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Collection: 00032 - North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Folder: PB-08
Item: 00002
Title: Lester Brown and Archibald “Archie” Moore Drag Line and Oil Company, distributor for Bartles Northern Oil Company Drayton, Pembina County (N.D.)
Date: 1911
Creator: Van Camp, Alton
Inscription/Marks: [Imprinted on front of photograph in white] Bartles Northern Oil Company. [handwritten on back of photograph in blue ink] Les Brown and Archie Moore Drag Line and Oil Company. [history Grand Forks Herald Mon 04-11-1910 p10] Application has been made to the secretary of state for permission to change the name of the Bartles Dakota Oil Company to the Bartles Norther Oil Company. This change is wanted because the company has extended its business very largely in Minnesota. After May 1 Charles Lazier, for the past eight years a traveling salesman for Winston Harper and Fisher of Minneapolis, will assume charge of the sales department.
Summary: Leslie Roy "Les" Brown and his brother-in-law Archibald "Archie" Moore operated the Les Brown and Archie Moore Drag Line and Oil Company, becoming the local distributor for the Bartles Northern Oil Company in Drayton, Pembina County (N.D.). __[Obituary Drayton express 04-11-1985p01] Alton L. Van Camp, age 86 passed away Saturday, April 6, 1985 at Unity Hospital in Grafton (N.D.). He was born to the late Wesley and Edith May Van Camp in Drayton Township of Pembina County (N.D.) on Feburary 4, 1899. He grew up and attended Drayton Public School and on November 24, 1926 married Gladys Jamieson at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was engaged in farming and lived his entire life in Drayton Township. He was a member of Drayton United Methodist Church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Survivors included his wife, Gladys, one daughter, Mrs. Reva G. Gregg of Mitchell (S.D.), three sons, Lorne of Omaha (Neb.), and Raymond and Carl both of Drayton (N.D.); 16 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, and 4 sisters: Mrs. Anna Mae Brown of Great Falls (Mont.), Mrs. Ethel Brown of Drayton (N.D.), Mrs. Florence Leach and Mrs. Muriel Johnson, both of Seal Beach (Calif.). He was preceeded in death by his parents and 1 brother. [Obituary Drayton express 11-07-1991p01] Gladys M. Van Camp, age 89, of Drayton (N.D.) passed away at her home in Drayton (N.D.) on Friday, November 1, 1991. The former Gladys M. Jamieson was born in Egmondville, Huron County, Ontario on June 10, 1902 to the late Joseph and Sarah Grace Jamieson. She grew up and received her education at Dominion City, Manitoba and on November 24, 1926. She married Alton L. Van Camp at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. After their marriage they were engaged in farming and lived in Drayton Township of Pembina County (N.D.). Alton Van Camp passed away in 1985 and Gladys moved into Drayton in 1988. She was a member of Drayton United Methodist Church and the UMW (United Methodist Women), Rosebank Rebekah Lodge 29, and Sunnside Club. She is survived by her sons, Raymond and Carl and daughter Reva Gregg, all of Drayton (N.D.); 16 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Lorne W. Van Camp, five brothers and two sisters.
Red ID: PH_I_120588 Image ID: 148105 Image Notes: 00032-PB-08-00002

Collection: 00032 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1977

Summary: Consists of copies of photographs belonging to people interviewed for the North Dakota Oral History Project. The Project was undertaken by Larry Sprunk, with the cooperation of the North Dakota American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, the North Dakota Farmers Union, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The primary objective of the North Dakota Oral History Project was to conduct oral tape recorded interviews with North Dakotans who lived through the state's history and who could speak of this history from a first-hand basis. Interviewees were photographed at the time of their interviews. In addition, the project borrowed over 6,000 historical photographs which were copied and added to the State Historical Society's collection. Many interviewees also donated family histories, documents, letters, ledgers, books, and artifacts.

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