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Ada (Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Bertha Wichern Interview

 Item
Identifier: SC 262
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett (4 leaves) concerning her work on the Lockhart Farm near Ada, Minn. Includes mention of the family's one room sod house, working at age eleven, caring for small children, washing dishes, making beds, long work hours, quality of food, the stingy wife of the Lockhart Farm superintendent, Jack McPhie, a water well, hired men, and making butter.
Dates: 1954

Charles R. Ahlers Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 263
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the history of the Lockhart Farm and himself. Carbon copy contains handwritten answers by Ahlers to questions written by Sackett.
Dates: 1954

Fred S. Rutledge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 222
Abstract Fred Rutledge was a Walsh County, N.D. homesteader. His papers include correspondence; family histories of Becker, Canfield, Dickison, Harrison, Hudson, Lindell, Rutledge, and Wheelock families; his handwritten manuscript "A Christmas Vacation in Virginia" (52 p.), and a typed copy of his manuscript "Reminiscences of Fred Rutledge" (243 p.) covering his youth and days as a lumberjack, hobo, railroadman, thresher, and farmer in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Dates: 1884-1961

Walter George Hadler Interview

 Item
Identifier: SC 769
Abstract Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his various business interests which included managing a creamery, lumber company agent, organizing a grain elevator, loading freight, and amateur baseball in Ada, Minn. Includes some family information.
Dates: 1954.