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Bratland, Ella Radcliffe, 1900-1973,. Papers, 1954-1956.

Title: Papers, 1954-1956.

Letter, typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and corrections (3 leaves), concerning the Helendale Farm, James B. Power, her father Thomas W. Radcliffe, his career as appraiser and legislator, and obituaries of her father and brother.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28365829 View

Ladd, Edwin Fremont, 1859-1925. Family papers, 1890-1966.

Title: Family papers, 1890-1966.

Correspondence (letterpress book for 1890-1895), speeches, articles, biographical material, newspaper clippings, and subject files relating to Ladd's life and career. Subjects include food adulteration, pure food laws, adulteration of paint, wheat varieties especially durum wheat and velvet chaff, patent medicine and drug labeling. Also includes Ladd family history, genealogy, and letters (1890-1895) to James B. Power and James H. Bosard concerning the formation of the North Dakota Dairymen's Association, correspondence with H.L. Bolley concerning protection of certified seed. Includes photocopy of 1936 master's thesis by P. Olaf Sigerseth, University of North Dakota, entitled "Pure food legislation of 1906," and "A chemist in the Senate : Edwin Fremont Ladd, 1921-1925," 1967 master's thesis by Alfred C. Melby, University of North Dakota, a typed original copy of "Edwin Fremont Ladd and the preservation of man," (14 leaves) by D.M. Rogness, North Dakota State University, a typed copy of "Abstracts of bulletins prepared by members of the staff of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry from 1892-date" (1936).

ArchivalResource: .8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29306360 View

Walburg, Peter J., 1877-1961,. Interview, 1955.

Title: Interview, 1955.

Letter, typed summary of interview (15 leaves) concerning J.B. Power, Helendale Farm, Amenia and Sharon Land Company, and his father Peter Walburg, a Swiss immigrant. Includes mention of their homestead near the Maple River, his work on Dalrymple No. 1 Farm, son Peter's first jobs as mule driver, choreboy, and herding horses for the Dalrymples, cutting wood at Helendale Farm, his father, and later Martin Hanson, hauling mail, Helendale Farm's soil, selling out and moving to Leonard, N.D., working at Dalrymple Farms, P.O. Peterson, Eric Peterson, and Tom Alme, Dalrymple foremen, Deering grain binders and their repair, feeding the hired men, wages for hired men, hog feeding and butchering, his father's alcoholism, renting Amenia and Sharon farmland, A.E. Cure and Robert Love, Amenia and Sharon employees, Robert Reed, crop agreement with Amenia and Sharon, Peter J. Walburg's jobs as auctioneer and Cass County deputy sheriff after he quit farming.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30330905 View

Almlie, Oliver, 1878-1961,. Interview, 1957.

Title: Interview, 1957.

Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Engebredt Almlie, and himself, both of whom worked on the Helendale farm of J.B. Power.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27371046 View

Plath, John G., 1871-1959,. Collection, 1956-1959.

Title: Collection, 1956-1959.

Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29904184 View

Power, J. B. (James Buel), 1833-1912. Family papers, 1872-1930.

Title: Family papers, 1872-1930.

Correspondence, chiefly 14 volumes of indexed letterpress copybooks (1873-1903) containing information on the inside operation of railroads and the opening of North Dakota farmland, especially the Red River Valley. Some personal correspondence is included along with extensive correspondence between family members and the Institute. Letterpress books covering 1878-1894 have been transcribed. Also includes brief interview (1 leaf) with Ethelwyn Power, financial and legal papers, speeches, architectural drawings, minutes, farm diaries (1898-1924), farm expense records, and livestock inventories (1916-1924) for Helendale Farm, tax statements for Minnesota and North Dakota properties. Includes newspaper clippings concerning J.B. Power, his Shorthorn cattle, and J.A. Power. Three papers and one article concerning the life and career of J.B. Power are included.

ArchivalResource: 3.7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29767196 View

Vangsness, George C., 1870-1958,. Collection, 1956, 1958.

Title: Collection, 1956, 1958.

Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, Ole Vangsness, a Norwegian immigrant and preacher, and Helendale Farm. Includes mention of George's brother, Louis, and sisters, Mary and Ellen, all working at Helendale Farm, his father Ole, a mail carrier and a preacher, very brief mention of J.B. Power. Also includes George Vangness' obituary.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30151885 View

Halvorson, George, 1880-1962,. George and Martha Halvorson interview, 1954.

Title: George and Martha Halvorson interview, 1954.

Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning J.B. Power, Helendale Farm, Mrs. Halvorson's employment as a temporary cook at Helendale Farm, and her father, Ole Germanson, Norwegian immigrant from Telemark, Norway.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28840200 View

Power, Frank B., 1900-. Interview, 1956.

Title: Interview, 1956.

Interview and corrections (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his recollections of J.B. Power and Helendale Farm, corrections by Ethelwyn Power. Includes mention of birth and death dates of J.B. Power's children: Charles M., George, Helen, and twins, James A. and Clara, Helen's death at boarding school, J.B.'s brother, William, J.B.'s employment with Northern Pacific Railroad, some history of Helendale Farm, J.B. Power's financial losses, description of farm buildings especially the main house, rebuilding the house after a fire, draining wetlands, Frank and Newman becoming business partners.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29736638 View

Anderson, Lars, 1878-1965,. Interview, 1954.

Title: Interview, 1954.

Typed summary of an interview with Leonard Sackett concerning James B. Power, the Helendale Farm and its operations, buildings, livestock, Power's son Allie and his banking career, as well as Mr. Anderson's obituary.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (13 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28260936 View

Reed, Robert B., 1874-1960,. Collection, 1955-1960.

Title: Collection, 1955-1960.

Typed summary of first interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett includes mention of the Chaffee family, Helendale Farm, description of a round grain elevator at Amenia, handling grain, his uncle, Cornelius Reed, who worked at the Amenia grain elevator, plows and grain binders used at Amenia and Sharon, Amenia store, description of various sections of Amenia and Sharon land, Robert and John Reed buying cattle and sheep, raising sheep at the Amenia and Sharon, the Reed-Sargent farm partnership (John and Robert Reed, E.C. and Frank Sargent), and Billy Sunday. Second interview (2 leaves) with corrections concerns Allie Power, a roommate of Robert Reed when they attended North Dakota Agricultural College. Includes a brief mention of J.B. Power's Shorthorn cattle, Allie Power's funeral, and firewood from Helendale Farm. Also includes a reminiscence (2 leaves) of an 1898 cattle drive, two clippings, and a list of names of the first North Dakota Agricultural College football team, identified from a photograph (held in Institute collections).

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29817627 View

Ankerfelt, Emil Carl, 1882-. Interview, 1956.

Title: Interview, 1956.

Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett (10 leaves) and corrections (3 leaves) concerning Ankerfelt's life, and the Helendale Farm upon which he worked. There is also some Ankerfelt family history information.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28260788 View