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Title: Former Governor’s Mansion
Dates: 1902-1975
Collection Number: 00071
Quantity: 123 items
Abstract: Images of the Former Governor's Mansion and the Governors and families who lived there.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired this collection as part of an Oral History project on Former Governor's Mansion. Images were borrowed from the families of Governors Aandahl, Burke, and Langer.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
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    MSS 20942 Oral History Interview with Louise (Aandahl) Stockman  and Mary (Langer) Gokey
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00071-01              Former  Governor’s Mansion April 13, 1902 halftone photo descreened
    00071-02              Mrs.  Marion Burke
    00071-03              John  Burke family seated in Former Governor’s Mansion living room
    00071-04              Asa  Fisher home later Governor’s Mansion
    00071-05              Former  Governor’s Mansion flyer 1902
    00071-06              Program,  Former Governor’s Mansion March 17
    00071-07              View  of stair banister through doorway. Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-08              Pantry.  Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-09              Wallpaper  removal. Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-10              Padlocked  door. Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-11              Pantry.  Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-12 – 13     Door.  Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-14              Empty  room. Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-15              View  of stair banister through doorway. Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-16              Empty  room. Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-17 – 18     Door.  Photo by Jim Sperry July 31, 1975
    00071-20              Governor  Aahdahl’s daughters seated by Christmas tree. Louis Stockman photo
    00071-21              Governor  Aandahl and family. Louise Stockman photo
    00071-22              Governor  and Mrs. Aandahl and daughters Marilyn and Louise playing cards. Louise  Stockman photo
    00071-23              Marilyn,  Louise, Margaret and Mrs. Aandahl on the Former Governor’s Mansion porch.  Louise Stockman photo
    00071-24              Former  Governor’s Mansion ca. 1950s copied from Helen Rickerts
    00071-25              Former  Governor’s Mansion surrounded by trees. Marion Burke photo
    00071-26              Postcard  of man speaking to crowd next to sign reading: See this Freak of nature part  cow & horse. St. Alexius Hospital at 6th and Main in background  ca. 1885-1900. Marion Burke photo
    00071-27              Dining  Room, Former Governor’s Mansion interior. Marion Burke photo
    00071-28              Tom  Lee, Butler-cook, in the Dining Room, Former Governor’s Mansion ca. 1907-1913
    00071-29 – 30     South  parlor, Former Governor’s Mansion. Marion Burke photo
    00071-31              Interior,  Former Governor’s Mansion. Marion Burke photo
    00071-32 – 34     Governor  and Mrs. Langer and two daughters. Mrs. F. Gokey photo
    00071-35 – 36     Bedroom,  Former Governor’s Mansion. Mrs. F. Gokey photo
    00071-37              Dining  room, Former Governor’s Mansion. Mrs. F. Gokey photo
    00071-38              Parlors,  Former Governor’s Mansion, Gokey photo ca. 1937-1938
    00071-39- 1 – 53 Phyllis Keller photos, daughter of Phil  Fetch ca. 1950s
    00071-39-13        Unidentified  man, Carriage House, Former Governor’s Mansion ca. 1950s
    00071-39-44        George  Dedrick Rogers, Minn. May 13, 1951
    00071-40              Asa  Fisher home interior
    00071-41              Republican  women serving tea, Former Governor’s Mansion 1957
    00071-42              Former  Governor’s Mansion postcard
    00071-43              Former  Governor’s Mansion 1916. Holmboe photo
    00071-44              One  of Governor Aandahl’s daughters with a baby under the Christmas tree
    00071-45              Aandahl  baby in front of Christmas tree
    00071-46              Fourth  Street block showing Former Governor’s Mansion
    00071-47              Two  parlors
    00071-48 – 66     Aandahl  family snapshots, unidentified
    00071-67              Executive  Mansion, Bismarck, N.D. postcard
    00071-68              Newspaper  clipping on Former Governor’s Mansion
    00071-69              Bedroom,  Former Governor’s Mansion 1956
    00071-70              Interior, Former Governor’s Mansion  1956
    00071-71              Living  Room, Former Governor’s Mansion 1956
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