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North Dakota -- Family and personal papers -- 20th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Angela J. Stott Brennan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 238
Abstract The Angela Stott Brennan Papers document her life, her husbands and children, and the Midway Service station of Adrian, N.D. which she and her husband operated. The correspondence includes letters from servicemen including James Murray in Vietnam (1969-1970). The majority of the collection consists of school, military service and other personal documents of family members from the 1950s into the 1970s.
Dates: 1920-1977

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

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

Henry V. Arnold Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 355
Abstract Correspondence (1903-1934, 1946-1955) between Arnold and his nieces, biographical sketch, list of publications, and clippings. Includes information relating to the history of Larimore and nearby Bachelors Grove, Grand Forks County, N.D.
Dates: 1903-1955

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

Magill Family Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 225
Abstract Correspondence, business records, newspaper clippings, and miscellany, relating to family members, including Samuel G. Magill, his son, Henry E. Magill, and grandson, William H. Magill, and the family-owned seed and fuel businesses of Magill & Company (established 1887), W.H. Magill Seed Company, and Fargo Seed House, all located in Fargo, N.D.
Dates: 1927 - 1972

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 J. Sorlie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 868
Abstract Correspondence, including letters (1931) to Sam Shevchenko of Buxton, from relatives in the Ukraine describing the famine there; copies of speeches; pamphlets; scrapbook, containing several letters from L.B. Hanna and William Langer; photos of Sorlie's family home in Norway; and material relating to National Nonpartisan League, his general store and farm in Buxton, and other topics.
Dates: 1919-1941.