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
- McDougall, John, 1873-1967. (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the NDSU Archives.
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.
- Antelope Farm (N.D.)
- Barbers -- North Dakota.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Canadian Americans -- North Dakota.
- Carpenters -- North Dakota.
- Clippings.
- Drawings.
- Dwight Farm and Land Company (Dwight, N.D.)
- Farm buildings -- North Dakota.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Richland County.
- General stores -- North Dakota.
- Horses -- North Dakota.
- Interviews.
- Lathrop, Murrilow Dow, 1848-
- McDougall, Dora, 1876-1956. -- : Interviews.
- McDougall, John, 1836-1913.
- McDougall, John, 1873-1967. -- : Interviews.
- Miller, John, 1843-1908.
- Richland County (N.D.)
- Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- North Dakota.
- Women clerks -- North Dakota.
- Women cooks -- North Dakota.
Creator
- McDougall, John, 1873-1967. (Person)
- McDougall, Dora, 1876-1956. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the John McDougall 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