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Box 92A
1 Materials for class reunion display on Shemorry’s books, including book covers, copies of information from books, cover artwork, cutlines, Coyote Connection newsletter from the Williston Coyote Foundation Vol 7, No. 2, November 2000; Cover artwork for “That Darn Joe!” The Life and Times of a Dakota Rancher by Gloria Shemorry and Ted J. Becker; card with Advertising rates for the Williston Plains Reporter, flyers, notes, newspaper clippings, 5 prints and 4 screened negs
2 9 Prints – Alexander, McKenzie County: 1st Old Settlers Picnic, 1946, 2nd Annual Old Settler’s Picnic in 1947; 1951 in Alexander
3 26 Miscellaneous prints: Jack Prince, Pine trees from Nov. 1979; aerial view, rancher, Minot boys basketball, Pasonaul image of Williston airport and plane, group portraits; local businesses including Carter service station, Home of Economy, Alme Body Works Auto Glass, and H&H Shoe Mart and Hapips; construction; O.A. Howge 8 miles West of Ray, Aug 20 1918, Clyde Ellis and his Ford satisfaction or no pay; church construction; Clarence Johnson; oil train cars; and Clarence Iverson oil check from National Bank of Tulsa and Amerada
2nd Annual Old Settler’s Picnic, Sept. 1947; and 1951 Alexander
4 15 Prints – Grenora fire department; 1 negative an aerial of Bethel home and 1 postcard to Shemorry, of a 1912, Fire Engine at Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta
5 American Legion history – 1 print of R.F. “Barnacle Bill” Harris, correspondence to Shemorry from Vernon Useldinger, copies of prints and newspaper articles
6 17 prints – 1st Rocket blast off, 1st rocket to the moon, on Television
Box 92B
1 Williston air views and some ground shots, street scenes & businesses, aerial views of trailer courts, local businesses, buildings, streets, parking lots, and grain elevators including the trailer court northwest of Williston, William Po__ plant, Kmart, Cenex Warehouse, Williston Farmers Union Oil, Zavalney Building, Elks Lodge, and El Rancho Motel – total of 118 color prints, printed from May 1978 to May 1980
2 Williams County – miscellaneous air views, towns & farms, businesses, also some ground shots – Ray mini mall, Hanks, McGregor, Wildrose, Corinth, farm between Ray and Wheelock, Epping Bible Camp, SW Wildrose, Springbrook, Epping, Grenora Farmers Union oil, Alamo Elevator, Tioga Farmers Union oil, Ray Credit Union, Ray, Temple, Wheelock, Epping Farm grain elevator, Appam, Tioga, NW Mutual Aid Telephone Ray, Nelson elevator in Hamlet, farms east of Wildrose, Grenora, Zahl, Alamo Farmers Union oil, Alamo; Great Plains Supply co., Cenex Alamo Farmers co-op, GPS Building Materials and Credit Union - total of 73 color prints, printed in 1979, mainly September 1979
3 Airport, Sloulin field, Williston – 12 color prints, most aerial views of the airport and one printed May 1980 of an airplane on the ground outside the airport
4 UND-W Center: Aerial views of University of North Dakota Williston campus & team portraits of a Tetons women’s sports team – 10 color prints, printed in 1979
5 Bill & Glo Shemorry residence: 417 (also 415 and 423) Washington Avenue – 17 prints showing the exterior and interior of houses, printed 9/1978 to 7/1979
6 Blacktail Dam, Water skiing, aerials – water skiers with trophies and aerial views of Blacktail Dam lake, 11 prints, printed 9/1978 and 9/1979
7 Sunsets, clouds, eclipse - as seen in Arizona – 44 prints, some printed in 1979
8 Carnival night shots, UMV Fair – 11 color prints, printed June 1979
9 Arizona scenes, about 1982 – 27 prints, one printed 8/1978
10 Flowers – desert & west coast – 66 prints, some printed 5/1979, and 5/1978
11 Bill and Jan Lee (Shemorry) and family including sons Anthony and Christopher, some printed 7/1980, - 40 color prints
12 Las Vegas about 1985 ? one of Hoover Dam, most printed 5/1978, - 28 prints
13 Highway 1 – along Pacific Coast, about 1978 - scenics, Olympia Brewery, Golden Gate Bridge, Portland, Oregon, Salem, Oregon, Olympia, Washington, Nuclear Power Plant, Mount Hood – 86 color prints, some printed May 1979
14 Phoenix & Scottsdale air views – 76 prints and 1 postcard
15 Erection of bell tower, St. Joseph Church, Williston, about 1982, all printed 12/1979, - 14 color prints
16 George Harvey at 164 Infantry Regiment reunion, about 1985, printed 10/1979 – 7 prints
17 Abandoned wagon, west of 9 mile corner, North of Williston, N.D. – 14 prints
18 Bill Shemorry, his daughter Gay, her husband Dave, and son Kyle Williamson, about 1980; printed 7/1980, 7 prints
19 Spring Lakes Park and Museum, Williston- 3 prints, printed 1979 - 1981
20 Farm – miscellaneous; 5 prints, printed 1979 - 1985
21 New Cenex building, east of Williston, N.D. – 3 color prints
Box 92C
1 Cactus – scenic, printed 5/1978; 29 color prints
2 Mondak (Snowden) Bridge across Missouri River, about 1984, 10 prints
3 Stady, ghost town, about 1985 ? printed 6/1979; 15 color prints
4 Alexander Old Settlers Picnic, about 1985 ?, printed 9/1979 – 31 prints
5 Indian Pow-wow, Las Vegas, about 1979 ? printed 5/1978 – 22 prints
6 Aerial views, Grand Canyon, Arizona, about 1979 – 46 prints, printed 8/1978
7 Aerial views, Phoenix & Scottsdale, about early 1980s – 22 color prints
8 Aerials, Phoenix & Scottsdale, mid 1980s - 37 color prints
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