Wahpeton (N.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Emil Mecklenburg Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 607
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of detailed interview (18 leaves) with Emil and Mary (Radovich) Mecklenburg concerning the Keystone Farm, its horses, the buildings, owner Robert Jones, seeding fields, cutting hay, fight between hired men, farm superintendent Jim Carter who preceded W.G. Merrifield, Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm), its food, Downing Farms, Steven Gerard Downing, burning of the Downing elevator in 1918, sale of the Downing Farm at Mooreton, N.D., sale of W.P. Adams...
Dates:
1954-1956
Frank Wisnewski Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1928
Abstract
Typed family history concerning the Frank and Barbara (Brach) Wisnewski family. History begins about 1871 and ends in 1897. Includes mention of their early life in Pittsburgh, Pa., coming to N.D. in 1882, their sod house, the cold winters, carrying food supplies from Wahpeton, N.D., prairie fires, hauling wood to construct a roof, their children, working for area farmers, working on the railroad as it expanded, poverty in their early years, threshing, trading horses and oxen, adding rooms to...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [197-?].
George Montgomery Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 626
Abstract
Consists primarily of two reminiscences written by Mr. Montgomery for his children and grandchildren in 1935. "A message to posterity, collections from 1882 to 1902" (17 typescript leaves) recounts traveling to Dakota Territory, homesteading near Sargent and Cogswell, N.D., Sargent County politics, and a detailed account of the attempt to legalize the Louisiana Lottery in North Dakota. "The childhood of parents" (71 typescript leaves) by Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery documents the life of their...
Dates:
1935
Julius Smith Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 771
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett with mention of the Downing Farm, Frederick A. Bagg, Gerard Downing, and the Dwight Farm. Includes mention of his purchase of Downing quarter section of land at Mooreton, N.D.
Dates:
1954.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Julius Smith Interview
North Dakota School of Religion Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 46
Abstract
School located in Fargo providing non-sectarian religious education and eventually absorbed into the NDSU Department of Religion under the supervision of a Professor of Religion.
Dates:
1921-1977.
Peter C. Olsen Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 303
Overview
Contains items relating to the family of Peter C. Olsen.
Dates:
1911-1959
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Peter C. Olsen Records
Robert D. Crawford Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 290
Abstract
The collection consists of family correspondence (1864-1894) and handwritten reminiscence (734 p.) by Crawford concerning family history, pioneer life in Minnesota and the Wahpeton, ND area, together with their Putney, Vermont background.
Dates:
1867-1963.