Margarethe Opgrande Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 675
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her brothers, Ludwig and Carl (also known as Charlie) Vinje, who worked on the A.R. Dalrymple and Oliver Dalrymple farms, and obituaries. Includes mention of Ludwig's death from typhoid, Carl starting his own farm, and their graves. Includes several obituary clippings.
Dates
- 1931, 1956-1960.
Creator
- Opgrande, Margarethe, 1866-1960. (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 Margarethe Vinje at Mosviken, Trondheim, Norway. Immigrated in 1882 with her brother Ludwig. She was employed at Sullivan's Hotel, Caledonia, N.D. Wed John Opgrande, also a Norwegian immigrant, in 1884. He died 1918; she died at Halstad, Minn.
Extent
4 Items (4 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her brothers, Ludwig and Carl (also known as Charlie) Vinje, who worked on the A.R. Dalrymple and Oliver Dalrymple farms, and obituaries. Includes mention of Ludwig's death from typhoid, Carl starting his own farm, and their graves. Includes several obituary clippings.
Provenance
Donated by Margrethe Opgrande in 1956. (Acc. 675).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Caledonia (N.D.)
- Cass County (N.D.)
- Clippings.
- Dalrymple Farms (N.D.)
- Dalrymple, A. R. (Alton R.)
- Dalrymple, Oliver, d. 1908.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Cass County.
- Halstad (Minn.)
- Interviews.
- Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota.
- Opgrande, Margarethe, 1866-1960. -- : Interviews.
- Typhoid fever -- North Dakota.
- Vinje, C. O. (Carl), 1861-1931.
- Vinje, Ludwig.
- Women pioneers -- Minnesota.
Creator
- Opgrande, Margarethe, 1866-1960. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Margrethe Opgrande Interview
- 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:
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3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu