Della Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 651
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business interest in the Common Sense Gas Tractor Co., Minneapolis, Minn., death of Della and F. Paul's son William in a plane crash at Hector Airfield, Fargo, and F. Paul's death in 1941. Also includes clippings.
Dates
- 1955-1956, 1969
Creator
- Smith, Della, 1889-1969. (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 Della Melbourn in S.D. Wed F. Paul (Forester Paul) Smith, son of F.H. (Forester Hooker) Smith in 1916. They settled at Amenia, N.D. to farm. She left after his death in 1941 to work as a housemother at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, and Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kan. Buried at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo.
Extent
4 Items (4 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business interest in the Common Sense Gas Tractor Co., Minneapolis, Minn., death of Della and F. Paul's son William in a plane crash at Hector Airfield, Fargo, and F. Paul's death in 1941. Also includes clippings.
Provenance
Donated by Della Smith in 1955 (Acc. 651).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota.
- Amenia (N.D.)
- Amenia and Sharon Land Company.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Cass County (N.D.)
- Chaffee family.
- Clippings.
- Common Sense Gas Tractor Company (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Farm partnership -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Cass County.
- Interviews.
- North Dakota. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
- Smith, Della, 1889-1969. -- : Interviews.
- Smith, F. Paul (Forester Paul), 1888-1941.
- Smith, Forest H., 1852-1924.
- Smith, George N., 1849-
- South Dakota. Legislature.
- Tractor industry -- Minnesota.
- Women pioneers -- North Dakota.
Creator
- Smith, Della, 1889-1969. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Della Smith 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