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Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew H. Laughlin Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 172
Abstract Correspondence, diary (1917) of Laughlin's son, Leigh Laughlin, train passes, and clippings, chiefly relating to daily activities and local events.
Dates: 1894-1954

Anne Walters Papers

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Identifier: Mss 171-Mss 1596.1
Abstract A prized playwright and dramatist from Webster, North Dakota who wrote several full length plays and books. Includes her works 'Choice' which is the story of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and 'I Remember, I Remember,' a story of a North Dakota childhood. There are also her poetry files, numerous manuscript stories. The 'Anecdotage' manuscript documents memories of a North Dakota childhood which include homesteading, prairie schooner, the threshers, a country school,...
Dates: 1910-1984

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

Cora Sears Roggeveen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 55
Abstract Scrapbook of Cora Sears Roggeveen who homesteaded two miles west of Abercrombie, North Dakota.
Dates: 1848-1946

Crosby, North Dakota Survey

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 73
Abstract Survey completed by Althea Varnum Reed as a project at North Dakota Agricultural College, including questionnaires, maps, clippings (1 v.), and photos. Subjects include history, pioneer experiences, schools, farming, athletics, exhibits, music, social functions, and organizations.
Dates: 1928-1971

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

Ebenezer Magoffin Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss 950
Abstract Ebenezer Magoffin was a merchant and state legislator, of Monango, N.D.
Dates: 1840-1958.

Edward P. Wells Papers

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Identifier: Mss 135
Abstract Built the first house in Jamestown, ND and his scrapbooks nicely document the early political situation in North Dakota.
Dates: 1882-1941

Ernest Brownson Family Records

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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

Badlands of North Dakota Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 247
Abstract Mss. of poems; "Enchanting Badlands" by Nellie B. Noyce; pamphlets, including one relating to Peaceful Valley Ranch (part of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park); clippings; and other material, concerning the Badlands and pioneer life in North Dakota.
Dates: 1923-1968