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Carl F. Maas Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 265
Abstract
Born at Rolette, Minn. to August and Kate (O'Rourke) Maas. Took over management of the second store built by his father in Norman County, Minn.
Dates:
1906, 1918, 1954-1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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
Guilford G. Hartley Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 835
Abstract
Letter with some information on his North Dakota farming operation, and his obituary.
Dates:
1922, 1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
James and Clara McKissick Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 138
Abstract
Extensive interview with James and Clara Trammell McKissick about his father, Charles, who managed the Dwight Farm, later the Hinkle Smith Farm near Amenia, N.D. and the Grandin Farm near Mayville. Mentions the livestock and acreage at Grandin Farm, Oliver Dalrymple, immigrant farm laborers, James McKissick's education and various jobs as farmer, milk truck driver, butcher shop owner, hog shrinker and a hired man who set fire to McKissick's barns.
Dates:
1953
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
James Florance Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 562
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (8 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Hill Farm at Northcote, Minn., family history article and newspaper clippings on the Florance Farm at Hallock, Minn., and a poem entitled "The pioneers" by his father Edward. Hill Farm (also known as Northcote Farm) was owned by James J. Hill, later by his son Walter. Most of the original Hill Farm was taken over by Edward Florance Jr. and son Maurice. Florance Farm was strictly grain farming, no livestock was owned.
Dates:
1935, 1955-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
James W. McNary Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 102
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett concerning Baldwin Farms, his salary, introduction of alfalfa, plowing; typed copy of speech (5 leaves) entitled "What professional farm management stands for," typed copy of a newspaper clipping "Does farming pay," by A.E. Winship (1930) which mentions McNary's setting up a young unnamed Russian farmer in farming, newspaper clipping of Baldwin elevator being moved (1943), sale of the last pieces of land owned by Baldwin Corporation...
Dates:
1930-1953
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Kenneth Murray Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 564
Abstract
Typed summary of interview, with annotations, with Leonard Sackett concerning Northcote Farm, a division of James Hill's bonanza farm, his father, Donald Murray, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, and brought the family to Northcote Farm about 1880, the Northcote store purchased by Kenneth Murray, Walter Hill, the electric light plant installed at Northcote, brief mention of John Lohr and H. Dan McGrew, also managers of Northcote Farm.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Walter George Hadler Interview
Item
Identifier: SC 769
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his various business interests which included managing a creamery, lumber company agent, organizing a grain elevator, loading freight, and amateur baseball in Ada, Minn. Includes some family information.
Dates:
1954.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
William Sylvester Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 517
Abstract
Letter, and typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning Humboldt Farm, owned by James J. Hill. Includes mention of Humboldt Farm's managers, a man named Valentine and a man named Donaldson, and of Donaldson's marriage to Belle Ferguson, a local school teacher.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Dwight Farm and Land Company (Dwight, N.D.) 1
- Florance, E. C. (Edward Charles), b. 1836. 1
- Florance, James, 1871- 1
- Gaudland, Anton, d. 1951. 1
- Gaudland, Clarence, 1908- 1
- Gaudland, Verna Dahl. 1
- Hadler family. 1
- Hadler, Walter George, 1884-1973. 1
- Hartley, Guilford G., 1854-1922. 1
- Lohr, John J. 1
- Maas family. 1
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- Maas, Carl F., 1896- 1
- Maas, Kate O'Rourke, d. 1914. 1
- McGrew, H. Dan. 1
- McKissick, Clara. 1
- McKissick, James, 1875- 1
- McNary Farm Management Company. 1
- McNary, J. W. (James W.) 1
- Menge, Christ, 1872-1967. 1
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- Thorsell, Leonard, 1872-1939. 1
- United Commercial Travelers of America. 1
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