History -- Societies, etc.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Cass County Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 487
Abstract
Correspondence, notices and minutes of meetings, pamphlets, broadsides, and newspaper clippings. Includes information relating to Bonanzaville U.S.A., a reconstructed village and living history museum commemorating the bonanza farm era, located in West Fargo, N.D., and operated by the society.
Dates:
1955-1980
Dana Wright Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 32
Abstract
Correspondence, research paper relating to Wright's career, including his activities with State Historical Society of North Dakota, histories, copies of his research concerning North Dakota military trails, "The Old Trails" by Wright, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1930-1964
Daughters of Dakota Pioneers Records
Collection
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
Eben E. Saunders Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 61
Abstract
An Englishman whose family immigrated to Michigan who became an ordained Congregational minister and published numerous newspaper articles on the history of North Dakota and the Red River Valley.
Dates:
1914-1926
Fargo-Moorhead Heritage and Cultural Bridge Task Force Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 163-Cassette tapes 331-337
Abstract
Civic group organized to develop plans for a cultural bridge spanning the Red River between Fargo and Moorhead. Although never built, the award winning design was by renown architect Michael Graves.
Dates:
1974-1979
Fine Arts Club of Fargo Records, 1911-1979
Collection
Identifier: Mss 34
Abstract
The Fine Arts Club of Fargo had its origins in the Fargo Amateur Music Club and in 1911 was established as a separate organization consisting of several sections. Its records are organized pertaining to the club as a whole, its nine individual sections and an extensive collection of scrapbooks.
Dates:
1911-1979
Katherine Gumb Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 993
Abstract
Iowa native who came to Fargo in 1887 and later became interested in the history of Steele County, N.D.
Dates:
ca. 1928-1941
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Katherine Gumb Papers
Myrtle Porterville Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 296
Abstract
Griggs County, N.D. native and resident whose avocation was collecting the history of Griggs County, amassing an amazing collection on the county's history and the people who lived there. The collection is a major genealogical resource for Griggs County.
Dates:
1861-1960.
Red River Valley Heritage Society essay contest Papers, 1965-1979
Collection
Identifier: Mss 5
Abstract
Historical essay contest that began in 1965 and continued into the 1990s.
Dates:
1965-1979.
Red River Valley Heritage Society essay contest Papers, 1980-1981
Collection
Identifier: Mss 44
Abstract
Historical essay contest that began in 1965 and continued into the 1990s.
Dates:
1980-1981.