Ole Jordet Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 440
Scope and Contents
Typed summary and corrected carbon copy of interview (4 leaves) with Jordet and daughter Caroline Jordet Hatlen concerning his life in North Dakota. Includes obituary of son Albert Jordet.
A photograph of the old home in Norway was removed from Photo MSS 440 and added to this collection in 2021.
A photograph of the old home in Norway was removed from Photo MSS 440 and added to this collection in 2021.
Dates
- 1954-1955.
Creator
- Jordet, Ole, 1864-1956. (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
Ole Jordet was born in Hallingdal, Norway in 1864. he took the last name Jordet which was the name of his father's farm; his father was Iver Otterson. He emigrated 1882 to Kindred, N.D. He laid railroad track and worked as farm laborer for Arne Otterson, an uncle. He alsow worked one season on the Leach Farm (also known as the Kennedy Farm). He married Margit Forset (1861-1914) in 1886. He eventually sold his farm in 1946 and he did in 1956 in Kindred, North Dakota.
Extent
4 Items (3 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary and corrected carbon copy of interview (4 leaves) with Jordet and daughter Caroline Jordet Hatlen concerning his life in North Dakota. Includes obituary of son Albert Jordet. It includes a photograph olf old farm in Norway.
Provenance
Donated by Ole Jordet in 1955 (Acc. 440).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Clippings.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Cass County.
- Hatlen, Caroline Jordet, b. 1886. -- : Interviews.
- Interviews.
- Jordet, Albert, 1883-1954.
- Jordet, Ole, 1864-1956. -- : Interviews.
- Kindred (N.D.)
- Leach Farm (N.D.)
- Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota.
- Railroad tracks -- North Dakota.
- Railroads -- North Dakota -- Employees.
Creator
- Jordet, Ole, 1864-1956. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Herman, Frank. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Ole Jordet Papers
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu