Bill Weaver discusses his career as a local radio and television personality with WDAY in Fargo from 1953 to 1964. He describes the early days of television, and his activities as a sportscaster and talk show host. Mr. Weaver also discusses his political and business careers and his military service in the US Air Force during World War II.
Helen Peterson was born in Kenmare, ND on April 24, 1904. Mrs. Peterson and her husband Wayne owned the Moorhead Daily News from 1930 to 1944. She discusses various features of the paper and how the business has changed over the years.
Map showing evacuation routes to be used when the Evacuation Signal is sounded, with notation describing steps to take for safety. Escape ways are marked with arrows. Area on map includes Anoka in the north, the St. Croix River in the east, Shakopee in the south, and Maple Plain in the west. Distance scale is marked in miles, dated July 1956.
Sally Hilleboe Adelson, the first woman in the Fargo-Moorhead area to have her own television show, discusses her involvement with television talk shows. Most of her shows were community based shows. She also did talk shows geared to women in the home and consumer problems.
Stan Cowan was involved in the communications field in Moorhead and Fargo from 1921 until 1967. He started the business section of the Forum in 1949, which he continued for 17 years. He held an interest in aviation and saw Hector Airport instituted. He was the first president of local PTA, active in Trinity Church and other civic organizations.
James Baccus, retired journalist, has been involved with journalism since his high school days and discusses his writing career for various newspapers and organizations, as well as doing personal writing. He worked for the Forum for approximately 14 years, retiring in 1984 at the age of 70.
A resident of Fargo and Moorhead since her birth in 1915, Miss Helen Euren was an employee of Moorhead Public Library from 1934 until her retirement in 1977. She discusses the new library services added during those years, the formation of the Lake Agassiz Regional Library and the bond issue for the new building in 1960.
Kathy Coyle discusses her career as the anchor of a local television news broadcast, including details concerning the production of local news, the importance of ratings, relations with co-workers, and the advancement of women in television journalism.
Roger Hamilton discusses his career in journalism as a local newspaper writer, and his activities as the director of public relations at Moorhead State College (later Moorhead State University) from 1962 to 1981. His reflections include much on the history of the college newspapers, the MiSTiC and the Advocate.
Doris Eastman discusses her experience writing for the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead from 1934-1979. She became women's editor at the newspaper in 1959. She also tells about her days working for the Moorhead Daily News. Now retired, she is working at the Episcopal Church and Clay County Historical Society.
This atlas contains 22 hand-drawn maps of Richfield compiled from official surveys. Many pages were manually updated with pencil or paper inserts to show new subdivisions.
This folded brochure features advertisements for local businesses, including their addresses and phone numbers. It also has three maps: Downtown Minneapolis, the Twin Cities, and Minneapolis and Suburban Areas.
This large, folded double-sided map features advertisements for local businesses, a directory of phone numbers, a small map of the Minneapolis Street Car and Bus System, and a large map of South Minneapolis and its first ring southern and western suburbs.
This atlas consists of 11 maps culled from previously published surveys that were compiled and drawn by Johnson and Farmer. It documents the portions of land that were annexed from Richfield to become part of the city of Minneapolis.
This atlas contains 22 hand-drawn maps of Richfield compiled from official surveys. Many pages were manually updated with pencil or paper inserts to show new subdivisions.
Twenty-three stapled pages of Richfield, Minnesota. It includes an overview map and one index. This atlas contains map pages 12-32 only. Maps 1-11, which represent portions of Richfield that were annexed to the city of Minneapolis, are not present.
Map of Minnesota's St. Louis County showing land Department Holdings, The Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road Company, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Shows railroad land holdings, roads, trails, railroads, electric lines, forest reserve, hydrography, and survey grid. Scale: 1 inch = 3 miles.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her mother, Emily Taylor Snyder Loag, in which she writes about: her health; happenings and staff/faculty at Purdue University; the train trip she and her husband made from there to Saint Paul, Minnesota; and their first impressions of Saint Paul. The final pages of the letter are missing.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her mother, Emily Taylor Snyder Loag, in which she writes about: her mother's work situation; the work load of her husband; and their accommodations at Hamline University.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her mother, Emily Taylor Snyder Loag, in which she writes about: Thanksgiving; her first piano lesson in Minnesota and her teacher's assessment of music in Minneapolis; her mother's situation; and playing cards on campus.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her mother, Emily Snyder Loag, in which she writes about: her mother's work; her husband's prospects; Minnesota's climate; her husband's and her own health; a friend's love affair; and her piano lessons.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her mother, Emily Taylor Snyder Loag, in which she writes about: a friend from Lafayette, Indiana, who had visited her; Minnesota's climate, including sun dogs, static electricity, and a blizzard; her husband's health; her piano lessons; and an upcoming concert at the Opera House.
