Interviews.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 192 Collections and/or Records:
Hill and Cuthbertson Families Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 460
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with Alexander and Mae Hill Cuthbertson concerning his father, John Cuthbertson, who was born at Kilmarnock, Scotland, immigrated to Lucknow, Ontario, and moved to Absaraka, N.D. in 1882; interview mentions an 1893 typhoid epidemic. Interview with Mae Hill Cuthbertson's mother, Elizabeth Baker Hill, and sister, Jessie Hill, who moved to N.D. with husband John A. Hill in 1880. Also includes obituaries of various Hill and Cuthbertson family members.
Dates:
1931, 1955-1960
Hugh McDonald Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 674
Abstract
Letters, typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, James McDonald, an early settler at Caledonia, and the Grandin boats on the Red River. James McDonald died when a wagon load of wheat overturned and tipped into the Sheyenne River. Interview mentions Asa Sargeant and George Weston, early Traill County settlers. George Weston was later elected Register of Deeds and County Clerk. Letter from Neal Sargeant, son of Asa Sargeant, mentions steamboats "Alsop," "Pluck," and...
Dates:
1955-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Hugh McDonald Papers
J. Hollis Gale Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 442
Abstract
Correspondence and summary of interview (10 p.) with Gale's son, Harry F. Gale, relating to J. Hollis Gale's life, family affairs, and early pioneers of Cass County, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., including James Holes and David H. Houston; reminiscence of Gale's daughter, concerning her parents and grandmother, Julia Simmons, of Woodstock, Vt., and later California; audit report of Gale's estate and final decree; autograph book; and clippings. Other family members represented include Gale's wife,...
Dates:
1880-1971
Jacob J. Lawrence Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 439
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (6 leaves) and corrections with wife Rosa Hofner Lawrence and daughter Ruth, concerning Rosa's parents, John Hofner (1849-1900), German immigrant from the Rhine River Valley and Louisa Eppell Hofner (1853-1921), her husband, Jacob, her work as nurse to Dr. Langsdale, with brief mention of Ruth's doctoral studies at Columbia, and a souvenir of School District No. 3, Center Township, Richland County (N.D.) for 1896-1867.
Dates:
1897, 1935, 1955
Jacob Walters Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 534
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of interview (5 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his life and the Grandin elevator at Gardner, N.D. Includes mention of the homestead built by his father, Carl Walters, and of the Grandin elevator that stood nearby, hauling grain on the Red River, James Pratt, the first elevator manager, Jacob Walters' job on the steamboat "Minnesota," and its crew, Jacob's brother, Charlie Walters, Jacob's wife, Bertha Swenson Walters, and addendum mentioning Bertha's...
Dates:
1955-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Jacob Walters Papers
James A. Trudell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 349
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with James and Susanna (Chernich) Trudell. Concerns various people in the Mooreton, N.D. area, including brief mention of her father, Michael Chernich, an Austrian immigrant and early Mooreton businessman, F.A. Bagg, Alex McKinnon, bonanza farms, especially Antelope Farm, James Trudell's mail delivery route, carrying farm workers to Breckenridge, Minn. Also includes obituaries.
Dates:
1924, 1955, 1967
James and Clara McKissick Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 138
Abstract
Extensive interview with James and Clara Trammell McKissick about his father, Charles, who managed the Dwight Farm, later the Hinkle Smith Farm near Amenia, N.D. and the Grandin Farm near Mayville. Mentions the livestock and acreage at Grandin Farm, Oliver Dalrymple, immigrant farm laborers, James McKissick's education and various jobs as farmer, milk truck driver, butcher shop owner, hog shrinker and a hired man who set fire to McKissick's barns.
Dates:
1953
James F. Hazard Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 1470
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Cooper Ranch with some mention of livestock and farm operations, the Cooper family, and Charles Houghton, Hazard's father-in-law.
Dates:
1967
James Florance Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 562
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (8 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Hill Farm at Northcote, Minn., family history article and newspaper clippings on the Florance Farm at Hallock, Minn., and a poem entitled "The pioneers" by his father Edward. Hill Farm (also known as Northcote Farm) was owned by James J. Hill, later by his son Walter. Most of the original Hill Farm was taken over by Edward Florance Jr. and son Maurice. Florance Farm was strictly grain farming, no livestock was owned.
Dates:
1935, 1955-1956
James Scott Records
Collection
Identifier: SC-301
Overview
Contains the interview notes from the Leonard Sackett interivew and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1905-1958.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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James Scott Records