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Mayville (N.D.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Besta : A Story of North Dakota Pioneers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 583
Abstract Photocopy of an article published serially in the Grand Forks herald. It contains the life of Karen (Erickson) Bakke, who settled in the Goose River Valley, Traill County, N.D. in 1871 with her Norwegian immigrant parents, Ole and Christiana Erickson. Includes mention of her early life in Wisconsin, moving to Mayville, N.D., living at Ft. Abraham Lincoln with her sister Emily, General Custer and his troops at Ft. Abraham Lincoln, meeting her husband, Ole Bakke, their wedding preparations,...
Dates: 1950-1951

Charles Bohnsack Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 451
Abstract Typed summary of interview (10 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin farms where Bohnsack worked, his early life, and clippings about him, his children, and their farmland.
Dates: 1954-1968

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

Frank L. Anders Papers

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Identifier: Mss 1417
Abstract Served as Fargo City Engineer, and secretary and construction engineer of the North Dakota State Capitol Commission which oversaw the construction of the state capitol. Also a Medal of Honor recipient.
Dates: 1822-1965

George E. Brunsdale Papers

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Identifier: SC 452
Abstract Typed summary of interview concerning the Grandin farm buildings at Mayville, N.D.
Dates: 1954

James and Clara McKissick Interview

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Identifier: SC 138
Abstract Extensive interview with James and Clara Trammell McKissick about his father, Charles, who managed the Dwight Farm, later the Hinkle Smith Farm near Amenia, N.D. and the Grandin Farm near Mayville. Mentions the livestock and acreage at Grandin Farm, Oliver Dalrymple, immigrant farm laborers, James McKissick's education and various jobs as farmer, milk truck driver, butcher shop owner, hog shrinker and a hired man who set fire to McKissick's barns.
Dates: 1953

Jens B. Egge Papers

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Identifier: SC 657
Abstract Typed copy and handwritten copy of Egge family history, with obituary of Mrs. Egge.
Dates: 1954-1956

Levon West Collection

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Identifier: SC 1100
Abstract Contains a catalog (1968) of his donations to the Parrish Art Museum of Southhampton, N.Y. and newspaper clippings concerning his career. Includes mention of the family moving to Glen Ullin, Harvey, and Mayville, N.D., teaching country school, his career as an etcher, his second career as a photographer using the name Ivan Dmitri, the first years on New York City, his World War II photography, and exhibits of his works.
Dates: 1935-1981.

William W. Warren Family papers

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Identifier: SC 453
Overview Contains correspondence and an obituary relating to William W. Warren.
Dates: 1953-1954.