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Clarence Gaudland Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 770
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his parents, Anton and Verna Gaudland; his father managed the Bollman Farm near Georgetown, Minn.; later entered a partnership in an elevator and mill at Goodrich, Minn. Anton Gaudland emigrated from Norway.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Clifford Bouvette Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 561
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning Humboldt and Northcote, Minn., the Ryan Farm, and Walter Hill.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Daisy Punton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 510
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her husband, Thomas J. Punton; her father-in-law, Thomas Punton, Sr.; her sister-in-law, Bessie Punton; includes mention of John Burns, Park Farm and its steam engines, Thomas Punton Sr.'s purchase of Elgin Farm. Also includes clippings of various Punton family members.
Dates:
1954-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
David Askegaard Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 118
Abstract
Biographical sketch (1 leaf) based on information supplied by his son Eugene in an interview with Leonard Sackett, a copy of the song, “The Last Sunset” by his daughter Mathilde Emilie Askegaard, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1953-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
David P. Duff Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 545
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary (1 leaf) of interview with daughter, Mary Duff, and interview with Burt Heard (1 leaf), all concerning David P. Duff and the Reid Farm.
Dates:
1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Della Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 651
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business...
Dates:
1955-1956, 1969
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Downing Farm Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 163
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lowe concerning the Downing Farm and its owner, Jerome F. Downing, his adopted son Steven Gerard Downing, and a letter containing the biographical information on Jerome F. Downing.
Dates:
1954-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Edward Evanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 817
Abstract
Correspondence, and typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett with corrections concerning his life, Dennis Ryan of St. Paul, Minn., and Ryan Hotel in St. Paul.
Dates:
1956-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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