ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, ND 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #1456
DATES: 1895-1941
SIZE: .25 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The Cora Dean Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection on August 26, 2002, by Raymond Larson, McGregor, Minnesota (Acc.#2003-2612).
ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
Cora Dean was born on November 22, 1883, to Samuel and Katherine (Neilson) in Mayville, North Dakota. She attended graded school in Mayville, East High in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mayville State Normal School, and the University of Minnesota. She graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She was a foundation member in Phi Beta Kappa and also a member of A.D.T., Teacher's Club, YWCA, Woman's League, Orchestra, Girls' Glee Club, and the Mystic Order of S.K.T.
She was a teacher at Cando, North Dakota, and was also the principal at Towner High School. On August 15, 1914, Cora Dean married Michael John Furlong of Mayville, North Dakota, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon. On April 1, 1938, Cora Dean became the first contributor to the Student Union Fund at the University of North Dakota.
Cora Dean died November 25, 1962 in Berkeley, California.
The Cora Dean Papers consist of correspondence from the late 1930s, letters of acknowledgment for donations to both the Phi Beta Kappa Society and to the Student Union Fund, and membership certificates.
Sixteen photographs were separated and added to the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection. The photos are of Cora Dean's family and farm, herself, and when she was working. An additional photo album contains pictures ranging from college at the University of North Dakota to the church where she and M. John Furlong wed.
One oversized folder was separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinet. The folder contains her Bachelor of Arts diploma and also drawings by her mother, Katherine.
Box 1
Folder
16 photographs were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.
| OGL#1456-1 | Dean Farm 1.5 miles south of Mayville, North Dakota. |
| OGL#1456-2 | Dean Farm 1.5 miles south of Mayville. Homesteaded by Samuel Dean in 1888 |
| OGL#1456-3 | Picnic in the Cottonwood Grove on the Northwest corner of the Dean Farm. ca. 1895 or 1896 |
| OGL#1456-4 | The children of Samuel and Katherine Dean: Susie, Horace, Collen, Cora and Blance ca. Oct. 1887 |
| OGL#1456-5 | Michael John Furlong who married Cora Dean |
| OGL#1456-6 | Cora Dean ca Aug. 12, 1912 |
| OGL#1456-7 | Cora Dean at cooking class in Minneapolis old Marcy School |
| OGL#1456-8 | Cora Dean holding hat at Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods, California. |
| OGL#1456-9 | Katherine Cotton Neilson Dean (Cora's mother) ca. Summer of 1910 |
| OGL#1456-10 | Aunt of Cora Dean Mrs. Herbert Tutherly |
| OGL#1456-11 | Cora's grandmother Mrs. Susan Chellis Cotton |
| OGL#1456-12 | Monument in Claremont, New Hampshire, in memory of Cora's grandparents Charles Cotton and Susan F. Chellis |
| OGL#1456-13 | Initiation of Phi Beta Kappa Foundation Members at UND ca. June 1914 |
| OGL#1456-14 | Senior high school building where Cora Dean was principal ca fall 1911 |
| OGL#1456-15 | Group of senior high pupils in Towner High School where ca 1911 |
| OGL#1456-16 | "Mr. Samuel Dean was superintendent of this farm before moving to Mayville" |
1 oversized folder was placed in the Oversize File Cabinet.
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