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Olaus Hanson and John Jensen Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 742
Abstract
Typed transcript of interview with Mr. Hanson and John Jensen, concerning their families, working on the G.S. Barnes Farm near Glyndon. Includes mention of their fathers who emigrated from Norway (Olie Hanson, Telemarken, Norway and Jens Jensen, Christiania, Norway), Dan and Mike McCarthy, lumbering near Dexterville, Minn., a Christmas Eve saloon brawl at Dexterville, and Hanson's house which was built over a saloon.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
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Ole Peter Wiig Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 456
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.
Dates:
1950, 1954-1957.
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Oscar A. Christensen Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 336
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence and writings, including The Man Behind the Plow, a family history of pioneer life in Minnesota.
Dates:
1949-1959.
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Oscar H. Elmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 245
Abstract
Rev. Elmer became the first pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Moorhead when it was organized in 1872. He was also instrumental in organizing churches at Fargo, Grand Forks, Casselton, Wheatland, Tower City, and Mapleton.
Dates:
1869-1901.
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Robert D. Crawford Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 290
Abstract
The collection consists of family correspondence (1864-1894) and handwritten reminiscence (734 p.) by Crawford concerning family history, pioneer life in Minnesota and the Wahpeton, ND area, together with their Putney, Vermont background.
Dates:
1867-1963.
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S. Ambrose McCoy Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 530
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with S. Ambrose and Mary McNamee McCoy, with handwritten annotations, concerning his father, Thomas McCoy, who was a foreman on Grandin Farm No. 1 and Grandin Farm No. 2 under A.R. Dalrymple, and later homesteaded at Kelso, N.D. Includes mention of S.A. Dalrymple, Mary McCoy's uncle John F. McNamee, Tom McCoy's ditch that drained from the Red River, cattle lost in a storm, Mary McCoy's father, Michael J. McNamee, who emigrated from Perth, Ontario and came to Manvel,...
Dates:
1954.
Found in:
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Sod House Days in the Red River Valley Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1058
Abstract
Typed reminiscence (19 leaves) on his pioneer Norwegian immigrant parents, Andrew and Christine Overby, who settled in Wilkin County, Minn. in 1890. Includes mention of digging water wells, plowing with oxen, description of a sod house, David McCauley and McCauleyville, Minn., road construction, peddlers, threshing, butchering, stage coaches, passenger and freight traffic on the Red River, expansion of the railroad, blizzards and weather during the 1896-1897 winter, and the naming of Wilkin...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [196-].
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Sven E. Ulsaker Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 143
Abstract
Typed copy of his reminiscence concerning his childhood home in Norway and early years in Kindred, N.D. Includes mention of his education in Norway, his cattle buying job in Norway, immigrating to the U.S., working as a hired man for other Norwegian settlers, a bout of typhoid fever, early settlers around Kindred, N.D. and on the Sheyenne and Wild Rice Rivers, brief mention of James Hill, and the Norman Lutheran Church.
Dates:
Majority of material found within [193-].
Found in:
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Thortvedt Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 332
Overview
Small Collection pertaining to Red River Valley pioneer, Olav Thortvedt and his family.
Dates:
1941-1955
Found in:
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Tollef Torgerson Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 867
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.
Dates:
1957.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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