Clarence L. Spaulding Interview, 1955.
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Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Putnam Frost Spaulding, who was a financial backer of the March-Spaulding Farm at Warren, Minn. Includes mention of his father forming a partnership with S.A. March, his duties on the farm, cash flow at March-Spaulding Farm, a drunken foreman, runaway mules and horses, purchasing farm equipment and supplies in quantity, taking over after his father's death and the struggle to keep the land, dispersal sale of the farm's Holstein herd and the elevator. An addendum (1 leaf) to the interview explains the reason for Clarence Spaulding liquidating his properties.