Box 1
Container
Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:
Finding aid, detailed inventory, and initial inventory
File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tom Mueller Collection consists of a brick from a sod house. The brick is made of clay, manure, and straw. It was used to help build the John H. Buerkle home in 1888, three miles north of Fredonia, North Dakota. Notes donated along with the collection indicate the home was built by Christ Hehr, the father-in-law of John H. Buerkle. The brick’s dimensions are 11” x 4.5.”
Images of the Buerkle home are featured in the Father William C. Sherman Photograph Collection. To view this...
Dates:
undated
Sod house brick
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tom Mueller Collection consists of a brick from a sod house. The brick is made of clay, manure, and straw. It was used to help build the John H. Buerkle home in 1888, three miles north of Fredonia, North Dakota. Notes donated along with the collection indicate the home was built by Christ Hehr, the father-in-law of John H. Buerkle. The brick’s dimensions are 11” x 4.5.”
Images of the Buerkle home are featured in the Father William C. Sherman Photograph Collection. To view this...
Dates:
undated