Papers, 1909-1962.

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Papers, 1909-1962.

Correspondence, published and unpublished writings relating to Mormon history, hypnotism, and North Dakota topics, including Indians and oil. Numerous subject files, including several on his patents for a pneumatic automobile jack and an attachment for pitchers, Young Citizens League, of which he was president, two letters from David F. Barry, pioneer photographer of Indians, and one from Philip Wylie. Unpublished writings include "Cupid makes a bet," a romance between an orphan and a wealthy businessman's daughter, "Old Baldy's children," a mystery set on an island named Old Baldy, and "Early Mormon history." Clippings, in serialized format, of his articles entitled "Indians of North Dakota," "Hero stories of North Dakota," and "The Flickertail state."

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North Dakota State University Library

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Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971

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Philip Gordon Wylie was born in Beverly, Mass. In 1902. He attended Princeton University during 1920-1923. A writer of fiction and nonfiction, his output included hundreds of short stories, articles, serials, syndicated newspaper columns, novels and works of social criticism. He also wrote screenplays while in Hollywood, was an editor for Farrar & Rinehart, served on the Dade County (Fla.) Defense Council, was a director of the Lerner Marine Laboratory, and at one time was a special advisor ...

Wemett, W. M. (William Marks), 1884-1965

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Born at Hemlock Lake, N.Y. Taught high school in New York and Illinois, later moved to Valley City, N.D. where he taught at Valley City State Teachers College from 1910 to 1954. Wed Fern Stephenson in 1911. Introduced Young Citizens League to North Dakota and South Dakota schools in 1927 and was active in local and state Kiwanis. Died at Polson, Mont. in 1965, she died in 1967. From the description of Papers, 1909-1962. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 309...

Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934

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Photographer. Superior Wisconsin. From the description of Papers, 1932. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17661634 David F. Barry was born near Rochester, N.Y. in 1854. In 1861 he moved with his family to Wisconsin where as a teenager he began working for the itinerant photographer, O.S. Goff. In 1878, Goff hired Barry to work with him in his photographic gallery in Bismark, Dakota Territory and the two men eventually became busin...

Wemett, W. M. (William Marks), 1884-1965

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Born at Hemlock Lake, N.Y. Taught high school in New York and Illinois, later moved to Valley City, N.D. where he taught at Valley City State Teachers College from 1910 to 1954. Wed Fern Stephenson in 1911. Introduced Young Citizens League to North Dakota and South Dakota schools in 1927 and was active in local and state Kiwanis. Died at Polson, Mont. in 1965, she died in 1967. From the description of Papers, 1909-1962. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 309...

Valley City State University (N.D.)

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North Dakota Young Citizens League

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