Pembina County Pioneer Daughters Records
Collection Overview
Title: Pembina County Pioneer Daughters Records
ID: OGLMC1210
Primary Creator: Pembina County Pioneer Daughters
Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 07/12/1990
Subjects: Genealogy and Family History, Genealogy and Family History - Organizations, Pembina County, North Dakota, Pioneer Life
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Pembina County Pioneer Daughters Records contain materials that describe the history of early Pembina County settlers and the development of local communities. Covering wide-ranging topics, this collection includes personal histories, eyewitness accounts, letters, community and organizational histories, and newspaper clippings.
The collection is divided into three series:
Series 1: Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Mothers and Fathers
Series 2: Histories of Towns, Churches, and Landmarks
Series 3: Pembina County Pioneer Daughters Organizational Records
Collection Historical Note
Subject/Index Terms
Genealogy and Family History
Genealogy and Family History - Organizations
Pembina County, North Dakota
Pioneer Life
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: Thelma Collins, Historian, Pembina County Pioneer Daughters
Acquisition Method: Donation; 90-1712
Original/Copies Note: The records are photocopies of the originals that continue to be held by the Pembina County Pioneer Daughters.
Related Publications: Pembina County Pioneer Daughter Biographies (three volumes), by George Freeman. Grand Forks, Laxa Press: 2007.
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Pembina County Pioneer Daughters Records. OGLMC 1210, 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 November 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Mothers and Fathers],
[Series 2: History of Towns, Churches, and Landmarks],
[Series 3: Organizational Records],
[All]
- Series 1: Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Mothers and Fathers
- The first series contains biographical and genealogical information primarily about women who settled in Pembina County prior to 1890. However, this series also includes histories on pioneer men, religious figures and doctors. Personal histories filed under the appropriate community are arranged alphabetically by married name.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Mrs. John Carpenter (Mary Jane Neilson)
- Folder 2: Gaffney Greenwood
- Folder 3: Olson Clan
- Folder 4: The Reilly Clan (including Johanna Woods O'Brien)
- Folder 5: Carl and Bertha Schultz
- Folder 6: Weiss Family
- Folder 7: Biographical sketches and life stories of pioneer doctors
- Dr. C.H. Aylen; Dr. John Bennett; Dr. Brandur J. Brandson; Dr. Frederick N. Burrows; Dr. J.W. Campbell; Dr. E.I. Donovan; Dr. Amos Amund Flaten; Dr. John E. Galbraith; Dr. Cy Glaspel; Dr. J.S. Hamilton; Dr. Charles B. Harris; Dr. Herbert J. James; Dr. Louis H. Landry; Dr. Harriet McGraw; Dr. John F. McKay; Dr. T.C. Nugent; Dr. Charles Rand; Dr. Robert A. Scott; Dr. J.W. Simpson; Dr. J.C. Suter; Dr. Marshall Sutton; Dr. Harold F. Thorlakson; Dr. C.R. Thompkins; Dr. George R. Waldren; Dr. Henry Waldren
- Folder 8: Bathgate/Neche - Biographical sketches
- Folder 9: Bowesmont - Biographical sketches
- Folder 10: Cavalier/Akra - Biographical sketches
- Folder 11: Crystal - Biographical sketches
- Folder 12: Drayton - Biographical sketches
- Folder 13: Gardar - Biographical sketches
- Folder 14: Hamilton - Biographical sketches
- Folder 15: Mountain - Biographical sketches
- Folder 16: Pembina/Carlisle - Biographical sketches
- Folder 17: St. Thomas/Glasston - Biographical sketches
- Folder 18: Walhalla - Biographical sketches
- Folder 1: Mrs. John Carpenter (Mary Jane Neilson)
- Box 1
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Mothers and Fathers],
[Series 2: History of Towns, Churches, and Landmarks],
[Series 3: Organizational Records],
[All]