Edmond A. Hughes Papers, 1914-1961
Collection Overview
Title: Edmond A. Hughes Papers, 1914-1961
Predominant Dates:undated
ID: OGLMC633
Primary Creator: Hughes, Edmond A. (1873-1970)
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Subjects: Bismarck, North Dakota, University of North Dakota - Benefactors
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Edmond A. Hughes was born 24 October 1873 at Elk Point, Dakota Territory. When he was five years old, his family moved to Bismarck, where he graduated from high school. He attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, for a short time before entering the electricity and telephone communication industries. He built a North Dakota electricity generation empire, which allowed him to invest in real estate in Bismarck. He also promoted a bond to pave the streets.
His first marriage, to the former Edith Wakeman, ended in divorce. In 1940, he married Anna Mae Ankenmann. They spent their winters in Florida, but lived in Bismarck the rest of the year. Edmond A. Hughes died October 8, 1970, in Florida.
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: 81-772
Separated Materials: Two oversize photographs are located in the OGL oversize photograph cabinet
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Edmond A. Hughes Papers. OGLMC 633, 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 April 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Oversize Folder 1: Oversize items],
[All]
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Edmond A. Hughes: a Memoir by Dr. Robert Wilkins. UND Press, 1961
- Folder 2: Correspondence, Anna Mae Hughes
- Folder 3: Correspondence regarding donation for the Hughes Fine Arts Building
- Folder 4: Correspondence, UND President George Starcher
- Folder 5: Correspondence, J. Lloyd Stone of the UND Alumni Association
- Folder 6: Correspondence regarding Edmond A. Hughes: a Memoir by Dr. Robert Wilkins, 1961
- Folder 7: Miscellaneous correspondence
- Folder 8: Memorabilia, Anna Mae Hughes
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous memorabilia
- Folder 10: Income tax return, 1929
- Folder 11: Ledger, Hughes Electric Company, 1914-1918
- Folder 12: Newspaper clippings regarding Edmond Hughes
- Folder 13: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
- Folder 14: Photographs
633-1: General Alexander Hughes (printed image), undated
633-2: Hughes family, from left - Helen, Frank, William V., Edmond A., George A., and Mrs. Alexander Hughes (mother), undated
633-3: Edmond A. Hughes (printed image from National Cyclopedia of American Biography), undated
633-4: Mr. and Mrs. Edmond A. Hughes outside their Florida home, 1940
633-5: Hughes with Edison generator, undated
633-6: Anna Mae Hughes, undated
633-7: Anna Mae Hughes, undated
633-8: Mr. and Mrs. Edmond A. Hughes outside Edmond A. Hughes Junior High School, Bismarck, ND, ca. 1958
633-9: Edmond Hughes with Frank Goetz (Bismarck Tribune carrier of the year), September 1965
633-10: Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Hughes with unknown man at Captain Grant Prince March monument, June 30, 1960 (oversize)
633-11: Anna Mae Hughes wedding photograph, 1940 (oversize)
633-12: Yacht Anna Mae
633-13: Hughes as a young man, undated
633-14: Hughes as a boy with his mother, undated
633-15: unknown female
633-16 through 633-19: Bust of Edmond Hughes, sculpted by Avard Fairbanks, 1966
- Item 1: Hughes Realty Company (document stamp)
- Folder 1: Edmond A. Hughes: a Memoir by Dr. Robert Wilkins. UND Press, 1961
- Oversize Folder 1: Oversize items
Sheet music, assorted
Honorary life member of Missouri Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, February 20, 1963
Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America, October 24, 1964
Appreciation by Hughes Junior High School Honor Band, 1965
Honorary lifetime senior warden, St. George's Episcopal Church, Bismarck, ND, May 20, 1957
Edmond A. Hughes Appreciation Day in Bismarck, September 22, 1950 (two posters and card with signatures)