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Christ Menge Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 346
Abstract
Correspondence, interviews, autobiographical sketch, histories of Lockhart Farm, Lockhart, Minn., and Mylo, N.D., legal materials, blueprint maps of several townships in Norman County, Minn., obituaries, and clippings relating to Finley, N.D., and other topics. Includes information relating to Menge's early employment on Lockhart Farm and his lumber and hardware stores in Lockhart, Minn.
Dates:
1934-1967
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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
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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
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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
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Einar D. Anderson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 762
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the De Casenove family of Virginia who owned land near Perley, Minn.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
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Elliot W. McCleary Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 792
Abstract
Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota, (1896-1916). Mentions the buildings at Northcote, James J. Hill and son Walter, their hunting trips and private railroad cars, supplies for the farm, the size of Hill's farm, Hill's Negro servants, Tom Schone who refused to work for Walter Hill, David McCleary's move from...
Dates:
1956
Found in:
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Eric and Ellen Forslund Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 273
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Mr. and Mrs. Forslund concerning his life, especially on the Snake River Farm, and her experiences as a cook on the Snake River Farm.
Dates:
1954
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Frank J. Herman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 119
Abstract
Correspondence, notes from three extensive interviews (original typed copies and carbon copy with corrections) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin Farm near Grandin, N.D., J.L. Grandin, Guy Grandin, Herman's job as farm bookkeeper, farm housing, his wife Susan Morrow Herman, people and businesses in Halstad, Minn., and the steamboat "Grandin." Includes a detailed description of the Grandin Farm buildings and a map of the farm.
Dates:
1953-1957
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George F. Cheney Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 272
Abstract
Letter, typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett with follow-up questions and answers relating to the March-Spaulding Farm near Warren, Minn., farming in the Warren, Minn. area, and some family history material.
Dates:
1954-1955
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Grandin Farm Newspaper Clippings Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 555
Abstract
Consists of typed transcriptions, with commentary by Jim Fay, Moorhead, Minn., concerning the Grandin Farm and other large farms in the Georgetown, Minn. area. Other persons mentioned include C.P. Jones, E.M. Prindle.
Dates:
1891-1916
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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