Living Stories
Sources & References
Evidence Layer

Sources & references

This page tracks the records behind the family archive: local PDFs and documents, public genealogy pages, scholarship, press, audio, video, and source links that still need manual capture or review.

6 Local PDFs Added 20 Web Sources Reviewed Claims Kept Source-Linked Structured Notes Added

Local PDFs

Local PDF · ExtractedCaptured

Palmer Stadum Electrification

A one-page source naming Palmer Stadum, the Baker Technical Club, Baker Day demonstrations, and Baker Electric Cooperative.

  • Names Palmer as the person who made the electronic brain for an electrically controlled car.
  • Credits Palmer’s efforts in organizing and building Baker Electric Cooperative.
  • Connects mechanics, community display, and rural electrification in Baker.
Local PDF · ExtractedCaptured

National Register Nomination – Pierson Farm

A ten-page National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Pierson Farm near York, Benson County, North Dakota.

  • Gives architectural and historic context for the Pierson farmstead.
  • Names Orville Pierson as owner and discusses Ralph and Evangeline Pierson.
  • Useful for placing Pierson material near Palmer’s Baker Electric story.

Extracted Source Notes

Structured dataCaptured

Web Source Extraction File

The supplied links have been converted into a structured source layer with people, places, story connections, pulled claims, review status, and archive-use notes.

  • 20 supplied web sources are represented.
  • Paywalled, login-only, and external media links are marked separately from captured sources.
  • Copyrighted articles and books are summarized and cited, not copied into the archive.
Archive logicCaptured

How the Sources Become Living Stories

Each source is treated as evidence for people, places, events, and themes, not as a standalone article. That keeps the story object primary.

  • Palmer and Signe connect to Baker, Broe Township, Saint Petri Cemetery, and rural electrification.
  • Beverly connects to scholarship, Norway, photography, and social-work history.
  • Kristin connects to book access, D.C. Books to Prisons, 2,000 Libros, and Washington, D.C.

Palmer & Signe

Local historyCaptured

Broe Township, Baker, and St. Petri

NDGenWeb’s Broe Township page gives community context for Baker, the Solberg family, and St. Petri Lutheran Church and Cemetery.

  • Identifies Broe Township as Township 154 North, Range 70 West.
  • Describes Baker’s railroad-era growth and commercial life.
  • Names J. Signe Solberg, later Mrs. Palmer Stadum, as an elementary teacher.
GenealogyNeeds account

FamilySearch – Palmer Alvin Stadum

FamilySearch appears to be the right public genealogy record for Palmer Alvin Stadum, but it requires a logged-in review before facts should be imported.

  • Use as a candidate genealogy source for Palmer’s dates and family relationships.
  • Do not auto-import until reviewed against family records.
Burial recordNeeds review

Find a Grave – Signe Marie Stadum

The Find a Grave memorial should be used to cross-check Signe’s burial record with the family’s Saint Petri Cemetery photographs and notes.

  • Family note places Palmer and Signe at Saint Petri Cemetery, Nome, Barnes County, North Dakota.
  • Use cemetery photos and memorial metadata together once manually reviewed.

Older Stadum Generations

Genealogy chartCaptured

Peder Stadum Ancestors in Norway

Local ancestor chart connecting Petter Hanson Stadum, Petter Pederson Norby Stadum, and Peder Pederson Norby Stadum in Norway.

  • Places Petter Hanson Stadum in Norway and ties him to Ingeborg Olsdatter.
  • Places Petter Pederson Norby Stadum at Norby/Jevnaker and Stadum, Norway.
  • Connects the earlier Stadum/Norby line to Peder Pederson Norby, born July 2, 1835.
Descendant chartCaptured

Peder Stadum Descendants

Local descendant chart for Peder Pederson Norby Stadum and Ingeborg Slaatland Stadum.

  • Identifies Peder as born in Gran, Hadeland, Norway, and dying in Esmond, Benson County, North Dakota.
  • Identifies Ingeborg Slaatland Stadum as born in Hadeland and dying at home in rural Esmond.
  • Lists children including Pete Anton, John Johannes, Annie, Carl Martin, Karen, Andrew, Sophie, and Inga Petrine.
Kinship reportCaptured

Kinship Report on Petter Hanson Stadum

Local kinship report extending from Petter Hanson Stadum down through later Stadum descendants, including Palmer Alvin Stadum.

  • Lists Palmer Alvin Stadum as born April 22, 1909 in rural Esmond, Benson County, North Dakota.
  • Provides a bridge from older Norwegian generations to the North Dakota family story.

Beverly

Photography projectCaptured

Beverly Stadum – One Picture a Day

Maihaugen’s project page documents Beverly’s move to Norway, her Rugby birth, her family’s Norwegian roots, and her year-long photographic practice in 2006.

  • Born in Rugby, North Dakota, in 1945.
  • Retired university professor.
  • Created a 2006 daily photo exhibit in Øyer, Norway.
Book metadata

Poor Women and Their Families

Bibliographic records identify Beverly Stadum as author of Poor Women and Their Families: Hard Working Charity Cases, 1900–1930, published by SUNY Press.

Claims pulled
  • ISBN 0791407519.
  • Use as a profile source for Beverly’s scholarship.
Scholarship

Child Labor and Casework

ERIC and JSTOR metadata identify Beverly Stadum’s 1995 article on child labor reform, social workers, and low-income families.

Claims pulled
  • Published in Child Welfare, volume 74, issue 1.
  • Useful for Beverly’s academic profile, not as a family-life source.
Scholarship

Female Protection and Empowerment

SAGE metadata identifies Beverly Stadum’s 1997 Affilia article on Travelers Aid services for women from 1919 to 1934.

Claims pulled
  • Published in Affilia, volume 12, issue 3, pages 278–296.
  • Uses Duluth, Minnesota, as a case study in social-work history.
  • Supports Beverly’s profile as a scholar of women, social welfare, and family casework.
ScholarshipCaptured

A Critique of Family Case Workers

Western Michigan University’s ScholarWorks page provides the abstract and citation for Beverly A. Stadum’s 1990 article in The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare.

Rodney & Peggy

Physics publication

Bragg Diffraction of Microwaves

AIP lists the American Journal of Physics article by Thomas D. Rossing, Rodney Stadum, and Douglas Lang. A University of Iowa reference page confirms the citation details.

  • American Journal of Physics, volume 41, issue 1, January 1973.
  • Use for Rodney’s professional and scientific profile.
Local PDF · ExtractedCaptured

Cando High School Cub Yearbook, 1953

The local PDF page names Peggy Stadum in a student roster. The external E-Yearbook page remains a useful reference point, while the archive now has a captured PDF and extracted text.

Local newsCaptured

Peggy Stadum and Ely Elementary

The Pierce County Tribune identifies Margaret Stadum as a retired Ely teacher and documents her comments at a 2021 Rugby school expansion forum.

Kristin

PressCaptured

2,000 Libros

Scripps/WPTV, WUSA9, iHeart/Twister, and End Book Deserts document Kristin Stadum’s work collecting books for migrant children separated from their families.

Claims pulled
  • Reports describe more than 1,000 books collected early in the campaign.
  • Podcast transcript later describes 5,000 books sent, mostly Spanish and bilingual.
PressCaptured

D.C. Books to Prisons

The Washington Post’s 2016 feature documents Kristin as a D.C. Books to Prisons volunteer and describes the program’s book-packing work.

EssayCaptured

A Place to Call Home

The Washington Post published Kristin Stadum’s essay about Washington, D.C., as part of a 2009 hometown essay feature.

Cluster linksReview

Kristin Pillar and Clusters

Kristin's content is organized as a pillar page with clusters for places, 2,000 Libros, MS walking, and writing/public life.

  • The pillar gives the readable overview.
  • Clusters hold maps, timelines, audio placeholders, media, and source depth.
Ingestion mapMapped

Additional Kristin Sources

The expanded Kristin source list is now mapped into clusters: writing/public life, MS walking, 2,000 Libros, places, and private-review family context.

  • Medium, BGSU, Roll Call, BG News, Goodreads, FAA, National Geographic, LinkedIn, and Instagram feed the writing/public-life cluster.
  • National MS Society, Renee Gurley Medium, and Spotify feed the MS walking cluster.
  • End Book Deserts, WPTV, WUSA9, HuffPost, iHeart/Twister, YouTube, and D.C. Books to Prisons feed the book-access cluster.

Needs Manual Review

Social mediaLogin

Facebook Group Post

The Facebook group post is not safe to import automatically because it may require group membership and may contain private or semi-private material.

Genealogy platformReview

AncientFaces Stadum Family History

The AncientFaces Stadum surname page should be reviewed manually before importing names or memories into the family archive.

External mediaReview

Podcast and Video Links

The Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube links should be cataloged as external media after titles, guests, and permissions are checked in-browser.

Import rule: local family records and public-domain factual metadata can be incorporated into profiles and timelines; copyrighted news, articles, books, podcasts, and social posts should be cited and summarized, with short excerpts only when necessary.