Perley (Minn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Einar D. Anderson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 762
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the De Casenove family of Virginia who owned land near Perley, Minn.
Dates:
1956
Eliot Richards Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 525
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of an interview (7 leaves) concerning his father, Harry Richards, Fargo coal dealer and later farmer at Perley, Minn. Includes mention of Harry Richards finding his farm, describes its location on the Red River, mentions a landslide near the house, description of how the house was heated, the poultry business located at the Richards Farm, O.C. Olson, General Thomas M. Walker and his death, and Harry Richards' first automobile.
Dates:
1955
Olaf Leikvam Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 647
Overview
Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett and corrections concerning his employment on the Richards Farm, the main house, farm buildings, livestock, Richards family members, especially father Harry Richards and son John Elliott Richards.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Olaf Leikvam Interview
Olaus C. Olson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 501
Abstract
Typed summary of interview and addenda, with Leonard Sackett, relating to steamboats hauling grain on the Red River, the Richards Farm, includes mention of Harry Richards, his wife, and son, Elliott, the Grandin elevator on the Finney farm, and a handwritten note.
Dates:
1955.
Ole Peter Wiig Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 456
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.
Dates:
1950, 1954-1957.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Ole Peter Wiig Papers
William and Henry Fredrickson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 268
Abstract
Correspondence and records relating to the activities of William and Henry Fredrickson farmers from Perley, Minnesota.
Dates:
1926-1954.