Skip to main content

Ole Peter Wiig Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 456

Scope and Contents

Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.

Dates

  • 1950, 1954-1957.

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.

Biography

Born at Lillehammer, Norway, son of Peter Wiig. Worked as a farm laborer on various farms, including those of Henry Richards and General Thomas Walker. Wed Martha Brudervold Siverston in 1890. Became farm manager for General Walker, Mrs. Wiig was hired as a cook. Later, they purchased a farm near the Minnesota side of the Red River, sold out three years later to purchase a hotel in Perley, Minn. They moved to Moorhead, Minn. in 1919. He died in California and was buried at Moorhead, Minn.

Extent

8 Items (8 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.

Provenance

Donated by Ole Peter Wiig in 1954 (Acc. 456).

Property rights

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Ole Peter Wiig 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