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.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (10 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the period his family lived at Clifford, N.D. Includes mention of his father, Waldemar, a Norwegian immigrant who worked as a store clerk in Wisconsin, later managed a general store owned by Anton Kraabel in Clifford, N.D., store robberies and fires in Clifford, Waldemar's own store and post office, his drugstore business, early businessmen in Clifford, installing early telephone lines in Clifford, N.D., description of...

Abstract Two interviews with Leonard Sackett mentioning the Carrington and Casey Land Company, L.B. Hanna, George Palmer, and Hanna Stock Farm. George Palmer was superintendent of Carrington and Casey Land Company, and later purchased it in partnership with L.B. Hanna. Registered Angus cattle dispersal sale pamphlet from the Hanna Stock Farm and newspaper clipping of Robert Hanna's obituary included.

Abstract Interview with Wallace G. Rice concerning his father, Joseph F. Rice, who was a funeral director in Fargo, and the 1893 Fargo fire.