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John McDougall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 348

Scope and Contents

Typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with John and Dora (Lathrop) McDougall concerning their fathers, John McDougall and Murrilow Dow Lathrop, and their work on the Antelope Farm, Dora's job as clerk, bookkeeper, and barber at the Antelope Farm store, mention of other Lathrop family members including M.D.'s wife, his brother Vernon, and LeRoy Smith, Dora's cousin, a horse named Old Billy previously used by the Minneapolis Fire Department, hog butchering, the crops and equipment, a drawing of the farm home by Dora Lathrop McDougall, correspondence, and a newspaper clipping. M.D. Lathrop (b. 1848) came to Antelope Farm from Minneapolis in 1894; he was hired as foreman. His nephew LeRoy Smith was hired as farm manager and started a store at Antelope Farm. John McDougall (the father) died 1913, M.D. Lathrop died at Priest River, Idaho.

Dates

  • 1923, 1955

Creator

Access

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Copyrights

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Biography

Born at Lucknow, Ontario, came with his parents, John (1836-1913) and Isabella McDougall (1834-1925) to N.D. in 1880. They had emigrated from Scotland. Son John worked as a carpenter, later a farmer. He worked with John Miller, president of Dwight Farm and Land Company, and later, governor of North Dakota. Met his wife Dora Lathrop at the Antelope Farm store where she worked, they wed in 1899.

Extent

4 Items (4 items)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with John and Dora (Lathrop) McDougall concerning their fathers, John McDougall and Murrilow Dow Lathrop, and their work on the Antelope Farm, Dora's job as clerk, bookkeeper, and barber at the Antelope Farm store, mention of other Lathrop family members including M.D.'s wife, his brother Vernon, and LeRoy Smith, Dora's cousin, a horse named Old Billy previously used by the Minneapolis Fire Department, hog butchering, the crops and equipment, a drawing of the farm home by Dora Lathrop McDougall, correspondence, and a newspaper clipping. M.D. Lathrop (b. 1848) came to Antelope Farm from Minneapolis in 1894; he was hired as foreman. His nephew LeRoy Smith was hired as farm manager and started a store at Antelope Farm. John McDougall (the father) died 1913, M.D. Lathrop died at Priest River, Idaho.

Provenance

Donated by John McDougall in 1955 (Acc. 348).

Property rights

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the John McDougall Papers
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Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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