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Emil C. Ankerfelt Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 619
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett (10 leaves) and corrections (3 leaves) concerning Ankerfelt's life, and the Helendale Farm upon which he worked. There is also some Ankerfelt family history information.
Dates:
1956
Emil G. Trapp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 827
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, August, who was a laborer on the Watson farm and the August F. Luther farm in Cass County, N.D. Includes mention of the L.F. Watson farm, its buildings, and various hired men, dispersal sale of the Watson farm, August Trapp's last wages, his purchase of farmland near Enderlin, N.D., threshing equipment, Emil's job as stableboy and assistant to the laundress at Amenia and Sharon Land Company, comments on...
Dates:
1957-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Emil G. Trapp Papers
Engvald Jacobson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 908
Abstract
Photocopy of typed transcription (5 leaves) of taped reminiscence (1964) concerning life in Norway, the family's decision to emigrate, building their house, rebuilding the barn, threshing, mail delivery to Daglum, N.D., his parents, Albert L. and Thea Gurine Ingebritsen Jacobson, his wife Eleanor Olson Jacobson, and his moving out of and returning to North Dakota. Some genealogical material included.
Dates:
1964, 1980
F. H. Smith & Sons Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 56
Abstract
Contains the official records of this corporate farming business including articles of incorporation, bylaws, memoranda of agreement, meeting minutes of the board of directors and stockholders, as well as several resolutions and correspondence.
Dates:
1914-1934
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Thore Erickson
Collection
Identifier: SC 882
Abstract
Family history and genealogy of Thore Erickson and Christi Frosaker Erickson; also contains some short essays and photos of the Erickson family.
Dates:
ca. 1961
“Fifteen Years in North Dakota: Reminiscences” Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 572
Abstract
Recounts Mr. Orre's experiences in the United States, primarily Barnes County, N.D., where he farmed with his cousin and fellow immigrant, Per Theodore Danielson. Documents in particular traveling to Valley City, N.D., working on local farms, logging in the northern woods of Minnesota, farming near Cuba, N.D., visiting Sweden in 1891/1892, and returning to Sweden in 1898. The farming experiences are the most detailed. Note that this reminiscences was originally published in Sweden in 1906 and...
Dates:
1906
Forest River Community Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1747
Abstract
Newspaper clippings and pamphlet; one contains brief interview with colony manager Joe Maendel who explains Hutterite beliefs, their way of life, and a brief history of the Forest River Colony.
Dates:
1969
Francis John Fay Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 217
Abstract
John Fay, a farmer near York, North Dakota, preserved his farm financial records providing detailed accounting of the family and business income and expenses from approximately 1923 to 1960. There are also records of a threshing partnership, his cattle shipping business at Rugby, North Dakota, and participation in the federal Plains Shelterbelt Project of 1935-1936.
Dates:
1903-1986
Frank A. Harris Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 343
Abstract
Correspondence, poems, legal materials, and clippings, chiefly relating to Harris's daily activities; and pamphlets, including one entitled Charles Curtis Amidon.
Dates:
1918-1954
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Frank A. Harris Papers
Frank J. Herman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 119
Abstract
Correspondence, notes from three extensive interviews (original typed copies and carbon copy with corrections) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin Farm near Grandin, N.D., J.L. Grandin, Guy Grandin, Herman's job as farm bookkeeper, farm housing, his wife Susan Morrow Herman, people and businesses in Halstad, Minn., and the steamboat "Grandin." Includes a detailed description of the Grandin Farm buildings and a map of the farm.
Dates:
1953-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Frank J. Herman Papers