Cass County (N.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Christian H. Thue Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 20
Abstract
Postmaster at Horace, N.D. from 1915-1958, succeeded his father, C.H. Thue, who had succeeded his father-in-law. Retired in 1958. Includes a history (3 leaves) of the Horace, N.D. post office entitled "The village postmaster is unsung hero" with mention of his experiences as postmaster, names of the seven previous postmasters, two of whom were relatives, some financial information on the Horace post office, and his civic activities.
Dates:
1958
Daisy Punton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 510
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her husband, Thomas J. Punton; her father-in-law, Thomas Punton, Sr.; her sister-in-law, Bessie Punton; includes mention of John Burns, Park Farm and its steam engines, Thomas Punton Sr.'s purchase of Elgin Farm. Also includes clippings of various Punton family members.
Dates:
1954-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Daisy Punton Papers
Della Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 651
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business...
Dates:
1955-1956, 1969
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Della Smith Papers
Earl T. Carley Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 1472
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Hiram Drache concerning the Chaffee family and life in Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of Herbert F., Carrie T., and Eben Chaffee, other Chaffee family members, the death of H.F. Chaffee, the hotel managed by his parents, the Chaffee's disapproval of dancing and card games, the burning of the grain elevators at Amenia, N.D.
Dates:
1967
Edward Sautebin Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 952
Abstract
U.S. citizenship certificate of Gustav Blanchard, Adella Sautebin's father; golden jubilee pamphlet (1932) on Addison District No. 39 school, Davenport, N.D.; pencil drawing entitled "Vieux Cabaret Chez Miche a Malbray Canton de Berne, Suisse"; and newspaper clippings, mainly obituaries.
Dates:
1890-1957
Ella Radcliffe Bratland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 254
Abstract
Ella Bratland was the daughter of Thomas Radcliffe, an early Helendale Farm barn boss, who died in 1939.
Dates:
1954-1956
Emil G. Trapp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 827
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, August, who was a laborer on the Watson farm and the August F. Luther farm in Cass County, N.D. Includes mention of the L.F. Watson farm, its buildings, and various hired men, dispersal sale of the Watson farm, August Trapp's last wages, his purchase of farmland near Enderlin, N.D., threshing equipment, Emil's job as stableboy and assistant to the laundress at Amenia and Sharon Land Company, comments on...
Dates:
1957-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Emil G. Trapp Papers
Francis Lewis Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 103
Abstract
Notarized photograph of 1872 list of birthdates for Francis and Maria E. Manchester Lewis' children; includes Lucinda C. Moulton, second wife of Francis Lewis and their children also. Typed copy of interview and corrections with T.I. Lewis, contains mention of his brothers, Arthur and Albert, their Davenport, N.D. grocery store, their partnership with James Yoder of Fargo, Addison Leech, James Kennedy, T.I.'s career as a watchmaker and jeweler and later as a representative of Griggs Cooper,...
Dates:
1872, 1950-1964
Franke Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 170
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with son Hugo and Miss Mary Clark, Fargo, N.D. concerning his father Gottlieb and Eben Chaffee. Franke homesteaded in Cass County. Includes newspaper clippings on members of the Franke family.
Dates:
1929, 1953-1954
George W. Tracy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 437
Abstract
Two detailed interviews (17 leaves and 9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett decribing the Tracy family's experiences at Amenia and Sharon farm, with mention of the farm buildings, other hired men, poor quality food, E.W. Chaffee's rules for hired men, their departure from Amenia and Sharon, George farming at Hunter, N.D., his move to Emmons County, N.D., his freight hauling business and sheep ranch, the Spicer family murders and the ensuing lynching. Typed copy of pamphlet "The Win Tracy story" (14...
Dates:
1955-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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George W. Tracy Papers