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Title:  First State Bank  of Coteau (N.D.). Records.
                                                                                                                                
Dates:  1908-1973
Collection Number: 10448
Quantity: 3.25 feet
Abstract: Records consist of correspondence, bank forms, posters, promissory notes, passbook or bankbook pages, a certificate from the Depositors Guaranty Fund Commission, and ephemera relating to Liberty Loan drives and the North Dakota Taxpayer's Association.
Provenance: The First State Bank of Coteau Records were donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 1976 by Alan K. Grindberg along with the Coteau Bank interior that was on display in the Museum gallery. An inventory to the collection was created by Emily E. Schultz in March 2011.
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.
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BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
    Account cards
  Checkbook, 1930s
  Empty envelopes, 1907 & 1915
  Passbook pages
  “Population of the United  States: Census of 1940” booklet
   Northwest National bank,  Minneapolis list of foreign correspondents for direct drawings (2), 1920 &  n.d.
   “How to Detect the Beginning and  Ending of Major Market Movements” booklet, Thornton S. Coleman
    
    Box 2:
  
    Camel cigarettes advertisement,  1948
    Advertisements for the Norwegian  American Line, 1914
    
    Box 3:
 
    Checks and promissory notes,  George Nelsen, 1918-1921
    Stock certificates, George  Nelsen, 1917 & 1922
    
Box 4:
 
    Fire insurance (C. E. Hovland)
    Legal documents
    Correspondence
    Promissory notes
    Norwegian American Line material
    Swan Swanson naturalization certificate (original)
    Information on converting foreign currency
    Necktie sample
    Catalog, St. Paul Book and  Stationery Company, 1921-1922
    Material related to taxes  (petition form with instructions, correspondence from North Dakota Taxpayers  Association) 
    Certificates, sale of liberty  loan bonds, C. E. Hovland
    
    Box 5:
 
    Promissory notes, certificate from  the Depositors Guaranty Fund Commission, account book pages, 1918-1930s
      
    Oversize:  
    Posters –   Advertisements for the Norwegian American Line, 1914  
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