NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG3286.AM: Niels Chris Nielsen
Record book: 1879-1961
Cozad, Dawson County, Neb.: Farmer
Size: 1 reel of microfilm containing 1 volume
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
N.C. Nielsen, a Danish immigrant, settled on a homestead and tree claim north of Cozad, Nebraska. No other biographical information is available.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of one farm record book kept by N.C. Nielsen from 1879-1924. The book records farm expenses, income, and acreage production. Entries document items purchased or sold and what the items cost. Crop production is listed by type of crop and field location in a separate section. In 1924 Nielsen’s son-in-law, T.C. Jensen, began keeping the book. His entries continue until 1961. The record book was loaned for microfilming in February of 1962. The NSHS does not hold the original record book.
DESCRIPTION
Reel 1
Volume
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- Farm Record Book, 1879-1961
ADDED ENTRIES:
Agriculture — Nebraska — Dawson County
Dawson County (Neb.) — History
Farming — Nebraska — Dawson County
Jensen, T.C.
Nielsen, Niels Chris
DDS/ht 12-26-1973
Revised, kfk 04-14-2003
Encoded TMM 12-21-2010
