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Manuscripts by Subject - Military - #10515

Title: Bismarck Veterans Home Owners Cooperative Association, Inc.

Dates: 1919-1957

Collection Number: 10515

Quantity: 7.25 feet

Abstract: Consists of a membership list from the American Legion, Bismarck Post #1, financial reports, articles of incorporation and by-laws, stockholders reports, correspondence with area merchants, service providers, county, and state officers, credit reports, employment records, reports to Secretary of State, audit reports, stock certificates, house building plans, insurance policies and certificates, and photographs.

Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the Highland Acres Veterans Association Homebuilders Records from Robert H. Olgeirson in June 1988.

Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.

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BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1:
1 Community Facilities Committee 1946        
2 General Plywood Corporation correspondence 1946-1947               
3 Bank of North Dakota correspondence 1946-1948               
4 Correspondence with Bismarck City Auditor  1946-1948                    
5 James J. Igoe, Contractor, correspondence n.d.                   
6 Construction and Cost Data n.d.
7 Bureau of Reclamation-Bismarck n.d.
8 City Commission Correspondence n.d.
9 City of Bismarck Engineer correspondence n.d.
10 Miscellaneous Documents and Agreements n.d. 
11 Management Committee Materials n.d. 
12 Miscellaneous and Defunct Committees n.d.
13 Documents-Engineering Reports  1948        
14 Finance Committee Materials    1946        
15 Correspondence-Executive Committee Chairman 1947-1948                       
16 Engineering Committee Correspondence1946        
17 Completed Deposit Agreements   n.d.                    
18 Correspondence-Bank of North Dakota 1948        
19 Correspondence with Marathon Foundry and Machine Company n.d.                    
20 Correspondence with Montana-Dakota Utilities Company n.d.                   
21 Miscellaneous Correspondence n.d. 
22 Guy McGee Correspondence n.d.     
23 Correspondence to and from Archie McGray   1946        
24 Correspondence-Marshall-Wells Company      1948        
25 Protective Covenant Document n.d.
26 Correspondence-Board of Directors   1948, 1950               
27 Board and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 1947-1948                     
28 Newspaper article on Co-op n.d.
29 Board Minutes    7/12/1949          
30 Stock Certificate1946        
31 Leasing documents (1 of 2) n.d.
32 Leasing documents (2 of 2) n.d.
33 Financial Reports1947, 1950        
34 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1946-1950         
35 Potential Homeowner Questionnaires n.d.
36 Prospectus-Highland Acres      1946        
37 Public Service Commission Hearing   1948        
38 Public Service Commission Hearing Transcript 1948        
39 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name n.d.
40 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name n.d.
41 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name n.d.
42 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name n.d.
43 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name n.d.
44 Correspondence-Philip R. Reese, Inc.1947-1948                 
45 Resolutions of the Board n.d.
46 Correspondence-Page and Hill Co.    1948        
47 Correspondence-Schulz and Lindsay, Fargo, N. Dak 1948        
48 Correspondence-Secretary-Treasurer Virgil Luyben 1947-1948                    
49 Notices to Stockholders 1948        
50 Stockholder Lists n.d.
51 North Dakota Central Credit Union   1947-1948                   
52 Correspondence-National Housing Agency     1946-1947                 
53 Correspondence-Portland Cement Company     1948        
54 Proposed Stockholders Agreement 1947        

Box 2:
1 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name n.d.  
2 Correspondence-US Treasury Department n.d. 
3 Correspondence-Mrs. Myrtle Vendsel  1947        
4 Correspondence-E. A. Woolrych n.d.
5 Correspondence-H. A. Thompson & Sons n.d.    
6 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1946-1948           
7 Correspondence-W. A. Wollander 1947-1948         
8 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1946-1948           
9 Questionnaires and Miscellaneous Documents n.d.   
10 Correspondence-L. P. Dove      1946-1947              
11 Correspondence with Stockholders A-D n.d.  
12 Correspondence with Stockholders E-G n.d.
13 Correspondence with Stockholders H-L n.d.
14 Correspondence with Stockholders M-O n.d.
15 Correspondence with Stockholders P- n.d.
16 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name A-D n.d.  
17 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name E-G n.d.     
18 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name H-J n.d.  
19 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name K-M n.d.    
20 Homeowner Profiles-Last Name W-Y n.d.
21 Correspondence with J. N. Zuger, Attorney  1947-1948                   
22 Board Minutes and Agreements n.d.
23 Correspondence with Stockholders-Last Name n.d.
24 Correspondence with Stockholders-Last Name n.d.        
25 Newsletters and Bulletins n.d.     
26 Audit Report     1948        
27 News and Information Releases  1947        
28 By-Laws n.d.
29 Simple Contracts n.d.  
30 Correspondence-Guarantee Mutual Life Company-Omaha (Neb.)  1947-1948                     
31 Stockholder's Lease Documents  1947        
32 Resolutions and Agreements     1947-1948            
33 Meeting Minutes Notes n.d.  
34 Stockholder's Materials 1946-1947            
35 Virgil Luyben Correspondence   1953-1954            
36 Virgil Luyben Correspondence   1955-1956            
37 Warranty Deeds and Mortgage Document n.d.                 
38 Articles of Incorporation n.d.    
39 City of Bismarck-Park District 1946        
40 News Releases    1946        
41 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1946        
42 Lot Purchase Agreements 1946        
43 Miscellaneious Correspondence  1947-1948         
44 Committee Reports n.d.     
45 Correspondence-Scott Cameron-Attorney 1948        

Box 3:
1 Correspondence   1946-1947         
2 Memos     1947        
3 Correspondence with Government Agencies 1946-1947                   
4 Correspondence with Congressional Delegation 1946        
5 Protective Covenants and Agreements 1947        
6 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1947-1948           
7 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1949-1950           
8 Insurance Contracts     1947-1948                 
9 Prospectus Materials n.d.
10 Correspondence on Accounting and Finance 1948-1949                  
11 Correspondence with Congressional Members 1949        
12 Deed Documents   1952        
13 Building Contracts      1957        
14 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1946        
15 Miscellaneous Documents 1946-1947                      
16 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1950s       
17 Assorted Correspondence 1947-1949                      
18 Memos, Agreements, Resolutions, Covenants, and Reports n.d.
19 Withdrawn Applications  1946        
20 Assorted Documents from BVHCA Binder n.d.
21 Assorted Correspondence 1948        
22 Assorted Photographs n.d.
23 Newspaper Articles n.d.
24 Stockholder Materials   1946-1950             
25 Miscellaneous Correspondence   1946-1950         
26Newsletters and Reports 1946-1947         

Box 4:
1 Administrative Paperwork n.d.
2 Legal Proceedings and Cases n.d.  
3 Mortgages and Deeds n.d.
4 Mortgages and Other Agreements 1948        
5 Homeowner Mortgage Documents   1947-1948                    
7 Association Reports     1948-1957                 

Box 5:
1 American Legion Post 1 Membership Lists 1919-1950
2 Certificate of Incorporation 4/27/1946

OVERSIZE in map drawer
 3 Bismarck Veterans Home Owners Cooperative Association neighborhood naming contest submission form n.d. 
4 Map of Highland Acres proposed water service 1948     
5 Composite image print of Highland Acres n.d.
6 Architectural drawings Wollander Farwest Homes Plan #300 Blueprint n.d.
7 Architectural drawings Wollander Farwest Homes Details Blueprint n.d.
8 Basement Plan Engel Duplex n.d.
9 Wollander Farwest Homes plan n.d.  
10 Proposed Subdivision Bismarck Veterans Home Owners Cooperative Association, Inc. 06/17/1946
11 Plat of Highland Acres, Bismarck (N.D.) 09/1946  
12 Plat of Highland Acres, Bismarck (N.D.) 09/1946  
13 Wollander Farwest Homes blueprint n.d.  
14 Plat of Highland Acres, Bismarck (N.D.) 09/1946  
15 Plat of Highland Acres, Bismarck (N.D.)

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