North Dakota -- Frontier and pioneer life.
Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
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
Bardi G. Skulason Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 252-Mss 1500
Abstract
Icelandic American lawyer and state legislator, of Mountain, N.D., and later of Oregon.
Dates:
1901-1955
Benjamin H. Barrett Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 255
Abstract
Extension agent in Emmons County, N. D. from 1934 to 1959 who wrote about his life as an agent and early farmer.
Dates:
ca. 1950-1976
Ernest Brownson Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 76
Abstract
Correspondence, including information relating to Brownson's professional and personal activities and his attendance at State Normal School, Valley City, N.D.; memorial to Lura Lavonia Perrine, college teacher, of Valley City, N.D.; genealogical material on the Brownson family; and two typewritten mss., one by Brownson's wife, Frances (Williams) Brownson, entitled Pioneering in North Dakota (12 p.), relating to the Williams family of White Earth, N.D., and one by his mother, Cora (Brown)...
Dates:
1851-1970
Badlands of North Dakota Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 247
Abstract
Mss. of poems; "Enchanting Badlands" by Nellie B. Noyce; pamphlets, including one relating to Peaceful Valley Ranch (part of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park); clippings; and other material, concerning the Badlands and pioneer life in North Dakota.
Dates:
1923-1968
Florence Folsom Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 51
Abstract
Correspondence, historical sketches, and manuscripts of writings. Includes information relating to Ludden and Port Emma, N.D., North Dakota judge William H. Ellis (also known as Will Ellis), area doctors and newspapers, frontier life in Dickey County, and personal, family, and local history.
Dates:
ca. 1920-1954
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
Hans E. Hanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 224
Abstract
Correspondence, reminiscences relating to Hanson's settlement in Hegton Township and early life in the Larimore, N.D., area, land patents, appointment certificate as postmaster (1879), and clippings.
Dates:
1879-1967
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Hans E. Hanson Papers
Homer A. Northrop Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 86
Abstract
Civil War correspondence to Northrop's family (1864-1865); diary (1864) relating to his service with 149th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment near Atlanta, Ga.; land patents; history of Baldwin Township, Barnes County, N.D.; newspaper clippings; and miscellany. No papers dated 1866-1889 and 1903-1959.
Dates:
1862-1967
Isaac E. Sutherland Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1050
Abstract
Family history, written by Sutherland's granddaughter Norma Gooden Gilbert, containing information relating to the Sutherland and Gooden families, particularly to his daughter Psyche M. Gooden, and to hardships endured by the pioneer families in the late 1890s; Iowa National Guard documents concerning his son, Albert E. Sutherland; photos; and miscellaneous documents.
Dates:
1898-1960