Abstract Farmer at Blanchard, N.D., who named his farm Aurora Borealis, referred to as Aurora Farm. Later, appointed postmaster at Hillsboro, N.D.

Overview This collection contains a letter from William’s father, William while he was working on the Grain Commission in Duluth, Minnesota and then a typed interview with L. Sackett, dated August 5, 1955 with William.

Abstract Interview of St. Vincent, Minn. farmer and merchant, W. G. Ahles concerning his working on the Reid farm, his father John Ahles who operated a brewery at St. Vincent, John Gillespie who was manager of the Reid farm, and Walter Hill; and newspaper clippings.

Overview This collection contains one photograph of William Tiedeman, a typescript to Leonard Sackett that is a minitature biography and life on a bonzanza farm, a newspaper clipping of his obituary.

Abstract Interviews related to William P. Sebens, and farming concerns related to his friend, Fred Bagg, as well as the Adams Farm, (also known as the Fairview Farm) owned by W. P. Adams family at Mooreton, N.D. Includes his experimenting with sweet clover, threshing, his formula on getting the most from laborers, and planting flax.

Abstract Letter, and typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning Humboldt Farm, owned by James J. Hill. Includes mention of Humboldt Farm's managers, a man named Valentine and a man named Donaldson, and of Donaldson's marriage to Belle Ferguson, a local school teacher.