North Dakota -- Agriculture -- Farms and farming.
Subject
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Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew H. Laughlin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 172
Abstract
Correspondence, diary (1917) of Laughlin's son, Leigh Laughlin, train passes, and clippings, chiefly relating to daily activities and local events.
Dates:
1894-1954
Benjamin F. Mackall Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 472
Abstract
Correspondence; interviews with Mackall's son and daughter-in-law, Henry C. and Margaret (Robertson) Mackall, of Minneapolis, Minn., relating to Mackall, the family business, B.F. Mackall Inc., and John L. Grandin, owner of Grandin Farms and family friend, of Warren, Pa., area (original home of Mrs. Mackall); scrapbook compiled by Marjorie Cruikshank, containing information concerning the estate of Jay Cooke, dredging on the Red River, and Red River Valley history; and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1953-1955
Cass County Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 487
Abstract
Correspondence, notices and minutes of meetings, pamphlets, broadsides, and newspaper clippings. Includes information relating to Bonanzaville U.S.A., a reconstructed village and living history museum commemorating the bonanza farm era, located in West Fargo, N.D., and operated by the society.
Dates:
1955-1980
Chaffee Family Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 134
Abstract
Correspondence; excerpts from diary (1892-1909) of George L. Dunning, laborer and farm superintendent of Amenia and Sharon farm; genealogical material; term papers; biography of Eben Whitney Chaffee by W.C. Hunter; two interviews with H.L. Chaffee; and brochures relating to Oriente, a community planned for Nicaragua, of which E.W. Chaffee was president.
Dates:
1892-1955
Charles R. Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 275
Abstract
Correspondence with Leonard Sackett of North Dakota Institute of Regional Studies, North Dakota State University Libraries, relating to Downing Farm, Wright family, and Annie McArthur; and summary of an interview concerning bonanza farms and the Downing Farm.
Dates:
1954-1956
Charles W. Fine Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 65
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, moratorium resolutions, and clippings, relating to Fine's career and his activities in North Dakota Farm Holiday Association and North Dakota Farmers Union; together with transcription (21 p.) of interview with Fine's wife, Tina (Otteson) Fine, concerning life on their farm.
Dates:
1924-1960
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Charles W. Fine Papers
Dalrymple Farms Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 67
Abstract
Correspondence, including letter (1880) to A.R. Dalrymple from Oliver Dalrymple; interviews with Erasmus G. Hagen, John Hanson, Joseph Hanson, Ralph L. Miller, David and Nellie Minnis, and John H. Pannebaker; index to articles concerning bonanza farms and the Dalrymples; financial statements (1907, 1910, 1918); inventories (1908-1909, 1911-1917, 1919), and cultivation statements, crop disposition, and crop income and distribution statements (1908-1919); and clippings relating to Oliver and...
Dates:
1880-ca. 1950
Dana Wright Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 32
Abstract
Correspondence, research paper relating to Wright's career, including his activities with State Historical Society of North Dakota, histories, copies of his research concerning North Dakota military trails, "The Old Trails" by Wright, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1930-1964
Dewell E. Viker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 108
Abstract
Correspondence, interview, legal material, map, and newspaper clippings, relating to Viker's purchase of Grandin Farm Trust (formerly Grandin Farm No. 1), bonanza farm headquartered in Mayville, Traill County, N.D., in 1946.
Dates:
1946-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Dewell E. Viker Papers
Elk Valley Farm Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 242
Abstract
Correspondence relating to Elk Valley Farm, a bonanza farm founded by N.G. Larimore (ca. 1881), owned by Elk Valley Farming Co., near Larimore, Grand Forks County, N.D.; history relating to William Crerar who worked on the farm; clippings; and other material. Correspondents include Larimore's daughter, Cora (Larimore) Trippet.
Dates:
1929-1955