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Collection: 00041 - Reverend Harold W. Case Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00048
Title: James W. Foley (Author)
Date: Circa 1920
Creator: Case, Harold,--1895-
Inscription/Marks: "With affection James W. Foley"--Handwritten on front of photograph.
Summary: James W. Foley sits posed for a formal portrait. He wears a light colored suit, bowtie, vest, and eyeglasses. A lapel pin and watch chain are also visible.||James W. Foley attended school in Bismarck, and briefly attended the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. He returned to North Dakota, and lived for a time with his family in Medora, where his father worked for the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Company. During this time, Foley began writing prose and poetry. He was hired as the Bismarck Tribune's city editor in 1892. During his years with the Tribune, he became involved in politics, and served as private secretary to Governors Sarles and Hanna. He continued to write, and sold poetry to the New York Times. His first book of poetry A Little Book of Prairie Breezes was published by the Tribune. Foley moved to California in 1913 for health reasons. Foley was made Poet Laureate of North Dakota, and published many more items until his death in 1939.
Red ID: PH_I_142247 Image ID: 103222 Image Notes: 00041-00048

Collection: 00041 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Reverend Harold W. Case Photograph Collection
Date: 1890-1980

Summary: Images taken of and by Harold Case and Charles Hall of the Fort Berthold Reservation, the missions serving Fort Berthold area and the Native Americans and their families living there. Photographs separated from MSS 10286 Harold W. Case Papers & MSS 10005 Charles Lemon Hall Papers.

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