Herman Stern Papers, 1904-1979

Herman Stern Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Herman Stern Papers, 1904-1979

ID: OGLMC217

Primary Creator: Stern, Herman (1887-1980)

Extent: 25.25 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following series:

Series 1: World War II

Series 2: Civic Organizations

Series 3: Business

Series 4: Other Materials

Series 5: Scrapbooks

Series 6: Photographs

Series 7: Audio Tapes

Series 8: Oral History

Subjects: Business and Industry, Holocaust, Military History - World War II (WW2), Religion - Jewish

Languages: English, German

Abstract

1887-1980; Owner of Straus Clothing, with several locations in North Dakota, including Valley City and Casselton. Founding member of the Greater North Dakota Association, the State Chamber of Commerce. Assisted over 120 Jews in escaping Germany before the Holocaust

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection contains correspondence, documents, audio tapes, scrapbooks, and photographs related to Stern's work in helping Jewish refugees escape Nazi Germany prior to World War II, as well as his work on behalf of the American war effort. Further, the collection contains materials related to his civic and philanthropic efforts in North Dakota, including the Greater North Dakota Association, North Dakota Winter Show, Boy Scouts of America, and Rotary Club, as well as materials on his business dealings, specifically the Straus Company.

Collection Historical Note

Hermann Stern was born August 9, 1887, in Oberbrechen, Germany, to Samuel Loeb Stern and Mina (Strauss) Stern. The Orthodox Jewish family was very poor, as Samuel Stern was forced to eke out a meager existence by selling slaughtered cattle to a paste factory. As the youngest of eight children, Hermann Stern worked odd jobs until 1901 when he apprenticed with a clothing merchant in Mainz. In 1902, Stern's uncle, Morris G. Straus, asked him to come to America and enter the clothing business. Straus had left Germany many years before and operated a successful clothing store in Casselton, North Dakota. Unable to receive permission from his employer, Stern quit his training and left for America. He arrived in New York City on October 10, 1903, and traveled to Casselton later that year.

In Casselton, Stern dropped the second "n" from his first name, and thrived in the business of men's clothing. He became manager of the Straus store in Casselton in 1907, when Straus moved to Valley City to open a second location. In 1910, the two men switched positions. Two years later, Stern married Adeline Roth, Straus's sister-in-law. Straus retired in 1920, and Stern purchased half interest in the Valley City and Casselton stores. Additional stores were opened in LaMoure and Carrington. Stern had earned a strong reputation in the business community, and became an active member in the Valley City Chamber of Commerce. He was a founding member of the Greater North Dakota Association (the North Dakota State Chamber of Commerce), and served for many years as the President of the group.

The Great Depression brought tough times to Stern and his business. The stores in Casselton, LaMoure, and Carrington struggled to be profitable. Stern also grew increasingly concerned with Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic ideology and the effect it had on his relatives back in Germany. In 1933, his niece Klara Stern wrote to him requesting a visit to America for her and her brother, Erich. Stern requested the assistance of North Dakota Governor William Langer and Senator Gerald Nye in acquiring a visa. Nye was especially helpful in helping Stern cut through the red tape, allowing Klara and Erich to enter the United States in 1934. In 1935, Stern's nephew, Julius, wrote and asked his uncle to arrange for him to come to the United States. Julius also requested that Gustav Stern and his wife, Selma, also receive visas. Again with the assistance of Nye, visas were issued to all three. Gustav and Selma Stern were then reunited with their children, Klara and Erich.

By 1937, Stern's success in acquiring exit visas had spread. He began to receive letters from distant relatives, as well as complete strangers, asking for work affidavits in the United States. Not only did Stern supply the affidavits, he also helped them find work. He secured jobs in North Dakota, Minnesota, Chicago, and elsewhere. Stern sponsored 50 people at one point in time, and another 50 already had jobs.

Individual effort could only go so far and, in 1938, Stern agreed to act as an organizer for the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigration Aid Society. While raising money and sponsors for the Society, Stern also led efforts to send Jews to the Middle East. He spoke to Jewish groups in every major city in North Dakota, as well as in the Twin Cities and other parts of Minnesota.

In 1940, Stern's brother, Adolf, with his wife and children, who had left Germany and traveled to France, asked for Stern's help. Slowed by red tape, he again asked Nye for assistance. Both Stern and Nye personally contacted Secretary of State Cordell Hull in an attempt to expedite the process. Two weeks before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the visas were issued.

When America entered the war, contact with much of Europe was completely cut off. Stern's other two brothers, Moses and Julius, as well as Julius's wife Frieda were unable to be saved. All three of them perished in the Holocaust. All told, Stern had assisted 125 Jews in escaping Germany from 1933-1941, although knowledge of his involvement was confined to a few relatives and friends.

Herman Stern then turned his focus back to the clothing business. Not only a successful business leader, Stern was a life-long patron to the Boy Scouts. He was awarded three distinguished service awards from the Boy Scouts: the Silver Beaver, the Silver Antelope, and the Silver Buffalo. Stern was also a member of the Red River Valley Council and the Northern Lights Council. He was a founding member of the North Dakota Automobile Association, and was also instrumental in the creation of the North Dakota Winter Show at Valley City.

Herman Stern died June 20, 1980, in Fargo.

Sources:

Shoptaugh, Terry L. "You Have Been Kind Enough to Assist Me: Herman Stern's Personal Crusade to Help German Jews, 1932-1941." North Dakota History. v64, n4 (Fall 1997): 2-15.

"Herman Stern Dies at Age 92." Fargo Forum. 22 June 1980: A-1.

Subject/Index Terms

Business and Industry
Holocaust
Military History - World War II (WW2)
Religion - Jewish

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals:

Additional material was received from:

Edward Stern, Fargo, North Dakota, September 15, 1980; Acc.#80- 666

James Hetland, Grand Forks, North Dakota, August 17, 1985; Acc. #85-1392

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

Acquisition Method: Donation; The acquisition records are unavailable

Related Publications: "You Have Been Kind Enough to Assist Me": Herman Stern and the Jewish Refugee Crisis, by Terry Shoptaugh. Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 2008.

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Herman Stern Papers. OGLMC 217, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in September 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: World War II ],
[Series 2: Civic Organizations ],
[Series 3: Business ],
[Series 4: Other Materials],
[Series 5: Scrapbooks],
[Series 6: Photographs],
[Series 7: Audio Tapes],
[Series 8: Oral History],
[All]

Series 1: World War II

Contains correspondence, documents, and other materials related to Stern's work assisting Jewish refugees in escaping Nazi Germany, and, materials related to his work in North Dakota on behalf of the domestic war effort during World War II.

Sub-Series A: Jewish Emigrants from Nazi Germany Correspondence

This sub-series contains the correspondence between Stern and dozens of individuals he assisted in leaving Nazi Germany both before and after World War II.

Box 9

Folder 1: Correspondence - Foreign Doctors Placement 1938-1940.
Folder 2: Correspondence - German (undated and fragments).
Folder 3: Correspondence - German (1925-1978).
Folder 4: Correspondence - German - Eugene Caspary (1974-1976)
Folder 5: Correspondence - German - Elizabeth Dawes (1948-1950).
Folder 6: Correspondence - German - Agnes Heinrirhl (1947-1950).
Folder 7: Correspondence - German - Oberbrechner Inform (February-May 1974).
Folder 8: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Behr-Leske (1935-1940).
Folder 9: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Bein ( 1935-1940).
Folder 10: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Benjamin (1937-1940).
Folder 11: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Blumenthal (1937-1946).
Folder 12: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Eichengrun (1937-1943).
Folder 13: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Falkernstein-Kuhrau (1936-1946)
Folder 14: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Frankel (1918 -1940)
Folder 15: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Goldschmidt (1937-1939).
Folder 16: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Haas (1937-1943).
Folder 17: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Hammerschlag (1936-1939).
Folder 18: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Hayum-Schlafheimer (1935-1941).
Folder 19: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Heimann (1939).
Folder 20: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Henlein (1936-1941).
Folder 21: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Howell (1933 and 1940).
Folder 22: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Israel (1940)
Folder 23: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Jacob (1937 and 1941).
Folder 24: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Jonas (1937-1942).
Folder 25: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Kahn (1938 1940).
Folder 26: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Katz (1941-1942).
Folder 27: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Kaufmann- Schmitzler (1939)
Folder 28: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Klibansky (1938-1939).
Folder 29: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Kopfstein (1938-1941).
Folder 30: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Landburg (1939-1943).
Folder 31: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Levy (1938-1941).
Folder 32: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Lion (1936-19:39).
Folder 33: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Lowenstein (1938).
Folder 34: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Lucas (1938-1941)
Folder 35: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Moser (1936 and 1940).
Folder 36: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Oppenheimer (1935-1938).
Folder 37: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Oswald (1938-1939).
Folder 38: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Reichenberg (1936 1939).
Folder 39: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Rothenberg (1939).
Folder 40: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Schneider (1938-1940).
Folder 41: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Schwarz (1937).
Folder 42: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Spier (1938-1972).
Folder 43: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Alice (1938-1939).
Folder 44: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Arthur (1936-1940).
Folder 45: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Erich and Glare (1932-1942).
Folder 46: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Gustav and Adolf (1940- 1942).
Folder 47: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Gustav and Adolf (1914- 1939).
Folder 48: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Joseph (1938-1940).
Folder 49: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Julius (1928-1941).
Folder 50: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Kurt and Ilse (1938-1941).
Folder 51: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Stern, Moses (1922-1941).
Folder 52: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Strauss-Besmann (1927-1941).
Folder 53: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Vasen (1938-1941).
Folder 54: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: Wertheim (1938-1940).
Folder 55: Correspondence - German Political Refugees: General (1935-1950).
Folder 56: Correspondence: Jewish Resettlement (1938-1942).
Folder 57: Correspondence: United Jewish Appeal (1948, 1950-1951).
Folder 58: Correspondence: Relatives 1945-1966.

Box 20

Folder 7: Hugh Teller Personnel File
Folder 8: Samuel Honacker Personnel File
Folder 20: Miscellaneous Notes and Materials Related to Jewish Emigration

Sub-Series B: World War II-Domestic War Effort Materials

Contains correspondence and other materials related to Stern's work in North Dakota on behalf of the domestic war effort during World War II.

Box 2

Folder 3: Bulletins and correspondence 1943-1944
Folder 4: Correspondence, clippings, some USO, 1943-1944
Folder 5: State Board minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, 1943-1944
Folder 6: Scrap Book War Chest Drive clippings, 1944
Folder 7: Bulletins of national, state, and local drives, 1944
Folder 8: Fifth Bond Drive correspondence, 1943
Folder 9: Fifth and Sixth Bond Drives correspondence 1944-1945
Folder 10: Pamphlets, correspondence 1941-1942
Folder 11: Correspondence and county contribution lists, 1942-1943
Folder 12: Correspondence and county contribution lists, 1944-1945
Folder 13: Correspondence, state organization, state quotas, 1945-1947
Folder 14: Correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, 1946

Box 12

Folder 33: War Bond Drives (l944-1945)
Folder 34: War Chest (1946-1949)

Box 13

Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings - Seventh War Loan Publicity (April-June 1945).

Series 2: Civic Organizations

Contains correspondence and other materials related to Stern's volunteer work with various civic organizations, including the Greater North Dakota Association, Boy Scouts of America, the North Dakota Winter Show, and Rotary Club among others.

Sub-Series A: Greater North Dakota Association

Includes materials related to Stern's work with the Greater North Dakota Association, which functioned as the North Dakota State Chamber of Commerce. It was organized in 1924, with Stern as a founding member. The material dates from 1935-1962 and comprises five sections: Correspondence, Administration, Finance and Membership, Executive Board, and Miscellaneous. A scrapbook related to the GNDA was placed in Series 5 (Scrapbooks).

Box 1

Folder 1: 1938, Miscellaneous
Folder 2: 1935 Grasshopper plague and economic situation in North Dakota
Folder 3: 1940 President of the GNDA
Folder 4: 1940 -1941, President of the GNDA
Folder 5: 1941, Agriculture and the ND Automobile Club
Folder 6: 1941, Soil Conservation, Agriculture, ND Automobile Club
Folder 7: 1945, Miscellaneous
Folder 8: 1954-1956, Homer Ludwick, President of the GNDA
Folder 9: 1961-1962, Mr. Don Gackle
Folder 10: County Reports and Related Correspondence
Folder 11: Good Roads Committee, membership and Subscriptions 1937-1938
Folder 12: ND Auto Club Reports , Subscription Reports 1938
Folder 13: Subscription Reports, 1939
Folder 14: Budget, Subscription Reports, 1940
Folder 15: Budget (including Auto Club), 1943-1945
Folder 16: Budget, Subscription Reports, ND Auto Club, 1946
Folder 17: Membership Lists, Audits, District Meetings, 1947
Folder 18: Miscellaneous Finance, Committee Meetings, Membership lists, Auto Club, 1948-1951
Folder 19: Membership and Contribution Lists, 1956
Folder 20: Financial statements, Fund-raising Materials, 1957
Folder 21: 1938 Meeting and Board correspondence with Minneapolis St. Paul firms (1934)
Folder 22: 1940 Meeting, correspondence on tourism in N.D.
Folder 23: Correspondence Auto Club and finance, 1941-1947
Folder 24: 1945 Meeting, by-laws miscellaneous correspondence (1950-1954)

Box 2

Folder 1: Industrial Development Program for N.D. (1956) clippings (1956-1959), Annual Meeting, Minneapolis - 1959
Folder 2: GNDA correspondence with Minneapolis St. Paul firms, agriculture studies, 1960

Box 10

Folder 7: Correspondence - Greater North Dakota Association (1935-1944).

Box 12

Folder 16: Greater North Dakota Association Minutes (1930-1934)
Folder 17: Greater North Dakota Association Minutes (1925-1929)
Folder 22: Microfilm - Greater North Dakota Association (1925-197l )

Box 13

Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings - Greater North Dakota Association (1930-1977).

Sub-Series B: Boy Scouts

Stern served as a leader within the Boy Scouts of America. This sub-series contains materials related to his work at the local and regional levels of the organization, financial information, fundraising efforts for Camp Wilderness (located near Park Rapids, Minnesota), correspondence, and miscellaneous materials. One scrapbook was placed in Series 5 (Scrapbooks).

Box 2

Folder 15: Correspondence - administration and finance, 1934-1939
Folder 16: Correspondence - administration and finance, 1935-1936
Folder 17: Project proposals
Folder 18: 1955, regional meeting - St. Paul
Folder 19: Correspondence as Regional Vice President, 1955-1956
Folder 20: 1957, regional meeting - Valley City
Folder 21: 1960, regional meeting- St. Paul
Folder 22: 1961, regional meeting- Minneapolis
Folder 23: Correspondence as Regional Vice President, 1961-1965
Folder 24: Region 10 reports, 1962

Box 3

Folder 1: 1962, regional meeting- St. Paul
Folder 2: 1963, regional meeting - Minneapolis
Folder 3: 1964, regional meeting- St. Paul
Folder 4: 1965, regional meeting- Minneapolis
Folder 5: 1960
Folder 6: 1961
Folder 7: 1962
Folder 8: Yellowstone Valley Council, Billings, 1957
Folder 9: Red River Valley Council, 1967-1968
Folder 10: Correspondence - District Presidents and committees, 1948-1951
Folder 11: Valley City District Organization and Extension Committee, 1949-1950
Folder 12: 1959-1963
Folder 13: 1960-1965
Folder 14: 1965
Folder 15: 1965-1966
Folder 16: 1967
Folder 17: 1967-1969
Folder 18: 1969-1970
Folder 19: 1970
Folder 20: Miscellaneous, 1948-1950
Folder 21: Miscellaneous, 1948-1950
Folder 22: Budget, 1964-1965
Folder 23: Audits and reports, 1966, 1969-1970
Folder 24: Budget, 1967-1968
Folder 25: Fargo Board finance campaign 1945-1953
Folder 26: District reports, 1946-1948
Folder 27: Christmas Fund campaign, 1949-1950
Folder 28: Correspondence with Allen King, Council Finance Chairman, 1949-1951
Folder 29: Trading post receipt statements, 1951-1954
Folder 30: Correspondence with elevator managers - fund raising, 1954
Folder 31: Correspondence - contributions and fund raising, 1945-1946
Folder 32: Correspondence - contributions, 1945 -1947
Folder 33: Correspondence - fund raising campaigns, 1945-1948
Folder 34: Correspondence - fund raising articles, clippings, 1945-1948
Folder 35: Subscription forms - 1948
Folder 36: Fund raising drive, 1948-1949
Folder 37: Facilities improvement - donations 1956
Folder 38: Fund raising drive - lists and correspondence, 1957-1958, 1964
Folder 39: 1949-1951, 1954

Box 4

Folder 1: Edger M. Olson, leadership training programs 1948-1952
Folder 2: Max B. Jensen (council executive) 1948-1954
Folder 3: Ralph Kowalke, Henry Schreiber, Clifford Peterson, 1949
Folder 4: Correspondence with Scout Field Representatives, 1949-1950
Folder 5: Correspondence and lists concerning the Silver Beaver award, 1949-1951
Folder 6: 1935-1936
Folder 7: 1935-1936
Folder 8: 1941-1942
Folder 9: 1945-1952
Folder 10: 1949-1955, mainly with the Fargo Scout office
Folder 11: 1958
Folder 12: Clippings on Scouting, 1946-1954
Folder 13: "Jamboree Journal," 1960 National Jamboree

Box 10

Folder 2: Correspondence - Boy Scouts (1938-1939)

Box 12

Folder 5: Boy Scouts (1937-1971)

Sub-Series C: North Dakota Winter Show

Stern founded the North Dakota Winter Show, continuing to serve as an active member for many years. The Winter Show sought to promote and expand agriculture and agri-business. The sub-series contains some introductory and descriptive materials, as well as correspondence, financial information, and other miscellaneous materials. A scrapbook related to the Winter Show was placed in Series 5 (Scrapbooks).

Box 4

Folder 14: Descriptive booklets, 1948-1952
Folder 15: Descriptive booklets, 1957-1958, 1960, 1963, 1967
Folder 16: Newspaper articles and clippings, 1961 and 1963
Folder 17: Newspaper articles and clippings, Scattered
Folder 18: Articles of incorporation and By-laws, 1961-1968
Folder 19: 1963 and 1965
Folder 20: 1966
Folder 21: 1966
Folder 22: Craig Montgomery, (4-H), 1961
Folder 23: Ernest L. De Alton (crops section), 1961
Folder 24: Sears and Roebuck - Minneapolis, 1961-1964
Folder 25: P.M. Rustan, William and Tom Davidson, 1961-1964
Folder 26: "The St. Paul Insurance Companies," 1962 and 1968
Folder 27: Standard Oil managers - Fargo, 1964
Folder 28: B - 1961-1967
Folder 29: C - 1961-1964
Folder 30: D - 1961-1963
Folder 31: E - 1961-1964
Folder 32: F - 1963-1964
Folder 33: G - 1961-1964
Folder 34: H - 1961-1969
Folder 35: J - 1961-1963
Folder 36: K - 1961-1962
Folder 37: L - 1961-1963
Folder 38: M - 1961-1963
Folder 39: N - 1961-1963
Folder 40: O - 1961-1963
Folder 41: P - 1961-1964
Folder 42: R - 1961-1963
Folder 43: S - 1961-1965
Folder 44: T - 1961-1962
Folder 45: W - 1961-1963
Folder 46: Recognition dinner for Herman Stern -invitations and related materials, 1960- 1966
Folder 47: Acknowledgments of gifts to the Winter Show, 1961-1967, 1962 and 1965
Folder 48: 1962-1965

Box 5

Folder 1: Relating to Lawrence Welk's possible visits to the Winter Show, 1963-1969, 1964-1965
Folder 2: 1964-1965
Folder 3: Correspondence - also Finance and Building committees, 1961
Folder 4: Publicity Sub-Committee, 1961
Folder 5: Correspondence - also Finance committee, 1961
Folder 6: Conference, June, 1961
Folder 7: Correspondence with county chairmen of the 1961 fund drive
Folder 8: New building contribution list, 1961-1967
Folder 9: Paying off of building indebtedness, 1962-1963
Folder 10: Pledge lists and budget, 1962.1969
Folder 11: Pledge lists - payments, 1965-1966
Folder 12: Pledge lists and miscellanea
Folder 13: Suggestions for county development campaigns, 1961
Folder 14: Agricultural and rural development committee work, unpaid pledge reports 1961- 1962
Folder 15: Western North Dakota fund-raising campaign, 1963-1964
Folder 16: Pledge collection and new pledges, 1965
Folder 17: Pledge collection reports, 1962-1965
Folder 18: Pledge collection reports, 1963-1965
Folder 19: Fund-raising drive, 1964-1965
Folder 20: 1965
Folder 21: Harold Schafer, possible contributions, 1961-1962
Folder 22: Members of the Fargo Clinic -fund raising, 1963
Folder 23: N.D. Century Code regulations, audit reports, contribution lists, 1958-1967
Folder 24: Budgets, audit reports, contribution lists, 1959-1964
Folder 25: Receipt books, pledge record cards, ca. 1961
Folder 26: Contribution lists, operating lists, 1961-1963

Box 12

Folder 35: Winter Show (1940-1963)

Sub-Series D: Rotary Club

This sub-series includes publications and correspondence related to Stern's involvement with the Rotary Club. Scrapbooks related to the Rotary Club were placed in Series 5 (Scrapbooks).

Box 5

Folder 30: "Weekly Letter," 1932-1933
Folder 31: Rotary International Correspondence, 1933

Box 12

Folder 27: Rotary Club International (1921-1971)

Sub-Series E: Other Organizations

Contains any documents and correspondence related to Stern's work with civic organizations beyond those already noted in previous sub-series and usually consist of one or two folders.

Series 3: Business

Contains correspondence and documents of the Straus Clothing Company and other businesses. Several scrapbooks related to the Straus Company are in Series 5 (Scrapbooks).

Box 5

Folder 27: 1948
Folder 28: Store opening 1950
Folder 29: Store opening, congratulatory letters, cables, replies, 1950

Box 11

Folder 1: Business Correspondence - ABC Kiddie Shop (1972-1976)
Folder 2: Business Correspondence - Ed Brimie (1948-1967)
Folder 3: Business Correspondence - DBA Checkerboard Boutique (1975-1976).
Folder 4: Business Correspondence - Farm (1968-1979).
Folder 5: Business Correspondence - Farm (1946-1967).
Folder 6: Business Correspondence - Fred's Clothing (1975-1976).
Folder 7: Business Correspondence - Glickson's (1968-1977).
Folder 8: Business Correspondence - Grinager Mercantile Company, Inc. (1974-1976).
Folder 9: Business Correspondence - Johnson Stores of Beulah, Inc. (1945-1970).
Folder 10: Business Correspondence - Kindred Hotel Purchase (1945-1970).
Folder 11: Business Correspondence - Land O'Lakes (1953-1963).
Folder 12: Business Correspondence - Mariories's Fashion Shop (1974-1976).
Folder 13: Business Correspondence - Rufus Monke (1975-1976).
Folder 14: Business Correspondence - Rufus Monke (1973-1974).
Folder 15: Business Correspondence - Rufus Monke (1971-1972).
Folder 16: Business Correspondence - Rufus Monke (1968-1970).
Folder 17: Business Correspondence - Nelson Brothers Clothing (1975).
Folder 18: Business Correspondence - Perry's for the Young (1976-1979).
Folder 19: Business Correspondence - Rucker's Clothing Store (1976).
Folder 20: Business Correspondence - Sandager Clothing (1975-1976).
Folder 21: Business Correspondence - Small Business Administration News and State Report (1965-1970).
Folder 22: Business Correspondence - Small Business Administration News and State Report (1965-1976).
Folder 23: Business Correspondence - Squire Shop (1966-1976).
Folder 24: Business Correspondence - Erwin Stiefel (1959-1979).
Folder 25: Business Correspondence - Edward Stern (1974-1979).
Folder 26: Business Correspondence - Edward Stern (1955-1973).
Folder 27: Business Correspondence - John H. Stern Clothiers (1967-1979).
Folder 28: Business Correspondence - Uxbridge Oils, Inc. (1951-1967).

Box 12

Folder 6: Business Correspondence - American Institute of Men's and Boy's Wear, Inc. (1955-1961)
Folder 7: Business Journals (1937-1955)
Folder 8: Business Journals (1930-1934)
Folder 28: Small Business Administration
Folder 29: Small Businessman of the Year (1970)
Folder 31: Straus Clothing Company (1908-1969): mainly newspaper clippings

Box 13

Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings - Herman Stern and Straus Clothing (1950-1967).
Folder 5: Newspaper Clippings - Straus Clothing Advertisements (1909-1971).

Box 16

Folder 17: Business Correspondence - Development Corporation November 1977 - November 1979
Folder 18: Business Correspondence - Dickinson Shoe Companies 1977
Folder 19: Business Correspondence - Fidelity Savings and Loan Association November 1959 - November 1978
Folder 20: Business Correspondence - flub - Mac Corporation November 1965 - September 1977
Folder 21: Business Correspondence - Jamestown College February 1954 - December 1969
Folder 22: Business Correspondence - Jamestown College October 1970 - November 1975
Folder 23: Business Correspondence - Peggy Lee February 1949 - July 1950
Folder 24: Business Correspondence - Lindy Winky Bootery 1976 - 1977
Folder 25: Business Correspondence - Montrose Orchards March 1964 - October 1978
Folder 26: Business Correspondence - Pamida, Inc. October 1972 - December 1979
Folder 27: Business Correspondence - KSTP Radio Station September 1935 - July 1936
Folder 28: Business Correspondence - Roland K. Risa September 1947 - July 1978
Folder 29: Business Correspondence - Steiger Credit Company August 1963 - October 1979
Folder 30: Business Correspondence - Swift and Company May 1946 - March 1953
Folder 31: Business Correspondence - Tri W-G, Inc. December 1972
Folder 32: Business Correspondence - Tri W-G, Inc. July 1973 and July 1974
Folder 33: Business Correspondence - Tri W-G, Inc. March 1974 - June 1975

Box 20

Folder 18: Straus Company Ad

Series 4: Other Materials

Contains mainly correspondence and other materials of a more personal nature related to Stern's life. This series is divided into sub-series that include correspondence with political figures, correspondence with specific individuals, correspondence divided by subject, and miscellaneous correspondence divided by year.

Sub-Series A: Political Figures

This sub-series contains Stern's correspondence with various political figures, including North Dakota Governors Fred Aandahl and Norman Brunsdale.

Box 6

Folder 4: Governor Fred Aandahl, 1945-1653, and death notices, 1966
Folder 5: Governor Norman Brunsdale, 1945-1954

Sub-Series B: Specific Individuals and Organizations

Contains correspondence between Stern and various specific individuals and/or organizations.

Box 6

Folder 1: Alfred Stern and. unidentified. 1904-1906, 1922, 1927
Folder 2: Dr. Stephen Wise, 1939
Folder 3: F.L. Conklin, 1943-1946
Folder 6: John Cowles - Minneapolis Tribune, 1946-1951
Folder 7: R. J. Hughes (also clippings), 1948-1961
Folder 8: Charles Ward - Brown and Bigelow, Minneapolis, 1952-1959, and death notices, 1959
Folder 9: Henry H. Westler, 1954-1955
Folder 10: Fred Fredrickson, soil conservation projects in N.D., 1957-1959
Folder 11: Fred Fredrickson, oil refineries in N.D., 1957-1959
Folder 12: Michael M. Miller, Lawrence Welk Strausburg reunion, 1965

Box 10

Folder 1: Correspondence - Ray Amdurski (1956-1979).
Folder 3: Correspondence - John Brandt (1945-1953).
Folder 4: Correspondence - Larry R. Capron (1944-1950).
Folder 5: Correspondence - R.W. Clark (I 938-1944).
Folder 6: Correspondence - Fred Fredrickson (1942-1952)
Folder 8: Correspondence - Robert E. Groom (1944-1955).
Folder 9: Correspondence - Fred Irish (1938-1951).
Folder 10: Correspondence - Dr. Irvine Lavine (1932-1942)
Folder 11: Correspondence - Fred F. Murphy (1930-1939)
Folder 12: Correspondence - James Milloy and Ruth Harrison (1938-1942)
Folder 13: Correspondence - Dick Morenus (1937-1942).
Folder 14: Correspondence - John Moses (1938-1945)
Folder 15: Correspondence - Evelyn Nachtway (1965-1976).
Folder 16: Correspondence - National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center (1961-1963).
Folder 17: Correspondence - Morton Newhoff (1946-1948)
Folder 18: Correspondence - North Dakota Television Commission (1962-1966).
Folder 19: Correspondence - Sever Odegard (1938).
Folder 20: Correspondence - Karl J. Olson (1938-1969)
Folder 21: Correspondence - Personal (1941-1950)
Folder 22: Correspondence - Personal (1939-1940)
Folder 23: Correspondence - Personal (1931-1938)
Folder 24: Correspondence - Political (1938-1952).
Folder 25: Correspondence - Charles Redman (1949-1969)
Folder 26: Correspondence - Sale KVOC Radio Station (1937-1942).
Folder 27: Correspondence - Salesman of the Year (1964)
Folder 28: Correspondence - Servicemen (1941-1945)
Folder 29: Correspondence - Souris Valley Foundation, Inc. (1958-1961).
Folder 30: Correspondence - Speaking Engagements (1969-1970)
Folder 31: Correspondence - Trip to Israel (1978).
Folder 32: Correspondence - War Finances (1941-1945).
Folder 33: Correspondence - Merle S. Ward (1932-194.5).
Folder 34: Correspondence - Dr. Frederick Weltzin (1937-1943).
Folder 35: Correspondence - Masonic Woodbine Project (1969-1974).
Folder 36: Correspondence - World's Poultry Congress (1938-1939)
Folder 37: Miscellaneous.

Box 12

Folder 3: Barnes County Cooperative Creamery (1930-1959).
Folder 10: Correspondence - Duane N. Crawford (1969-1971)
Folder 11: Correspondence - German Relatives (1903-1948)
Folder 14: Family (1953-1971).
Folder 15: Friends/Acquaintances
Folder 18: Heart Fund Donation (1948).
Folder 20: Jewish Activities (1950-1956).
Folder 21: Marketing Seminar (1965-1968).
Folder 26: Retailing Organizations (1925-1976).
Folder 30: Sheyenne Manor and Memorial Hospital (1955-1962).
Folder 32: Valley City, North Dakota (1961-1971)

Box 14

Folder 1: Correspondence - Clinton Anderson May 1945 - December 1979
Folder 2: Correspondence - Reuben Askanase May 1965 - November 1979
Folder 3: Correspondence - "A" Miscellaneous October 1970 - September 1979
Folder 4: Correspondence - Barnes County Historical Society
Folder 5: Correspondence - Blue Cross Blue Shield August 1964
Folder 6: Correspondence - Temple Beth El May 1957 - November 1979
Folder 7: Correspondence - George Boardman March 1947 - July 1978
Folder 8: Correspondence - Dennis Boom October 1958 - September 1976
Folder 9: Correspondence - Ralph Borman February 1944 - September 1948
Folder 10: Correspondence - Louis Bromberg November 1935 - March 1975
Folder 11: Correspondence - "B" Miscellaneous April 1943 - December 1979
Folder 12: Correspondence - Chamber of Commerce March 1945 - 1979
Folder 13: Correspondence - Ken Coughlin 1927, 1977
Folder 14: Correspondence - North Dakota Community Foundation July 1976 - August 1976
Folder 15: Correspondence - Ralph F. Cook March 1948 - August 1965
Folder 16: Correspondence - "C" Miscellaneous September 1939 - August 1979
Folder 17: Correspondence - Al J. Dexter July 1965 - January 1976
Folder 18: Correspondence - Ray Dobson April 1949 - September 1975
Folder 19: Correspondence - "D" Miscellaneous March 1900 - December 1979
Folder 20: Correspondence - Rabbi M.S. Eisemann February 1958 - September 1975
Folder 21: Correspondence - Jack Evans March 1973
Folder 22: Correspondence - "E" Miscellaneous February 1943 - December 1975
Folder 23: Correspondence - "F" Miscellaneous December 1935 - April 1979
Folder 24: Correspondence - Max Goldberg December 1945 - June 1978
Folder 25: Correspondence - J.J. Grest September 1937 - February 1955
Folder 26: Correspondence - Ben Grotte June 1945 - June 1979
Folder 27: Correspondence - William Guy July 1946 - April 1975
Folder 28: Correspondence - "G" Miscellaneous October 1940 - October 1979
Folder 29: Correspondence - Richard Halverson June 1953 - March 1979
Folder 30: Correspondence - George Hanna March 1945 - June 1974
Folder 31: Correspondence - Peavey Heffelfinger May 1950 - August 1979
Folder 32: Correspondence - "H" Miscellaneous July 1943 - October 1979
Folder 33: Correspondence - Robert Ingstad April 1973 - September 1975

Box 15

Folder 1: Correspondence - International Multifoods October 1974 - November 1974
Folder 2: Correspondence - Jewish Historical Project August 1975 - August 1978
Folder 3: Correspondence - Job Service July 1979
Folder 4: Correspondence - Orland Johnson March 1961 - December 1979
Folder 5: Correspondence - "J" Miscellaneous August 1936 - December 1979
Folder 6: Correspondence - Robert Katz October 1952 - April 19S4
Folder 7: Correspondence - Eugene Kleinpell August 1944 - April 1973
Folder 8: Correspondence - Richard Kuhn June 1961 - August 1965
Folder 9: Correspondence - "K" Miscellaneous May 1953 - December 1979
Folder 10: Correspondence - Albert Lieberman July 1945 - September 1977
Folder 11: Correspondence - "L" Miscellaneous August 1929 - December 1979
Folder 12: Correspondence - Harvey A. Maier September 1953 - June 1967
Folder 13: Correspondence - George Mason April 1947 - December 1954
Folder 14: Correspondence - Masonic Temple May 1961
Folder 15: Correspondence - Mike Mikoda December 1956 - January 1967
Folder 16: Correspondence - James Milloy December 1941 - March 1971
Folder 17: Correspondence - "M" Miscellaneous January 1944 - January 1972
Folder 18: Correspondence - "M" Miscellaneous March 1972 - December 1979
Folder 19: Correspondence - Northern Pacific Railway April 1943 - February 1979
Folder 20: Correspondence - "N" Miscellaneous April 1945 - November 1978
Folder 21: Correspondence - "O" Miscellaneous February 1943 - December 1979
Folder 22: Correspondence - A.M. Paulson August 1975 - January 1978
Folder 23: Correspondence - James O. Peterson May 1959 - December 1968
Folder 24: Correspondence - W.A. Plath February 1960 - March 1960
Folder 25: Correspondence - "P" Miscellaneous May 1943 - February 1979
Folder 26: Correspondence - George V. Ricker March 1958 - January 1966
Folder 27: Correspondence - Lawson H. Riley May 1961 - July 1971
Folder 28: Correspondence - Joyce Roberts November 1935 - May 1979
Folder 29: Correspondence - Charles Robertson July 1944 - July 1948
Folder 30: Correspondence - Sid Rosenberg March 1955 - May 1962
Folder 31: Correspondence - Ben Roth February 1940 - August 1964
Folder 32: Correspondence - M.O. Ryan March 1945 - April 1957
Folder 33: Correspondence - "R" Miscellaneous February 1944 - September 1979
Folder 34: Correspondence - Salvador Nunez Santana December 1949 - February 1955
Folder 35: Correspondence - Harold Schafer July 1969 - September 1976
Folder 36: Correspondence - Richard D. Schnell February 1958 - February 1964
Folder 37: Correspondence - Soo Line Railways February 1950 - May 1951
Folder 38: Correspondence - Cheryl Stern November 1959 - October 1979
Folder 39: Correspondence - Edward Stern June 1954 - September 1975

Box 16

Folder 1: Correspondence - Eric Stern March 1950 - January 1968
Folder 2: Correspondence - Eric Stern January 1970 - January 1973
Folder 3: Correspondence - Jay Stern June 1947 - April 1958
Folder 4: Correspondence - Les Stern August 1973 - April 1976
Folder 5: Correspondence - Renee Stern August 1979 - September 1979
Folder 6: Correspondence - Dorothy Stickney April 1940 - September 1949
Folder 7: Correspondence - Ken Stowell April 1945 - November 1979
Folder 8: Correspondence - "S" Miscellaneous September 1970 - December 1979
Folder 9: Correspondence - Tom Thorson November 1959 - November 1979
Folder 10: Correspondence - Ralph A Trubey December 1943 - October 1955
Folder 11: Correspondence - "'1" Miscellaneous July 1956 - June 1979
Folder 12: Correspondence - Valley City State College March 1978 - March 1979
Folder 13: Correspondence - Merle S. Ward January 1946 - July 1949
Folder 14: Correspondence - Lawrence Welk November 1974 - March 1977
Folder 15: Correspondence - "IV" Miscellaneous May 1925 - November 1979
Folder 16: Correspondence - Milton R. Young January 1960 - November 1977

Box 20

Folder 1: Biographical Materials on Herman Stern
Folder 3: Various Correspondence with Herman Stern
Folder 4: Newspaper Articles about Herman Stern
Folder 6: Stern Letters-Proofed Copies
Folder 9: State Department Inspection Report, 1928
Folder 10: Stuttgart, Germany Consulate State Department Reports
Folder 11: Correspondence with American Consulate in Germany
Folder 12: Copy of and Notes on Adolf Stern's Gestapo File
Folder 13: State Department Inspection Report, 1936
Folder 14: Herman Stern Correspondence with Relatives (copies)
Folder 15: Resolution Honoring Herman Stern
Folder 16: Against the Odds Exhibit Brochure
Folder 17: Notes on Herman Stern
Folder 19: Herman Stern Exhibit Script

Sub-Series C: Subject Files

Contains correspondence divided by subject.

Box 6

Folder 13: North Dakota Highways, 1937
Folder 14: State university salary increase drives, 1937 and 1953
Folder 15: Christmas greetings, 1940
Folder 16: Correspondence with retailers in butter-short areas, 1946 ("Butter for Clothing")
Folder 17: "Butter for Clothing," 1946-1947
Folder 18: National Association of Retail Clothiers, 1956-1964
Folder 19: Upper Midwest Men's Apparel Club, INC., 1957
Folder 20: North Dakota National Statuary Hall Commission, 1950-1960
Folder 21: Vocational Education in North. Dakota, 1961 -1962
Folder 22: Theodore Roosevelt State Park, 1963
Folder 23: Correspondence relating to Herman Stern biographical article in the "North Dakotan," April, 1965
Folder 24: Businessman of the Year Award 1970 - congratulatory letters

Sub-Series D: Miscellaneous

Contains miscellaneous documents, including Upper Midwest Economic Studies and a report to the Midwestern Governors' Conference.

Box 6

Folder 25: D - 1944-1954
Folder 26: E - 1964-1969
Folder 27: F - 1947-1950, 1966-1970
Folder 28: G - 1945-1964
Folder 29: H - 1945-1971
Folder 30: J - 1948-1955
Folder 31: K - 1945-1969
Folder 32: K - 1944-1952
Folder 33: L - 1944-1952
Folder 34: General - 1943-1952
Folder 35: General - 1944-1950 (mostly letters of condolence)
Folder 36: General - 1949-1966
Folder 37: Blank U.S. Visa Applications and other immigration documents, 1940
Folder 38: CARE materials and auto repair receipts, 1947, 1960
Folder 39: Upper Midwest Economic Studies, 1962-1963
Folder 40: Upper Midwest Economic Studies, 1963-1964
Folder 41: U.S. News and World Report, June 8 and November 9, 1959
Folder 42: Progress Report to the Midwestern Governors' Conference Committee on Economic Growth on Factors Influencing the Economic Growth Rate of the Midwestern States, 1963

Box 12

Folder 1: Advertisement of North Dakota.
Folder 2: Awards (1958-1969).
Folder 4: Booklet Correspondence: "Good Rules to Achieve Pride of Accomplishment" (1959-1970).
Folder 9: Certificates "American Religious Town Hall Meeting, Inc." (1957).
Folder 12: Duane F. Crawford Application for Grant about Book on Herman Stern (1970).
Folder 13: Education Beyond High School Program (1956-1957)
Folder 19: Herbert Kaufman Editorials on Northwest from the Minneapolis Tribune (1926)
Folder 23: Miscellaneous.
Folder 24: Notes on Book by Duane Crawford (1970-1971).
Folder 25: Philosophy and General Remarks (1953-1968).

Box 13

Folder 3: Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous (1950-1971).

Box 16

Folder 34: Glacier Park Trip 1947
Folder 35: Hospital Records (Herman Stern) 1971
Folder 36: Miller's Breadslicer December 1944 - October 1947
Folder 37: Newspaper Clippings - Greater N.D. Association January 1957
Folder 38: Newspaper Clippings - Herman Stern and Straus Clothing
Folder 39: Ken Coughlin Family

Box 20

Videotape 1: Stern, Ed and Richard-Barnes County Museum, July 24, 2004
Videotape 2: We Were So Beloved: The German Jews of Washington Heights

Series 5: Scrapbooks

Series contains several scrapbooks and scrapbook pages related to Stern's business operations, his volunteer work, and life.

Box 7

Folder 1: Local clippings from the Rotarian, 1932-1933
Folder 2: Clippings related to the N.D. Winter Show, Rotary, Straus Company, 1922-1963
Folder 3: WWII North Dakota War Chest, Barnes County Chairman: clippings, 1944
Folder 4: Sheyenne Manor (Valley City) clippings and articles, 1960-1961

Box 8

Folder 5: Greater North Dakota Association
Folder 6: Personal Clippings of Herman Stern, 1922-1956
Folder 7: Display window settings (Straus Company and War Loan Drives), advertising, clippings, photos, and certificates from the Boy Scouts and the Treasury Department, 1941-1945

Box 18

Scrapbook 1: Straus Company: Contains trade articles, advertising, clippings, photos, and items from "Valley City Trade News," 1923-1953.

Box 19

Scrapbook 1: Straus Company: Contains newspaper advertising from the "Valley City Trade News," 1936-1938.
Scrapbook 2: Sheyenne Manor clippings and articles, 1960-1961

Box 20

Folder 5: Copy of Scrapbook on Herman Stern

Series 6: Photographs

The following photographs were deposited in the Photograph File Cabinets:

Photo Number Description

OGL#217-1 Herman Stern and unidentified, Atlantic City, 1929

OGL#217-2 Carl Ewald, William R. Woods, Max Amberson, North Dakota Winter Show, 1956

OGL#217-3 Homme Dam, Park River, North Dakota

OGL#217-4 Homme Dam, Park River, North Dakota

OGL#217-5 Homme Dam, Park River, North Dakota

OGL#217-6 Unidentified dam

OGL#217-7 Unidentified dam

OGL#217-8 Unidentified railroad bridge

OGL#217-9 Unidentified railroad bridge

OGL#217-10 Unidentified railroad bridge

OGL#217-11 Unidentified railroad bridge

OGL#217-12 Unidentified railroad bridge

OGL#217-13 Henry Biel farm, Lefor, North Dakota

OGL#217-14 Wheat field, J. Scott farm

OGL#217-15 Bald Hill Dam, Lake Ashtabula (north of Valley City)

OGL#217-16 Bald Hill Dam, Lake Ashtabula (north of Valley City)

OGL#217-17 Bald Hill Dam, Lake Ashtabula (north of Valley City)

OGL#217-18 Bald Hill Dam, Lake Ashtabula (north of Valley City)

OGL#217-19 Peggy Lee publicity photograph

OGL#217-20 Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour (husband), at reunion in Valley City 6 March 1950

OGL#217-21 Peggy Lee and Leonard Egstrom (brother), at reunion in Valley City 6 March 1950

OGL#217-22 Peggy Lee, Leonard Egstrom (brother) and sister-in-law at reunion in Valley City 6 March 1950

OGL#217-23 Peggy Lee, Leonard Egstrom (brother) and sister-in-law at reunion in Valley City 6 March 1950

OGL#217-24 Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee's husband, circa 1950

OGL#217-25 Student judges, 1958 North Dakota Winter Show

OGL#217-26 Student judges, North Dakota Winter Show

OGL#217-27 Aerial view, North Dakota Winter Show building

OGL#217-28 North Dakota Winter Show

OGL#217-29 Hereford, North Dakota Winter Show

OGL#217-30 Herefords in show ring, North Dakota Winter Show

OGL#217-31 Herefords in show ring, North Dakota Winter Show, 1958

OGL#217-32 Open class crop exhibits, North Dakota Winter Show, 1958

OGL#217-33 4H Grand Champion Angus, North Dakota Winter Show, 1960

OGL#217-34 Grand Champion Chester White Gilt, North Dakota Winter Show, 1960

OGL#217-35 Grand Champion Hereford, North Dakota Winter Show, 1960

OGL#217-36 Grand Champion of All Breeds, North Dakota Winter Show, 1960

OGL#217-37 Horse, North Dakota Winter Show, 1960

OGL#217-38 Unidentified building

OGL#217-39 (first name unknown) Montgomery, North Dakota Winter Show, 1960

OGL#217-40 (first name unknown) Eastvold, North Dakota Winter Show, 1960

OGL#217-41 Remodeled Straus Store (exterior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-42 Remodeled Straus Store (exterior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-43 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-44 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-45 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-46 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-47 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-48 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-49 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-50 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-51 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-52 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-53 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-54 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-55 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-56 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-57 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-58 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-59 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-60 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-61 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-62 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-63 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-64 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-65 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-66 Remodeled Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1951

OGL#217-67 Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1961

OGL#217-68 Straus Store (interior), Valley City, 1961

OGL#217-69 Unidentified store interior

OGL#217-70 Unidentified gathering

OGL#217-71 Unidentified group of children

OGL#217-72 Herman Stern at unidentified gathering

OGL#217-73 Elke Dawes, 1949

OGL#217-74 Unidentified

OGL#217-75 Joseph, Frieda, Horst, and Trude Lucas, Germany, undated

OGL#217-76 Cemetery Weyer (?) - unidentified woman visiting a cemetery

OGL#217-77 Paul Hay, Gertrude, Jupp Kramm

OGL#217-78 L. Schafheimer, Leipzig

OGL#217-79 Trudl Howell, 1933

OGL#217-80 Trudl Howell, 1933

OGL#217-81 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-82 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-83 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-84 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-85 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-86 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-87 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-88 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-89 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-90 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-91 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-92 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-93 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-94 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-95 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-96 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-97 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-98 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-99 Rotary meeting, undated

OGL#217-100 Straus Company postcard of parade float, undated

OGL#217-101 Straus Company store (interior), Casselton, circa 1900

OGL#217-102 Straus Company store (interior), Casselton, circa 1900

OGL#217-103 Straus Company store (interior), Casselton, circa 1900

OGL#217-104 Straus Company store (interior), Casselton, circa 1900

OGL#217-105 Unidentified

OGL#217-106 Unidentified

Box 20

Folder 21: Miscellaneous Photographs
Folder 22: M. Steiner Photos (on CD)

Series 7: Audio Tapes

Five audio tapes were separated and added to the Audio Tape Collection. Audio tapes related to oral history of Jewish emigrants are located in Series 1, Sub-series B.

Cassette Tape 1: History of Herman Stern (Tape 942): Deposited in the audio tape collection.
Cassette Tape 2: Interview by Duane Crawford, 1971 (Tape 943)
Cassette Tape 3: Opening of Straus Clothing in Valley City (Tape 944)
Cassette Tape 4: Opening of Straus Clothing in Valley City (Tape 945)
Cassette Tape 5: Unidentified (Tape 946)

Series 8: Oral History

Contains audio tapes and typed transcripts of oral history interviews related to Herman Stern, the Straus Company, and/or his efforts to rescue Jews from Nazi Germany.

Sub-Series A: Oral History Interview Transcripts

Typewritten transcripts of oral history interviews.

Box 16

Folder 40: Interview with K.B. Cummings
Folder 41: Interview with James Hetland
Folder 42: Interview with Lee Isensee
Folder 43: Interview with Hilda Jonas
Folder 44: Interview with Dean McConn
Folder 45: Interview with Lore Moser
Folder 46: Interview with William Mueller
Folder 47: Interview with Myer Shark
Folder 48: Interview with Roy Sheppard
Folder 49: Interview with William Spier
Folder 50: Interview with Margaret Steiner
Folder 51: Interview with Edward Stern
Folder 52: Interview with Michael Stern
Folder 53: Interview with Tea Eichengruen Stiefel
Folder 54: Interview with Lotte Ullmann
Folder 55: Interview with David Walker
Folder 56: Interview with Nathan Crosby

Box 20

Folder 2: Oral History Interview Transcripts

Sub-Series B: Interview Audio Tapes

Cassette tapes of oral history interviews.

Box 17

Cassette Tape 1: Interview with K.B. Cummings
Cassette Tape 2: Interview with James Hetland
Cassette Tape 3: Interview with Lee Isensee
Cassette Tape 4: Interview with Hilda Jonas
Cassette Tape 5: Interview with Dean McConn
Cassette Tape 6: Interview with Lore Moser
Cassette Tape 7: Interview with William Mueller
Cassette Tape 8: Interview with Myer Shark (Tape 1 of 2)
Cassette Tape 9: Interview with Myer Shark (Tape 2 of 2)
Cassette Tape 10: Interview with Roy Sheppard
Cassette Tape 11: Interview with William Spier
Cassette Tape 12: Interview with Margaret Steiner (Tape 1 of 2)
Cassette Tape 13: Interview with Margaret Steiner (Tape 2 of 2)
Cassette Tape 14: Interview with Edward Stern
Cassette Tape 15: Interview with Michael Stern
Cassette Tape 16: Interview with Tea Eichengruen Stiefel (Tape 1 of 3)
Cassette Tape 17: Interview with Tea Eichengruen Stiefel (Tape 2 of 3)
Cassette Tape 18: Interview with Tea Eichengruen Stiefel (Tape 3 of 3)
Cassette Tape 19: Interview with Lotte Ullmann (Tape 1 of 2)
Cassette Tape 20: Interview with Lotte Ullmann (Tape 2 of 2)
Cassette Tape 21: Interview with David Walker
Cassette Tape 22: Interview with Nathan Crosby
Cassette Tape 23: Interview with Thomas Maier
Cassette Tape 24: Interview with Thomas Maier (Tape 2): This may be a duplicate copy of Cassette Tape 23.
Cassette Tape 25: Interview with Margarette Steiner (Tape 1 of 2)
Cassette Tape 26: Interview with Margarette Steiner (Tape 2 of 2)
Cassette Tape 27: Interview with Tea Eichengruen Stiefel (Master Tape 1): May be a duplicate of Cassette Tape 16.
Cassette Tape 28: Interview with Hilda Jonas: May be a duplicate of Cassette Tape 4.
Cassette Tape 29: Herman Stern material: Cassette tape contains excerpts of interviews and talks with Herman Stern, as well as material on side 2 of the tape related to the Boy Scouts, Greater North Dakota Association, and the Straus Company.
Cassette Tape 30: Herman Stern: Cassette tape contains material related to Herman Stern.
Cassette Tape 31: Store Meeting, 1972 and H.S. History 1903-1972: Cassette tape contains materials related to a store meeting (likely the Straus Company) in 1972 and materials related to Herman Stern, dated 1903-1972.

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