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Collection: 32294 - Historical Society. Museum Division, Curator Files Norman Paulson
Folder: 0028
Item: 05369
Title: Looking west on Main Ave. from 6th St., Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 02/28/1973
Creator: Paulson, Norman
Summary: View of storefronts on right side of street. Cars are parked on both sides. Traffic lights stand at center. The first building on the right is J. C. Penney. The prominent building in the background is the Patterson Hotel.||The prominent building on the right is the Patterson Hotel, built in 1911 by Alexander McKenzie. Originally called the McKenzie Hotel, in 1923 the name changed to the Patterson Hotel, after then owner Edward G. Patterson. This building was the headquarters of the Non-Partisan League from 1915 until the party's dissolution in the late 1920s.
Red ID: SG_I_148425 Image ID: 173123 Image Notes: 32294-05369

Collection: 32294 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Historical Society. Museum Division, Curator Files Norman Paulson
Date: 1904-1992

Summary: Consists of the working files of former Museum Division curator Norman Paulson. Series includes photographic materials which document his work and may have been used for his reference or for exhibits. Also includes field notebooks and staff logs, detailing projects that Paulson was involved in beginning in 1959 until his retirement in 1992. There are some gaps in the logs, but activities during the years 1975-1992 are meticulously recorded. Miscellaneous files from Paulson’s office are included in the Series, such as index cards with artifact information, correspondence and donations, and research on Sully’s 1863 expedition, the Sibley Trail in North Dakota, and Fort Rice history. Several oral interviews are present in the Series. __ __ __Summary

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