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Manuscripts

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Typical People

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Typical People

The papers of typical people are an important illustration of what everyday life was like for our grandparents and earlier generations. What was it like to go to school in the 1960s? to farm in the 1940s? to date in the 1920s? to come to live in Minnesota before there were roads?

Some examples from the collection include:

  • John W. Blair Papers (railroad porter)
  • Artie and Ilma Cale and Family Papers (farmers)
  • Lottie M. Howard Papers (teacher)
  • Antoinette Porter King and Family Papers (pioneers)
  • Raphael Zon Papers (forester)
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