Abstract Letter with biographical information on Thomas M. Walker, typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, concerning Thomas Walker and his family who lived near Grandin, N.D. Includes a biographical sketch of Walker, manager of Rand and Brown Farm and Alan Rice's uncle, separation of his parents, his brothers and sisters, growing up in Traill County, raising turkeys at Walker's farm, Blanche Walker, adopted daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Coughay) Walker, taking a bust of grandfather,...

Abstract Born at Norman County, Minn. Wed Clara Gilbertson in 1908. Worked as foreman at Robineau Farms, Kelso, N.D., Clark Dalrymple and A.R. Dalrymple farms. Began farming for himself in 1927, moved to Halstad, Minn. in 1934.

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 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...

Abstract Letter, typed summary of interview (15 leaves) concerning J.B. Power, Helendale Farm, Amenia and Sharon Land Company, and his father Peter Walburg, a Swiss immigrant. Includes mention of their homestead near the Maple River, his work on Dalrymple No. 1 Farm, son Peter's first jobs as mule driver, choreboy, and herding horses for the Dalrymples, cutting wood at Helendale Farm, his father, and later Martin Hanson, hauling mail, Helendale Farm's soil, selling out and moving to Leonard, N.D.,...

Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her father, George Elliot, and life in early Jamestown. Includes mention of George Elliott coming to N.D. in 1879, the family's arrival in 1880, getting a contract to build railroad grade, buying a farm near Spiritwood, N.D., blizzards, the homesickness of Sadie's mother, description of their home, her father's attempts at gardening, digging a well, entertaining visitors, their move to Jamestown, N.D. where...

Abstract Born 1894 in Sargent County, N.D. Family moved to Clay County, Minn. in 1899 and in 1909 moved north of Dilworth, Minn. Left partially paralyzed after recovering from influenza in 1918. He was employed by city of Dilworth, Minn. as town clerk and waterworks superintendent.

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.