Overview Collection contains papers relating to Elva Preston and her family including her father Joseph Duncanson.

Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of interview (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and the original handwritten copy (40 leaves) and a typed copy (23 leaves) of his recollections titled "Some recollections of Halbert L. Webb," which concerns his parents, the Eugene Grant family, H.D. Cooke, Reception House, George S. Barnes, F.A. Paige family, his apprenticeship, working with various newspapers, his postmaster job at Glyndon, Minn., a dairy partnership with his father, his farming experiences, the...

Abstract Typed transcript of interview with Mr. Hanson and John Jensen, concerning their families, working on the G.S. Barnes Farm near Glyndon. Includes mention of their fathers who emigrated from Norway (Olie Hanson, Telemarken, Norway and Jens Jensen, Christiania, Norway), Dan and Mike McCarthy, lumbering near Dexterville, Minn., a Christmas Eve saloon brawl at Dexterville, and Hanson's house which was built over a saloon.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.