Records, 1732-1975

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Records, 1732-1975

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Series I contains biographical and genealogical information primarily about women who settled in Pembina County prior to 1890. However, this series also includes histories on pioneer men, religious figures and doctors. Personal histories filed under the appropriate community are arranged alphabetically by married name. The bulk dates for this series are 1880-1920. Series II covers a broad range of topics, including schools, church and business development, club organization, and history of early settlements. This series is arranged alphabetically by township and includes information from 1860-1920. Series III includes the development of the Pembina County Pioneer Daughters Organization. Included are meeting books and reports, a project file, and newspaper clippings of notable events and members dating from 1940- 1975. An index, which is filed with this inventory, provides researchers greater detail of the various documents within this collection. For example, the index contains alphabetical lists of pioneers and doctors documented in Series I. The index provides an itemization of community, church, and school histories contained in Series II. Finally, the index supplies detailed information on Pembina County Pioneer Daughters records included in Series III

1.25 linear ft. (1 box)

University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7448900

University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Chester Fritz Library)

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Pembina County Pioneer Daughters

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The Pembina County Pioneer Daughters Club was chartered in 1941. Most members were either original settlers or their decendants. Organized to honor early pioneers, the Club eventually recorded the early history of Pembina County. The Club's first project was to collect the histories of the earliest pioneer mothers, focusing on women with children who had arrived in the county prior to 1890. Eventually the project expanded to include doctors and notable religious figures. By 1960, the Pioneer Dau...