Overview Six handwritten diaries chronicling the day-to-day life of Claud Dwyer, a young farmer, during the years 1886 through 1894 in Brandenburg Township, Richland County, Dakota Territory.

Abstract Photocopy of a binder in the chapel of St. Francis Convent in Hankinson, N.D. Obituaries of 97 Franciscan sisters at that convent and four priests, who served as chaplains for the Sisters. Each obituary includes a portrait and biographical information in the form of a letter. Also includes an article written in 1983 about the founder of the order in Germany, Mother Innocentia; a photocopy of a photograph of the 24 Sisters who initially came to the United States; and a 1964 letter from Brother...