Lone Elm Farm photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of ninety-nine photographs. They document the Lone Elm Farm in Menominee County, Michigan and the Benson and Christiansen families who lived there.
Dates
- 1885 - 2010
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some items have no copyright; others are still under copyright. See item-level metadata for which items are under copyright.
Biographical / Historical
Lone Elm Farm was a family farm in Menominee County, Michigan. The farm was founded by Peter and Emma Benson in the late 1890s. Their son, Andrew Benson Sr., took over the farm in the 1930s, after living on adjacent land in a log house with his wife, Hanna Christensen Benson, and their 12 children. Andrew's son Jerry took over operation of the farm after Andrew's death in 1955, though Hanna continued to live on the farm and do the housework for her bachelor son until the mid-1980s.
Family Tree:
Peter Benson m. Emma Anderson.
Children: Andrew 1890 - 1955, James, Emma, Mary.
Knut Christensen m. Andrea Larsson. Children: Edwin Cornelius Christensen, 1886 - 1901; Alvin Christensen, 1890 - 1890; Johannah Oline (Hanna) Christensen, 1891 - 1984; Charley LaRoy Christensen, 1891 - 1905; Freddie Gilbert Christensen, 1895 - 1896; Alf Leonard Christensen, 1897 - ??; Annie May Christensen, 1897 - 1972; Adolph Martinius Christensen, 1898 - ??; Ruth Olivia Christensen, 1901 - ??; Helen Sophie Christensen, 1904 - ??
Extent
99 items
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to UPLINK by Jodi Perras as a result of the community digitization event held in Stephenson in August 2022. The event was sponsored by the Menominee County Library and funded by the Michigan Humanities Council.
View This Collection Online
This collection is part of UPLINK, the Upper Peninsula Digital Network. You can see it on the UPLINK website here.
- Agriculture. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Menominee County (Mich.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nadeau Township (Mich.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Lone Elm Farm photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Annika Peterson
- Date
- 16 November 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Upper Peninsula Digital Network Community Donations Repository
