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Box 163A
1 Cactus with finger, North Mesa, Arizona, 3/1981 (40 negatives)
2 Abandoned farm south of Epping, Glo S mas at REC, Used cars in Cenex warehouse, Williston Herald employees, 1985 and 1986 (22 negs + 19 prints)
3 LoneTree Energy, oil well (7 negatives)
4 Congregational Church, stained glass windows, 7/8/1988 (12 negatives)
5 REA open house displays: Rick and fish, several family groups, May and Aaron, Nikki, Mike and John, 1985 (23 negatives and 6 prints)
6 Past Presidents at Press Convention: Jan’s flowers, Tony, Chris & friends, Ashby, Minnesota, 1986 (26 negatives)
7 Lonetree Energy, Strand and Epping location, 12/10/1987 (1 print + 14 negatives)
8 1 negative and 1 slide showing Oil well and harvest, combining in front of oil rig, North of Tioga, 1978, probably Borstad location – slide used on cover of Northwest Mutual Aid phone directory in 1982 - 1983
9 6 prints - Oil well shots for Burbach, 1953, 11/1978, 1979, 1983, and 1984
10 Santa Paula, oil museum, 3/1984 (6 prints and 20 negatives)
11 Miscellaneous area negatives, 1979: 4 prints and 44 negatives (below by item #)
1 & 2 Misc shots overlooking Muddy River near Delaney well, 9/1979
3 & 4 exterior of Williston High School, indoor pool, 8/1979
5 to 7 Tioga calf and Lawrence Boy, 9/1979
8 Salt Plant, 8/1979
9 Williams County courthouse, 9/1979
10 to 22 Williston Business Firms, 10/1979: Mister D’s, Williston Packing Co., Zavalney building, Coyote Lanes, Good Year Tire 8/1979, McDonalds, Trails West Best Western, Super 8 Lodge, Home Economy, Red Fox, and Harry’s Tires
23 University Ave. Trailer Court, 9/1979
24 to 26 Sunset and clouds west of Williston, 8/1979
27 to 33 Tad cutting pix, 9/1979
34 & 35 Albert Guallery postmaster retires, pictures with Geo Harvey retired PM, 10/1979
38 to 42 Blacktail Dam, 10/1979
43 & 44 Williston Farm Equipment, 7/1979
47 & 48 Wekeinsm, gold wedel, group of 4
12 Jim Key, house, Key’s Cove construction, 10/5/1979 (13 negatives)
13 University of North Dakota - Williston negatives, 1979 (also 1978 or 1980 mounted) University Center, 10/1979 (50 negatives)
14 Family - Glo waking up Santa, 12/1986 and sailing on the Little Muddy, 11/1986 (7 prints and 25 negatives)
15 Gloria with guitar in Bismarck studio, Walter Kamp, also clearing for oil well south of Tioga (16 negatives)
16 Downtown Williston: Eckert Foundation, University of North Dakota-Williston, Houses northeast of Williston, 8/1985 (10 prints + 4 negatives)
17 Truck Office & pipe yard, also China man’s coulee, 2/1985 (10 prints + 10 negs)
18 Lost Tales photographs for promotion, Glo and Bill, 12/1986 (15 negatives)
19 Glo and Bill with Lost Tales for Christmas card, 12/15/1986 (3 negatives)
20 Tioga area wells, 9/1982 (9 prints + 9 negatives)
21 Westburne Reg 36, south of Arnegard, 3/1983 (2 prints + 4 negatives)
22 Drilling south of Westland Oil Refinery and Burdick wells etc. near old Pioneer Location, 5/1983 (20 negatives)
23 Red Warehouse and trailer, located on Highway 85, north of Bridge, 1983 – 6 prints and 6 negatives
24 Garvin Stevens first well and other McKenzie County wells (25 negatives)
25 Rocket Supply, 7/1982: Aerials of open house, Ground shots of open house, and Office personnel (54 negatives)
26 Everett Palmer well, McKenzie County, 1982 (5 negatives)
27 Donohue Well, color aerial, 6/1981 (1 negative)
28 Eddie Bratcher Well, near Alexander, 10/1982 (1 print + 26 negatives)
29 Hexem’s prepare drilling site southwest of Fortuna, 1982 (1 print + 11 negatives)
30 Hexem’s – preparing drill site northeast of Alexander, 1982 (40 negatives)
31 Verachek (or Mrachek ? on spelling) oil rig, sunset, 1981 (9 negatives)
32 Everett Palmer oil well, Williston Ready Mix, 6/1983 (16 negatives)
33 Mounted negatives, 1978 – 1980 (24 negatives)
34 Oil field scenic’s, Rolfstad and Treffrey (6 negatives)
35 Scenic oil well photographs, 5 mounted negs: Sidney Airport, Clark Well, Heffelfinger Crew, Herb Kane portrait, and T.R. Gas Plant north of Belfield
36 Monty Montgomery retirement reception at El Rancho Motel 12/1/1982 (44 negs)
37 Gloria Shemorry sings; also Lonetree Energy Locations, Strand & Epping, 12/10/1987 (15 negatives)
38 Irrigated farms southeast of Buford (15 prints)
39 Williston oil monument, 9/9/1981 (4 negatives)
40 Montana oil well with cattle, 9/10/1981 (4 negatives)
41 Cloudless - Treffrey sunset, 9/10/1981 (2 negatives)
42 Unidentified well sunset, 9/10/1981 (1 negative)
43 Tenneco Clark sunset, 9/10/1981 (2 negatives)
44 Flying J Refinery, 11/17/1981 (4 negatives + 1 print)
45 Skid rig, winter, about 1953 (1 negative)
46 Refinery sunset, 9/10/1981 (2 negatives)
47 2 negs Mossbacher Discovery, 1978; and 1 color print of the Herb Kamp oil well
48 Joe Cutting’s Big Viking oil company stock for 250 shares, 1 print
49 Joe Cutting’s Pioneer Oil & Gas Company stock print for 50 shares, 1 print
50 Sunset – Treffrey, 7/1979 (2 negatives)
51 Black and white A & B and cattle, North of Salt Plant, 8/1979 (2 negatives)
52 Sunset – Heffelfinger, printed 9/10/1981 (4 negatives)
53 Treffery Sunset #2, 7/1979 (4 negatives)
54 Storm at Heffelfinger, 8/1978 (3 negatives)
55 Storm at Treffrey, 8/1979 (4 negatives)
56 Treffrey Sunset, 7/1979 (2 negatives)
57 Moon eclipse with oil well, printed 9/10/1981 (2 negatives)
58 Feiring Reunion, 4/7/1983 (2 negatives)
59 McFarlin wedding – bridal couple and bride alone, 11/24/1981 (68 negatives)
Box 163B
60 Williston Airport 8/1979: Jack Daniels Horizontal, 11/14/1981, Airport Runway, Airport Expansion (11 negatives)
61 Tetons girls team, vertical pictures, 1/29/1982 (2 negatives)
62 Forrest Johnson – cake, 9/9/1981 (4 negatives)
63 Forrest Johnson 2-8, 9/9/1981 (4 negatives)
64 Forrest Johnson – Entire group, 9/9/1981 (2 negatives)
65 Ray – car & house, copy, 1/29/1982 (1 negative)
66 Postal picnic, 9/9/1981 (2 negatives)
67 John Lindvig, aerial view of John Lindvig’s farm, 9/17/1981 (2 negatives)
68 Amsbaugh, 9/9/1981 (4 negatives)
69 Mr & Mrs Al Qually, group of four adults, two adults and their two grown up children – family group portraits 11/23/1981 (16 negatives and 1 print)
70 Bekks Realty, aerial at Harmon Park North for Bekkedahl, 12/9/1981 (2 negs)
71 Closeup of girl – March, 9/9/1981 (2 negatives)
72 Girl in park – March, 9/9/1981 (4 negatives)
73 Irving Vedvick – Rainbow Val, 9/10/1981 (4 negatives)
74 West Plains Church, 8/14/1981 (4 negatives)
75 West Plains Church, 10/23/30 (4 negatives)
76 1981 Snowbirds, 7/19/1982 (3 negatives + 1 print)
77 Jack Daniels (vertical), airport expansion, 11/14/1981 (2 negatives)
78 Bowling, 3/9/1982 (4 prints + 12 negatives)
79 Abe Owan farm, negative #7 and 13, 8/7/1982 (1 print + 4 negatives)
80 Basin Glass: Buttrey Osco, negative #23; Land Bank #12; big building, negative #2; Land Bank #12; PCA & Credit Union #15 & 18; #6 and 7; 8/7/1982 (17 negs)
81 Oil – photographs for Herb Kane, 1978: Mossbacker Pruit discovery, Rig north of Grenora (Mossbacker Pruit), Mud hens, taking off pipe thread protectors (7 negs)
82 Herb Kane with female geologists at Mossbachen Pruit North of Grenora, and with gulf official at Mossbacher Pruit Discovery 5 Miles South of Williston, 11/1978 (9 negatives)
83 Trucks (1 print + 2 negatives)
84 Mack, 11/22/1981 (3 negatives)
85 Mack trucks, #6, 9-11, 11/30/1981 (4 negatives)
86 Western Welding (8 negatives)
87 National Tank negatives numbered 4, 11 and 15, 8/7/1982 (10 negatives)
88 Rocket aerial #24, 8/24/1982 (3 negatives)
89 Rocket Trucks and Jerry’s house, #5 and 8, 8/24/1982 (2 prints + 12 negatives)
90 Jerry family group, Rocket, 8/24/1982; Rocket – Jane Long & Miller, 4/28/1982 (4 negatives)
91 Rocket open house, 8/24/1982 (5 negatives)
92 Rocket – Harvig-Montgomery and group, 8/24/1982 (5 negatives)
93 Rocket personnel in red, 8/24/1982 (1 print)
94 Goldsberry Ranch (1 print + 3 negatives)
95 Rocket Supply aerial photograph #11, 8/24/1982 (1 print + 2 negatives)
96 Westland Refinery aerial photographs, 11/1978 (7 negatives)
97 Cliffs Drilling rig 14, 10/23/1981 (1 slide)
98 Joe Donohue well, 11/23/1981 (2 negatives)
99 Crop Fair, area negatives, 10/1979 (24 negatives)
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