Andrew R. Mourer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 509
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of detailed interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Andrew R. Mourer, Sr., who came to Hankinson, N.D. area in 1878 and was the first to own a steam engine in Hankinson. Includes an explanation of how a horse-powered separator works, behavioral differences between horses and mules, treatment of mules at Keystone Farm, artesian water and its effect on new residents, physical effects of field work on hired men, and a pencil sketch of a horse drawn separator.
Dates
- 1954
Creator
- Mourer, Andrew R., Jr. (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
Born 1860, Andrew R. Mourer, Sr., moved from Circleville, Ohio with his wife Mary (Tyson) to Hankinson, N.D. in 1878. He died there in 1940. He was buried at Hankinson, N.D.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Andrew R. Mourer, Sr., who came to Hankinson, N.D. area in 1878 and was the first to own a steam engine in Hankinson. Includes an explanation of how a horse-powered separator works, behavioral differences between horses and mules, treatment of mules at Keystone Farm, artesian water and its effect on new residents, physical effects of field work on hired men, and a pencil sketch of a horse drawn separator.
Provenance
Donated by Andrew R. Mourer, Jr. in 1954(Acc. 509).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Drawings.
- Farm laborers -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Richland County.
- Horses -- North Dakota -- Psychology.
- Interviews.
- Keystone Farm (N.D.)
- Mourer, Andrew R., 1860-1940.
- Mourer, Andrew R., Jr. -- : Interviews.
- Mules -- North Dakota.
- Threshing -- North Dakota.
Creator
- Mourer, Andrew R., Jr. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Andrew R. Mourer Papers
- 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