ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

MRS J.E. ENGSTAD PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #376

DATES: 1880-1900

SIZE: 1 folder

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Mrs. J.E. Engstad Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. The acquisition records for the Mrs. J.E. Engstad Papers are unavailable.

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:

                            Franklin Club Records, OGL#322 
                            Pioneer Club Records, OGL #884
                            Thursday Music Club, OGL #611

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Mrs. J. E. (Mathilda C.) Engstad was born on July 27, 1868 in Manistee, Michigan. She married John E. Engstad on September 27, 1887, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was one of the first physicians in the community, and spearheaded a movement which led to the founding of the first hospital in Grand Forks, St. Luke's, in 1891. He was also one of the founders of the North Dakota Medical Society (later re-named the North Dakota Medical Association), organized in 1887. Mathilda was active in the community, especially with the Pioneer Club, Franklin Club and Thursday Music Club. The Engstads had two daughters: Valborg, who died in 1907, and Dagna Elsie.

Dr. J. E. Engstad died in 1937. Mrs. J. E. Engstad died on August 14, 1943 in Grand Forks.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Mrs. J.E. Engstad Papers consist of a manuscript entitled The White Kid Glove Era, a paper presented to the Franklin Club of Grand Forks in 1941. Annotations to the paper were added in 1972. The subject of the paper regarded reminiscences of early Grand Forks, from 1880 to 1900.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1

Folder 1. Manuscript, The White Kid Glove Era, plus annotations

Folder 2. Traek Samlet under et Studieophold i New Orleans, by Dr. J.E. Engstad

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