North Dakota -- Genealogy.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Amenia and Sharon Land Company Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 134-Mss 1596.2-Oversize Collection 11
Abstract
The Company was a Cass County Bonanza farm managed and later owned by the late Chaffee family. The collection consists of company records, its subsidiaries, and persons involved.
Dates:
1856-1967
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
Biography of Theophil and Frieda Ricker
Collection
Identifier: SC 689
Abstract
A brief biography of Theophil and Frieda Ricker. Includes information on living in Russia, Theophil’s immigration to the United States, and the couple’s life after meeting and marrying. Written by the couple’s grandchildren Clyde and Sheryl Eisenbeis.
Dates:
1982, 1979
Bjugstad Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 800
Abstract
Genealogy of the Ole and Karen Bjugstad family. He emigrated from Vardal, Norway in 1866, living in Wisconsin with his parents before coming to Dakota Territory in 1881, settling near Finley, N.D.
Dates:
1978
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Bjugstad Family Papers
Chaffee Family Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 134
Abstract
Correspondence; excerpts from diary (1892-1909) of George L. Dunning, laborer and farm superintendent of Amenia and Sharon farm; genealogical material; term papers; biography of Eben Whitney Chaffee by W.C. Hunter; two interviews with H.L. Chaffee; and brochures relating to Oriente, a community planned for Nicaragua, of which E.W. Chaffee was president.
Dates:
1892-1955
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
Frank E. Stott Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 239
Abstract
Missouri native who owned and operated in Montpelier, ND.
Dates:
1895-1976
Frank J. Richard Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 187
Abstract
Local man and engineer interested in his family's history who spent a great deal of time collecting documents and doing research. Some documents are written in French-Canadian.
Dates:
1758-1857, 1940-1985 (bulk 1940-1985)
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
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