Richland County (N.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
James Henry Carter Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 330
Overview
Contains correspondence discussing a Southeastern North Dakota family.
Dates:
1955.
Jimmy Mulligan, Fur Trader, and Scout Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 180
Overview
Consists of a typed copy of his biographical story on Jimmy Mulligan's life, Fort Abercrombie and the 1862 Indian conflict. This story is based on what Mr. Mulligan related to Mr. Wiltse in 1900 while working for him. Mr. Mulligan was an Irish immigrant, making his home in Winnipeg, Canada. Includes mention of his trading with Indians, their food, their horses, driving ox teams, a ride to St. Cloud, Minn. for ammunition, investing his money, driving a dog team, another ride to St. Cloud for...
Dates:
1953
John C. Polfuss Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 646
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett mentioning the Keystone and Adams farms, his father's first reaper, breaking his leg, Keystone Farm superintendents Jones, Yunker, and Merrifield.
Dates:
1954
John L. Walcher Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 241
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (11 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Adams Farm (also known as Fairview Farm) and Elk Valley Farm. Includes mention of his father, John Walcher, a German immigrant, who hauled freight in Minnesota, moved to Sargent County, N.D. in 1885 to farm, later moving to Sauk Center, Minn. to manage a hotel, son John L. working at Elk Valley Farm, plowing with mules, being struck by lightning, Deering grain binders, carpentering at Adams Farm, W.P. and Mrs. Adams,...
Dates:
1954, 1968
John McDougall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 348
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with John and Dora (Lathrop) McDougall concerning their fathers, John McDougall and Murrilow Dow Lathrop, and their work on the Antelope Farm, Dora's job as clerk, bookkeeper, and barber at the Antelope Farm store, mention of other Lathrop family members including M.D.'s wife, his brother Vernon, and LeRoy Smith, Dora's cousin, a horse named Old Billy previously used by the Minneapolis Fire Department, hog butchering, the crops and equipment, a drawing of...
Dates:
1923, 1955
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John McDougall Papers
John Woart Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 421
Abstract
Original letters and typed transcriptions written to his sister and mother at Sandy Hill, Washington County, N.Y. while stationed at Fort Abercrombie, N.D. One letter is from Ella Dewey Woart to her grandmother. Letters comment on life at the fort and mention various family members.
Dates:
1870-1871
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John Woart Papers
Lars Anderson Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 518
Abstract
Typed summary of an interview with Leonard Sackett concerning James B. Power, the Helendale Farm and its operations, buildings, livestock, Power's son Allie and his banking career, as well as Mr. Anderson's obituary.
Dates:
1954.
Mabel Vold Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 934
Overview
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning her father, Martin Hanson, Helendale Farm, and the J.B. Power family. Includes mention of Martin Hanson's coming to N.D., buying land near Helendale Farm, lists names and birthdates of Mabel's siblings, Mabel's employment as nanny and later as cook at Helendale Farm, description of the housing for J.B. Power, his son Allie, and Allie's family, a general store on Helendale Farm, kitchen arrangements, her friendship with the Power family,...
Dates:
1956.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Mabel Vold Interview
Nels Swenson Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1198
Abstract
Correspondence concerning the cost of a college education with reference to the children of Lineus Peterson, one of whom Swenson helped through college, working on the Adams Farm, and a newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1959.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Nels Swenson Records
Nikolai Arntson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 204
Abstract
Letter and family history (6 leaves) of Nikolai Arntson who emigrated from Norway and settled in Richland County in 1880. A daughter Julia married Hans H. Gronbeck and is included in a family history paper (6 leaves) by Don Gronbeck on the Giselius, Arntson, and Gronbeck families.
Dates:
1954.