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Power, J. B. (James Buel), 1833-1912.

 Person

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Arne and Josephine Gronbeck Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 873
Abstract Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with corrections concerning his work on the Helendale Farm. Includes some mention of J.B. Powers, his son Allie, and Gronbeck's wife Josephine Vangsness Gronbeck who worked as nursemaid and cook on the Helendale Farm.
Dates: 1957

Edwin F. Ladd Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 90
Abstract First chemistry professor at North Dakota Agricultural College (now NDSU), later president of NDAC, before becoming a U.S. Senator for North Dakota.
Dates: 1890-1966

Ella Radcliffe Bratland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 254
Abstract Ella Bratland was the daughter of Thomas Radcliffe, an early Helendale Farm barn boss, who died in 1939.
Dates: 1954-1956

Emil C. Ankerfelt Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 619
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett (10 leaves) and corrections (3 leaves) concerning Ankerfelt's life, and the Helendale Farm upon which he worked. There is also some Ankerfelt family history information.
Dates: 1956

Frank B. Power Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 494
Abstract Interview and corrections (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his recollections of J.B. Power and Helendale Farm, corrections by Ethelwyn Power. Includes mention of birth and death dates of J.B. Power's children: Charles M., George, Helen, and twins, James A. and Clara, Helen's death at boarding school, J.B.'s brother, William, J.B.'s employment with Northern Pacific Railroad, some history of Helendale Farm, J.B. Power's financial losses, description of farm buildings especially the...
Dates: 1956

Frank Schroeder Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 691
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning Helendale Farm and the Farmers State Bank of Leonard. Includes description of the lakes around Helendale Farm, mentions draining some of the land, raising Percheron and Clydesdale horses at Helendale Farm, cutting wood on Helendale land, and a brief list of first bank officers of Farmers State Bank.
Dates: 1954

George and Martha Halvorson Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 697
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning J.B. Power, Helendale Farm, Mrs. Halvorson's employment as a temporary cook at Helendale Farm, and her father, Ole Germanson, Norwegian immigrant from Telemark, Norway.
Dates: 1954

George Vangsness Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 670
Abstract Contains a typed summary of an interview George did with Leonard Sackett and one newspaper clipping.
Dates: 1956

J.B. (James Buel) Power Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 309
Abstract Power was a Northern Pacific land agent and farmer. The collection contains 14 volumes of indexed correspondence that give valuable information on the inside operation of the railroads and the opening of agricultural lands in North Dakota. The collection also contains material related to Power's farm at Helendale and the early settlement of the Red River Valley.
Dates: 1872-1930

John G. Plath Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 752
Abstract Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.
Dates: 1956-1959