Norvin Ovrom Papers
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Abstract
Typed summary of interview (10 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the period his family lived at Clifford, N.D. Includes mention of his father, Waldemar, a Norwegian immigrant who worked as a store clerk in Wisconsin, later managed a general store owned by Anton Kraabel in Clifford, N.D., store robberies and fires in Clifford, Waldemar's own store and post office, his drugstore business, early businessmen in Clifford, installing early telephone lines in Clifford, N.D., description of buildings and equipment at the Jones and Brinker Farm, moving to Saint Paul, Minn. in the early 1900s and his various jobs. Also includes a brief mention of Norvin's daughter, Doris, and a pamphlet.