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North Dakota -- Frontier and pioneer life.

 Subject
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Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

J. Hollis Gale Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 442
Abstract Correspondence and summary of interview (10 p.) with Gale's son, Harry F. Gale, relating to J. Hollis Gale's life, family affairs, and early pioneers of Cass County, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., including James Holes and David H. Houston; reminiscence of Gale's daughter, concerning her parents and grandmother, Julia Simmons, of Woodstock, Vt., and later California; audit report of Gale's estate and final decree; autograph book; and clippings. Other family members represented include Gale's wife,...
Dates: 1880-1971

Jens Leum Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 193
Abstract Correspondence with family members in Norway relating to daily life; letters from Gustav Amlund of the Normanden (Norwegian American newspaper) and S.A. Olsness; genealogical information on Leum family; land deed (1881) to Charles Moen; and clippings.
Dates: 1905-1954

John Christiansen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 423
Abstract Correspondence; taped interview with Christiansen concerning his settling near New Salem, N.D. (1883), and the pioneer years, with transcription (11 p.) of first side of tape; biographical sketch; pamphlet entitled Wrong Side Up; articles from American Milk Review and The Northwest; and clippings.
Dates: 1921-1952

Mary Ann Barnes Williams Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 131
Abstract Correspondence and reminiscences, relating to General George Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, forts Buford, Mandan, and Abraham Lincoln, Sakakawea, frontier life, and North Dakota history; and newspaper articles concerning Williams.
Dates: 1931-1971.

Maude F. Dunwell Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 164
Abstract Correspondence; scrapbook containing clippings and typewritten copy of Dunwell's Early History of Spiritwood and Vicinity; obituaries of her parents, William and Mary Agnes Farley; and series relating to Spiritwood Lake by Margaret Johnson (Mrs. Edward Johnson).
Dates: 1932-1954.

Ole H. Olson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 183
Abstract Olson was a New Rockford settler and North Dakota governor. The collection contains threshing account books, travel expense, stallion service books, and homestead deeds. The collection also contains material relating to Olson's political career.
Dates: 1887-1952.

Oscar B. Barrett Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1001
Abstract Diary (1863) relating to Barrett's experiences with 1st Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War; transcript of diary by Niva Miller Henson; and biographical sketch by his son, Ben Barrett, and others.
Dates: 1863-1980.

Otto Sougstad Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1049
Abstract Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to Sougstad's family, local politics and events in Northwood, and his involvement in the Philippines during the Spanish American War; and his obituary.
Dates: ca. 1890-1948.

Thomas and Frank McKenzie Family Collection

 Collection — Folder SC 539: [30109016565650]
Identifier: SC 539
Abstract Collection of materials relating to Frank and Thomas McKenzie who were settlers in the Wild Rice, North Dakota area.
Dates: 1936-1954.

Walter Traill Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC 334
Abstract Copies of correspondence of Hudson's Bay Company agent - born Walter John Strickland Traill.
Dates: 1877-1955.