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Grandin (N.D.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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.

David and Nellie Minnis Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 497
Abstract Typed summary of interview with David Minnis and daughter Nellie regarding his emigration to N.D., his business partnerships with Robert Miller, his other businesses, the Dalrymples, with special mention of A.R. and S.A. Dalrymple, Minnis' blacksmith work for the Dalrymples, Harry Richards, Perley, Minn., Robert Lunday, second cousin to David Minnis, and the decline of the blacksmithing business.
Dates: 1954

Jasper Haaland Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1606
Abstract Letter and newspaper clippings including obituaries. One clipping is an interview covering Haaland's bid for political office and his membership in the Communist Party.
Dates: 1968

Marguerite Ferguson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 512
Abstract Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Marguerite Ferguson, concerning her parents, Philip and Mary Weisbecker, who moved from New York to Moorhead, Minn., then to Grandin, N.D. where they bought a hotel. Includes mention of the first business establishments in Grandin, additions to the hotel, cooking for threshing crews, boarding farm workers during the winter, Lynn Ferguson, Marguerite's son and farm manager for John S. Dalrymple. Also includes clippings.
Dates: 1954, 1958.

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.

Olaf Anderson Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 507
Abstract Typed summary of an interview with Leonard Sackett about the village of Grandin with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson.
Dates: 1955.

Peter Brooks Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 758
Abstract Typed summary of an interview (7 leaves) and corrections (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father James Brooks who homesteaded in Traill County, and worked on the Grandin farm; and his obituary.
Dates: 1956, 1960.