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North Dakota -- Frontier and pioneer life.

 Subject
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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

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