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Fargo (N.D.) -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

A Century Together Papers Papers

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Identifier: Mss 240
Overview The research papers amassed by the History Section of the Fine Arts Club of Fargo, that was asked to prepare the Fargo portion of a history of Fargo-Moorhead for the 1975 centennial celebration of Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn.
Dates: 1975

A tornado, the Pulitzer, and photojournalism at mid-century Panel Discussion

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Identifier: SC 706
Overview Photojournalism in the 1950s and the material Cal Olsen used to capture his photographs of the 1957 Fargo Tornado.
Dates: 2016

Alanson W. Edwards Family Collection

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Identifier: SC 25
Abstract Civil War veteran, North Dakota publisher, founder of the Fargo Argus and the Daily Forum (now Fargo Forum), native of Illinois.
Dates: 1900; 1950

Daughters of Dakota Pioneers Records

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Identifier: Mss 207
Abstract The Daughters of Dakota Pioneers began in 1934 as the Fargo Chapter of the Pioneer Daughters of North Dakota and later became an independent organization. It was founded to honor the memory and spirit of the women pioneers in North Dakota, to perpetuate and preserve the history of North Dakota and to promote interest in the resources and activities of North Dakota. It includes its meeting minutes, yearbooks and scrapbooks. The four scrapbooks contain items from 1936 through 2003, but there are...
Dates: 1936-2003

Fargo (N.D.) Historical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 414
Overview The materials in this vertical file (the collection is currently stored in filing cabinets) are an eclectic collection of documents that have some connection to Fargo’s history and institutions. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic or name. In some cases certain categories are grouped together under broader headings, such as businesses, churches, schools, etc. There is no complete consistency in how file headings were established and no attempt has been made to provide complete...
Dates: 1881 - [ongoing]

Granville Wolbert Papers

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Identifier: SC 611
Abstract Includes a series of letters to Roy P. Johnson of the Fargo Forum newspaper regarding his life in North Dakota. Includes 9 pages of excerpts from an autobiographical manuscript by Wolbert, in which he details his business and political careers in N.D. Includes mention of living in Fargo, N.D., being in the train that overturned at Fargo during the 1890 tornado, serving in the N.D. legislature, Judson LaMoure, Alexander McKenzie, Tom Hall and others.
Dates: 1951-1952

J. Roberts Haggart Papers

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Identifier: Mss 247
Abstract Collection of an influential Fargo family who brought the North Dakota Agricultural College to Fargo.
Dates: 1840s-1980s

James Holes Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss 211
Abstract One of the earliest settlers in the Fargo area whose papers document his private and business affairs.
Dates: 1875-1937

Kate Selby Wilder Papers

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Identifier: Mss 367
Abstract Kate Selby Wilder was active in civic affairs in Fargo as well as state and nationally. In 1919 she was elected to the Fargo City Commission, being the first woman in North Dakota to hold such a position. The Kate Selby Wilder Papers are an eclectic collection of documents related to her life, as well as the Selby and Wilder families. The collection has been arranged by the type of document. All of the files are quite small and give only a brief look into Mrs. Wilder’s life.
Dates: 1861, 1906, 1940-1946.

Masonic Grand Lodge of North Dakota Historical Collection

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Identifier: Mss 1942
Abstract The Masonic Grand Lodge of North Dakota Historical Collection contains historical clippings and information acquired by the Grand Lodge Library over many years prior to its donation to NDSU Archives.
Dates: ca. 1880-ca. 1960.