Mary Margaret Frank Papers

Title: Mary Margaret Frank Papers

ID: OGLMC/1362

Creator: Frank, Mary Margaret (French) (1912-2012)

Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 06/30/1997

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Mary Margaret Frank Papers include a number of items relating to the genealogy of the French family. Two different books, Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner, and The Family of David Scott French, examine the history of the French family from the 1600s through the 1900s. The Mallory and French papers establish a connection between the two families four generations before Mary Margaret French Frank was born in 1912. This folder is followed by one which contains material related to French Frank’s immediate family.

Those folders that do not deal specifically with the genealogy of the French family include a folder on Samuel S. Townsley, who was French Frank's maternal grandfather. Mary Margaret French Frank contributed one of her mother’s letters which was used in the publication Humanities on the Frontier. Blanche Harding was a friend of both Mary Margaret French Frank and her mother, Mabel. John French Jr.’s connection to the other French family could not be established, while the folder on Skulda Banér, an author who wrote about a woman who left home to become a teacher in North Dakota, has no relation to the French Family. Also included is one folder of Frank's correspondence, one scrapbook, and biographical information regarding Buron Townsley French.

One oversize folder was placed in the Oversize File Cabinet. The folder contains an original deed for land owned by a “John Whitney” in the Province of Upper Canada, 1804. Whitney’s relation to the French family is unknown.

Administrative Information

Accruals:

Additional material was donated by:

Mary Margaret Frank (via the UND Alumni Association) in November 2006 (2006-2871)

Unknown donor in 2013 (2013-3227)

Transferred from the UND Alumni Association in October 2018 (2018-3391)

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Mary Margaret Frank, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 98-2195

Related Materials:

Dr. Richard Frank Papers, OGLMC 1382

Dr. Harley E. French Papers, OGLMC 142

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Mary Margaret Frank Papers. OGLMC 1362, Box #, Folder #. 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 March 2014.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner by Mansfield Joseph French, 1940

Folder 2: The Family of David Scott French, 1958

Folder 3: Mallory and French Family Papers

Folder 4: French Family Papers - Mary Margaret, Harley, and Burton, 1905-1945

Folder 5: Samuel S. Townsley, 1974

Folder 6: Humanities on the Frontier, Country School Legacy Project, 1981

Folder 7: Blanche Harding, 1935-1991

Folder 8: John French Jr. By Henry B. Wright, Oakham Historical Society, 1914

Folder 9: Skulda Banér, 1960-1962

Folder 10: Correspondence

Item 1: From Dr. James Grassick, March 17, 1926
Item 2: From Dr. James Grassick, July 16, 1938
Item 3: To Lucy Johnston Sypher, December 18, 1974
Item 4: From Lucy Johnston Sypher, December 31, 1974
Item 5: To Lucy Johnston Sypher, January 13, 1975
Item 6: To Lucy Johnston Sypher, June 11, 1975
Item 7: From "Jessie" in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, February 14, 1976
Item 8: To Lucy Johnston Sypher, December 31, 1976
Item 9: From Lucy Johnston Sypher, January 17, 1977
Item 10: From Lucy Johnston Sypher, May 13, 1977
Item 11: From Lucy Johnston Sypher, August 13, 1978
Item 12: From unknown, June 4, 1980
Item 13: From UND President Thomas Clifford, November 19, 1984
Item 14: From Lucy Johnston Sypher, undated
Item 15: From Lucy Johnston Sypher, June 16, unknown year

Folder 11: "Tow" by Mary Margaret Frank, ca. 2004

Four page, typed biography of Burton Townsley Frank written by his sister, Mary Margaret Frank. The document is undated but refers to the death of "Tow" in February 2004.

Folder 12: Untitled autobiography by Burton Townsley Frank

10 typed pages; the author was living in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, when he created the document

Folder 13: Photographs

1362-1: David S. French, ca. 1865-1867

1362-2: Hiram L. Perkins in Civil War uniform, ca. 1865

1362-3: Carrie Lorinda (Slack) French, ca. 1885

1362-4: Albert Alvin French, ca. 1893

1362-5: Minnie Adelle French, ca. 1900

1362-6: Delbert Delvin French, 1903

1362-7: Harley with his mother and Mary Margaret, 1916

1362-8: Hulda Mallory and Burton L. French, September 8, 1936

1362-9: Albert, Delbert, Minnie, Roy, (Mrs.) Albert, Burton French, September 10, 1936

1362-10: Mansfield and Burton L. French, September 10, 1936

1362-11: Clarence, Burton, Mary, Roy, Ethel, Frank, Ruth, Clara, Clara, Minnie, Nellie, Albert, Delbert, Ruth Ester, Marion, Mary Elizabeth, Alvin Eugene, John Albert (at the home of Albert A. French, Theresa, New York), ca. August 10, 1937

1362-12: Roy, Harold, Clarence, Mary, Ruth, Clara, ca. August 10, 1937

1362-13: French Family, August 1, 1937

1362-14: Old home of David S. French, undated

1362-15: Burton and Harley French, undated

1362-16: Mary Margaret Frank later in life, undated

Item 1: Black Scrapbook: "Photo Album"

Contains photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from Frank's time as a UND student, 1930-1934

Oversize Folder :

Oversize Folder 1: Original deed for land owned by a "John Whitney" in the Province of Upper Canada. The deed appears to be from 1804. Whitney's relation to the French family is unknown.

Mary Margaret Frank Papers

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing