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Collection Summary
Collection: 00098 - Marquis DeMores Manuscript Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00019
Title: Foley's house Medora (D.T.)
Date: Circa 1880 - Circa 1940
Creator: Morès, Antoine Amédée Marie Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa,--marquis de,--1858-1896
Summary: A view of the house owned by James W. Foley in Medora. __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.The Foley house was originally built for Louis A. Von Hoffmann, father of Medora, the Marquise de Mores, and was originally known as the Von Hoffmann house.
Red ID: PH_I_146782 Image ID: 96655 Image Notes: 00098-00019

Collection: 00098 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Marquis DeMores Manuscript Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1880 - Circa 1960

Summary: Images seperated from MSS 10036, Marquis de Mores Papers. Images range from de Mores family member portraits, vacation photos to family homes/property in North Dakota and abroad.

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