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Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971.

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Herman Deike Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 259
Abstract Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) concerning the Fairview Farm, also known as the Adams Farm, which he and a group of Iowans purchased in 1920, and obituaries of Mr and Mrs. Deike.
Dates: 1954-1965

Jacob J. Lawrence Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 439
Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (6 leaves) and corrections with wife Rosa Hofner Lawrence and daughter Ruth, concerning Rosa's parents, John Hofner (1849-1900), German immigrant from the Rhine River Valley and Louisa Eppell Hofner (1853-1921), her husband, Jacob, her work as nurse to Dr. Langsdale, with brief mention of Ruth's doctoral studies at Columbia, and a souvenir of School District No. 3, Center Township, Richland County (N.D.) for 1896-1867.
Dates: 1897, 1935, 1955

John L. Walcher Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 241
Abstract Typed summary of interview (11 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm) and Elk Valley Farm. Includes mention of his father, John Walcher, a German immigrant, who hauled freight in Minnesota, moved to Sargent County, N.D. in 1885 to farm, later moving to Sauk Center, Minn. to manage a hotel, son John L. working at Elk Valley Farm, plowing with mules, being struck by lightning, Deering grain binders, carpentering at Adams Farm, W.P. and Mrs. Adams,...
Dates: 1954, 1968

William P. Sebens Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: SC 520
Abstract Interviews related to William P. Sebens, and farming concerns related to his friend, Fred Bagg, as well as the Adams Farm, (also known as the Fairview Farm) owned by W. P. Adams family at Mooreton, N.D. Includes his experimenting with sweet clover, threshing, his formula on getting the most from laborers, and planting flax.
Dates: 1955.