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Glyndon (Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ann Young Johnston Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 543
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning her father, John Forest Johnston (d. 1905), native of Scotland, who first worked as a clerk in the Bank of England, and later as a land agent for Gilliot Land Company, Glyndon, Minn. Emigrated in 1860 with wife Mary Anne McIver and family; Mary Anne died 1891. Johnston owned two farms; one was referred to as the Sabin Farm, located near Sabin, Minn., the other was known as the Glyndon Farm, it was north of Glyndon, Minn.
Dates: 1955

Elva Preston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-313
Overview Collection contains papers relating to Elva Preston and her family including her father Joseph Duncanson.
Dates: 1954-1957.

Halbert Webb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 519
Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of interview (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and the original handwritten copy (40 leaves) and a typed copy (23 leaves) of his recollections titled "Some recollections of Halbert L. Webb," which concerns his parents, the Eugene Grant family, H.D. Cooke, Reception House, George S. Barnes, F.A. Paige family, his apprenticeship, working with various newspapers, his postmaster job at Glyndon, Minn., a dairy partnership with his father, his farming experiences, the...
Dates: 1914, 1954-1957

Iver Madson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 507
Abstract Iver Madson was a Danish immigrant and Wheatland, N.D. homesteader. The collection is a manuscript of Madson's recollections, dictated to his daughter, concerning his twelve years at sea, four years in New Zealand, immigration (1871) to America from Denmark, and farming in Minnesota before homesteading in Dakota Territory. Also included are newspaper clippings on the Madson family.
Dates: 1925-1955

Luman H. Tenney Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 340
Abstract Typescript copy (154 p.) of Luman H. Tenney's diary and family letters, from 1860-1880. They touch on various subjects including religion, child rearing, Mormanism, the Chicago Fire of 1871, travel, business, Temperance, politics, hunting, recreation, and daily life. Luman Tenney was instrumental in the settlement of Glyndon, Minnesota and the land surrounding it through his Northern Pacific connections.
Dates: 1860-1914.

Olaus Hanson and John Jensen Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 742
Abstract Typed transcript of interview with Mr. Hanson and John Jensen, concerning their families, working on the G.S. Barnes Farm near Glyndon. Includes mention of their fathers who emigrated from Norway (Olie Hanson, Telemarken, Norway and Jens Jensen, Christiania, Norway), Dan and Mike McCarthy, lumbering near Dexterville, Minn., a Christmas Eve saloon brawl at Dexterville, and Hanson's house which was built over a saloon.
Dates: 1955.

Thortvedt Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 332
Overview Small Collection pertaining to Red River Valley pioneer, Olav Thortvedt and his family.
Dates: 1941-1955