Theodore Kraker Papers, 1882-1995

Theodore Kraker Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Theodore Kraker Papers, 1882-1995

ID: OGLMC1317

Primary Creator: Kraker, Theodore (1920-1995)

Other Creators: Jurgens, Josephine Formaneck (1895 - 1950), Jurgens, Theodore (1895 - 1950), Kraker, Grace Jurgens (1905 - 1975), Kraker, Mark (1910 - 1987)

Extent: 15.75 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Materials are arranged chronologically by subject

Date Acquired: 10/01/1995

Subjects: Business and Industry, Grand Forks - Business, Grand Forks - Education, Grand Forks - Organizations, Religion - Catholic Church, University of North Dakota, Women's History

Languages: English

Abstract

Documents spanning several generations of a North Dakota family.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Theodore Kraker Papers, 1882-1995, document the activities of four North Dakota generations. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries and personal books, financial records, academic records and materials, employment records, military service records, photographs, and business ledgers.

Collection Historical Note

Theodore Mark "Ted" Kraker was born April 7, 1920, in Wahpeton, North Dakota, to Mark and Grace Jurgens Kraker. The family moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1925. Theodore attended St. Mary's Catholic School and the Central High School, where he graduated in 1938. In 1942, he received a bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota (UND). He then joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as an air traffic controller in Clovis, New Mexico, during World War II. When the war ended, Theodore returned to UND to study industrial arts education. He received a teacher's certificate in 1947. That same year, he opened his own business, Kraker's Kraft and Kabinet Kurios, in Grand Forks. The business closed a few years later. In 1948, Kraker began employment as a postal clerk in the Grand Forks Post Office, where he worked until his retirement in 1976. Kraker was actively involved in his union, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, and in the Grand Forks Philatelic Society. He died August 26, 1995 and is buried in Cavalry Cemetery in Grand Forks.

Mark Kraker, father of Ted, served in World War I and worked at the Great Northern Railroad Company. Many relatives of Mark are mentioned in the materials including: his father, Mathias Kraker, mother, Mary Mischke Kraker, brothers, Henry and Math J. Kraker, sister, Sophia Kraker, niece, Bernice Kraker, and uncle, Frank Mischke. Grace Jurgens Kraker was the daughter of Theodore Jurgens and Josephine Formaneck Jurgens. Grace grew up in Wahpeton and later moved to Grand Forks with her husband and son. She was involved in many organizations, including the Women's Catholic Order of Forester, Lincoln Park Bridge Club, Catholic Daughters of America, St. Mary's Altar Society, and the Thursday Music Club.

Theodore Jurgens and Josephine Formaneck Jurgens lived most of their lives in Wahpeton, settling there in the early 1880s. Theodore Jurgens opened a saloon which operated from 1886 to 1890, when it was shut down by North Dakota's prohibition. He then opened a clothing store in Wahpeton with his brother-in-law, Albert Formaneck Jr. The store remained in business from 1891 to 1902.

Other people mentioned in the collection include: Theodore Jurgens brother and sister-in-law, Louis and Tina Jurgens, Josephine Formaneck Jurgens brother and sister-in-law, Frank and Anna Formaneck, Josephine's nephew and Frank and Anna's son, Henry Formaneck, Josephine's brother, Fred Formaneck, Albert Formaneck Jr.'s wife, Mary Schild Formaneck, Josephine's sister and brother-in-law, Rosa Formaneck Chezik and Joseph Chezik, Josephine's nephew and Rosa and Joseph's son, Leo Chezik, Josephine's brother-in-law, Albert Chezik, Josephine's sister, Anna Formaneck Chezik, and Josephine's niece and Albert and Anna Chezik's daughter, Vena Chezik.

Subject/Index Terms

Business and Industry
Grand Forks - Business
Grand Forks - Education
Grand Forks - Organizations
Religion - Catholic Church
University of North Dakota
Women's History

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: Rae Ann McGurran

Acquisition Method:

Donation; 95-2040

Addition via John McGurran, donation January 30, 2014 (2014-3243).

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Theodore Kraker Papers. OGLMC 1317, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Existing finding aid migrated to Archon in July 2014 by Special Collections intern, Gideon Rogers. An addition to the collection was processed at this time, also by Gideon Rogers.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Theodore Kraker, Elementary School Papers 1929 - 1934
Folder 2: Theodore Kraker, High School Geography Notes 1936
Folder 3: Theodore Kraker, High School Papers 1934 - 1938
Folder 4: Theodore Kraker, High School Reunion 1936 - 1958
Folder 5: Theodore Kraker, Knights of Columbus 1937
Folder 6: Theodore Kraker, UND Documents and Records 1938 - 1947
Folder 7: Theodore Kraker, UND College Psychology Notes and Lab Assignments 1939 - 1940
Folder 8: Theodore Kraker, UND College Physics Lab Notes Circa 1940s
Folder 9: Theodore Kraker, Industrial Arts Manuals 1937 - 1941
Folder 10: Theodore Kraker, UND Bookbinding Lab Course Notes 1940 - 1941
Folder 11: Theodore Kraker, Industrial Arts College UND Curriculum Papers and Notes 1941
Folder 12: Theodore Kraker, Industrial Arts College UND Curriculum Papers and Notes 1941 Continued
Folder 13: Theodore Kraker, UND College Education Course Notes 1941
Folder 14: Theodore Kraker, UND College Education Course Notes 1941 Continued
Folder 15: Theodore Kraker, UND College Geography Notes 1941 - 1942
Folder 16: Theodore Kraker, UND Latin American History Course Notes 1942
Folder 17: Theodore Kraker, UND Art Course Notes 1947
Folder 18: Theodore Kraker, UND School of Finance Course Notes 1947
Folder 19: Theodore Kraker, Data for Und Master's Thesis
Folder 20: Theodore Kraker, UND Master's Thesis Draft Incomplete 1947
Folder 21: Theodore Kraker, Certification of Teaching, Job Applications, and School Documents 1941 - 1947
Folder 22: Theodore Kraker, Service Training Manuals 1942 - 1944
Folder 23: Theodore Kraker, Service Training Manuals 1942 - 1944 Continued
Folder 24: Theodore Kraker, World War II Military Service Records 1947 - 1951
Folder 25: Theodore Kraker, World War II Military Service Records 1947 - 1951 Continued
Folder 26: Theodore Kraker, Military Patches, Undated

Box 2

Folder 1: Theodore Kraker, Post Office Employment 1942 - 1976
Folder 2: Theodore Kraker, Post Office Employment 1942 - 1976 Continued
Folder 3: Theodore Kraker, Kraker's Kraft and Kabinet Kurios 1947 - 1952
Folder 4: Theodore Kraker, Philatelic Society, Membership and Stamp Collecting Interests 1949 - 1971
Folder 5: Theodore Kraker, Incoming Correspondence 1939 - 1954
Folder 6: Theodore Kraker, Incoming Correspondence 1939 - 1954 Continued
Folder 7: Theodore Kraker, Outgoing Correspondence 1943 - 1965
Folder 8: Theodore Kraker, Correspondence with Josephine Jurgens, 1942 - 1943
Folder 9: Theodore Kraker, Correspondence with Josephine Jurgens, 1944 - 1949
Folder 10: Theodore Kraker, Finance Records 1927 - 1932, 1948 - 1965
Folder 11: Theodore Kraker, Finance Records Continued 1977 - 1988
Folder 12: Theodore Kraker, Financial Records, Post Office Pay Stubs 1958 - 1969
Folder 13: Theodore Kraker, Financial Records, Post Office Pay Stubs 1969 - 1976
Folder 14: Theodore Kraker, Tax Records 1948 - 1960
Folder 15: Theodore Kraker, Tax Records 1961 - 1970
Folder 16: Theodore Kraker, Tax Records 1971 - 1980
Folder 17: Theodore Kraker, Tax Records 1981 - 1990, 1994 - 1995
Folder 18: Theodore Kraker, Financial Records Check Stubs 1971 - 1974
Folder 19: Theodore Kraker, Rifles of Theodore Kraker 1951

Box 3

Folder 1: Theodore Kraker, Address Book not dated
Folder 2: Theodore Kraker, Appointment/Calendar Books 1969, 1973 - 1975
Folder 3: Theodore Kraker, Appointment/Calendar Books 1968, 1970, 1987 - 1988
Folder 4: Theodore Kraker, Certificates and Memberships 1920 - 1984
Folder 5: Theodore Kraker, Newspaper Articles, not Dated
Folder 6: Theodore Kraker, Miscellaneous
Folder 7: Mark Kraker, School Records 1899 - 1910
Folder 8: Mark Kraker, World War 1 Military Service 1914 - 1968
Folder 9: Mark Kraker, Employment Papers from Great Northern Railroad 1916 - 1957
Folder 10: Mark Kraker, Incoming Correspondence 1920 - 1961
Folder 11: Mark Kraker, Certificates 1918 - 1967
Folder 12: Mark Kraker, Newspaper Obituaries, Mass Memorial Service and Burial Papers 1967
Folder 13: Mark Kraker, Memorial Book 1967
Folder 14: Mark Kraker, Memorial Cards and Sympathy Cards 1967
Folder 15: Mark Kraker, Memorial Cards and Sympathy Cards 1967 Continued
Folder 16: Mathias Kraker, Memorial Book, Biography 1931 - 1958
Folder 17: Mary Kraker, Memorial Book, Obituaries, Sympathy Cards, Death Certificate, 1952
Folder 18: Mary Kraker, Newspaper Articles
Folder 19: Frank Mischke, Newspaper Articles
Folder 20: Math J. Kraker, Outgoing Correspondence to Mark, Grace, and Theodore Kraker 1950 - 1964
Folder 21: Math J. Kraker, Newspaper Articles, Announcements, Correspondence 1922 - 1957
Folder 22: Henry Kraker, Outgoing Correspondence to Mark, Grace, and Theodore Kraker 1949 - 1951, 1976
Folder 23: Henry Kraker, Newspaper Articles
Folder 24: Henry Kraker, Memorial Book, Sympathy Cards 1954
Folder 25: Sophie Kraker, Outgoing Correspondence to Mark, Grace, and Theodore Kraker 1955 - 1980
Folder 26: Sophie Kraker, Pianist Programs, Newspaper Articles, Graduation Programs 1910 - 1972
Folder 27: Bernice Kraker, Outgoing Correspondence to Mark, Grace, and Theodore Kraker 1963 - 1987
Folder 28: Bernice Kraker, Graduation Programs 1951, Legal Papers Concerning Sophie Kraker's Estate
Folder 29: Kraker Family, Minnesota Lake House Journals 1965 - 1966
Folder 30: Minnesota Lake House Journals 1967
Folder 31: Kraker Family, Minnesota Lake House Journals 1969 - 1970

Box 4

Folder 1: Kraker Family, Financial Records 1935 - 1980
Folder 2: Kraker Family, Financial Records 1935 - 1980 Continued
Folder 3: Kraker Family, Statements of Finances Due 1915 - 1985
Folder 4: Kraker Family, Financial Notes 1941 - 1980, Most Undated
Folder 5: Kraker Family, Savings Account Book 1922 - 1969
Folder 6: Kraker Family, Check Stubs and Checks 1917 - 1954
Folder 7: Kraker Family, Richland County, ND Land Farmed by Nordik Family 1960 - 1980
Folder 8: Kraker Family, Farm Finance Papers Richland County, ND 1930 - 1980
Folder 9: Kraker Family, Richland County, ND Farm Tax Records 1930 - 1980
Folder 10: Kraker Family, Richland County, ND Land Farmed by Frank Hamerlik 1950s
Folder 11: Kraker Family, Richland County, ND Land Farmed by the Schmitt Family 1950s
Folder 12: Kraker Family, Various Announcements and Papers 1932 - 1985
Folder 13: Grace Kraker, School Records, Certificates, School Announcements, and Recital Announcements 1905 - 1909
Folder 14: Grace Kraker, Wahpeton High School Alumni Banquet Announcements 1909 - 1921
Folder 15: Grace Kraker, Schoolwork and Class Notes Undated
Folder 16: Grace Kraker, School Work and Class Notes Continued, Undated
Folder 17: Grace Kraker, Nursing Class Notes and Records Undated
Folder 18: Grace Kraker, Incoming Correspondence 1908 - 1916
Folder 19: Grace Kraker, Incoming Correspondence 1920 - 1985
Folder 20: Grace Kraker, Incoming Correspondence Undated
Folder 21: Grace Kraker, Outgoing Correspondence 1935 - 1965
Folder 22: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1915 - 1916
Folder 23: Grace Kraker, Diary 1925
Folder 24: Grace Kraker, Diary 1932 - 1933
Folder 25: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1932 - 1933

Box 5

Folder 1: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1936 - 1944
Folder 2: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1936 - 1944
Folder 3: Grace Kraker, Diary 1937
Folder 4: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1947 - 1948
Folder 5: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1950 - 1952
Folder 6: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1950 - 1952
Folder 7: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1953 - 1954
Folder 8: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1953 - 1954
Folder 9: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1955 - 1956
Folder 10: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1955 - 1956
Folder 11: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1957 - 1958
Folder 12: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1957 - 1958
Folder 13: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1959 - 1960
Folder 14: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1959 - 1960
Folder 15: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1961 - 1962
Folder 16: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1961 - 1962
Folder 17: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1963 - 1964
Folder 18: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1963 - 1964
Folder 19: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1965 - 1966
Folder 20: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1965 - 1966
Folder 21: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1967, 1969
Folder 22: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1967, 1969
Folder 23: Grace Kraker, Diary/Calendar 1968
Folder 24: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1970 - 1971
Folder 25: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1970 - 1971

Box 6

Folder 1: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1972
Folder 2: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1972
Folder 3: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1973 - 1974
Folder 4: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1973 - 1974
Folder 5: Grace Kraker, Diary 1975
Folder 6: Grace Kraker, Papers interleaved in Diary 1975
Folder 7: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1976
Folder 8: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1976
Folder 9: Grace Kraker, Diaries 1977 - 1978
Folder 10: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diaries 1977 - 1978
Folder 11: Grace Kraker, Diary 1979
Folder 12: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diary 1979
Folder 13: Grace Kraker, Autograph Book 1901 - 1902, Address Book 1912
Folder 14: Grace Kraker, Address Book
Folder 15: Grace Kraker, Personal Expense Journal 1922 - 1925
Folder 16: Grace Kraker, Diary 1947, 1948, Expense Record 1946
Folder 17: Grace Kraker, Diary and Account Book of Trip 1910
Folder 18: Grace Kraker, Papers Interleaved in Diary of Trip 1910
Folder 19: Grace Kraker, Women's Catholic Order of Forester, Records, Programs, Articles 1922 - 1971
Folder 20: Grace Kraker, Lincoln Park Bridge Club, Newspaper Clippings, Club Activities, 1946 - 1962
Folder 21: Grace Kraker, Catholic Daughters of America, Articles, Programs 1921 - 1975
Folder 22: Grace Kraker, St. Mary's Altar Society, Papers, Articles, Programs 1941 - 1979
Folder 23: Grace Kraker, Thursday Music Club, Newspaper Clippings Undated
Folder 24: Grace Kraker, Invitations, Outgoing and Incoming Calling Cards, Dance Card 1905 - 1919
Folder 25: Grace Kraker, Identification Cards, Membership Cards, Certificates 1920 - 1980
Folder 26: Grace Kraker, Notes and Personal Records 1950 - 1965 Most Undated
Folder 27: Grace Kraker, Medical Routines for Diabetes Undated

Box 7

Folder 1: Grace Kraker, Recipe Books And Clippings Undated
Folder 2: Grace Kraker, Memorial Book 1985
Folder 3: Grace Kraker, Miscellaneous
Folder 4: Grace and Mark Kraker, Marriage Papers 1919
Folder 5: Theodore, Grace, Mark Kraker, Incoming Correspondence 1925 - 1967
Folder 6: Grace and Theodore Kraker, Incoming Correspondence, 1967 - 1985
Folder 7: Theodore, Grace, and Mark Kraker, Outgoing Correspondence Undated
Folder 8: Theodore and Grace Kraker, Bank Deposit Slips 1957 - 1982
Folder 9: Grace and Mark Kraker, Tax Records 1935 - 1985
Folder 10: Grace and Mark Kraker, Tax Records 1940 - 1980
Folder 11: Theodore, Grace, and Mark Kraker, Minnesota Lake Property Papers 1954 - 1988
Folder 12: Theodore Jurgens, Incoming Correspondence 1892 - 1941
Folder 13: Vena Jurgens, Incoming Correspondence 1908 - 1949
Folder 14: Josephine Jurgens, Incoming Correspondence 1912 - 1947
Folder 15: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Incoming Correspondence 1904 - 1941
Folder 16: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Calling Cards Undated
Folder 17: Theodore Jurgens, Outgoing Correspondence to Theodore Kraker 1925, 1930
Folder 18: Josephine Jurgens, Outgoing Correspondence to Grace Kraker 1941 - 1949
Folder 19: Theodore Jurgens, Newspaper Articles, Biography Undated
Folder 20: Josephine Jurgens, Newspaper Clippings, Biography Undated
Folder 21: Josephine Jurgens, Travel Journal, Various Notes Undated
Folder 22: Theodore Jurgens, Burial Service Papers 1941 - 1948
Folder 23: Theodore Jurgens, Sympathy Cards and Letters 1941
Folder 24: Josephine Jurgens, Memorial Book, Burial Papers, Estate Papers, Auction Papers 1950
Folder 25: Josephine Jurgens, Sympathy Cards and Letters 1950
Folder 26: Vena Jurgens, Autograph Book 1885 - 1902

Box 8

Folder 1: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Identification Cards and Membership Cards Undated
Folder 2: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Farm and Finance Records 1904 - 1926
Folder 3: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Florida Property Papers 1913 - 1926
Folder 4: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Farm and Finance Records 1889 - 1948
Folder 5: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Farm and Finance Records 1912 - 1950
Folder 6: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Bank Checks 1909 - 1945
Folder 7: Jurgens Family, Farm Bank Book 1895 - 1930
Folder 8: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Bank Statements 1917 - 1932
Folder 9: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Bank Statements and Checks 1917 - 1938
Folder 10: Theodore and Josephine Jurgens, Bank Statements and Checks 1919 - 1938
Folder 11: Louis Jurgens, School Certificates, Report Cards, High School Graduation Announcements 1903 - 1909
Folder 12: Louis and Tina Jurgens, Wedding Announcement 1915
Folder 13: Louis Jurgens, Outgoing Correspondence to Theodore and Josephine Jurgens 1932 - 1934
Folder 14: Louis and Tina Jurgens, Outgoing Correspondence to Josephine Jurgens1933 - 1949
Folder 15: Louis and Tina Jurgens, Outgoing Correspondence to Grace, Mark, and Theodore Kraker 1941 - 1976 Some Undated
Folder 16: Louis Jurgens, Outgoing Correspondence to Mark, Grace, and Theodore Kraker 1950 - 1956
Folder 17: Louis Jurgens, Business Correspondence Business Card 1925 - 1933
Folder 18: Irvin L. Streeter, Poems and Book 1935 - 1936

Box 9

Folder 1: Catholic Church of North Dakota, Newsletters, Newspaper Clippings, Various Publications 1920 - 1991
Folder 2: Various Announcements an Calling Cards 1905 - 1980 Most Undated
Folder 3: Music Recital Programs, Wahpeton, Grand Forks 1915 - 1937 Most Undated
Folder 4: Wahpeton, ND, Various Publications 1901 - 1937 Most Undated
Folder 5: Wahpeton, ND, High School Graduation Announcements 1906 - 1978
Folder 6: Wahpeton Daily News, The Divet Story by A.G. Divet 1981
Folder 7: Grand Forks, ND, High School Graduation Announcements 1936 - 1944
Folder 8: Wahpeton, ND, Newspaper Articles 1925 - 1989
Folder 9: Grace Kraker, High School Class Notes Undated
Folder 10: Grace Kraker, High School Class Notes Undated Continued
Folder 11: High School Botany Notes 1906
Folder 12: Richland County, ND, Residents List Undated
Folder 13: Jurgens-Formaneck Clothing Store, Receipts 1902
Folder 14: Jurgens-Formaneck Clothing Store, Receipts 1902 Continued
Folder 15: Jurgens-Formaneck Clothing Store, Receipts 1902 Continued
Folder 16: Jurgens-Formaneck, Customer Accounts 1902
Folder 17: Photo Album, Circa 1905 - 1910
Folder 18: Photo Album, 1910 - 1914
Folder 19: Photo Album, Circa 1920s
Ledger 1: Theodore Jugens, Saloon Business, 1887-1890
Ledger 2: Jurgens and Formaneck, 1891-1894

Box 10

Folder 1: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1950 - 1953
Folder 2: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1953 - 1956
Folder 3: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1956 - 1959
Folder 4: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1959 - 1962
Folder 5: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1962 - 1964
Folder 6: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1964 - 1966
Folder 7: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1966 - 1968
Folder 8: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1969 - 1972
Folder 9: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1972 - 1978
Folder 10: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1976 - 1979
Folder 11: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1979 - 1982
Folder 12: Theodore Kraker, Check Stubs 1982 - 1985

Box 11

Negative 1: Mark Kraker, WWI, Circa 1917 - 1918
Negative 2: Undated
Negative 3: Undated
Negative 4: Undated
Negative 5: Undated
Negative 6: Undated
Negative 7: Undated
Negative 8: Undated
Negative 9: Undated
Negative 10: Undated
Negative 11: Undated
Negative 12: Undated
Negative 13: Undated
Negative 14: Undated
Negative 15: Undated
Negative 16: Undated
Negative 17: Undated
Negative 18: Undated
Negative 19: Undated
Negative 20: Undated

Box 12

Negative 1: Undated
Negative 2: Undated
Negative 3: Undated
Negative 4: Undated
Negative 5: Undated
Negative 6: Undated
Negative 7: Undated
Negative 8: Undated
Negative 9: Undated
Negative 10: Undated
Negative 11: Undated

Box 13

Negative 1: Glass Plate Negatives, Undated

Box 14

Photograph 1: Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Employees, 1922
Photograph 2: Rifle Range, Camp Pine, Arkansas, Undated
Photograph 3: Unidentified, February 1931
Photograph 4: Camp Dodge, Iowa, September 1917
Photograph 5: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, December 1918
Photograph 6: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, November 1918

Box 15

Folder 1: Theodore Kraker, Diaries, 1953, 1971
Folder 2: Theodore Kraker, Diaries, 1979 - 1982
Folder 3: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1982
Folder 4: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1983
Folder 5: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1984
Folder 6: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1985
Folder 7: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1986
Folder 8: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1987
Folder 9: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1988
Folder 10: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1989
Folder 11: Theodore Kraker, Diary, 1990

Box 16

Ledger 3: Jurgens and Formaneck, 1892-1893
Ledger 4: Jurgens and Formaneck, 1893-1898
Ledger 5: Jurgens and Formaneck, 1894-1898
Ledger 6: Jurgens and Formaneck, 1894-1900

Box 17

Ledger 7: Jurgens and Formaneck, 1901

Oversize Folder 1

Separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinets.

Photograph 1: Grand Forks Drum and Bugle Corps: Jim Walter is in the top row, 5th from the left
Photograph 2: Orleana Grant (great-great-grand niece of T. Jefferson)

Photographs :

These photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets. A number of the photographs are undated. Many of the identifications were made by David Hammond of Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Photograph 1: Mark Kraker at 3 months old: Photograph by W.C. Hoit, Wahpeton, Dakota Territory
Photograph 2: Mark (baby) and Matthias (child) Kraker: Photograph by Hingtgen, Wahpeton, Dakota Territory
Photograph 3: Sophia Kraker at 5 years of age
Photograph 4: Mark, Sophia, Matthias and Henry Kraker: Photograph by Hingtgen, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 5: Mark, Sophia and Matthias Kraker: Photograph by Hingtgen, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 6: Mark Kraker at First Communion
Photograph 7: Group photograph of First Communicants (Mark Kraker is to the left of the Priest)
Photograph 8: Henry Kraker as a child: Photograph by Hingtgen, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 9: Unidentified group in formal attire: Back of the photograph reads "Kraker's"
Photograph 10: Henry Kraker, Sophia Kraker and Grace (Jurgens) Kraker at a shrine featuring a statue of the Virgin Mary
Photograph 11: Mark Kraker and unidentified group: Photograph by Hingtgen, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 12: Unidentified group at a picnic: Back of the photograph reads "Kraker picnic"
Photograph 13: Mary Mischke and Mathias Kraker wedding picture, May 26, 1888: Back of the photograph: "Mama was married the 26th of May in 1888. Henry John Anton Kraker."
Photograph 14: Firmin Kraker in U.S. Navy uniform
Photograph 15: Grace (Jurgens), Mark and Ted Kraker, December 1960: Color photograph
Photograph 16: Mary (Mischke) Kraker and her son, Mark Kraker, September 1950
Photograph 17: Firmin Kraker, October 1990: Polaroid color photograph
Photograph 18: Grace (Jurgens) Kraker as a child
Photograph 19: Unidentified girl with Grace (Jurgens) Kraker: Photograph by Hingtgen, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 20: Louis Jurgens as a child
Photograph 21: Grace (Jurgens) Kraker with cousin Adella Eppel, October 1889
Photograph 22: Group photograph featuring Margaret Formaneck as a schoolteacher: Back of the photograph: "Taken by the school. Margaret Formaneck taught on her wedding day."
Photograph 23: First Regiment Band, North Dakota National Guard, 1910: Postcard sent to Grace Jurgens, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 24: Unidentified man and woman: Back of the photograph reads "Mrs. Jurgens"
Photograph 25: "J and T Jurgens" Family: Photograph title taken from the back of the photograph
Photograph 26: Grace (Jurgens) Kraker with her mother, Josephine (Formaneck) Jurgens
Photograph 27: Rosa (Formaneck) Chezik holding infant twin daughters, Verna and Viola Chezik, 1895: Photography by Powell, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 28: Unidentified group photograph with Josephine (Formaneck) Jurgens on the right
Photograph 29: "Grace Kraker in Wahpeton in her yard": Information from the back of the photograph
Photograph 30: "Theo Jurgens and Grace in Florida", 1910-1913: Information from the back of the photograph
Photograph 31: Verna (Formaneck) Jurgens and Theodore Jurgens (taken at their winter place in Florida)
Photograph 32: Theodore Kraker and unidentified group
Photograph 33: Theodore Kraker
Photograph 34: Theodore Kraker, circa 1990: Polaroid color photograph
Photograph 35: Rae Ann McGurran, circa 1990: Polaroid color photograph
Photograph 36: Mathias Kraker with Mark, Mark and Sophia
Photograph 37: Theresa Mischke headstone at cemetery in Elizabeth, Minnesota: Information on the back of the photograph notes that she died on November 20, 1879
Photograph 38: Unidentified family group in formal attire
Photograph 39: Interior of house at 408 North 6th Street in Wahpeton, circa 1900: Information taken from the back of the photograph
Photograph 40: Athletic team from Wahpeton High School, circa 1910s
Photograph 41: Group of golfers, pre-World War I
Photograph 42: Mark Kraker at work at the Great Northern Railroad office
Photograph 43: Mabel Margery Long at four months of age, October 1925
Photograph 44: Louis Jurgens (son of Theo Jurgens and Verna (Josephine) Formaneck)
Photograph 45: Unidentified female young child: Photograph by Lee's Studio, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Photograph 46: Unidentified group outside of a home
Photograph 47: Unidentified group of people at a dinner party
Photograph 48: Three unidentified people in a cornfield
Photograph 49: "Louise Berrus claim in shanty in South Dak": Information from the back of the photograph
Photograph 50: Large group of young children on the steps of St. Aldabert's Church, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 51: Jurgens and Formaneck Clothing Store, 1898
Photograph 52: Matt Gillen Bottling Works, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 53: Matt Gillen Bottling Works, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 54: Matt Gillen Bottling Works, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 55: Matt Gillen Bottling Works, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Photograph 56: Grace (Jurgens) Kraker
Photograph 57: Unidentified young girl
Photograph 58: Unidentified man
Photograph 59: Unidentified man
Photograph 60: Unidentified infant: Photograph by Schroeder's from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photograph 61: Two unidentified young children: Photograph from Theo J. Hingtgen, Wahpeton, Dakota Territory
Photograph 62: Two unidentified young girls: Photograph by John Kastenholz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photograph 63: Two unidentified young girls: Photograph by F.W. Streit, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photograph 64: Two young boys: Photograph by John Kastenholz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photograph 65: Unidentified young boy playing a piano
Photograph 66: Unidentified baby
Photograph 67: Unidentified young woman: Photography by J. Kremer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photograph 68: Unidentified family: Photograph by John Kastenholz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photograph 69: Possibly Mary (Formaneck) Schild: Photograph by William Miller, West Bend, Wisconsin
Photograph 70: Unidentified couple: Photograph by O.F. Main, Avoca and Lone Rock, Wisconsin
Photograph 71: Joseph and Rosa (Formaneck) Chezik Wedding, January 5, 1878: Photograph by Soren Johnson, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Photograph 72: Frank Formaneck and Annie Lawrence Wedding, circa 1877
Photograph 73: Barbara (Formaneck) Morris and James Peter Morris: Photograph by Theo J. Hingtgen, Wahpeton, Dakota Territory
Photograph 74: Joseph Formaneck (1850-1921)
Photograph 75: Unidentified boy: Photograph by Hugo Broich, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photograph 76: Unidentified man
Photograph 77: Two unidentified young children: Photograph by Theo J. Hingtgen, Wahpeton, Dakota Territory
Photograph 78: Unidentified young child
Photograph 79: Unidentified young man
Photograph 80: Unidentified woman
Photograph 81: Unidentified woman
Photograph 82: Unidentified woman
Photograph 83: Probably Dr. Frederick Formaneck
Photograph 84: Probably Dr. Frederick Formaneck
Photograph 85: Two unidentified men (possibly Joseph Formaneck on the right)
Photograph 86: Unidentified child
Photograph 87: Albert J. Formaneck and Anna (Stetina) Formaneck
Photograph 88: Two unidentified men
Photograph 89: Probably one of the sons of Albert and Anna Formaneck
Photograph 90: Ida, George and Josephine Formaneck (children of Joseph and Barbara (Schmidt) Formaneck)
Photograph 91: Two unidentified children
Photograph 92: Unidentified child
Photograph 93: Two unidentified children
Photograph 94: Probably Anna Formaneck (married Albert Chezik)
Photograph 95: Unidentified baby
Photograph 96: Unidentified girl
Photograph 97: Probably Rose Formaneck (married Joseph Chezik)
Photograph 98: Unidentified baby
Photograph 99: Unidentified girl
Photograph 100: Unidentified group
Photograph 101: Probably Theo Jurgens and Josephine (Formaneck) Jurgens: "Souvenir of San Gabriel Mission, San Gabriel, Calif."
Photograph 102: Probably Theo Jurgens and Josephine (Formaneck) Jurgens: "Souvenir of San Gabriel Mission, San Gabriel, Calif."
Photograph 103: Unidentified couple: "Souvenir of San Gabriel Mission, San Gabriel, Calif."
Photograph 104: Probably Theo Jurgens sitting
Photograph 105: Louise (Gassen) Formaneck and Albert Jacob Formaneck
Photograph 106: Anna (Stetina) Formaneck, Josephine Formaneck, and Albert Formaneck, circa 1870
Photograph 107: Unidentified child
Photograph 108: Theodore Kraker in military uniform
Photograph 109: Mark Kraker in military uniform
Photograph 110: Mark Kraker in military uniform
Photograph 111: Mark Kraker
Photograph 112: Unidentified young man
Photograph 113: Mark Kraker

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