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Auction 51 · Lot 95
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Fargo, North Dakota
Publication
early 20th-century
Description
Record book of Hebrew Ladies Aid Society of Fargo, North Dakota, for years 1919-32. Circa 350 pages of detailed minutes recording social, religious and philanthropic affairs of the Fargo Community. Much ephemeral materials laid in.
* WITH: Membership-Book of local Lodge (No. 634) of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, for years 1908-29 (c. 164 membership forms with names, ages and birthplaces of male members).
summary
Jews first settled in North Dakota in 1882 (seven years before Statehood) when Baron de Hirsch's Jewish Colonization Association established a Jewish settlement on the bank of the Missouri River. By the 1960s, Fargo, the state's largest city, hosted a Jewish community of 500, including Fargo Mayor Herschel Lashkowitz. See EJ, Vol. XII, col. 1221.