William A. Scouton Papers, 1884-1956
Collection Overview
Title: William A. Scouton Papers, 1884-1956
ID: OGLMC005
Primary Creator: Scouton, William A. (1861-1936)
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet
Subjects: Business and Industry, Inkster, North Dakota
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
William A. Scouton was born May 20, 1861, and was raised in New York. He moved to Missouri in 1877. In the spring of 1884, Scouton moved to Inkster, North Dakota, where sometime later he purchased a 400-acre farm. On February 4, 1891, Scouton married Nancy Mahon. Both Scoutons participated in Inkster organizations. She was a member of the Ladies Aid Society at the Methodist Episcopal Church, while he pitched for Inkster's baseball team and later acted as its secretary.
After a few years in Inkster, Scouton turned from farming to business. His first business involved selling farm machinery. His second, "W.A. Scouton Broker, Loans, and Collections," dealt with the purchase and sale of farms in the Red River Valley. "Reiton and Scouton" was his third business and it sold furniture, carpets, and undertaking goods. In connection with this business, Scouton acted as Inkster's funeral director. In addition to his farming and business interests, at times Scouton served as a deputy sheriff and as Inkster's postmaster.
William A. Scouton died August 22, 1936.
Subject/Index Terms
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 Method: Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). William A. Scouton Papers. OGLMC 5, 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 July 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Oversize Folder 1],
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Business correspondence, bills and receipts, 1894-1908
- Folder 2: Business correspondence, bills and receipts, 1896-1920
- Folder 3: Blue print of railroads and grain elevators in Inkster
- Folder 4: Inkster Baseball Score Book, 1908-1915, 1931
- Folder 5: Inkster Baseball Score Book, 1915-1916
- Folder 6: Account book, 1893-1899
- Folder 7: Account books, 1896-1905
- Folder 8: Northern Evangelical Ladies Aid Ledger, Inkster, North Dakota, 1887-1912
- Includes meeting minutes and membership information
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous
- Item 1: Inkster City Band Concert Program, 19 April 1911
- Item 2: Inkster City Band Concert Program, 19 April 1911
- Item 3: When the Bottom Will Fall Out of the Land Business. Great Western Printing Co., Minneapolis, undated
- Promotional pamphlet regarding Inkster, with photographs and text
- Item 4: Correspondence from Edward Inkster (Oakland, California) to Omer Scouton (Inkster, North Dakota), 19 June 1956
- Item 5: Menu from The Palace of Sweets Caterer-Restaurateurs, 28 October 1917
- Location of restaurant is unknown
- Item 6: Obituary for Dr. Fred G. Lundy of Inkster
- Item 1: Inkster City Band Concert Program, 19 April 1911
- Folder 10: Photographs
5-1: Scouton and D. Johnson, Minto, Dakota Territory, June 1884
5-2: postcard of the Seven Oaks House Museum in Manitoba, buillt by John Inkster, 1852
- Folder 1: Business correspondence, bills and receipts, 1894-1908
- Oversize Folder 1
First issue of The Inkster Enterprise newspaper, July 16, 1886 (article on page 1, column 4, regarding Scouton's prowess as a baseball pitcher)
"Map of the Red River Valley" by Brown, Treacy, and Sperry Co., St. Paul, MN, 1901