| Title | File | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HTML | XML | ALPHA CENTER FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE INITIATIVES, INC.: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00003 |
| Correspondence and memoranda, audit reports, board minutes, and other records kept by Minneapolis businessman Judson Bemis as chairman of a national nonprofit organization he and other business executives founded in 1985 to assist for-profit entrepreneurs to privatize the delivery of human services in the hope of relieving the burden on government and philanthropy of providing these services and of making their delivery more efficient and effective. Includes some files of predecessor and related organizations. | |||
| HTML | XML | KNOX LUMBER COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Company Records | 00004 |
| Records of a Saint Paul-based cash and carry retail lumber yard and hardware business and its predecessors, as well as Knox president Larry Platt's experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II. | |||
| HTML | XML | GREAT NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY THEATRE: An Inventory of Its Production Files at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00005 |
| Research and production files of Lance Belville, who founded the theater in 1978 as the St. Paul History Theatre and served as its artistic director and principal playwright, as well as some operational records of the theater from the premier season in 1979 until the time Belville left in 1995. The theater specialized in dramatizing the history of St. Paul and its neighborhoods, although many plays document other events and topics in Minnesota history. | |||
| HTML | XML | TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00006 |
| Minutes (1904-1962), historical data (1905-1918), membership booklets (1909-1958), and scrapbooks (1900-1962) of an organization begun in 1900 as the Young Matrons' Club. The members were young women with children who met to discuss child rearing and household tasks. In 1917 the name was changed to reflect its broader interests and it became affiliated with the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs. It ceased operating in the 1960s. | |||
| HTML | XML | AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY: An Inventory of Its Records | 00008 |
| Records of the Minnesota section of a professional association of chemists. | |||
| HTML | XML | ELIZABETH MUSSER: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00009 |
| Correspondence, minutes, financial records, newsletters, annual reports, and similar files documenting Musser's voluntary leadership activities in the following St. Paul (Minn.) organizations: Ordway Music Theatre; Dale Warland Singers; Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research; Saint Paul-Ramsey Arts and Science Council and its successor, Saint Paul-Ramsey United Arts Council; Landmark Center; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association. | |||
| HTML | XML | C. ELMER ANDERSON: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00010 |
| The collection contains the personal papers of C. Elmer Anderson, governor of Minnesota (1951-1955), mayor of Nisswa, Minnesota (1960-1962), and mayor of Brainerd, Minnesota (1976-1986). It includes speech transcriptions, personal and official correspondence, photographs, campaign materials, certifications of his elections to office, and citations and awards during his service in public office. | |||
| HTML | XML | CAROLEN BAILEY: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00011 |
| Correspondence, minutes, training materials (1967-1990), speeches (1962-1991), scrapbook (1967-1991), newsletters, audio cassettes (1974), and photographs relating to a woman who was a St. Paul (Minn.) police officer from 1961 to 1991. She became a leader in training law enforcement personnel to recognize child and wife abuse. Bailey also served as a consultant to, and a member of, several state and national law enforcement organizations. | |||
| HTML | XML | JOAN DRESSEN: An Inventory of the Dressen Family Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00012 |
| Correspondence, news clippings, and other material collected by Joan and Roger Dressen of Hopkins, Minnesota, documenting their involvement in organizations for the parents and families of gay and lesbian people. | |||
| HTML | XML | RUDY BOSCHWITZ: An Inventory of His Papers | 00013 |
| Senatorial records of Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.), a Minnesota businessman who served two terms in the U.S. Senate (1979-1991). | |||
| HTML | XML | MAYBELLE BREKKEN: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00014 |
| Diaries (1911-1991), newspaper clippings, autograph book (1902-1904), photographs, class assignments and evaluations (1914-1953), school resource evaluation (1984-1985), and a video cassette (1986) relating to Maybelle Ida Jacobson Quarberg Brekken, a Minnesota teacher and housewife. She taught in Crookston and in rural Polk County schools, and later lived in Minneapolis. | |||
| HTML | XML | CHESTER BRUVOLD: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00015 |
| Correspondence, printed materials, and case files of a Minneapolis lawyer and pacifist who representated conscientious objectors, anti-war protesters, and cooperatives. | |||
| HTML | XML | AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS. TWIN CITIES CHAPTER: An Inventory of Its Records | 00017 |
| Organizational records including minutes, committee files, financial information, membership directories, concert programs, and convention material documenting a Twin Cities area chapter of the American Guild of Organists that was founded in 1910. | |||
| HTML | XML | WILLIAM L. CARSS: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00018 |
| Correspondence, invitations, newsletters, printed materials, and related papers regarding Carss' activities as a (Farmer-Labor) U.S. representative from Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District (1919-1921, 1925-1929). | |||
| HTML | XML | HELEN SPINK HENTON: An Inventory of Her Papers | 00019 |
| Personal papers, including biographical and genealogical information, related to Helen Spink Henton and her husband, Robert Beach Henton, both lawyers and long-term residents of Olivia, Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | BRIAN J. COYLE: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00020 |
| Personal, political, and official papers documenting the life and career of a gay activist and Minneapolis (Minn.) city council member. | |||
| HTML | XML | BRIAN J. COYLE: An Inventory of His Papers | 00020s |
| Personal, political, and official papers documenting the life and career of a gay activist and Minneapolis (Minn.) city council member. | |||
| HTML | XML | CHURCH WOMEN UNITED IN GREATER MINNEAPOLIS: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00021 |
| Histories, membership directories (1935-1986), and scrapbooks (1945-1990) of an ecumenical organization of Protestant women and, later, Catholic and Jewish women, in the Twin Cities (Minn.). The organization was affiliated with the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. | |||
| HTML | XML | J.M. DALGLISH COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00022 |
| Photographs, design blueprints, motion picture films, and correspondence of a metal fabricating company established in 1927 as general manufacturing agents for various products. The company fulfilled defense contracts during World War II and manufactured lawn mowers and similar items afterward. | |||
| HTML | XML | TERRY DEMPSEY: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00023 |
| Legislative papers of a Minnesota state representative (Independent-Republican, District 23A) who was elected in 1978 and resigned in 1992 to accept a judicial appointment. | |||
| HTML | XML | DANIEL J. ELAZAR An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00025 |
| Articles, family memoirs, and miscellaneous materials authored by a Minneapolis-born professor of political science. | |||
| HTML | XML | RHODA J. EMERY: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00026 |
| Family histories and genealogies, including charts (1598-1963); family correspondence and school papers (1842-1951); diaries (1889-1905); and photographs documenting the interrelated George and Emery families of Oronoco and Rochester (Minn.) and the Wood family of Douglas (Minn.). | |||
| HTML | XML | EPISCOPAL CHURCHWOMEN, DIOCESE OF MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00027 |
| Minutes and related papers (1882-1984); financial records (1901-1985); reports (1961-1979); yearbooks, handbooks, and directories (1959-1990); annual meeting files (1985-1992); and historical information, constitutions, and bylaws (1882-1955) created by an organization founded in 1882 as a cooperative effort by Episcopal women to raise funds for missionaries and their families, later expanding its work to encompass all types of social action on behalf of diverse groups. | |||
| HTML | XML | FAIRVIEW DEACONESS HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00028 |
| Minutes (1888-1986) of the board and several subunits, some correspondence, scrapbooks (1939-1972), photographs, miscellaneous financial and patient information, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating to the nursing program of a hospital founded in 1888 by the Deaconess Society of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. | |||
| HTML | XML | EDGAR F. FINEGAN: An Inventory of His Railroad Timetables and Calendars at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00029 |
| Passenger timetables, illustrated wall calendars, and miscellaneous brochures issued by several railroads serving Minnesota, by Amtrak, and by some other companies, including the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Pullman Company, W.H. Miner, Inc., Fruit Growers Express Company, and Western Fruit Express Company. There is also information about Glacier National Park, and about excursions there and to other points offered by the Great Northern Railway Company. | |||
| HTML | XML | FIRST MIDWEST CORPORATION (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.).: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records | 00030 |
| Records of a Minneapolis-based holding company that provided venture capital to small businesses through a small business investment subsidiary, First Midwest Capital Corporation, and its predecessor, First Midwest Small Business Investment Company. | |||
| HTML | XML | MARY M. FORSYTHE: An Inventory of Her Legislative Files at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00031 |
| Correspondence (1975-1990), legislative committee files (1973-1990), legislative subject files (1972-1988), campaign files (1972, 1981-1988), National Conference of State Legislatures files (1976-1983), audio cassettes, and miscellaneous papers of a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (Independent-Republican, Edina, 1971-1991). | |||
| HTML | XML | SYD FOSSUM: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00032 |
| Correspondence (1934-1978), subject files, scrapbooks (1933-1965), art show catalogs (1930-1960s), minutes of the Minnesota Artists Association (1935-1938), writings (1947-1970), and mimeograph army newspapers (1945) of an artist and an activist for artists' concerns. | |||
| HTML | XML | FRANEY, EDWARD MARX: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00033 |
| The papers document the League's and Franey's involvement in a number of conservation issues including the discontinuance of fox bounties, enactment of a ban on tagged fishing contests, the "Save Minnesota Wetland" campaign, creation of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest, preservation of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and creation of the Voyageurs National Park. | |||
| HTML | XML | ARVONNE S. FRASER: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00034 |
| Personal papers pertaining to the life, voluntary activities, and professional career of a Minneapolis feminist. | |||
| HTML | XML | PEAVEY COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Records | 00037 |
| Subject files, financial and accounting volumes, minutes, unpublished annual reports, correspondence, patent files, trademark files, company printed, photographs, scrapbooks, and motion pictures and audio tapes relating to the Peavey Company, a family-held, Minneapolis-based grain merchandising and processing firm. | |||
| HTML | XML | BERNARD P. BECKER: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00038 |
| Court case documents, correspondence, minutes, monographs, newspaper clippings, and related papers largely documenting Becker's involvement in court actions brought by various Minnesota bands of Ojibwe Indians against the State of Minnesota relating to the violation of hunting, fishing, and wild rice harvesting rights guaranteed by treaties. They include papers regarding white citizens' committees opposed to Indian rights, and the reservations' housing authorities and legal services. | |||
| HTML | XML | IRENE GOMEZ-BETHKE: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00039 |
| Papers of a Minneapolis-born, Mexican-American woman who was a leader in the Minneapolis and St. Paul Hispanic communities. The papers document her work with and involvement in several Hispanic cultural, legal, and human service organizations in the Twin Cities, the Hispanic ministries of the local Roman Catholic archdiocese, and her service in state and local government. | |||
| HTML | XML | UNION GOSPEL MISSION: An Inventory of Its Records | 00040 |
| HTML | XML | PAUL S. SWENSSON: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00042 |
| Personal and business papers of a newspaperman who was managing editor of the Minneapolis Tribune (1950-1955) and Minneapolis Star (1956-1961) newspapers, a member of the Hopkins, Minnesota school board, and later executive director of the Wall Street Journal's Newspaper Fund and a journalism professor at Temple and Columbia universities. | |||
| HTML | XML | JOAN GROWE: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00043 |
| Personal papers, primarily consisting of campaign files, speeches, and subject files, of a former DFL state legislator from the Minnetonka and Eden Prairie area who later served as Minnesota Secretary of State for 24 years. | |||
| HTML | XML | MARGUERITE GUINOTTE: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00044 |
| Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and related materials of a French woman who came to St. Paul (Minn.) in 1907 to teach French at the Miss Loomis School and was later assistant professor of French at the University of Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | ROBERT E. HANSEN: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00045 |
| Correspondence, administrative records, subject files, photographs, ephemera, and scrapbooks largely documenting Robert E. Hansen's career as member and officer in the Minnesota and national Veterans of Foreign Wars and, secondarily, as executive director (1974-1988) of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR). There is also some information on his father, Chris B. Hansen, a St. Paul building contractor. | |||
| HTML | XML | GERALD W. HEANEY An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00047 |
| Legal case files and political and personal papers of United States Court of Appeals (8th Circuit) judge Gerald W. Heaney, a Duluth lawyer and Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party activist appointed to the appeals court bench in 1966. | |||
| HTML | XML | JOSEPH C. SIMONSON: An Inventory of His Diaries and Related Papers | 00048 |
| Diaries, biographical information, and photographs of Joseph Simonson, a Lutheran minister and U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia (1953-1957). | |||
| HTML | XML | WILLIAM HERITAGE An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00049 |
| Papers of a Minnesota logging engineer and forester who spent forty years with the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. Includes correspondence and subject files, land examination field books, work diaries, photograph albums, and maps and papers containing information about logging operations, lumber milling, and other aspects of BIA management of forests on Indian reservations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and several other states. | |||
| HTML | XML | LOUIS W. HILL, JR.: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00050 |
| Correspondence, minutes, subject files, reports, campaign material, legislative bills, and newspaper clippings of a St. Paul member of the conservative caucus of the Minnesota House of Representatives. | |||
| HTML | XML | HONEYWELL INC.: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Society | 00051 |
| Business records, patent files, company-produced newsletters and periodicals, photographs, and sound and visual recordings of a Minneapolis-based multinational company widely known as a manufacturer of thermostats for residential and commercial heating systems, aeronautical devices and controls for military and commercial aircraft, and as a manufacturer of mainframe computers. Includes records of predecessor and subsidiary companies. | |||
| HTML | XML | RONALD M. HUBBS: An Inventory of His Papers | 00052 |
| Correspondence and memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, speeches, printed material, and other papers relating to St. Paul insurance executive Ronald M. Hubbs, and to his involvement in the business, educational, and cultural life of St. Paul and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. There is some material relating to the St. Paul Companies, and to related and predecessor companies. | |||
| HTML | XML | JOAN MONDALE: An Inventory of Her Personal Papers | 00054 |
| Speech and trip files, correspondence files, subject files, clippings, and audio-visual materials documenting Mrs. Walter Mondale's activities as the wife of a politician and diplomat, and as an advocate for, and promoter of, the arts. | |||
| HTML | XML | PETER J. RACHLEFF: An Inventory of His Papers Relating to the Hormel Strike | 00056 |
| Papers documenting the activities of local and national groups supporting a strike (1985-1987) of United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9 against the Austin (Minn.) plant of George A. Hormel & Company. | |||
| HTML | XML | GEORGE LATIMER: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00058 |
| Biographical information, correspondence, financial and fundraising materials, polls and questionnaires, research files, news releases, clippings and magazine articles, campaign literature, schedules, and audio and video tapes compiled by George Latimer as mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | FRANK P. LESLIE: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00061 |
| Correspondence (1932-1972), subject files, newspaper clippings, photographs, printed material, and phonograph records relating to a Minneapolis paper company executive and book collector. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA CLERGY AND LAITY CONCERNED: An Inventory of Its Vietnam War Opposition Papers | 00062 |
| Papers relating to the Minnesota Clergy and Laity Concerned's activities in opposition to the Vietnam War and U.S. draft policies. | |||
| HTML | XML | KWAME AND MARY McDONALD: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00064 |
| Biographical information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and subject files, school materials, and other papers created by St. Paul (Minn.) African-American community activist Kwame McDonald and his wife Mary. | |||
| HTML | XML | ADOLPH F. MEYER: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00065 |
| Project files and related papers of a hydraulic engineer and inventor who for many years maintained a consulting practice in Minneapolis (Minn.). The files include correspondence and memoranda, notes and calculations, project reports, maps, mechanical drawings, photographs, and hydrological, meteorological, and other data. | |||
| HTML | XML | GORDON MIKKELSON: An Inventory of His Papers | 00066 |
| Correspondence, memoranda, photographs, diaries, newspaper clippings, minutes, reports, financial records, maps, interviews, manuscripts, reminiscences, legal documents, speeches, themes, and printed matter related to the life and career of a Minneapolis civic leader, WCCO Radio executive, and conservationist. | |||
| HTML | XML | WALTER F. MONDALE: An Inventory of the Michael Berman Files at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00070 |
| Trip schedules (1977-1984); 1984 presidential campaign files; vice president's office expense reports (1976-1981); campaign contributor list (1988); and related materials from the files of Michael S. Berman, an aide to Minnesota Senator and U.S. Presidential candidate (1988) Walter F. Mondale. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION: An Inventory of Its Papers | 00071 |
| Minutes, reports, conference planning and program materials, committee files, membership handbooks and directories, photographs, publications, newsletters, and other records of an association of professional occupational therapists founded in Minnesota in 1932. | |||
| HTML | XML | BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN. CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY: An Inventory of the General Grievance Committee Records | 00072 |
| Subject and claim files of a general grievance committee representing 13 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen lodges in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. | |||
| HTML | XML | NEW CENTURY CLUB: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00073 |
| Historical information, articles of incorporation and bylaws, minutes (1887-2003), financial records (1887-1999), papers delivered at meetings (undated and 1891-2004), printed yearbooks (1895-2004), and miscellaneous records of a women's literary and study club organized in 1887 to promote social and literary activities and to provide intellectual stimulation for its members. | |||
| HTML | XML | NORTH COUNTRY CO-OP: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00074 |
| Financial records, collective log books and meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, store operations files, histories and reminiscences, and newspaper clippings of the longest running retail food cooperative in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The food cooperative engendered several affiliated worker and service cooperatives for which there are a few files. These include: North Country General Store, North Country Bookstore, North Country Hardware Store, North Country Department Store, North Country Co-op Library, and the North Country Development Fund. A small quantity of material pertains to the "co-op wars" and the dissolution of the People's Warehouse (Minneapolis, Minn.). | |||
| HTML | XML | WALTER O'MEARA: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00076 |
| Correspondence, photographs, slides, newspaper and magazine clippings, military records, photocopied book excerpts, notes, contracts, copyright forms, royalty statements, manuscripts, and book reviews documenting the life and career of an advertising copywriter and author born in Minneapolis and reared in Cloquet (Minn.). | |||
| HTML | XML | UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT'S QUETICO-SUPERIOR COMMITTEE: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00079 |
| Correspondence, minutes (1934-74), printed materials, newspaper clippings, newsletters and news releases (1947-73), maps (1938-1950s), and legal files documenting the many activities of a committee established on June 30, 1934, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 6783, to deal directly with U.S. government agencies in matters relating to conservation, preservation, and use of wilderness lands in northeastern Minnesota. The committee worked closely with the Quetico-Superior Council, a private organization sharing the same goals. | |||
| HTML | XML | JAMES P. SHANNON: An Inventory of His Papers | 00085 |
| Personal, business, and official papers documenting the life and career of a former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of St. Paul (Minn.) who also pursued careers as a college administrator, lawyer, and foundation director. | |||
| HTML | XML | ROCHESTER SILO An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00087 |
| Product line and sales information from a Rochester, Minnesota manufacturing company engaged in the production and sale of farm storage equipment. | |||
| HTML | XML | T. B. WALKER AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00093 |
| Personal papers and business records of a Minnesota lumber magnate and art collector, and of his descendants. Includes records of the Red River Lumber Company, a family-owned corporation that operated in both Minnesota and California. There are records of a variety of Walker's companies, business partnerships, and his art collection and gallery, as well as papers and business records of his children and grandchildren. | |||
| HTML | XML | TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00095 |
| Correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, historical information, agreements and contracts, bulletins, and similar files documenting the activities of a cooperative marketing association organized in 1915 to standardize practices in the marketing, pricing, and grading of dairy products among producers and dairies in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minn.). | |||
| HTML | XML | BRENDA UELAND: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00099 |
| Papers documenting the life (1891-1985) and career of a Minneapolis feminist and author. | |||
| HTML | XML | T.B. WALKER FOUNDATION AND RELATED FOUNDATIONS: An Inventory of Their Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00100 |
| Project files and administrative records of the T.B. Walker Foundation, the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation, and the Guthrie Theater Foundation, all based in Minneapolis and related to the family of Minneapolis lumberman T. B. (Thomas Barlow) Walker (1840-1928). Includes corporate record books, administrative subject files, financial and accounting information, news clippings, foundation officers' correspondence, notes and memoranda, and blueprint drawings. Much of the collection consists of project files and grant proposals containing background information on cultural, educational, religious, health, social welfare, scientific, conservation, and other organizations and programs in Minnesota, California, and elsewhere. There is information about the Walker Art Center and the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre (both in Minneapolis), the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Foundation, the Minnesota Theatre Company Foundation, theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie, programs for the treatment of alcoholism, and efforts to eliminate racism. | |||
| HTML | XML | WOMEN'S ART REGISTRY OF MINNESOTA: An Inventory of at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00101 |
| Records documenting the members, activities, and philosophy of a women's art collective in Minneapolis. Records include minutes, correspondence, financial records, grant and funding information, subject files, artists' files, public relations files, newspaper clippings, slides and photographs, and audio and video cassettes. | |||
| HTML | XML | MAGNUS WEFALD: An Inventory of His Papers | 00102 |
| Personal correspondence, farm records, legal case files, personal and farm accounting records, personal and client tax returns, and legislative files of a country lawyer (1929-1983), farm owner (1938-1969), and state senator (1947-1958) from Hawley (Clay County), Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | RICHARD CHUTE: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00105 |
| Correspondence and papers of a pioneer Minneapolis businessman and his family. Includes information about Chute's involvement in the fur trade and his association with the Ewing and Chouteau fur trade interests; real estate deals in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; the construction of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad line; the promotion and development of Princeton, Minnesota with associate John S. Prince; the activities of the St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company, including the development of water power at Saint Anthony Falls; and the family's involvement in Twin Cities real estate through its Chute Brothers and Chute Brothers Company. | |||
| HTML | XML | WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TERMPERANCE UNION OF MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Records | 00106 |
| Records related to a women's organization focused primarily on the problems caused by the consumption of alcohol and the advocacy of individual abstinence and prohibition. | |||
| HTML | XML | WILLIAM M. CUMMINGS: An Inventory of His Diaries and Related Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00107 |
| Diaries and miscellaneous papers documenting the life of a St. Paul, Minnesota native who also lived in California (1957-1980, 1987-1995) and Florida (1983-1986). The collection provides a day-to-day account of the lives of a 20th century working class man and his family. | |||
| HTML | XML | GEORGE E. MACKINNON An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00108 |
| Subject files (1927-1995), judicial files (1969-1995), and personal papers (1938-1995) of a legislator, naval officer, congressman, Republican Party campaigner, U.S. district attorney for Minnesota, gubernatorial candidate, special assistant to the U. S. attorney general, corporate attorney for Investors Diversified Services, and U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit. The papers include correspondence and memoranda, bills, committee files, investigative materials, legal case files and opinions, press releases, reports, speeches, printed items, clippings, and other material related to MacKinnon's political, prosecutorial, and judicial careers. | |||
| HTML | XML | NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00110 |
| Financial records, photographs, and subject files of a St. Paul-based commerical airline with global operations stretching from the Far East to Western Europe. | |||
| HTML | XML | MATHIAS KOLL: An Inventory of His Papers | 00113 |
| Correspondence (1890-1936), minutes (1911-1930), newspaper clippings (1896-1932), subject files (personal and business), printed material, photographs, legal papers, bills and receipts, business records, and miscellaneous papers relating to Mathias N. Koll and his involvement in land development and politics in Cass Lake and northern Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA AUDUBON COUNCIL: An Inventory of Its Council Records | 00119 |
| Organizational records and records of constituent chapters from one of the five "national" state offices of the National Audubon Society. | |||
| HTML | XML | ST. PAUL'S ON-THE-HILL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00122 |
| Church histories, correspondence and miscellaneous papers (1889-1982), minutes of the vestry and congregation (1874-1988), financial record books (1878-1986), membership information (1902-1987), youth group records (1923-1940), and records of women's organizations (1913-1983) of the third Protestant Episcopal church founded (1856) in Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | YORK E. LANGTON: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00125 |
| Correspondence (1960-1989) and transcripts of speeches (1978-1986) of a Minneapolis businessman and peace activist, relating to his activities in the United Nations Association and other organizations devoted to world peace and disarmament.. | |||
| HTML | XML | EDWARD J. DEVITT: An Inventory of His Papers | 00132 |
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA NEWS COUNCIL: An Inventory of Its Records | 00134 |
| HTML | XML | RODNEY C. LOEHR: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00135 |
| Correspondence, articles, and other material relating to Rodney C. Loehr, a professor of history at the University of Minnesota and a U.S. Army historical and intelligence officer. | |||
| HTML | XML | Andrew Mayer and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00140 |
| Farm record books, federal and state income tax returns, wartime correspondence, and miscellaneous biographical information about a Sibley County, Minnesota farmer and World War II veteran who farmed for many years with his brother, Henry Mayer, Jr., in Moltke Township north of Gibbon. The collection documents the finances of a family farm located in southern Minnesota and operated in partnership by two brothers. | |||
| HTML | XML | JOHN B. DAVIS: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00143 |
| Biographical information, correspondence (1966-1975), speech files (1948-1991), newspaper clippings and magazine articles (1945-1998), reports, legal documents, printed matter, and photographs (1970) documenting Davis' career in Massachusetts as a teacher and school administrator (1944-1966), in Minneapolis as superintendent (1967-1975) and interim superintendent (1993) of Minneapolis public schools, and in Saint Paul as president of Macalester College (1975-1985). | |||
| HTML | XML | HARRY E. BLUMENTHAL: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00147 |
| Disassembled scrapbook of a Minneapolis metal dealer and junk yard operator who, during World War II, served as a special assistant in the Minneapolis regional office of the War Production Board. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER DIRECTORS: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00148 |
| Annual reports, bylaws, minutes, membership lists, conference materials, and program records of a statewide organization dedicated to professional volunteer administration. | |||
| HTML | XML | CAROL CONNOLLY: An Inventory of Her Papers | 00149 |
| The Carol Connolly papers include correspondence, minutes, memoranda, legal documents, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other printed material documenting the activities of St. Paul poet, playwright, columnist, activist, and politician, Carol Connolly. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNEHAHA GRANGE NO. 398 (EDINA, MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00152 |
| Minute books, subject and correspondence files, and scrapbooks documenting the social and political activities of a subordinate (local) grange lodge (1873-1991) located in a suburb of Minneapolis. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA STATE GRANGE: An Inventory of Its Records | 00155 |
| Correspondence, subject files, and some financial records of a fraternal society of farmers and others interested in agriculture. Includes some records of pomona (county or district) and subordinate (local) grange lodges. | |||
| HTML | XML | FEEDERS, INC.: An Inventory of Its Records | 00159 |
| Financial records and subject files of a Jackson County family farm corporation owned by agribusiness executive Arthur D. Hyde. Feeders' major subsidiary, Wilder Farms, was located east of Heron Lake (Minn.) and was developed by Hyde into a large farming and cattle feeding operation and a showcase for Harvestore brand silos. | |||
| HTML | XML | UNITED STATES. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. 10TH DIVISION: An Inventory of Its Mail Train Schedules at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00162 |
| Periodic--monthly earlier on, then less frequently--pocket schedules issued by the 10th Division headquarters showing arrival times at all post offices of all trains serving the railway mail service in the division. The division included the upper peninsula of Michigan, and the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and (for earlier years) Montana. | |||
| HTML | XML | WILLIAM JAMES CONNELL: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00163 |
| Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and other material compiled by William Connell, executive assistant to Hubert Humphrey (1959- 1972). | |||
| HTML | XML | CITIZENS LEAGUE: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00164 |
| Minutes (1971-1981), correspondence, reports (1958-1984), subject files, notebooks, financial information, and printed materials relating to this nonpartisan citizens, public affairs research, and educational organization based in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The group is organized into committees that research current affairs issues affecting various aspects of community life. | |||
| HTML | XML | EARL D. CRAIG: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00165 |
| Personal, political, business, and official papers documenting the life and career of an African American educator, politician, and consultant from Minneapolis (Minn.). The papers include correspondence, memoranda, notes, agendas, minutes, financial statements, tax returns (1972-1974), legal documents, questionnaires, reports, transcripts (1986-1987), speeches, syllabi (1970-1975), press releases (1970), flyers, brochures, posters, newsletters, newspaper and magazine clippings, audio tapes (1970), and a video tape (1970). | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00166 |
| A draft proposal (1970), reports, newsletters (1981), photocopied newspaper clippings (undated and 1981-1982), articles, correspondence, and legal records documenting the actions of a public interest group funded by college students in Minnesota. The organization's activities include research, professional lobbying, agency representation, litigation, and public education. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00168 |
| Articles of incorporation; minutes (1954-1980 on microfilm); administrative files including minutes, financial information, committee reports, correspondence, workshop and convention materials (1959-1999); membership rosters (1959-1990); annual meeting materials including some presentation papers (1958-1997); and printed matter relating to an organization of professional surveyors formed in 1953. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00169 |
| Organizational records consisting of minutes, membership rosters, conference programs, and related materials of a statewide professional association for engineers founded in 1939 and similar organizational records of the association's local southwest chapter. | |||
| HTML | XML | HARLEY R. SCHNEIDER: An Inventory of His Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00170 |
| Personal papers related to the organizational memberships and World War II bomber modification employment of a civil engineer and land surveyor who was active in a number of professional associations. | |||
| HTML | XML | DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL. TAU STATE (MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00171 |
| Records of the Minnesota chapter of an Austin, Texas-based international honor society for women educators. The materials document the activities of Tau State and its constituent local chapters, and the accomplishments and professional development of the members. There is some information about the history and activities of the national/international organization. | |||
| HTML | XML | DFL FEMINIST CAUCUS An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00173 |
| Administrative records and subject files documenting the organization, activities, and political goals of a feminist caucus formed within the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 1973. | |||
| HTML | XML | VICTOR CHRISTGAU: An Inventory of His Papers | 00175 |
| Correspondence, campaign materials, speeches, work diaries, and clippings documenting the personal and professional life (1920s-1960s) of a populist politician, legislator, and government administrator from Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | JAMES S. STEEL: An Inventory of His Oliver Iron Mining Company Research Files at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00181 |
| Correspondence, reports, interview transcripts, statistical information extracted from published and manuscript sources, photographs, and related materials documenting the operations of the Oliver Iron Mining Company on the Mesabi Iron Range, and also including some materials on the Vermilion Iron Range. | |||
| HTML | XML | ORGANIZING AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY: An Inventory of Its Organizational Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00183 |
| Administrative records (1984-1990), including bylaws, board minutes, staff files, and financial records; public outreach materials; subject files; newspaper clippings; and audio and video tapes documenting the efforts of an organization formed to increase public awareness of the relationship between pornography and violence against women. | |||
| HTML | XML | LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00191 |
| Records documenting the activities of the state league founded in 1919, its local leagues, and their participation in the national League of Women Voters. | |||
| HTML | XML | DONALD WANDREI AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00194 |
| Personal and business papers primarily documenting the lives and careers of two brothers from St. Paul (Minn.), one an author and publisher of science fiction and fantasy, the other an author and illustrator in the same genre. The papers also concern the lives of the brothers' parents and their respective family histories. | |||
| HTML | XML | FILM IN THE CITIES: An Inventory of Its Records | 00195 |
| Administrative and programmatic records of a gallery and resource center formed in 1970 to sponsor exhibitions and provide education in the media arts. | |||
| HTML | XML | RUTTGER'S BAY LAKE LODGE: An Inventory of the Ruttger Resorts Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00198 |
| Photographs, brochures, rate sheets, newsletters, guest registers, scrapbooks, videocassettes, and other records of Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge, Ruttger's Shady Point Lodge, Sherwood Forest Lodge, and other resort properties in northern Minnesota and in Florida owned by members of the Ruttger family. There is also some personal and genealogical material. | |||
| HTML | XML | MARGARET AND STANLEY HARPER: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00199 |
| Personal correspondence, picture postcards, diaries, account books, travel diaries, genealogical information, academic materials, photographs, and other personal papers of a Minneapolis family. The collection documents the Harpers' social and personal activities, family life in a comfortable Minneapolis neighborhood and at a Lake Minnetonka summer home, the Harper children's own families and careers, and a variety of trips and excursions. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00200 |
| Correspondence and subject files, organizational records, executive director's files, miscellaneous files, and printed material reflecting the organization, membership, and activities of a trade association established in 1946 to promote the interests of cooperative associations. | |||
| HTML | XML | ELIZABETH KENNY: An Inventory of Her Papers | 00201 |
| Personal papers documenting the life and career of an Australian nurse who discovered a revolutionary treatment for infantile paralysis and devoted her life to the dissemination of the treatment throughout the U.S. and abroad, as well as research files of two Kenny biographers. | |||
| HTML | XML | HAROLD E. STASSEN: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00202 |
| Papers documenting the life and career of a former Minnesota governor, presidential contender, naval officer, United Nations charter delegate, and Eisenhower cabinet member. | |||
| HTML | XML | PERIPATETICS: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00203 |
| Organizational records and study papers prepared for the 100th anniversary of a women's study club formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1890. | |||
| HTML | XML | ST. PAUL WINTER CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION: An Inventory of Its Association Records | 00205 |
| HTML | XML | MUNSINGWEAR: An Inventory of Its Records | 00206 |
| Articles of incorporation and minutes (1887-1971), correspondence, financial records (1936-1964), legal agreements, patent and trademark information, product catalogs, and scrapbooks ([193-]-1990) documenting a Minneapolis-based clothing manufacturer, its predecessor, Northwestern Knitting Company, and several clothing subsidiaries. | |||
| HTML | XML | TWIN CITY RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY: An inventory of Its Corporate Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00207 |
| Records of the company (and its subsidiaries and successors) that operated the streetcar and local bus system in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area from 1891 until 1970. | |||
| HTML | XML | VIN WEBER: An Inventory of His Congressional Files and Related Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00212 |
| Papers of a Republican congressman (1981-1992) from southwestern Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. Weber was associated with a rising group of young neo-conservatives in the House that included Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). The collection is perhaps strongest in its documentation of agricultural policy and farming issues during the "farm crisis" years of the 1980s. | |||
| HTML | XML | THE LOFT: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00213 |
| Bylaws and statement of purpose, minutes, correspondence, financial information, annual reports, information on classes and readings, class proposals, membership data, and miscellaneous files relating to an organization formed to provide a meeting place and support group for local writers, as well as offering classes to advance people's writing skills. | |||
| HTML | XML | GRACE CARLSON: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00215 |
| Biographical information, correspondence, newspaper clippings, speech transcripts, lecture notes, photographs, and miscellaneous materials relating largely to Carlson's activities in the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) (1939-1949) and as a professor of psychology at St. Mary's Junior College, Minneapolis (1954-1986). Carlson resigned from the party in the early 1950s, and retired from St. Mary's in 1979, but remained on its faculty as a volunteer. | |||
| HTML | XML | LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ST. PAUL: An Inventory of Their Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00217 |
| Historical information, bylaws, minutes, correspondence files, annual reports, financial and membership records, league publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and program-related files of a local LWV chapter organized in November 1919. | |||
| HTML | XML | MIDLAND COOPERATIVES, INC.: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00219 |
| Articles of incorporation (1947), minutes, resolutions (1942-1980), financial information (1930-1936), programs (1949-1980), meeting files (1974-1982), theses regarding cooperation (1933-1954), audio tapes, printed material, and photographs of a farmers' oil and merchandise consumer cooperative organized in 1926 as the Minnesota Co-op Oil Company. The cooperative specialized in marketing light oil products, then added tires, auto accessories, paint and hardware, farm supplies, household appliances, groceries, fertilizer, feed and seed, and farm machinery to its merchandise stocks. The cooperative was merged into Land O'Lakes in 1982. | |||
| HTML | XML | UNITED HOSPITAL: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00220 |
| Corporate documents, board and committee minutes, historical background information, interview transcripts, annual meeting records and reports, financial records, newsletters, staff and employee records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting United Hospital and the four predecessor hospitals that merged to create it: St. Luke's, Charles T. Miller, Children's, and Riverview Memorial. The collection contains administrative records of all these institutions, including those of their women's auxiliaries. The records describe the conditions leading to the mergers, especially relating to high medical costs and declining use, and the negotiations finalizing the mergers. There is also information on the construction and dedication of the new United Hospital in 1980. | |||
| HTML | XML | COMMON CAUSE/MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00223 |
| Records of a local branch of Common Cause (U.S.) which lobbies for government accountability, ethics, and open records. | |||
| HTML | XML | GERALD L. WILLET: An Inventory of His Papers | 00226 |
| Bill drafts, correspondence, reports, and related materials reflecting Gerald L. Willet's years (1973-1987) as a DFL state senator from Minnesota's 4th district in the north central part of the state. | |||
| HTML | XML | WOUNDED KNEE LEGAL DEFENSE/OFFENSE COMMITTEE: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00229 |
| Records documenting the history, internal operation, and legal practice of a committee established by lawyers, legal workers, and others dedicated to the defense of activists involved in the American Indian protest movement of the 1970s. | |||
| HTML | XML | NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY (MINNESOTA): An Inventory of the Records of its Predecessor Companies at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00230 |
| Accounting, engineering, and other records of certain Minnesota predecessor companies of Northern States Power Company (Minnesota), a Minneapolis-based electric and natural gas utility established in 1909 as the Washington County Light and Power Company and later known as the Consumers Power Company (1909-1916). Also includes maps, drawings, and some 200 small books of technical notes, memoranda, and hydrological data documenting the activities of water power companies at the Falls of St. Anthony, as well as some information about NSP-owned nuclear and coal-fired power plants in Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00231 |
| Historical information, bylaws, minutes of executive and steering committees; membership files; workshop, seminar, and conference materials; and related records documenting the activities of a statewide association of museum professionals founded in 1975 to set professional standards and to serve as a means of communication among a number of historical and other museums in Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | INTER-CLUB COUNCIL OF SAINT PAUL: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00232 |
| Miscellaneous administrative records of a St. Paul (Minn.) community council organized in 1944 and including representatives from many civic, cultural, religious, and political groups. It provided a medium through which such organizations could work for civic improvement in St. Paul. | |||
| HTML | XML | FIRST AVENUE & 7TH STREET ENTRY: An Inventory of Its Band Files at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00233 |
| Band files for First Avenue, a rock and alternative rock music venue in downtown Minneapolis. The files contain some correspondence with bands and/or agents, contracts, attendance and "take" or "numbers" sheets (financial breakdowns), photographs of performers and other promotional materials, tickets, post-performance reviews, and other miscellany. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON RELIGION AND RACE: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00235 |
| Records of the council, active from 1963 to ca. 1971, which was concerned with civil rights, human rights, and race relations in the United States. | |||
| HTML | XML | INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00236 |
| Materials within the collection provide historical, biographical, administative, aural, and pictorial information about the company's growth from the small New Prague Flouring Mill, founded in 1892, into a public conglomerate with international offices, operations, and markets. Information covers the corporation's executive officers; its manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution facilities; its subsidiaries and product lines; promotional programs; and advertising campaigns. | |||
| HTML | XML | PAUL MACCABEE: An Inventory of His St. Paul Gangster History Research Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00239 |
| Research and interview notes; correspondence; photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles and book excerpts; photocopies of FBI, St. Paul Police Department, and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation records; photocopies of federal and state prison inmate and court records; and photocopies of birth and death certificates, all created or compiled by Maccabee for his book | |||
| HTML | XML | ROBERT ASHBACH: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00241 |
| Legislative files of a Minnesota state senator (Republican-Arden Hills) who served as Minority Leader and was an expert in state finances. | |||
| HTML | XML | DON BRAMAN & ASSOCIATES (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00247 |
| Client files (1958-1982), professional subject files, publicity scrapbooks, photographs, press releases, and related materials documenting a Minneapolis public relations firm (1958-1977) and the public relations career of its founder, Don Braman. In 1977 the firm merged into Doremus and Company. | |||
| HTML | XML | S. STEPHEN CHAPMAN: An Inventory of His Papers | 00248 |
| Personal files of a White Bear Lake (Minn.) biologist and environmental activist relating to his work with the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG) and to other environmental activities and issues in the Upper Midwest. | |||
| HTML | XML | GLADYS SINCLAIR BROOKS: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00249 |
| A small group of subject files documenting the public service career of a Minneapolis alderman, member of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, Republican Party activist, president of the Minnesota Council of Churches, a national board member of the YWCA, and chair of the Governor's Human Rights Commission. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA FOLK ART SURVEY AND EXHIBITION: An Inventory of the Its Research Files at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00250 |
| Records documenting the results of a survey (1984-1985) of Minnesota folk arts and artists, and an exhibition based on the survey (1989). The records include photographs, slides, negatives, contact sheets, standardized research forms, correspondence (1947-1951, 1984-1989), grant proposals (1983, 1985), a bibliography (1950), press releases and clippings (1984-1989), and posters. | |||
| HTML | XML | HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY: An Inventory of Its Records Relating to Minnesota Structures | 00251 |
| Project files documenting historically significant districts, buildings, bridges, and other structures in Minnesota through the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) programs of the U.S. National Park Service. | |||
| HTML | XML | JOHN P. BRADFORD: An Inventory of his Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00254 |
| Personal files of a St. Paul (Minn.) man documenting his successive careers as an independent filmmaker (1928-1934); film editor for the | |||
| HTML | XML | SAINT PAUL AREA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00258 |
| Records documenting the activities of the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches, as well as predecessor and related organizations, in the areas of religious education, social services, human rights and social activism, and the ecumenical movement. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. MINNESOTA ETHNIC HISTORY PROJECT: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00260 |
| HTML | XML | JAMES TAYLOR DUNN AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00261 |
| Personal and family papers created and collected by librarian and local historian James Taylor Dunn, his family, and the following collateral families: Curran, Grigg, Langford, Monfort, Sweeting, Taylor, and Bach. | |||
| HTML | XML | JOHN M. ZWACH: An Inventory of His Legislative Papers | 00262 |
| Legislative files of John Zwach (R-Minn.), a Minnesota farmer and teacher who served in the Minnesota Legislature (1935-1966) and U.S. House of Representatives (1967-1975). The papers reflect the wide range of Zwach's official duties, with emphasis on agricultural legislation. There are also a number of records relating to the abortion issue, rural development, and the Vietnam War. | |||
| HTML | XML | TIMOTHY J. PENNY: An Inventory of His Congressional and Legislative Papers | 00263 |
| Correspondence, memoranda, notes, press releases, speech scripts, bill drafts, questionnaires, voting records and scorecards, legislative profiles, and other related material documenting Timothy J. Penny's service (1983-1994) in the U.S. Congress as a representative of southeastern Minnesota's first congressional district. | |||
| HTML | XML | BRUCE F. VENTO: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00265 |
| Congressional papers of Bruce F. Vento (DFL-Minn.), a St. Paul, Minnesota high school science teacher who served three terms in the state legislature (1971-1976) and 12 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1977-2000). The collection is particularly strong in its documentation of energy, financial, environmental, and humanitarian issues, legislation, and policy in the 1980s and 1990s. | |||
| HTML | XML | GENERAL SERVICE FOUNDATION: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00266 |
| Project files and administrative records of a private foundation that made grants in the fields of population control, education, the environment, and the conservation of natural resources. | |||
| HTML | XML | CITIZENS' COMMITTEE FOR THE TACONITE AMENDMENT #1 (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00270 |
| Correspondence, executive committee minutes, subject files, and ephemera documenting the administration of a citizens' group organized to secure the passage of an amendment to the Minnesota constitution. The amendment sought to revitalize the taconite (low grade iron ore) industry by changing its tax structure. | |||
| HTML | XML | SAMUEL K. DAVIS An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00271 |
| Biographical information and personal correspondence (1919-1968), and subject files (1932-1980) compiled by Samuel K. Davis, journalist and Communist Party activist, reflecting his career as editor of the newspaper | |||
| HTML | XML | JOSEPH EDWARD KARTH: An Inventory of His Congressional Papers | 00275 |
| Congressional office files of a U.S. representative (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) from Minnesota's fourth district who served from 1959-1977. | |||
| HTML | XML | F. A. BEAN FOUNDATION: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00278 |
| Grant files and other records of a philanthropic foundation (1918-1979) founded by Francis Atherton Bean, Sr., of New Prague and Minneapolis, Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | 3M COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00281 |
| Corporate records and historical materials of this Minnesota-based international manufacturing company, founded in 1902 in Two Harbors, that has produced a wide variety of products for industrial and household applications, including abrasive, adhesive, reflective and medical products; magnetic media and data recording equipment, copying and office products and nonwoven fiber technologies. | |||
| HTML | XML | LAURENCE A. ROSSMAN: An Inventory of His Papers | 00291 |
| Papers of the publisher of the Grand Rapids (Minn.) Herald-Review newspaper, documenting his interests and involvement in business and civic affairs. | |||
| HTML | XML | ROBERT J. TENNESSEN: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00297 |
| Papers documenting Tennessen's career as a DFL Minnesota state senator; a director of the Washington Federal Savings Bank, Stillwater; a committee member of the Basilica of Saint Mary, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Foundation, Minnesota Constitutional Study Commission, and the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control; a trustee of Groves Learning Center, St. Louis Park; and as one of the principal advocates of data privacy legislation in the Minnesota legislature. | |||
| HTML | XML | VAN F. WHITE: An Inventory of His Papers | 00299 |
| Personal and political papers of Van F. White, the first African American elected to the Minneapolis City Council. | |||
| HTML | XML | John and Norman Lind: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00304 |
| The John and Norman Lind papers comprise the papers of John Lind, congressman (1883-1897 and 1903-1905), Minnesota governor (1899-1901), and special agent to Mexico (1913-1914), as well as the papers of his eldest son Norman, a lumbering and shipping entrepreneur. | |||
| HTML | XML | GOLD THOMPKINS CURTIS AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00305 |
| Correspondence and related legal and financial papers (1842-1901), Washington County (Minn.) township plats (undated), diaries (1854-1859), daybook and ledgers (1843-1862), cash books (1853-1861), and other material (1853-1862) created by a pioneer lawyer, Gold T. Curtis, and his wife Mary Curtis of Stillwater, Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | ECOLAB, INC.: An Inventory of Its Records | 00309 |
| HTML | XML | B.W. HARRIS MANUFACTURING CO.: An Inventory of Its Advertising and Publicity Materials | 00310 |
| HTML | XML | NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00311 |
| Minutes, reports, budgets, correspondence, lists, surveys, newsletters, subject files, and ephemera of a settlement house located on St. Paul's West Side, traditionally one of the enclaves of recent immigrants to the city. The records are a mixture of the files of the Association presidents, house residents, directors, group workers, and others. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. NORTHERN DIVISION: An Inventory of Its Association Records | 00312 |
| Records documenting many aspects of a regional association representing primary and secondary school teachers in northern Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | ROGER I. JOHNSON: An Inventory of His IMPACE-MEA Papers | 00313 |
| HTML | XML | WALTER HENRY JUDD: An Inventory of His Papers | 00314 |
| Correspondence (1921-1993), subject files (1938-1991), campaign files (1942-1962), congressional office files (1943-1962), speech files (1932-1990), political activity files (1945-1976), schedules (1938-1976), newspaper clippings (1938-1972), oral history transcripts, audio and visual recordings (1945-1976), photographs, and printed material relating to a former medical missionary in China and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1943-1963) from Minneapolis. After his defeat in 1962, Judd continued to live in Washington, D.C. and was active in political, educational, and religious organizations. | |||
| HTML | XML | AFL-CIO. Region 12: An Inventory of Its Records | 00315 |
| Records of a Minnesota-based AFL-CIO regional office (1986-1997) that oversaw state federations and central labor councils in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota. Includes subject files, correspondence and memoranda, newspaper clippings, newsletters, annual reports, financial information, speeches, constitutions, minutes, and assorted printed material. | |||
| HTML | XML | SIGURD F. OLSON: An Inventory of His Papers | 00316 |
| Correspondence, graduate school papers, published and unpublished literary manuscripts, book drafts and publication proofs, film scripts, a bio-bibliography, maps, photographs, research notes, subject files, minutes, speeches and lecture material, schedules, newspaper and magazine clippings, reports, surveys, land use studies and proposals, newsletters, and other printed material related to the literary career and environmental advocacy of Sigurd F. Olson, one of Minnesota's leading outdoor writers and wilderness preservationists. | |||
| HTML | XML | GALE FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Related Families Papers | 00319 |
| Family history materials, reminiscences, diaries, scrapbooks, correspondence, poems, and photographs detailing the activities of four related families: Gale, Lindley, Jones, and Burton. | |||
| HTML | XML | AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Papers | 00320 |
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00321 |
| Reports, minutes, agendas, correspondence, planning notes, fliers, newsletters, and pamphlets documenting the administration of the council and the various seminars, sessions and discussion groups sponsored by the council. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS: An Inventory of Its Federation Records | 00322 |
| Records relating to the organization, administration, and activities of a state organization formed in 1920 to advance the interests and opportunities of women employed in business and the professions. | |||
| HTML | XML | MERIDEL LE SUEUR: An Inventory of Her Papers | 00323 |
| Correspondence, literary journals, audio tapes, published writings, published and unpublished manuscripts and fragments, publicity, radical publications, clippings, photographs, and other miscellaneous materials documenting the life and career of Le Sueur, a writer, actress, feminist, and radical political activist, and her family. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Minnesota Poll and Metro Poll Data Collection | 00324 |
| Data collection and statistics used to produce the Metro Poll and the Minnesota Poll for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company. | |||
| HTML | XML | WILLIAM BOSS: An Inventory of the Boss Family and Business Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00325 |
| Personal papers of agricultural engineer William Boss and interior designer Harland Boss, business records of the Specialty Manufacturing Company, and genealogical information on the Boss and related families. | |||
| HTML | XML | ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS. TWIN CITIES CHAPTER: An Inventory of Its Records | 00326 |
| Organizational records of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area local chapter of the Association for Women in Communications, a professional association for women engaged in journalism and communications. | |||
| HTML | XML | JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ST. PAUL: An Inventory of Its Records | 00327 |
| Records documenting the history, administration, and activities of the Junior League of St. Paul, a women's voluntary civic association formed in 1917. | |||
| HTML | XML | INTERMEDIA ARTS MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Records | 00328 |
| HTML | XML | ST. PAUL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE WOMEN: An Inventory of Its Association Records | 00330 |
| HTML | XML | LAIRD, NORTON CO.: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00331 |
| Records of, and information about, a family-owned, Winona (Minn.)-based lumber company. Includes records of more than 75 associated logging, lumber, land, colonization, and other companies active in states from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa to Louisiana and the Pacific Northwest. | |||
| HTML | XML | ST. PAUL TURNERS: An Inventory of Its Society Records | 00332 |
| Records, printed materials, and miscellany documenting the organization and activities of the St. Paul Turners, a German-American social and athletic club organized in 1896 which later focused primarily upon gymnastics. Also included are records of other societies that preceded the St. Paul Turners, as well as records of the West Seite Turnverein. | |||
| HTML | XML | FRANK D. MARZITELLI: An Inventory of His Papers | 00333 |
| Personal papers and organizational records documenting the career of Frank D. Marzitelli, a lifelong St. Paul (Minn.) resident who served as a city council member, as Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of highways, and as Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare. | |||
| HTML | XML | LEOPOLD BRUENNER: An Inventory of His Papers at Minnesota Historical Society | 00335 |
| A photocopied scrapbook (1908-1954), musical scores (undated and 1917-1953), newspaper clippings (undated and 1956, 1958), and a small number of photographs documenting a German immigrant's 58-year career as a composer, choirmaster, and organist in St. Paul, Minn. | |||
| HTML | XML | MINNESOTA POWERLINE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: An Inventory of the Project Files | 00336 |
| Printed matter and other background information collected in researching the controversy surrounding the construction of the United Power Association/Cooperative Power Association high voltage transmission line through west central Minnesota. The files served as background information for a series of oral history interviews, which are cataloged separately. | |||
| HTML | XML | DORWATHA HELEN WOODS ADDERLEY: An Inventory of Her Papers | 00337 |
| Material relating to the personal and professional life of Dorwatha Helen Woods Adderley, an African-American community leader and educator. | |||
| HTML | XML | LEO TREADWAY: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00338 |
| Correspondence, agendas, bylaws, minutes, financial reports, notes, newsletters, brochures, miscellaneous printed matter, and newspaper clippings collected by a leading Minnesota gay rights activist. | |||
| HTML | XML | ALAN R. WOOLWORTH: An Inventory of His Papers | 00339 |
| Personal papers and research files of Alan R. Woolworth, a Minnesota historian and archaeologist, primarily concerning events and individuals from nineteenth century Minnesota. Research files and other records of his and his wife's consulting business, Woolworth Research Associates, are are included. | |||
| HTML | XML | ALAN R. WOOLWORTH An Inventory of His Research Notebooks on Minnesota Photography and Photographers at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00339a |
| Research notebooks containing photocopied biographical and historical data about 19th and 20th century Minnesota photography and photographers compiled by Alan R. Woolworth. | |||
| HTML | XML | FARMERS UNION CENTRAL EXCHANGE (SAINT PAUL, MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00340 |
| Subject files, news clippings and scrapbooks, printed materials, photographs, product catalogues, motion pictures, and phonograph records relating to a farmer-owned cooperative based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota that provides farm and home supplies to member coops in the North Central and Northwestern states. The Central Exchange (CENEX) was incorporated in 1931 and for most of its existence was headquartered in South St. Paul, Minnesota. | |||
| HTML | XML | AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society | 00341 |
| Corporate records of the American Crystal Sugar Company, of its direct predecessor, the Amer |