Abstract Correspondence including two letters from John L. Grandin, typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his life, the Grandin farms, John Wyman, and W.H. Leazenby of St. Joseph, Mo., letters from Leonard Sackett to Mr. Anderson; legal and financial material relative to the Grandins and A.G. Holstrom. Legal and financial material includes land rental agreement, an inventory of farm equipment for the Grandin farm, 1921 income tax statement, and a trial balance sheet for...

Abstract Typed summary of detailed interview (14 leaves) with Andrew and Minnie Melgard concerning his life, the Snake River Farm and its purchase, farm's first owner who was named Woodward, Minnie's purchasing food supplies in bulk, cooking for sixty-five hired men, cleaning the bunkhouses, making soap and butter, butchering hogs, raising eight children, her collapse from stress and a map of the farm.

Abstract Born at Norman County, Minn. Wed Clara Gilbertson in 1908. Worked as foreman at Robineau Farms, Kelso, N.D., Clark Dalrymple and A.R. Dalrymple farms. Began farming for himself in 1927, moved to Halstad, Minn. in 1934.

Abstract Biographical sketch (1 leaf) based on information supplied by his son Eugene in an interview with Leonard Sackett, a copy of the song, “The Last Sunset” by his daughter Mathilde Emilie Askegaard, and newspaper clippings.

Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the De Casenove family of Virginia who owned land near Perley, Minn.

Scope and Contents Typed summary of an interview (7 leaves) concerning his father, Harry Richards, Fargo coal dealer and later farmer at Perley, Minn. Includes mention of Harry Richards finding his farm, describes its location on the Red River, mentions a landslide near the house, description of how the house was heated, the poultry business located at the Richards Farm, O.C. Olson, General Thomas M. Walker and his death, and Harry Richards' first automobile.

Abstract Typed summary of interview with Frank and Ella L. McCabe concerning the Loring Farm (also called Stickney Farm) and Frank's father Thomas who emigrated from Ireland at age 14 and first settled at Oshkosh, Wisc. Thomas bought his own farm near Sabin, Minn. while working at the Loring Farm. He met his wife Carrie Moen, a Norwegian immigrant, on the Loring Farm where she was also employed. Interview also mentions B.C. and Ward Sherman, brothers who worked at the Loring Farm and later established a...

Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his parents, Knut and Barbara? (Larson) Rasmusen, Norwegian immigrants, who first settled near Preston Minn., later moving to Georgetown, Minn. in 1881. Includes brief mention of his brothers, John, a blacksmith who moved to S.D. to farm, returned to Fargo where he died in 1920, 1882 spring flooding of the Buffalo and Sheyenne rivers, Robert, a barber in Moorhead, and George's farm near Audubon, Minn.

Abstract Letter, typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett with follow-up questions and answers relating to the March-Spaulding Farm near Warren, Minn., farming in the Warren, Minn. area, and some family history material.

Abstract Letter, typed summary of interview with H. Dan and Zoe McGrew (3 leaves) concerning the Hill Farm, its buildings, the house, a dam built by Walter Hill and altered by Maurice Florance, the farm after the Florance family purchased it, and Dan's purchase in 1948. Also includes typed copies of newspaper clippings about the sale of the Hill Farm, McGrew's own farm being sold to his hired man, Steve Boychuk, and the McGrew's 25th wedding anniversary.