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This collection consists of five boxes of photographs mainly from Moorhead, Minnesota. The first box contains negatives, contact prints, slides, and videos. Boxes two and three contain photographs of people, buildings, and scenery of Moorhead and the Red River Valley area. Many of these have corresponding negatives or slides in box one.
The Moorhead Public Library was established in 1904, when the Women’s Club of Moorhead, Minnesota persuaded the Moorhead City Council to establish an annual library fund. Andrew Carnegie, retired steel magnate and philanthropist, donated $12,000 for the construction of the first library building which opened in 1906.
The Red River Chapter of the National Organization for Women was organized in 1974. The ratification of the ERA in the state of North Dakota was the Chapter’s first goal. The following years have been devoted to public education on feminist issues.
Planned as a weekly community newspaper devoted to events and news in Moorhead, the Monitor began publication on February 4, 1982. Financial difficulties forced the paper to cease publication in February 1983, while the business was reorganized. The Monitor returned to print in May 1983, and continued until continued shortage of revenue forced the management to end publication in March 1984.
The Agassiz Chapter of National Organization for Women (NOW) was organized June 20, 1978. “The purpose of NOW is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all the privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.”
The Moorhead [Minnesota] Federation of Republican Women was founded as a local branch of the National Federation of Republican Women in 1958. In 1968, the Club changed its name to the Moorhead Republican Women’s Club. Its objectives include increasing women’s active political participation, promoting the principles and ideals of the Republican Party, and working for the election of Republican Party nominees.
Neil Wohlwend was born on May 12, 1913 in Barnesville, Minnesota, to Charles and Olga (Anderson). Neil’s grandfather was a Civil War Veteran and an early pioneer in the Clay County area. He married Ramona Glasman of Pequot, Minnesota, on January 1, 1939. They had one son, Charles.Neil graduated from Moorhead State College in 1937 and did graduate work at the University of Minnesota.
The Moorhead-Kurtz Township Farm Bureau unit was one of several Farm Bureau units in Clay County, Minnesota. All units were affiliated with the Clay County Farm Bureau, which in turn was affiliated with the Minnesota Farm Bureau and the National Farm Bureau.
Nels Vogel Music opened in Moorhead during 1948 and closed during the summer of 1989. Besides the normal music retail business, it conducted band clinics for conductors for several years. This collection contains information about these clinics.
This collection contains committee meetings, legislative records, projects, newspaper clippings, and other related Chamber material. There are also several volumes of scrapbooks related to the Greater Moorhead Days. The majority of the material is in excellent condition.