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

ANNA ISABEL FRANCIS BURKE PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #616

DATES: 1907-1946; Bulk Dates 1907-1942

SIZE: .25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Anna Isabel Francis Burke Papers were loaned for duplication by Florence Burke Dawson, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on April 27, 1981 (Acc.#81-718). The duplicates were then placed in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection.

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

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Anna Isabel Francis was born September 8, 1869 in Chatham, Ontario. She moved to Bathgate, North Dakota, in 1887, where she found local recognition as a piano teacher. She married John M. Burke of Cavalier on November 23, 1892, after which they resided on his homestead in Pembina County. They had six children: Kelly, Walter, Edna, Florence, Arthur and Robert. Anna Burke was active in church and community affairs in Cavalier.

Anna Isabel Francis Burke died on April 3, 1942, while John M. Burke died on July 30, 1946.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Anna Isabel Francis Papers consist of a photocopied diary; the original was loaned for duplication by Florence Burke Dawson of Grand Forks. The diaries date from 1907 to 1942 and contain daily entries regarding family activities, special events, and weather conditions, as well as local and national events. The diaries provide a picture of farm life in the first half of the twentieth century. Obituaries for Anna Isabel Francis Burke and John M. Burke, as well as photocopied photographs of the family, are included as part of the last installment of the diary.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1

Folder 1. Photocopied dairy, January 1907 - January 1912

       2. Photocopied diary, February 1912 - December 1914

       3. Photocopied diary, January 1915 - April 1918

       4. Photocopied diary, May 1918 - November 1922

       5. Photocopied diary, June 1926 - November 1928

       6. Photocopied diary, December 1928 - September 1930

       7. Photocopied diary, November 1920 - February 1935

       8. Photocopied diary, March 1935 - December 1940

       9. Photocopied diary, January 1941 - January 1942, obituaries, family photos

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