Dawson County Historical Society [RG2703.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID



RG2703.AM:  Dawson County Historical Society



Manuscripts:  1958, 1960

Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska

Size:  2 items on 1 reel of microfilm



SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE



This collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing two typed manuscripts:  1) “A short biographical sketch of the life of Mr. Daniel Freeman and that of his wife, Mrs. Louisa (Smith) Freeman,” by Charles J. Freeman, 1958; and 2) “As I remember things, and some old landmarks when I was a kid in 1890 and later years,” by Alva T. Anderson, 1960.  The material in this collection relates to the early history of Dawson County, Nebraska.



DESCRIPTION



Reel 1

Item




    1. “A short biographical sketch of the life of Mrs. Daniel Freeman and that of his wife, Mrs. Louisa (Smith) Freeman,” by their youngest son, Charles Jonathan Freeman, 1958; 14 pp.

    1. “As I remember things, and some old landmarks when I was a kid in 1890 and later years,” by Alva T. Anderson, April 1, 1960; 38 pp.



 



Subject headings:



Anderson, Alva T., 1886-1981

Dawson County, Nebraska — History

Freeman, Charles Jonathan, 1873-1970

Freeman, Daniel, 1830-1877

Freeman, Louisa (Smith), 1832-1918

Frontier and pioneer life



 



LW/JS                  02-13-1965

Revised TMM      04-24-2018

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