Photographs - Collections - 0001-00050 - #00032-NE-17

Title: Thomas and Grace Pearson Oral History Photo Collection

Dates: 1873-1918

Collection Number: 00032-NE-17

Quantity: 16 items

Abstract: Photographs copied from the personal collection of Thomas and Grace Pearson during their oral history interview in McVille (ND), Nelson County. The interview is available on Oral History Tape #0685B.

Provenance: The North Dakota Oral History Project was undertaken by Larry Sprunk, with the cooperation of the North Dakota American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, the North Dakota Farmers Union, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The primary objective of the North Dakota Oral History Project was to conduct oral tape recorded interviews with North Dakotans who lived through the state's history and who could speak of this history from a first-hand basis. Interviewees were photographed at the time of their interviews. In addition, the project borrowed over 6,000 historical photographs which were copied and added to the State Historical Society's collection. Many interviewees also donated family histories, documents, letters, ledgers, books, and artifacts.

Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.

Copyrights: Copyrights to this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs.  Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code or an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.

Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.

Photographs Inventory

00032-NE-17-01                Thomas Pearson home and family 1897. Log cabin built by Iver Raaen in 1881:  Haakin Harstad, Mathilda Arbin, Joe and Marie Peterson, Guri, Ingebut, Iver, Melvin, Moncer, Ole and Iver Raaen, Ludwig Stenslie
00032-NE-17-02                Sheyenne Lutheran Church Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Iver Raaen’s home on the Sheyenne River between Melville and Pekin (ND) 1873
00032-NE-17-03                Emma and Ida Pearson, Erich and Teha Arvid, Mrs. Joseph Pearson, James and Henry Pearson, Stump Lake ca. 1900
00032-NE-17-04                Mr. and Mrs. Iver Raaen
00032-NE-17-05                Iver Raaen and Oscar Johnson hauling grain near Pekin (ND) ca. 1915     
00032-NE-17-06                First log cabin in Nelson County built by Torger Mekkelson in 1880
00032-NE-17-07                Dorothy Martinson home 4 miles W of McVille (ND) 1918
00032-NE-17-08                Henry Pearson family and home 3 miles W of McVille (ND)
00032-NE-17-09                Iver and Dorothy Raaen family 1881
00032-NE-17-10                Torger Michelson family: Ida, Sophie, Thea, Edward, James, and Thomas Michelson
00032-NE-17-11                Oster Austin's threshing rig near Pekin (ND) ca. 1915
00032-NE-17-12                Henry Pearson place 3 ½ miles W of McVille (ND) 1915
00032-NE-17-13 – 14       Ingebret Raaen threshing rig 2 miles E and 4 miles S of Pekin (ND) ca. 1915
00032-NE-17-15                Ingebret Raaen threshing rig 2 miles E and 4 miles S of Pekin (ND) 1911
00032-NE-17-16                Oster Austin's threshing rig near Pekin (ND) ca. 1915

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