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Oakes (N.D.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry C. Frojen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 925
Abstract Correspondence and newspaper clippings, relating to Glover Farm, bonanza farm in Dickey and La Moure counties, N.D., and the Glover family; and biographical sketch of farm owner, Samuel Glover, originally of Delaware, Ohio. Includes information concerning Glover's introduction of durum wheat to North Dakota and his son, Frederick Glover, who founded Gas Traction Company, manufacturer of gas tractors, in Minneapolis, Minn.
Dates: 1913-1958

Oakes, N.D., Community Surveys

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 265
Abstract Questionnaire reports (1924) compiled on Oakes, N.D., community in Dickey County, in connection with the Institute of Social and Religious Research's series entitled American village studies; together with follow-up studies (1930, 1936) by Lynn Smith and J.A. McCrae, University of North Dakota. Includes detailed statistical and descriptive information relating to the population, social groups, agriculture, banking, health, library, civic and social life, churches, and schools.
Dates: 1924-1936.