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Tollef Torgerson Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 867

Scope and Contents

Typed summary of interview (5 leaves) concerning the George S. Barnes farm. Includes mention of various hired men who worked with Torgerson, horses and cattle on the Barnes Farm, shipping horses to logging camps in northern Minnesota in the winter, working at a logging camp, threshing equipment, buying his own farm land, and Jerry McCarthy, a Glyndon, Minn. farmer who froze to death. Also includes a clipping.

Dates

  • 1957.

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.

Biography

Born at Telemark, Norway. Wed Minnie Tunay, daughter of Erick Tunay, in 1890 and moved to Moorhead, Minn. Farmed land near Glyndon, Minn. Retired from farming and began hauling cattle. Retired in 1957.

Extent

2 Items (2 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Typed summary of interview (5 leaves) concerning the George S. Barnes farm. Includes mention of various hired men who worked with Torgerson, horses and cattle on the Barnes Farm, shipping horses to logging camps in northern Minnesota in the winter, working at a logging camp, threshing equipment, buying his own farm land, and Jerry McCarthy, a Glyndon, Minn. farmer who froze to death. Also includes a clipping.

Provenance

Donated by Tollef Torgerson on August 24, 1957.

Property rights

The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Tollef Torgerson Collection of Papers
Description rules
Appm
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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