The Welk Homestead : a source book / Thomas D. Isern & Michael M. Miller, compilers and editors.
Material type: TextSeries: Circular ; no. 2Publisher: Fargo, ND : Center for Heritage Renewal, North Dakota State University, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: iii, 75 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780692496435
- 0692496432
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Not for Loan | Main Library | North Dakota Collection | 720.9784 W446 | Not for loan | 33111008449502 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This circular from the Center for Heritage Renewal, North Dakota State University, situates the Welk Homestead of Emmons County, North Dakota, as an episode in homesteading history on the northern plains and provides documents to guide its interpretation. The homestead site already is well-known as the birthplace of Lawrence Welk, the historic bandleader. On 1 July 2015 the homestead became a state historic site, administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Interpretation of the site henceforth will emphasize its significance to agricultural history (including homesteading) and to the culture of the Germans from Russia.
"July 2015."
Includes bibliographical references.
Nomination to National Register of Historic Places -- Fr. Speckmeier's report -- Plains Folk columns: The Welk Homestead, Homestead in Emmons County, Proving up the Welk Homestead -- The Homestead Act -- Homestead file of Ludwig Welk -- Selected readings.
On 1 July 2015, North Dakota acquired a new state historic site: the Welk Homestead, in Emmons County. The Ludwig and Christina Welk homestead came to public notice as the birthplace of historic bandleader Laurence Welk. With its acquisition by the state, the site will be interpreted along new lines, including the history of agriculture and the culture of the Germans from Russia. This circular establishes the Welk Homestead as a site of homesteading history and provides sources for interpretation along such lines.