Institute Photograph Collection Finding Aids
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Finding aids assist in locating physical archival materials. These items may be viewed, by appointment, at the NDSU Archives (701-231-8877).
Visual images add dimension to the historical record and constitute one of the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies’ most valuable resources. Collecting and preserving of historical images has been the Institute's focus since its founding in 1950. There are more than 100,000 items in this collection, representing almost every aspect of North Dakota life. Images in this collection include sod houses, pioneer life, state agriculture, social scenes, and views of North Dakota cities and towns.
Visit the Institute for Regional Studies' web site at https://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/. Consult http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/uw for links to digitized images on Digital Horizons.
Recent Submissions
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Donna Nalewaja Photograph Collection
The Donna Nalewaja Photograph Collection contains personal and promotional photos, mainly pertaining to her political career from roughly 1982-1999, as a Republican North Dakota state legislator. It incorporates photos of ... -
Fargo Lions Club Photograph Collection, 1950s-2005
Snapshots from the Fargo Marathon in 2005, picnics, and other events of the Fargo Lions Club. -
Fargo-Moorhead PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Photograph Collection
The Fargo-Moorhead FLAG Photograph Collection includes a wide variety of images of the annual awards events and of parades and events elsewhere in the United States. The organization here is original as to how they were ... -
Paul K. Weiser Photograph Collection, 1940s-1992
The Paul K. Weiser photograph collection contains 22 photographs and 26 film negatives from his time with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, a group photo from the Class of 1942, and various photographs of his ... -
Thursday Homemaker Club Photograph Collection, 1955-2017
Homemaker Clubs in ND in the 1920’s through the North Dakota Agriculture College (now NDSU) Extension Service was a way to bring information on home economic issues to women throughout the state. The Cass County Thursday ... -
Blaine and Muriel Schultz Family History Photograph Collection
Family history photographs related to the German and Norwegian ancestors of Blaine Schultz and Muriel Tessman, who settled in Traill County, North Dakota. Family names include Erickson, Gulbrandson, Ramseth/Ramsett, Olson, ... -
North Dakota Floods Photograph Collection, 1993-1999
In the late 1990s North Dakota saw a series of serious floods along the Red River Valley in the eastern side of the state. Many cities along the Red River received incredible flood damage, Grand Forks most of all. The ... -
Coleman Museum, Ellendale, N.D. Photograph Collection
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Dr. Paul F. Rice Photograph Album, 1910-1913
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Zona McArthur Photograph Collection
(3/25/2015) -
Clapp Family Fargo Photograph Collection
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Frank A. Metzgar Photographs, 1907-1962
(8/18/2014) -
Thomas J. Harrison Scrapbook, c.1913-1916
(8/12/2014)