Title: Merry Helm Research
Dates: 1901-2005
Collection Number: 11345
Quantity: .5 feet
Abstract: Consists of Helm's research for her Dakota Datebook stories, primarily from newspapers and other published sources. Includes notable statewide people, crimes, and stories, as well as a chronology of North Dakota history, beginning in 9500 B.C.
Provenance: The Merry Helm research collection was donated to the SHSND by Helm on December 27, 2017.
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.
INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 North Dakota Chronology, 9500 B.C.- present n.d.
2 William Barry trial, Milton (N.D.) 1901
3 Father A. M. Beede 1913
4 Arthur Beyer 1949
5 Botulism, Anton Weigel 1941
6 Caldwell murders 1914-1919
7 Coal strike 1919
8 W. P. Davies 1939-1943
9 Elbowoods Warriors basketball team 1941-1942
10 Germans from Russia n.d.
11 Gummer trial, Fargo (N.D.) (murder of Marie Wick) 1921
12 Hutterites circa 2005
13 Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) ("Wobblies") 1919
14 Lake Darling 2003-2005
15 Bill Langer n.d.
16 Carl Ben Eielson 1949
17 Ellen McDonald 1922
18 Nokota horses 1991-2005
19 Berner Nyjordet 1963
20 John Pedie 1956
21 Prison escape, Bismarck (N.D.) 1915
22 Jack Sampson 1922
23 Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway n.d.
24 Herman Stern n.d.
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