Archives & Special Collections: Recent submissions

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    • Jessamine Slaughter Burgum Papers 

      Burgum, Jessamine Slaughter; Burgum, Jessamine Slaughter (2016-07-12)
      Letter, citation for the NDAC Outstanding Achievement Award, a typed copy of "Zi-win-ta, the Old Seeress of the Sioux," regarding an old Mandan village site, a handwritten reminiscence (22 leaves) concerning Fort Abraham ...

    • North Dakota Beekeepers’ Association Newsletters 

      North Dakota Beekeepers’ Association; North Dakota Beekeepers’ Association (2016-07-12)
      Copies of its newsletters from Apr. 1, 1924 (No. 17) through March 1930 (vol. 8, No. 1, published some years at the North Dakota Agricultural College with J.A. Munro, editor. Some issues include minutes of its annual ...

    • “Besta: a story of North Dakota pioneers” by Cyrene Bakke Dear 

      Dear, Cyrene Bakke; Dear, Cyrene Bakke (2016-07-12)
      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, ...

    • William M. Jones Papers 

      Jones, William P.; Jones, William P. (2016-07-12)
      Jones, William Moore, 1881-1967. William and Mary Jones, early Dakota pioneers, their life history and experiences.

    • “Welcome to Our City: A double barreled story of success” by William P. Fay 

      Fay, William P; Fay, William P (2016-07-12)
      Handwritten fiction story recounting the lives of two families who moved to Fargo, N.D. in 1927 as a place of opportunity. It was written as a tribute to the newspaper want ad, featuring the Fargo forum.

    • “The Story of his life” by Patrick Costello 

      Costello, Patrick; Costello, Patrick (2016-07-12)
      Typed autobiographical account of his life, including farming in Indiana, laundry burned down, farm debts, buying and selling horses, working on railroads in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Washington, and Oregon, farming near ...

    • “The Confluence” by James B. Connolly 

      Connolly, James B; Connolly, James B (7/12/2016)
      Manuscript concerns the Fort Union-Fort Buford area near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in northwestern North Dakota. Includes a bibliography (2 p.) and letter written to Roy Johnson from Mr. Connolly.

    • N. J. Clemens Letter 

      Clemens, Nicholas,; Clemens, Nicholas, (2016-07-11)
      Mimeographed letter, dated Nov. 1, 1933, requesting John E. Olin's support for Cap E. Miller as North Dakota's Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. Includes a biographical summary of Mr. Miller, then professor of ...

    • Amenia Neighborhood Club Records 

      Amenia Neighborhood Club; Amenia Neighborhood Club (2016-07-11)
      Minutes of meetings, constitution, and bylaws (3 v.); and scattered issues of club newsletter Fortnightly Review (1927-1935).

    • Klaudt Indian Family Collection 

      Klaudt Indian Family; Klaudt Indian Family (2016-07-11)
      Booklet, "Klaudt Family specials, no. 4," contains biographical, pictorial, and other historical information on Rev. Klaudt, his wife, and children, Ray, Vernon, Melvin, Ken, and Ramona. Includes biographical information ...

    • Nina Hermanna Morgan Collection 

      Morgan, Nina Hermanna; Morgan, Nina Hermanna (7/8/2016)
      Letters, some family history material, information about her father, Peter Herbrandson and his life in North Dakota, a book jacket from her book "Prairie star," "Young wings" (1955), the Junior Literary Guild magazine, a ...

    • Amenia Church Ladies Aid Records 

      Amenia Church Ladies Aid; Amenia Church Ladies Aid (7/8/2016)
      Minutes of meetings (1925-1932) and financial records.

    • Norvin Ovrom Papers 

      Ovrom, Norvin; Ovrom, Norvin (7/7/2016)
      Typed summary of interview (10 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the period his family lived at Clifford, N.D. Includes mention of his father, Waldemar, a Norwegian immigrant who worked as a store clerk in Wisconsin, ...

    • “Fifteen Years in North Dakota: Reminiscences” Collection 

      Orre, Nils; Orre, Nils (7/7/2016)
      Recounts Mr. Orre's experiences in the United States, primarily Barnes County, N.D., where he farmed with his cousin and fellow immigrant, Per Theodore Danielson. Documents in particular traveling to Valley City, N.D., ...

    • Knute J. Lind Interview 

      Lind, Knute J.; Lind, Knute J. (7/7/2016)
      Typed carbon copy of interview summary with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, John A. Lind, Bengt E. Sundberg who emigrated with John A. Lind from Sweden, Captain Donaldson, and Frank Kiene, all of whom were big farmers ...

    • Ralph F. Gunkelman Papers 

      Gunkelman, Ralph F.; Gunkelman, Ralph F. (7/7/2016)
      Typewritten summaries of interviews with Gunkelman and his son, John L. Gunkelman; ms. histories concerning R.F. Gunkelman & Sons and the Gunkelman family by Gary Hedstrom and Christopher T. Bucholz; and clippings. Includes ...

    • Bobby Vee Collection 

      Vee, Bobby; Vee, Bobby (2016-07-06)
      Various newspaper and magazine articles about his singing career, brochure with a discography, and souvenir program.

    • William Alexander McCain Collection 

      McCain, William Alexander; McCain, William Alexander (2016-07-06)
      Typed summary of interview and corrections with daughter, Anne Louise McCain Christianson, mentioning the Aurora Borealis Farm, Datus Smith, Charles Sutton, A.F. Sutton, father-in-law to McCain, various McCain and Sutton ...

    • Francesca (Stroh) Kuhn Collection 

      Rudy, Alene; Rudy, Alene (2016-07-05)
      This collection contains a skirt and two shawls worn by Francesca (Stroh) Kuhn. Also included is correspondence mentioning her husband, Daniel Kuhn, found in the GRHS Letter Archives.

    • Pastor’s complete handbook and register Records 

      Purinton, Oscar D.; Purinton, Oscar D. (7/1/2016)
      Ministerial book containing marriages performed (1883-1917) and funerals (1883-1913), miscellaneous handwritten notes relating to scriptures used for sermons, and payments to the pastor made in cash or goods (1883-1885?).