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

COUNTRY SCHOOL LEGACY PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL#740 (Addition)

DATES: Undated

SIZE: 1 folder

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Country School Legacy Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Acc.#2004-2718). The material was transferred from UA#57, Center for Teaching and Learning, Dean Vito Perrone Records in December 2004.

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

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Country School Legacy Papers consists of a mini-biography written by Vito Perrone, the Dean of the College of Education, University of North Dakota, about Johanna, also called Hannah, (Knudsen) Miller, a pioneer country school teacher. An immigrant from Denmark, she came and taught at Bottineau County, North Dakota, in 1908, after completing high school and normal school in Iowa. She taught in Bottineau County, Kramer, and Lansford schools. The material is undated.

Additional materials regarding this addition can be found in UA#57, Center for Teaching and Learning, Dean Vito Perrone Records, Box 24, Folder 22. 10 photographs were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 15
Folder

  1. Mini-biography of Johanna (Knudsen) Miller by Vito Perrone

SEPARATIONS RECORD

10 photographs were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.

OGL#740-43

Johanna (Knudsen) Miller at her high school graduation in June 1903

OGL#740-44

Nels and Meta Knudsen, Johanna's parents

OGL#740-45

Johanna Knudsen and her husband, Joe C. Miller

OGL#740-46

Johanna and Joe Miller with their children, Margaret, Paul, Perry, and Eugene

OGL#740-47

Joe C. Miller as a North Dakota House of Representatives

OGL#740-48

Johanna with her class at the Thrumbs-Starbuck School near Kramer in the Fall of 1920.

OGL#740-49

A family portrait; Eugene, Perry, Margaret, Joe and Johanna.

OGL#740-50

Johanna K. Miller at age 60

OGL#740-51

Johanna K. Miller at age 89

OGL#740-52

Johanna Knudsen Miller


 Original Donation  First Addition: 1880s-1981
 Second Addition: 1919-1981  Third Addition: 1950-1956
 Fourth Addition: 1997  Fifth Addition: late 19th century to 1998 [bulk dates 1910-1940s]
 Sixth Addition: Undated  

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