Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Florence Folsom Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 51
Abstract
Correspondence, historical sketches, and manuscripts of writings. Includes information relating to Ludden and Port Emma, N.D., North Dakota judge William H. Ellis (also known as Will Ellis), area doctors and newspapers, frontier life in Dickey County, and personal, family, and local history.
Dates:
ca. 1920-1954
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
George I. Foster Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 136
Abstract
From 1864 to 1874, he served as Clerk in the Territorial Legislature and also as clerk, for five years, of the Territorial Supreme Court.
Dates:
1871-1883
Gordon MacGregor Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 861
Abstract
Editor of the Bismark Tribune when the paper won a Pulizer Prize.
Dates:
1933-1965
Hans E. Hanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 224
Abstract
Correspondence, reminiscences relating to Hanson's settlement in Hegton Township and early life in the Larimore, N.D., area, land patents, appointment certificate as postmaster (1879), and clippings.
Dates:
1879-1967
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Hans E. Hanson Papers
Herman O. Fjelde Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 82
Abstract
Norwegian American pioneer, of Abercrombie, N.D. Scrapbook pages, articles, clippings, and photos, relating to Fjelde and his wife, Fredrikke Fjelde; Minnesota sculptor Jacob Fjelde; family members, including Paul, Olaf and Pauline Fjelde; and statues in the region honoring Norwegian Americans.
Dates:
circa 1890-1971
Homer A. Northrop Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 86
Abstract
Civil War correspondence to Northrop's family (1864-1865); diary (1864) relating to his service with 149th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment near Atlanta, Ga.; land patents; history of Baldwin Township, Barnes County, N.D.; newspaper clippings; and miscellany. No papers dated 1866-1889 and 1903-1959.
Dates:
1862-1967
Isaac E. Sutherland Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1050
Abstract
Family history, written by Sutherland's granddaughter Norma Gooden Gilbert, containing information relating to the Sutherland and Gooden families, particularly to his daughter Psyche M. Gooden, and to hardships endured by the pioneer families in the late 1890s; Iowa National Guard documents concerning his son, Albert E. Sutherland; photos; and miscellaneous documents.
Dates:
1898-1960
J. Hollis Gale Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 442
Abstract
Correspondence and summary of interview (10 p.) with Gale's son, Harry F. Gale, relating to J. Hollis Gale's life, family affairs, and early pioneers of Cass County, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., including James Holes and David H. Houston; reminiscence of Gale's daughter, concerning her parents and grandmother, Julia Simmons, of Woodstock, Vt., and later California; audit report of Gale's estate and final decree; autograph book; and clippings. Other family members represented include Gale's wife,...
Dates:
1880-1971
Jacob Huber Memoir
Collection
Identifier: SC 666
Abstract
This handwritten reminiscence covers the author's parents Jacob and Katherine (Wessel) Huber, German Russian immigrants, who came to the United States in 1906 and settled in Mercer County, N.D., near Dodge. To a large extent it documents the entire rural community where they lived and the early residents, most of whom were German Russian. The document is not arranged chronologically but rather topically. There is a typed 2-page table of contents. Also in the collection is a biographical letter...
Dates:
circa 1970s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Jacob Huber Memoir