00101 Dana Wright
1904-1962
Images of historic sites in North Dakota, an event at the St. John Chapter of the Isaak Walton League, and dedication of I-29. (161 items)
00102 Bismarck Tribune
1934-1980
Images used in the Bismarck Tribune. Some are copies of wire press photos and may not be duplicated. (33 items)
00105 Orin Grant Libby
ca. 1870-1950
Consists of images of the Badlands, Fort Lincoln archaeological camp and excavation, Mandan buildings and views, Fort Union festivities of 1926, and the last ox cart parade with Red River carts in Grand Forks. Native American photographs include Hidatsa boys, several views of Short Bull, Good Bird, Indian log house with bower, Mandan shrine, interior and exterior of earth lodges, medicine lodge, Arikara fort camp, various archaeological sites, Indian mounds, buffalo bone and horn implements, and mortar and pestles. There are also photographs and maps by Ernst Reinhold Steinbrueck, including those of many archaeological sites and early day Mandan. (624 items)
00106 Superintendent’s Correspondence Photographs
ca. 1891-1959
Includes photos taken by Henry B. Syverud of Dagmar, MT. Eugene A. Burdick took many Native American portraits and some early Burdick family scenes. Other topics include the Pioneer Family Sculpture, North Dakota historic sites, and Bismarck Pioneer Day parade. Portraits include Bob-Tailed Bull, Shoots Holy, Dan Iron Road, Andrew Iron Road, No Two Horns, Mrs. Iron Cane, Mrs. Bullhead, Mrs. Standing Wind, Mrs. Eagle Staff, Old Bull, Bear Heart, Wicibedeza, and Mr. and Mrs. White Lightning. Other portraits include Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fiske, Francis Zahn, Usher Burdick, Quentin Burdick, Eugene Burdick, and Melvin Gilmore. (226 photographs)
00110 Charles Lemmon Hall
1896-1931
Images of the Fort Berthold Mission and Charles L. Hall and family. (95 items)
00113 Frank White
1900-1937
Contains family photos, images of White’s term as Governor with past governors, Valley City, Grand Forks, Bismarck, and Washington, D.C. (175 items)
00114 Van Horn-Ritterbush
1925-1940
Photographs of day by day construction of several Van Horn Ritterbush projects in Bismarck, Valley City, Jamestown, Manvel, New England, Hebron, Kulm, and Dickinson (ND).
00117 Nielson Family
1914-1950
Images of the Nielson family of Valley City (ND) and of World War I and its aftermath. (378 items)
00122 Butch Thunderhawk
1930-1939
Copies of portraits and group photographs of Native Americans in Cannon Ball, Devils Lake, and Mandan (ND) and Rapid City (SD). Many of the images are by Frank Fiske and Rolland R. Lutz. (48 items)
00128 Clarke Historical Library
1885-1908
Images of buildings, bridges, and rivers in Jamestown, Medina, Milton, and Valley City (ND). (10 items)
00132 Annetta Erickson Postcards
1918
Consists of images of Fargo, Devils Lake, Valley City, Bismarck, and Sioux Indians of North Dakota. Photographs of Sioux Indians were most likely taken by B.L.B. of Mott, ND in 1918. (25 items)
00135 Albert E. Dease
1900-1959
Images of Fargo, Leroy, Fort Totten, Grafton, Grand Forks, Neche, Pembina, and Williston. (36 items)
00139 Lentz Family
1900-1930
Images of the brickyard, buildings, and ranching in the Hebron (ND) area. (51 items)
00143 Cincinnati Historical Society
1911
Images of various localities around North Dakota in 1911. (30 items)
00149 MInnesota Historical Society
1885-1930
Scenes from around North Dakota, primarily post cards. (43 items)
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