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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:

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

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