The Brennan collection consists of miscellaneous business letters, arranged chronologically in files one and two.  In file three, there are a few business agreements such as REA, Nordley Electric of Edgeley, a mortgage to Midwest Credit Company of Jamestown, and to Mary Stott of Montpelier, and a cancellation agreement with Gulf Oil Company.  File four contains licenses, mortgages, KSJB advertising, inspection reports, sale bills for fixtures, REA deposit by Jack P. Fortune of Fargo, Pehrson Real Estate listing and sale to Albert F. Erbele, and an equipment inventory.  Of special interest, are records of a hearing and a voluntary petition.  There is also a 1965 business ledger for Don and Angies and Midway Services, with income tax forms from 1952 to 1957, insurance receipts from 1957 to 1967, receipts from International Harvester on a semi-truck in 1967, partnership deeds and contracts with Norbert and Anne Connery in 1948 in Midway Service, and income tax papers 1948-1949.  Also there is a partnership agreement with William Iljana in Midway (outdoor) Theatre, 1954, tax receipts from 1966-1972 for Midway Service and for Sauna Hut, 1972-1973.

The family correspondence series includes pension letters from the Veterans Administration from 1951 to 1975, but only partially complete.  Incomplete personal correspondence from 1938 to 1977, including letters from Alvin Hanson of Nortonville while in overseas service in 1959 with army pamphlets, and also letters from son James Murray while in Vietnam (1969-1970).  Autograph books include those of Angela Stott for 1928, 1937, and 1933; address book of Frank Stott, Jr.; autograph books of her daughter, Mary Murray, (1955 and 1952), and birthday book of Mary Stott, her mother.

Several files of bankruptcy papers (1970 to 1971) are fairly complete.  Of special note are the objections and testimony of Beneficial Finance Company.

Folders on each of the children include Debra Connery's models, an insurance poster, a prize winning ribbon for horsemanship, and part of a baby book.

The estate papers of J. A. Connery include Midway Service and land records in Logan County.  His estate was settled in 1959-1960.  There was a lawsuit with Dakota Estates over mobile home damage in 1972 and particularly interesting is the evidence of Dennis Peterson.  Mary Murray's papers on Nortonville, ND, include Swinging Susies 4-H club in 1955, and several Agricultural Extension Division Learn to Sew books of 1927 and 1946.

The Genealogy consists of pedigree charts and family work sheets, pertaining only to the Curleys, McManns, McDonoughs, Fords, Farresters, and Connery who all came from Ireland.  The genealogy of the Murray-O'Donnell family of Morris, MN, and Fargo, ND, goes directly back to Ireland via Pennsylvania.  Graduation cards are from family and miscellaneous friends.  The homemakers club material from Stutsman County is for the years 1952 and 1953 plus pamphlets issued.  The Jamestown material includes a picture of the first courthouse in ND at Jamestown on note paper, a financial statement of Jamestown Hospital, a Fort Seward and N.P. Centennial Book, 1872-1972.  The papers also include records of a civil trial in Small Claims Court of Judge George Davis in Fargo with Larry's Transmissions. 

The Montpelier files include a special edition of the Montpelier Magnate for April 16, 1920, articles of incorporation (March 17, 1972) of the Montpelier Motor Company, a dance bill for the Arizona Troubadours at Floyd Brown's Circle 13, and information on the Steve Brown family.  The Montpelier celebration items are mementos of the school reunions in 1964 and 1971, and Montpelier Community Days.  The church material includes a copy of Family Digest, an unusual and home-made booklet for a Catholic Mass service belonging to Frank Stott, Jr.  Other church material includes newspaper articles on the fire in 1962 of the Lutheran Church and its dedication.  There are also several on Reverend Roger Snell, Reverend Frank Hannahey, Reverend John A. Conway, and Reverend Richard Sinner.  Also included is an article with pictures of the moving of the Catholic Church, an auction sale bill of fixtures and a copy of the first Holy Communion of Mary Schenecker (1908).

The school materials include and address book of Frank Stott, Jr., immunization records, religious report cards, commencement, baccalaureate programs, a prom dance program, a copy of the school paper, The Martin, and The Echo, and copies of Our Times and News.  The newspaper articles are about school activities and teacher versus citizen issues.  The Reverend Richard Sinner's material includes his Silver Jubilee Anniversary Mass program, miscellaneous letters to his congregation, Catholic Order of Forrester advertisements, napkin from Kent State Bank (Kent, MN), an issue of Catholic Update, Catholic Action News, (December 1976), on Reverend Leo Ferdinand Dworschak, several newspaper articles on Reverend Sinner and his invitation to the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, 1977 for political services rendered.  The Dr. J. J. Spencer file contains a family history.

The Montpelier State Bank material includes a check to Stott & Hughes by various local people, bankruptcy petitions of several people, a list of assets by the Bankruptcy Receiver, L.R.B. Baird by his district manager, P.A. O'Keefe, and a statement of docketed judgments.  It also includes a leather check book folder.  The dance bills are those of Karen Murray's favorite bands in the 1950's.  The newspaper clippings, saved for personal reasons by the family, are from West Fargo, Fargo, Jamestown, Dassel, MN, Montpelier & North Dakota residents over the years.  There are also area obituaries and service notes, weddings, and anniversaries.  The Nortonville, ND file contains the school paper, Easter Newzette from the 1950's.  The obituary cards are of friends and relatives.

The Opinion Research Corporation file includes several canceled checks, payment for telephone book distribution and from Beldon Associates for 1971.  The scrapbook contains Parade of Stars 1960 Scrapbook, a Faron Young program, Western Jamboree page and signature copies of various wrestlers (copies).

The North Dakota pamphlets include:  The Indian Museum at Medora, ND (1973), highway map, LaMoure County Summer Musical Theatre, Chateau deMares at a Glance, motel guide, Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, Blue Mound Inn, (Luverne, MN), a Stutsman County Senior Citizen's Day Program for May 30, 1973, a welcome note from the Blue Mound Warpide Chapel, "Old Four Eyes" brochure, Rawhide City, (Dickinson), Garrison Dam Closure Ceremony, (June 11, 1953), Lake Sakakawea, Schedule of Events for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and a Chapel of Peace brochure from the International Peace Gardens.  The Brigham Young University school material includes a newsletter, a course taken in genealogy, a course book Family Exaltation and You, and a Records Submission Manual.  The various school files contain miscellaneous papers and momentos of high school days.  The NDSU file includes several freshman papers by Debra (Connery) Lockwood and Angela Brennan.

The Military service records include the service record of James Arthur Connery in WW II, Separation papers and ratings, areas of service, honorable discharge, and a USA honor to him signed by John F. Kennedy.  It also includes a Seasons Greetings card with a map where the famous 4th Infantry Division was in Korea, a Thanksgiving menu and copy of an address by General Greighton W. Abrams, and prayer by Chaplain James A. Skelton (1969), Mother's Day card, Birthday card, news article (in the rough) and information sent on the Armed Helicopter by Jim Murray, his father James' enlistment record, baptismal record, honorable discharge, and his military service record in WW I.  The Silverline, Inc., file includes an ID card, policy manual, pay check stub, unemployment claim check, articles of agreement, a Silverline pencil, a Western Life Insurance Company policy, and a brochure on Arctic Enterprises.  The Teamster's Local material includes a Silverline agreement with Teamster's Union, Local 116, (1973-1975), a dues receipt and several Teamster magazines and a membership welcome.

The story by Don Brennan relates his experience in the Blizzard of 1966.  There is also an ID card for DB-CB Sales and a Citizen's Radio Station License for 1971 to 1976, and an ID card to ND Regegade, valentines of various ages and, finally, wedding and anniversary announcements of friends and relatives. 

Separations Record

The following non-manuscript items were removed from the Angela Brennan Papers and sent to the section indicated.

     Newspapers (Institute newspaper collection)

    Boston Cultivator, April 17, 1847

    495 photographic prints to Institute Photograph Collection (Photo 2009)
 
 

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