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Olaus Hanson and John Jensen Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 742

Scope and Contents

Typed transcript of interview with Mr. Hanson and John Jensen, concerning their families, working on the G.S. Barnes Farm near Glyndon. Includes mention of their fathers who emigrated from Norway (Olie Hanson, Telemarken, Norway and Jens Jensen, Christiania, Norway), Dan and Mike McCarthy, lumbering near Dexterville, Minn., a Christmas Eve saloon brawl at Dexterville, and Hanson's house which was built over a saloon.

Dates

  • 1955.

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.

Biography

Farm laborer and Glyndon, Minn. resident.

Extent

1 Items (1 item (9 leaves).)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Typed transcript of interview with Mr. Hanson and John Jensen, concerning their families, working on the G.S. Barnes Farm near Glyndon. Includes mention of their fathers who emigrated from Norway (Olie Hanson, Telemarken, Norway and Jens Jensen, Christiania, Norway), Dan and Mike McCarthy, lumbering near Dexterville, Minn., a Christmas Eve saloon brawl at Dexterville, and Hanson's house which was built over a saloon.

Provenance

Interview conducted by Leonard Sackett at Glyndon, Minnesota, August 6, 1955.

Property rights

The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Olaus Hanson and John Jensen Interview
Description rules
Appm
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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