerning his work on the Helendale Farm. Includes some mention of J.B. Powers, his son Allie, and Gronbeck's wife Josephine Vangsness Gronbeck who worked as nursemaid and cook on the Helendale Farm.
Dates:
1957
Found in:
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“As I remember It”, the Iver Lund Reminiscence
Collection
Identifier: SC 807
Abstract
Reminiscence (20 leaves), likely written in 1998, by Iver Lund, who was born in 1918 the son of Christ and Kristine (Loken) Lund, documents his growing up on a farm at Zenith, N.D. near Belfield and attending Dickinson State Teacher's College from which he graduated in 1941 before entering the military. Reminiscence includes reprints of article by Lund published in North Dakota Outdoors in 1992. Collection also includes several newspapers articles by and about Lund.
Dates:
1998
Found in:
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Besta : A Story of North Dakota Pioneers
Collection
Identifier: SC 583
Abstract
Photocopy of an article published serially in the Grand Forks herald. It contains the life of Karen (Erickson) Bakke, who settled in the Goose River Valley, Traill County, N.D. in 1871 with her Norwegian immigrant parents, Ole and Christiana Erickson. Includes mention of her early life in Wisconsin, moving to Mayville, N.D., living at Ft. Abraham Lincoln with her sister Emily, General Custer and his troops at Ft. Abraham Lincoln, meeting her husband, Ole Bakke, their wedding preparations,...
Dates:
1950-1951
Found in:
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Birgit Berg Jones Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1863
Abstract
Letter and notes on her later life written by son Norman, photocopy of her Norwegian nursing school certificate (1897), and her obituary.
Dates:
1897, 1967-1971
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Bjerke Family Reunion Minutes
Collection
Identifier: SC 85
Abstract
Photocopy of secretary's book for the Bjerke reunions, organized for descendants of Erick and Berthe Maria Bjerke, Norwegian immigrants, who settled near Hatton, N.D.
Dates:
1937-1980
Found in:
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Bjugstad Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 800
Abstract
Genealogy of the Ole and Karen Bjugstad family. He emigrated from Vardal, Norway in 1866, living in Wisconsin with his parents before coming to Dakota Territory in 1881, settling near Finley, N.D.
Dates:
1978
Found in:
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Daniel P. Rostad Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 669
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett and Frank J. Herman concerning his grandfathers, Daniel Post, who began farming at age 65 after quitting the lumber business, and Anton Rostad, a Norwegian immigrant, who farmed in the Kelso, N.D. area.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Dalrymple Farms (N.D.) 2
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