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Herman O. Fjelde Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 82
Abstract
Norwegian American pioneer, of Abercrombie, N.D. Scrapbook pages, articles, clippings, and photos, relating to Fjelde and his wife, Fredrikke Fjelde; Minnesota sculptor Jacob Fjelde; family members, including Paul, Olaf and Pauline Fjelde; and statues in the region honoring Norwegian Americans.
Dates:
circa 1890-1971
Found in:
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John and Thomas Finney Interviews
Collection
Identifier: SC 500
Abstract
Two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin elevator operation which was purchased by their father, Ole Finney, circa 1889.
Dates:
1955
Found in:
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John Headland Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 680
Abstract
Contains log kept by John during their voyage from Norway. It was translated by his granddaughter Mrs. Mildred Headland Kisser of Sherman Oaks, California.
Dates:
1870
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Juliet's Story, by Juliet Olfa Ledry Hanson
Collection
Identifier: SC 793
Abstract
Reminiscence written by Juliet Hanson detailing her life, especially her youth, growing up in Becker County, Minn. It is organized into 18 chapters.
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Manly M. Furuseth Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 523
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his Norwegian immigrant father Jacob Furuseth, who was a blacksmith on the Grandin Farms and later built a blacksmith shop in Halstad, Minn. Includes mention of John Wyman, a Fargo real estate man, the Furuseth brothers Manly and Jule, farming land formerly part of the Grandin Farms.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Olaf Leikvam Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 647
Overview
Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett and corrections concerning his employment on the Richards Farm, the main house, farm buildings, livestock, Richards family members, especially father Harry Richards and son John Elliott Richards.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Ole Peter Wiig Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 456
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.
Dates:
1950, 1954-1957.
Found in:
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Oscar A. Christensen Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 336
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence and writings, including The Man Behind the Plow, a family history of pioneer life in Minnesota.
Dates:
1949-1959.
Found in:
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Red River Valley Male Singers Association Program
Collection
Identifier: SC 536
Abstract
Includes the souvenir program of its eighth biennial song festival, held on the North Dakota Agricultural College campus (June 14-15, 1929). The program also contains photographic reproductions of association officers and lists local committee members.
Dates:
1929.
Found in:
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Sod House Days in the Red River Valley Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1058
Abstract
Typed reminiscence (19 leaves) on his pioneer Norwegian immigrant parents, Andrew and Christine Overby, who settled in Wilkin County, Minn. in 1890. Includes mention of digging water wells, plowing with oxen, description of a sod house, David McCauley and McCauleyville, Minn., road construction, peddlers, threshing, butchering, stage coaches, passenger and freight traffic on the Red River, expansion of the railroad, blizzards and weather during the 1896-1897 winter, and the naming of Wilkin...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [196-].
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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