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Gardar Homemakers Club Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 269
Abstract
The Gardar Homemakers Club was organized in 1926 at Gardar, N.D. and continued as an active club until 1985. Its records consist of Meeting Minutes, Treasurer’s Ledgers, Major Project Record Books, Project Instructions and Illustrations, Pioneer Mothers Biographies, Subject Files, and Scrapbooks.
Dates:
1926-1985
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H. Elaine Lindgren Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 292-Tapes 537-563-Oversize Collection 4
Abstract
Research papers of NDSU Sociology professor H. Elaine Lindgren related primarily to her books Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota, "Coal, Cuba, and Courage: The Adventuresome Spirit of Annie C. Lind," Work Makes Life Sweet, Or Does It?, and The Rural Mystique. The Land in Her Own Name files contain extensive research and documents related to women homesteaders in North Dakota.
Dates:
1977-2003
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Pauline Neher Diede Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 173
Abstract
The Pauline Neher Diede papers include documents relating to Diede's writing career. Primary among these are clippings of her columns and articles in The Hebron Herald dealing primarily with North Dakota pioneer life and her Germans from Russia heritage. There are also journalistic awards and reviews of her books.
Dates:
1970-1995.
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Andrew H. Laughlin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 172
Abstract
Correspondence, diary (1917) of Laughlin's son, Leigh Laughlin, train passes, and clippings, chiefly relating to daily activities and local events.
Dates:
1894-1954
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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
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Della Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 651
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business...
Dates:
1955-1956, 1969
Found in:
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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
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William Farley Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 181
Overview
This collection is a look at the reminiscences of Mrs. Farley including typed and handwritten writings, newsclippings, and a photograph of her daughter.
Dates:
1909, 1928, 1945, 1954
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Elizabeth Vangsness Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 759
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) concerning her father, Andrew Johnson, who homesteaded near Leonard, N.D. and Helendale Farm. Interview includes mention of her father, Andrew Johnson, who worked as a hired man at Helendale Farm, her cooking and laundry duties at Helendale Farm, being tutored by Annie Anderson, the Helendale Farm cook, meeting her future husband, Ludvig (Louis) and their separation due to his alcoholism, and the generosity of J.B. Power's sister-in-law, Mrs. W.A. Power....
Dates:
1955-1956
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George F. Clark Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 165
Abstract
Correspondence; notes relating to Clark's wife, Emma Clark; W.P.A. biography (1940) on Clark; genealogical material concerning the Clark family, beginning with William Clark who came to Massachusetts from England in 1659; and clippings, including an issue (May 1934) of WCTU's White Ribbon Bulletin.
Dates:
1924-1954
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. 6
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- Raaen, Aagot. 3
- Raaen, Thomas, 1827-1903. 3
- Carrington & Casey Land Company. 2
- Casey, Lyman R., 1837-1914 2
- Chaffee family. 2
- Cooper, Rollin C., 1845-1938. 2
- Hamarsbön family. 2
- Lind, Annie, 1864-1945. 2
- Lindgren, H. Elaine. 2
- North Dakota State University. 2
- Porterville, Myrtle Bemis, 1880-1961. 2
- Red River Valley Old Settlers Association. 2
- Wist, Benjamin. 2
- Abbott family. 1
- Abbott, Carl, 1879- 1
- Abbott, N. C. (Newton Carl), 1849- 1
- Allin, Roger, 1848-1936. 1
- Amenia and Sharon Land Company. 1
- American Red Cross. Fargo Chapter (Fargo, N.D.) 1
- American Society of Equity. 1
- American Society of Equity. North Dakota Union. 1
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- Anderson, Elizabeth Preston, 1861-1954. 1
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- Arnold, Helen Peck, 1843-1921. 1
- Arnold, Willard Edgar, 1856-1941. 1
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- Bakke, Karen, 1861-1952. 1
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- Common Sense Gas Tractor Company (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
- Cooperstown Special School District No. 18 (Griggs County, N.D.) 1
- Craker, Carrie. 1
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- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876. 1
- Dalrymple family. 1
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- Fitzgerald, John P., d. 1897. 1
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- Gale, Harry F. (Harry Foster), 1890-1971. 1
- Gale, J. Hollis (Josiah Hollis), 1849-1937. 1
- Gale, Jennie Simmons, 1853-1928. 1
- Gardar Homemakers Club (Gardar, N.D.) 1
- Gilbert, Norma Gooden. 1
- Gill, William. 1
- Glaspell, Mary Pethic Gimblett, 1842-1930. 1
- Gooden family. 1
- Gooden, Psyche M., 1876-1950. 1
- Grain Terminal Association (Minn.) 1
- Green, Albert, 1860-1911. 1
- Green, Martha E., 1863-1952. 1
- Greenfield Farmers Union. 1
- Greenfield Horse Company. 1
- Greenfield Livestock Association. 1
- Griggs County (N.D.). Commissioners. 1
- Grimstad, Carl Martin, 1856-1940. 1
- Hall, Anna Maria Grafenstein, d. 1944. 1
- Hall, Richard 1
- Hall, Thomas, 1869-1958. 1
- Hallinglaget of America. 1
- Hannifin, Dennis, 1835-1917. 1
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