North Dakota
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
North Dakota, 1911-1976
File
Identifier: B114.06.0002.0006
Abstract
The first Jew in what is now North Dakota was Daniel Eisenberg, who established a trading post near Bismarck in 1869. He later owned a general store until the 1890s. At least 800 Jews filed for land titles between 1880 and 1916. Most of the agricultural homesteaders left with their titles after five years of great hardship. Congregations were founded in Grand Forks in 1892 and in Fargo in 1896. Rabbi Benjamin Papermaster served in Grand Forks from 1891 to1934 and was the circuit-riding...
Dates:
1911-1976
Oral History Interview with Alfred Thal, 1976 October 1
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0001.00004
Abstract
"Alfred Thal discusses his immigrant parents' homestead in what was then the U.S. territory of North Dakota, and he provides details about his education, marriage, and employment. Thal mentions his involvement in the Jewish community in Bismarck, North Dakota, and his assistance in building the synagogue there. He also recounts his his work documenting Jewish history, including his recording of a number of oral histories, in North Dakota, and he discusses the process that this work...
Dates:
1976 October 1
Two Images of Maxine Munt and Dancers at North Dakota University, between 1939-1940
Item
Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001.00035.00001
Abstract
Two images of Maxine Munt and dancers at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Dates:
between 1939-1940
Two Images of Maxine Munt and Dancers at University of North Dakota, between 1939-1940
Item
Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001.00035.00002
Abstract
Two images of dance educator Maxine Munt and dancers at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Dates:
between 1939-1940