Marguerite Ferguson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 512
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Marguerite Ferguson, concerning her parents, Philip and Mary Weisbecker, who moved from New York to Moorhead, Minn., then to Grandin, N.D. where they bought a hotel. Includes mention of the first business establishments in Grandin, additions to the hotel, cooking for threshing crews, boarding farm workers during the winter, Lynn Ferguson, Marguerite's son and farm manager for John S. Dalrymple. Also includes clippings.
Dates
- 1954, 1958.
Creator
- Ferguson, Marguerite, 1873-1958 (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 Ilion, N.Y., daughter of Philip and Mary Weisbecker. The family moved to a farm near Moorhead, Minn. about 1876, then moved to Grandin, N.D. where they bought a hotel. She worked in the hotel until her marriage to Otto L. Ferguson in 1902. He died in 1950.
Extent
3 Items (3 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Marguerite Ferguson, concerning her parents, Philip and Mary Weisbecker, who moved from New York to Moorhead, Minn., then to Grandin, N.D. where they bought a hotel. Includes mention of the first business establishments in Grandin, additions to the hotel, cooking for threshing crews, boarding farm workers during the winter, Lynn Ferguson, Marguerite's son and farm manager for John S. Dalrymple. Also includes clippings.
Provenance
Donated by Lynn Ferguson in 1954 and 1955 (Acc. 512).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Creator
- Ferguson, Marguerite, 1873-1958 (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Marguerite Ferguson 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:
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West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu