Charles A. Roberts Family Collection, 1925-1934, 1954
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Abstract
Newspaper clippings of the Roberts family. Includes a 1934 series of interviews of Matilda Roberts by Ida May Owen concerning life in early Fargo, with mention of her dressmaking business, selling sewing machines, the birth of her children, frequent absences of her husband, meeting Custer's widow, growth of Fargo, 1893 Fargo fire, and building her mansion in Fargo. Also includes clipping on their grandson, Vernon Roberts, pioneer Fargo aviator, and obituaries.