Burton Palmer Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 541
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of brief interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett concerning his parents, Frederick and Anna (Johnson) Palmer, who emigrated from Canada, worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad, later homesteaded near Wheatland, N.D. Includes mention of Burton meeting his future wife, Katherine, his farming and different jobs after leaving the farm in 1940.
Dates
- 1955
Creator
- Palmer, Burton, 1885-1973. (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
Biography
Son of Frederick and Anna (Johnson) Palmer, Canadian immigrants from Ontario. Wed Katherine Woodside (1885-1955) in 1915. They farmed at Absaraka, N.D. until 1919, then moved to Erie, N.D. Farmed there until 1947, retired to Fargo.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of brief interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett concerning his parents, Frederick and Anna (Johnson) Palmer, who emigrated from Canada, worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad, later homesteaded near Wheatland, N.D. Includes mention of Burton meeting his future wife, Katherine, his farming and different jobs after leaving the farm in 1940.
Provenance
Donated by Burton Palmer on June 26, 1955 and September 8, 1954 (Acc. 541).
Property rights
: The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Absaraka (N.D.)
- Canadian Americans -- North Dakota.
- Cass County (N.D.)
- Clippings.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Farms -- North Dakota -- Cass County.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Cass County.
- Interviews.
- Palmer, Anna, 1858-1941.
- Palmer, Burton, 1885-1973. -- : Interviews.
- Palmer, Frederick, 1855-1906.
- Wheatland (N.D.)
Creator
- Palmer, Burton, 1885-1973. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Burton Palmer Collection
- 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