Robert B. Reed Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC 438

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Typed summary of first interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett includes mention of the Chaffee family, Helendale Farm, description of a round grain elevator at Amenia, handling grain, his uncle, Cornelius Reed, who worked at the Amenia grain elevator, plows and grain binders used at Amenia and Sharon, Amenia store, description of various sections of Amenia and Sharon land, Robert and John Reed buying cattle and sheep, raising sheep at the Amenia and Sharon, the Reed-Sargent farm partnership (John and Robert Reed, E.C. and Frank Sargent), and Billy Sunday. Second interview (2 leaves) with corrections concerns Allie Power, a roommate of Robert Reed when they attended North Dakota Agricultural College. Includes a brief mention of J.B. Power's Shorthorn cattle, Allie Power's funeral, and firewood from Helendale Farm. Also includes a reminiscence (2 leaves) of an 1898 cattle drive, two clippings, and a list of names of the first North Dakota Agricultural College football team, identified from a photograph (held in Institute collections).

Dates

1955-1960.

Creator

Reed, Robert B., 1874-1960. (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

Born at Ellsworth, Conn., son of John H. and Florence (Chaffee) Reed, grandson of E.W. and Amanda Chaffee. Family moved to Amenia, N.D. in 1886. He was first student to enroll at North Dakota Agricultural College, and member of the first graduating class (1895). Wed Edith Varnum (1871-1951) of Sykeston, N.D. Ranched near Sheldon, N.D. in partnership with his father, later employed by Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Work there until 1921 when the company dissolved. Farmed in partnership with his brother Walter, later purchased Sheyenne River Valley land that was known as the OX Ranch.