Bertha Wichern Interview
Item
Identifier: SC 262
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett (4 leaves) concerning her work on the Lockhart Farm near Ada, Minn. Includes mention of the family's one room sod house, working at age eleven, caring for small children, washing dishes, making beds, long work hours, quality of food, the stingy wife of the Lockhart Farm superintendent, Jack McPhie, a water well, hired men, and making butter.
Dates
- 1954
Creator
- Wichern, Bertha, 1870-1961. (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 Bertha Bartz in West Prussia, Germany, daughter of Julius August and Otillie (Jahnke) Bartz. She was a twin, her twin sister was named Amelia. Immigrated with her family in 1880 to Ada, Minn. Began working about age eleven for a relative, and at age fifteen began working at Lockhart Farm. Wed John Wichern in 1891 or 1892. He died in 1953. She moved to Ada, Minn.
Extent
1 Items (1 item (4 leaves).)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett (4 leaves) concerning her work on the Lockhart Farm near Ada, Minn. Includes mention of the family's one room sod house, working at age eleven, caring for small children, washing dishes, making beds, long work hours, quality of food, the stingy wife of the Lockhart Farm superintendent, Jack McPhie, a water well, hired men, and making butter.
Provenance
Donated by Bertha Wichern, 1954 (Acc. 262).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Ada (Minn.)
- Agricultural laborers -- Minnesota.
- Bonanza farms -- Minnesota.
- Butter.
- Food -- Quality.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota.
- German Americans -- Minnesota.
- Hours of labor -- Minnesota.
- Interviews.
- Lockhart Farm (Minn.)
- Sod houses -- Minnesota.
- Wells -- Minnesota.
- Wichern, Bertha, 1870-1961. -- : Interviews.
- Women domestics -- Minnesota.
Creator
- Wichern, Bertha, 1870-1961. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Bertha Wichern interview, 1954
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
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