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.