These two collections contain 900 photographs of rural and small town life in the northern Great Plains (and particularly in North Dakota) at the turn of the century. The Hultstrand is the larger of the two parts of the collection; it contains some 550 images, of which about 300 are hand colored. This eclectic collection covers such diverse topics as bison, automobiles, sod houses, and rural women. The Pazandak collection, though smaller, concentrates on turn of the century agriculture. Highlights include images of sod homes and the people who built them; images of farms and the machinery that made them prosper; and images of one-room schools and the children that were educated in them. The overall collection can be searched or browsed. Photos are accompanied by date and medium information, as well as explanatory notes. The original collections are housed at the Institute for Regional Studies, located at North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.