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Discusses her life on a farm in Yellow Medicine County. Also discusses role of Norwegian immigrants in the county ca. 1890s, as well as her role as housekeeper and mother.

Scope and Contents A retired farmer's wife, age 89, who married at age 18 and moved to South Dakota to farm, and in 1911 to Montevideo where she farmed until the 1940's. Both Laura and her husband were involved in co-operative movements in Chippewa County. She was also active in the Farmers Union, and for a short time active in the Farm Holiday. Topics discussed are the various farmers' coops in Montevideo over the years Co-op Canning Company, Co-op Store, activities of the Farmers' Union, and general farm...

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Early Irish settlements in the Lake Benton area: 1874 Indian scare; First Church services; First school in the area; Tree Claims; Lake Benton steamboat; First automobiles; Curing meat; Grasshopper plagues; Hunting, fishing and recreation; Interview with members

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Recorded oral history and transcript about early Scandinavian settlements in the Lake Benton, Minnesota area. Early hardships and experience, Danebod College, Tyler Orphan Home, Tyler, Minnesota, Diamond Lake Church, Social Events, Traveling companies, circuses, Chautauqua Opera House in Lake Benton, Early School life. Interviewees were: Iver Anderson, Hanna Thomsen Krog, Hans Krog, Grace Soduling Marti.

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Mrs. Pankonin, age 100, gives reflections on being a young German immigrant girl when her parents were early settlers in Blue Earth County. She talks about the life of a young girl on a frontier farm, church life and schooling. Later reflections as a housewife and mother on a Cottonwood County farm.

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Swedish settlers around Dawson and Canby in Yellow Medicine County. Changes in farming.

Scope and Contents Pieper, age 102, is a German immigrant who came to Minnesota in 1890, working for a while in Steele County, as a hired man on a farm. In 1898 married and moved to Clara City, Chippewa County where he started to farm and purchased a 120 acre farm. Discusses farm life and changes on the farm from 1898 to 1940's when he retired. Reference made to Farmers' Alliance, Nonpartisan League, and Farm Holiday. Was active in organization of Farmers' Co-op Elevator and Farmers' Co-op Telephone Company at...

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Items: Folder 1. S. J. Races' (County superintendent of Schools) letter requesting a dictionary; S. J. Races' letter to School Boards of Redwood County, Minnesota Cash receipts for bolts, wash dish and dipper; Volume: 1. School Register: 1883-1886; 2. School Register: 1887-1891; 3. School Register: 1892-1899; 4. School Register: 1900-1908; 5. Clerk's Record Book: 1894-1898; 6. Clerk's Record Book: 1888-1892; 7. Classification Register: 1902-1908

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Farming and childhood in Yellow Medicine County during the first half of 1900s