Fargo (N.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
John H. Pannebaker Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 237
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Richard Pannebaker, who moved from Indiana in 1881 to Oriska, N.D., then to Mapleton, N.D., his job as foreman for Mapleton Farming Co., elevator manager at Mapleton and Tower City, N.D., later employed by Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Includes brief mention of the Matt Dill farm which was purchased in 1905 by Miller-Chaffee-Reed Company; John Pannebaker worked there briefly. Also includes newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1954-1957
John Headland Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 680
Abstract
Contains log kept by John during their voyage from Norway. It was translated by his granddaughter Mrs. Mildred Headland Kisser of Sherman Oaks, California.
Dates:
1870
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Headland Records
Joseph Lamont Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 320-Mss 1596.20-Tape 254
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Lamont Family Papers is an small, eclectic collection of a wide variety of items related to various members of the Lamont family donated by his granddaughters. They provide a glimpse into the lives of Joseph Lamont‟s Civil War service, Masonic and Grand Army of the Republic memberships, and ownership of the Headquarters Hotel in Fargo. The copies of his wife Carrie‟s two piano compositions, El Zagal March and The Reunion help document her musical interests. In addition there are...
Dates:
1862-1913.
Joseph Lamont Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 478
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Lamont Family Photographic Collection contains 1 silhouette card, 8 photographic postcards, and 27 photographs. The collection is arranged by the person(s) in the photograph. Included are photographs of Joseph and Carrie Lamont and their children, Scott Lindsey and Grace Lilian. There are also photographs of Scott's wife Elizabeth Grace Marquardt and three of their children, Grace Elizabeth, Winetta, and Jerome. They were donated as part of a collection of family papers and...
Dates:
1880 - 1910
King Olav of Norway Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1020
Abstract
Programs from the 1939 visit of Crown Prince Ola v and Crown Princess Martha of Norway to Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn. Programs and a schedule for the 1982 visit of King Olav.
Dates:
1939, 1982.
Lavinius L. Hurd Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1348
Abstract
Various land deeds and receipts for land in North Dakota and elsewhere, handwritten note (1964) from Mrs. S.F. Pinkham, Minneapolis to Gertrude Hoag, Fargo, N.D., with some personal information on Hurd. One promissory note to James Holes; five receipts, one for a livery stable bill, three receipts for wheat being sold, and one for Grand Army of the Republic membership dues.
Dates:
1877-1907.
Madalyn Kuhn Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 214
Abstract
The Madalyn Kuhn Papers contains her diaries while living in the Lisbon and Fargo-West Fargo, N.D. area. She kept a daily diary from 1932, when the author was 14, through 2000. From a researcher’s point of view, the diaries offer invaluable information on life in North Dakota, growing up in the 1930s, teen issues, social life, entertainment (especially movies), fashion, finances, diet and nutrition, dating, working conditions for single women, widowhood, single mother issues, and weather. The...
Dates:
1932-2000.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Madalyn Kuhn Papers
Martin Hector Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 175
Abstract
Interview with granddaughter Mary Halland about Hector and his early business ventures. Includes obituaries of Martin Hector, son Fred Hector, newspaper clipping of Fargo home referred to as the Henry Hector home, photocopy of Hammerfest, Norway church record of Hector's family (in Norwegian) and a typed English translation of the record.
Dates:
1938-1954.
Martin J. Connolly Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 886
Abstract
Articles written by Mr. Connolly, including "Historical sketch of North Dakota," "The credo of a North Dakota citizen," "North Dakota Badlands intrigue a nation of nature lovers," "Look 30 feet into Hell: description of North Dakota's burning coal mine," a biographical paper (8 leaves) by Patricia Connolly, and clippings. "Historical sketch of North Dakota," was written as a radio broadcast in observance of North Dakota's fiftieth year of statehood.
Dates:
1939-1954.
Melvin A. Hildreth Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 654
Abstract
Fargo lawyer and Congressional Medal of Honor winner during the Spanish-American War.
Dates:
1884-1937.