A Visit to the Barnes County Historical Museum in Valley City, North Dakota Pt 1
This is a SAGA Project created in 1995 to visit the Barnes County Historical Society's Museum at its old location of 2030 West Main Street. Had to split it into three parts...this is part ONE...part 2 is 1.5
A Visit to the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, North Dakota 1995 Pt 1.5
A project for the SAGA Program in 1995 was this visit to the Barnes County Historical Society's Museum at its old location at 2030 West Main Street. This is part 2.
Dedication of the Herman Stern Historical Marker in Valley City North Dakota
Back in February, the Barnes County Historical Society was contacted by Herman Stern's grandson, Rick Stern regarding a proposal by Jerry Klinger, President of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, to present a historical marker to Valley City, honoring Herman Stern and his actions that saved over 125 lives from certain death at the hands of the Nazis in Germany. This is the first marker of its kind installed in North Dakota under a new program through the State Historical Society of North Dakota! Working with the Valley City Park and Rec Department and Valley City VFW Post 2764, we are proud to receive this distinction telling this story of selfless action for generations to come as part of the great story of North Dakota's history.
Herman Stern Marker for Valley City
By Jerry Klinger, President of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation,
It with sincere appreciation that the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation wishes to thank the Barnes County Historical Society, the State Historical Society of North Dakota and the community of Valley City for the special privilege of joining with you in recognizing Herman Stern.
Stern was an immigrant to North Dakota. He came seeking opportunity and betterment. What was so very special about Stern’s North Dakota experience as a Jew was that he was not pre-judged because of his ethnicity. Instead, North Dakota gave Stern an opportunity to succeed, to prove his metal. Stern was able to show his energy, his integrity, and his willingness to join with all North Dakotans to build positively together their mutual community as respected neighbors. For that unique, very American open doorway, Stern gave back to his beloved Community, State and Country in every way he could.
In the 1930’s, dark clouds of hatred, bigotry and ignorance filled European skies presaging the Holocaust to come. Stern turned to his friend Senator Gerald Nye and friends in North Dakota for help. The help was given without reservation or question. Over 125 lives were saved from certain death. It was a credit to Stern but it also was a credit to all North Dakotans.
The Herman Stern marker project is the first historical interpretive roadside marker of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. It is the first of many more to come that will proudly tell the story of North Dakota.
Jerry Klinger is the president of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation.
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JASHP has completed projects in 27 states and in five countries reflecting on the commonality of the American experience.
With family and friends in Germany during the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, Herman Stern became worried about their welfare and embarked on a mission to bring them to America. He felt it was “just an accident that I came to this country” and he and his wife, Adeline, had the “responsibility to make it possible for other people to continue to live and have an opportunity to enjoy this great country of ours, which was so good to us.”
With assistance from state leaders and the U.S. State Department, Stern made it possible for between 175 and 200 German Jews to escape the Holocaust and come to America. Each individual required a visa, a process that took weeks or months. Stern tracked each visa and contacted different agencies throughout the process to ensure the application was moving forward. He had to personally guarantee that none of the individuals would become wards of the state. In 1967, on Stern’s 70th birthday, several of those he helped bring to America honored him with a framed resolution of appreciation for his inspiring generosity. He was also honored by the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York for his extraordinary deeds.
A Visit to the old Barnes County Historical Society Museum in 1995
This is Part 2 of a visit to the OLD Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, North Dakota. taken in 1995 by the SAGA group, it shows the old museum at 2030 West Main Street. Wow was it small back then!
Square Dancing in Valley City, North Dakota in the 1950s.
This is a group of Square Dancers doin' their thing in the basement of the Valley City Auditorium in Valley City, North Dakota in the 1950s. 8mm Film taken by Brownell Cole. Narrated by Howard Langemo...he was there! Some WILD Hawaiian Shirts in there too.
North Dakota Women at War by Allison Veselka 3/22/2018
The Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series Season 19 Presents: Allison Veselka (BCHS) “North Dakota Women at War:” 7PM Thursday, March 22nd at the Barnes County Museum.
The involvement of Women from and connected to Barnes County during War. Over 500 women from and connected to the area were involved in war, whether in military service or on the homefront in government jobs and defense work (In shipyards and factories). Many of these women being graduates or former students of local schools including Valley City State University (or one of its many incarnations: Valley City State Normal School and Valley City State Teachers College). I'm happy to share with you some of the stories of these amazing women that I've discovered along the way (many of these women are represented in our exhibit in one way or another - through their uniforms, items, medals, or photos).
Allison Veselka, Barnes County Museum Assistant Curator, is a resident of Tower City. She graduated from Maple Valley High School in Tower City in 2009, attended Valley City State University graduating in 2013 with a Social Science composite major with a concentration in history before coming to work for the Barnes County Museum. She has been working on ND Women at War research project for a little over a year.
All Lectures are at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum and held in conjunction with Valley City State University. They are free and open to the public.
Stutsman County Memorial Museum Jamestown ND
Stutsman County Memorial Museum located in the beautiful Lutz Mansion in down town Jamestown ND
Start of the Valley City, North Dakota Centennial Parade June 25th, 1983
Here is the Start of the Valley City, North Dakota Centennial Parade June 25th, 1983. Dave O'Bannon is the announcer. This was done by Valley City Cable Services Inc.
Recorded by Cable Services Valley City, 1983. Available on DVD. Contact BCHS.
New Bloomfield Area Historical Society Tour
Tour of the New Bloomfield Area Historical Society Museum for the Christmas season of 2010.
1948 Parade in Valley City, North Dakota
This is a 1948 parade in Valley City, North Dakota. I can tell it is about 1948 as the Kindred Hotel has been demolished on the corner and the new Straus building has yet to be built.
Welcome Home Peggy Lee parade March 1950 Valley City, North Dakota
This is a movie of the Welcome Home Peggy Lee parade held in Valley City, North Dakota, when Peggy Lee (Formerly Norma Egstrom) came to perform at the 1950 North Dakota Winter Show. She performed at the City Auditorium several shows a day. Peggy Lee got her professional start singing over KOVC radio 1490 in 1936. The day after this film was made there was a howling blizzard and Peggy Lee and her brother borrowed a truck to drive to Wimbledon, North Dakota to see her father who was sick. Peggy Lee graduated from Wimbledon High School in 1937 and once lived above the Midland Continental Railroad Depot there with her family as her father was the depot agent there. If you have really sharp eyes you might spot a young Stanley Kubrick who was in Valley City taking photos of Peggy Lee in her home town of Valley City, North Dakota. He would be standing on the corner across the street from where this movie was taken on the Valley Furniture corner.
1901 Oldsmobile in 2010 VCSU Homecoming Parade
Here is our 1901 Oldsmobile in the Oct 2, 2010 Valley City State University Homecoming parade in Valley City, North Dakota. It made it through with no problems. #6414 is the oldest registered car in North Dakota and is on display at the Barnes County Historical Society in Valey City, ND.
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Rotary Club of Valley City, North Dakota in the 1920s
This film shows the members of the Valley City, North Dakota Rotary Club in the 1920s. Lester Speicher and I try to remember the names of is being shown. Many local business men and great locations along the way. A little drumming and dance performance by Pioneer D.W. Clark too! Wish there was sound to this. Also, the Northern Pacific comes rumbling through.
Bates County Museum
A virtual tour of the Bates County Historical Society and Museum in Butler, Missouri
1956 Valley City Fire 02 09 2015
NOTE: THIS IS THE 3rd update OF THIS VIDEO (dated 02-09-2015), correcting the order of certain photographs. The 2nd update added black and white photos including several excellent black and whites by Al Olson, brother to 1961 Valley City High School classmate, Warren Olson. The first and second versions of this video logged over 65 viewings when it was replaced by this newer edition. Here's some background on the fire:
On a winter night in 1956, Valley Appliance and the S & L Store in Valley City, North Dakota, burned to the ground. The appliance store, located on a principal corner in the downtown area of the community of about 7,000, was owned by the Roy Sheppard family. The store was rebuilt and remained a prominent Valley City business over many years, renamed Sheppard's, selling appliances and phonograph records. It's where I, as a teenager, bought my 45s of popular tunes. Accompanied by the late Jim Miller's photos from the Barnes County Historical Museum, the daughter of the owner of Valley Appliance, Barbara (Sheppard) Lang, recalls her family's experiences after the fire and her own memories of that terrible night.
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Moving the Parsonage for First Lutheran Church in Valley City, North Dakota 1952
Ever Parallel Park a Parsonage? This little movie takes the idea of a mobile home seriously as they are moving the parsonage for Valley City's First Lutheran Church, now Faith Lutheran or Leever's Lutheran Church.
Myrtle Monson's Memories of the 1918 Flu Epidemic from near Kathryn, North Dakota
I had the great pleasure of interviewing Mrs. Myrtle Monson in 2001 for the Barnes County Historical Society 's Oral History Project. She shared this memory of the 1918 Flu. Myrtle was born July 18, 1907 and passed away Aug, 10, 2003.