Bibliography

From: A History of Ambrose, by Delroy J. Gorecki, State Teachers College, Minot, ND
Written May 1962
 

Records

Manuscripts

Interviews

RECORDS:

Ambrose Lutheran Ladies Aid - Mrs. Carl Peterson, Ambrose, North Dakota
Ambrose Lutheran Church Ministerial Records - Ambrose Lutheran Church, Ambrose, North Dakota
Auditors Plat Book - A. Peterson, Ambrose, North Dakota
School Board Records - Ambrose Public Schools, Ambrose, North Dakota
Divide County Hospital Association - Omer Stenson, Ambrose, North Dakota
Order or the Eastern Star Record Book - Mrs. J. P. Johnson, Williston and Ambrose, North Dakota
Charter of the Eastern Star - Masonic Lodge, Ambrose, North Dakota
County Superintendent of Schools Records - Divide County Courthouse, Crosby, North Dakota
Twenty-fifth Jubilee Anniversary Pamphlet - Ambrose Lutheran Church, July 6, 1930,
Ambrose, North Dakota
The Boy Scouts of America Records - Ambrose Lutheran Church, Ambrose, North Dakota
Farmers Elevator Records - Floyd Grote, manager, Ambrose, North Dakota
Presbyterian Church Records - Mrs. Minnie Miller and James Miller, Ambrose, North Dakota *
Fire Department Records - City Hall, Ambrose, North Dakota
Citizen State Bank Circular #7 - January 1910, Ambrose, North Dakota
The Sons of Norway Charter and Records - Ingemar Henning, Ambrose, North Dakota
The M. I. S. Club Records - Mrs. Alice Jensen, Ambrose, North Dakota
The Embroidery Club Records - Mrs. Harriet Cowley, Ambrose, North Dakota
Divide County Journal, Golden Jubilee Edition - July 15, l954, Crosby, North Dakota
Divide County Records - 1910, County Courthouse, Crosby, North Dakota
The Homemakers Club Records - Mrs. J.P. Johnson and Mrs. Minnie Miller, Ambrose, North Dakota
City Council Proceedings - City Hall, Ambrose, North Dakota
Ambrose Newsman - Bound volumes for 1910, 1911 & 1912, Divide County Journal Office,
Crosby, North Dakota
Ambrose Newsman - Christmas Edition, December 1909, through the courtesy of Emmons Enerson, Ambrose, North Dakota
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition of the Trestle Board - A. F. and A.M. Ambrose Lodge #97,
June 25, 1936, Ambrose Masonic Lodge, Ambrose, North Dakota
Masonic Lodge Charter and Record Book - Masonic Lodge #97, Ambrose, North Dakota
Parent-Teacher Association Records - Ambrose Public Schools, Ambrose, North Dakota
Campfire Girls Record Book - Mrs. Everett Hanson, Ambrose, North Dakota
The Book Club - Mrs. Ray Ness, Ambrose, North Dakota
Fargo Forum - Nov. 4, 1911, Fargo, North Dakota

Kazeck, Melvin E. North Dakota - A Human and Economic Geography, Lund Press Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1956, pp 142-150
Moberg, J. W. “Original Grasslands of North Dakota," Bimonthly Bulletin XIV (Ju1y-August, 1952),
pp. 240-241
Brandt, Russell A., Lignite Resources of North Dakota, Geological Survey Circular 226

MANUSCRIPTS:

Shipman, Milo A. - History of Ambrose Township to 1927
Bailard, William S. - History of the City of Ambrose (to 1938) through the courtesy of
Mrs. William Bailard, Ambrose, North Dakota

PERSONAL INTERVIEWS:

Ambrose residents:

Mrs. Margaret Parsley, Plentywood, Montana
Mrs. Fannie Hall, Crosby, North Dakota

All interviews occurred between September 1961 and March 1962.

* Editor’s note: Interviews attributed to Mr. James Miller were most likely conducted with Mr. Harry A. Miller.  Harry was the son of Mrs. Minnie Miller and nephew of Mr. James Miller. Mr. James Miller passed away in 1946.

From A History of Ambrose, by Delroy J. Gorecki
State Teachers College, Minot, ND
May 31, 1962
(Edited for Content)