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The Swedish Culture Heritage Society of the Red River Valley [Minnesota/North Dakota] was founded September 20, 1976. The purpose of the Society is to enrich the members’ lives with the Swedish culture, to spread awareness of Swedish culture in the community, and to contribute tangibility to Swedish cultural presence in the community.
The Woodman Lodge, which was located in Hitterdal, Minnesota, was part of a larger organization, The Modern Woodmen of America of Rockford, Illinois. The Lodge was started on May 20, 1920 and was known as Camp 1542. Membership was open to anyone having at least 7/8th’s white blood, was over 16 years of age and was not employed in a dangerous occupation (smoke stack painter, railroad switch breaker, mine worker, etc.).
The Prosequi [Prosequi meaning seekers] Club of Moorhead, Minnesota was organized December 6, 1956. The objective of the study club was the study of topics of general information. Membership was not to exceed twenty-five members with meetings usually held in members’ homes twice a month. The Program Committee arranged and assigned scheduled programs and places of meetings.
The Tri-College Women’s Bureau was organized in 1972 by women from Moorhead State University and Concordia College, Moorhead; and North Dakota State University, Fargo. Its purpose is to bring teachers, administrators, counselors, and students an awareness of the nature of sexism in our society and the tools for eliminating sex role stereotyping and sex role socialization from the educational systems.
The Profit and Pleasure Club was organized in 1920 by farm women in the Dilworth-Moorhead, Minnesota area. Their purpose was “to promote the welfare if its members and the community by studying the best methods of work and the highest ideals of living and to be a means of sociability.” Regular monthly meetings wee held in the homes of the members. Programs consisted of readings, musical numbers and often a speaker.
These three reels of microfilm contain reproduced selected papers of the United States Senate relating to affairs in the Territories from 1789-1873. Documents dated earlier or later than the period of the existence of a particular territory are frequently included.
Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program [CEP] was established in 1968 as a private, non-profit corporation for the purpose of providing training and employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged/unemployed people in northwestern Minnesota. The CEP's area of operation currently incorporates 19 counties - Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin.
Solomon Gilman Comstock (1842-1933) was a pioneer Moorhead, Minnesota resident when he arrived in the Valley in 1871 at the age of 29. Comstock was a lawyer, businessman and legislature during his life in Moorhead. Comstock was the first County Attorney for Clay county and held similar posts in Pembina and Stutsman Counties in Dakota Territory.
The Sanborn Map Company of New York was established in 1867 to prepare detailed street maps of American towns and cities. These maps were intended as business aids for fire insurance companies, so maps of a particular city would contain detailed outlines of each building and structure, notes on the materials used to construct them, indications of water mains, electrical wiring, and other specific items.
The Soroptimist Club of Moorhead, Minnesota, was chartered in 1949 and became part of the Soroptimist International of the Americas Federation. Meaning "best for women," the Soroptmists of Moorhead mission statement is to "improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world enabling them to take control of their lives and live their dream."