Luella J. Hall Papers, 1923, 1951-1954

Luella J. Hall Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Luella J. Hall Papers, 1923, 1951-1954

ID: OGLMC084

Primary Creator: Hall, Luella J. (1910-1973)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 08/09/1952. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Mohall, North Dakota, Women's History

Languages: English

Abstract

1890-1973; Mohall, North Dakota, historian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Luella J. Hall Papers consist of two folders. Folder one contains newspaper clippings from The Renville County Farmer from 1951 to 1954. The bulk of the clippings are from the June 21, 1951 edition, issued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Mohall. Most clippings concern Mohall and Renville County history and are individually mounted on paper. Also included are two postcards, featuring Mohall’s first community Christmas tree in 1925 and the Mohall City Park.

Folder two contains a paper written about 1923 by Hall, “The Early History of Mohall, North Dakota.” The paper, fifty pages long, contains four chapters: I. Physiography of the Mouse River Loop, North Dakota; II. The founding of Mohall; III. The coming of the railroad; and IV. The reorganization of Renville County. The first three chapters cover to 1903, and the fourth covers to 1910. The paper includes a description of the area, mentioning floods, blizzards, travel, Mohall pioneers, and railroad expansion. Also mentioned are regional towns, including Minot and Towner, and the separation of Renville County from Ward County.

Collection Historical Note

Luella Jemima Hall was born October 18, 1890, the daughter of Martin O. Hall. Martin was born October 30, 1853, in Norway and founded Mohall, North Dakota, in 1901. Luella attended the University of North Dakota, earning a B.A. in 1917 and a M.A. in 1919. Her master’s thesis was titled “County Boundaries in North Dakota, 1849-1916.” She was a charter member of the Upsilon Chapter of Delta Zeta, a women’s fraternity installed at UND in 1919. She joined the UND faculty, and served as advisor to Delta Zeta. In about 1923, she wrote “The Early History of Mohall, North Dakota.” M.O. Hall became ill and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he died January 12, 1925. By 1925, Luella also had moved to California and was teaching at Lodi. Luella earned a Ph.D. in History from Stanford University in 1937. Her dissertation was “The United States and the Moroccan Problem.” In 1937, she accepted a position at Hartnell Junior College (Salinas, California), where she served as a professor of Geography and History until 1960. She was an expert on U.S.-Morocco relations, but primarily taught courses concerning Latin America, international relations, and American Indians. She revised her dissertation, which was published as The United States and Morocco, 1776-1956 (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1971). She died June 15, 1973.

Subject/Index Terms

Mohall, North Dakota
Women's History

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals: Hall deposited additions on November 30, 1953 and June 16, 1954

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

Acquisition Source: Luella J. Hall

Acquisition Method: Donation

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Luella J. Hall Papers. OGLMC 84, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in January 2014.

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Folder 1: Newspaper clippings from The Renville County Farmer, 1951-1954
Folder 2: “The Early History of Mohall, North Dakota”, 1923

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