Institute Manuscript Collection Finding Aids: Recent submissions

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    • Aagot Raaen Papers, 1915-1953 

      Raaen, Aagot (Mss 8); Raaen, Aagot (Mss 8) (2008-10-08)
      The Aagot Raaen Papers contain research material and manuscripts for her book "Grass of the Earth", correspondence including letters sent to the teachers and school officers by Miss Raaen while she was the Superintendent ...

    • Thomas N. Putnam Papers, 1868-1955 

      Putnam, Thomas; Putnam, Thomas (2008-10-08)
      New York native who moved with family to Iowa before coming to Carrington, ND in 1886. Owned a successful lumber business as well as 29 farms and two sections of land near Calgary, Alberta.

    • Grace Brown Putnam Papers, 1944-1953 

      Putnam, Grace Brown; Putnam, Grace Brown (2008-10-08)
      New York native and University of North Dakota graduate Grace Brown Putnam was a school teacher and editor of Prairie Wings, the official publication of the North Dakota Poetry Society. The correspondence is almost ...

    • Clarence S. Putnam Collection, 1899-1944 

      Putnam, Clarence S.; Putnam, Clarence S. (2008-10-08)
      A collection complied by the Institute staff from various sources to honor the former medical doctor turned music instructor at the North Dakota Agricultural College.

    • Professional Secretaries International, Red River Chapter Records, 1957-1990 

      Professional Secretaries International. Red River Chapter; Professional Secretaries International. Red River Chapter (2008-10-08)
      The main purpose of the organization is to recognize the need for continuing education for today's secretary. It encourages secretaries to become a Certified Professional Secretary, referred to as a CPS. The chapter records ...

    • Prairie Lesbian/Gay Community Records, 1979-1994 

      Prairie Lesbian/Gay Community; Prairie Lesbian/Gay Community (2008-10-08)
      Fargo-Moorhead organization founded to support gays and lesbians and to promote understanding and eliminate prejudice and discrimination.

    • James B. Power Papers, 1872-1930 

      Power, J. B. (James Buel); Power, J. B. (James Buel) (2008-10-08)
      Power was a Northern Pacific land agent and farmer. The collection contains 14 volumes of indexed correspondence that give valuable information on the inside operation of the railroads and the opening of agricultural lands ...

    • Walter D. Powell Papers, 1901-1959 

      Powell, Walter D.; Powell, Walter D. (2008-10-08)
      Local businessman who moved to western North Dakota and was interested in archaeology and early history. He is credited with the discovery of a Mandan Indian Village near Menoken, N.D. that is believed to have been visited ...

    • Myrtle (Bemis) Porterville Collection, 1879-1960 

      Porterville, Myrtle; Porterville, Myrtle (2008-10-08)
      Griggs County, N.D. native and resident whose avocation was collecting the history of Griggs County, amassing an amazing collection on the county's history and the people who lived there. The collection is a major genealogical ...

    • Christine Corse Pollock Family Papers, 1869-1915 

      Pollock, Christine Corse; Pollock, Christine Corse (2008-10-08)
      The Christine Corse Pollock Family Papers include letters written to Mrs. Pollock while she was in school in Racine, Wisconsin in 1871-1872. There are also numerous compositions written by Mrs. Pollock while in Racine High ...

    • Robert M. Pollock Papers, 1880-1914 

      Pollock, Robert M.; Pollock, Robert M. (2008-10-08)
      Present at the Constitutional Convention in 1889 and authored the prohibition clause and helped to fight the Louisana Lottery.

    • Wallace E. Petrie Papers, 1885-1957 

      Petrie, Wallace E.; Petrie, Wallace E. (2008-10-08)
      Wallace Petrie was an Emmons County, ND pioneer. The papers include material on homesteading in Dakota Territory, his sister's ranch and Petrie family clippings.

    • Gladys M. Pearce Papers, 1936, 1956-1957 

      Pearce, Gladys M.; Pearce, Gladys M. (2008-10-08)
      Her manuscript "Claimed by the Prairies" (187 p.) covers the life of her grandmother Winnie Winston Nicholls (1830-1914) dealing particularly with her life after 1873 as a Bismarck pioneer. Among people mentioned are ...

    • John D. Paulson Papers, 1932, 1958, 1981-1985, 1998 

      Paulson, John D.; Paulson, John D. (2008-10-08)
      Retired editor of the Fargo Forum who wrote numerous essays on North Dakota's political figures in preparation for the state centennial.

    • William R. Page Papers, 1937-1991 

      Page, William R.; Page, William R. (2008-10-08)
      Page served as a Grand Forks County agricultural extension agent. He deposited his diaries with the Institute. The diaries document his work as a county agent and his family life.

    • Thorvald Ostbye Family Papers, 1884-1947 

      Ostbye, Thorvald; Ostbye, Thorvald (2008-10-08)
      Norwegian immigrant who started a contracting business and became a successful Fargo contractor. Responsible for building the Carnegie Library (Putnam Hall) and its addition on the North Dakota Agricultural College (now ...

    • Allen Osmundson Papers, 1924-1999 

      Osmundson, Allen; Osmundson, Allen (2008-10-08)
      McVille, North Dakota native who has an interest in local history and his Norwegian Lutheran heritage.

    • Orestes Brownson Study Club No. 3 (Fargo, N.D.) Records, 1933-1977 

      Orestes Brown Study Club No. 3 (Fargo, N.D.); Orestes Brown Study Club No. 3 (Fargo, N.D.) (2008-10-08)
      Study group founded in Fargo, N.D. in 1923 by the women of three Catholic parishes so they could study subjects pertaining to Catholic beliefs and intelligently discuss topics from a Catholic viewpoint. Its records include ...

    • Ole H. Olson Papers, 1887-1952 

      Olson, Ole H.; Olson, Ole H. (2008-10-08)
      Olson was a New Rockford settler and North Dakota governor. The collection contains threshing account books, travel expense, stallion service books, and homestead deeds. The collection also contains material relating to ...

    • Ole A. Olson Papers, 1950s-1968, 1980 

      Olson, Ole A.; Olson, Ole A. (2008-10-08)
      Ole A. Olson was a North Dakota poet and writer. The collection consists of biographical material, the original typescript copy (238 p.) of his autobiography, poems by himself and others, and his manuscript, "One Day on ...