Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971.
Person
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Emil Mecklenburg Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 607
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (18 leaves) with Emil and Mary (Radovich) Mecklenburg concerning the Keystone Farm, its horses, the buildings, owner Robert Jones, seeding fields, cutting hay, fight between hired men, farm superintendent Jim Carter who preceded W.G. Merrifield, Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm), its food, Downing Farms, Steven Gerard Downing, burning of the Downing elevator in 1918, sale of the Downing Farm at Mooreton, N.D., sale of W.P. Adams...
Dates:
1954-1956
George M. Scott Interviews
Collection
Identifier: SC 1453
Abstract
Typed summary combining two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning his years while working for Robert Reed of the Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Describes his duties, the Amenia Hotel and its boarders, buildings on Amenia and Sharon Land Co. properties, bathing and laundry facilities, wages, Amenia and Sharon grain elevators, with mention of Edmund Gowland, his son Russell, and Carrie (Mrs. H.F.) Chaffee.
Dates:
1955, 1966
George Rognlie Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 524
Abstract
Typed summaries of two interviews; the first interview (6 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerns Grandin Farm No. 1, working there as a cook's helper in 1901 and later employment at the Halstad elevator in 1910. Includes mention of A.G. Holstrom, Walter Hill, bathing accommodations, hauling grain to Halstad, holding capacity of boxcars and elevators, tearing down Grandin elevator located between No. 1 farm and No. 3 farm, fishing in the Red River. Second interview (1 leaf) with Inga Rognlie...
Dates:
1954-1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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George Rognlie Papers
Jacob Walters Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 534
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of interview (5 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his life and the Grandin elevator at Gardner, N.D. Includes mention of the homestead built by his father, Carl Walters, and of the Grandin elevator that stood nearby, hauling grain on the Red River, James Pratt, the first elevator manager, Jacob Walters' job on the steamboat "Minnesota," and its crew, Jacob's brother, Charlie Walters, Jacob's wife, Bertha Swenson Walters, and addendum mentioning Bertha's...
Dates:
1955-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Jacob Walters Papers
James and Clara McKissick Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 138
Abstract
Extensive interview with James and Clara Trammell McKissick about his father, Charles, who managed the Dwight Farm, later the Hinkle Smith Farm near Amenia, N.D. and the Grandin Farm near Mayville. Mentions the livestock and acreage at Grandin Farm, Oliver Dalrymple, immigrant farm laborers, James McKissick's education and various jobs as farmer, milk truck driver, butcher shop owner, hog shrinker and a hired man who set fire to McKissick's barns.
Dates:
1953
James W. McNary Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 102
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett concerning Baldwin Farms, his salary, introduction of alfalfa, plowing; typed copy of speech (5 leaves) entitled "What professional farm management stands for," typed copy of a newspaper clipping "Does farming pay," by A.E. Winship (1930) which mentions McNary's setting up a young unnamed Russian farmer in farming, newspaper clipping of Baldwin elevator being moved (1943), sale of the last pieces of land owned by Baldwin Corporation...
Dates:
1930-1953
John H. Pannebaker Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 237
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Richard Pannebaker, who moved from Indiana in 1881 to Oriska, N.D., then to Mapleton, N.D., his job as foreman for Mapleton Farming Co., elevator manager at Mapleton and Tower City, N.D., later employed by Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Includes brief mention of the Matt Dill farm which was purchased in 1905 by Miller-Chaffee-Reed Company; John Pannebaker worked there briefly. Also includes newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1954-1957
Joseph Hanson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 1149
Abstract
Typed carbon copy of interview summary (5 p.) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Dalrymple family, threshing, C.O. Vinje, mules, working on the Grandin Farms, use of blind horses to power grain elevators, and a letter.
Dates:
1954-1955
Robert B. Reed Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 438
Abstract
Typed summary of first interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett includes mention of the Chaffee family, Helendale Farm, description of a round grain elevator at Amenia, handling grain, his uncle, Cornelius Reed, who worked at the Amenia grain elevator, plows and grain binders used at Amenia and Sharon, Amenia store, description of various sections of Amenia and Sharon land, Robert and John Reed buying cattle and sheep, raising sheep at the Amenia and Sharon, the Reed-Sargent farm partnership...
Dates:
1955-1960.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
/
Robert B. Reed Papers
Tillie Konen and Edward Evenson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 552
Abstract
Typed original and corrected copy of an interview by Leonard Sackett with Tillie (Evenson) Konen and Edward Evenson.
Dates:
1955.