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Farmers -- North Dakota.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:

Jarvis Estrop Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 60
Abstract Photocopy of historical sketch by Norman McKendry, a grandson, recounting pioneer events and people of the Sims and Mandan, N.D. area. Includes some family information on Jarvis and Rebecca Estrop who settled in this area.
Dates: Majority of material found within circa early 1900s

Jasper Haaland Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1606
Abstract Letter and newspaper clippings including obituaries. One clipping is an interview covering Haaland's bid for political office and his membership in the Communist Party.
Dates: 1968

Jens B. Egge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 657
Abstract Typed copy and handwritten copy of Egge family history, with obituary of Mrs. Egge.
Dates: 1954-1956

Jens Leum Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 193
Abstract Correspondence with family members in Norway relating to daily life; letters from Gustav Amlund of the Normanden (Norwegian American newspaper) and S.A. Olsness; genealogical information on Leum family; land deed (1881) to Charles Moen; and clippings.
Dates: 1905-1954

Jón Jónsson Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 834
Abstract Mimeograph of typed translation of his diary (101 pages) covering 1873-1901. Begins with his farm at Mjoadal, Iceland; each year lists events by month, includes living expenses, income, and references to weather, friends, his correspondence, Literary Society membership, farming, and family members. Also notes how long he has lived in this location, and years of his marriage. Contains 10 page introduction with explanation of Icelandic terms and method of reckoning time, possibly written by...
Dates: 1873-1901

John Burns Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 302
Overview Biographical material relating to John Burns and the Burns family near Ayer, North Dakota.
Dates: 1954-1964

John C. Polfuss Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 646
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett mentioning the Keystone and Adams farms, his father's first reaper, breaking his leg, Keystone Farm superintendents Jones, Yunker, and Merrifield.
Dates: 1954

John Christiansen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 423
Abstract Correspondence; taped interview with Christiansen concerning his settling near New Salem, N.D. (1883), and the pioneer years, with transcription (11 p.) of first side of tape; biographical sketch; pamphlet entitled Wrong Side Up; articles from American Milk Review and The Northwest; and clippings.
Dates: 1921-1952

John F. Douglas Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1148
Abstract Letters, and a typed reminiscence entitled "A biographical sketch of John Francis Douglas and Neva B. Douglas" (40 leaves) by Neva B. Douglas on her husband's life in North Dakota, his student days at the University of North Dakota and after 1900 in Seattle, Wash., and on her life, especially her student days at the University of North Dakota, and her marriage to Mr. Douglas in 1898. The North Dakota section includes material on his parents, James A. and Annie Scott Douglas, of Goodwood,...
Dates: 1956-1961

John G. Plath Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 752
Abstract Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.
Dates: 1956-1959