Minnesota -- Agriculture -- Farms and farming.
Subject
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Christ Menge Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 346
Abstract
Correspondence, interviews, autobiographical sketch, histories of Lockhart Farm, Lockhart, Minn., and Mylo, N.D., legal materials, blueprint maps of several townships in Norman County, Minn., obituaries, and clippings relating to Finley, N.D., and other topics. Includes information relating to Menge's early employment on Lockhart Farm and his lumber and hardware stores in Lockhart, Minn.
Dates:
1934-1967
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Christ Menge Papers
Dewell E. Viker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 108
Abstract
Correspondence, interview, legal material, map, and newspaper clippings, relating to Viker's purchase of Grandin Farm Trust (formerly Grandin Farm No. 1), bonanza farm headquartered in Mayville, Traill County, N.D., in 1946.
Dates:
1946-1958
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Dewell E. Viker Papers
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.
Peter Milne Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 3057
Overview
This collection contains a ledger that deals with farm business for Milne as well as several journals that he wrote in from 1892 through 1930. The folder in the collection has the finding aid, a biographical sketch, a brief biography from FindAGrave, correspondence between Milne and Leonard Sackett, and brief outline of what is in the journals.
Dates:
1892-1956.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Peter Milne Collection
Samuel A. March Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 465
Abstract
Correspondence; family history materials, including information (1873) relating to the Patrick family (family of March's wife) compiled by William Patrick; copy of pamphlet concerning the farm; deeds; and interview with March's grandson, Samuel A. March (b. 1905), pertaining to his grandfather and father, Samuel A. March (1876-1941?). Correspondents include Robert M. Gaylord, of Rockford, Ill.
Dates:
1873-1956.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Samuel A. March Papers
Thortvedt Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 332
Overview
Small Collection pertaining to Red River Valley pioneer, Olav Thortvedt and his family.
Dates:
1941-1955
William and Henry Fredrickson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 268
Abstract
Correspondence and records relating to the activities of William and Henry Fredrickson farmers from Perley, Minnesota.
Dates:
1926-1954.