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John and Thomas Finney Interviews
Collection
Identifier: SC 500
Abstract
Two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin elevator operation which was purchased by their father, Ole Finney, circa 1889.
Dates:
1955
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John J. Shely Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 188
Abstract
John Shely was a pioneer settler at Shelly, Minnesota.
Dates:
1872-1956
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John McCallum Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 563
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with additions concerning the Hill Farm. Interview mentions George and John Lohr, James J. Hill, George Lohr's death in a 1913 auto accident, describes Hill's farm, comprised of Humboldt Division and Northcote Division, John Lohr's flax crop, sale of Hill's farm. Also includes a letter of transmittal.
Dates:
1955-1956
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John W. Burnham Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 155
Abstract
Topics covered include army life (1863-1867), service with Henry Hasting Sibley in North Dakota, the 121st United States Colored Troops, army experiences in the Southwest after the war.
Dates:
1818-1911.
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Kenneth Murray Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 564
Abstract
Typed summary of interview, with annotations, with Leonard Sackett concerning Northcote Farm, a division of James Hill's bonanza farm, his father, Donald Murray, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, and brought the family to Northcote Farm about 1880, the Northcote store purchased by Kenneth Murray, Walter Hill, the electric light plant installed at Northcote, brief mention of John Lohr and H. Dan McGrew, also managers of Northcote Farm.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
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Knute J. Lind Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 571
Abstract
Typed carbon copy of interview summary with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, John A. Lind, Bengt E. Sundberg who emigrated with John A. Lind from Sweden, Captain Donaldson, and Frank Kiene, all of whom were big farmers and landowners near Donaldson, Minn. Relates how Frank Kiene got the money to purchase farm land. Also includes "My own personal history," (1 leaf) Lind's own reminiscences about his life in America.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
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Lars Bernhardson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 625
Abstract
Consists primarily of two handwritten reminiscences by Mr. Bernhardson about his parents and their pioneer life near Comstock, Minn., as well as his own life. They are titled "Pioneer life of early settlement in the Red River Valley, 1869 and up" (32 leaves), and "Farming in Red River from 1[8]70 and upward" (6 leaves). He also discusses the journey from Sweden, establishing the homestead, family life, early Red River steamboats, Hudson's Bay Company and farming. Supplementary items include...
Dates:
1939.
Found in:
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Luman H. Tenney Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 340
Abstract
Typescript copy (154 p.) of Luman H. Tenney's diary and family letters, from 1860-1880. They touch on various subjects including religion, child rearing, Mormanism, the Chicago Fire of 1871, travel, business, Temperance, politics, hunting, recreation, and daily life. Luman Tenney was instrumental in the settlement of Glyndon, Minnesota and the land surrounding it through his Northern Pacific connections.
Dates:
1860-1914.
Found in:
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Mary Ann Gamble Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 474
Abstract
Copies of correspondence from Gamble and her children to her parents, the William Neills, in Beaverton, Ont., concerning family matters and frontier life in Kittson County, Minn.
Dates:
1865-1902.
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Mrs. Arthur Oehler Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 1468
Abstract
Interview questionnaire, completed by Mrs. Oehler, concerning pioneer life in the Ortonville, Minn. area. Includes brief mention of runaway horses, her mother-in-law's refusal to can strawberries or tomatoes, carrying 50 pounds of flour, being snowbound, picking rocks, the first German Lutheran church, corn and wheat crops, and mail delivery. Also includes letter of transmittal.
Dates:
1966.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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