SD Microfilm collection
Content Description
The collection consists of one 35mm microfilm containing various items. Part of the microfilm includes correspondence written by Judge Joe H Bottum of Sioux Falls to his parents. The eleven letters were written from September 1880 to September 1881, one of the topics discussed is the winter of 1880-1881 in Dakota Territory. It is not known from where the letters originated. Also included are lists of early Faulk County Settlers from 1882-1883, letters and other correspondence concerning the formation of Faulk County, a poem concerning the settlement of Faulk County, and various Faulk County newspapers. The film also includes a land patent for Francis Randell in Miner County, a marriage certificate from Faulk County from 1884/1907, and notes written by Carrie Morse Norton titled, “Lines here and there from Bird Notes, 1916-1923” The microfilm was originally housed with the newspaper microfilm reels, but it was determined that the microfilm should be accessioned as a manuscript collection.
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Event: September 1880 to September 1881
- Event: 1882 to 1883
Creator
- Norton, Carrie Morse (Person)
Extent
1 microfilm_reels
0.1 Cubic Feet
- Birds -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lafoon (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land Patent Subject Source: Local sources
- Letters (Correspondence) -- Dakota Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marriage Records Subject Source: Local sources
- Microfilm (35mm) Subject Source: Local sources
- Newspaper Subject Source: Local sources
- Poetry -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sioux Falls (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota -- Faulk County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Winter 1880-1881 -- Dakota Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Norton, Carrie Morse (Person)
- Bottum, Joe H., Judge (Person)
