Institute Manuscript Collection Finding Aids: Recent submissions

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    • Moses and Martha Armstrong Collection 

      Armstrong, Moses; Armstrong, Martha; Fleetwood, Mary; Armstrong, Moses; Armstrong, Martha; Fleetwood, Mary (2015-12-01)
      Term paper (18 leaves) by Mary Fleetwood concerning Armstrong's life and publications and a photocopy of Martha Armstrong's two scrapbooks (1868-1906) containing newspaper clippings on early Dakota politics, obituaries, ...

    • Luther Wyckoff Family Records 

      Wyckoff, Jessie; Wyckoff, James; Wyckoff, Jessie; Wyckoff, James (2015-12-01)
      Notes from an interview done in 1938 with her father, James, concerning his father, Luther Wyckoff, and his family moving to Cass County, N.D. from Taylors Falls, Minn. Includes mention of horse-drawn wagon travel, mosquitoes, ...

    • Lavinius S. Hurd Collection 

      Hurd, Lavinius S.; Hurd, Lavinius S. (2015-12-01)
      Various land deeds and receipts for land in North Dakota and elsewhere, handwritten note (1964) from Mrs. S.F. Pinkham, Minneapolis to Gertrude Hoag, Fargo, N.D., with some personal information on Hurd. One promissory note ...

    • North Dakota Livestock Breeders Association Meeting Minutes 

      North Dakota Livestock Breeders Association.; North Dakota Livestock Breeders Association. (12/1/2015)
      Booklet with cover title Improved Stock Breeders Association containing minutes of first two organizational meetings with a list of original members. Minutes possibly taken by Prof. E.E. Kaufman and John H. Shepperd, North ...

    • Socio-economic Farm Organization Development Records 

      Hellebust, A. L.; Hellebust, A. L. (2015-12-01)
      Incomplete carbon typed copy and serialized newspaper edition of his paper which is a history of the development of farm organizations in North Dakota, particularly the Farmers Union. Article mentions early organizers A.W. ...

    • Brooktree Park Subdivision Collection 

      Weiser, Susan; Winlaw, Rae Ann; Grimm, Marjorie; Weiser, Susan; Winlaw, Rae Ann; Grimm, Marjorie (2015-12-01)
      A study entitled Brooktree Park Subdivision, a study of a rural nonfarm community; done as a senior term paper by Susan Weiser, Rae Ann Winlaw, and Marjorie Grimm for Sociology class at North Dakota State University.

    • Homer E. Dixon Collection 

      Dixon, Homer E.; Dixon, Homer E. (2015-12-01)
      Letter, reminiscence on John Dalrymple, copy of play "Bridging the chasm," by Charles G. Carlson which takes place on a college campus (perhaps North Dakota Agricultural College), a historical pageant outline (2 leaves), ...

    • Maxwell M. Upson Collection 

      Upson, Maxwell M.; Upson, Maxwell M. (2015-12-01)
      Some genealogical information on the Upson family and a letter, dated Nov. 19, 1962, which gives some brief background on E.M. Upson, a member of first North Dakota Agricultural College Board of Trustees. Also includes ...

    • Wesley College Term paper 

      Flyckt, Margaret; Flyckt, Margaret (2015-11-30)
      Term paper about Wesley College, a Methodist school first located at Wahpeton, N.D. and named Red River Valley University, later moved to University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks, N.D. Includes explanation of the ...

    • Thomas Hall Collection 

      Hall, Thomas; Hall, Thomas (2015-11-30)
      Typed manuscript (142 leaves) of his memoirs including his parents Richard and Ellen Peters Hall, their move from Michigan to Eldridge, N.D. in 1883, farming, working with mules, and newspaper reporting, with mention of ...

    • Kiwanis Club of Fargo Records 

      Kiwanis Club of Fargo; Kiwanis Club of Fargo (2015-11-30)
      Annual report (1962), membership rosters (1924, 1962, 1965, 1967), copy of John C. Pollock's satire entitled Bring Your Own Lunch, programs of its Scholastic Achievement Award Luncheon, pamphlets, and clippings.

    • Review of Pioneering during the Opening of the Midwest Plains by L.M. Puffer Records 

      Puffer, L. M.; Puffer, L. M. (2015-11-30)
      Typed reminiscence of pioneering days in Dickey County, N.D. of the Puffer family, who came to Port Emma Township, Dickey County, N.D. from Wisconsin in 1883. Mentions Ellendale, N.D., a brother M.H. (Myron Henry), various ...

    • Nels Swenson Records 

      Swenson, Nels; Swenson, Nels (2015-11-30)
      Correspondence concerning the cost of a college education with reference to the children of Lineus Peterson, one of whom Swenson helped through college, working on the Adams Farm, and a newspaper clipping.

    • Walter L. Stockwell Collection 

      Stockwell, Walter Lincoln; Stockwell, Walter Lincoln (2015-11-30)
      Correspondence, issues of Masonic Grand Lodge Bulletin, and clippings, relating to Stockwell's duties as state superintendent of public instruction (1902-1910) and Grand Lodge of North Dakota, of which he was Grand Master

    • Lauga Geir Collection 

      Geir, Lauga; Geir, Lauga (2015-11-30)
      Letters, program, and text of her pageant, "Expressions of Icelandic heritage in Pembina County," and newspaper clippings.

    • Roger Maris Collection 

      Maris, Roger; Maris, Roger (2015-11-25)
      Newspaper clippings, articles and programs documenting his baseball career, including several items on the Maris exhibit at West Acres Shopping Center in Fargo and funeral card.

    • Henry Lueg Collection 

      Lueg, Henry; Lueg, Henry (2015-11-25)
      Typed translations (49 leaves and 83 leaves) of Mr. Lueg's 1867 diary documenting a 77-member wagon train journey, organized by a Capt. P.B. Davy, from St. Cloud, Minn. to Helena, Mont. and then on to Portland, Ore., going ...

    • Fred W. McLean Papers 

      McLean, Fred W.; McLean, Fred W. (2015-11-25)
      Correspondence, including letters to and from Franklin D. Roosevelt (1928-1933), land deeds, contracts, and newspaper clippings.

    • Historical Sketches of the Stoa Family Records 

      Stoa, T. E.; Stoa, Elling J.; Stoa, Ida Karine; Stoa, T. E.; Stoa, Elling J.; Stoa, Ida Karine (2015-11-25)
      Collection of three sketches written by his sons and second wife, Ida, concerning the Stoa family in Norway, immigrating to America, and life in America. Sketches are entitled: "Elling J. Stoa (1855-1921), an introduction ...

    • Joseph Hanson Interview 

      Hanson, Joseph; Sackett, Leonard; Hanson, Joseph; Sackett, Leonard (2015-11-25)
      Typed carbon copy of interview summary (5 p.) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Dalrymple family, threshing, C.O. Vinje, mules, working on the Grandin Farms, use of blind horses to power grain elevators, and a letter.