Archives & Special Collections: Recent submissions
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George M. Scott Interviews
(2015-12-02)Typed summary combining two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning his years while working for Robert Reed of the Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Describes his duties, the Amenia Hotel and its boarders, buildings on ... -
Mary E. Warner Interview
(2015-12-02)Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning her father, Stott English, who worked as foreman on the Cass, Bond, Greene, Twitchell, and Kennedy farms. He was a native of Pittsfield, Pa. -
Sheyenne River Collection
(2015-12-01)Paper by Clair Cudworth relating to prehistoric man in the upper Sheyenne River Valley, and clippings and other materials, concerning Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula. -
Memories of Charles E. Bristol Collection
(2015-12-01)Apparently original handwritten reminiscence (17 leaves) by Mr. Bristol of his parents, F.A. and Ida M. (Sweet) Bristol, who moved to Fargo in 1881 from Chicago and began a harness shop which later became Bristol and Sweet. ... -
Moses and Martha Armstrong Collection
(2015-12-01)Term paper (18 leaves) by Mary Fleetwood concerning Armstrong's life and publications and a photocopy of Martha Armstrong's two scrapbooks (1868-1906) containing newspaper clippings on early Dakota politics, obituaries, ... -
Luther Wyckoff Family Records
(2015-12-01)Notes from an interview done in 1938 with her father, James, concerning his father, Luther Wyckoff, and his family moving to Cass County, N.D. from Taylors Falls, Minn. Includes mention of horse-drawn wagon travel, mosquitoes, ... -
Lavinius S. Hurd Collection
(2015-12-01)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 ... -
North Dakota Livestock Breeders Association Meeting Minutes
(12/1/2015)Booklet with cover title Improved Stock Breeders Association containing minutes of first two organizational meetings with a list of original members. Minutes possibly taken by Prof. E.E. Kaufman and John H. Shepperd, North ... -
Socio-economic Farm Organization Development Records
(2015-12-01)Incomplete carbon typed copy and serialized newspaper edition of his paper which is a history of the development of farm organizations in North Dakota, particularly the Farmers Union. Article mentions early organizers A.W. ... -
Brooktree Park Subdivision Collection
(2015-12-01)A study entitled Brooktree Park Subdivision, a study of a rural nonfarm community; done as a senior term paper by Susan Weiser, Rae Ann Winlaw, and Marjorie Grimm for Sociology class at North Dakota State University. -
Homer E. Dixon Collection
(2015-12-01)Letter, reminiscence on John Dalrymple, copy of play "Bridging the chasm," by Charles G. Carlson which takes place on a college campus (perhaps North Dakota Agricultural College), a historical pageant outline (2 leaves), ... -
Maxwell M. Upson Collection
(2015-12-01)Some genealogical information on the Upson family and a letter, dated Nov. 19, 1962, which gives some brief background on E.M. Upson, a member of first North Dakota Agricultural College Board of Trustees. Also includes ... -
Wesley College Term paper
(2015-11-30)Term paper about Wesley College, a Methodist school first located at Wahpeton, N.D. and named Red River Valley University, later moved to University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks, N.D. Includes explanation of the ... -
Thomas Hall Collection
(2015-11-30)Typed manuscript (142 leaves) of his memoirs including his parents Richard and Ellen Peters Hall, their move from Michigan to Eldridge, N.D. in 1883, farming, working with mules, and newspaper reporting, with mention of ... -
Kiwanis Club of Fargo Records
(2015-11-30)Annual report (1962), membership rosters (1924, 1962, 1965, 1967), copy of John C. Pollock's satire entitled Bring Your Own Lunch, programs of its Scholastic Achievement Award Luncheon, pamphlets, and clippings. -
Review of Pioneering during the Opening of the Midwest Plains by L.M. Puffer Records
(2015-11-30)Typed reminiscence of pioneering days in Dickey County, N.D. of the Puffer family, who came to Port Emma Township, Dickey County, N.D. from Wisconsin in 1883. Mentions Ellendale, N.D., a brother M.H. (Myron Henry), various ... -
Nels Swenson Records
(2015-11-30)Correspondence concerning the cost of a college education with reference to the children of Lineus Peterson, one of whom Swenson helped through college, working on the Adams Farm, and a newspaper clipping. -
Walter L. Stockwell Collection
(2015-11-30)Correspondence, issues of Masonic Grand Lodge Bulletin, and clippings, relating to Stockwell's duties as state superintendent of public instruction (1902-1910) and Grand Lodge of North Dakota, of which he was Grand Master -
Lauga Geir Collection
(2015-11-30)Letters, program, and text of her pageant, "Expressions of Icelandic heritage in Pembina County," and newspaper clippings. -
Roger Maris Collection
(2015-11-25)Newspaper clippings, articles and programs documenting his baseball career, including several items on the Maris exhibit at West Acres Shopping Center in Fargo and funeral card.