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Barbara Schmitt Whitney Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 632
Abstract
Letter from her sister, Louise Jackson, jacket from her book, "Descent of the white bird," and a newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1955-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Edwin and Clara Johnson Letters
Collection
Identifier: Mss 148
Scope and Contents
The Edwin and Clara Johnson letters consist of forty-six letters written by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to Edward R. Sibley of Weston, Massachusetts between 1880 and 1898. His relationship to the family is unknown. The letters are a combination of original letters and typed transcriptions. All are written from their home at Hillsboro (except the first letter which was written from Fargo). The letters document very nicely the lives of a pioneer family in Dakota in the 1880s. The letters for the 1890s...
Dates:
1880-1898
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Gertrude G. Landt Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 760
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning herself, her husband, Arthur B. Landt, his banking career in Hillsboro, N.D., later Northwood, N.D., his jobs after bank closure in 1932, and brief mention of their Northwood home and friends.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Grandin Farms Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2890
Abstract
Materials relating to Grandin Farms, bonanza wheat farm in Cass and Traill counties, N.D., founded 1876 by Grandin brothers, John L. and W.J. Grandin (originally of Tidoute, Pa.), stockholders of Northern Pacific Railroad, who came to North Dakota to claim railroad land.
Dates:
1879-1960.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Growing a Sweeter Future: Value-Added Farm Production in the Red River Valley of the North
Collection
Identifier: SC 738
Abstract
Copy of speech given by John Brunsdale at the 2nd annual Conference on Value-Added Opportunities for Agricultural Producers, held at Stillwater, Oklahoma on April 25, 1998, along with a photocopy of the program. The speech was sent, along with a letter, by Brunsdale to Dr. Tom Riley, Institute for Regional Studies. In the letter Brunsdale takes issue with the accuracy of the Institute publication, Roots of Success, by Terry Shoptaugh, regarding the Red River Valley Cooperative and the building...
Dates:
1998.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Lars Henry Larson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 753
Abstract
Letter from granddaughter, Mrs. Wallace Onsgard, her biographical sketch of Lars Henry Larson, entitled "My heritage," (1 leaf), and interview with Henry C. Larson concerning his father, Lars Henry, working on the Grandin Farm 1879-1880.
Dates:
1956.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Norene Roberts Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 190
Abstract
President of Historical Research Inc., Minneapolis, Roberts conducted a number of surveys for North Dakota National Register of Historic Places nominations.
Dates:
1974-1995.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Ole J. Grimstvedt Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 754
Abstract
Includes photocopy of Grimstvedt Pioneer Story (11 leaves), compiled by Alma Grimstvedt Aronson in 1937 and Alfred O. Grimstvedt. It documents the life of Ole and Marie Grimstvedt, beginning in Norway and coming to America, ending with their deaths. Also lists children. There is also another 9 leaf biographical sketch of the family.
Dates:
1937.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Ole Olson Hovde Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 850
Abstract
Typed carbon copy of historical sketch by granddaughter Eva Hewitt. Sketch begins with Mr. Hovde's life in Norway, coming to America in 1868 and homesteading near Hillsboro, N.D. in 1871 with wife Maria Gulbranson Hovde. Sketch continues with author's parents, William and Gelina Maria Hovde Hewitt, their children, homesteading near Bottineau, N.D. and their return to Hillsboro. William Hewitt was a Salvation Army captain from Canada who resigned his commission and turned to farming. He died in...
Dates:
1937.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Ralph Diehl Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2075
Abstract
The Ralph Diehl Photograph Collection contains 35 visual images that span nearly 100 years. They range in size from 2½ x 4 in. to 8½ x 11 in. The photographs are arranged topically and focus on Ralph Diehl and his family. Also included are many group photos of organizations of which Ralph was a member. Two postcards are also in the collection along with miscellaneous photographs related in some aspect to Mr. Diehl’ life. Almost none of the images have any identifying information written on the...
Dates:
1890s-1980s.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Diehl, Ralph E., 1905-1993. 2
- Brunsdale, John. 1
- Christianson, Anne Louise. 1
- Conference on Value-Added Opportunities for Agricultural Producers. 1
- Dalrymple family. 1
- Equity Elevator and Trading Co. (Hillsboro, N.D.) 1
- Freemasons. Hillsboro Lodge No. 10 (Hillsboro, N.D.) 1
- Grandin Farm No. 1 (Mayville, N.D.) 1
- Grandin Farm Trust. 1
- Grandin, C. L. (Charles L.) 1
- Grandin, John L. (John Livingston), 1836-1912 1
- Grimstvedt, Marie, d. 1932. 1
- Grimstvedt, Ole J., 1855-1927. 1
- Hewitt, Eva. 1
- Hewitt, Geline Hovde, 1872-1968. 1
- Hewitt, William, 1863-1938. 1
- Historical Research, Inc. 1
- Hovde, Maria Gulbranson, 1842-1929. 1
- Hovde, Ole O., 1840-1924. 1
- Hovland family. 1
- Hovland, Elvin. 1
- Hovland, Samuel, 1848-1920. 1
- Johnson, Charles H., 1847-1899. 1
- Johnson, Clara, 1846-1922. 1
- Johnson, Edwin J., 1849-1896. 1
- Johnston, Edward, 1851-1915. 1
- Johnston, Jane Nicholson, 1866-1947. 1
- Johnston, Roy W., 1892-1957 1
- Landt, Gertrude Gunning, 1871- 1
- Larson, Henry C. 1
- Larson, Ingeborg Halvorsen, 1849-1917. 1
- Larson, Lars Henry, 1853-1910. 1
- Martinson, Lena Hovland. 1
- Martinson, Martin, b. 1884. 1
- McCain family. 1
- McCain, William Alexander, 1862-1908. 1
- Nodak Rural Electric Cooperative. 1
- North Dakota Economic Development Commission. 1
- North Dakota Governor's Committee on Migrant Farm Labor. 1
- North Dakota State University. Advisory Council for Agricultural Research and Education. 1
- North Dakota. Constitutional Convention (1971-1972) 1
- North Dakota. Legislative Assembly. 1
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- Onsgard, Phyllis M. 1
- Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Hillsboro, N.D.) 1
- Red River Valley Cooperative. 1
- Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association. 1
- Republican Party (N.D.) 1
- Roberts, Norene A. 1
- Sibley, Edward R. 1
- Simpson, Martha D. McCain. 1
- Smith, Datus C., 1853-1932. 1
- Sulerud, Allen C. 1
- Sutton, A. F. (Aaron Franklin), 1850-1919. 1
- United States. Souris-Red-Rainy River Basins Commission. 1
- Wesley Methodist Church (Hillsboro, N.D.) 1
- Whitney, Barbara Schmitt. 1
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