Fargo (N.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Fred Fiechtner Autobiography
Collection
Identifier: SC 875
Abstract
Photocopy of handwritten autobiographical sketch of his life which includes genealogical information on his German ancestors, the Fiechtners and the Gebhardts, from Odessa, Russia and Backnang, Württemburg, Germany. Also included are some photocopies of his father's writings in English and German.
Dates:
1974
George D. Brown Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 232
Abstract
Correspondence, including copies of letters by Mrs. Brown's father Peter Ross and brother Donald C. "Dan" Ross, broadside advertisement showing Fargo-Moorhead policemen with their "Crimson Rims" bicycles, and clippings.
Dates:
1893-1897, 1925, 1951-1954
H. Engerud Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 776
Abstract
Photocopy of typescript reminiscence by Mr. Engerud regarding growing up in Fargo, N.D. at the turn of the 20th century. He describes the town of Fargo, brother Karl, brother Louis and his Leghorn chickens, politics, assassination of President McKinley, and the Fargo water supply before the filtration plant in 1911. There is also a cover letter by Engerud to an Edith and Horace regarding his reminiscence. The letter is dated March 4, 1975.
Dates:
1975
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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H. Engerud Papers
Hanson Mechanical Trade School Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 89
Abstract
Booklet (ca. 1926) with extensive information on school and which was sent to prospective students, accreditation certificate, trade school association membership certificate, instruction lesson for electric class, 50th anniversary booklet, and a newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1926, 1967-1968
Harriet E. Macy Gearey Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 808
Abstract
Transcription of Harriet Gearey's diary of 1873 done by Mary Carol Judge in 2008, together with photocopy of original diary pages, compiled in spiral-bound volume. In addition to the diary, includes biographical information and reproduced photographs of the extended Gearey family, including her son Edward C. Gearey and grandson Hamilton W. Gearey, both of Fargo, N.D.; Slack family history, by Hattie Gearey Slack; descendants and ancestors of Aaron Macy (1789-1842) of Hudson, New York; text...
Dates:
1873
Hermann T. Leusch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 93
Abstract
Handwritten poetry and songs in German, naturalization certificate (1898), certificate for 5 shares of stock in Hoiland Manufacturing Co., Fargo, N.D. (1922), hospital bill (1925) from St. Lukes Hospitals, Fargo, N.D., calling card, German greeting cards, United States passport (1935), letter (1935) confirming travel arrangements from Fargo, N.D. to Hamburg, Germany, pamphlet (circa 1930s) entitled "Fire protection dwelling house inventory," from Merchants State Mutual Insurance Company, North...
Dates:
1898-1954
Horace M. Jones Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 193
Abstract
Local man whose son served in World War I and died at home while on leave.
Dates:
1907-1931
Ira Eddy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 212
Abstract
Local man whose traced his genealogy to Captain Miles Standish and the earliest known member of the Eddy family, Reverend William Eddy of Cranbrook, England in the county of Kent. Contains two detailed 1846 letters of Safford B. Eddy's journey into Mexico during the Mexican War.
Dates:
1823-1983
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Ira Eddy Family Papers
James C. Baccus Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 9
Abstract
Script of the play, West is the land (46 leaves) written by Baccus and Frank Scott in 1951, a program from the Fargo production, and a clipping. The play is set somewhere in the West and involves two brothers, politics, and an errant wife.
Dates:
1951, 1965
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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James C. Baccus Papers
John Amerland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 94
Abstract
Correspondence, biographical sketch of his mother Cora Nunnemaker Amerland, a copy of John Hiram Amerland's citizenship request (1868), duplicate of Henry Amerland's appointment as a notary public in Cass County, N.D. (1887), a copy of the birth certificate of Carrie Ashelman, Mr. Amerland's wife, and Mr. Amerland's obituary.
Dates:
1868-1899, 1950-1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Amerland Papers