Abstract Photocopy of typed recollection of homesteading on the Sisseton Indian Reservation (Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, N.D. and S.D.) when it was opened for settlement in 1892.

Abstract Carbon copy of typescript letter of F.E. Gillett to A. Ross of the North Dakota Agricultural College dated April 9, 1921 in which Gillett reminisces about his life, in particular working for a rancher in South Dakota, claiming to have been near the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. Worked as a horse trader and eventually settled and farmed near Esmond, N.D. The other letter is from R.A. Corbett to Lorne Wilde of April 26, 1921 in which he forwards the Gillett letter.

Abstract The collections contains Mr. Fleischman's detailed farm account books (450 p.) listing all expenses and income by catagories such as household expenses, dry goods and wearing apparel, farm expenses, hired help, building of home, and income.

Abstract Typescript concerning the Sisseton Wahpeton Reservation (Lake Traverse Indian Reservation). Includes mention of the agency's history, shipping supplies from Minnesota, blizzards, attitudes towards the Indians of agency employees, extending credit to the Indians for their work, the April Fool's Day fire, Stephen R. Riggs, Charles Crissey, and the organization of the reservation into districts and election of officials.