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Bagg Bonanza Farm Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 52
Abstract
Brochure, correspondence, clippings, and "Bonanza farm bulletin" newsletter, all issued by the Bonanza Farm Historic Preservation Society. Brochure includes a map of the farm with location of existing buildings and some that have been torn down. Clipping includes mention of the threshing crews, feeding them, the farm buildings, the Society's efforts to preserve the farm, and Ella Bagg Egenes, daughter of F.A. Bagg.
Dates:
1987-
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Fairview Farm Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 240
Abstract
Letter, short interview (1 leaf) with Joseph Hoffman who worked on the farm, newspaper clippings, several regarding Adams' farm near Odebolt, Iowa, and photocopies of biographical material on W.P. Adams and his father J.Q. Adams.
Dates:
1915-1960
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Herman Deike Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 259
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) concerning the Fairview Farm, also known as the Adams Farm, which he and a group of Iowans purchased in 1920, and obituaries of Mr and Mrs. Deike.
Dates:
1954-1965
Found in:
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Jacob J. Lawrence Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 439
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (6 leaves) and corrections with wife Rosa Hofner Lawrence and daughter Ruth, concerning Rosa's parents, John Hofner (1849-1900), German immigrant from the Rhine River Valley and Louisa Eppell Hofner (1853-1921), her husband, Jacob, her work as nurse to Dr. Langsdale, with brief mention of Ruth's doctoral studies at Columbia, and a souvenir of School District No. 3, Center Township, Richland County (N.D.) for 1896-1867.
Dates:
1897, 1935, 1955
Found in:
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James A. Trudell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 349
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with James and Susanna (Chernich) Trudell. Concerns various people in the Mooreton, N.D. area, including brief mention of her father, Michael Chernich, an Austrian immigrant and early Mooreton businessman, F.A. Bagg, Alex McKinnon, bonanza farms, especially Antelope Farm, James Trudell's mail delivery route, carrying farm workers to Breckenridge, Minn. Also includes obituaries.
Dates:
1924, 1955, 1967
Found in:
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Steven G. Downing Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 17
Abstract
Downing was the Manager of the Downing farm near La Moure and Mooreton, N.D. The collection concerns mainly his farming and and personal financial problems, particulary in the 1930s. The collection also contains correspondence and interviews with Downing as well as correspondence with his son, Wellington, while he served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Dates:
1888-1957.
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Weston G. Merrifield Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 239
Abstract
Worked as Keystone Farm, N.D. manager, 1909-1914, appointed appraiser for sale of Keystone Farmlivestock and equipment, then worked at a lumberyard until 1915. Started work at Downing Farm, Mooreton, N.D. Resident of Hankinson, N.D.
Dates:
1954-1955.
Found in:
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William P. Sebens Interviews
Collection
Identifier: SC 520
Abstract
Interviews related to William P. Sebens, and farming concerns related to his friend, Fred Bagg, as well as the Adams Farm, (also known as the Fairview Farm) owned by W. P. Adams family at Mooreton, N.D. Includes his experimenting with sweet clover, threshing, his formula on getting the most from laborers, and planting flax.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. 6
- Bagg, Frederick A. (Frederick Austin), 1858-1950. 3
- Adams, John Quincy, 1824-1899. 2
- Adams, William P., 1863-1937. 2
- Bagg Bonanza Farm Historic Preservation Society. 1
- Center School District No. 3 (Richland County, N.D.) 1
- Chernich, Michael, 1852-1924. 1
- Deike, Eleanora Schmadke, 1894-1957. 1
- Deike, Herman, 1882-1965. 1
- Downing, Fred. 1
- Downing, Jerome. 1
- Downing, Steven Gerard, 1874-1957. 1
- Downing, Wellington. 1
- Egenes, Ella Bagg. 1
- Fairview Farm (N.D.) 1
- Galbraith, Winnifred Davenport. 1
- Hibbard, Lea B. (Eleazar Byron), 1858-1906. 1
- Hoffman, Joseph, 1878- 1
- Hofner, John, 1848-1900. 1
- Hofner, Louisa Eppell, 1853-1921. 1
- Jaeger, John M., 1871-1941. 1
- Jaeger, Margareta, 1872-1962. 1
- Jones, Robert. 1
- Lawrence, Jacob J., 1876-1938. 1
- Lawrence, Rosa Hofner, 1880- 1
- McKinnon, Alex, 1874-1954. 1
- Merrifield, W. G., 1868- 1
- Sebens, William P., 1898-1978. 1
- Trudell, James A., 1880-1967. 1
- Trudell, Susanna, 1886-1965. 1
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