Finding Aids: Recent submissions

Now showing items 321-340 of 2064

    • 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.

    • Isaac E. Sutherland family Collection 

      Sutherland, Isaac E.; Gilbert, Norma Gooden; Sutherland, Isaac E.; Gilbert, Norma Gooden (11/18/2015)
      Family history, written by Sutherland's granddaughter Norma Gooden Gilbert, containing information relating to the Sutherland and Gooden families, particularly to his daughter Psyche M. Gooden, and to hardships endured by ...

    • Otto Sougstad Papers 

      Sougstad, Otto; Sougstad, Otto (11/18/2015)
      Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to Sougstad's family, local politics and events in Northwood, and his involvement in the Philippines during the Spanish American War; and his obituary.

    • Aden S. Pratt Collection 

      Pratt, Aden S.; Pratt, Aden S. (2015-11-17)
      Photocopy of letter (March 15, 1897) by Mr. Pratt to relatives in Michigan concerning the winter of 1897 and pioneer life in N.D.; photocopy of two photographs, one of Aden S. Pratt and his wife, the other of their three ...

    • James Sweeney Collection 

      Sweeney, James; Sweeney, James (2015-11-17)
      Donor letter, and typed reminiscence "Narrative of James Sweeney," (12 leaves), as related to J. Ross Mackenzie (dated June 1, 1921), concerning Mr. Sweeney's life in the 5th U.S. Army in the 1850s and gold prospecting in ...

    • Loss of the Andrews Estate Records 

      Watkins, Felix Leland; Watkins, Felix Leland (2015-11-17)
      Electrostatic copy of original typed manuscript of his unpublished novel concerning the effects of alcoholism on a family. The story takes place in England. Some pages are missing pieces, and some pages are partially illegible.

    • Icelandic letters Collection 

      Bjornson, C. B.; Bjornson, C. B. (2015-11-17)
      Two handwritten letters in Icelandic with handwritten English translations. One letter, written in 1890, from J. Petursson, Cash City, Canada to someone in North Dakota, mentions the cold, Icelanders in Canada, and threshers ...

    • Harald M. Rudd Collection 

      Rudd, Harald M.; Norwegian Singers Association of America; Rudd, Harald M.; Norwegian Singers Association of America (2015-11-17)
      Articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws of the North Dakota State Band of Fargo, N.D. (1902), Norwegian Singers Association of America Sangerfest souvenir programs of the 1912 (11th) held in Fargo, N.D. and the ...

    • King Olav of Norway Collection 

      Olav V, King of Norway; Olav V, King of Norway (11/17/2015)
      Programs from the 1939 visit of Crown Prince Ola v and Crown Princess Martha of Norway to Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn. Programs and a schedule for the 1982 visit of King Olav.

    • Prairie Community Design Center Newsletters 

      Prairie Community Design Center; Prairie Community Design Center (11/17/2015)
      Copy of its newsletters, On the boards, and Prairie CDC newsletter. Newsletters describe the Center's purpose, its current and future projects in North Dakota and Moorhead, Minn. Includes staff news.

    • Oscar B. Barrett Collection of Papers 

      Barrett, Oscar Bartholomew; Barrett, Oscar Bartholomew (2015-11-16)
      Diary (1863) relating to Barrett's experiences with 1st Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War; transcript of diary by Niva Miller Henson; and biographical sketch by his son, Ben Barrett, and others.

    • Margarethe E. Heisser Collection 

      Heisser, Margarethe E.; Heisser, Margarethe E. (2015-11-16)
      Photocopies of her obituary, copies of several letters between Bertha Palmer, North Dakota Dept. of Public Instruction, Bismarck, N.D. and Ida C. Young, Fargo, N.D. concerning Miss Heisser and her portraits, a biographical ...

    • North Dakota Project Collection 

      North Dakota Project; North Dakota Project (11/16/2015)
      Copies of its Fact Sheets, numbers 1-7, and a pamphlet.

    • United Plainsmen Association Collection of Records 

      United Plainsmen Association; United Plainsmen Association (2015-11-16)
      Correspondence, brochures, and association newsletter, United Plainsmen News.

    • Benson County, North Dakota Maps 

      Unknown author (11/16/2015)
      Photocopy of 1905 map of Benson County showing land ownership by township (incomplete), possibly copied from a large wall map. Some sections illegible.

    • It happened in Fargo --: a hint of what life was like in Fargo (N.D.) in 1984 (minus 4) 

      Unknown author (11/16/2015)
      Photocopy of a typed story concerning person's epilepsy, problems with the Fargo, N.D. Police Department, and four days at the Jamestown State Hospital. Mailed anonymously to the Institute.

    • Red River Valley Old Settlers Association Collection 

      Red River Valley Old Settlers Association; Red River Valley Old Settlers Association (11/16/2015)
      Photocopy of a typed list of early Red River Valley settlers who died in 1918, and a photocopy of a partially typed, partially handwritten letter of July 19, 1922 listing deaths of early pioneers in 1922. Letter includes ...