Andrew and Millie Melgard Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 274
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of detailed interview (14 leaves) with Andrew and Millie Melgard concerning his life, the Snake River Farm and its purchase, farm's first owner who was named Woodward, Minnie's purchasing food supplies in bulk, cooking for sixty-five hired men, cleaning the bunkhouses, making soap and butter, butchering hogs, raising eight children, her collapse from stress and and a map of the farm.
Dates
- 1954
Creator
- Melgard, Andrew, 1870- (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
Biography
Norwegian immigrant, arrived in LaCrosse, Wisc. in 1887. First employed at Fargo Loan Agency (Fargo, N.D), then hired to organize the State Bank of Warren (Warren, Minn.). He purchased most of the Snake River Farm land, the livestock, and farm machinery in 1909 after the death of first owner.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview (14 leaves) with Andrew and Minnie Melgard concerning his life, the Snake River Farm and its purchase, farm's first owner who was named Woodward, Minnie's purchasing food supplies in bulk, cooking for sixty-five hired men, cleaning the bunkhouses, making soap and butter, butchering hogs, raising eight children, her collapse from stress and a map of the farm.
Provenance
Donated by Andrew Melgard, 1954 (Acc. 274).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bankers -- Minnesota.
- Bonanza farms -- Minnesota.
- Butter.
- Farm buildings -- Minnesota.
- Farmers -- Minnesota.
- Interviews.
- Maps.
- Melgard, Andrew, 1870- -- : Interviews.
- Melgard, Minnie. -- : Interviews.
- Norwegian Americans -- Minnesota.
- Quantity cooking.
- Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Minnesota.
- Snake River Farm (Minn.)
- Soap.
- Threshing -- Minnesota.
- Warren (Minn.)
- Women cooks -- Minnesota.
Creator
- Melgard, Andrew, 1870- (Person)
- Melgard, Minnie. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Andrew and Minnie Melgard interview, 1954
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu