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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:

North Dakota Homemaker’s Council. Oral History Project. Memories of North Dakota Homemakers Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 262- Tapes 361-514, 518-536, 565-579
Abstract The records of the North Dakota Extension Homemakers Council’s Memories of North Dakota Homemakers Oral History Project document the memories of North Dakota homemakers across the state. The files include administrative files, tapes and transcripts of interviews done in every North Dakota county, original versions of the books, original versions of chapters that were not included in the books, and copies of the three books that were created by the project.
Dates: 1985-1990.

Ole A. Olson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Manuscript 79
Abstract Ole A. Olson was a North Dakota poet and writer. The collection consists of biographical material, the original typescript copy (238 p.) of his autobiography, poems by himself and others, and his manuscript, "One Day on a Territorial Homestead.
Dates: 1950-1968.

Ole H. Olson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 183
Abstract Olson was a New Rockford settler and North Dakota governor. The collection contains threshing account books, travel expense, stallion service books, and homestead deeds. The collection also contains material relating to Olson's political career.
Dates: 1887-1952.

Oscar B. Barrett Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1001
Abstract Diary (1863) relating to Barrett's experiences with 1st Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War; transcript of diary by Niva Miller Henson; and biographical sketch by his son, Ben Barrett, and others.
Dates: 1863-1980.

Otto Sougstad Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1049
Abstract Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to Sougstad's family, local politics and events in Northwood, and his involvement in the Philippines during the Spanish American War; and his obituary.
Dates: ca. 1890-1948.

Pauline Neher Diede Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 173
Abstract The Pauline Neher Diede papers include documents relating to Diede's writing career. Primary among these are clippings of her columns and articles in The Hebron Herald dealing primarily with North Dakota pioneer life and her Germans from Russia heritage. There are also journalistic awards and reviews of her books.
Dates: 1970-1995.

Peder H. Nelson Articles

 Collection
Identifier: SC 620
Abstract Several historical articles, in Norwegian, about Norwegian Americans in N.D. and clippings in English about Nelson, his work, and awards he has earned.
Dates: 1972-1981.

Thomas and Frank McKenzie Family Collection

 Collection — Folder SC 539: [30109016565650]
Identifier: SC 539
Abstract Collection of materials relating to Frank and Thomas McKenzie who were settlers in the Wild Rice, North Dakota area.
Dates: 1936-1954.

Walter Traill Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC 334
Abstract Copies of correspondence of Hudson's Bay Company agent - born Walter John Strickland Traill.
Dates: 1877-1955.

William H. Best Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 43
Abstract Papers of Casselton, N.D. grain buyer and real estate agent, and mayor, and Fargo, N.D. insurance agent, and Chief of Police.
Dates: 1838-1953, 1962.