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Pearl Johnson Papers, 1979-1993
Collection Overview
Title: Pearl Johnson Papers, 1979-1993
Predominant Dates:undated
ID: OGLMC1270
Primary Creator: Johnson, Pearl (1896-1979)
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 05/20/1993
Subjects: Women's History
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Pearl B. (Tharaldson) Johnson was born August 29, 1896, on a farm near Pekin, Nelson County, North Dakota. She lived there until 1907, when she was sent to live with an aunt in Grand Forks. While there she met and married Louis Johnson, a farmer born in Telemarken, Norway. Pearl was fourteen at the time of their marriage. Louis and Pearl began their married life at the Oscar Smith farm, two miles north of the farm of her parents in Nelson County. After her father died, Pearl and Louis rented her mother's farm for a few years. In about 1916, Pearl and Louis lived on a homestead in McKenzie County. Five years later, when iron polluted their farm's water supply, they returned to the Pekin farm. In 1947, Louis and Pearl moved to Minneapolis, where Louis managed the Gronna Memorial Home and Pearl served as the home's matron.
Louis and Pearl had ten children, four boys and six girls. Louis died January 14, 1963, while Pearl died September 20, 1979, at the Community Hospital in McVille, North Dakota.
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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: Clara Forde, Tolna, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 93-1875
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Pearl Johnson Papers. OGLMC 1270, 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 February 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Photographs :],
[All]
- Box 1
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Pearl B. Johnson autobiography, undated
- Photocopy of a sixteen page, handwritten document
- Item 2: Pearl B. Johnson obituary and memorial card, 1979
- Item 3: Correspondence from Clara Forde to the Department of Special Collections, 1993
- Item 4: Christmas Poem (1992) and List of the children of Pearl and Louis Johnson
- Both written by Clara Forde
- Photographs :
- Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.