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Farm laborers -- North Dakota.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew R. Mourer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 509
Abstract Typed summary of detailed interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Andrew R. Mourer, Sr., who came to Hankinson, N.D. area in 1878 and was the first to own a steam engine in Hankinson. Includes an explanation of how a horse-powered separator works, behavioral differences between horses and mules, treatment of mules at Keystone Farm, artesian water and its effect on new residents, physical effects of field work on hired men, and a pencil sketch of a horse drawn separator.
Dates: 1954

Arne and Josephine Gronbeck Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 873
Abstract Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with corrections concerning his work on the Helendale Farm. Includes some mention of J.B. Powers, his son Allie, and Gronbeck's wife Josephine Vangsness Gronbeck who worked as nursemaid and cook on the Helendale Farm.
Dates: 1957

Einar A. Hagen Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 858
Abstract Typed summary of interview concerning his pioneer father, Tobias Hagen, a Norwegian immigrant from Hadeland, Norway, Allie Power, and working on the Helendale Farm. Newspaper clipping about his sawmill included.
Dates: 1956-1957

Emil Mecklenburg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 607
Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (18 leaves) with Emil and Mary (Radovich) Mecklenburg concerning the Keystone Farm, its horses, the buildings, owner Robert Jones, seeding fields, cutting hay, fight between hired men, farm superintendent Jim Carter who preceded W.G. Merrifield, Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm), its food, Downing Farms, Steven Gerard Downing, burning of the Downing elevator in 1918, sale of the Downing Farm at Mooreton, N.D., sale of W.P. Adams...
Dates: 1954-1956

George and Martha Halvorson Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 697
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning J.B. Power, Helendale Farm, Mrs. Halvorson's employment as a temporary cook at Helendale Farm, and her father, Ole Germanson, Norwegian immigrant from Telemark, Norway.
Dates: 1954

James F. Hazard Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1470
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Cooper Ranch with some mention of livestock and farm operations, the Cooper family, and Charles Houghton, Hazard's father-in-law.
Dates: 1967

John H. Hanson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 322
Overview Collection contails a written account of an oral interview as well as newspaper clippeings discussing the Hanson family.
Dates: 1955-1957.