Critchfield Family

The Critchfield family begins with the marriage of Ralph James Critchfield of Hunter, North Dakota and Anne Louise Williams of Viola, Iowa in 1913.  Anne Louise had taught school in Hunter prior to their marriage.  Jim, as he was always known, and Anne Louise resided in Hunter, Maddock, Fessenden, and Fargo, North Dakota.  The family also resided for a short period of time in the early 1920s in Minneapolis, Minnesota while he completed his medical degree.  They had five children: James, Betty, William, Peggy, and Richard.

The Critchfield family was one that wrote numerous letters.  The family moved around North Dakota, Iowa, and even Germany.  Many letters were written to relatives back home in Iowa or North Dakota.  Correspondence for the Critchfield family contains mainly of letters from William Critchfield, Richard Critchfield, Anne Louise Critchfield and Peggy Moffett Critchfield.  These letters consist of family news and what was going on in their lives.  The Collins Family correspondence consists of letters from Helen and Mary Collins, Anne Louise Critchfield's sisters. 

Related Collections

Richard Critchfield Papers, Mss 156
Richard Critchfield Papers, Mss 206
Richard Critchfield Photograph Collection (Photo2055) 

Personal and Family Papers