Title: Dr. Vaughan G. and Gertrude (Scott) Morris
Dates: ca. 1880s-1918
Collection Number: 2015-P-007
Quantity: 36 items (including 5 digital scans)
Abstract: Consists of early images of Mylo and Schafer, McKenzie County (N.D.), its residents, July 4th celebrations, horse racing, surveying county lots, and the Vaughan G. and Gertrude (Scott) Morris family.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Nancy Morris Nicholson, granddaughter of Vaughan and Gertrude Morris, on February 10, 2015.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Vaughan Godolphin Morris was born May 5, 1879 to Thomas and Mary Ann (Diggles) Morris in Watford, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Detroit College of Medicine in 1905 and then homesteaded in the Schafer (McKenzie County, N.D.) area. Gertrude Scott Morris was born March 30, 1877 in Elk River (Minn.). She moved to North Dakota and taught school until she married Vaughan Morris. The couple had two children: Walter Vaughan and Lucille. Morris was the first doctor in McKenzie County (N.D.). The family lived in Schafer (N.D.), Watford City (N.D.), Tioga (N.D.) and Beach (N.D.). Vaughan named Watford (later named Watford City) after his home of Watford, Ontario. Vaughan Morris died April 18, 1940. Gertrude Morris died May 6, 1947.
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
2015-P-007-00001 Boy with pig in business district, Mylo (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00002 Man holding baby outside home or business, Mylo (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00003 Men with horse drawn cart in business district, Mylo (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00004 Men beside agricultural equipment, Mylo (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00005 Getting ready for the race: Jay Grantier on horseback, and Frank Frederick Gonion among large crowd, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00006 Part of the celebration: large group, including Schafer band, outside of the Schafer Record office, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00007 Jay Grantier on horseback, and Frank Frederick Gonion among crowd outside of the Schafer Record office, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00008 Group near racetrack with surveying equipment, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00009 Thaddeus S. Becker (lawyer), William Janson (surveyor), Robert B. Gore, Dimmick (or Demmick), Franz S. Kellogg, and Charles Schafer among others, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00010 Group outside hotel, McKenzie County (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00011 "The old timers," Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00012 View of Schafer park, including the bridge that Dr. Morris built, July 4, 1907
2015-P-007-00013 Residents of Schafer (N.D.) surveying county lots, corner stone under tripod, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00014 Surveying county lots, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907 ("old ship on left" or "old shep on left")
2015-P-007-00015 Group outside courthouse, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00016 Thomas McGregor, judge of horse racing on platform by racetrack, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00017 Charlson baseball club, McKenzie County (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00018 Schafer baseball club, McKenzie County (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00019 Charlson vs. Schafer baseball game, Charlson (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00020 Group of men, including Dimmick (or Demmick), Robert B. Gore, Stillman T. Richardson, Thaddeus S. Becker, Charles Schafer, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1907
2015-P-007-00021 Group celebrating, Schafer (N.D.), July 4, 1907
2015-P-007-00022 Group celebrating, Charlson (N.D.), July 4, 1907
2015-P-007-00023 The bunch that moved the court house, along with Schafer (N.D.) residents, July 4, 1907
2015-P-007-00024 Group celebrating in business district, Schafer (N.D.), July 4, 1907
2015-P-007-00025 Two children on front steps of home, possibly Walter Vaughan and Lucille Morris, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1912-1913
2015-P-007-00026 Gertrude Morris with children Walter Vaughan and Lucille and possibly daughter Marian and neighbor boy, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1912-1913
2015-P-007-00027 Possibly Walter Vaughan and Lucille Morris and a neighbor on wheelbarrow outside the Morris Home, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1912-1913
2015-P-007-00028 Gertrude Morris with children Walter Vaughan and Lucille and possibly daughter Marian outside the Morris home, Schafer (N.D.), ca. 1912-1913
2015-P-007-00029 Lucille Morris, McKenzie County (N.D.), ca. 1915
2015-P-007-00030 Possibly Walter Vaughan and a neighbor or relative, ca. 1917
2015-P-007-00031 Students of a country school, McKenzie County (N.D.), ca. 1915-1918
2015-P-007-00032 Group in automobile: Dr. Vaughan Morris driving, Gertrude Morris behind him, children Lucille and Walter Vaughan Morris among unidentified neighbors or relatives, McKenzie County, (N.D.), ca. 1913 (digital only)
2015-P-007-00033 Dr. Vaughan and Gertrude Morris home, Watford City (N.D.), 1915 (digital only)
2015-P-007-00034 Gertrude Morris in Schafer Park, Schafer (N.D.), 1918 (digital only)
2015-P-007-00035 Portrait of Gertrude (Scott) Morris, ca. 1890s
2015-P-007-00036 Portrait of Gertrude (Scott) Morris, ca. 1900-1910
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