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| Creator: | Brekken, Maybelle, 1894-1991. | |
| Title: | Maybelle Brekken papers. | |
| Date: | [190-]-1991. | |
| Abstract: | 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. | |
| Quantity: | 1.0 cu. ft. (1 box, including 25 v.). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf location. | |
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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE PAPERS
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.
The diaries (25 v.) record her daily activities: babysitting, television shows, shopping, friends' visits, phone calls, and similar activities. The videotape was recorded in May 1986, when the 92-year-old Mrs. Brekken spoke as an outside resource person at Jefferson High School in Bloomington. The papers are concentrated in three time periods: 1911-1917, 1934-1939, and 1970-1991. The diaries from the latter period record her experiences as an aged woman living in a nursing home.
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OTHER FINDING AIDS |
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| A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository; filed in ALPHA notebooks under the heading: Brekken, Maybelle. | ||
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INDEX TERMS |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Topics: | ||
| Aged women -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. | ||
| Nursing home patients -- Minnesota. | ||
| Rural schools -- Minnesota -- Polk County. | ||
| Women -- Minnesota -- Social conditions. | ||
| Persons: | ||
| Quarberg family. | ||
| Places: | ||
| Crookston (Minn.). | ||
| Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Social life and customs. | ||
| Document Types: | ||
| Autograph albums. | ||
| Diaries. | ||
| Video recordings. | ||
| Photographs. | ||
| Occupations: | ||
| Housewives. | ||
| Teachers. | ||
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION |
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| Preferred Citation: | ||
| [Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Maybelle Brekken Papers. Minnesota Historical Society. | ||
| See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples | ||
| Accession Information: | ||
| Accession numbers: 13,818; 14,686 | ||
| Processing Information: | ||
| Processed by: Bonnie Beatson Palmquist, 1992 | ||
| Catalog ID number: 09-00037387 | ||
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note the location number shown below.
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| 149.F.6.7B |
Educational certificate and teaching assignments,
1914-1953.
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Brekken as a resource person in the public schools,
1984-1985.
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| Evaluations of and by Mrs. Brekken as she spoke to elementary and secondary classes in the Minneapolis area. | |||||||||||||
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Children's drawings.
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| Drawings given to Brekken. | |||||||||||||
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Miscellaneous personal papers, 1991.
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| An incomplete memoir by Brekken, a letter (Nov. 13, 1991) from a niece to Mary Ambrose (a friend of Brekken), and Brekken's obituaries. | |||||||||||||
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Papers found loose in volumes, 1913-1981.
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Photographs, [ca. 1900]-1987. 2 folders.
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| A class picture taken in Tracy (Minn.) ca. 1900, and three photographs of Brekken: as a young child, with her mother, and in 1987. | |||||||||||||
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Video recording of class presentation, 1986. VHS cassette.
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| Recorded at Jefferson High School, Bloomington, when Brekken spoke to a class. | |||||||||||||
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Volume 1. Scrapbook, [190-]. 1 dismantled volume.
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Volume 2. Autograph book, 1902-1904. 1 volume.
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Volumes 3-6. . Diaries, 1911-1917. 4 volumes.
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| These early diaries describe school activities in Crookston. Brekken graduated from high school and then started at normal school. In 1917 she began teaching at a school near Climax with four pupils. | |||||||||||||
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Volumes 7-10. Diaries, 1934-1939. 4 volumes.
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| Maybelle was, during most of this time period, married to Oscar Quarberg and had two sons, Stuart and Russell; they lived on a farm near Crookston. Trips to Minneapolis, the World's Fair in Chicago, and a trip to the University Farm in St. Paul are described. Also includes notes on various organizations connected with farms and agriculture. She was living in Crookston in 1938-1939. | |||||||||||||
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Volume 11. Diary, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963. 1 volume.
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| The initial entry, for October 18, 1956, begins a trip to California. Maybelle was then married to Manley Brekken. The entries end in December. A few entries in October and December 1959 make no mention of Manley. The June 21, 1961 entry was made by a grandson. February 1963 begins a trip to Florida with her son Russ and his family. They returned to Minneapolis in April. | |||||||||||||
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Volumes 12-25. Diaries, 1970-1991. 14 volumes.
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| Brekken was living alone in Minneapolis and she recorded her daily activities. There is a biographical sketch in the 1972-1973 diary. In 1974 she took a trip to Denver. Later diaries record her life in a nursing home. | |||||||||||||
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