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    • Enoch J. Efteland Family Records 

      Efteland, Josphine; Efteland, Josphine (12/2/2015)
      Family history (8 leaves) with genealogical information on this Norwegian immigrant family from Sogn, Norway who settled at Shelly, Minn. Includes letter of transmittal.

    • William George Johnson Collection 

      Johnson, William George; Johnson, William George (2015-12-02)
      Two poems in Norwegian, one dated 1892, correspondence regarding subscription to Soviet Travel magazine, pamphlet (1869) entitled "Wells' new descriptive chart giving a delineation of character according to phrenology and ...

    • “The Grouch” by Ada Crofford Papers 

      Crofford, Ada C.; Crofford, Ada C. (2015-12-02)
      Handwritten story set in Fargo, N.D. with members of the Grandin family as the principle characters.

    • Otto H. Faust Poetry 

      Faust, Otto H.; Faust, Otto H. (2015-12-02)
      Mimeograph collection of his poetry written while a patient at the Jamestown State Hospital with accompanying letter. Most published in his "Sonnets from the unshackled heart."

    • George M. Scott Interviews 

      Scott, George M.; Sackett, Leonard; Scott, George M.; Sackett, Leonard (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 

      Warner, Mary E.; Warner, Mary E. (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 

      Cudworth, Clair; Cudworth, Clair (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 

      Bristol, Charles E.; North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies.; Bristol, Charles E.; North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies. (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 

      Armstrong, Moses; Armstrong, Martha; Fleetwood, Mary; Armstrong, Moses; Armstrong, Martha; Fleetwood, Mary (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 

      Wyckoff, Jessie; Wyckoff, James; Wyckoff, Jessie; Wyckoff, James (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 

      Hurd, Lavinius S.; Hurd, Lavinius S. (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 

      North Dakota Livestock Breeders Association.; North Dakota Livestock Breeders Association. (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 

      Hellebust, A. L.; Hellebust, A. L. (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 

      Weiser, Susan; Winlaw, Rae Ann; Grimm, Marjorie; Weiser, Susan; Winlaw, Rae Ann; Grimm, Marjorie (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 

      Dixon, Homer E.; Dixon, Homer E. (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 

      Upson, Maxwell M.; Upson, Maxwell M. (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 

      Flyckt, Margaret; Flyckt, Margaret (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 

      Hall, Thomas; Hall, Thomas (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 

      Kiwanis Club of Fargo; Kiwanis Club of Fargo (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 

      Puffer, L. M.; Puffer, L. M. (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 ...