Gene Sloan started Minot Typewriter Company in 1936
in a small building on the site that is now occupied by the Midwest Federal
Building. The business had a franchise with L.C. Smith Co. In 1941 Gene joined
the Navy. George Osdoba, then a mechanic for Office Specialties, Co., took up
where Sloan left off. In 1942 he changed the name to Minot Typewriter Agency
but soon changed it back to Minot Typewriter Co. During the war there was very
little merchandise to sell so 95% of the business was repair and service work.
In 1944, Truman Graves left Gaffaney’s in Grand Forks to join Osboda. Minot
Typewriter was at R.C. Allen, Underwood-Olivetti and Steelcase franchises.
Minot Memories is a blog that pertains to the city of Minot, ND. It is brief glimpses of people, places, things and events of Minot's past that will provide some insight into the history of Minot. This photo Main Street looking south from the railroad tracks about 1940
Allen Butz and Ron Kjelshus purchased Minot Typewriter from Truman Graves in 1977 and ran the business until 1994 or soon after.
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