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
- Hanson, Olaus, 1885- (Person)
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.
- Barnes, George S., 1840-1912.
- Bonanza farms -- Minnesota.
- Dexterville (Minn.)
- Farm laborers -- Minnesota.
- Farm life -- Minnesota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota.
- Glyndon (Minn.)
- Hanson, Olaus, 1885- -- : Interviews.
- Hanson, Olie K.
- Hotels -- Minnesota.
- Interviews.
- Jensen, Jens, 1886-
- Jensen, John. -- : Interviews.
- Lumber camps -- Minnesota -- Dexterville.
Creator
- Hanson, Olaus, 1885- (Person)
- Jensen, John. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- 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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