This collection consists of a paper written by Gayle Schraml, about the Francis Schraml farm near Madison Lake, Minnesota. The author discusses the history of the Schraml farm, its soil characteristics, and the history of the title to the land. Graphs, photographs, and maps of the area are all included in the paper. The paper was written in 1965, as an assignment for Dr. Burt Burns’ Historical Geography class at Mankato State College.