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Farmers -- North Dakota.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:

S. A. Olsness Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 220-Mss 1596.9
Abstract North Dakota's Insurance Commissioner from 1916 to 1934 when he was defeated by the supporters of William Langer.
Dates: 1883-1954.

S. Ambrose McCoy Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 530
Abstract Typed summary of interview with S. Ambrose and Mary McNamee McCoy, with handwritten annotations, concerning his father, Thomas McCoy, who was a foreman on Grandin Farm No. 1 and Grandin Farm No. 2 under A.R. Dalrymple, and later homesteaded at Kelso, N.D. Includes mention of S.A. Dalrymple, Mary McCoy's uncle John F. McNamee, Tom McCoy's ditch that drained from the Red River, cattle lost in a storm, Mary McCoy's father, Michael J. McNamee, who emigrated from Perth, Ontario and came to Manvel,...
Dates: 1954.

Samuel Hovland Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 656
Abstract Typewritten summary of interview with Hovland's daughter and her husband, Lena (Hovland) and Martin Martinson, chiefly relating to Hovland's early employment as cook and the Grandin Farms by whom he was employed; legal documents; certificates, including seaman's certificate; biographical sketch; deeds; and clippings. Persons represented include Hovland's son, Elvin Hovland, and members of the Dalrymple family.
Dates: 1868-1956.

Samuel M. Francis Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 757
Abstract Typed summary of interview with corrections concerning his father, his mother's family, the McEldowney's, homesteading near Ayr, N.D., the Elgin Farm, the Dalrymple Farm, the Park Farm, and their operation, including use of steam engine tractors.
Dates: 1956.

Simon V. Hoag Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 643
Abstract Simon Hoag was a Cass County, ND pioneer. The collection consists of correspondence (1907-1926) and records relating to the Dakota Territory, Fargo, and national Granges; and the Red River Valley Old Settlers' Association.
Dates: 1874-1926.

Stock Raising and Farm Accounting

 Collection
Identifier: SC 970
Abstract Copy of his address, given July 23, 1914, to the North Dakota Bankers Association convention at Williston, N.D.
Dates: 1914.

Sven E. Ulsaker Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 143
Abstract Typed copy of his reminiscence concerning his childhood home in Norway and early years in Kindred, N.D. Includes mention of his education in Norway, his cattle buying job in Norway, immigrating to the U.S., working as a hired man for other Norwegian settlers, a bout of typhoid fever, early settlers around Kindred, N.D. and on the Sheyenne and Wild Rice Rivers, brief mention of James Hill, and the Norman Lutheran Church.
Dates: Majority of material found within [193-].

"The Story of His Life", by Pat Costello

 Item
Identifier: SC 580
Abstract Typed autobiographical account by Pat Costello about his life, including farming in Indiana, laundry burned down, farm debts, buying and selling horses, working on railroads in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Washington, and Oregon, farming near Argusville, and garbage collecting in Fargo, N.D. to feed hogs.
Dates: 1953.

Torkel Fuglestad Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-307
Overview Contains a manuscript most likely writen by Fugelstad, an edited copy, an newspaper clippings.
Dates: 1950-1956

William A. McCain Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 567
Abstract Farmer at Blanchard, N.D., who named his farm Aurora Borealis, referred to as Aurora Farm. Later, appointed postmaster at Hillsboro, N.D.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950-1959