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.