Bibliography of Agricultural and Rural Life Literature 1860-1945: North Dakota

Rural, Frontier and Pioneer Life



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Rural, Frontier and Pioneer Life:  Pamphlets

A Brief Synopsis of the Career of Marquis DeMores and the Proposed Development of the DeMores Sites.[S.l. : s.n.,], 1938.
Keywords: Cattle trade -- North Dakota -- History./ Chateau de Mores (Medora, N.D.)/ Pamphlet

Dakota's Claims for Admission : Statement Showing Population and Resources of the Proposed State of Dakota. Submitted to the Senate and House Committees on Territories. February, 1882. [Yankton? : The Delegation?, 1882].
Keywords: Dakota Territory--Description and travel./ South Dakota--Description and travel/ Pamphlet
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, CT. Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana; reel no. 1478)

Das Territorium Dakota, Sein Boden, Seine Produkte Und Seine Nat_Urlichen H_Ulfsquellen Und Vortheile;Ein Hand-Buch F_Ur Einwanderer Und Ansiedler, Welche Sich in Dakota Niederzulassen Gedenken. Kurzgefasste Beschreibung Des Territoriums Dakota Und Der Vortheile, Welche Es Dem Ansiedler Darbietet; Mit Besonderer R_Ucksicht Auf Yankton County Und Dass_Udliche Dakota Herausgegeben Von Den Gesetzlich Ernannten Beamten Des Bureaus Der Emigration. Yankton, Dakota, Druck der Presse und Dakotaian Offizin, 1875.
Keywords: Dakota Territory./ South Dakota. Yankton. 1875./ Pamphlet

History of Methodism in North Dakota. [Bismarck, N.D.]: [State Historical Society of North Dakota], 1906.
Keywords: Methodist Church -- North Dakota -- History./ Pamphlet

Lessons in Modern Baking With Dakota Maid Enriched Flour. Grand Forks, N.D.: North Dakota Mill & Elevator, 1900.
Keywords: Cookery, American./ Pamphlet

The Mandan & Black Hills Railroad; Compilation of Facts. Mandan, Dakota Territory: Times Book and Job printing, 1885.
Keywords: Railroads/ Pamphlet

A Memorial of the Citizens of Ramsey and Adjoining Counties, Embraced Within the Limits of the So-Called Unceded Lands in Northern Dakota, Claimed by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians: to the Congress of the United States. Devils Lake, Dak. : Printed at the office of the Inter-Ocean, 1886.
Keywords: Land titles--North Dakota./ Pamphlet

A Memorial to Congress for an Appropriation to Construct a Wagon Road From Fort Abercrombie Down the Red River of the North . [Yankton, S.D., 1869].
Keywords: Roads--Dakota Territory./ South Dakota. Yankton. 1869./ Broadside

North Dakota, Its Development and Resources : Being a Statement Submitted to the Committee on Territories of the Two Houses of Congress in January, 1882. Washington : National Republican Printing House: 1882.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Economic Conditions./ Pamphlet
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975.  1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana ; Reel 393, no.3920)

Northwest Associated Incorporated OK : a Greater Field of Usefulness for the Service Clubs in the Great Northwest. [Minneapolis, Minn.] : The Corporation, 1926.
Keywords: Minnesota -- Economic conditions 1918-1945./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions./ South Dakota -- Economic conditions./ Northwestern States -- Societies, etc./ Pamphlet

Northwest Associated Incorporated OK : They Mean What They Say-- or They Wouldn't Say It! [Minneapolis? Minn.] : The Corporation, 1926.
Keywords: Minnesota -- Economic conditions 1918-1945./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions./ South Dakota -- Economic conditions./ Pamphlet

Peaceful Valley Ranch, Medora, North Dakota : in the Center of the Proposed Roosevelt National Park, Carl B. Olsen, Proprietor. Medora, N.D. : The Ranch, [192-?].
Keywords: Dude ranches--North Dakota--Medora./ Medora (N.D.)--Description and travel./ Theodore Roosevelt National Park (N.D.)--Description and travel./ Pamphlet

Pioneer Days in the Red River Valley : Compact Historical Sketches of Richland, Ransom, Cass, Traill, Grand Forks and Walsh Counties. [s.l.] : Published by Northwestern Feature Service, 1938.
Keywords: Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- History/ Pamphlet

Ramsey County Agricultural Economic Conference (1929 : Devils Lake): Complete Report of the Ramsey County Agricultural Economic Conference : Devils Lake, N. Dak., March 14, 15, 1929. [Devils Lake? N.D. : s.n., 1929?] (Devils Lake, N.D.:  Journal Print).
Keywords: Agricultural administration -- North Dakota -- Ramsey County./ Ramsey County (N.D.) -- Economic conditions./ Pamphlet

The Relief Problem Confronting North Dakota in the Winter of 1939-1940, by the Committee Appointed by the Work Projects Administration, the Farm Security Administration and the North Dakota Public Welfare Board. October 5, 1939. [Bismarck, N.D.: The Committee, 1939].
Keywords: Unemployed--North Dakota./ Economic assistance, Domestic -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet

Armstrong, Moses Kimball. Centennial Address on Dakota Territory, Giving Its History, Growth, Population, and Resources. By Moses K. Armstrong ... Delivered at the U.S. Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, on September 28, 1876 ... Philadelphia,J.B. Lippincott & co.,1876.
Keywords: Dakota Territory--History./ Pamphlet
Notes: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975.  1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana, Reel 15, no. 220)

Bank of North Dakota. Bonds Dept. Invest Your Savings in Bonds of the State of North Dakota. [Bismarck, N.D. : The Dept., 1921?].
Keywords: Bank of North Dakota./ Broadside
Reproduction: Microfilm. Saint Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, 1981. 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (National Nonpartisan League papers : printed materials undated and 1910-1928.)

Bierrum, Stella G. Homestead Memories. [S.l. : S.G. Bierrum], 19??
Keywords: Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Williams County./ Pamphlet

Bridston, M. E. Co-Operative Marketing Questions and Answers. Grand Forks, N.D. : North Dakota Wheat Growers Association, [192-?]: 1920.
Keywords: North Dakota Wheat Growers Association./ Cooperative marketing of farm produce./ Wheat -- Cooperative marketing./ Pamphlet

________. History of Wheat Pooling in North Dakota and Plan of Operation As Conducted by North Dakota Wheat Growers Ass'n, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Grand Forks, N.D. :  The Association, [1922?].
Keywords: Wheat -- North Dakota -- Cooperative marketing./ Farm produce -- North Dakota -- Marketing./ Pamphlet

Brush, Harper J. An Outline in Land Use Planning Procedure for Use in Preparatory Counties in S.W. North Dakota.  A List of Illustrative Materials Available to Counties in Land Use Planning in North Dakota. [Fargo, N.D.:  N.D. Agricultural Extension Department]: [1939].
Keywords: Land use planning -- North Dakota.

Burdick, Usher L.. Tales From Buffalo Land :  the Story of Frederick Zahl . [S.l.: s.n.], 1938.
Keywords: Zahl, Frederick Randolph, 1855-1918./ Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet
Notes: Typescript (mimeograph).
Added Title: The story of Frederick Zahl.

Burgum, Jessamine Slaughter. Zezula; or, Pioneer Days in the Smoky Water Country; a Collection of Historical Sketches From Original Documents and Diaries and Other Sources of the Early and Romantic History of Dakota Territory Along the Missouri River. Valley City, N.D.: Getchell & Nielsen, [1937].
Keywords: Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota./ Dakota Territory. -- History/ Pamphlet
Notes: Added Title: Pioneer days in the smoky water country.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana, Reel 80, no. 805)

Cavalier, Lulu. Some Postoffice Incidents of Early Days in North Dakota. Pembina, N.D. [1926].
Keywords: Postal service -- United States -- North Dakota./ Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota/ Pamphlet

Conference on Publicly Owned Land in North Dakota. Matters (1940 : Bismarck, N.D.). Minutes of the Conference on Publicly Owned Land in North Dakota. Bismarck, N.D. The Conference, 1940.
Keywords: Land use, Rural -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet

Cooke, Gilbert William. The North Dakota Rural Credit System. [s.l. : s.n.], 1938.
Keywords: Agricultural credit -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions./ Pamphlet
Notes: Reprinted from: The Journal of land and public utility economics,v.14, no.3, Aug. 1938.

Crawford, Lewis F. The Medora-Deadwood Stage Line. Bismarck, N. D. :[s.n.],1925.
Keywords: North Dakota--History./ Pamphlet

Dakota Territory. Board of Agriculture. Premium List and Rules and Regulations of the Second Annual Fair of the Dakota Board of Agriculture, District No. 2, to Be Held at Grand Forks, Dakota. Grand Forks, DT: Herald Book and Job Rooms, 1888.
Keywords: Fairs -- Dakota Territory

Dantz, William T. Theodore Roosevelt, Cowboy and Ranchman : a Cowboy's Reminiscences of the President's Early Experiences As a Ranchman in the Bad Lands of North Dakota. [New York : Harper & Brothers], 1904.
Keywords: Ranch life -- North Dakota -- Badlands./ Pamphlet
Notes: Reprinted from: Harper's weekly, v. 48, no. 2485 (Aug. 6, 1904).

Darrow, Clara L. I Want to Vote : an Appeal to the Voters of North Dakota Delivered at the Grand Theatre, Fargo, October 25, 1914. Fargo, N.D. :  C.L. Darrow, 1914.
Keywords: Women -- Suffrage -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet

Elliott, Howard. A Mile of Railroad and a Country Store. [St. Paul?  1911].
Keywords: Railroads -- United States./ Railroads -- North Dakota./ Agriculture -- United States/ Pamphlet
Notes: Address at the North Dakota Industrial Exposition, Bismarck, N. D., September 29, 1911.

Farmers Union Cooperative Education Service. Bluestem, a Rural Play in One Act, by Mary Jo Weiler. Jamestown, N.D., the Service, 1937.
Keywords: Agriculture, cooperative/ Drama/ Pamphlet

________. Spring Thaw and Other Plays, by Francis Butts. Jamestown, N.D. : Farmers Union Cooperative Education Service, 1936.
Keywords: Agriculture, Cooperative/ Drama/ Pamphlet

Finke, H. L. History and Origin of the Fair. [North Dakota :  s.n., 1941].
Keywords: Fairs -- North Dakota./ North Dakota State Fair/ Pamphlet

Gillette, John M. North Dakota Rural Survey: Analysis of the Farm Relief. Bismarck, N.D.: 1935.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Economic Conditions/ Pamphlet

Grassick, James. One Christmas Eve. Grand Forks, N.D. : J. Grassick, 1927.
Keywords: Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota./ Physicians./ Pamphlet

Hacke, Grace T. A Sketch of Early Congregationalism in North Dakota. Fargo, N.D. : [The Church], 1939.
Keywords: Congregational Church (N.D.)./ North Dakota -- Church history./ Pamphlet
Notes: Typescript (mimeograph).

Hagedorn, Hermann. Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota. [S.l. :  s.n., 19--?] (Bismarck, N.D. : Humphreys, Moule & Milhollan).
Keywords: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919./ Pamphlet
Notes: Written for Minishoshe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in whose charge the Roosevelt Cabin is placed.

Hobart, Charles F. Pioneering in North Dakota . [Bismarck, N.D. : State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1941].
Keywords: Ranch life--North Dakota./ North Dakota--History./ Pamphlet

Hollis, M. D. Concise Discussion and Data on Stream Pollution and Natural Stream Purification Phenomena :  With Special Reference to North Dakota / Prepared by Direction of Maysil W. Williams, M.D., State Health Officer, by M.D. Hollis ; Compiled for the North Dakota Water Conservation Commission Meeting, April 20, 1937. Bismarck, N.D. : State Dept. of Health, Division of Sanitary Engineering, 1937.
Keywords: Stream self-purification -- North Dakota./ Water -- Pollution -- North Dakota./ Sewage -- Purification./ Public health laws -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet
Notes: Mimeographed.

Kitchen, Joseph A. The Badland Country. Bismarck, N.D. : Dept. of Agriculture and Labor, 1930.
Keywords: Badlands (N.D.) -- Description and travel./ Sentinel Butte (N.D.)/ Pamphlet
Notes: Address before the Old Settlers' Picnic, Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, July 20, 1930.

McClure, C. A. Twelve Questions About County Planning, Answered by C.A. McClure, Assistant Consultant. [Bismarck, N.D.] : State Planning Board, 1935(Grand Forks, N.D. :University of North Dakota).
Keywords: County government--North Dakota./ Regional planning--North Dakota--Citizen participation./ Rural development--North Dakota./ Public works--North Dakota./ Pamphlet
Notes: Also numbered as: Circular report / North Dakota State Planning Board

McCreight, M. I. Buffalo Bone Days; a Short History of the Buffalo Bone Trade. Skyesville, PA: Nupp Printing Co, 1939.
Keywords: Buffalo hunting -- North Dakota
Notes: Also available electronically:
http://community-2.webtv.net/manycoups/BUFFALOBONEDAYS/

Munroe, Kirk. Some Americans From Oversea[s].
Keywords: Ethnology -- North Dakota./ Russian Germans -- North Dakota -- Description./ Icelandic Americans -- North Dakota -- Description./ North Dakota -- Emigration and immigration./ Pamphlet
Notes: Reprinted from Harper's new monthly magazine Vol. 96, (Feb. 1898)

Nelson, Helge. Svensk Nybyggesverksamhet i Nebraska Och Dakota-Staterna. Lund : Carl Bloms boktr., 1938.
Keywords: Swedes--Nebraska./ Swedes--South Dakota./ Swedes--North Dakota./ Pamphlet
Notes: Added Title: Swedish settlements of Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Nielson, Minnie J. A Message to Minnesota Womanhood : Minnie J. Nielson, State Superintendent of Schools of North Dakota, Relates Her Experiences and Says ... [St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Sound Government Association, 1920?].
Keywords: National Nonpartisan League./ Education -- North Dakota./ Socialism -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet
Notes: Reprinted from Minnesota issues.

North Dakota. Board of University and School Lands. Report of the Special Agent of the Board of University and School Lands to the Governor of North Dakota. Bismarck, N.D.: The Agent, 1892.
Keywords: Education -- North Dakota -- Finance./ Pamphlet

________. Report of the Special Agent of the Board of University and School Lands to the Governor of North Dakota : the State for Its Public Institutions. Bismarck, N.D.: The Agent, 1890.
Keywords: Education -- North Dakota -- Finance./ Pamphlet

North Dakota. Dept. of Agriculture and Labor. North Dakota: the Vacation Route.[Bismarck, N.D. : Dept. of Agriculture and Labor], 1939.
Keywords: North Dakota--Description and travel/ Pamphlet

North Dakota. State Dept. of Health. Bureau of Sanitary Engineering. Plans and Specifications for a Sanitary Pit Privy. [Bismarck, N.D.]: North Dakota State Dept. of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, 1934.
Keywords: Privies -- Design and construction -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet

North Dakota. State Planning Board. North Dakota State Planning Board :  Its Acknowledgement of Appreciation, Its Organization and Membership, Its Accomplishments, Its Future Activity, Its Desires. 1938?
Keywords: Land use -- North Dakota -- Planning./ Regional planning -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet
Notes: Mimeographed.
Reproduction: Microfiche. Bismarck, N.D. : North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, 1986. 1 microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm

________. Population Studies: Consultant's Report to National Resources Committee. [Bismarck, N.D.] :  North Dakota State Planning Board,  [1935] [Grand Forks, N.D. : University of North Dakota].
Keywords: Migration, Internal -- North Dakota./ Population density -- North Dakota./ Regional planning -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Population -- Statistics./ Pamphlet
Notes: Mimeographed.

North Dakota State Rural Development Coordination and Administration Committee. Rural Development Organizational Structure and Plan for Action : North Dakota, Whiter and Brighter in Winter, Cleaner and Greener in Summer. [North Dakota : s.n.]: 1900.
Keywords: Rural development -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet

Public Welfare Board of North Dakota. Child Welfare Division. Report of Work From September 1936 Through August 1939.[Bismarck, N.D.] : The Board, 1939.
Keywords: Child welfare -- North Dakota./ Pamphlet

Skinner, James D. Report of an Instrumental Survey for a Railroad Line From the Main Line of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad to the Missouri River, and Return : Made by James D. Skinner, C.E., May to July, 1871 : by Order of Hon. Geo. L. Becker, President St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. [S.l. : s.n.],  1871 (Saint Paul : Pioneer Print. Co.).
Keywords: Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company./ Railroads -- Surveying./ Dakota Territory. -- Description and travel/ Minnesota -- Imprints -- St. Paul  1871./ Pamphlet

Smith, Henry W. Reminiscenses [!] of a Dakota Pioneer. [Sioux Falls, S.D. : The Journal Co., 1931?].
Keywords: Frontier and pioneer life--North Dakota./ Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota./ Pamphlet

South-Eastern Dakota Railroad Company. Traffic Contract Between the South-Eastern Dakota Railroad Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company; Dated November 1, 1889. [s.l. :  s.n., 1899?] (New York :  Evening Post Job Print).
Keywords: South-Eastern Dakota Railroad Company./ Northern Pacific Railroad Company./ Railroads -- North Dakota./ Railroads -- Joint use of facilities./ Pamphlet

Stickney, V. H. Theodore Roosevelt, Ranchman. Pasadena, CA: National Editorial Association, 1922.
Keywords: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919./ Medora (N.D.)/ Pamphlet
Notes: "An address by Dr. V.H. Stickney of Dickinson N.D. at the laying of the foundation for the Roosevelt Memorial."

Thorlaksson, P. The Founding of the Icelandic Settlement in Pembina County : an Article / Dictated by the Reverend Pall Thorlakson, February 11, 1882.
Keywords: Icelanders--North Dakota./ Pamphlet
Notes: Reprinted from North Dakota historical quarterly, v. 6, no. 2, January 1932./ Microfiche (negative). Louisville, Ky. : Lost Cause Press, 1979. -- 2 cards ; 11 x 15 cm. -- (Travels in the West and Southwest, trans-Mississippi-West ; group 22)

Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition Commission (N.D.). Report of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition Commission for North Dakota. Bismarck, N.D. : The Commission, Tribune), 1898.
Keywords: Exhibitions -- Nebraska -- Omaha./ Pamphlet
Reproduction: Microfiche. Bismarck, N.D. : Office of Management and Budget,  1986- 1 microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm.

Walters, Thorstina Jackson. The Icelandic Community in North Dakota: Economic and Social Development Period, 1878-1925. [Chapel Hill, N.C.]: [University of North Carolina Press], 1925.
Keywords: Icelanders -- Canada./ Icelanders -- North Dakota/ Pamphlet
Notes: Reprint from Social Forces, Vol. IV, no. 2 (December 1925).

Williamson, William Hay. Crazy-Land : a Gripping Story of North Dakota Achievements: Also, Dr. Ladd and His Terrible Test Tube. [S.l. : s.n., 1920?].
Keywords: Industrial laws and legislation -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions./ North Dakota -- Industries./ Pamphlet

Wilner, Stanley. Statistical Analysis of Land Ownership in North Dakota in 1935. Fargo, N.D. : [North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station], 1939.
Keywords: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- North Dakota -- Statistics./ Land tenure -- North Dakota -- Statistics./ Pamphlet

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