Family papers, 1868-1955.

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Family papers, 1868-1955.

Personal and business correspondence, clippings, and records relating to Putnam's family, his life and work, including lumber and coal business, agriculture, banking, insurance, land holdings, legal affairs, Red Cross, North Dakota National Guard, World War I, the depression, Moore and Graves Seed Co., N.D. Grimm Alfalfa Association, Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation, and taxes. Includes material from his years in Brainerd, Minn. lumber business and land deals in Carrington, N.D. and Canada. Also includes historical material on Carrington and Foster County, N.D. Correspondents include his sons, Frank and Hugh, Lyman R. Casey, Nathan Graves, L.B. Hanna, Edward P. Kelly, William Frank Moore, and James Morris.

15.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7278956

North Dakota State University Library

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Casey, Lyman R., 1837-1914

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Miller, Ralph L., 1884-1961.

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Peter Zink was born in Germany, son of Peter and Anna (Bohnet) Zink. Wed Theresa Lettner, a German immigrant, in 1884. She died in 1929. They are buried at Carrington, N.D. From the description of Peter Zink biography, 1960. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 30523042 Born at Rockwell, Iowa, son of Dr. E.C. and Mrs. Miller. Family moved to Brookings, S.D. in 1899. He graduated from S.D. State College in 1905, moved to Carrington, N.D. in 1906 to wor...

Putnam, Hugh.

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Putnam family.

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Moore and Graves Seed Company (Fargo, N.D.)

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Graves, Nathan, 1869-1932.

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Hanna, Louis B. (Louis Benjamin), 1861-1948

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Born at New Brighton, Penn., settled at Page, N.D., North Dakota House of Representatives (1895-1896), North Dakota Senate (1897-1909), North Dakota governor (1913-1916), United States congressman (1910-1913), businessman, landowner, later resided in Fargo. From the description of Collection, 1914-1948, 1954. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28910639 Governor of North Dakota, 1913-1916. Page, North Dakota. From the description of Louis...

Putnam, Frank W.

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American National Red Cross

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American charitable organization. From the description of American National Red Cross records, 1906-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867267 Historical Note The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principals of the International Red Cross Movement. The Federal Charter states it is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organizat...

Putnam, Leslie, 1887-1954.

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Putnam, Thomas N., 1855-1931.

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Born at Seneca Falls, N.Y., son of William and Martha Putnam. Family moved to Xenia, Iowa, later to Rockwell, Iowa. Thomas began in the lumber trade in 1878, moved to Brainerd, Minn. in 1880 to manage J.J. Howe Lumber Co. Moved to Carrington, N.D. in 1886, purchased his own lumberyard and farmland. Began a business partnership with his nephew, Ralph L. Miller, in 1911. Wed Clara W. Rood (1861-1937) in 1886. Elected Foster County Treasurer 1892-1898, to N.D. House of Representatives 1910 and 1912...

T.N. Putnam & Sons (N.D.)

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Morris, James, 1893-1980

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North Dakota Supreme Court, 1935-1964. From the description of James Morris papers, 1893-1973. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17868956 ...

Moore, W. F. (William Frank), 1870-1935

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North Dakota. National Guard

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North Dakota Grimm Alfalfa Association

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