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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Jens B. Egge Papers
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Jón Jónsson Diary
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Burns Records
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
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John G. Plath Papers