Histories.
Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Prudence Gearey Sand Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 230
Abstract
Fargo native with long time association with the National League of American Pen Women. The Prudence Gearey Sand Papers consist, for the most part, of her poetry. The collection also contains a few essays by her, a collection of sayings and epigrams by her and others, a small collection of lists that she compiled and a small collection of correspondence. The poetry deals with various topics. There are descriptions of sunrises and of seasons. There are considerations of nature, wisdom, the soul...
Dates:
1948-1955.
Ralph F. Gunkelman Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 569
Abstract
Typewritten summaries of interviews with Gunkelman and his son, John L. Gunkelman; ms. histories concerning R.F. Gunkelman & Sons and the Gunkelman family by Gary Hedstrom and Christopher T. Bucholz; and clippings. Includes information relating to the Rand and Brown Farm, grain elevators, and Ralph Gunkelman's founding of Farmers Grain Co., Grandin, N.D. (1913), his ownership of Interstate Seed & Grain Co., Fargo (1917-1943), and of R.F. Gunkelman & Sons (1943- ).
Dates:
1955-1986.
Robert H. Johnson Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 1810
Abstract
Written histories, notes, and clippings, chiefly related to buffalo and buffalo bones.
Dates:
ca. 1920-ca. 1940.
Round Table (Fargo, N.D.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 170
Abstract
It was a study group that provided women with an opportunity to come together and explore various historical subjects. The purpose of the club, as stated in the constitution, was to widen women's outlooks, to keep them in touch with the present and to make them more familiar with the past.
Dates:
1897-1992.
Ruth L. Haug Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 277
Abstract
Letter from Mrs. Haug; typed and handwritten copies of "Early experiences in the Mouse River Loop," by Mrs. Haug, concerning her homesteading and teaching experiences; "A history of the Congregational Church of Deering"; "A short history of the N.C. Abbott and O.C. Haug families," pamphlet entitled "Farm lands in the Mouse River Loop, North Dakota" from Hovland-Walstad Company, Lansford, N.D., and obituaries.
Dates:
1914-1962.
Salem Lutheran Church Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2
Abstract
Lutheran Church originally located in Moorhead, Minnesota before its members moved it to its present site south of Fargo along U.S. Highway 81.
Dates:
1898-1957.
Stephen J. Doyle Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 998
Abstract
Massachusetts native, active in the North Dakota Legislature and served as a U.S. Marshal.
Dates:
1890-1940.
Sybella P. Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 213
Abstract
Correspondence, her typed manuscript "Small stories of early days in Spiritwood and community," (23 leaves) concerning her parents, Peter and Jane Pearson, other pioneers, and pioneer life in Spiritwood, N.D. Includes mention of Sadie (Elliott) Walker, a schoolteacher, her mother planting the first sweet corn in the area, Will and Mary Agnes Farley, and anecdotes about other Spiritwood residents. Also includes clippings.
Dates:
1952-1954.
The History of Banking in North Dakota, by W.C. Macfadden
Item
Identifier: SC 215
Abstract
Copy of typescript history of the early banks in Dakota Territory, and including information on the Dakota Bankers Association and the North Dakota Bankers Association.
Dates:
1934.
Thortvedt Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 332
Overview
Small Collection pertaining to Red River Valley pioneer, Olav Thortvedt and his family.
Dates:
1941-1955