Collection Overview
Title: Mary Adams Papers, 1933-1960
ID: OGLMC/555
Creator: Adams, Mary (1910-1994)
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 07/10/1979
Languages: English [eng], Norwegian [nor]
Abstract
1910-1994; Farm wife from near Oakes, North Dakota.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Mary Adams Papers contain personal correspondence and financial materials from 1933 to 1960. The major correspondents include Mary Adams’ son, George Adams Jr., and her daughter-in-law, Marie Davis Adams. The correspondence is primarily incoming. The collection also contains financial ledgers (1933-1954), a brief family history, and a photocopy of an undated diary written in Norwegian.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source:
Mary Adams, Oakes, North Dakota (via Dr. Elizabeth Hampsten, UND Department of English)
Acquisition Method:
Donation; 79-627
Preferred Citation:
(Description of Item). Mary Adams Papers. OGLMC 555. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid added to Archon in October 2013.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence - George H. and Mary Adams, 1956-1960
- Folder 2: Correspondence - George and Marie Adams, Jr., 1952-1955
- Folder 3: Correspondence - Marie (Davis) Adams, Jr., 1950-1951
- Folder 4: Correspondence - Marie (Davis) Adams, Jr., 1952
- Folder 5: Correspondence - Marie (Davis) Adams, Jr., 1952
- Folder 6: Correspondence - George Adams, Jr., 1955-1957
- Folder 7: Correspondence - George Adams, Jr. and son Joe, 1955
- Folder 8: Correspondence - Carlyum Dykes, 1952
- Folder 9: Correspondence - Lavina McGee, 1956
- Folder 10: Family History
- Folder 11: Homestead Certificate
- Folder 12: Financial Materials
- Folder 13: Financial Ledgers
- Folder 14: Diary
- Folder 15: Miscellaneous