Ardelle Urness Papers

Collection

Identifier: OGLMC-1479

Scope and Contents

The Ardelle Urness Papers contain nine diaries that date from 1941 to 1945, 1950, and 1994 through 2000. In all of these diaries, Urness commented on the weather nearly every day. In earlier diaries, she wrote mostly about her daily activities and her education. Later in 1950, she wrote much about her fiancé Reginald and their wedding. In the most recent diaries, Urness continued to write about the weather, and would occasionally mention her late son Scott, who died in 1991. She also wrote of traveling to nearby towns and about phone calls and letters that she received from family and friends. Also found in the collection are obituaries for Ardelle Urness and her son Scott, as well as brochures of memorials for Scott Urness and a newspaper article.

Dates

created: 1941-2001
Other: Majority of material found in 1994-2000
Other: Date acquired: 11/06/2004

Creator

Urness, Ardelle (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

Ardelle Gresdahl was born January 18, 1931, in Leeds, North Dakota, to Norris and Mabel Gresdahl. In 1941, Ardelle began writing in her first diary at the age of ten. On April 9, 1950, she married Reginald G. Urness and later had two children, Cindy and Scott. Before settling in Grand Forks in 1959, Ardelle and her husband lived in Enterprise, Alabama, as well as several cities in North Dakota: Carrington, Bismarck, Minot, and Fargo. Ardelle Urness died on April 28, 2000.

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