ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

CHESTER SAMPSON PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #989

DATES: 1936-1937

SIZE: 2 folders

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Chester Sampson Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Oliver Sampson, Edmore, North Dakota, in July 1984 (Acc. #84-1331).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Chester Carl Oliver Sampson was born in Park River, North Dakota, on September 8, 1896. He was inducted into the United States Army on November 5, 1918, and was sent to Fargo where he served in the Students Army Training Corps at North Dakota Agricultural College. With the end of World War I, he was discharged on December 20, 1918.

He married Thelma Ann Lowe of Westhope, North Dakota, in February 1920. The couple had seven children: Ada, Ole, Alda, Constance, Carol, Oliver, and Lowe. Sampson operated the Lazy SS Ranch, a farm in Triumph Township, Ramsey County. Prior to WWII he established an outstanding herd of Ayrshire milk cows and after the war switched to grains and registered polled Herefords.

Chester Sampson died in June 1975, followed by his wife, Thelma, in November 1976.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Chester Sampson Papers consist of a report of a 1936-1937 audit of the Farmers' Union Oil Company in Edmore, North Dakota, along with a “Farm Account Book” for Sampson’s Lazy SS Ranch, dated 1936.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Audit of the Farmers' Union Oil Company, Edmore, North Dakota: November 1, 1936 - October 31, 1937
2. “Farm Account Book,” Lazy SS Ranch: 1936

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