Katherine Sorlie was born on May 25, 1900 in Buxton, North Dakota.  After graduating from Buxton High School, she attended the University of North Dakota from where she graduated in 1921.  She then taught high school English in several North Dakota towns.  In 1927 she married E. B. McLeod in Buxton and they eventually moved Lisbon, North Dakota Mrs. McLeod was a substitute teacher and her husband was superintendent of schools.  Katherine McLeod died on July 10, 1995.

The Katherine Sorlie McLeod papers consist, for the most part, of letters written to Mrs. McLeod.  Correspondents include W. G. Fanning, J. Magnus Gronningen, Katherine McLeod, as well as a number of letters from Mrs. McLeod's family and friends.  Fanning's letters deal with his time in the army during World War I when he was stationed in Texas.  The collection also contains teacher contracts, report cards and post cards from World War I. 
 

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