Collection: Samuelson Family Interview | Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

Typed summary of an interview by Don Berg with an unidentified Samuelson son, concerning the Corser Farm located near Crookston, Minn. Includes mention of his parents emigrating from Sweden to America, returning to Sweden, and coming back to the U.S., ordering supplies by mail, cheesemaking, threshing, a description of the land on the Corser Farm, other farm equipment, and prairie fires.

Dates

1966.

Creator

Berg, Donald J. (Person)

Access

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Copyrights

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Biography

Eric Samuelson emigrated in 1878 from Sweden. He worked on the Corser Farm located near Crookston, Minn. Wed Clara Swenson, also employed at Corser Farm. They returned to Sweden in 1898, coming back to the U.S. after a year. They farmed until 1902, then bought a different parcel of land and farmed it until retiring in 1947. They were the parents of five children: Richard, Youngve, Oscar, Arthur, and Gertrude.