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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

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.
Title
Finding Aid to the Marguerite Ferguson Papers
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Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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