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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Frank L. Anders Papers
George E. Brunsdale Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 452
Abstract
Typed summary of interview concerning the Grandin farm buildings at Mayville, N.D.
Dates:
1954
James and Clara McKissick Interview
Collection
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
Collection
Identifier: SC 657
Abstract
Typed copy and handwritten copy of Egge family history, with obituary of Mrs. Egge.
Dates:
1954-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Jens B. Egge Papers
Levon West Collection
Collection
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.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Levon West Collection
William W. Warren Family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 453
Overview
Contains correspondence and an obituary relating to William W. Warren.
Dates:
1953-1954.