H.A. Jansit Papers, 1897-1924

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Diary (in Norwegian), 1910

Folder 2: Diary (in Norwegian), 1911

Folder 3: Diary (in Norwegian), 1912

Folder 4: Diary (in Norwegian), 1913

Folder 5: Diary (in Norwegian), 1914

Folder 6: Diary (in Norwegian), 1915

Folder 7: Grand Forks Documents

Item 1: Concert Program, Miss Inga Orner, First Methodist Episcopal Church, 30 April 1913

Item 2: Program, Montraville M. Wood, 13 December 1913

Item 3: Program, "The Little Parisienne," Metropolitan Opera House, 21 January 1914

Item 4: Bulletin, Union Services of First Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran, and Zion Lutheran Churches, 17 May 1914

Item 5: "Dedication of Grand Forks County Courthouse", 20 May 1915

Item 6: "Rules and Regulations Governing Cars in the Auto Trip of Better Acquaintance and Co-Operation, Arranged by the Commercial Club of Grand Forks", 25 August 1915

Item 7: "Statement on the Condition of the Northern State Bank", 10 November 1915

Folder 8: "Prairie Breezes: Published by the Class of 1924 of Bismarck High School"

Folder 9: Program, South Dakota State Fair, 1910

Folder 10: Photographs 1-20

Photograph 1: Unidentified House (postcard)

Photograph 2: Unidentified Court House (postcard)

Photograph 3: "Public Library, Grand Forks, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 4: "South 5th looking South from Franklin Avenue, Grand Forks, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 5: "Central Park, Grand Forks, N.D."

Photograph 6: "St. Bernard's Academy, Grand Forks, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 7: "Tennis Courts, Lincoln Park, Grand Forks, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 8: "Campus - University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 9: "Plains Indians with 'Teepee' Home" (postcard)

Photograph 10: "Grain Barges on the Red River, Grand Forks, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 11: Unidentified landscape

Photograph 12: "NPRR Depot, Grand Forks, ND", April 11, 1897

Information from the back of the photograph

Photograph 13: Unidentified man in a tree

Photograph 14: "The Red Lake Apr. 1916" (postcard)

Photograph 15: "The Red at 36 ft." (postcard), April 1916

Photograph 16: "Central Park" (postcard), April 1916

Photograph 17: "Central Park Apr. 1916" (postcard)

Photograph 18: "Central Park Apr. 1916" (postcard)

Photograph 19: Unidentified flood landscape

Photograph 20: Grand Forks Flood, 1897

Folder 11: Photographs 21-74

Photograph 21: Grand Forks Flood, 1897 (duplicate of photograph 20)

Photograph 22: Grand Forks Flood, 1897

Photograph 23: Grand Forks Flood, 1897 (duplicate of photograph 22)

Photograph 24: Grand Forks Flood, 1897

Photograph 25: Grand Forks Flood, 1897 (duplicate of photograph 24)

Photograph 26: "Scene in Island Park, Fargo, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 27: "City Hall, Fargo, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 28: "Wergeland Statue, Island Park, Fargo, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 29: "U.S. Post Office and Court House, Fargo, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 30: "No. Dak A.C. Fargo, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 31: "Husking Corn in North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 32: "A North Dakota Heavyweight" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 33: "Harvesting Wheat. 4 1/2 feet high in North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 34: "Lions Lookout, Bad Lands, North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 35: "North Dakota Rye" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 36: "Castle Rock, Bad Lands, North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 37: "Bunch of Trail Cattle, Western North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 38: "Potatoes in Red River Valley, North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 39: "Freak of North Dakota Bad Lands" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 40: "Automobile, Western No. Dak." (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 41: "North Dakota Sign Posts of Prosperity" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 42: "Wheat Wheat and Wheat in North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 43: "Harvest Field by Moonlight" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 44: "Settler Emigrating to Western North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 45: "New North Dakota Settlers Breaking" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 46: "The Modern Way of North Dakota Farming" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 47: "The Harvest Field at Sunset in North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 48: "The Farmers Busy Time. Threshing in North Dakota." (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 49: "Binding Oats in North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 50: "Harvesting Grain, Bountiful North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 51: "Steam Plowing on Stubble in North Dakota" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 52: "Stacking Dry Grown North Dakota Wheat" (postcard from Greetings from North Dakota set)

Photograph 53: "Great Northern Passenger Station" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 54: "Cycle Path, Island Park, Fargo, N. Dak." (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 55: "St. Luke's Hospital" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 56: "Carnegie Library, NDAC" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 57: "Administration Building, NDAC" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 58: "St. John's Hospital" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 59: "N.P. Depot Park and Skyscrapers" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 60: "Sacred Heart Academy, Fargo, N. Dak." (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 61: "Island Park" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 62: "Fargo College and Dill Hall" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 63: "Cass County Court House" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 64: "High School, Fargo, N. Dak." (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 65: "Broadway at Night" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 66: "New Ceres Hall at Agricultural College" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 67: "Waldorf Hotel" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 68: "Oak Grove Seminary" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 69: "Broadway looking South" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 70: "Engineering Building, NDAC" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 71: "Bjornson Statue, AC" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 72: "Wergeland Monument, Island Park" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 73: "Science Hall, NDAC" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Photograph 74: "U.S. Post Office and Court House" (postcard from Souvenir from Fargo, N.D. set)

Folder 12: Photographs 75-99

Photograph 75: "Broadway Looking North, Fargo N. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 76: "Bjornson Statue, N.D.A.C., Fargo, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 77: "Sangerfast 7.12.1912. Fargo ND" (postcard)

Photograph 78: "Sangerfast 7.12.1912. Fargo ND" (postcard)

Photograph 79: "Rollo Statue Unveiling Fargo N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 80: "Rollo Statue Unveiling Fargo N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 81: "Spink County Farm Scene" (postcard)

Photograph 82: "Boat Landing Chautauqua N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 83: "Great Northern Depot Devils Lake, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 84: "War Dance Rosebud Indian Res." (postcard)

Photograph 85: "A Typical Western Home" (postcard)

Photograph 86: "A Typical Western Home" (postcard)

Photograph 87: "A Typical Western Home" (postcard)

Photograph 88: "A Typical Western Home" (postcard)

Photograph 89: "A Typical Western Home" (postcard)

Photograph 90: "A Typical Western Home" (postcard)

Photograph 91: "Roping a Beef Steer" (postcard)

Photograph 92: "Harvesting Hay" (postcard)

Photograph 93: "King of American Beasts" (postcard)

Photograph 94: "Hereford Cattle" (postcard)

Photograph 95: "Buffaloes on the Western Plains" (postcard)

Photograph 96: "A Frontier Mansion" (postcard)

Photograph 97: "A Good Herd of Buffaloes" (postcard)

Photograph 98: "Killing a Beef for Breakfast" (postcard)

Photograph 99: Henrik Wergeland Statue (postcard)

Folder 13: Photographs 100-120

Photograph 100: "Roping Ponies" (postcard)

Photograph 101: Aberdeen Railroad Yard (postcard)

Photograph 102: "1912 Harvest Aberdeen S D" (postcard)

Photograph 103: "Creeping Grip Gas Tractor 1912 Aberdeen S D" (postcard)

Photograph 104: "1912 Harvest Aberdeen S D" (postcard)

Photograph 105: "Seeding 1912 Aberdeen S D" (postcard)

Photograph 106: "Birdseye View Aberdeen S D" (postcard)

Photograph 107: "Brown County Court House, Aberdeen, South Dakota" (postcard)

Photograph 108: "1912 Harvest Aberdeen S D" (postcard)

Photograph 109: "6th Ave Looking South, Faulkton, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 110: "Scenery on the Farm of Gust Rosenaw, Cresbard, S D" (postcard)

Photograph 111: "Rotary in Action near Cresbard S D Jan 7 1910" (postcard)

Photograph 112: "The Needles, Sylvan Lake, Custer, S Dak" (postcard)

Photograph 113: "Glimpses of Deadwood, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 114: "First Church in Faulk County" (postcard)

Photograph 115: Office Building, Faulkton, S. Dak. (postcard)

Photograph 116: "Faulk Co. Court House Faulkton, S D"(postcard)

Photograph 117: "Views of Faulkton, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 118: "Views In and Near Faulkton, S D" (postcard)

Photograph 119: "Faulk Co. Court House Faulkton, S. D." (postcard)

Photograph 120: "Greetings from Faulkton, S D" (postcard)

Folder 14: Photographs 121-140

Photograph 121: "Scenery Along the Nixon River, Faulkton, S. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 122: Faulkton, South Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 123: "Harvesting Wheat near Faulkton, S D" (postcard)

Photograph 124: "Birdseye View, Faulkton, S D" (postcard)

Photograph 125: "Cong. Church Faulkton, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 126: "Views of Faulkton, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 127: Building in Faulkton, South Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 128: "Gettysburg, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 129: "Hoven, South Dakota, Three Months Old, Celebrating the 'Coming of the Rails' July 22, 1907" (postcard)

Photograph 130: "Edmunds County" (postcard)

Photograph 131: "Congregational Church and Parsonagr, Ipswich, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 132: "The Court House, Ipswich, S. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 133: "St. James Hotel, Ipswich, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 134: "Greetings from Ipswich, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 135: "On the High Line between Lead and Deadwood, South Dakota" (postcard)

Photograph 136: "Multiplex Falls of Little Spearfish, So. Dakota" (postcard)

Photograph 137: School Children in Lebanon, South Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 138: "Lebanon, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 139: "Main Street Mobridge, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 140: "The Pierce Hotel, Mobridge, S.D." (postcard)

Folder 15: Photographs 141-160

Photograph 141: "Driving Piles near Mobridge, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 142: "An Alfalfa Farm near Mobridge, S.D. This Alfalfa Netted $100.00 an Acre" (postcard)

Photograph 143: "Railroad Bridge over James River near Redfield, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 144: "View on James River, Redfield, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 145: "A Steam Plow in Action. Scene near Redfield, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 146: "Harvesting and Seeding. Scene near Redfield, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 147: "E.C. Issenhuth Building, Redfield, South Dakota" (postcard)

Photograph 148: "Public School at Seneca, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 149: "Seneca, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 150: "Spearfish Falls and Creek, Black Hills, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 151: "Garden of the Gods. Black Hills, S. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 152: "Wonderful Natural Bridge. 20 F.T. High, 15 F.T. Wide. Black Hills, S.Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 153: "Natural Bridge, Black Hills, S. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 154: "The Pinnacles. Badlands of S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 155: "Black Hills, Wonder Places, Sylvan Lake, Black Hills, S. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 156: "A Sylvan Cottage. Sylvan Lake. Black Hills, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 157: "Capola Rock and Wall, Bad Lands, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 158: "Trinity Spires, Harney Peak District, Black Hills, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 159: "Guardian of the Pools. Sylvan Lake District. Black Hills, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 160: "Sentinal Rock. Harney Peak District. Black Hills, S.D." (postcard)

Folder 16: Photographs 161-180

Photograph 161: "The Venus of the Black Hills, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 162: "Profile of 'The Old Prospector.' One Mile from Lead, Black Hills, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 163: "Freighting in the Black Hills in Early Days with Ox Train" (postcard)

Photograph 164: Ox Cart (postcard)

Photograph 165: "Cromwell Dixon of Columbus, Ohio. The World's Youngest Aviator in His Curtis Biplane. Ready for Flight. S.D. State Fair. 9-15-11"

Photograph 166: "Belle Fourche Irrigation Reservoir" (postcard)

Photograph 167: "Turning the Virgin Soil in So Dak" (postcard)

Photograph 168: "Steam Breaking, Central South Dakota" (postcard)

Photograph 169: "The Tombs of Wild Bill and Calamity Jane, Black Hills, S. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 170: "Chief David" (postcard)

Photograph 171: "You Auto Beta Aberdeen, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 172: "Main St Aberdeen, So. Dak. Looking North from Roof Garden" (postcard)

Photograph 173: Cattle near Aberdeen, South Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 174: Elks Parade, Aberdeen, South Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 175: "West Side Artesian Well, Aberdeen, S.D. Showing Peculiar Formation of Ice" (postcard)

Photograph 176: "Good Luck from Aberdeen, So. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 177: "Birdseye View in Aberdeen, So. Dak. Looking Northeast from Roof Garden" (postcard), 1911

Photograph 178: "Main St Aberdeen, So. Dak. Looking South from Roof Garden" (postcard)

Photograph 179: "Gottschalk Theater Fire. Night of July 20, 1910. Aberdeen, So. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 180: "Main Street Scene Aberdeen, So. Dak. Evening of June 8-'11" (postcard)

Folder 17: Photographs 181-200

Photograph 181: "Aberdeen So. Dak. Scene at Street R.R. Transfer" (postcard)

Photograph 182: "Clearing the Freight Yards of Snow at Aberdeen SD" (postcard)

Photograph 183: "Tanner Hotel, Faulkton, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 184: "Potter Co Court House, Gettysburg, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 185: "Lake Byron, Huron, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 186: "Business Center of Huron, S. Dak." (postcard), 1909

Photograph 187: "Dakota Avenue Looking South, Huron, So. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 188: "The Falls of James River, Huron, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 189: "James River Huron S D" (postcard), 1911

Photograph 190: "James River Dam Huron So. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 191: "Huron So. Dak the Fair City" (postcard)

Photograph 192: "Waiting for the Signal to Go State Fair 1911 Huron S D" (postcard)

Bi-plane getting ready to take off

Photograph 193: Bi-plane at the SD State Fair in Huron (postcard), 1911

Photograph 194: "Beadle County Building State Fair Grounds Huron S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 195: "State Fair, Huron, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 196: "Woman's Building State Fair Grounds Huron, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 197: "Stock Pavilion State Fair Huron, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 198: "State Fair Grounds Huron, S.D." (postcard)

Jockeys and horses compete on an oval racetrack

Photograph 199: "State Fair 1911 Huron S D" (postcard)

View of the crowd walking amongst the buildings

Photograph 200: "State Fair 1911 Huron S D" (postcard)

View of the crowd walking towards the ferris wheel

Folder 18: Photographs 201-221

Photograph 201: "Scene on Midway State Fair 1911 Huron S D" (postcard)

Photograph 202: Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 203: "Indian Trading Post, North of Mobridge, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 204: "Congregational Church, Redfield, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 205: "Bird's Eye View Looking South-East from High School of Redfield, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 206: "State Hospital in Distance & Northwest Addition to Redfield, S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 207: "Main St. Redfield S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 208: "Part View of Main St. in Business Section, Redfield, S.D." (postcard), 1910

Photograph 209: "Prairie Dogs at 6 ft. Lyman Co. S.D. Gotten Only After Unlimited Patience by J.M.H." (postcard)

Photograph 210: "Meeting of Two Indian Chiefs S.D." (postcard)

Photograph 211: "Sioux Indians" (postcard)

Photograph 212: "Indian Pow Wow" (postcard)

Photograph 213: "Sioux Indians, S. Dak." (postcard)

Photograph 214: "Indian War Dance" (postcard)

Photograph 215: "Elk Tooth Costume" (postcard)

Photograph 216: Cannon Balls and Petrified Trees, Mobridge, South Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 217: "Bad Land Scenery in the West" (postcard)

Photograph 218: "Western Cattle Scene" (postcard)

Photograph 219: "Dinner on the Roundup" (postcard)

Photograph 220: "A Half Days Work of the Beaver" (postcard)

Photograph 221: "Buffalo Roaming Over the Hills S.D." (postcard)