Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971.
Person
Found in 150 Collections and/or Records:
Eric and Ellen Forslund Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 273
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Mr. and Mrs. Forslund concerning his life, especially on the Snake River Farm, and her experiences as a cook on the Snake River Farm.
Dates:
1954
Eunice Radcliffe Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 623
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...
Dates:
1955-1961
Francis Lewis Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 103
Abstract
Notarized photograph of 1872 list of birthdates for Francis and Maria E. Manchester Lewis' children; includes Lucinda C. Moulton, second wife of Francis Lewis and their children also. Typed copy of interview and corrections with T.I. Lewis, contains mention of his brothers, Arthur and Albert, their Davenport, N.D. grocery store, their partnership with James Yoder of Fargo, Addison Leech, James Kennedy, T.I.'s career as a watchmaker and jeweler and later as a representative of Griggs Cooper,...
Dates:
1872, 1950-1964
Frank B. Power Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 494
Abstract
Interview and corrections (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his recollections of J.B. Power and Helendale Farm, corrections by Ethelwyn Power. Includes mention of birth and death dates of J.B. Power's children: Charles M., George, Helen, and twins, James A. and Clara, Helen's death at boarding school, J.B.'s brother, William, J.B.'s employment with Northern Pacific Railroad, some history of Helendale Farm, J.B. Power's financial losses, description of farm buildings especially the...
Dates:
1956
Frank J. Herman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 119
Abstract
Correspondence, notes from three extensive interviews (original typed copies and carbon copy with corrections) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin Farm near Grandin, N.D., J.L. Grandin, Guy Grandin, Herman's job as farm bookkeeper, farm housing, his wife Susan Morrow Herman, people and businesses in Halstad, Minn., and the steamboat "Grandin." Includes a detailed description of the Grandin Farm buildings and a map of the farm.
Dates:
1953-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Frank J. Herman Papers
Frank Schroeder Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 691
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning Helendale Farm and the Farmers State Bank of Leonard. Includes description of the lakes around Helendale Farm, mentions draining some of the land, raising Percheron and Clydesdale horses at Helendale Farm, cutting wood on Helendale land, and a brief list of first bank officers of Farmers State Bank.
Dates:
1954
Frank W. and Ella L. McCabe Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 610
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...
Dates:
1956
Franke Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 170
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with son Hugo and Miss Mary Clark, Fargo, N.D. concerning his father Gottlieb and Eben Chaffee. Franke homesteaded in Cass County. Includes newspaper clippings on members of the Franke family.
Dates:
1929, 1953-1954
George and Martha Halvorson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 697
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning J.B. Power, Helendale Farm, Mrs. Halvorson's employment as a temporary cook at Helendale Farm, and her father, Ole Germanson, Norwegian immigrant from Telemark, Norway.
Dates:
1954
George B. Rasmusen Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 532
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.
Dates:
1955