Finding Aids: Recent submissions

Now showing items 821-840 of 2066

    • Ralph L. Miller Papers, 1954-1961 

      Miller, Ralph L.; Miller, Ralph L. (10/16/2012)
      Letter, and two interviews. First interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett mentions Melville, N.D., a business partnership with his uncle, T.N. Putnam, Carrington & Casey farm lands, Peter Zink, an area pioneer, Melville ...

    • Peder C. Pederson Family Papers, 1893-1918 

      Pederson, Peder C.; Pederson, Peder C. (10/16/2012)
      State of Minnesota certificates (1893, 1902) certifying Pederson as a trained steam engine operator, and newspaper clippings which includes an article on the Hemnaes Lutheran Congregation of Christine, N.D. and on Anna ...

    • J. Hollis Gale Family Papers, 1880-1971 

      Gale, J. Hollis (Josiah Hollis); Gale, J. Hollis (Josiah Hollis) (10/16/2012)
      Correspondence and summary of interview (10 p.) with Gale's son, Harry F. Gale, relating to J. Hollis Gale's life, family affairs, and early pioneers of Cass County, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., including James Holes and ...

    • Ole Jordet Papers, 1954-1955 

      Jordet, Ole; Jordet, Ole (10/16/2012)
      Typed summary and corrected carbon copy of interview (4 leaves) with Jordet and daughter Caroline Jordet Hatlen concerning his life in North Dakota. Includes obituary of son Albert Jordet.

    • Jacob J. Lawrence Family Papers 

      Lawrence, Jacob J.; Lawrence, Jacob J. (10/10/2012)
      Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (6 leaves) and corrections with wife Rosa Hofner Lawrence and daughter Ruth, concerning Rosa's parents, John Hofner (1849-1900), German immigrant from the Rhine River ...

    • Robert B. Reed Papers, 1955-1960 

      Reed, Robert B.; Reed, Robert B. (10/10/2012)
      Typed summary of first interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett includes mention of the Chaffee family, Helendale Farm, description of a round grain elevator at Amenia, handling grain, his uncle, Cornelius Reed, who ...

    • George W. Tracy Papers, 1955-1958 

      Tracy, George W. (George Win); Tracy, George W. (George Win) (10/10/2012)
      Two detailed interviews (17 leaves and 9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett decribing the Tracy family's experiences at Amenia and Sharon farm, with mention of the farm buildings, other hired men, poor quality food, E.W. Chaffee's ...

    • Henry P. Tracy Papers, 1921-1955 

      Tracy, Henry Phelps; Tracy, Henry Phelps (10/10/2012)
      Mimeographed copies of several newspaper articles and newspaper clippings by Hal Tracy and some by his father, J. Don Tracy, concerning pioneer life in North Dakota. Includes mention of hailstorms, the physical breakdown ...

    • Red River of the North Collection, 1889-1970 

      Unknown author (10/9/2012)
      Term papers and other documents relating to the economic impact of steamboats, sugar beets, and Mexican American labor, and newspaper clippings chiefly concerning steamboats on the Red River.

    • Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Records, 1946-1975 

      Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.); Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) (10/9/2012)
      Term paper by Linda Christenson relating to relocation and readjustment; reminiscence of Dora Hall Hertz; pamphlets and newspaper clippings, including information concerning the dispute over the expansion of the reservation ...

    • Martha Anna MacKinnon Ayers Papers, 1942 

      Ayers, Martha Ann MacKinnon; Ayers, Martha Ann MacKinnon (10/9/2012)
      Typed reminiscences (10 leaves) concerning early settlement of her parents Donald C. and Catherine MacKinnon and family at Webster, N.D. from 1895 to 1904 and her own homesteading in Towner County, N.D. The family originally ...

    • James W. Foley Papers, 1923-1958 

      Foley, James W.; Foley, James W. (10/9/2012)
      Correspondence; poetry; copies of North Dakota Hymn, the official state song (to which Foley wrote the words); and newspaper clippings.

    • William Langer Papers, 1933-1959 

      Langer, William; Langer, William (10/9/2012)
      Pamphlets, correspondence, speeches, magazine and newspaper clippings, Christmas card with photographs of Langer's grandsons.

    • Zona Flegel Papers, circa 1920s 

      Flegel, Zona; Flegel, Zona (10/9/2012)
      Historical sketch on the Flegel family, German Russians from Kulm, Russia, and the establishment of Kulm, N.D.

    • John Christiansen Papers, 1921-1952 

      Christiansen, John; Christiansen, John (10/9/2012)
      Correspondence; taped interview with Christiansen concerning his settling near New Salem, N.D. (1883), and the pioneer years, with transcription (11 p.) of first side of tape; biographical sketch; pamphlet entitled Wrong ...

    • John Woart Papers, 1870-1871 

      Woart, John; Woart, John (10/9/2012)
      Original letters and typed transcriptions written to his sister and mother at Sandy Hill, Washington County, N.Y. while stationed at Fort Abercrombie, N.D. One letter is from Ella Dewey Woart to her grandmother. Letters ...

    • Fort Abercrombie Collection, 1926-1962 

      Fort Abercrombie (Abercrombie, N.D.); Fort Abercrombie (Abercrombie, N.D.) (2012-10-08)
      Pamphlets and newspaper clippings including one on the cemetery listing soldiers, Indians, and children of military personnel buried there. Fort site has been restored and is a state park.

    • Fort Buford Collection, 1925-1963 

      Fort Buford (Fort Buford, N.D.); Fort Buford (Fort Buford, N.D.) (2012-10-08)
      Newspaper clippings regarding this fort and a pamphlet issued by the Fort Buford 6th Infantry Regiment Assn.

    • Carl Ben Eielson Papers, 1924-1986 

      Eielson, Carl Benjamin; Eielson, Carl Benjamin (10/4/2012)
      Pamphlets and newspaper clippings documenting his life, aviation career carrying mail, machinery, passengers, and doctors to remote parts of Alaska, exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic by air, death in a plane crash, ...

    • George A. Custer Collection, 1874-1969 

      Custer, George A. (George Armstrong); Custer, George A. (George Armstrong) (10/4/2012)
      Copy of Captain William Ludlow's report on the 1874 Black Hills Expedition, pamphlet from the Custer-Ft. Lincoln Foundation, Bismarck, N.D., newspaper and magazine clippings. Clippings include reminiscences by General E.S. ...