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Title: J. A. "Bert" Rock Oral History Photo Collection
Dates: ca. 1907-1938
Collection Number: 00032-GT-02
Quantity: 20 items
Abstract: Photographs copied from personal collection of J. A. “Bert” Rock during his Oral History Interview in Elgin (ND), Grant County. The interview can be found on Oral History Tape #395A&B.
Provenance: The North Dakota Oral History Project was undertaken by Larry Sprunk, with the cooperation of the North Dakota American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, the North Dakota Farmers Union, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The primary objective of the North Dakota Oral History Project was to conduct oral tape recorded interviews with North Dakotans who lived through the state's history and who could speak of this history from a first-hand basis. Interviewees were photographed at the time of their interviews. In addition, the project borrowed over 6,000 historical photographs which were copied and added to the State Historical Society's collection. Many interviewees also donated family histories, documents, letters, ledgers, books, and artifacts.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this  collection.
      
      Copyrights: Copyrights to this  collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs.   Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17,  U.S. Code or an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright  requirements is needed.
      
      Access: This collection is open under  the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
      
      Citation: Researchers are requested  to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical  Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00032-GT-02-01 – 02       30-60  Rumley owned by Ray and Bert Rock of Elgin (ND)
    00032-GT-02-03                J.  A. “Bert” Rock at age two
    00032-GT-02-04                Billy  Bossingham, who marched with General Sherman to the sea
    00032-GT-02-05                First  Depot, Leith (ND) 1910
    00032-GT-02-06                C.  J. Brelje ran Northern Pacific Railroad Demonstration Farm, Elgin (ND)               
    00032-GT-02-07                L-R:  Mrs. Jacob Lehner, Jacob Lehner, Fred, Louise, Jake, Emil Lehners, Kirsch, Mrs  Rev. William Men 1911. This Reeves plow was outfitted with a steam lift and was  bought by Jacob Lehner Sr. in 1911 for $11,000.00
    00032-GT-02-08                Lena  Lehner homestead shack on Cannonball River, Elgin (ND) 1910
    00032-GT-02-09                Jacob  Lehner homestead built 1902: Lena, Jake, Sophie, Mrs. and Mrs. Jacob and Fred  Lehner
    00032-GT-02-10                Ray  Rock and Walter Johnson on Rumley plow rig owned by Ray and Bert Rock
    00032-GT-02-11                Elmer  Carter riding Old Buck at Elm Ball Ground 1907
    00032-GT-02-12                Homestead  barn of J. A. (Bert) Rock
    00032-GT-02-13                Country  road outfit, mucker (elevating grader) tank and cook shack 1932
    00032-GT-02-14                Baseball  Team, Elm (ND) 1907    
    00032-GT-02-15                J.  A. (Bert) Rock and Ray Rock cutting oats with binder 1909
    00032-GT-02-16                Dave  Jones near Leith (ND). Neighbors came when he was sick to husk corn 1931
    00032-GT-02-17                County  road outfit ca. 1931-1932
    00032-GT-02-18                Works  Progress Administration crew leveling the street in Leith (ND) 1938
    00032-GT-02-19                Ed  Bauer homestead, Heil Community No. 3. Ed Bauer, a deaf-mute who homesteaded in  1906, Elgin (ND) 1916
    00032-GT-02-20                Henry  Rock homestead, Heil (ND) 1907
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