Roy W. Johnston Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 668
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Edward Johnston, an Irish emigrant who worked as a foreman on the Grandin Farm, Von Steinwehr Farm, and McClain Farm, and obituary of Roy. His father married Jane Nicholson (1866-1947) in Canada, homesteaded in Bohnsack Township near Hillsboro, N.D. 1880, sold out 1891, and bought a farm near Kelso, N.D.
Dates
- 1956-1957.
Creator
- Johnston, Roy W., 1892-1957 (Person)
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 Kelso, N.D. Hillsboro N.D. city auditor and area farmer.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Edward Johnston, an Irish emigrant who worked as a foreman on the Grandin Farm, Von Steinwehr Farm, and McClain Farm, and obituary of Roy. His father married Jane Nicholson (1866-1947) in Canada, homesteaded in Bohnsack Township near Hillsboro, N.D. 1880, sold out 1891, and bought a farm near Kelso, N.D.
Provenance
Donated by Roy W. Johnston in 1956 (Acc. 668).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Clippings.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Traill County.
- Grandin Farms (N.D.)
- Hillsboro (N.D.)
- Interviews.
- Johnston, Edward, 1851-1915.
- Johnston, Jane Nicholson, 1866-1947.
- Johnston, Roy W., 1892-1957 -- : Interviews.
- Kelso (N.D.)
- McClain Farm (N.D.)
- Scots-Irish -- North Dakota.
- Von Steinwehr Farm (N.D.)
Creator
- Johnston, Roy W., 1892-1957 (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Roy W. Johnston Interview
- 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