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Alfred Aasland Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 655
Abstract Typed summary of interview by Frank Herman and Leonard Sackett with Alfred Aasland concerning his father, Ole Aasland, who worked on the Grandin farm.
Dates: 1956.

Daniel P. Rostad Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 669
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett and Frank J. Herman concerning his grandfathers, Daniel Post, who began farming at age 65 after quitting the lumber business, and Anton Rostad, a Norwegian immigrant, who farmed in the Kelso, N.D. area.
Dates: 1956

David and Nellie Minnis Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 497
Abstract Typed summary of interview with David Minnis and daughter Nellie regarding his emigration to N.D., his business partnerships with Robert Miller, his other businesses, the Dalrymples, with special mention of A.R. and S.A. Dalrymple, Minnis' blacksmith work for the Dalrymples, Harry Richards, Perley, Minn., Robert Lunday, second cousin to David Minnis, and the decline of the blacksmithing business.
Dates: 1954

Edwin and Clara Johnson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 148
Scope and Contents The Edwin and Clara Johnson letters consist of forty-six letters written by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to Edward R. Sibley of Weston, Massachusetts between 1880 and 1898. His relationship to the family is unknown. The letters are a combination of original letters and typed transcriptions. All are written from their home at Hillsboro (except the first letter which was written from Fargo). The letters document very nicely the lives of a pioneer family in Dakota in the 1880s. The letters for the 1890s...
Dates: 1880-1898

Kelso Township Board Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 36
Abstract Proceedings of the board and road orders of town supervisors concerning the construction and maintenance of township roads, in Traill County, N.D.
Dates: 1886-1894.

Roy W. Johnston Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 668
Abstract Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Edward Johnston, an Irish emigrant who worked as a foreman on the Grandin Farm, Von Steinwehr Farm, and McClain Farm, and obituary of Roy. His father married Jane Nicholson (1866-1947) in Canada, homesteaded in Bohnsack Township near Hillsboro, N.D. 1880, sold out 1891, and bought a farm near Kelso, N.D.
Dates: 1956-1957.

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.

Thorvald Thorson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3059
Overview This collection of papers from the Dalrymple Bonzana farms that Thorvald managed. It contains farm records, seed and crop records, biographical information, and correspondence. This papers are split into four series.
Dates: 1923 -1942