Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of interview (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and the original handwritten copy (40 leaves) and a typed copy (23 leaves) of his recollections titled "Some recollections of Halbert L. Webb," which concerns his parents, the Eugene Grant family, H.D. Cooke, Reception House, George S. Barnes, F.A. Paige family, his apprenticeship, working with various newspapers, his postmaster job at Glyndon, Minn., a dairy partnership with his father, his farming experiences, the...

Abstract Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) concerning his father Jonathan Emmons, a Civil War veteran who settled in Cass County. He was a carpenter, a timber cutter, and did threshing work. Includes a photostatic copy of his discharge from the U.S. Army in 1866, and newspaper clippings.

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...

Overview Biographical material relating to John Burns and the Burns family near Ayer, North Dakota.

Abstract Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.

Overview Collection contails a written account of an oral interview as well as newspaper clippeings discussing the Hanson family.

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.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her brothers, Ludwig and Carl (also known as Charlie) Vinje, who worked on the A.R. Dalrymple and Oliver Dalrymple farms, and obituaries. Includes mention of Ludwig's death from typhoid, Carl starting his own farm, and their graves. Includes several obituary clippings.

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.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (5 leaves) mentioning McFarlane's uncle, Henry C. Lyon, foreman and manager of Rand and Brown Farm (1881-1882), John Elliot who followed Lyon as foreman, a description of Rand and Brown Farm's location, General Thomas M. Walker, a Civil War veteran from Erie, Penn., who managed the Rand and Brown Farm and later bought his own farm, a brief mention of his wife Agnes Coughey Walker, a description of the Rand and Brown Farm buildings including the grain elevators, and...