Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (18 leaves) with Emil and Mary (Radovich) Mecklenburg concerning the Keystone Farm, its horses, the buildings, owner Robert Jones, seeding fields, cutting hay, fight between hired men, farm superintendent Jim Carter who preceded W.G. Merrifield, Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm), its food, Downing Farms, Steven Gerard Downing, burning of the Downing elevator in 1918, sale of the Downing Farm at Mooreton, N.D., sale of W.P. Adams...

Abstract Letter, short interview (1 leaf) with Joseph Hoffman who worked on the farm, newspaper clippings, several regarding Adams' farm near Odebolt, Iowa, and photocopies of biographical material on W.P. Adams and his father J.Q. Adams.

Abstract Typed summary of interview (11 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm) and Elk Valley Farm. Includes mention of his father, John Walcher, a German immigrant, who hauled freight in Minnesota, moved to Sargent County, N.D. in 1885 to farm, later moving to Sauk Center, Minn. to manage a hotel, son John L. working at Elk Valley Farm, plowing with mules, being struck by lightning, Deering grain binders, carpentering at Adams Farm, W.P. and Mrs. Adams,...

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.