Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
James Holes Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 211
Abstract
One of the earliest settlers in the Fargo area whose papers document his private and business affairs.
Dates:
1875-1937
Jens Leum Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 193
Abstract
Correspondence with family members in Norway relating to daily life; letters from Gustav Amlund of the Normanden (Norwegian American newspaper) and S.A. Olsness; genealogical information on Leum family; land deed (1881) to Charles Moen; and clippings.
Dates:
1905-1954
Jimmy Mulligan, Fur Trader, and Scout Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 180
Overview
Consists of a typed copy of his biographical story on Jimmy Mulligan's life, Fort Abercrombie and the 1862 Indian conflict. This story is based on what Mr. Mulligan related to Mr. Wiltse in 1900 while working for him. Mr. Mulligan was an Irish immigrant, making his home in Winnipeg, Canada. Includes mention of his trading with Indians, their food, their horses, driving ox teams, a ride to St. Cloud, Minn. for ammunition, investing his money, driving a dog team, another ride to St. Cloud for...
Dates:
1953
John Christiansen Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 423
Abstract
Correspondence; taped interview with Christiansen concerning his settling near New Salem, N.D. (1883), and the pioneer years, with transcription (11 p.) of first side of tape; biographical sketch; pamphlet entitled Wrong Side Up; articles from American Milk Review and The Northwest; and clippings.
Dates:
1921-1952
Marquis de Mores Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 528
Abstract
Term paper by Norman B. Hansen entitled, The shadows of a martyr, 1954 (23 leaves), pamphlet, short histories, and newspaper and magazine clippings on the life of Marquis de Mores, his meat processing plant, his son the Duke of Vallombrosa, and the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park established at Medora, N.D.
Dates:
1896, 1931-1971.
Mary Alma Barrett Still Diary
Collection
Identifier: Mss 63
Abstract
Mary Barrett Still’s diary consists of her diary, 1910-1914, while living at Sherbrooke in Steele County. It is typewritten, and includes a map. Entries are short, but give concise details such as the price of groceries, the weather, and household chores.
Dates:
1910-1914.
Mary Ann Barnes Williams Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 131
Abstract
Correspondence and reminiscences, relating to General George Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, forts Buford, Mandan, and Abraham Lincoln, Sakakawea, frontier life, and North Dakota history; and newspaper articles concerning Williams.
Dates:
1931-1971.
Maude F. Dunwell Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 164
Abstract
Correspondence; scrapbook containing clippings and typewritten copy of Dunwell's Early History of Spiritwood and Vicinity; obituaries of her parents, William and Mary Agnes Farley; and series relating to Spiritwood Lake by Margaret Johnson (Mrs. Edward Johnson).
Dates:
1932-1954.
Miss O’Keefe Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: Mss 532
Abstract
Miss O'Keefe is the author of a typed Manuscript, entitled “Pioneer History of North Dakota.” It contains material on Indians, including the Minnesota Massacre episode, Chief Gall, Jumping Bear, Sitting Bull, Indian agents and army campaigns. There is material on pioneer life, especially on women, including Fanny Kelly, Mrs. Charles Cavalier, Sarah Thal, Mrs. A.C. Wehe, Vera Bliss, Kate Rafferty and others. There's material on J.J. Hill, Moses Armstrong, Cyrus McCormick, Nick Huffman, J....
Dates:
[19--].
Nora Fladeboe Mohberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 283
Abstract
Mohberg was a North Dakota author of historical fiction related to her Norwegian American family.
Dates:
1955-1958.