Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified
Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:
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
Eunice Radcliffe Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 623
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (8 leaves) done in 1955 with Eunice (Smyth) Radcliffe and her daughter, Helen (Radcliffe) Johnson, relating to the James Smyth family, the Radcliffe family, their move to a farm near Fargo, Tom Radcliffe (brother to Daniel), Helendale Farm, Daniel's job at Helendale Farm, the Power family's hospitality, Elizabeth N. (Mrs. Alley) Power, William Power's drinking problem, Anna Anderson, employed as a cook at Helendale, Iver Hagen and his custom threshing. Also includes...
Dates:
1955-1961
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
Farming in the West Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 323
Overview
This collection contains information about the photograph, the photographer, Nybakken, and several news clippings about the photograph.
Dates:
1934, 1939, 1998-1999.
Francis Lewis Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 103
Abstract
Notarized photograph of 1872 list of birthdates for Francis and Maria E. Manchester Lewis' children; includes Lucinda C. Moulton, second wife of Francis Lewis and their children also. Typed copy of interview and corrections with T.I. Lewis, contains mention of his brothers, Arthur and Albert, their Davenport, N.D. grocery store, their partnership with James Yoder of Fargo, Addison Leech, James Kennedy, T.I.'s career as a watchmaker and jeweler and later as a representative of Griggs Cooper,...
Dates:
1872, 1950-1964
Frank B. Power Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 494
Abstract
Interview and corrections (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his recollections of J.B. Power and Helendale Farm, corrections by Ethelwyn Power. Includes mention of birth and death dates of J.B. Power's children: Charles M., George, Helen, and twins, James A. and Clara, Helen's death at boarding school, J.B.'s brother, William, J.B.'s employment with Northern Pacific Railroad, some history of Helendale Farm, J.B. Power's financial losses, description of farm buildings especially the...
Dates:
1956
Frank J. Herman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 119
Abstract
Correspondence, notes from three extensive interviews (original typed copies and carbon copy with corrections) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin Farm near Grandin, N.D., J.L. Grandin, Guy Grandin, Herman's job as farm bookkeeper, farm housing, his wife Susan Morrow Herman, people and businesses in Halstad, Minn., and the steamboat "Grandin." Includes a detailed description of the Grandin Farm buildings and a map of the farm.
Dates:
1953-1957
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Frank J. Herman Papers
Frank Schroeder Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 691
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning Helendale Farm and the Farmers State Bank of Leonard. Includes description of the lakes around Helendale Farm, mentions draining some of the land, raising Percheron and Clydesdale horses at Helendale Farm, cutting wood on Helendale land, and a brief list of first bank officers of Farmers State Bank.
Dates:
1954
G. Robert Allison Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 1469
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Chaffee family and the Amenia and Sharon Land Company.
Dates:
1967
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