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Bigelow Neal Collection
Neal, Bigelow, 1891-1962.
Bigelow Neal collection, 1933-1962.
13 items
Collection number: SC 144
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OVERVIEW
Access: The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Provenance: Donated by Bigelow Neal, 1953 (Acc. 144); second donation by George E. Reynolds
in 2015 (Acc. 2015-015irs).
Property rights: The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
Citation: [Identification of item]. Bigelow Neal Collection (SC 144), NDSU Archives, North Dakota
State University, Fargo.
HISTORY
Born at Bismarck, N.D., son of Eugene Snow and Nellie Bigelow Neal. Attended North Dakota
Agricultural College for three years. Owned a ranch near Garrison, N.D. which was flooded with the
construction of Garrison Diversion project. Author of "Valley of the dammed," and "Last of the
thundering herd."
Bigelow Neal Collection, SC 144 Page 2 of 2
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Correspondence with Dean H.L. Walster regarding North Dakota Agricultural College, President West,
H.L. Walster, A.E. Minard, George and Oscar Will, and A.F. Yeager, clippings, typed copy of "Baron of
Cowland," (10 leaves), an incomplete typed copy of "The last of the thundering herd," and "Valley of the
dammed" which pertains to land buyouts by the Army Corps of Engineers for the Garrison Diverson
project. “The Son of Talk Elk, September 1935.” Article about Bigelow Neal, August 20, 1933, from the
Minneapolis Journal.
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
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Correspondence: Dean H.L. Walster regarding North Dakota Agricultural College,
President West, H.L. Walster, A.E. Minard, George and Oscar Will, and A.F.
Yeager,
Newspaper clippings,
Typed copy of "Baron of Cowland," (10 leaves),
Incomplete typed copy of "The last of the thundering herd,"
"Valley of the dammed”
“The Son of Talk Elk, September 1935.”
Article about Bigelow Neal, August 20, 1933, from the Minneapolis Journal.
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