Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971.
Person
Found in 150 Collections and/or Records:
George F. Cheney Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 272
Abstract
Letter, typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett with follow-up questions and answers relating to the March-Spaulding Farm near Warren, Minn., farming in the Warren, Minn. area, and some family history material.
Dates:
1954-1955
George M. Scott Interviews
Collection
Identifier: SC 1453
Abstract
Typed summary combining two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning his years while working for Robert Reed of the Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Describes his duties, the Amenia Hotel and its boarders, buildings on Amenia and Sharon Land Co. properties, bathing and laundry facilities, wages, Amenia and Sharon grain elevators, with mention of Edmund Gowland, his son Russell, and Carrie (Mrs. H.F.) Chaffee.
Dates:
1955, 1966
George Rognlie Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 524
Abstract
Typed summaries of two interviews; the first interview (6 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerns Grandin Farm No. 1, working there as a cook's helper in 1901 and later employment at the Halstad elevator in 1910. Includes mention of A.G. Holstrom, Walter Hill, bathing accommodations, hauling grain to Halstad, holding capacity of boxcars and elevators, tearing down Grandin elevator located between No. 1 farm and No. 3 farm, fishing in the Red River. Second interview (1 leaf) with Inga Rognlie...
Dates:
1954-1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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George Rognlie Papers
George Vangsness Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 670
Abstract
Contains a typed summary of an interview George did with Leonard Sackett and one newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1956
George W. Tracy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 437
Abstract
Two detailed interviews (17 leaves and 9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett decribing the Tracy family's experiences at Amenia and Sharon farm, with mention of the farm buildings, other hired men, poor quality food, E.W. Chaffee's rules for hired men, their departure from Amenia and Sharon, George farming at Hunter, N.D., his move to Emmons County, N.D., his freight hauling business and sheep ranch, the Spicer family murders and the ensuing lynching. Typed copy of pamphlet "The Win Tracy story" (14...
Dates:
1955-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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George W. Tracy Papers
Gertrude G. Landt Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 760
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.
Dates:
1956
Glenn Akin Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 624
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and annotated carbon copy, concerning Mr. Akin and his father, William R. Akin, who worked on the Weible Farm at Larimore and Hunter, N.D., the Darling Farm near Fargo and the Kennedy Farm in Cass County, N.D.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Glenn Akin Interview
H. Dan McGrew Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 473
Abstract
Letter, typed summary of interview with H. Dan and Zoe McGrew (3 leaves) concerning the Hill Farm, its buildings, the house, a dam built by Walter Hill and altered by Maurice Florance, the farm after the Florance family purchased it, and Dan's purchase in 1948. Also includes typed copies of newspaper clippings about the sale of the Hill Farm, McGrew's own farm being sold to his hired man, Steve Boychuk, and the McGrew's 25th wedding anniversary.
Dates:
1948-1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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H. Dan McGrew Papers
Halbert Webb Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 519
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...
Dates:
1914, 1954-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Halbert Webb Papers
Harry A. Marsden Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 665
Abstract
Typed summary of interview concerning his father, Arthur Marsden, who managed the de Cazenove farm in Norman County, Minn. Later Arthur rented the farm on a shares agreement, and purchased his own farm in 1916 in Elm River Township, Cass County, N.D. Mentions E.D. (Bert) Meldrum, Harry Richard, butchering hogs, raising and exhibiting sheep.
Dates:
1956