Halstad (Minn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Anderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 1115
Abstract
Correspondence including two letters from John L. Grandin, typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his life, the Grandin farms, John Wyman, and W.H. Leazenby of St. Joseph, Mo., letters from Leonard Sackett to Mr. Anderson; legal and financial material relative to the Grandins and A.G. Holstrom. Legal and financial material includes land rental agreement, an inventory of farm equipment for the Grandin farm, 1921 income tax statement, and a trial balance sheet for...
Dates:
1918-1924, 1956-1960.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Albert Anderson Papers
Albert Herberg Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 526
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview with Albert Herberg, regarding his father John Michael Thomassohn Herberg, early Norwegian immigrant settler, Grandin Farms, steamboat "Grandin", grain elevators, farm implements, A.R. Dalrymple. Includes a copy of his mother's, Magel Serina Thorson Herberg, obituary, and clipping of Herberg's own obituary.
Dates:
1955-1956.
Anna Serum Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 645
Abstract
Typed summary of two interviews with Leonard Sackett. First interview (2 leaves) with Anna Serum mentions the death of her father, working for Rachel Holstrom, and some of the men employed at Grandin Farm. Second interview (1 leaf) with Amelia (Melting) Oien, Anna's sister, a cook for threshing crews at Grandin Farm No. 1, includes mention of her wages, her husband, Clark Oien, and their purchase of farmland near Halstad, Minn. Also includes commentary (2 leaves) on a photograph of Anna Serum,...
Dates:
1955-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Anna Serum Interview
Anton Orvik Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 264
Abstract
Born at Norman County, Minn. Wed Clara Gilbertson in 1908. Worked as foreman at Robineau Farms, Kelso, N.D., Clark Dalrymple and A.R. Dalrymple farms. Began farming for himself in 1927, moved to Halstad, Minn. in 1934.
Dates:
1954-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Anton Orvik Collection
Dewell E. Viker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 108
Abstract
Correspondence, interview, legal material, map, and newspaper clippings, relating to Viker's purchase of Grandin Farm Trust (formerly Grandin Farm No. 1), bonanza farm headquartered in Mayville, Traill County, N.D., in 1946.
Dates:
1946-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Dewell E. Viker Papers
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.
Margarethe Opgrande Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 675
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her brothers, Ludwig and Carl (also known as Charlie) Vinje, who worked on the A.R. Dalrymple and Oliver Dalrymple farms, and obituaries. Includes mention of Ludwig's death from typhoid, Carl starting his own farm, and their graves. Includes several obituary clippings.
Dates:
1931, 1956-1960.
Thomas Thompson Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 468
Overview
Electrostatic copy of a work agreement, dated March 28, 1887 and signed by A.R. Dalrymple at Hague, N.D., of Thomas Thompson to work as a hired man and his wife as a cook for Grandin Farms, states their wages and other conditions of employment, brief interview (1 leaf) with Thora and Martha Thompson, daughters of Thomas Thompson, which includes brief mention of A.R. Dalrymple and his daughters. Also includes Thompson's obituary
Dates:
1887, 1925, 1955-1956.