Finding Aids: Recent submissions

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    • Red River Valley Open Championship Collection 

      Unknown author (2015-12-08)
      Programs for 1930-1940 tennis tournaments and players roster for 1934 tournament, held in Fargo, N.D. and letter of transmittal. S.G. Mason of Fargo was chairman of tournament committee for some years.

    • Forest River Community Collection 

      Forest River Community; Forest River Community (2015-12-08)
      Newspaper clippings and pamphlet; one contains brief interview with colony manager Joe Maendel who explains Hutterite beliefs, their way of life, and a brief history of the Forest River Colony.

    • Peter J. Smith Collection 

      Smith, Peter J.; Smith, Peter J. (2015-12-08)
      Letters, typed copy of his family reminiscence entitled "Dakota days of years ago," (38 leaves) and a newspaper clipping. Reminiscence includes mention of his family homestead in Cavalier County, a blizzard, pioneer days ...

    • Louis W. Bohn Papers 

      Bohn, Louis W.; Bohn, Louis W. (2015-12-08)
      Letter to Minnie Nielsen, State Superintendent of Schools with typed copy of his poem, The Optimist dealing with the battle between the farmer and the weather.

    • Frank White Collection 

      White, Frank; White, Frank (2015-12-08)
      Consists of newspaper clippings and articles on Frank and Elsie (Hadley) White. Includes mention of his term as governor of N.D., service in the Philippines and World War I, appointment as U.S. Treasurer, Middlewest Trust ...

    • P. Hewison Pollock Collection 

      Pollock, Philip Hewison; Pollock, Philip Hewison (2015-12-08)
      His 1918 Interstate Oratorical Contest speech entitled "The world citizen," and a newspaper clipping.

    • Jasper Haaland Collection 

      Haaland, Jasper; Haaland, Jasper (12/8/2015)
      Letter and newspaper clippings including obituaries. One clipping is an interview covering Haaland's bid for political office and his membership in the Communist Party.

    • Frank J. Smith Collection 

      Smith, Frank J.; Smith, Frank J. (12/8/2015)
      Correspondence, literary works, and newspaper clippings concerning the authorship of poem entitled "Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim," possibly written by Smith.

    • Nathan S. Sheffield Collection 

      Sheffield, Nathan S.; Sheffield, Nathan S. (12/8/2015)
      Letters and typed carbon copies of two of his poems, "My neighbor and I," and "Transfiguration."

    • John Horace Reed Collection 

      Reed, John Horace; Sackett, Leonard; Reed, John Horace; Sackett, Leonard (2015-12-08)
      Typed copies of two poems, "A Yankee farmer in the new west" and "A legend of Hitchcock's corner," from his Three score and ten and extracts from his diary covering March 1885 to August 9, 1925 concerning activities in his ...

    • “The Grand Valley” by Hugh Militt Poem 

      Militt, Hugh; Militt, Hugh (12/7/2015)
      Typed copy of his poem, "The Grand valley," taken from The Fargo republican, Nov. 22, 1879, written from the Goose River in Traill County concerning homesteading. Typed on Fargo forum letterhead.

    • Emma Betsy Larson Poems 

      Larson, Emma Betsy; Larson, Emma Betsy (2015-12-07)
      Printed undated copies of her poems, "To the man of the rails," and "My church."

    • Eva K. Anglesburg Papers 

      Anglesburg, Eva; Anglesburg, Eva (2015-12-03)
      Correspondence with Institute staff, and a copy of her poem, How North Dakota became a prairie.

    • Byron N. Stone Family Collection 

      Stone, Bryon, N.; Stone, Bryon, N. (2015-12-03)
      Typed copy of reminiscence entitled "Reminiscences of Byron N. Stone, Sr.," (21 leaves) on his parents, Aurelius and Sarah Ann (Shepherd) Stone. Reminiscence includes mention of his grandfather, John M. Shepherd, a Wisconsin ...

    • Earl T. Carley Interview 

      Carley, Earl T; Drache, Hiram M.; Carley, Earl T; Drache, Hiram M. (12/3/2015)
      Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Chaffee family and life in Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of Herbert F., Carrie T., and Eben Chaffee, other Chaffee family members, the death of H.F. Chaffee, the ...

    • Samuelson Family Interview 

      Berg, Donald G.; Berg, Donald G. (12/3/2015)
      Typed summary of an interview by Don Berg with an unidentified Samuelson son, concerning the Corser Farm located near Crookston, Minn. Includes mention of his parents emigrating from Sweden to America, returning to Sweden, ...

    • James F. Hazard Interview 

      Hazard, James F; Drache, Hiram M.; Hazard, James F; Drache, Hiram M. (12/3/2015)
      Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Cooper Ranch with some mention of livestock and farm operations, the Cooper family, and Charles Houghton, Hazard's father-in-law.

    • G. Robert Allison Interview 

      Allison, G. Robert; D rache, Hiram M.; Allison, G. Robert; D rache, Hiram M. (2015-12-03)
      Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Chaffee family and the Amenia and Sharon Land Company.

    • Mrs. Arthur Oehler Interview 

      Oehler, Arthur (Mrs.); Berg, Donald J. (Mrs.); Oehler, Arthur (Mrs.); Berg, Donald J. (Mrs.) (2015-12-03)
      Interview questionnaire, completed by Mrs. Oehler, concerning pioneer life in the Ortonville, Minn. area. Includes brief mention of runaway horses, her mother-in-law's refusal to can strawberries or tomatoes, carrying 50 ...

    • Earle M. Giesey Poetry Booklets 

      Giesey, Earle M.; Giesey, Earle M. (2015-12-03)
      Original handwritten booklets of poetry. One booklet entitled "Bits of Verse" contains two poems, one entitled 'Voiceless heartaches' and 'To My Ideal.' The other booklet entitled "Poems" contains The separation-beginning ...