Archives & Special Collections: Recent submissions

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    • Henry Lueg Collection 

      Lueg, Henry; Lueg, Henry (2015-11-25)
      Typed translations (49 leaves and 83 leaves) of Mr. Lueg's 1867 diary documenting a 77-member wagon train journey, organized by a Capt. P.B. Davy, from St. Cloud, Minn. to Helena, Mont. and then on to Portland, Ore., going ...

    • Fred W. McLean Papers 

      McLean, Fred W.; McLean, Fred W. (2015-11-25)
      Correspondence, including letters to and from Franklin D. Roosevelt (1928-1933), land deeds, contracts, and newspaper clippings.

    • Historical Sketches of the Stoa Family Records 

      Stoa, T. E.; Stoa, Elling J.; Stoa, Ida Karine; Stoa, T. E.; Stoa, Elling J.; Stoa, Ida Karine (2015-11-25)
      Collection of three sketches written by his sons and second wife, Ida, concerning the Stoa family in Norway, immigrating to America, and life in America. Sketches are entitled: "Elling J. Stoa (1855-1921), an introduction ...

    • Joseph Hanson Interview 

      Hanson, Joseph; Sackett, Leonard; Hanson, Joseph; Sackett, Leonard (2015-11-25)
      Typed carbon copy of interview summary (5 p.) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Dalrymple family, threshing, C.O. Vinje, mules, working on the Grandin Farms, use of blind horses to power grain elevators, and a letter.

    • John F. Douglas family Collection 

      Douglas, John Francis; Douglas, John Francis (2015-11-25)
      Letters, and a typed reminiscence entitled "A biographical sketch of John Francis Douglas and Neva B. Douglas" (40 leaves) by Neva B. Douglas on her husband's life in North Dakota, his student days at the University of ...

    • Mattie M. Davis Collection 

      Davis, Mattie M. Champine; Davis, Mattie M. Champine (2015-11-24)
      Historical sketch, "Some pioneer work in education," read at the 1926 Cass County School Officers Association meeting, the program for that meeting (25th anniversary), and her obituary.

    • William L. Guy collection of Papers 

      Guy, William Lewis; Guy, William Lewis (11/24/2015)
      Correspondence concerning Guy's father, William Lewis Guy; campaign brochures; and clippings relating to his political career.

    • Aloisius J. Muench Collection 

      Muench, Aloisius Joseph; Muench, Aloisius Joseph (2015-11-24)
      Printed speech, Lent pastorals (1938, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1952-1954), newspaper clippings, 1943 speech entitled "The good way of life," clippings concerning his investiture as cardinal and a booklet in English and Latin, ...

    • Theodore Roosevelt collection of Papers 

      Roosevelt, Theodore; Roosevelt, Theodore (2015-11-24)
      Pamphlets and newspaper clippings related to his years in North Dakota (1884-1886), with mention of his Maltese Cross ranch, located near the Little Missouri River. Includes Spring 1958 issue of News and home featuring Roosevelt.

    • Charles E. Davis Interview 

      Davis, Charles E.; Sackett, Leonard; Davis, Charles E.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-11-24)
      Typed transcript of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the Baldwin Land Company farms in Dickey County, and their management. Owned by George Baldwin, and later, his sons George B. and Charles F. Baldwin.

    • Albert Anderson Papers 

      Anderson, Albert; Anderson, Albert (2015-11-24)
      Correspondence including two letters from John L. Grandin, typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his life, the Grandin farms, John Wyman, and W.H. Leazenby of St. Joseph, Mo., letters from ...

    • Dorothy Berry De St. Clement Collection 

      De St. Clement, Dorothy Berry; De St. Clement, Dorothy Berry (2015-11-24)
      Correspondence with North Dakota State University officials, typed copy of "Prairies and palaces" book jacket information, and newspaper clippings.

    • Levon West Collection 

      West, Levon; West, Levon (2015-11-24)
      Contains a catalog (1968) of his donations to the Parrish Art Museum of Southhampton, N.Y. and newspaper clippings concerning his career. Includes mention of the family moving to Glen Ullin, Harvey, and Mayville, N.D., ...

    • Tri-State Grain and Stock Growers Association Women's Auxiliary meeting minutes Records 

      Tri-State Grain and Stock Growers Association. Women's Auxiliary; Tri-State Grain and Stock Growers Association. Women's Auxiliary (2015-11-19)
      Ledger containing annual meeting minutes and programs of the auxiliary which met for one day during the annual January meeting of the association (held in Fargo, N.D.), chiefly relating to farm home topics.

    • Adolph Ed Seaburg Collection 

      Seaburg, Adolph Edward; Seaburg, Adolph Edward (2015-11-19)
      Correspondence relating to Willis H. Downs, of Jamestown, N.D., Downs's activities with North Dakota Volunteers, 1st Infantry Regiment, Company H, in the Philippines during the Spanish American War, and his receipt of the ...

    • History of Wyndmere Collection 

      Johnson, Dr. Roy; Lindblom, John S.; Johnson, Dr. Roy; Lindblom, John S. (2015-11-19)
      Typed manuscript with first six leaves written by Roy M. Johnson on the early history of Wyndmere, N.D. The remainder is the reminiscences of John S. Lindblom written as of 1956 about history of and early life in Homestead ...

    • Sod House Days in the Red River Valley Records 

      Overby, Arthur; Overby, Arthur (2015-11-19)
      Typed reminiscence (19 leaves) on his pioneer Norwegian immigrant parents, Andrew and Christine Overby, who settled in Wilkin County, Minn. in 1890. Includes mention of digging water wells, plowing with oxen, description ...

    • Reminiscence of Bessie Schwartz 

      Schwartz, Rebecca "Bessie"; Schwartz, Rebecca "Bessie" (2015-11-19)
      Typed reminiscence of her life, including life in Romania, immigrating to Minneapolis, adapting to her new life, homesteading in N.D., her wedding, births of her children, marriages of her siblings and her children, life ...

    • “My Life’s Recollections” Reminiscences 

      Schwartz, Max; Schwartz, Max (11/19/2015)
      Typed reminiscences which mention the first cars he owned, social activities in Belfield, various family members who settled in western N.D., selling out in Belfield, establishing a clothing business in Minneapolis, births ...

    • Heart River Project Collection 

      Heart River Development Committee; Heart River Development Committee (2015-11-18)
      Article "Heart River project," by A.J. Dexter (5 p.), reprinted for Morton County news, and Heart River news (1946 issue) by the Heart River Development Committee.