Winfred V. Working Papers, 1870, 1909, 1932-1937

Winfred V. Working Papers

Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Box 1

Sketches and Photographs

Printer-friendly |

Collection Overview

Title: Winfred V. Working Papers, 1870, 1909, 1932-1937

ID: OGLMC008

Primary Creator: Working, Winfred V (1884-1959)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1959

Subjects: Pembina, North Dakota, Personal Papers, Walhalla, North Dakota

Languages: English

Abstract

1884-1959; newspaper columnist

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Winfred V. Working Papers consist of historical materials regarding the Red River Valley, the Dakota Territory, the cities of Walhalla and Pembina, North Dakota, and the Canadian politician Louis Riel. The collection also contains several different newspaper columns written by Working, all on historical matters. Twenty-nine photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinet.

Collection Historical Note

Winfred V. Working was born October 31, 1884, in Brownton, Minnesota. His family moved to Grand Forks shortly after his birth, then moved to Henderson, Minnesota, where he graduated from high school in 1902. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1904 to 1907, but did not graduate. Working wrote for several different North Dakota newspapers, including the Adams County Record, Cavalier Chronicle, Walsh County Record and Northwest Pioneer. He frequently wrote about state and local history. He married Isabella Gimblett in Drinkwater, Saskatoon, Canada, on March 17, 1914. Winfred Working died January 4, 1959, at the hospital in Grafton.

Subject/Index Terms

Pembina, North Dakota
Personal Papers
Walhalla, North Dakota

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

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

Acquisition Source: M. Beatrice Johnstone, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Winfred V. Working Papers. OGLMC 8, 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 August 2014.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Folder 1: Sketches and Photographs],
[All]

Box 1

Folder 1: Louis Riel Correspondence

Item 1: From Riel to William Dease, 15 January 1870: Handwritten copy in French
Item 2: From Riel to William Dease, 16 February 1870: Handwritten copy in French
Item 3: From A. E. Dease (Neche, North Dakota) to Ernestine Mager (Walhalla, North Dakota), November 30, 1936

Folder 2: Correspondence from Ernestine Mager, Walhalla, North Dakota, and Working, 1935-1937

Folder 3: Handwritten reminiscences by Ernestine Mager, Walhalla, North Dakota, undated

Folder 4: Miscellaneous writings by Working, undated

Folder 5: Newspaper clippings, "The Story of Dakota" by Winfred Working, undated

Folder 6: Newspaper clippings, "The Territorial Capital" by Burleigh Spalding, edited by Winfred Working, 1932

Folder 7: Newspaper clippings, "Red River History" by Winfred Working, 1937

Folder 8: Newspaper clippings, "Early Tales of Pembina" by Winfred Working, 1935-1936

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Folder 1: Sketches and Photographs],
[All]

Department of Special Collections
Digital Finding Aids