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Alan W. Rice Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 761
Abstract
Letter with biographical information on Thomas M. Walker, typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, concerning Thomas Walker and his family who lived near Grandin, N.D. Includes a biographical sketch of Walker, manager of Rand and Brown Farm and Alan Rice's uncle, separation of his parents, his brothers and sisters, growing up in Traill County, raising turkeys at Walker's farm, Blanche Walker, adopted daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Coughay) Walker, taking a bust of grandfather,...
Dates:
1956.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Eliot Richards Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 525
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of an interview (7 leaves) concerning his father, Harry Richards, Fargo coal dealer and later farmer at Perley, Minn. Includes mention of Harry Richards finding his farm, describes its location on the Red River, mentions a landslide near the house, description of how the house was heated, the poultry business located at the Richards Farm, O.C. Olson, General Thomas M. Walker and his death, and Harry Richards' first automobile.
Dates:
1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Neil McFarlane Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 664
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (5 leaves) mentioning McFarlane's uncle, Henry C. Lyon, foreman and manager of Rand and Brown Farm (1881-1882), John Elliot who followed Lyon as foreman, a description of Rand and Brown Farm's location, General Thomas M. Walker, a Civil War veteran from Erie, Penn., who managed the Rand and Brown Farm and later bought his own farm, a brief mention of his wife Agnes Coughey Walker, a description of the Rand and Brown Farm buildings including the grain elevators, and...
Dates:
1896, 1956.
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:
Institute for Regional Studies
Pratt Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 608
Abstract
Two interviews concerning the Pratt family. First interview (9 leaves) with R.W. (Robert Wesley) Pratt and his wife, Anne (Margach) Pratt, concerns George and Mathilda (Dempsey) Pratt moving to N.D. in 1880 from Ontario, George's brothers, James, WIlliam, and R.J., who moved to N.D., difficulties in plowing, W.J. Pratt and his wife, Dr. Charlotte Campbell, George Pratt's gift of property to his four children, James Pratt selling his business to L.J. (Lewis) Margach, mention of General Thomas M....
Dates:
1924, 1956-1957.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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