Rev. Elmer became the first pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Moorhead when it was organized in 1872. He was also instrumental in organizing churches at Fargo, Grand Forks, Casselton, Wheatland, Tower City, and Mapleton.

Local man whose traced his genealogy to Captain Miles Standish and the earliest known member of the Eddy family, Reverend William Eddy of Cranbrook, England in the county of Kent. Contains two detailed 1846 letters of ...

Downing was the Manager of the Downing farm near La Moure and Mooreton, N.D. The collection concerns mainly his farming and and personal financial problems, particulary in the 1930s. The collection also contains ...

Dickinson was a North Dakota merchant and rancher. The collection contains some correspondence and extensive subject files covering topics such as finances, ranching diaries (1914-1925), his Dickinson Abstract Company, ...

The Daughters of Dakota Pioneers began in 1934 as the Fargo Chapter of the Pioneer Daughters of North Dakota and later became an independent organization. It was founded to honor the memory and spirit of the women pioneers ...

Literary journal that showcased writers and writngs from the Upper Midwest, edited by Rodney Nelson.

The Welfare Board was formed in 1933 to recommend general policies for administering relief in Cass County. The records have been organized into five series: Regulations, Meeting minutes, Correspondence, Financial Records, ...

North Dakota family that spent time in Iowa and Germany and wrote numerous letters to each other

North Dakota native who enjoyed a successful career as a journalist and author covering the Third World. This collection is primarily drafts for his widely acclaimed book Those Days: An American Album that documents his ...

Minnie Craig was elected in 1923 to the North Dakota House of Representatives where she served for six terms, culminating in 1933, as the first woman speaker of a House of Representatives in the nation. The Minnie D. Craig ...