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Dawson County Homestead Questionnaires, 1964
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- MacDonald, Marie Peterson
- Title
- Dawson County Homestead Questionnaires
- Dates
- 196419641964
- Quantity
- 1 reel microfilm
- Collection Number
- Collection 0148, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Dawson County Homestead Questionnaires microfilm reel contains images of pre-printed forms of ten basic questions regarding the respondent’s knowledge of homesteading law prior to settlement, journey to Montana, accommodations, time and place of location, experiences in registering claims, and other pertinent information regarding the process.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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Researchers citing this material must credit the Frontier Gateway Museum of Glendive, Montana as the institution holding the original documents.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Marie Peterson MacDonald was born in 1913 at Great Falls, Montana. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1936 and married Alexander C. MacDonald in 1941. Marie lived in Glendive, Montana for part of her life and she served on the city council and as the city librarian from 1964 to 1974. She wrote two books: Glendive; the History of a Montana Town (1968) and After Barbed Wire; a Pictorial History of the Homestead Rush into the Northern Great Plains, 1900-1919 (1963). For the latter work she collaborated with the Glendive chapter of the American Association of University Women to produce a questionnaire form that was distributed to area homesteader families. The completed forms were later deposited in the Frontier Gateway Museum at Glendive. MacDonald moved to Lompoc, California after her retirement and died on July 24, 1988.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Dawson County Homestead Questionnaires microfilm reel contains images of pre-printed forms of ten basic questions regarding the respondent’s knowledge of homesteading law prior to settlement, journey to Montana, accommodations, time and place of location, experiences in registering claims, and other pertinent information regarding the process.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Original questionnaires completed by various Dawson County homestead owners created and collected by Marie MacDonald were loaned to the Montana State University library for microfilming in the summer of 1964. The questionnaires were returned to her on August 27 of that year.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2018 May 30
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Kim Allen Scott, 2018
June 18, 2018
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
