John G. Plath Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 752
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.
Dates
- 1956-1959
Creator
- Plath, John G., 1871-1959. (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Born at Dodge, Wis., son of John Henry and Helena Plath (1828-1901). Family moved to homestead near Davenport, N.D. in 1878. John H. built a shack in Casselton to provide living quarters for his children attending school. Farmed in Davenport, N.D. area. Wed Josephine Bucklin in 1894. Served five terms in N.D. Legislature, 1921-1929, 1931-1933. Retired to Fargo in 1941; Josephine died 1944.
Extent
5 Items (5 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.
Provenance
Donated by John Plath in 1956. (Acc. 752)
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bank failures -- North Dakota -- Leonard.
- Banks and banking -- North Dakota -- Leonard.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Cavanaugh, Gladys. -- : Interviews.
- Clippings.
- Davenport (N.D.)
- Draft horses -- North Dakota.
- Farm equipment -- North Dakota.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Cass County.
- German Americans -- North Dakota.
- Helendale Farm (N.D.)
- Interviews.
- Leech Farm (N.D.)
- Percheron horse.
- Plath, John G., 1871-1959. -- : Interviews.
- Plath, John H., 1821-1912.
- Politicians -- North Dakota.
- Power, J. B. (James Buel), 1833-1912.
Creator
- Plath, John G., 1871-1959. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Cavanaugh, Gladys. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the John G. Plath 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
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3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu