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    • Mary Ann Barnes Williams collection of papers, 1931-1971 

      Williams, Mary Ann Barnes; Williams, Mary Ann Barnes (11/26/2012)
      Correspondence and reminiscences, relating to General George Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, forts Buford, Mandan, and Abraham Lincoln, Sakakawea, frontier life, and North Dakota history; and newspaper articles ...

    • Chaffee family 

      Chaffee family; Chaffee family (11/26/2012)
      Correspondence; excerpts from diary (1892-1909) of George L. Dunning, laborer and farm superintendent of Amenia and Sharon farm; genealogical material; term papers; biography of Eben Whitney Chaffee by W.C. Hunter; two ...

    • James W. Sutherland collection of papers, 1895-1950 (bulk 1895-1906). 

      Sutherland, James W.; Sutherland, James W. (11/26/2012)
      Correspondence relating to the Fargo Fire Dept., fire runs and volunteer lists (1895-1904), payroll list, and newspaper clippings.

    • Walter B. Rae Interview, 1955 

      Rae, Walter B.; Rae, Walter B. (11/27/2012)
      Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) concerning his uncles William H., Thomas, and Robert Rae and John F., Walter B.'s father, who emigrated from Canada. They first settled at Christine, N.D., later moved to the Dilworth, ...

    • Andrew Jespersen Interview, 1954, 1959 

      Jespersen, Andrew; Jespersen, Andrew (11/27/2012)
      Letter, typed interview summary (9 leaves) and copy with notations concerning the Park Farm, steam engines, death of his brother-in-law from a steam engine explosion, digging wells for water, military and Indian artifacts ...

    • Olaus C. Olson Interview, 1955 

      Olson, Olaus C.; Olson, Olaus C. (11/27/2012)
      Typed summary of interview and addenda, with Leonard Sackett, relating to steamboats hauling grain on the Red River, the Richards Farm, includes mention of Harry Richards, his wife, and son, Elliott, the Grandin elevator ...

    • John and Thomas Finney Interviews, 1955 

      Finney, John; Finney, Thomas; Finney, John; Finney, Thomas (11/27/2012)
      Two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin elevator operation which was purchased by their father, Ole Finney, circa 1889.

    • William J. Tiedeman Papers, 1954-1958 

      Tiedeman, William J.; Tiedeman, William J. (11/28/2012)
      Typed summary of interview with corrections (5 leaves) concerning the Keystone Farm near Euclid, Minn. Includes mention of Keystone foremen, Bill Davidson and Bill Flynn, the suicide of Bill Davidson, information on a ...

    • Richard A. Fitzpatrick Interview, 1955 

      Fitzpatrick, Richard Adam; Fitzpatrick, Richard Adam (11/28/2012)
      Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the Reid Farm and the Humboldt Farm.

    • Red River Floods & Urban Development Photograph Collection, 1969-1990s 

      Red River Floods & Urban Development Photograph Collection; Red River Floods & Urban Development Photograph Collection (11/29/2011)

    • Arlys E. Thun Collection 

      Thun, Arlys Edman; Thun, Arlys Edman (11/4/2015)
      Typed copies of her article "The Red River Valley of the North," and her poem "The world of the Vikings." Articles includes very brief mention of her maternal grandparents coming to Marshall County, Minn., describes the ...

    • Charles Canning Collection 

      Canning, Charles; Canning, Charles (11/4/2015)
      Biographical sketches of Charles Canning (1 leaf each), reminiscence (3 leaves) concerning Oscar Sjordahl and Green, N.D. by son J.H. Canning, a sketch (2 leaves) on the ferry at Hendrum, Minn.-Quincy, N.D. by Sally Canning, ...

    • Henry C. Frojen Collection 

      Frojen, Henry C.; Frojen, Henry C. (11/5/2015)
      Correspondence and newspaper clippings, relating to Glover Farm, bonanza farm in Dickey and La Moure counties, N.D., and the Glover family; and biographical sketch of farm owner, Samuel Glover, originally of Delaware, Ohio. ...

    • History of schools at Fort Yates, North Dakota 

      Rostvedt, Luella; Rostvedt, Luella (11/5/2015)
      Typed carbon copy of manuscript concerning the schools at Fort Yates, N.D. from 1877 through the 1940s. Includes two parts, the first entitled "History of education at Fort Yates, North Dakota" (6 leaves) which describes ...

    • Program for the Dedication of Pioneer Cemetery Marker, September 28, 1929 

      Daughters of the American Revolution, North Dakota State Society; Daughters of the American Revolution, North Dakota State Society (11/6/2012)
      Program for the dedication of the pioneer marker at the Mission of Holy Cross Cemetery, eight miles south of Fargo and the oldest in Cass County, N.D. Includes histories of the cemetery, home of Father Genin, Mission of ...

    • Thomas Thompson Papers, 1887, 1925, 1955-1956 

      Thompson, Thomas; Thompson, Thomas (11/6/2012)
      Electrostatic copy of a work agreement, dated March 28, 1887 and signed by A.R. Dalrymple at Hague, N.D., of Thomas Thompson to work as a hired man and his wife as a cook for Grandin Farms, states their wages and other ...

    • John Beattie Papers, 1893-1952 

      Beattie, John; Beattie, John (11/8/2012)
      Two ledgers containing wage accounts of farm employees and records of personal property sale, financial records, land deeds, and Beattie's obituary.

    • Benjamin F. Mackall Family Papers, 1953-1955 

      Mackall, Benjamin F.; Mackall, Benjamin F. (11/8/2012)
      Correspondence; interviews with Mackall's son and daughter-in-law, Henry C. and Margaret (Robertson) Mackall, of Minneapolis, Minn., relating to Mackall, the family business, B.F. Mackall Inc., and John L. Grandin, owner ...

    • H. Dan McGrew Papers, 1948-1955 

      McGrew, H. Dan; McGrew, H. Dan (11/8/2012)
      Letter, typed summary of interview with H. Dan and Zoe McGrew (3 leaves) concerning the Hill Farm, its buildings, the house, a dam built by Walter Hill and altered by Maurice Florance, the farm after the Florance family ...

    • Mary Ann Gamble Papers, 1865-1902 

      Gamble, Mary Ann; Gamble, Mary Ann (11/8/2012)
      Copies of correspondence from Gamble and her children to her parents, the William Neills, in Beaverton, Ont., concerning family matters and frontier life in Kittson County, Minn.