Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Vangsness Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 759
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) concerning her father, Andrew Johnson, who homesteaded near Leonard, N.D. and Helendale Farm. Interview includes mention of her father, Andrew Johnson, who worked as a hired man at Helendale Farm, her cooking and laundry duties at Helendale Farm, being tutored by Annie Anderson, the Helendale Farm cook, meeting her future husband, Ludvig (Louis) and their separation due to his alcoholism, and the generosity of J.B. Power's sister-in-law, Mrs. W.A. Power....
Dates:
1955-1956
Elk Valley Farm Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 242
Abstract
Correspondence relating to Elk Valley Farm, a bonanza farm founded by N.G. Larimore (ca. 1881), owned by Elk Valley Farming Co., near Larimore, Grand Forks County, N.D.; history relating to William Crerar who worked on the farm; clippings; and other material. Correspondents include Larimore's daughter, Cora (Larimore) Trippet.
Dates:
1929-1955
Ella Radcliffe Bratland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 254
Abstract
Ella Bratland was the daughter of Thomas Radcliffe, an early Helendale Farm barn boss, who died in 1939.
Dates:
1954-1956
Emil C. Ankerfelt Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 619
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett (10 leaves) and corrections (3 leaves) concerning Ankerfelt's life, and the Helendale Farm upon which he worked. There is also some Ankerfelt family history information.
Dates:
1956
Emil G. Trapp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 827
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, August, who was a laborer on the Watson farm and the August F. Luther farm in Cass County, N.D. Includes mention of the L.F. Watson farm, its buildings, and various hired men, dispersal sale of the Watson farm, August Trapp's last wages, his purchase of farmland near Enderlin, N.D., threshing equipment, Emil's job as stableboy and assistant to the laundress at Amenia and Sharon Land Company, comments on...
Dates:
1957-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Emil G. Trapp Papers
Fairview Farm Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 240
Abstract
Letter, short interview (1 leaf) with Joseph Hoffman who worked on the farm, newspaper clippings, several regarding Adams' farm near Odebolt, Iowa, and photocopies of biographical material on W.P. Adams and his father J.Q. Adams.
Dates:
1915-1960
George M. Scott Interviews
Collection
Identifier: SC 1453
Abstract
Typed summary combining two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning his years while working for Robert Reed of the Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Describes his duties, the Amenia Hotel and its boarders, buildings on Amenia and Sharon Land Co. properties, bathing and laundry facilities, wages, Amenia and Sharon grain elevators, with mention of Edmund Gowland, his son Russell, and Carrie (Mrs. H.F.) Chaffee.
Dates:
1955, 1966
George W. Tracy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 437
Abstract
Two detailed interviews (17 leaves and 9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett decribing the Tracy family's experiences at Amenia and Sharon farm, with mention of the farm buildings, other hired men, poor quality food, E.W. Chaffee's rules for hired men, their departure from Amenia and Sharon, George farming at Hunter, N.D., his move to Emmons County, N.D., his freight hauling business and sheep ranch, the Spicer family murders and the ensuing lynching. Typed copy of pamphlet "The Win Tracy story" (14...
Dates:
1955-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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George W. Tracy Papers
Glenn Akin Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 624
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and annotated carbon copy, concerning Mr. Akin and his father, William R. Akin, who worked on the Weible Farm at Larimore and Hunter, N.D., the Darling Farm near Fargo and the Kennedy Farm in Cass County, N.D.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Glenn Akin Interview
Hegbert Anderson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 270
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning working on the Jones Farm and the Belle Prairie Farm in Traill County.
Dates:
1954