Browsing by Author "Sackett, Leonard"

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    • Alan W. Rice Papers 

      Rice, Alan W.; Sackett, Leonard; Rice, Alan W.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-07-29)
      Letter with biographical information on Thomas M. Walker, typed summary of interview (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, concerning Thomas Walker and his family who lived near Grandin, N.D. Includes a biographical sketch of ...

    • Arne and Josephine Gronbeck Interview 

      Gronbeck, Arne; Gronbeck, Josephine Vansgess; Sackett, Leonard; Gronbeck, Arne; Gronbeck, Josephine Vansgess; Sackett, Leonard (2015-10-16)
      Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with corrections concerning his work on the Helendale Farm. Includes some mention of J.B. Powers, his son Allie, and Gronbeck's wife Josephine Vangsness Gronbeck who worked as nursemaid ...

    • Charles E. Davis Interview 

      Davis, Charles E.; Sackett, Leonard; Davis, Charles E.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-11-24)
      Typed transcript of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the Baldwin Land Company farms in Dickey County, and their management. Owned by George Baldwin, and later, his sons George B. and Charles F. Baldwin.

    • Charles E. Grady Interview 

      Grady, Charles E.; Sackett, Leonard; Grady, Charles E.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-07-30)
      Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his pioneer father, Charles Grady, who worked for the Grandins at Quincy, N.D., the steamboat "Grandin" which was used to haul grain, and the first bridge across ...

    • Clarence Gaudland Interview 

      Gaudland, Clarence; Sackett, Leonard; Gaudland, Clarence; Sackett, Leonard (2015-08-03)
      Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his parents, Anton and Verna Gaudland; his father managed the Bollman Farm near Georgetown, Minn.; later entered a partnership in an elevator and mill at Goodrich, ...

    • Einar D. Anderson Interview 

      Anderson, Einar D.; Sackett, Leonard; Anderson, Einar D.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-07-29)
      Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning the De Casenove family of Virginia who owned land near Perley, Minn.

    • Elizabeth Vangsness Papers 

      Sackett, Leonard; Vangsness, Elizabeth; Sackett, Leonard; Vangsness, Elizabeth (2015-07-29)
      Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) concerning her father, Andrew Johnson, who homesteaded near Leonard, N.D. and Helendale Farm. Interview includes mention of her father, Andrew Johnson, who worked as a hired man at ...

    • Elliot W. McCleary Collection 

      McCleary, Elliot W.; Danielson, Fern; Sackett, Leonard; McCleary, Elliot W.; Danielson, Fern; Sackett, Leonard (2015-09-02)
      Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota, ...

    • Frank Schroeder Interview 

      Schroeder, Frank; Sackett, Leonard; Schroeder, Frank; Sackett, Leonard (4/7/2015)
      Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning Helendale Farm and the Farmers State Bank of Leonard. Includes description of the lakes around Helendale Farm, mentions draining some of the land, raising Percheron ...

    • George M. Scott Interviews 

      Scott, George M.; Sackett, Leonard; Scott, George M.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-12-02)
      Typed summary combining two interviews with Leonard Sackett concerning his years while working for Robert Reed of the Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Describes his duties, the Amenia Hotel and its boarders, buildings on ...

    • Gertrude G. Landt Interview 

      Landt, Gertrude G.; Sackett, Leonard; Landt, Gertrude G.; Sackett, Leonard (7/29/2015)
      Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning herself, her husband, Arthur B. Landt, his banking career in Hillsboro, N.D., later Northwood, N.D., his jobs after bank closure in 1932, and brief mention of their ...

    • Herbert Emmons Collection 

      Emmons, Herbert; Sackett, Leonard; Emmons, Herbert; Sackett, Leonard (2015-10-16)
      Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) concerning his father Jonathan Emmons, a Civil War veteran who settled in Cass County. He was a carpenter, a timber cutter, and did threshing work. Includes a photostatic copy of his ...

    • John G. Plath Papers 

      Plath, John G.; Sackett, Leonard; Cavanaugh, Gladys; Plath, John G.; Sackett, Leonard; Cavanaugh, Gladys (2015-06-09)
      Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam ...

    • John Horace Reed Collection 

      Reed, John Horace; Sackett, Leonard; Reed, John Horace; Sackett, Leonard (2015-12-08)
      Typed copies of two poems, "A Yankee farmer in the new west" and "A legend of Hitchcock's corner," from his Three score and ten and extracts from his diary covering March 1885 to August 9, 1925 concerning activities in his ...

    • Joseph Hanson Interview 

      Hanson, Joseph; Sackett, Leonard; Hanson, Joseph; Sackett, Leonard (2015-11-25)
      Typed carbon copy of interview summary (5 p.) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Dalrymple family, threshing, C.O. Vinje, mules, working on the Grandin Farms, use of blind horses to power grain elevators, and a letter.

    • Julius Smith Interview 

      Smith, Julius; Sackett, Leonard; Smith, Julius; Sackett, Leonard (2015-08-03)
      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.

    • Oscar P. Bakke Interview 

      Bakke, Oscar P.; Sackett, Leonard; Bakke, Oscar P.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-07-29)
      Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his father Oscar Bakke, a Norwegian immigrant, young Oscar's trapping and working on the Helendale Farm.

    • Peter Brooks Interview 

      Brooks, Peter; Sackett, Leonard; Brooks, Peter; Sackett, Leonard (2015-07-29)
      Typed summary of an interview (7 leaves) and corrections (7 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father James Brooks who homesteaded in Traill County, and worked on the Grandin farm; and his obituary.

    • Samuel M. Francis Interview 

      Francis, Samuel M.; Sackett, Leonard; Francis, Samuel M.; Sackett, Leonard (2015-07-29)
      Typed summary of interview with corrections concerning his father, his mother's family, the McEldowney's, homesteading near Ayr, N.D., the Elgin Farm, the Dalrymple Farm, the Park Farm, and their operation, including use ...

    • Thomas Campbell Collection 

      Campbell, Thomas; Sackett, Leonard; Campbell, Thomas; Sackett, Leonard (2015-10-19)
      Correspondence between Campbell and Leonard Sackett regarding the records of Campbell's wheat farm, the Cream of Wheat corporation, the Bull family, and bonanza farms. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings.