Tillie Konen and Edward Evenson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 552
Scope and Content
Typed original and corrected copy of an interview by Leonard Sackett with Tillie (Evenson) Konen and Edward Evenson. Interview concerning their parents leaving Norway, the site of the Grandin elevator where their father built a barn, Edward's loan to his father for the purchase of farmland, working on the Brown Farm and the Schow farm, the accidental death of their brother Theodore in 1885, and flooding of
the family farm. Also includes letter of transmittal.
Dates
- 1955.
Creator
- Konen, Tillie, 1890-1978. (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
Tillie (Evenson) Konen and Edward Evenson, children of Christen (1856-1936) and Joren (1854-1931) Evenson, Norwegian immigrants from Sigdal, Norway. They arrived at Fergus Falls, Minn. in the early 1880s, where Christen worked as a farm laborer. The family later moved to Cass County, N.D. Tillie
married Nick Konen, Fargo, N.D. taxicab company owner.
Extent
3 Items (3 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed original and corrected copy of an interview by Leonard Sackett with Tillie (Evenson) Konen and Edward Evenson.
Provenance
Donated by Tillie Konen and Edward Evenson on November 23, 1955 (Acc. 552).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Creator
- Konen, Tillie, 1890-1978. (Person)
- Evenson, Edward, 1881- (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid to the Tillie Konen and Edward Evenson Interview, 1955
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
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West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu