Farmers -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
Julius Smith Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 771
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett with mention of the Downing Farm, Frederick A. Bagg, Gerard Downing, and the Dwight Farm. Includes mention of his purchase of Downing quarter section of land at Mooreton, N.D.
Dates:
1954.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Julius Smith Interview
Lars Anderson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 518
Abstract
Typed summary of an interview with Leonard Sackett concerning James B. Power, the Helendale Farm and its operations, buildings, livestock, Power's son Allie and his banking career, as well as Mr. Anderson's obituary.
Dates:
1954.
Lars Henry Larson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 753
Abstract
Letter from granddaughter, Mrs. Wallace Onsgard, her biographical sketch of Lars Henry Larson, entitled "My heritage," (1 leaf), and interview with Henry C. Larson concerning his father, Lars Henry, working on the Grandin Farm 1879-1880.
Dates:
1956.
Lavinius L. Hurd Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1348
Abstract
Various land deeds and receipts for land in North Dakota and elsewhere, handwritten note (1964) from Mrs. S.F. Pinkham, Minneapolis to Gertrude Hoag, Fargo, N.D., with some personal information on Hurd. One promissory note to James Holes; five receipts, one for a livery stable bill, three receipts for wheat being sold, and one for Grand Army of the Republic membership dues.
Dates:
1877-1907.
Leslie N. Putnam Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 591
Abstract
Typed summary of first interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Putnam family and their lumberyard business. Mentions Ralph L. Miller, business partner of T.N. Putnam; Leslie Putnam's struggle to retain the farm; T.N.'s career in lumber business; his election as Foster County Treasurer and both houses of N.D. legislature. Second interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett mentions L.B. Hanna's purchase in 1932 of the Carrington and Casey ranch, includes references to Hanna's...
Dates:
1954.
Lorne Wilde Articles
Collection
Identifier: SC 31
Abstract
Original typescript of an article titled "New Salem finds the answer" (11 leaves) which concerns the development of a dairy cow, specially bred for the Great Plains and an article from the Fargo Forum, "Farmers made famous by proper methods of dairying." (1 leaf) This article concerns the New Salem Holstein Breeding Circuit which began in 1910 with an idea from professor John H. Shepperd, North Dakota Agricultural College. Includes mention of the breeding program and other cooperative members'...
Dates:
1921.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Lorne Wilde Articles
Luther Wyckoff Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1366
Abstract
Notes from an interview done in 1938 with her father, James, concerning his father, Luther Wyckoff, and his family moving to Cass County, N.D. from Taylors Falls, Minn. Includes mention of horse-drawn wagon travel, mosquitoes, threshing for the Dalrymples, prairie fires, Luther and James running a stage line between Stillwater and Taylors Falls, Minn, Luther's near drowning, selling their homemade horse-radish, Luther being elected Cass County Assessor, his dental practice, and the death of...
Dates:
[1965?].
Moum Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 966
Abstract
Reminiscence entitled "Pioneer experiences," (4 leaves) by Annie Moum, his sister which mentions their mother, Olea Josepha Peterson, a Norwegian immigrant coming to Fargo, N.D. in 1879 and early life on their homestead near Buffalo, N.D. Includes mention of Olea's hope chest, wild flowers and those she brought to the homestead, food supply, neighbors, watering the oxen. Letter briefly mentions the Hamilton Eckert family who lived in the area and the land rental contract between his father...
Dates:
1890, 1958.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Moum Family Collection
Nels Magnuson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 11
Abstract
Correspondence, including letters from relatives in Norway, relating to daily events; certificate of election (1930) as state senator; miscellaneous financial records; bylaws of Souris Cooperative Elevator Company; historical pamphlet concerning Scandinavian Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Souris; ledger (1928-1946) containing personal expenses and income; clippings; and financial records (1905-1908, 1916-1924) of Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, headquartered in Carbury, N.D.
Dates:
1893-1955.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Nels Magnuson Papers
Nikolai Arntson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 204
Abstract
Letter and family history (6 leaves) of Nikolai Arntson who emigrated from Norway and settled in Richland County in 1880. A daughter Julia married Hans H. Gronbeck and is included in a family history paper (6 leaves) by Don Gronbeck on the Giselius, Arntson, and Gronbeck families.
Dates:
1954.