Businessmen -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
George D. Brown Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 232
Abstract
Correspondence, including copies of letters by Mrs. Brown's father Peter Ross and brother Donald C. "Dan" Ross, broadside advertisement showing Fargo-Moorhead policemen with their "Crimson Rims" bicycles, and clippings.
Dates:
1893-1897, 1925, 1951-1954
George Gackle Biography
Item
Identifier: SC 1736
Overview
This collection contains a typed biography about George Gackle, sr. written by Gerald J. Waldera for History 499 class at North Dakota State University during the summer session of 1960.
Dates:
1960.
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
History of K.G. Springen
Collection
Identifier: SC 186
Abstract
Typed biographical sketch of Knut Gunder Springen. Includes mention of traveling to N.D. in 1882, settling at Mayville, N.D., his banking interests in Mayville, and Northwood, N.D. and Montana, selling of horses, land, and farm machinery, his appointment as the N.D. representative to the 1914 Abraham Lincoln Presentation Committee.
Dates:
Majority of material found within [195-]
J. B. Streeter Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 127
Abstract
Correspondence, chiefly with S.D. Downes, of Francestown, N.H., concerning Downes's loans and land in the Larimore area; brochures relating to Streeter's real estate, insurance, and farm loan agency, J.B. Streeter, Jr. Company, in Larimore; and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1884-1947 (bulk 1884-1900)
J. Hollis Gale Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 442
Abstract
Correspondence and summary of interview (10 p.) with Gale's son, Harry F. Gale, relating to J. Hollis Gale's life, family affairs, and early pioneers of Cass County, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., including James Holes and David H. Houston; reminiscence of Gale's daughter, concerning her parents and grandmother, Julia Simmons, of Woodstock, Vt., and later California; audit report of Gale's estate and final decree; autograph book; and clippings. Other family members represented include Gale's wife,...
Dates:
1880-1971
James A. Trudell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 349
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with James and Susanna (Chernich) Trudell. Concerns various people in the Mooreton, N.D. area, including brief mention of her father, Michael Chernich, an Austrian immigrant and early Mooreton businessman, F.A. Bagg, Alex McKinnon, bonanza farms, especially Antelope Farm, James Trudell's mail delivery route, carrying farm workers to Breckenridge, Minn. Also includes obituaries.
Dates:
1924, 1955, 1967
John Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 84
Abstract
Copies of correspondence, biography by William C. Hunter, and clippings, relating to Miller's career and his various business interests, including Dwight Farm and Amenia and Sharon Land Company.
Dates:
1908-1970
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Miller Papers
John Swanson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 935
Abstract
Letter given to U.S. soldiers by King George V (1918), brief Swanson family history material, a language handbook, daughter Cora's school souvenir card for School District No. 35 (Cass County, N.D.), programs, and an obituary.
Dates:
1898-1918, 1958
Lars Henry Larson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 753
Abstract
Letter from granddaughter, Mrs. Wallace Onsgard, her biographical sketch of Lars Henry Larson, entitled "My heritage," (1 leaf), and interview with Henry C. Larson concerning his father, Lars Henry, working on the Grandin Farm 1879-1880.
Dates:
1956.