Anna Serum Interview, 1955-1956
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Abstract
Typed summary of two interviews with Leonard Sackett. First interview (2 leaves) with Anna Serum mentions the death of her father, working for Rachel Holstrom, and some of the men employed at Grandin Farm. Second interview (1 leaf) with Amelia (Melting) Oien, Anna's sister, a cook for threshing crews at Grandin Farm No. 1, includes mention of her wages, her husband, Clark Oien, and their purchase of farmland near Halstad, Minn. Also includes commentary (2 leaves) on a photograph of Anna Serum, seated before a lily pool on Grandin Farm No. 1 and wearing the uniform required by Rachel Holstrom. Includes comments by Frank Herman on other housekeepers employed by Rachel Holstrom, men who cooked for Grandin Farm crews, comments by Amelia Oien and Frank Herman on a photograph of farm crews in the winter and a description of buildings at the Grandin farmstead.