Overview This collection contains correespondence related to the Punton family.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business...

Abstract Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) concerning her father, Andrew Johnson, who homesteaded near Leonard, N.D. and Helendale Farm. Interview includes mention of her father, Andrew Johnson, who worked as a hired man at Helendale Farm, her cooking and laundry duties at Helendale Farm, being tutored by Annie Anderson, the Helendale Farm cook, meeting her future husband, Ludvig (Louis) and their separation due to his alcoholism, and the generosity of J.B. Power's sister-in-law, Mrs. W.A. Power....

Abstract Typed summary of interview (8 leaves) done in 1955 with Eunice (Smyth) Radcliffe and her daughter, Helen (Radcliffe) Johnson, relating to the James Smyth family, the Radcliffe family, their move to a farm near Fargo, Tom Radcliffe (brother to Daniel), Helendale Farm, Daniel's job at Helendale Farm, the Power family's hospitality, Elizabeth N. (Mrs. Alley) Power, William Power's drinking problem, Anna Anderson, employed as a cook at Helendale, Iver Hagen and his custom threshing. Also includes...

Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning herself, her husband, Arthur B. Landt, his banking career in Hillsboro, N.D., later Northwood, N.D., his jobs after bank closure in 1932, and brief mention of their Northwood home and friends.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Marguerite Ferguson, concerning her parents, Philip and Mary Weisbecker, who moved from New York to Moorhead, Minn., then to Grandin, N.D. where they bought a hotel. Includes mention of the first business establishments in Grandin, additions to the hotel, cooking for threshing crews, boarding farm workers during the winter, Lynn Ferguson, Marguerite's son and farm manager for John S. Dalrymple. Also includes clippings.