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

NORTH DAKOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL #469

DATES: 1926-1944

SIZE: One folder

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The North Dakota State Horticultural Society Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. The acquisitions records are unavailable.

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

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The North Dakota State Horticultural Society was organized in September 1923 in Valley City, ND. First elected officers included: E. C. Hilborn, President; George Will, Vice President; A. F. Yaeger, Secretary; C. A. Chinberg, Treasurer. Membership increased during the first year from seventeen to one hundred thirty. A prior North Dakota Horticultural Society, affiliated with the Minnesota Horticultural Society, was organized in 1904 and disbanded in 1919. Its meetings were held during the Tri-State Grain Growers convention.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The North Dakota State Horticultural Society Records contain several publications. Included is the North Dakota Horticultural Handbook for 1926 and 1928, published by society, and containing convention speeches, constitution, newsletters, membership lists, and horticultural information. Also included are four issues of North and South Dakota Horticulture from 1938, 1939, and 1944, and published jointly by the North and South Dakota Horticultural Societies.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. North Dakota Horticultural Handbook (1926, 1928), published by the North Dakota State Horticultural Society
   North and South Dakota Horticulture (May 1938, November 1938, January 1939, February 1944), published by the North and South Dakota Horticultural Societies

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