Finding Aids: Recent submissions

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    • John Beattie Papers, 1893-1952 

      Beattie, John; Beattie, John (11/8/2012)
      Two ledgers containing wage accounts of farm employees and records of personal property sale, financial records, land deeds, and Beattie's obituary.

    • Peter J. Zink Biography, 1960 

      Miller, Ralph L.; Miller, Ralph L. (11/8/2012)
      Original handwritten biographical sketch (24 leaves) of Peter Zink's life in Foster County, N.D. Includes mention of his brothers, Oscar and Wendlin, his children, his efforts to obtain a small loan, starting the Bank of ...

    • Mary Ann Gamble Papers, 1865-1902 

      Gamble, Mary Ann; Gamble, Mary Ann (11/8/2012)
      Copies of correspondence from Gamble and her children to her parents, the William Neills, in Beaverton, Ont., concerning family matters and frontier life in Kittson County, Minn.

    • H. Dan McGrew Papers, 1948-1955 

      McGrew, H. Dan; McGrew, H. Dan (11/8/2012)
      Letter, typed summary of interview with H. Dan and Zoe McGrew (3 leaves) concerning the Hill Farm, its buildings, the house, a dam built by Walter Hill and altered by Maurice Florance, the farm after the Florance family ...

    • Benjamin F. Mackall Family Papers, 1953-1955 

      Mackall, Benjamin F.; Mackall, Benjamin F. (11/8/2012)
      Correspondence; interviews with Mackall's son and daughter-in-law, Henry C. and Margaret (Robertson) Mackall, of Minneapolis, Minn., relating to Mackall, the family business, B.F. Mackall Inc., and John L. Grandin, owner ...

    • John A. Thornquist Papers, 1954 

      Thornquist, John A.; Thornquist, John A. (11/8/2012)
      Typed summary of interview concerning his friendship with A.G. Holstrom, whom he met in 1896 or 1897 and to whom he introduced Rachel Holmes who later married Holstrom, his visits to Grandin Farms as tailor to A.R. Dalrymple, ...

    • Roger and Bernadine (Lang) Kuhn Collection 

      Kuhn, Bernadine (Lang); Kuhn, Roger; Kuhn, Bernadine (Lang); Kuhn, Roger (2012-11-06)
      Six books in German and English. The books include dictionaries, songbooks, and religious books; dating from about 1859 to 1927.

    • Thomas Thompson Papers, 1887, 1925, 1955-1956 

      Thompson, Thomas; Thompson, Thomas (11/6/2012)
      Electrostatic copy of a work agreement, dated March 28, 1887 and signed by A.R. Dalrymple at Hague, N.D., of Thomas Thompson to work as a hired man and his wife as a cook for Grandin Farms, states their wages and other ...

    • Program for the Dedication of Pioneer Cemetery Marker, September 28, 1929 

      Daughters of the American Revolution, North Dakota State Society; Daughters of the American Revolution, North Dakota State Society (11/6/2012)
      Program for the dedication of the pioneer marker at the Mission of Holy Cross Cemetery, eight miles south of Fargo and the oldest in Cass County, N.D. Includes histories of the cemetery, home of Father Genin, Mission of ...

    • Esther (Schlecht) Fiechtner Collection 

      Fiechtner, Esther (Schlecht); Fiechtner, Esther (Schlecht) (2012-11-05)
      Fiechtner family Bible ("Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des alten und neues Testaments nach der deutschen Ueberfetzung Dr. Martin Luthers", St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, pages 1079 and 311)

    • Ida (Zeh) Bender Collection 

      Bender, Ida (Zeh); Bender, Ida (Zeh) (2012-11-02)
      A Zeh family history on John and Magdalena (Brandner) Zeh and five German books; 1850-1915, 2011.

    • Samuel A. March Papers, 1873-1956 

      March, Samuel A.; March, Samuel A. (11/1/2012)
      Correspondence; family history materials, including information (1873) relating to the Patrick family (family of March's wife) compiled by William Patrick; copy of pamphlet concerning the farm; deeds; and interview with ...

    • Garrison Dam and Diversion Project Records, 1948-1980 

      Garrison Diversion Project; Garrison Diversion Project (11/1/2012)
      Pamphlets, articles, and newspaper clippings on the history of the Garrison project from the 1950s through the early 1970s. Includes mention of people, organizations, and places involved, including C.S.N.D., Inc. (Committee ...

    • Hill and Cuthbertson Families Papers, 1931, 1955-1960 

      Hill Family; Cuthbertson; Hill Family; Cuthbertson (11/1/2012)
      Typed summary of interview (1 leaf) with Alexander and Mae Hill Cuthbertson concerning his father, John Cuthbertson, who was born at Kilmarnock, Scotland, immigrated to Lucknow, Ontario, and moved to Absaraka, N.D. in 1882; ...

    • Ole Peter Wiig Papers, 1950, 1954-1957 

      Wiig, Ole Peter; Wiig, Ole Peter (11/1/2012)
      Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the ...

    • Blanchard Farm Records, 1902, 1954 

      Blanchard Farm (N.D.); Blanchard Farm (N.D.) (11/1/2012)
      Letter of David McCulloch to Datus Smith, correspondence of Mrs. E. H. Smith of Linton, N.D. to Leonard Sackett, and her reminiscences about life on the bonanza farm, and her father David McCulloch who was its farm superintendent.

    • Anna Sheidegger Papers, 1954 

      Scheidegger, Anna; Scheidegger, Anna (10/18/2012)
      Interview with Anna Scheidegger and her cousin, Adolph Oien, concerning her life. Includes her first job at the Ole Viker farm, working from 3 a.m. to midnight, cooking at Grandin No. 4 Farm near Halstad, Minn., John Wynan, ...

    • William W. Warren Family Papers, 1953-1954 

      Warren, W. W. (William Webster); Warren, W. W. (William Webster) (10/18/2012)
      Correspondence with Lottie (Warren) Johnson, concerning W.W. Warren, her grandfather, and Fred Warren, his son and Lottie's father. Also includes a letter from Elling H. Lee whose sister Bertha married Fred Warren in 1884. ...

    • Charles Bohnsack Papers, 1859-1957 

      Bohnsack, Charles; Bohnsack, Charles (10/18/2012)
      Typed summary of interview (10 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Grandin farms where Bohnsack worked, his early life, and clippings about him, his children, and their farmland. FOLDER

    • Thomas H. Canfield Papers, 1950, 1954 

      Canfield, Thomas Hawley; Canfield, Thomas Hawley (10/16/2012)
      Letter from son Thomas Canfield, Jr. to Leonard Sackett, illustrated sale brochure on the Canfield farm near Lake Park, Minn., a typed, incomplete biographical piece (1 leaf) entitled When North Dakota's capitol city, ...