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

DACOTAH CUSTOM SHIRT SHOP RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL #1235

DATES: 1920-1937

SIZE: .25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Dacotah Custom Shirt Shop Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Robert Lander on September 30, 1991 (Accession #91-1774).

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

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Dacotah Custom Shirt Shop was opened circa 1919 in Grand Forks, North Dakota by Edwin M. Rosenquist. In August 1920, Rosenquist transferred the mortgage to E.J. Lander & Co., who were to act as the trustee of a creditors fund established to aid Rosenquist. However, Rosenquist still found it difficult to meet expenses and went bankrupt in August 1923. The creditors agreed to appoint Nettie Stinson as shop manager, but business did not improve. Stinson left in October 1929, and Isabel Bjelde and Louise Stavig assumed her duties. In November, 1931, Stavig quit and Belle Kolstad became Bjelde's new partner. Kolstad left in April 1933, and Mrs. Dorbyshire [first name unknown] joined Bjelde as co-manager. Financial problems continued to plague the Dacotah Custom Shirt Shop and it went out of business in December 1934.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Dacotah Custom Shirt Shop Records date from 1920-1937 and contain a series of correspondence, 1920-29, 1931-33. Major corespondents include E.J. Lander, E.M. Rosenquist and Nettie Stinson. The records also include scattered office memorandums, 1923-37, financial reports, 1920-21, 1923-29, financial agreements, 1920, 1923, bill statements and receipts, 1922-26, 1932-33, 1935, and miscellaneous materials.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Correspondence, 1920-22.
2. Correspondence, 1923-26.
3. Correspondence, 1927-29, 1931-33.
4. Scattered office memorandums, 1923-37.
5. Financial reports, 1920-21, 1923-29.
6. Financial agreements, 1920, 1923.
7. Bill Statements and receipts, 1922-26, 1932-33, 1935.
8. Miscellaneous materials.

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