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Sept. 22, 2008
Today I went to the NDSU Library and attempted to find general information on Hazel Miner and Oliver County. This proved to be rather unsuccessful. I looked at Passport to North Dakota history : a traveler's guide which was produced by the State Historical Society. But this turned out to be nothing more than a tourist bochure.I also looked at many giant North Dakota history books, but none of these mentioned anything of Hazel Miner. Some barely mentioned Oliver County.
Sept. 29, 2008
This was a rather uneventful day of research. What I did was basically compiled a huge list of sources that are located in the archives. Nothing else really was achieved.
Oct. 1, 2008
In my panic for not having anything to show for my research I went up to the archives and spent a few hours there. While at the archives I read a pamphlet entitled "This Booklet Respectfully Dedicated to the Pioneers of Oliver County, N.D." This proved to be usefull in understanding the basic folk legend of Hazel Miner. I also looked into the book entitled Oliver County Cemetaries, by Cecelia Albers. This had a listing of the cemetaries in Oliver County, and it had the names of the different people buried. Hazel, her farther, and some other Miner were burried in the Center Community Cemetary,Union Cemetary. Other books that I looked at were Oliver County, 1885-1985 and Notable North Dakotans. The first book proved to be awesome in that it had newspaper articles and histories of people in Oliver County. Here I found more background information on Hazel and her family. The second book basically just had the folk version of her death, but it did have a great quote on why the memorial is there.
Oct. 3, 2008
Today I looked more into the local histories of Oliver County and Center North Dakota. I have found that the family no longer lives in the county, and a majority of them have moved out to the west coast.
Oct. 8, 2008
I just ordered the "Center Republican" which is a newspaper from the town of the monument. I ordered the years of 1935-1937 which includes the year before the memorial being constructed and the year following.
October 16, 2008
Today I went to the Library and read some of the microfilm ofthe "Center Republican."I got some printouts of newspapers from 1936 that have proved pretty helpful.
October 22, 2008
I went to the University Archives and read microfilm today. I read newspapers from the Fargo Forum from 1936 and 1920. I got a few printouts.
October 25, 2008
To day I drove to Center, ND. I went onto the Oliver County Courthouse grounds and photographed the monument. It is rather hidden if you are not looking for it. There are two other monuments on the grounds that kind of overshadow the Hazel Miner Memorial.
October 27, 2008
I spent today in the state archives in Bismarck looking through L.B. Hanna's personal papers. Although they were really interesting, there really wasn't anything to help me. But I did look through their Hazel Miner files, and these had some helpful information on the story and its lasting effects. I also read the the Center Republican from 1920 from around the time that she died. Later on in the day I drove up to Center to go into the archives, but the archivist got called out on a family medicalemergency. This was a hugedisappointment, because all that they were able to give me was a packet on Hazel Miner herself. I did however talk to a worker at the courthouse and she gave me some ideas on the monument, but she admitted that most of the people know the story but not much about the monument. It seems that the story has taken hold, and not much know about the monument itself.
November 5, 2008 Today I spent some time looking into websites about the memorial. Most of these sites are claiming that the memorial is lame and kind of a huge disappointment. November 10, 2008 Today I spent some time up in Center at the county courthouse. I went through the old records from the time of her death, and the time that the memorial was established. This was not the most useful, but I did conduct a few interviews with people that worked there. They were able to tell me a bunch of stories on her, and they showed me the coulee and the house that the story took place at. I also spent some of the day in the state archives reading newspapers and getting more information. November 12, 2008 Today I spent some time going over North Dakota History articles on Hazel Miner, monuments, and L.B. Hanna.
November 5, 2008 Today I spent some time looking into websites about the memorial. Most of these sites are claiming that the memorial is lame and kind of a huge disappointment. November 10, 2008 Today I spent some time up in Center at the county courthouse. I went through the old records from the time of her death, and the time that the memorial was established. This was not the most useful, but I did conduct a few interviews with people that worked there. They were able to tell me a bunch of stories on her, and they showed me the coulee and the house that the story took place at. I also spent some of the day in the state archives reading newspapers and getting more information. November 12, 2008 Today I spent some time going over North Dakota History articles on Hazel Miner, monuments, and L.B. Hanna.
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