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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

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.
Title
Finding Aid to the Della Smith Papers
Description rules
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Language of description
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Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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