The Frank A. Briggs Memorial Scrapbook contains death notices and obituaries from various newspapers in North Dakota and the United States. Several of the obituaries contain very detailed biographies. These are numerous, as the governor died in office on August 10, 1898. There are also copies of the eulogies delivered by various state officials and friends at the state capitol. The scrapbook contains a description of Briggs' nomination for governor in 1896, and a few copies of campaign speeches made for him. His inaugural ceremony is detailed, including the notices of his daughter's death. She died in Minneapolis (MN) while he was taking the oath of office. Clippings of the Republican convention in 1894 when Briggs was nominated for State Auditor are followed by newspaper clippings about that campaign. Letters of recommendation about Brigg's ability as a printer, a picture of the Briggs cemetery monument, presumably in Howard Lake (MN) where the governor was buried, social notes concerning Mrs. Briggs' life in Bismarck (N.D.) after the governor's death, and a marriage announcement of the 1905 remarriage of Mrs. Briggs complete the contents of the scrapbook.
