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F. E. Gillett Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 694
Abstract
Carbon copy of typescript letter of F.E. Gillett to A. Ross of the North Dakota Agricultural College dated April 9, 1921 in which Gillett reminisces about his life, in particular working for a rancher in South Dakota, claiming to have been near the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. Worked as a horse trader and eventually settled and farmed near Esmond, N.D. The other letter is from R.A. Corbett to Lorne Wilde of April 26, 1921 in which he forwards the Gillett letter.
Dates:
1921
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Glen J. Talbott Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 978
Abstract
Letters, bibliography of books in which Glen, C.C. Talbott, and Glen's sister, Gladys Talbott Edwards, are mentioned, pamphlet on his receiving the Distinguished Service to Agriculture award (1966) from the National Farmers Union, and obituary of Velma Talbott.
Dates:
1966-1969
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Grandin Farms Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2890
Abstract
Materials relating to Grandin Farms, bonanza wheat farm in Cass and Traill counties, N.D., founded 1876 by Grandin brothers, John L. and W.J. Grandin (originally of Tidoute, Pa.), stockholders of Northern Pacific Railroad, who came to North Dakota to claim railroad land.
Dates:
1879-1960.
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Halbert Webb Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 519
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of interview (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and the original handwritten copy (40 leaves) and a typed copy (23 leaves) of his recollections titled "Some recollections of Halbert L. Webb," which concerns his parents, the Eugene Grant family, H.D. Cooke, Reception House, George S. Barnes, F.A. Paige family, his apprenticeship, working with various newspapers, his postmaster job at Glyndon, Minn., a dairy partnership with his father, his farming experiences, the...
Dates:
1914, 1954-1957
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Horace M. Jones Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 193
Abstract
Local man whose son served in World War I and died at home while on leave.
Dates:
1907-1931
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J. Moody Watson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 826
Abstract
Correspondence, including Watson family history material, memorial address book of Lewis F. Watson, and clippings.
Dates:
1891, 1932, 1957
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Jacob Walters Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 534
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of interview (5 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his life and the Grandin elevator at Gardner, N.D. Includes mention of the homestead built by his father, Carl Walters, and of the Grandin elevator that stood nearby, hauling grain on the Red River, James Pratt, the first elevator manager, Jacob Walters' job on the steamboat "Minnesota," and its crew, Jacob's brother, Charlie Walters, Jacob's wife, Bertha Swenson Walters, and addendum mentioning Bertha's...
Dates:
1955-1957
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Jennie M. Johnson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 951
Abstract
Letters of recommendation, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade teacher certificates, and teacher contracts from Hunter, Buffalo, and Goshen school districts (Cass County, N.D.) and a clipping of a poem by Laura Thorson, Mayville, N.D., titled "Fair prairie state."
Dates:
1890-1893
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John Swanson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 935
Abstract
Letter given to U.S. soldiers by King George V (1918), brief Swanson family history material, a language handbook, daughter Cora's school souvenir card for School District No. 35 (Cass County, N.D.), programs, and an obituary.
Dates:
1898-1918, 1958
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John Woart Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 421
Abstract
Original letters and typed transcriptions written to his sister and mother at Sandy Hill, Washington County, N.Y. while stationed at Fort Abercrombie, N.D. One letter is from Ella Dewey Woart to her grandmother. Letters comment on life at the fort and mention various family members.
Dates:
1870-1871
Found in:
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