Hillsboro (N.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara Schmitt Whitney Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 632
Abstract
Letter from her sister, Louise Jackson, jacket from her book, "Descent of the white bird," and a newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1955-1956
Edwin and Clara Johnson Letters
Collection
Identifier: Mss 148
Scope and Contents
The Edwin and Clara Johnson letters consist of forty-six letters written by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to Edward R. Sibley of Weston, Massachusetts between 1880 and 1898. His relationship to the family is unknown. The letters are a combination of original letters and typed transcriptions. All are written from their home at Hillsboro (except the first letter which was written from Fargo). The letters document very nicely the lives of a pioneer family in Dakota in the 1880s. The letters for the 1890s...
Dates:
1880-1898
Gertrude G. Landt Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 760
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning herself, her husband, Arthur B. Landt, his banking career in Hillsboro, N.D., later Northwood, N.D., his jobs after bank closure in 1932, and brief mention of their Northwood home and friends.
Dates:
1956
Growing a Sweeter Future: Value-Added Farm Production in the Red River Valley of the North
Collection
Identifier: SC 738
Abstract
Copy of speech given by John Brunsdale at the 2nd annual Conference on Value-Added Opportunities for Agricultural Producers, held at Stillwater, Oklahoma on April 25, 1998, along with a photocopy of the program. The speech was sent, along with a letter, by Brunsdale to Dr. Tom Riley, Institute for Regional Studies. In the letter Brunsdale takes issue with the accuracy of the Institute publication, Roots of Success, by Terry Shoptaugh, regarding the Red River Valley Cooperative and the building...
Dates:
1998.
Lars Henry Larson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 753
Abstract
Letter from granddaughter, Mrs. Wallace Onsgard, her biographical sketch of Lars Henry Larson, entitled "My heritage," (1 leaf), and interview with Henry C. Larson concerning his father, Lars Henry, working on the Grandin Farm 1879-1880.
Dates:
1956.
Ole Olson Hovde Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 850
Abstract
Typed carbon copy of historical sketch by granddaughter Eva Hewitt. Sketch begins with Mr. Hovde's life in Norway, coming to America in 1868 and homesteading near Hillsboro, N.D. in 1871 with wife Maria Gulbranson Hovde. Sketch continues with author's parents, William and Gelina Maria Hovde Hewitt, their children, homesteading near Bottineau, N.D. and their return to Hillsboro. William Hewitt was a Salvation Army captain from Canada who resigned his commission and turned to farming. He died in...
Dates:
1937.
Ralph Diehl Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2075
Abstract
The Ralph Diehl Photograph Collection contains 35 visual images that span nearly 100 years. They range in size from 2½ x 4 in. to 8½ x 11 in. The photographs are arranged topically and focus on Ralph Diehl and his family. Also included are many group photos of organizations of which Ralph was a member. Two postcards are also in the collection along with miscellaneous photographs related in some aspect to Mr. Diehl’ life. Almost none of the images have any identifying information written on the...
Dates:
1890s-1980s.
Ralph E. Diehl Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 280
Abstract
The Ralph Diehl Papers contain business records from his farm as well as records from the various agricultural organizations he was involved with. The collection contains records from Diehl's involvement in the Republican Party, information pertaining to his campaigns, and records from his terms as a state legislator. There are also papers from various other organizations that Diehl was involved in including civic, political, and religious. These records consist of a variety of records...
Dates:
1936-1993.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Ralph E. Diehl Papers
Roy W. Johnston Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 668
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Edward Johnston, an Irish emigrant who worked as a foreman on the Grandin Farm, Von Steinwehr Farm, and McClain Farm, and obituary of Roy. His father married Jane Nicholson (1866-1947) in Canada, homesteaded in Bohnsack Township near Hillsboro, N.D. 1880, sold out 1891, and bought a farm near Kelso, N.D.
Dates:
1956-1957.
William A. McCain Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 567
Abstract
Farmer at Blanchard, N.D., who named his farm Aurora Borealis, referred to as Aurora Farm. Later, appointed postmaster at Hillsboro, N.D.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950-1959