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Collection 0148, MtBC, us
MacDonald, Marie
Peterson
Dawson County Homestead
Questionnaires
1964
1 reel microfilm
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.
Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
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.
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.
Researchers citing this material must credit the Frontier Gateway Museum of Glendive,
Montana as the institution holding the original documents.
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.
This collection was processed 2018 May 30
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