DeCou Family Records, 1886-1954

Title: DeCou Family Records, 1886-1954

ID: OGLMC/483

Extent: 3.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 05/00/1978

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The DeCou Family Records date from 1886 to 1954 and consist mainly of diaries of several different family members. Also included is correspondence, genealogical information, and several account books. Researchers should note that all of the material in the collection are photocopies; the originals were loaned for duplication and returned to the donor.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Jean Luttrell loaned additional material for duplication in June 1980 (81-703)

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

Acquisition Source: Jean Luttrell, Washburn, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 78-510. The originals were loaned for duplication and returned to the donor

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). DeCou Family Records. OGLMC 483, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid input to Archon in January 2020.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence: Beulah DeCou Forbes, 1937-1954
Folder 2: Correspondence: Beulah DeCou Forbes, 1888-1933
Folder 3: Correspondence: Forbes Family, 1888, 1898
Folder 4: Correspondence: Gladys Forbes Schulz
Folder 5: Correspondence: Grace DeCou Zintgraff
Folder 6: DeCou Family: Account Book, 1886-1887
Folder 7: DeCou Family: Miscellaneous
Folder 8: DeCou Family: Genealogical Material
Folder 9: DeCou-Forbes Family: Genealogical Material
Folder 10: Diary: Beulah DeCou Forbes, 1913-1915
Folder 11: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1951
Folder 12: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1937-1939
Folder 13: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1933-1936
Folder 14: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1926-1929
Folder 15: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1921-1924
Folder 16: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1898-1899
Folder 17: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1893-1895

Box 2

Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings, 1895-1928, undated
Folder 2: Diary: Grace DeCou, 1896-1898
Folder 3: Diary: Grace DeCou, 1906-1908
Folder 4: Diary: Grace DeCou, 1909-1911
Folder 5: Diary: Grace DeCou, 1911-1913
Folder 6: Diary: C.G. Forbes, 1913-1934
Folder 7: Diary: Mrs. C.G. Forbes, 1917-1918
Folder 8: Diary: Mrs. C.G. Forbes, 1918-1919
Folder 9: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1919-1923
Folder 10: Diary: Unidentified person, 1920-1923
Folder 11: Diary: Unidentified person, 1924-1928
Folder 12: Diary: Unidentified person, 1925-1926
Folder 13: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1928-1930
Folder 14: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1931-1933
Folder 15: Diary: Unidentified person, 1936

Box 3

Folder 1: Diary: Mrs. C.G. Forbes, 1937

Folder 2: Cashbook, 1937-1951

Folder 3: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1940

Folder 4: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1942-1946

Folder 5: Diary: Mrs. C.G. Forbes, 1944

Folder 6: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1946-1949

Folder 7: Cashbook, 1948-1951

Folder 8: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1949

Folder 9: Diary: Unidentified person, 1949

Folder 10: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1950

Folder 11: Diary: Grace Zintgraff, 1951

Folder 12: Diary: Unidentified person, June-July unknown year

Folder 13: Photographs

Photograph 1: Forbes Drug Store-Interior, 1910
Photograph 2: Forbes Drug Store-Exterior, 1910
Photograph 3: Charles G. Forbes, husband of Beulah DeCou
Photograph 4: Charles and Beulah (DeCou) Forbes, 1910
Photograph 5: Washburn Band (Charles Forbes is third from the right in the back row), 1897
Photograph 6: Lumbering on the Missouri River
Photograph 7: Washburn Swedish Ladies Aid: Photograph taken in front of the house of Leonard Wallin. Mrs. Axel Nelson is on the far right with a baby carriage.
Photograph 8: Forbes Drug Store, circa 1912
Photograph 9: Daughters of Charles and Beulah (DeCou) Forbes: Left to right: Gladys, Hazel, Grace, Helen and Beulah

DeCou Family Records, 1886-1954

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing